Giveaway Week 1

Update ~ M.L. from House of Whimsy is this week's winner!

As I mentioned yesterday I'd like to have a giveaway each Tuesday between now and Christmas. Here's the giveaway for this week.

We recently had a gentleman from Glad Tidings India speak at our church. Rev. Teate brought along some beautiful handmade cross stitched wall hangings. "Most of them were made by the wives of pastors who serve in small, struggling and often remote churches in India (churches could be simply mud huts). By doing so, the wives are helping to support their families, as well as, the on-going ministries of the churches. Dr. William Scott, the missionary who brought these stitcheries to the United States, has said when visiting the churches he would see the pastors' wives sewing prior to church services."

The stitcheries that I purchased came from a mission which includes 50-60 such churches. Quality control is done by the director of the mission because most of the women can't read English and may omit a letter from a word without supervision.

Some of the wall hangings were made by women attending Glad Tidings Bible-content literacy classes. The cross stitch is one of the self-help skills taught in the literacy program.

I've included a couple photos of the back of these stitcheries. The work is amazing!
Here's the reverse of the word Lord and a close-up of the "L".

It's as beautiful as the front ~ don't you think?

This beautiful piece measures about 14 inches by 21 inches. It isn't framed. Three edges are machine hemmed and one edge is just the selvage. I bought several of these and I'd love to give one away to one of you. A comment on this post enters you once. A mention about this giveaway on your blog enters you two more times ~ for a total of three. The winner will be picked next Sunday, December 6th.