Stitching in the new year

Well here is my progress from yesterday on Patches

And here is what I got accomplished today...

And I thought I would show you each square I have done so far...

Needlepoint heaven

The other day after having lunch with my parents my mom mentioned some holiday decorations she wanted to give me. I have been making scissor cases and eyeglasses cases using plastic canvas and doing needlepoint/canvaswork on them. I had brought her and dad one of each. She was so thrilled to have something to protect her scissors ✂️ eapecially when traveling so I offer to make a case for each pit she owned. Mom does a lot of knitting for friends, family, charities, and sometimes herself. She says it’s really good for her arthritis in her hands.....so anyways she told me she wondered if I could use her leftover scraps of yarn for my needlepoint and of course I snatched that offer up in a hurry. Yesterday I designed as I went this lovely bookmark. I just googled needlepoint stitches to choose the one I wanted to use when I ran out of ideas and I am so pleased with what I chose.

I am just thrilled at how well it turned out:) After that I decided to try to stitch a quilt design using a simple scotch stitch and many different colors. I only wish I had thought of adding borders before I started the actual main part of the quilt.




Now I plan to add some orange and pink to make it pop and just cycle through the other colors again. I’m using  Bernet sock wool yarn.

Last night I was also able to get some coloring from my 3D Christmas 🎄 ornaments. I am adding one to some of my Christmas 🎄 cards. I truely enjoy the whole process of getting my yearly Christmas  filled out and sent. It brings back childhood memories of helping my mom address her Christmas cards together over a cup of hot tea ☕️ with carols being played on the record player. Yes I am that old... LOL...to remember records. I even still have one and many records to go with. There is just something soothing about listening to music 🎶 on a record player. 

And now I will leave you with these remaining thoughts. In al the hustle and bustle and distractions of the holidays take a moment each day to reflect on what it is all really about.The Bible tells us if we knock He will open the door to us, if we seek Him sincerely we will find him and if we ask it will be given to us. I pray that you take time to seek him with tour whole heart. He loves you so much more than you could ever know...so much he came to earth 🌏 over 2000 years ago as a humble poor boy to be treated horrible, abused, mocked, tormented, rejected. And abandoned all to make a way for us so that we can be made right with him and spend eternity with him forever. What a precious gift he has given us. Lord Jesus thankyou so much for dying on the cross for all of us  in Jesus name I pray Amen

More coloring and an owl

  And here you have my latest creation of the die cut animals. For those of you wondering where to get these I found this pack which still has a shark and a black cat left to stitch. Looking for ideas to finish as ornaments. Anyone have ideas? And here is what I have been working on from the book A Walk in the Garden. I would've liked my duck to turn out more but it needs more shading I think. Love how the turtle turned out. This is from the same book and I just have a little more to do and then the sky and dirt path backgrounds. I will probably watercolor those. I absolutely love how this one turned out. I love the bright colors and the shading and layering I learned how to do. I did this one on Easter. And below is one I did from a small travel size book my dsil gave me. Isn't he the cutest. Blessings