Roses from daughter and pictures of finished samplers.

These are the two dozen Roses that my daughter and son-in-law gave me for Mothers Day.  Aren't they beautiful?  They came in the most beautiful vase and look and smell wonderful. They came over on Mother's Day and my wonderful, beautiful and sweet daughter handed me this beautiful vase of roses with a very touching card. When I read the card tears just came forward, so thank you my wonderful beautiful dear Jeannette, love you so much. My son Harold called me from Houston also to wish me a happy Mothers Day, it was so nice to talk to him and hear some news about my other two grandchildren, love you son, and I feel very blessed to have two wonderful children, God bless you both.

I also wanted to share with you the link to Carol S's photos. She has done some wonderful pieces and I enjoyed looking at them very much. Hope you do also.
http://community.webshots.com/user/samplerfarmer

This next photo is Deb's Evil Serpent.  Deb did a wonderful job stitching this and I love the way she framed it. Thank you Deb for being so kind and sharing a picture of your finished piece, love the frame.

And finally Patti D sent me photos of her And They Sinned. She did a wonderful job on it. It is stitched on 32 ct Belfast linen using the called for GAST Threads.  She ommitted the green at the bottom of the design. Thank you Patti for sharing and letting me post pictures of your finished ATS, what a beautiful job you did, and I love the frame you picked.

The frame was done at Fancimats in Littleton, CO.

Thank you all for sharing these photos with me. I love sharing all your finishes and wips on my blog. It is so rewarding to see people actually stitching the pieces that I designed.

I would also like to thank all the wonderful people for their nice comments, they mean alot to me.

Blessing to all, Vilma

MY WIP AND STASH

This is the latest photo of AAWFAA.  My progress is slow because I have been spending so much time working in my garden.  But I thought you might enjoy seeing an update.

 I don't usually show the back sides but someone was asking about it so I thought I would share that also.  I always try to keep my backs looking neat but sometimes it is easier than other times.
















I also thought I would share with you some photos of my latest stash,  I am a scissor fanatic and I should have never checked with Madstitcher  but I did and found these beautiful scissors on her website and had to have them, are they not beautiful!! The top two are a matte pewter look.  They are called Middle Ages and the matte Storks. They are very sharp and really feel nice in the hand.   I love the black ones, they are the flying witch, the black sheep, the smiling cat and the wide eyed owl and she also has a white sheep scissor but did not have any in stock, so she is ordering me one, I just love those sheep scissors. The big black one, is a very old scissor I had for years, I found it at a garage sale when we lived in TN and love it, I am always looking for old scissors.















































I am thrilled that Kathy is now the USA distributor for Gigi R designs.  I have some of the Letter Samplers since I am collecting the initials of my husband, children and grandchildren and also mine to stitch one of these days, I am waiting for Gigi to release the "H". Kathy says it should be ready in the next week or so.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day.  Blessings to each of you who are mothers or have been role models for children.  I think this is the most important role we have as women today. and we should celebrate and honor those who have undertaken this job whether through biology or not.

Hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather and stitching away, well I am off to the nursery to find some plants I need.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Mother's.

Blessings, Vilma

FUN AND WORKING

Since the club house is still closed and it will not open till the middle of May, we decided to get Grant a little pool and set it up in the back yard, even though it was a little cool for swimming, Grant was having a great time.

So while my husband and I were working hard in the yard, pulling weeds, planting, setting mulch and trimming, we still did our best to keep our eyes on Grant. Later his parents picked him up and we kept on working on the yard, by the time it was 7:30 pm we came into the house dirty, sweaty and tired. We took a bath and had a late dinner and we were so tired that we went straight to bed, but it felt good to fall asleep tired after a hard days work.

Blessings, Vilma

MY OFFICE AND WHERE I WORK

These are some pictures of my office where I design,
and  work 10 to 12 hours a day. As you can all see the
walls are all full of samplers and I have run out of space
to hang any more samplers in my office walls,  I have hung
some of my other samplers in my bedroom, family room,
stairs and the kitchen. I wanted to share with you all
where I spend my days.

