A Hip Hopping Finish and A Down on the Farm Stamp Freebie

 Good Friday morning to you , sweet chicks. Please do come in and join me; I do have lots to share. A cup of hot coffee is sitting on the buffet for you to enjoy. Sugar ? Or do you like it black? If you are not a coffee lover , I do have iced sweet tea in the fridge. 🥤🤗

Eeeh! Woo Hoo! I am hip hopping happy!!!!

I have a finish! 🐰🐇🐰

The Easter Quilt is complete!

I believe I started it in 2019 or thereabouts. 

I have spent "many a hours" sitting on the porch stitching away on this colorful quilt. To be honest, I thought I would never complete it.🙄🤣  Hee! Hee!  

But here it is - in all it's glory!  In time for Easter! So to say I am hip hopping Happy is an understatement. 

The Easter quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted using the Baptist Fan design. 

The backing was a 100 % cotton sheet that is white with large pink polka dots on it. How perfect for an Easter quilt.

What else do I have to share? Well...

It is Farm Friday! And I will be working on a farm stitch. 

I have had the hankering to stitch some farm themed stamps for awhile. Well, I finally pulled out some floss and started one.

Cluck! Cluck! Of course I had to start out with a chicken stitch. Though I no longer have chickens, I am still known as the crazy chicken lady in some circles. Hee! Hee! I just love , love, love chickens!

This little stamp is called "Here , Chick Chick"!

Just two little chickens living wild and fancy free - frolicking in the flower garden. My hens were notorious for scratching my gardens up.

I will be sharing the little farm stamps ever so often on Fridays. I have no set schedule on their release just when one comes to me, and I finish it. They will mainly be about farm life and the things that I love. So far I have over 12 in mind and more are brewing.

"Farm Fresh"  Freebie form Hands on Design, Life is Better on the Farm, Here, Chick , Chick! Stamp,  Spring on the Farm

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If you are interested in stitching this piece,  just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends. 

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I have included a few printables for your copying pleasure if you are so inclined. 🤗🐔

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Hen House

Now I bet some of you are wondering about the Summer SAL. I am still thinking about it. I am toying with the idea of creating a lot of different stamps with various themes and then let you choose the colors , and stamps you want in your sampler. - Just a thought. 

 Hubby and I will be going to town today to get groceries for the upcoming Easter meal.  We also hope to visit some thrift shops and antique stores. Fingers crossed we will find some deals. 🤞

Well, I do believe I have rambled long enough. I wish you a hip hopping happy day! Love ya' a bushel and a peck !😘❤

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Happiness shared is happiness doubled.    " - Swedish proverb

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for Home Matters

A Parade of Past Spring & Easter Freebies 2025

 Hip Hip Hooray! It's parade day! 

Good afternoon, Sweeties . It is a beautiful day - a perfect day for a parade!  So grab your needle , fabric and floss and let's go marching!

 If you see any of the stitches or doodles that you are interested in, just click on the colored text and you will be taken back to the post with the chart and information. I hope you enjoy! ( This is a photo heavy post.) 

Miss Flopsy's Spring Harvest

Daisy Basket Trifle

 Spring Banner

 Clover Basket Pinkeep

Aunt Fannie's Letters and Keys House

Spring Flutter 

 

In My Heart She Blooms- Amy's 2024 Berry

A Bouquet For Amy

 Strawberries and Cream Stamp

Berries Stamp

 Strawberry Shortcake Stamp.

Bunny House Saltbox

Block 3 A Country Spring Day

Block 4 Early Birds

 Mary's Basket  Strawberry Pinkeep

May Berry Basket 

Spring Stamp Sampler 

The Hopper House. 

The Pink House

Sweet Berry Pickers Quilt

Farm Luv Doodles

Mini Bunny Sampler

Spring Checklist 

Spring 

 

Mini Tulip Sampler

Miss Flopsy  and Bunny Jar 

Miss Flopsy and Bunny Jar 

Spring Green Saltbox 

The Tulip House

 Katie Anne's Saltbox 

Strawberry Saltbox

The Ewe House 

Bunny & Tulip Trifle

 

Love Trifle ,   St. Patty's Day Trifle ,   Sheep Trifle ,   Bunny Trifle ,     Strawberry  Picker  , May Basket ,  Love Bird Trifle ,       ,Bunny Trifle , Carrot Trifle ,  

Bee Skep Trifle ,  

Nesting Bluebird

Buford Bunny Trifle

A Basket of Spring

Pictured here are A Basket of Spring, 1869 Bunny Hop, Bunny Trifle, Sheep Jar and of course Bunny Jar . 

Beatrice Bunny 

Beatrice Bunny's Carrot Haul Stamp

Spring Stamp

Love Jar from the Mason Jar Series

Love Basket and Doodle

   Strawberry Jam Jar 

Amy Lou the Berry Picker 

 Farm Sweet Farm

Spring Pasture

Spring Farmhouse   which is modeled after my Nanny's home and Spring on the Farm

Life is Better on the Farm

Life is Better on a Farm and Little House Needleworks "Hen Party"

 1869 Spring Chick Crock.

 Bunnies, Baskets and Chickens 

This piece finished on foam board with 2 layers of batting. 

Pat-a -Cake Quilt

I want to thank y'all for being so kind , supportive, and encouraging . You bring me so much joy and to think that you come to my humble little home in blogland - well that means the world to me!❤🤗

In the near future, I will be posting  a Bee Parade, a Patriotic Parade and Strawberry Parade .   In the meantime, if you want to see last year's parades, I will leave a list of them below. Have a great evening and..

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Spring is a time of plans and projects- Leo Tolstoy

Warm Spring Wishes and Bunny kisses! 

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet Baby sister, Amy . I love you, Amo.  ❤

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🌞Buzz Buzz Busy Bee Parade-  An early 2024 bee freebie parade. 

🌞Time to Dye-  2024 post on how I tea/ Coffee Dye my fabric.