Summer House Freebie and Some Summer Time Thrifting.

Good morning, and happy Tuesday, ya'll.  Welcome!  And let me wish you a very Happy August. 

 I am so excited to report that  the email subscriber service "Follow It" seems to be working .

 I have had a devil of a time changing over since Blogger dropped Feedburner, but thankfully I have received messages from sweet subscribers that they have received emails from "Follow It" which tells you when I post. I went with the service that I saw many other stitchers and quilters were using. Fingers crossed all is well. If you are not getting an email that I have posted, I hope you will subscribe by email using the gadget on my sidebar.

I am so excited about this week! No, I am not going on another camping trip though I would like too,  but it is the World's Longest Yard Sale! 

Eeeh ! Lots of treasures to be searched for. This yard sale stretches from Michigan to Alabama. We will go out on short little treasure hunts several days this week. I am always in search for quilts or quilt tops and cheap vintage goodies. 

Monday we traveled north up the valley, and we  stopped at several yard sales after having lunch at Hardees . I am happy to report I got a few things. Spools of thread, vintage snaps, a snowman platter and some Santa ornaments are just a few of the goodies I bought. I also bought some rick rack ,  yarns and frames for finishing. 

               

But I was jumping for joy when I purchased this  child's school chair which needs to be cleaned and restained and the vintage small coffee grinder.  Oh, and I must not forget the plate rack for just a dollar!

             

The price ranged from a quarter to $5.00; the coffee grinder cost us the $5.00 bill . I am  pretty happy with my haul,  and I don't think I did too bad.   We will probably not go yard saling today , but definitely tomorrow. 

Well on to my stitching. I recently finished a larger design called "Summer House " which is currently on the header of my blog. I was so touched by all of the kind messages about my new header and this stitch. So I wanted to share it with you. 

  This design has all of the things I love-  a house, sheep, a quilt,  flags, and bee skeps.  Oh my! I can not believe that I didn't put in a chicken.  😆🐔

                   

 It  is a larger piece than what I usually post. The design size is 96 x 87 . I stitched mine on 14 count aida that I dyed with Rit lemon yellow. After I stitched it, I thought it was still a little bright so I took a tiny paint brush and brushed in a little tea/ coffee to give it a bit of age. In retrospect, I wish I had tea/coffee dyed my fabric before I stitched on it. But to be honest, I loved the fabric at first. Oh well, live and learn. 

                     

 There are 12 floss colors in this piece. Now you might look at it and say " This house has a lovely yard. lol Let me tell you, when I started stitching it , I thought "This is no yard this is a pasture!" Let's just say I was stitching green for some time.   I squeezed  by with one skein of 3364 Pine Green for the yard  I mean pasture, but I did not have one inch of floss left over. So I highly recommend 2 skeins ,and if you squeeze by like me, then you can keep the 2nd skein for another project. ( Plus that gives you an excuse to buy and extra skein of floss😃😆) 

If you are interested in this design, please check out the pdf below, but also check out my little disclaimer especially since this is a larger chart.  

Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.  

I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding that I  have to put each page on separate pdf downloads because of the devices I use. I apologize for that.  And I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and stitching my little designs.

Click here for the instruction page.

  Click here for the colored chart .

 Click here for the black and white chart. 

Since this is a larger chart I also enlarged the pattern but had to put it on 2 separate pdfs. ( I still can not put all of the pages in one downloadable file. I am so sorry.) 

Click here for PAGE  1 of the ENLARGED colored chart.

 Click here for the PAGE 2  of the ENLARGED  colored chart. 

  Click here for PAGE  1 of the ENLARGED  black and white chart.

 Click here for PAGE  2 of the  ENLARGED black and white chart.

  Thank you for being so kind and understanding about my lack of technology and abilities. 

              

Other bee stitches that you may have noticed in the photos are Aunt Bea's Summer Home , Bee Sampler , and the Bee Skep 1869 Crock. Bees and Blooms will hopefully be posted later this week if I do  not get lost in Yard Sale Land. 😃😄  If you haven't seen the other designs, please click on the names of the design and you will magically be transported to a previous post where you will find the pdfs. 

Well I am so glad you stopped by for a visit. If you want, I have an extra brush and towel, and you can stay to help me clean up and stain  the child's chair. Lol.  I think I could rustle us up some sweet snacks in the kitchen too.  We could make a day of it. Aah , as always my dear friends...

Happy stitching and thrifting, ya'll

Melisa

I brake for yard sales , junk on the road, flea markets and the occasional dumpster. 

Hugs and Stitches!

I had to leave my flag quilt out for a little while longer. I finished it just in the knick of time to enjoy it for the fourth.