I love my office my husband gifted me with because I
can work in peace and concentrate on my future designs,
and nobody can bother me since I lock myself in.

I also have my treadmill so I can take some time to
work out when my back and legs get a little stiff, right now
I am doing a overall spring cleaning since it was a mess and
I had to organize everything in order.

Right now I am dedicating my time to my garden and doing
fun things with my family, especially the grandchildren. When
the weather gets warmer we will be going to the beach, camping
and hiking and lot of outdoor entertainment, which I need after
the cold weather and being indoor so much. I need to get some
vitamin D in my body.

Thank you for stopping by and would love to hear your
comments.

Many blessings, Vilma

NEW RELEASE FOR APRIL 2010

This is the latest of my designs and will be available for purchase the end of next week.  It is "The Shepherd and Shepherdess'.   It was stitched on 36 count linen using NPI silks.  The stitch count is 200w x 252 h.  It is by no means a small sampler.  It is quite large and takes a bit of time to do.  The model was stitched by Kathy Bonham, my wonderful madstitcher.  Thank you Kathy for a wonderful, wonderful job, as always.  I don't know what I would do without you.

I also want to make a note that the Shepherd and Shepherdess are 82 and 83 stitches in height.

I will not be releasing any more designs until the end of the year and these will be the ones that I already have stitched and framed. I am taking the summer off to spend time with my family and my garden. I will be stitching for myself and enjoying my needlework again.

Thanks to my dear friend, Maria, for sending me this line by Sir Walter Scott.  It really speaks to my heart.
 
God Bless, Vilma

O MANY A SHAFT THAT RANDOM SENT, FINDS MARK THE ARCHER LITTLE MEANT, AND MANY A WORD THAT RANDOM SPOKEN MAY SOOTHE OR WOUND A HEART THAT'S BROKEN    .........    Sir Walter Scott

EASTER SUNDAY & DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY

Easter Sunday was my daughter's birthday and we wanted to do something special for her. So after having an Easter Egg Hunt with the boys we had dinner and a lovely cake with pink dots for Jeannette. Everyone had so much fun. The boys outdid themselves finding the Easter eggs and seeing what was hidden inside. Alex seemed to find all the ones with money in them and Grant just wanted to play with them and the plastic toys in the fountain. He kept coming back over and over again and each time he got wetter and wetter until finally he was Naked! I wanted to share some photos with you and I couldn't decide which ones to post so I ended up posting quite a few. I hope you do not mind. I do love my family so much. The first ones are of Jeannette, her husband Steve, my husband, Harold and Alex and Grant at the dinner table with the cake. The rest are of the Easter Egg Hunt. I hope you enjoy them.

God Bless, Vilma

O MANY A SHAFT THAT RANDOM SENT, FINDS MARK THE ARCHER LITTLE MEANT, AND MANY A WORD THAT RANDOM SPOKEN MAY SOOTHE OR WOUND A HEART THAT'S BROKEN ......... Sir Walter Scott

SHARING AND BLESSINGS

Thought I share some other samplers that I have stitched
through the years, the top one and the bottom one are from
SD and I stitched them as birth samplers for my son and
daughter, the other two I wish I could remember who they
are from since I stitched them years ago.

What a wonderful week I had in spending time with my
family, wow it was just so nice to relax and do other things.

Right now I am getting ready to hide the eggs for my grandchildren
who are coming over for a easter egg hunt, wow will they have
fun. Also fixing a early dinner since it is also my daughters birthday
and she does not know about it, I had a beautiful red velvet cake
made for her and she will be so surprised, but then that is what
mothers and grandmothers do. I will post some pictures later.

I would like to wish you all a very blessed Easter on celebrating
the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessings to all, Vilma