Hello my friends!
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
Today my first Sunday start
is Mademoiselle Viola Martini 1876
by Gigi R.
I chose this one for my heritage wall
in homage of my great grandmothers.
Since I stitched my great grandfathers in blue,
I thought this red would be a perfect color
for my great grandmothers.
Did not want to do in pink.
Stitching on 36 ct Legacy Lugana linen,
For the sampler letters using
Gentle Arts Cranberry floss.
The motifs will be completed with all
of the called for flosses.
My next start is a pattern from
Crocette a gogo.
I was drawn to this pattern for
both the snowmen and the hearts.
Did not want a lot of pink,
so opted for this teal blue for this snowman.
I also will change up the white letters
in the alphabet.
Don't want that much white.
My goal for February is to stitch
mostly Valentine items,
however will continue my
sampler Sunday and work on my
heritage sampler this day.
I started this sampler yesterday.
It will not be a homage to any family member.
I chose it because of the saying.
Will stitch this entirely like is.
Oh Lord my God forsake me not
Be thou not far from me
Make haste to help me gracious God
My safety and my stay
This saying is from Psalm 38:21-22
in which the words
were re-arranged somewhat.
My wee little start.
I decided I will work on night a week on this.
The vine has three different floss colors.
The flowers have two.
The big blotch of red will be a star once finished.
Am using all the called for flosses.
Stitching on 36 ct Buttermilk.
In other news,
Today is Groundhog Day.
Did you know this day started February 2, 1877,
by a group calling themselves the
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
Punxsutawney Phil became the official
groundhog for the day.
Nowadays, this group calls themselves
the Inner Circle.
They speak Pennsylvania Dutch
at Gobbler's Knob
while getting Phil's prediction.
Thus far Phil has only been 40% correct
on his predictions.
Let's hope he gives us some good news today.
Yesterday I went to the grocery store
and driving back home spotted
another eagle on the ice.
Also saw some cardinals in our back yard
and a woodpecker in the distance.
He flew to tree and started pecking away.
Well have to clean house,
do laundry and maybe make something
using fabric. Will see.
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
will be our dinner tonight.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Groundhog Blessings To All!
Janice
