Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Angelic Stitches

Hello dear stitching friends!  Finally - a post from me!  I hope you have all been keeping well as the year is quickly moving along and the festive season is fast approaching.  Would you believe that there are already Christmas decorations in some stores and that gift wrap and Christmas crackers are lining the shelves?  

I have been getting some stitching done, here is my latest offering:


This beautiful angel is designed by Joan Elliot and was featured in a Cross Stitch Card Shop magazine.  She is stitched in DMC thread and gold braid on a natural 28 count evenweave and trimmed with seed beads.


She is part of a set of four and I would like to stitch a companion piece for her, but I will leave that until next year.  I will probably try to find a frame for her so that she can be on display this Christmas!


I was also the lucky winner of a great giveaway Mary over at Colorado Stitcher had a while ago - I won the latest version of the My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software.  It is going to be great fun playing with this software and processing some of my photos - hopefully I will get more scrapbooking done, but I'm sure some stitching time will be lost!  Thank you Mary for this wonderful prize!

Our Spring has been slow in arriving, with today being one of the first sunshine days of the season.  Here are some pics I took over the weekend, in between rain storms.  Our garden is slowly coming to life - here are some Inca lilies ready to open:


And guess who should be lurking behind the plants!  Lexi loves being in the garden with me, but sometimes she shows the plants too much affection and flowers and buds are lost!


Here are the first roses in bloom:



That is it for now - I have been stitching a few Christmas ornaments, but sadly no finishing has happened!  I hope to share some more stitching (and finishing) soon.

Enjoy the rest of the week and Happy Stitching!

Michelle

19 comments:

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

A lovely angel :) and life abounds in your garden!

Tatkis said...

Such a beautiful angel!
Your spring photos are so sweet!

Hugs,
Tatyana

Vilma said...

Your angel is great :) And there are so fine to see spring flowers in your garden and last yellow and red leaves in my garden :)

Michelle said...

Oh its beautiful Michelle well done. We are on countdown now to visiting your beautiful country and it will be lovely to feel the sun again!

Grit said...

Wow , this stitching is so beautiful.
Liebe Grüße Grit

Edit said...

Good to hear about you again Michelle! Your anger is absolutely beautiful and so are your flowers in the garden. Here everything is turning into yellow, but you can still find some flowers in the parks.

Mii Stitch said...

Congratulations on finishing the lovely angel! It feels so refreshing seeing your garden coming to life with beautiful flowers when here in UK our gardens are pretty ugly & colourless due to winter coming up...

cucki said...

aww she is so pretty..very sweet..
lovely spring photos..
hugs xxx

Lonneke said...

Lots of eye candy here! Some of the best things is life: dogs, roses, angels and cross stitch! ;)
Your doggie is a cutie, your finish really nice and the flowers are gorgeous!

Melissa said...

Your roses are gorgeous!!

Great job the the angel. She is gorgeous, and I love the seed beads :)

Vickie said...

Hugs to Lexi.♥ Your angel is lovely.

Annie said...

Love your angel. What a pretty series that must be. Joan Elliot does so many beautiful designs.

Palkó said...

It's a beautiful angel!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Your angel is just lovely, congratulations! I saw my first Christmas decorations in July in Costco!

Christina said...

The angel is beautiful - I love the beaded work on her.

Carol said...

Such fabulous roses, Michelle--really perfect looking. I espcially love that pale peach one.

Your angel stitching is lovely with all the beading and sparkly threads--a true work of art! I'm sure you'll enjoy stitching the next one, too!

Enjoy the rest of October!!

Mylene said...

Such a lovely Angel!! And beautiful Spring pictures!!

butterfly said...

Beautiful post Michelle , Love your stitching I have the four angel's in my pile to do. Now I will want to stitch them.
Oh such a cute dog, and beautiful roses my ones are coming to an end now, we had a bad frost last night. So now I can come over and see your's , hugs.

Francien said...

The angel is so beautiful done Michelle....the colors are super...and your dog Lexi has such a lovely face.....great pictures!! greetings Francien.