Christmas in July

 

While yearning for Autumn.

I decided to switch gears a bit and stitch

a bit of both Christmas and Autumn.

First for Christmas these Prairie Schooler

Blackwork Angels.

However am using brown instead of black.

Stitching these on 32ct Smoky White linen.

Using Aussie Gold from Dinky Dyes

and DMC 3781 for the brown.

Am loving these little angels.

For the Autumn piece I decided

to start this Stacy Nash pattern

called Butternut Tavern.

The first half of this pattern does not

have much heavy stitching and I was able

to stitch this in one evening.

Stitching this on 36 count

Scotch Bonnet by Weeks.

Using all the called for floss...

except for  the orange.

Am using DMC 3826 for that,

Three nights of stitching and now

have the entire flower border

at the top finished and the first 

row of the alphabet.

Some of the letters will be ghosted...

meaning they are so light they look

like you are seeing a shadow or a ghost.

Notice Stacy omitted the letter "J"

in this pattern.

In the 18th century the letter "J"

was not used in samplers although

this letter came to be in the 1500's.

The reason being was that school aged girls

who were taught to embroider were 

barred from using words that started 

with this letter, therefore it was omitted

from their samplers....however

by the 1820's the letter began to appear.

In other news,

we had a consultation with Hospice

for my mom on Friday.

Now they are saying she has a possible 

kidney stone, but will not be able

 do anything for that either.

We are waiting for the test result for that.

They have  managed to control her blood pressure,

however only with aggressive meds via her IV.

She only weighs 90 pounds now.

We have asked for therapy to come in

to see if it is feasible for her to have some

since she has been bedridden

 for almost two weeks now.

We will make the difficult decision

for Hospice next week I think.

My daughter Michele and granddaughter

Mikayla saw her now.

However she could not remember

who Mikayla was. 

Just sad.

 

My  sister has changed since this fall

happened to my mom...

 not someone I want to be around anymore,

which is another sad situation.

That's all I am going to say.

Well I hope everyone is enjoying their

weekend thus far.

Another heat wave is moving in soon for us. UGH

Christmas  In July Blessings To All!

Janice