Another set of Christmas placemats & napkins

I finished up another set of the placemats and napkins. This set is for my SIL in Maryland. She and her DH came for a visit to celebrate my DH's 65th birthday, so I was able to send them along right away. The color is a bit off since they are really Christmas red and not pink,

I also finished a red set for my SIL in eastern Ohio, but I forgot to take pictures. I praise the Lord for His attaching my head to the rest of my body. Who knows where I'd leave it!

More angels

I have a dozen free-standing lace angels ready to go in the mail tomorrow heading to New Mexico. Nathenia Roberts of The Country Needle has generously given free angels for many of us to stitch. She is currently working on a Christmas tree to sell at a charity event and has asked her group members to send her completed angels. I will be busy between now and Christmas, as most people will be, so I will be glad to get thes on their way.

I've also mailed a Sonia Showalter angel to a woman who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Sonia's design is the perfect choice for this purpose. She has also been very generous with her Yahoo group's members; this is my chance to pass along the blessing.

Here are pictures of these completed projects.

Another project completed

I hadn't had nice, matching hand towels for my bathroom, so I bought some towels while on vacation. I just embroidered an "A" on the three of them. It is a freebie I got from SewRN's Cameo Embossed alphabet on Sew Forum. The green thread matches the ribbons in the designs on my shower curtain. Even the boss likes them!

Another picture

I figured that while I was on a roll I might as well post another picture. My machine is stitching lace angels in the background while I am posting. Nathenia of The Country Needle has asked for stitched angels to decorate a charity tree she is putting together, so I'm making a few to send to her. When I'm finished, I will let you see them before they are put into the mail.

With six sisters, my DH decided that I should embroider napkin and placemat sets using Christmas Pine designs from Sonia Showalter for four of them. I can't decide what to do for the two single sisters, but eventually I'll figure something out for them as well.

Until next time, may the Lord's abundent blessings be upon each of you!
Gracie

Back to work!

After a summer of travel to northeast Brazil, Ohio, and Kentucky, I am back to work. My progress is a bit slow for now since I have gotten myself into a full fibro flare. OUCH! It seems that every joint and muscle in my body is screaming.

Christmas is fast approaching, gifts need to be finished, and other projects have been on hold for much too long. Judy, I know you have been wanting to see what I have been doing, so here it is!

As little gifts to give to my friends in Brazil, I made personalized Marie Osmond free-standing lace angels and bookmarks from Embroidery Library. I also squeezed in time to finish a blanket for Project Linus and an apron to give as a present.

I'll post more pictures later.

Blessings!
Gracie

Angels for Nikki & Zach

I got up too late to get these in the mail today, but tomorrow is another day. (It seems to be the story of my life just now.) I made these for a friend of a friend and her son in Georgia. The mother was in a terrible accident last week and the doctors say she will never walk again. As any mother can imagine, the thought of never walking again with your little boy is heart wrenching. Please join me in prayer for Nikki and Zach during her hospitalization, therapy, and as they face the future. Our God is a mighty God and the things said by doctors can be over-ruled by His grace.

On another topic, today's mail brought a sweet surprise. I got a thank-you note from Joe, the little boy for whom I made the quilt. He loves it, especially the football and dog designs. Also enclosed was a picture of him with his quilt. It is a treasure!

Kyla's Pillowcase

I kind of forgot to post the picture of the pillowcase I made for a friend to give to her granddaughter the end of May. It was a fun project for a young horse lover. Pillowcases are a sewing project I enjoy making; not so much sewing and ripping as in most of my other sewing projects. I wasn't nicknamed "Grace the Ripper" for nothing back in home ec. in high school!

I posted the picture on artisticthreadworks.com and it was selected as the picture of the week. As a result, I got a three-month subscription extension. I am so happy that their computer randomly chose my posting!

I also made a boring window panel for a friend's back door and made two batches of black raspberry jelly since my last post. They weren't really creative, but they are finished projects! I have more than enough UFOs hanging around, for sure!

I've also been cutting fleece fabric for blankets for Project Linus. I'll post pictures when I get some of them finished. I am procrastinating on them because I don't know what to embroider on the plain ones.

That's it for now.