Hello, Everyone!
How have things been going
for you so far this new year? My part of Illinois has not received
hardly any snow this winter. As a matter of fact, every “snow
storm” hasn't been
enough to cover the grass hardly at all. We did
have an ice storm in late fall that caused some problems, but we
certainly, thus far, have not had typical Illinois winter. Sometimes,
we have had temperatures as high as 60 degrees, when we usually have
highs in the 30's.
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| Wedding Bells |
2 TIMOTHY 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love
and of a sound mind. To me this verse is important. I think that the
spirit referred to is probably the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit NEVER
brings bad things (fear) but ALWAYS brings good things (power, love,
sound mind). God does allow bad things to happen to us, but He is in
even in control of how far that goes. The bad things come from Satan,
but Satan must ask God's permission to cause something bad to happen
to us. God does not allow a trial (JOB 1:12) to occur
unless He knows that we can handle with His help. Satan was so sure
he could cause Job to deny the Lord, and
people even wondered why he
didn't. But in all of the trials that Satan was allowed to put Job
through, Job still did not sin or deny God (JOB 1:22, 2:10)
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| Pic 1 Pattern Books |
I have been concentrating
my stitching on “Wedding Bells” for the past
few weeks. I was able to stitch a lot last week. I ended up going in
the hospital Thursday morning and not being released until Sunday
morning. I had mentioned to Jack on Monday or some reason my big toe
on my right foot was hurting. He looked at it and couldn't see
anything. Tuesday he thought he saw something and tried to get it
out. Then bandaged it. By Wednesday evening my toe was turning red,
the color our skin turns when you have cellulitis. If this isn't
taken care of, it can become gangrene. So I went to the walk-in
clinic Thursday. He saw my toe and immediately told me to go to
the
hospital for intravenous antibiotics. I was on them until Sunday
morning. Then I was put on oral medication for five days.
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I do like how “Wedding
Bells” is turning out. I am concerned that I'm going to
run out of the filament. Hopefully I'm wrong. I am debating
myself...do I back stitch the top part of the pattern before moving
the pattern in the q-snap so I can get to the bottom of the pattern,
or do I back stitch everything at once?
A friend on Facebook sent
me an RAK. The box has several different sizes and types of material.
It also has several pattern books and a kit that has bunch of beads.
As you know, I have done beads, but never more than a few on a
pattern. This one probably has at least 100! I'm looking forward to
trying to do it. Especially since I bought the proper type of needle
to deal with beads (just before the Christmas projects). I was
noticing that there are several bookmark patterns in at least one of
the books. There are a total of six book. There is so much more! I
love it! Thank you, to this Facebook friend!!
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| RAK Material |
I can't really do any more
stitching on "Life's Little Tangles"
until I get the first two or three pages of the pattern reprinted. I
have the pages, but since I marked on them and I am on my third or
fourth time stitching these pages, they are rather, shall we say,
messy and hard to figure out again. I had downloaded the pattern on
my iPad and was using a program made for the iPad to stitch the
pattern. I was going along pretty well and then my iPad decided it
wasn't going to charge any more. I can't even get the thing to come
up at all! Well back to putting the sheet on my metallic board, which
is fine, especially now that I have figured our a system!
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| Beading Kit |
Rachel is still having a
large amount of illness with her pregnancy. She is hoping it starts
letting up soon. She is now in her twelfth week. You my want to pray
for her. She is under a great amount of stress. Those of us who have
been pregnant, know that stress isn't always a good thing in
pregnancy.
Well, everyone, that's
about it for now. I hope to finish "Wedding Bells"
and then "Psalm 23". I want to buy
that Christmas pattern and get started on it as soon as I can, but I
do want to finish these two projects first. Then I can start with a
"clean slate", so to speak! Maybe throwing in a bookmark
here and there from my new books! Stitching possibilities never end!
Happy Stitching to those of you who stitch. To those of you who don't
stitch, have a wonderful time between now and next time!
Lyn, thank you for your wonderful blog entry! You are doing so nicely on Wedding Bells and I want you to finish Psalm 23. I would also like to do a Nativity scene; and the one I found on 123stitch is called 'O'Holy Night', I think by stoney creek, but you can search it. What a nice RAK! I have had the most lovely RAK's myself and they are always so appreciated. I will say a prayer for your friend in her time of need and comforting for the stresses that go along with pregnancy. Twelve weeks is early, she has a long ways to go and needs to be advised that whatever or whomever is causing this undo stress, needs to stop! I am trying to do a bookmark a month. I have not finished January's bookmark but have Feb. picked out! Enjoy your stitching and as always, God Bless and Keep you! hugs, queeny
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading and commenting on my blog. I appreciate the encouragement to finish "Psalm 23" and the compliments on "Wedding Bells". Thank you for the prayers for Rachel during her pregnancy. She is doing what she can to eliminate the stress. Looking forward to seeing your bookmarks!
DeleteSounds like busy month for you, Lyn. And scary with regard to your foot! Keep an eye on that stuff, please. The RAK you got is awesome. Lucky you. And have fun with the beads. I recently did a pair of box top inserts for some fancy gifts to give to my twin daughters for their birthday (yesterday) and each box top had 100+ beads. With the right needle and a Tacky Bob box, beading a cross stitch project can be loads of fun. I enjoyed every minute on the box tops. Just remember to do the beads last.
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
Patricia
I will keep your advice about doing the beads last in the forefront of my mind! I did buy the proper needles and I already had a tacky bob because of a Christmas ornament I did this year. Thank you for the advice!
DeleteThey will have to pry my Tacky Bob out of my cold, dead hands. :)
DeleteWedding Bells is looking great Lyn. Personally I like to do the back stitch as I go rather than wait until the end. Sorry to hear that Rachel is still having stress and sickness, hopefully it will subside soon. When I was pregnant with my son I had morning, afternoon and evening sickness! I couldn't do a single thing without running into the bathroom to be sick.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your compliments on "Wedding Bells" I am following your advice; doing the back stitch of the ribbon, at least, before moving the material to complete the bottom of the project. Rachel appreciates the prayers, Faith. Thank you!
DeleteThat was a great RAK to receive, Lyn. I love the Christmas pattern you've chosen. I'm glad you got the toe infection dealt with quickly.
ReplyDeleteMe too on all counts, Cheryl!
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