Rejoice! (also register for CQJP2017)

crazy quilt block 9

continuing with the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016- 

And registration is now on for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2017.  I encourage you to register; it is a nice project to work on through the year, and at the end, have 12 blocks for a finished project.

remember - Rejoice Always!  Especially at Christmas, Think upon CHRIST 
God sent His Son - God came to US!! Christ has come, paid it all - receive the free gift of salvation and rejoice evermore!  

And pray without ceasing :)

Mouth

continuing to work on crazy quilt journal project for 2016....
(sign ups for 2017 will occur soon - please sign up, it is a lovely project to work on)

my theme for 2016 was a USA patriotic theme, as this is an election year...

four  more blocks to go...then sewing it up all together.

This quote was chosen as I am called to speak up the truth (especially when people do not want to hear it), and to remember that the Lord is the One who strengthens me - who strengthens us :)

Thank you for any comments ~ I always appreciate hearing from people!

many of the stitches I use are part of the Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge on pintangle

Stepping Out

Crazy Quilt Block #7  2016


working and progressing through the crazy quilt blocks

Sewing little stars and beads, working different stitches....

working in red, white, blue with gold accents for the colors of the USA, during 2016 this election year...

And trusting in God alone as I step out to volunteer for the campaign...

Will Not We Fear

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore, will not we fear.....

crazy quilt block part of the 2016 crazy quilt journal project

stitches used can be found via pintangle, and excellent resource

crazy quilt blocks continue

crazy quilt blocks continue, this is the third block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016     firework like flowers on the lower edge are Berry Stitch, in pearl cotton thread; the royal blue and red chains are the Chained Cross Stitch, in Pepper Pot silk thread...

detail around verse is Chained Cross Stitch in pearl thread #8 with beads

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear...psalm 46:1-2

TAST Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge Stitch 45 Berry Stitch

Berry Stitch in pearl cotton #5 ~ 3 different blues surrounding white...

filling in with more Berry Stitches  :)  learn theBerry Stitch and more at pintangle

And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.  deuteronomy 31:8

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. john 6:36

 trust in Jesus Christ :)

Working In Progress Wednesday Quilt & Colmar Block Embroidery

Work is continuing on the small panel for the exchange sponsored by Emma; this is an up close photo of the newly sewn diamonds without tails ...a big thank you to Karen H  of faeries and fires BLOG for...

for her helpful tutorials, this one helped me with the diamonds

and embroidery embellishment on Colmar Block 2 continues

:) thank you for visiting!

there really is peace ~

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.  john 16:33  

WIPW, work in progress wednesday, a beginning...quilt block work

Hooray! My first Work in Progress Wednesday!!  I have been a follower (albeit from a distance) of Work in Progress Wednesdays since I first started reading on Sharon's pintangle blog - I read back to see when it began..could it have been 2009?  I have been reading her blog even before that, using it as a helpful stitch reference - anyway...

before shot of leaf and center flower (finishing up the first block of Quiltmania's mystery quilt block 2015)   here is the after shot, showing the work in  progress completed so far

these leaves have the addition of rust+blue dmc floss embellishments, and

the center flower has the addition of blue, bright pink/red straight stitches and bright pink/red french knots.  ( my photo taking  is a whole work in progress unto itself :P  )

and have added filler stitches in as well

special thanks to Queenie, whose weekly postings of WIPW have inspired me these past years, so that I have finally joined along :D  thank you!!  
 (3/19 I found this WIPW link-up: http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com  
via Karen's blog   fairies and fibres  )

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11