I am back.....I became lazy with my stitching. Isn't this one good looking cross stitch, right in time to Honor all our veterans and soldiers, plus with February (Black History Month) around the corner, right in time to Honor all the black men that served back in the days and were not recognized for their services or hardwork. I am hear to say Thank You for a job well done!

Stay tune for the next cross stitch art work, Buffalo Soldier, that will be posted mid-February. 
 
 
 
The following are two cross stitching that I had done many many years ago and both were framed by me.  I plan on stitching
Women's Work again for myself.  The colors are brilliant, and the baby on the mother's back is just awesome.  What we women go through for our families!

                                                
                               
                        Women's Work (given to my hairdresser)

Mickey & Minnie (given to my male coworker as a gift to him and his wife's new baby daughter)

TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday)!!!!  I hope everyone have a wonderful and safe weekend. 

My plans for this weekend is to have finished the Fight for Freedom cross stitch and started on the Buffalo Soldier cross stitch.  Once they are both completed, I am going to have each framed in identical frames and hung in my living room.  They are going to make a great attraction in my home.

Above, I have finished another section of The Queen of Cats, and beginning to start a new section (do you see the needle and thread?, wow!).  This piece is taking longer than planned but after it is all said and done, you will never find another piece like this one hanging in no one's home but Tywanna's home.  Whom in their right mind, besides me, would tackle such a large piece of work.  Take care everyone and be blessed.

Isn't this a cute hat?  Hat was knitted by your very own, Tywanna.  This hat along with many other knitted hats, knitted mittens, and knitted scraves were distributed to the Carying Place and the Y.

I am still in awe and should have cross stitched this piece a long time ago.  The Fight for Freedom is coming along nicely.

I am so in awed as to how this piece is coming along.  Too bad I am not a painter do I would be painting some awesome scenes on canvas, but cross stitching is the next best thing.  I love taking a piece of blank fabric and watching it come alive with a picture.  I guess that is how a painter feels when painting on canvas, eventually the picture will come to life.

This piece is called Fight for Freedom. 

Knitted Baby Afghan

Fall is here to stay folks.  I am looking forward to the upcoming holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).  I am posting a picture of the baby afghan that I am knitting for my cousin for her upcoming newest arrival in December 2011.

Queen of the Cats

I want to share a picture of my immediate family that includes my parents and son (Walt, Tim and Alice).

My current stitching project is called "Queen of the Cats." This is the beginning and I will post another midway picture and the final picture will be framed. I was hoping to enter this piece in the NC State Fair 2011, but I have to submit the entry form on September 23rd and still have two weeks to have this piece completed and framed.

So why stress, when I can just enter "Remember to say I Love You", which is the picture displayed below. This piece speaks volumes and is all about family. Family is the heart of any home, but it is a "true" woman that holds the foundation together. As the old saying goes...."behind every successful man is a good woman." If you get a chance to visit the NC State Fair 2011, please stop by the Education Building and take a look at all the crafts, cakes, canned goods and, of course, my cross stitch.

Summer almost gone......

Summer is almost gone and right around the corner is fall, which will bring the NC State Fair. I am working diligently on a piece called "Queen of the Cats." I will post a picture next week to show the beginning, then another picture a week later showing mid-way, and then the final picture.

The picture displayed was stitched and framed by me. This piece is called "Remember to say I Love You."