A Gift for a Friend

I have been waiting to post this pic until the pillow was received. This was a joint effort between me and another Elaine who lives in Scotland. We wanted to do something for a friend that has been fighting cancer. Angie beat breast cancer earlier this year. Then a few months ago she was diagnosed with liver cancer which has possibly spread to other areas. It's diagnosed as stage 4 which is the worst stage. But we are optimistic that Angie will beat this too. :o) She has been really tired out from the chemo treatments but always sounds cheery when I talk to her on the phone. She has moved back to Alabama to be with her family. Lainey (the other Elaine) and I were discussing what we could do for Angie. Lainey suggested this cross stitch chart and I knew it would be perfect. She started it and stitched half
of it (and the tag for the back) and then sent it to me. I stitched my half and made it into a pillow in Angie's favorite color, purple. This is my first attempt at making a pillow like this so I was worried how it would turn out. I was afraid to cut any of the fabric, especially the stitched piece. :op Well, I guess I did ok because Angie called me on Saturday and said she cried when she saw the pillow. :o) Her mom likes it so much she made Angie leave it on top of the couch instead of taking it in her bedroom. :o) So I guess we did good. :o) It cheered Angie up and that was our intention. :o) If you read this Angie, we're thinking about you!
I have done a bit more stitching
but I will leave those pics for another time. Other than that, not much is happening. It's been pretty nice, fall-like but it's supposed to warm back up this week. I want the cool temps to stay! It's October!(already! can you believe it?)
Well, time to get dinner started.
Hugs to everyone!