so shine was a theme for one of the talks today.
Appropriate for the project I am stitching on.
I was filling in white last week and did not post an update, this week? I was filling in white but am posting an update.
It is just so hard to see the progress in the picture with just adding white. but I can see it and feel it.
Filled in the white so the vase fill was available yet I did not want to do it tonight for some reason.
I got the bud finished, and then went back to the leaves.
At Christmas my mother and I were the recipients of some crochet items. For me a decoration.
are subject to change.
The plan was to put in the light shade on the vase, including the white highlight then soothingly fill.
I managed the first stage but then where did I put my white?
So even though doing the white would not prevent the soothing filling it did. And off I went finishing the last of the pink on the pattern and adding some green.
My BFF has noted the odd "lots" conundrum in her blog and we are both feeling it.
Pop on over to her blog to see what we mean by that .
One thing we are at this point agreed on, a change to our variations session at the beginning of February, what we are varying to, that remains to be decided.
inspired by a little book I came across as the colour went with the smock on this little cover kit.
I recalled the small purple flower ribbon and thought perfect, however it was too short to go all around. I was re thinking it and having a hunt for something else when I came across the big flowers and bingo!
I am pleased with how the four combined, book,cross stitch, little and big flowers.
They look like they were always meant to be together.
I am rather enjoying embellishing books with stitching as a finishing method.
"update" The book has become a farewell gift to a senior Missionary Sister in June 2024. She oft commented on our garden and given the work she did here I thought it appropriate to add a little verse inside the front cover alongside a teeny line drawing of our Church.
The poem goes:
Kind hearts are the Gardens
Kind thoughts the Roots
Kind words are the Flowers
Kind deeds the Fruits
She was very happy with the book, she did not undo the ribbon and look inside so she did not read/ see the added poem or the inscription. I wonder when she will.
A post added Forestella link just because it feels fitting
Given the date you will not be too surprised that the service at Church today was full of Christmas Carols and Christmas related scriptures and stories.
This is my progress for today.
An addition of a darker blue, all of the full stitches in this shade have been completed. It is however one of the shades that will make a second appearance in the half stitch section..
I hope that any blog visitors have had the chance to join in the Advent hop, and that you have a safe, warm and happy Christmas, or seasonal holiday as per your own inclination.
Don't forget to pop on over to Jo at Serendipitous stitching to see the other GG posts.
and it is my turn to provide a picture for today, if you came her from Serendipitous Stitching then you will know what the advent hop is all about, if not CLICK HERE for a proper introduction but basically we share a Christmas make and answer a question Jo sets for us.
I was a bit behind on my Christmas Stitching, but here is my advent stitch.
I am quite please with how my interpretation of Durene Jones redwork heart turned out.
And he question this year was about our Santa related traditions. For the first six years of my life we lived in a house with a coal fire. Letters to Santa were burnt in the fire and the smoke took your wish list off to the North Pole. Christmas eve the fire was not banked it was left to go out and the little door left open. Then we moved, no fire, central heating and how were we to get out wish list to Santa? Well my grandparents still had a fire at first and the letters were sent from there. Then their home was modernised and no fire there either. But by then without me recalling just how the lac had stopped bothering me.
I hope you all have a happy Christmas and enjoy the rest of the hop.
Click HERE to link back to the host site and for more advent.
Or follow the link to the added later Forestella Song (linked to the image and not to the season) Forestella 포레스텔라 - Lay Silk On My Heart 내 마음에 주단을 깔고 [Color_Coded_Han|Rom|Eng] (youtube.com)
I bought some little blanks in the shape of Christmas Trees.
They were a nice little project to try out more of the tips on my new tool.
They will be going into Christmas Cards and hopefully onto peoples trees. The first one has done just that.
That tree makes it look rather splendid. An added new Christmas song from one of the delightful members of Forestella.
I remarked to my friend that there was a Disney theme for me this week, without actually doing anything Disney!
Why?
Well since last week I have finished the Reindeer, the main design part that is but not the sewing up. So he is still feeling a little flat at the moment.
And the pause is because I am looking for a Bell (or Belle?) yes the former but a bit of word play makes us laugh. I am sure I have a small sleigh bell somewhere, not sure where just at the moment.
And this week..well do you want to build a snowman?
who could tell from this !
You may have noticed that we stayed on the Christmas stitch this week, pop over to my BFF's blog to see why and for her update.
