May 27th, 2007, posted in Love Quilts, Stitching
Holiday Cherub 2000
©2000 Nora Corbett Mirabilia Designs
This angel was a joy to stitch. Measured by the hum scale I give it a powerful 9. I couldn’t give it the pedestal 10 only because of my doubt. (Sorry, Ms. Corbett) I stressed about the black back ground; I worried it would be too harsh against the white Aida required for a Love Quilt square. I persevered, trusting a designer who produces such incredible figures knew what was best. The colours blended beautifully and the #4 Kreinik braid substituted for the beads lent sparkle bringing the design to life.
The family requested a healing verse on Brianna’s square. I chose, “Let the weak say I am strong ~ Joel 3:10. So often we need the strength to believe, the strength to carry on, the strength to know you aren’t alone.
Each time I stitch a new design I am intrigued; the strands of floss almost seem to change hue depending on the neighbouring colours. The brilliance of the pink used on the mouth takes on a browner hue next to the black and brown surrounding it. Yet pink beside pink pops out, causing me to wonder why I’m stitching pinks yet again . . . only for Love Quilts, only for the kids!
May 17th, 2007, posted in Critters, General
is happening at it’s best. . . again. We woke up to snow on the ground this morning. Terribly depressing, but beautiful! The new leaves pale green gleams through the bright white of the snow. Holly (our 8 1/2 year old Rottie) is the happiest of our crew. She has snow to roll in again. Earlier this week I caught her standing in a puddle, staring down at the remains of her snow bank. Sigh, she says.
I’m so glad she enjoys life now. With the abusive start she had in life, she hasn’t found much joy, but over the last couple of years she has more than made up for it. We went through the terrible twos and the adolescent rebellion all in the last couple of years. We are probably the only dog owners who rejoice in a bit of rebellion! It is so good to see; for years there was no one home behind her eyes. We only saw a spark at rare intervals – usually when she had mud squishing between her toes!
Now she romps and runs, all full of herself. Poor Tank, he would say over-bearing . . . who would have thought our Holly-bear would become an over-bearing Rottie female.
May 2nd, 2007, posted in General, Stitching
Snow is melting and temperatures have been consistently +10C everyday . . . and this is happening to me!
Fit & Furry ©2003 Cute & Cuddly Cross-Stitch by Gillian Souter
(stitched for Denise Grenfell, Stitching Diva’s Colour RR)
Not the furry and definitely not the fit, but me, in my annual spring manic activity, bouncing up and down and waiting for the green.
