Joplin, MO Tornado

Friends, we live about 40 miles from Joplin and are so sorry for this community.  We are lifting them up in prayer.  We are thinking about how we might help.  If you know the Lord Jesus, please join us in prayer! 

A 1/2 mile swath was pretty much wiped out, including a lot of schools and one of their hospitals.

So sad and difficult a time.

Thank you!

Baby Boom!

I am in full baby gift production.  I have 8 babies I know of to be born before the year's end!  Woah!

The 1st one arrived yesterday.  It's a GIRL!  She is the 10th of 10 girls and the 11th child altogether.  She is beautiful.  And she was a surprise, since they don't find out ahead of time.  So... I've got to get right on that.

Another one is due any day, a boy.

The next 2 are in August, 2 girls.

Then a boy in September, and another 2 in October.

The last baby I know of will arrive in December.

Plus, I have started a doily in looking forward to reaching 50 followers.  I plan to have a give-away to celebrate.  There should be plenty of time to get that done.  A year into blogging, I'm almost to 40 now.

With all that, it is probably a good thing that I've frogged a couple of projects, and that I couldn't get my new sweater started right yet.  It will stay 'paused' while I take care of God's gracious bundles of blessings.



My husband's 45th birthday is Thursday, and our 19th Anniversary is a week from today.  So we are looking forward to those celebratory events.

I hope this post find you and yours happy, well, and blessed!

Frog It Friday

I made my decision.

THIS ONE

is going too.

Say good-bye.

I just never could find the color that

should come next, and

I'm tired of thinking about it.

So...

Springtime Floral Doily

While waiting on a fresh baby to arrive so I can size 1 project and waiting on smaller hooks for the sweater, I have finally been working on my floral 3-D motif doily.  I have all the motifs done now.

(When these pics were taken, I didn't have quite

enough daffodils made.  But they're done now.)

So now all I have to do is iron/block the doily

Then sew on the roses

And the daffodils

And the flowerets

And the butterflies (which also need their bodies and antennas)

And I will be done!

It will look a like this except for a couple

more daffodils and butterflies with

some black bodies and antennae.

This doily pattern is from my book,

Vintage Floral Doilies

by Elizabeth Ann White

New Project Reveal

Friends, I have frogged the burgundy sweater AGAIN.
I re-sized it, and
it was STILL 3" too big.
So I'm putting that on hold until
I get a smaller hook.

So, I thought I would give you a glimpse
of a different  project:

Color Experiments 1 & 2

More to follow on these in the future.

More will be upcoming in the
SWEATER SAGA
as well!

Frog-It Friday

 Well, remember this?

Let's see if I'm making progress.

The PK doily is complete.  Check.

The beige sweater is complete.  Check.

Only 2 left, right?

WRONG!

See this little girl?

Well, I'm unsatisfied with the color combo.

So, instead of suffering through something

I'm not thrilled with, I decided to

FROG IT!

I mean, after all, there are SO many projects

that ARE thrilling.  And a hobby is supposed

to be FUN, not a drudgery.

So...you've got to know when to rip them, right?

I may just do that to the last one too.  ;)

However, my project list isn't any smaller.

Currently, I'm working on 2 baby gifts, 1 burgundy sweater, 

AND

which I REALLY do want to finish.

But I wasn't doing so well on the rose

motif sizing and quit in frustration.

I'm not over it yet.

So...

Glutton for Punishment

Friends, you would think after taking 2-3 years

to make 1 sweater, I would not be quick to

start another.  But...

I found this beautiful burgundy thread.

 Somewhere in between these pictures is the

beautiful color.  I wish my camera were

more true to real life.

And I have another beautiful Kay Meadors' pattern to use with it.

So...

I feel compelled to begin again.

As a matter of fact, I've already started.

But I ran into a glitch.

I made the small and it is TOO big for me.

And there is no extra small.

So...

I have to figure out the counts for extra small.

At 1st I was wondering how I could ever do this,

but I've discovered a pattern in the size-growth.

So I will soon be ripping out what I have

and trying again with the new count.