Saturday Stitches

Lasting as Eternity : The Dog Sampler : Thirsty Hart : Rachael Holmes

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm : Great Grandma Dagmar's Birth Sampler

Love Day

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."

Jeremiah 31:3

That's what it says.

We are loved with an EVERLASTING love.

Not like everlasting gobstoppers that really don't last that long.

This is the true meaning of everlasting... forever love... isn't that what we all long for?

Someone who sees who we are, to the very core, and yet... loves us unconditionally?

And there it is, simple and pure and free.

"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, 

so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." 

John 3:16

While I cherish the love of my Husband, Children, Family and Friends, 

this forever LOVE is what I cling to the hardest.

God won't send me chocolates or flowers today, but its okay... 

He gave me a greater gift. He gave up His very life for me.

New Pattern Release... I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

I have long admired blackwork embroidery with its simple elegance and monochrome color scheme. I realize that cross-stitching is not a traditional way to create blackwork, but since I am not very practiced in embroidery techniques, I present for you here a modern interpretation.

To create this design, I studied pictures of antique samplers in my digital collection, looking for wintery borders and bands. I copied or adapted them to fit the design, and added some key phrases from a favorite Winter song, written by Irving Berlin in 1937…

The snow is snowing,
the wind is blowing,
But I can weather the storm.
What do I care how much
it may storm?
I've got my love to keep me warm...

Stitch Count: 123 x 233

Model stitched on
Weeks Dye Works 35ct. Straw linen

Using Weeks Dye Works flosses:
3900 Kohl, 1331 Brick

The lovely frame is an antique.

It is now available by directly contacting me (beth@heartstringsamplery.com), or through my new etsy shop.