Hey, there Sunshine! How are you doing on this lovely Summer's Day? I sure hope you are feeling as fit as a fiddle and as fine as dandy!
It has been a good week in the holler thus far. As my Nanny would say- "I've been keeping the roads hot "which means I have been out and about for the last few days. Not doing anything special but visiting family and dipping in and out of thrift stores. So you know I am one happy gal! 😀
This bright sunshiny yellow afghan is my latest thrifty find for only $1.99. 😲 Eeeh what a steal! I have already draped it onto my stitching chair . It will be nice to throw over my legs during the chilly evenings.
I will show you some of my other finds in the next coming days.
Sweet Gail, sent me a Blessing Box with a couple of advertising tins to add to my collection. 💛💙
But wait. What makes them extra special is they were from her collection . AND...
They are musical tins. 😀 Just turn the little key and sweet melodies delight the ears.
The Morton's Salt tin plays "Singin' in the Rain." If you would like to enjoy a little "ear worm" just click the colored link to listen to Gene Kelly singing "Singin' in the Rain" on Youtube. Such a delight.
Right now I have the sweet musical tins sitting on my "mitten table" ( The table where I store the boy's winter mittens and tobaggans). But I am already dreaming of moving the Morton's Salt to the blue hutch and the Old Dutch Cleaner will be incorporated into my fall display with my brown crocks.
Oh, what fun I will have weaving them in and out of displays throughout the year. Thank you so much, Gail for blessing me with your treasures and kindness. 🤗 You brought me such joy.
Hmmm... what else is going on?🤔
Have you ever made a berry? A couple of years ago, I posted a Berry Making Tutorial. My advice when making a berry is to cut your fabrics large. You can trim down as you go if you decide the berry or cap needs to be smaller.
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| The Berry Sampler (Amy's 2026 berry sampler) which I have not shared, Blooms of the Heart Berry and Berry Bouquet- A Sampler for Amy |
Usually , I stuff my berries with a combination of polyfil and sawdust from Mr. Pinker's workshop . But this year, I decided to fill it with something different- oodles and oodles of fabric scraps that I have collected. I will show you the project that these scraps are from later this week. I simply cut the little scraps to wee pieces and stuffed them into the berry.
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| Scraps from a quilting project were used to fill "Blooms of Heart" |
I made my berry oversized and stitched wonky "X's" along the seam line . I always do this on my berries.
Usually, I like to add bits of lace and all kinds of things to my strawberry caps. But I really did not frou-frou the strawberry cap up much this year; I just kept it simple.
I cut a strawberry cap from a gray wool skirt. I tacked it down over the top of the strawberry using blanket stitches. I then cut strips of silk from a jacket . I created loops from the strips and secured them with 2 overlapping buttons on top! Wahlah! My strawberry cap was complete! Easy Peasy!
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| Amy's 2023 berry which I have not shared, In My Heart She Blooms 2024 berry, and Berries for Amy the 2025 berry |
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| The basket was stitched in blues . My sweet sis had beautiful gray blue eyes. |
As Always...
Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all
Melisa
"Friendship is a blessing that warms the heart and soothes the soul. "
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤
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