There is a village, snowmen and some holiday stitching.....

It never seems like Christmas until we get our village up.. Complete with post office, not one but 2 coffee shops... A needlework store, a cattery... We even have our own sign painter... It has been snowing a lot so you can see, they are almost waist high in that white stuff...

And what village would be complete without some mention of the warmth a stitched quilt could bring? Even in the cold of winter these ladies are basking in the warmth of the season...
( I think I will stay indoors under my beautiful friendship quilt and be happy here)

Our postmen are struggling this morning, they have been so busy getting all of our packages out... Many are sent, so keep watching ladies...

And our mantle is all set up with our SNOW People CHORUS as they all sing... they needed a perfect spot....we have 9 of them so Hallmark better not make any more, as there is no more room.
I keep everyone in stitches when I push all their buttons....and they sing all their very different tunes.... it is comical to see and hear, they need some MTC fine tuning....what do you say Deonn?
And speaking of STITCHING.....

I have all of my Vintage Patterns done by Brooke... I made my stole with angora and cashmere wool....it is soooo warm...
She has them all up in her store now....They look so Vintage and they are sooooo wonderful to stitch up... They do not take long at all..
I am waiting for some new threads and I will be doing up a couple more in different threads... the above fabric is DMC MONACO. glass blue....in Canada we can get it from our friends at H.A. Kidd....can be found at all their retailers...
Don't they all look so VOGUE.... they are all available in her shop..

I managed to stitch up yet another Santa, since my other is long gone to some lady who realllllly wanted it ... ( this one stitched on dmc Monaco tea stained)

This weekend will be filled with baking and possibly more stitching...
I am working on this piece presently, called Enchanted Alphabet.
It's a sampler of the most beautiful stitches...it looks variegated but it is done with single dmc threads....the artiste who passed a couple of years ago, Marilyn, welllll she knew color and could she ever stitch magic.... Her work will live on forever in our minds and our hearts.... I have many of her patterns... Found 22 of them the other day....Not sure I will ever get to most of them but let me say, they are all so unique and very detailed...This is one of her simpler ones!
This piece is fairly large so it make take awhile..it has a little girl smack in the middle and a BUNNY..yes a sweet bunny.. I am stitching it on some beautiful linen that was in my stash....I think it is Zweigart Annabelle 32 count....I could not do it at without my READERs.... If your reason is you cannot see your work anymore..welllll get to readers.com ....with their over 600 fashion pieces and strengths....( not 600 strengths lol) you will be stitching once again....

I leave you with some engaging Kenny G..... Hope you all have a GLORIOUS weekend.... YOU all Matter!