Tis way too chilly here in the gentle folds of the Lilac Thicket for these old bones. My lilac trees have lost all of their leaves and stand naked and bare. They are asleep and dreaming of the beautiful fragrant blossoms they will give me when the ground turns warm again.
I have been stitching on my Mirabilia "Lady of the Flag". Here is my progress:
I am planning on giving it some of my attention today. I am off today for the National Day of Remembrance for our late President George HW Bush. I have enjoyed this piece more then I had thought I would. This was something my bestie, Leslie, wanted us to stitch together. Every Saturday morning we Skype and stitch and chat. She lives way too far away in the wilds of Edinburgh Scotland. We have plans of her moving here when I retire in 5 years. She is going to occupy our spare bedroom for the rest of our lives. Pity the victims of Leslie and I as we tear up Missouri careening wildly through our senior years. It will be pretty darn awesome.
As I was perusing my PInterest page, I found darling ideas for cross stitch tags. I followed one of the links to a site which offers a few free patterns for some cute tags. It is a German site (I think) which seems to deal with card making.
Marianne Design has 3 free cross stitch sheets available as PDF downloads. You could use these as small ornaments or charms to wrap around a candle. They are really sweet little designs.
Orin and I send out to you and yours all the beautiful sentiments of this spiritual season. We rejoice in the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
