Good Day Sweet Friends...
I finally finished a page on my new work in progress! No thanks to the frogs. I tell you, they've been hopping all over the place at my house of late. riiiibbbbiiiitttt!
See that huge geometric, double line Quaker motif? I stitched that twice. And still those hoppers were not done with me. But I worked it all out and last evening while watching the boob tube with my homies, I slipped the last few stitches in on a full page. So one down and eleven to go....should be a beauty when it is all done though (if that day does indeed make it here).
Without further ado...
please let me introduce Quaker Virtues:
Quaker Virtues
Designed by: ByGone Stitches ~ Gail Reinhardt
Stitched on: 28 ct. ivory linen
Stitched with DMC 310 and 815
So...
that does it folks for me today. I'm going to scramble off of here so I can plant my bottom and get going on the next thing I want to work on....hmmm....what will that be?
Until next time...
I'll be keeping my hands to work while my heart is to God. Join in with me!
Hugs and love,
Looks great! Makes it worth all the frogging??? Sometimes I wonder about that one. LOL
ReplyDeleteFabulous start, Vonna! Congratulations on getting page 1 finished! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
ReplyDeleteRobin in Virginia
Gorgeous! Love the minimal palette you've chosen.
ReplyDeleteAnd, what a frog horror story!
ssswwwweeeetttt!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Vonna. Love it. Just consider each page a separate project and it'll be done before you know it!
ReplyDeleteI think those little fellows have been out in force - must be the colder weather coming... But at least we got through them, and you've got a beautiful project underway! Ready to see the next installment.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! Those frogs seem to be playing havoc with everyone lately!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. The frogs seem to be after black thread. I had the same problem with a part today that was all black.
ReplyDeleteSorry about those little froggies - Pesky but so cute ;)
ReplyDeleteDespite their visit your piece looks great - I will certainly watch your progress ;)
Why is it that the simplest stitching... all one color, no fractionals, basic designs, give us so much trouble counting? Glad I'm not the only one. Your finish looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!!!!! If only those frogs would just leave us along.... LOL!!
ReplyDeletelooking so lovely xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful start Vonna, but I'm sorry about the frogs. Unfortunately with Quaker designs, it can be really hard to just work around mistakes.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous new start. Love the colours you are using.
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love the black and red. This is going to be beautiful
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOoo those ornery froggies! Glad you got it worked out, it's really pretty!
ReplyDeleteVery nice stitching. Can't wait to see the progress!
ReplyDeleteCathy
Gorgeous! I just love the black, red and ivory palate. Can't wait to see more. Sorry to hear about the frogs! I thought your bit about "boob tube with the homies" was hysterical! :)
ReplyDeleteLooking great! Vonna
ReplyDeleteNO More Frogging!!!
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ReplyDeleteVonna! You are an inspiration to me! I've been off from stitching for a few weeks and one good look at what you are doing gets me right back in the mood! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour quaker virtues is just beautiful! So sorry about the frogs! I hope they leave you alone on the rest of the pages!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful start!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Hopefully the frogs have moved on. :)
ReplyDeleteVonna: This is a lovely piece nice work.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
diamondc
So sorry to hear about the frogs. But they do say practice makes perfect and it looks pretty darn close to perfect to me! ;)
ReplyDeleteLooking good! I know your next project will be a good one... they always are!
ReplyDeletehappy stitching...
Good luck with it! My friend Claudia stitched it, and it seemed to be a rather frustrating piece to stitch. Quite a few errors on the chart...too many for me, I decided to skip it.
ReplyDeleteBut it was beautiful when she finished!
Beautiful work as always hun; and you just keep that pesky "frog" there. He was here last week and I kicked him out..lol Hope your family has a fun & safe Halloween.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Shar
Love your Quaker Virtues! Can't wait to see what you show us next!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful start Vonna! Sorry that the frogs were camped out though. Sounds like they've chosen to move on now. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I don't even attempt Quaker designs - no way to fake an error which I am never lacking!
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful! Sorry about the frogs.
ReplyDeleteThose little devil frogs have been to my house lately, too. It is really lovely though, Vonna.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great design, pity about the frog visiting, but I see you got rid of him eventually.
ReplyDeletevery beautiful !!!!!
ReplyDeletehave a good day
marylin from France
me encanta, felicidades
ReplyDeleteI love all Quakers. Yours is exceptional and I look forward to watching your progress on it
ReplyDeleteVonna ~ Quakers Virtues is looking very nice ~ I have that piece in my stash as well!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful page 1 finish! :o)
ReplyDeleteCathi
Looking BEAUTIFUL, Vonna. What a great piece to be stitching on! Those FROGS - ewwwwwwwwww. The older I get, the more they visit. Hmmmmmm has to be a correlation there somewhere. ;) Cathryn
ReplyDeleteVonna --
ReplyDeleteIt's looking great! Your stitching is so beautiful:))
Happy Halloween!
Even with the frog visits your progress is great! I will enjoy watching this project grow :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching. Congrats on getting page 1 completed. Those frogs seem to be visiting everyone since they were at my house over the weekend also.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on what you've done so far! It took me a year to stitch my QV... and I still don't have it framed yet. Will love watching your progress!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching.This a really lovely design,look forward to seeing more pics.
ReplyDeleteAnother pretty project. So sorry about the frog.......I hope he doesn't hop over to Ohio.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HALLOWEEN !!
Absolutely beautiful - now tell me, did you send that frog south???? Cause we have a ditch full of the big ones out front plus a dry one that stays on my stitching board!!! Love it, Judith
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I am working on this one too but using the color the pattern called for, as well as the Quaker Christmas and Quaker Christmas II. I love these patterns, but beware, there are occasional mistakes in the patterns that you have to catch.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a beautiful sampler. Can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love it! Great choices on the threads, too. I hope the frog visit was enough for this piece & that they won't be back again! It looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI truly can't believe how BEAUTIFUL the black on white is!!!!! WOW!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower. I look forward to more posts.
Sorry to hear about the frogs Vonna. Annoying little critters! Your stitching looks absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece, Vonna. Love the black and red!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!!! I love your color choices!!!! Shame on that darn frog....sounds like you need to fix some frog legs soon! :)
ReplyDeleteReally pretty and like it very much. Congrats on your progress.
ReplyDeleteJackie
That looks so good! I don't know how people do such big projects. I get tired after a small sampler lol. I love the black coloring.
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