New patterns for April 2018

A wonderful spring to you! We have had an uncommonly wet spring this year, but the sun is starting to shine regularly and I've been able to spend hours and hours outside. Our hens are loving their freedom from snow and are doing their best to help with pest control. Both our string mower and push mower started up without issue after their winter hibernation, so the yard is all mowed and the weeds sure look pretty when they are all the same height ;-)

A blessing of the rain was more time inside to stitch! This batch of releases has four designs that all work into a series or have a companion design. I have already put the first few stitches in the next batch of releases, but now we have sunshine and it is beautiful so the stitching will likely take a back burner for a bit.

 MBT-208 Let It Begin With Me

This design was so much fun. It is a take off on "Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me," but it better fits my personality. With the saying "Let there be caffeine on earth and let it begin with me" it fits for coffee, tea, or soda drinkers. A dear friend saw a preview and told me it was great, but she had one of those days and needed wine. Wine. So I needed to make that work for her. This led to an alternate version "Let there be cabernet on earth and let it begin with me." It is a companion design to MBT-198 More Than Coffee. Model is stitched with Weeks Dye Works thread on 28 ct. linen, which fits perfectly into an 8x10 frame. Info for the cabernet version is in the chart.

MBT-209 Guide Me in Truth

This scripture is from Psalm 25:5, "Guide me in truth and teach me." The model is stitched with Weeks Dye Works thread on WDW 35 ct. linen. On 35 ct. it will fit a standard 5x7 frame. It is a companion design to MBT-160 Walk by Faith, MBT-176 Saved by Grace, and MBT-182 Love One Another. 

MBT-210 Building Block Abide

Finally, finally, finally... block number 18!!! This is the eighteenth block in the Building Block series. Each one has the same stitch count, is stitched with Gentle Art Sampler Thread, and is on 28 ct. cream linen. My goal is to get to twenty in the next year. Each block is a deep dive into scripture and a conversation piece when I have it as a project at different meetings for 4H and home school group. 

MBT-211 My Soul Find Rest

This scripture is from Psalm 62, "My soul finds rest in God alone, from Him comes my salvation." The model is stitched with Weeks Dye Works on 28 ct. jobelan. It is a companion design to MBT-183 Trust In Him and MBT-192 Hope and a Future. The frame is by East Side Frames. 

Hat Pins!!!

I've had these pins around for a while, but marketing them hasn't been a huge priority because of time constraints. Time is still constrained (isn't it always!), but I just have to show these little beauties off a bit. They are available in any color requested and are perfect for picking out stitches, if you want them to be useful, or for adorning a pin cushion or biscornu, if you want them to just be beautiful! I want to put them in my potted plants, just as that little sparkly surprise for anyone who cares to look past all of the dead leaves (I have a truly black thumb when it comes to houseplants).

You are officially up to date with all things My Big Toe! My hope for myself in the coming months is to focus on contentment. I want to enjoy the songbirds that are perching themselves on the sills of our window and doors. I want to sit by the pond and watch the frogs try to hide from a curious child. I want to enjoy the beauty of creation as things cast of the dormancy of winter - and before it is so hot that I don't want to be outside in it! God's blessings to you.