Susan's Summer Saltbox

Good morning, Sunshine and happy, happy Tuesday. 

 Let's all join in on a little sing along- 

🌞🌞I can see clearly now the rain is gone

I can see all the obstacles in my way. 

Gone are the dark clouds that had made me blind.

It's gonna be a bright  sunshiny day! 🌞🌞

Lol.  Do you remember this cheerful song "I Can See Clearly Now"  by Johnny Nash? If you do, you might find yourself humming it today as you go through your daily routine. 😀 I will take the blame for that. Lol.

My view from the front of the house. 

It is gonna be a bright sunshiny day though  well at least in my neck of the woods. 🌞No rain in the forecast . If it is not too hot, I may spend the day outside stitching away. We will see. 

 I thought it would be fun to have a themed week. This week's theme is sunflowers. It is one of my favorite flowers though I am not great at growing them. 

So what about you? Do you like sunflowers ? I have been slowly pulling out my sunflower decor and incorporating them  with my bees and chickens. 

This week I hope to share 3 sunflower freebies with you. So I hope you will pop in for a visit throughout the week. I am super excited about today's  cross stitch.

 Ok! This is officially- as of right now- my favorite saltbox that I have created! But I must admit , I might say the same thing when I stitch the next one. 😂😀  

Many of ya'll know that I name the saltboxes after family members. This is Susan's Summer Saltbox and is named after my 3rd great grandmother, Susan. 

 So let me tell you a little about Susan. Of course I never met her, but knowing my grandmother and great grandfather, I imagine her as a strong, cheerful ,determined lady.  My 3rd Great Grandma Susan and 3rd Great Grandpa Alexander lived in the cove in the mid 1800's. Grandpa Alexander was killed during the Civil War when one night a thief came to their house and stole a mule. Alexander chased the thief into the wilderness where he was shot and later found. He did not die immediately but succumbed  a few days later from gangrene. Great Grandma Susan had to raise her nine children alone. She never did marry but spent the next 40 years enjoying her days on the farm surrounded by her family. A house surrounded by blooming flowers seemed appropriate for Susan. Her children bloomed and thrived with her nurturing, and they grew up to be happy and productive. 

 

The house is surrounded by two vases filled with sunflowers reaching for the sky. Of course, I had to add a couple of quilt motifs and a big vase of flowers below. A quilt block is on the side of the house as well. 

It is a small with a design size of 69 x 74 . I stitched mine on my usual 14 count coffee/ tea dyed aida. I was quite pleased how the colors popped. If you would like to stitch Grandma Susan's house , I invite you to check out the pdfs below. 

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.

This little house looks so lovely paired with other saltboxes that I have stitched like Aunt Bea's Summer Saltbox and Edna Viola's Saltbox. 

The village is expanding. Soon the whole family will be living in the houses. Lol. 

If you have missed any of the other saltboxes, just click on the names below and you will be whisked back to a previous posts for your reading pleasure, and you will also find links to the charts there as well. 

They include   Crow Creek Saltbox, Ophelia Manor on Punkin Holler Lane ,  Willowisp Manor of Holler Lane  ,  Turkey Creek Manor ,  Winter Saltbox  , and Dorothy Mae's Spring House   ,  Spring Green Saltbox  ,  Katie Anne's Saltbox , Sarah Jane's 1776 Saltbox , Aunt Bea's Summer Home  ,  Christmas Eve Saltbox  and Edna Viola's Saltbox  .

Well , I am off to continue stitching on a little patriotic sampler . I am delighted and honored that you took some time out of your busy day to spend it with me. That means the world to me , my dear friends. 

Have a beautiful sunshiny day!  Oh , here I go again about to break out into a song. lol. I will spare you. 😃  As always...

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It is what sunflowers do. - Helen Keller

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