Whippy Wednesday

 Hello all my friends!

Today am showing my 

WIP's (Work In Progress) for the month.

This was my start on Viola Martini.

Am doing this one to remember

 my great grandmothers for

my heritage wall.

Making a lot more progress.

Stitched all of my maternal great grandmother's.

Now just starting on my paternal ones.

Then either I finish with the last row of alphabets,

or I decide to start the motifs at the bottom.

The pic also shows a border, however 

the pattern did not.

I do like that border, so may stitch it in at the end. 

I did not really mind doing this all in red.

It was a variegated cranberry...

which is hard to tell in my pics.

The fabric is a mottled grayish green.

Next up is Sarah Casey Unwin.

This one I decided to do for the verse.

It will not be for my heritage wall.

This was my start.

I work on this one most Saturday's.

Finished the flower in the middle.

Was not a fan of the peach which was called for

in some of the petals.

I opted for a different shade of pink.

The birds were done in peach.

I almost frogged them out, but will leave them.

The pattern repeats on the right,

so will make the other birds peach too...

but this will be the only peach I will stitch.

Then there is Lucky Ewe.

Originally chose my own colors.

When I got to the basket,

I must have tried a dozen different colors

to stitch that shamrock in the middle.

Nothing I chose worked. UGH

So back to the drawing board I went.

Started all over on a piece

of 28 count Green Sapphire linen.

Went and bought the called for floss,

instead of the colors I chose.

Started this time at the bottom,

then worked my way up.

I know St Patrick's Day is over now...

but will continue to stitch

thru the end of the month as much

as possible...then save the rest for next year.

This is more of the truer colors of linen.

Am much happier with the results...

and as they say...when mama is happy,

everybody is happy. LOL

Also hooked a bit more on Potted Plant.

I used two different wools for the leaf.

Hard to believe these were the colors.

A cream wool for the stem.

In other news,

my grandson Michael was in a

car accident Sunday night.

He was hit by a drunk driver who also

had her 2 year daughter in the car

without being restrained in a car seat.

He was taken to the hospital.

God was with him.

He has big gashes and bruising

all over and only a broken toe.

I don't want to show the pics,

because the huge gashes even disturbed me.

They kept him overnight at the hospital

for observation.

The drunk driver was alright of course,

but thankfully as well so was her daughter.

His car is totaled.

When my daughter got to the scene and saw

his car she thought the worst.

The police officer pointed 

to his car and told Michele that was 

the person who did it.

This had been her 5th DUI now.  

Her blood alcohol level was .20

Anything over .08 BAC 

(blood alcohol content) here

in Michigan is considered drunk driving.

She was screaming to get out of the car.

At this point I think her little daughter needs 

to be taken from her for her own safety.

Michael is on meds for pain now.

We hope the gashes heal without getting infected.

He is very sore as well.

Please say a wee prayer if you can 

for that little girl.

She needs to be in a home that will 

truly take care of her.

Michael is still in pain and trying to rest.

He has a good job and will be getting 85%

of his pay for being off on disability.

They are also giving him a food allowance

of $20 per day which I though was nice...

even though my daughter will be helping

with his meals.

Once he starts feeling better, he will

need to look for another car. 

Cars can be replaced, but lives cannot.

The girl who hit him is already out on bail...

hopefully she will not kill someone 

as I am sure it will happen again.

She truly needs the book thrown at her.

 Blessings To All!

Janice