Anniversaries of the Heart and The Little Sheep Flock

It's hard to believe that the holidays have flown past and I am back working on the 'Anniversaries' cross stitch.  Here's Mom's block in picture form, before I ripped the roof out. 

Ripping...

Adding new roof...

While I was waiting for Judy to begin the Little Flock, I ripped out some eyelets I cross stitched and didn't like, on Mom's 'Anniversary' block on the roof, then just straight cross stitched the roof with the red color the pattern called for. 

I also started 'The Little Sheep Flock and Virtues,' and Judy has started hers, and although I was worried that I didn't have enough fabric to fit the entire flock, 3 wide on it, they look like they'll fit after all.

I also made some sheep accessories: a thread keep, and a pin cushion with sheep pins. Love the 'black' sheep! Yes, it's the little things! Judy and I are keeping this very low key and non-competitive - no racing! Pictures of Little Flock cross stitch soon.

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Coming to a Needle Near Me!

In 2014, my good friend Judy and I are going to cross stitch the Little Flock (of Sheep) and their virtues. There are 12 of them. As each block is finished I'll post them here. I plan to sew them on one piece of fabric like below, and have it framed when I finish - I am putting on the little buttons. The originals were sewn into individual pillows and placed in an old dough bowl. 

I'm also going back to work on Anniversaries of the Heart where I left off - on Mom's house block. My pictures to come! Here's someone else's for a refresher.  

Here's a picture of the flock in chart form, without buttons, from Little House Needleworks, Diane Williams, who designed them. Her blog link is in the right hand column.

Really looking forward to this one!

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