I Snuck One In!

And a very beeeeautiful day, to you my Sweet friends. 

Happy Happy Friday!!!  Are you still bee stitching? 🐝🐝🐝🐝 I am! Last night , I fully finished "Free Bee "  a free design by Wendy at From the Heart Needleart.  

If you signup for Wendy's newsletter, she gives updates on new releases and ever so often she gifts a sweet freebie.  On her website, she has a freebie page with so many darling designs. This one is not on it yet, but she does have a sweet as honey sunflower chart that is next on my list. 

I finished this little stitch on a wooden photo easel from the Dollar Tree. It was one of those easy peasy finishes. 

One of my latest thrifty finds is  this Kind Edward's Imperial cigar box. It was well taken care of and since it was in a yummy sunny color, I thought it would look perfect with my bee decor. 

 I just nestled a number of busy buzzin' bee stitches into the box. Those stitches include  "Bee Blessed " freebie from my friend Vicki at Stitchy McFloss blogspot, "Queen Bee" from Little House Needleworks,  and "Bee Happy" which was a freebie by Prairie Grove Peddler , but I am not sure if it is still available. 

  My Honey Jar- From the Mason Jar Series   is all  comfy and cozy in a milk glass compote filled with buttons . 🍯🐝

The glass flower frog is a new thrifty find as well. 

Lots of stitching is on my sofa table. Don't look too close you may find a dust bunny or two. 🐇🐇

I placed a large Tractor Supply galvanized rooster in my dough bowl and nestled doilies and flowers around him.

Ooops!!! 😲I guess  I have snuck another Country Clutter episode in on you. Didn't I? Lol. 😀😁😂 I wasn't meaning too , but we have gone this far so might as well continue.😄😁 🐝🍯🐝

My sweet daughter bought me the tiered tray a couple of years ago. I moved it to the sofa table for a change. It is always crammed full with the same old white  creamers , bowls and cups, but I tuck in seasonal touches here and there.  I think this tiered tray is the Bees Knees. What do you think? 

Below the tiered tray is my  Home  stitch which I finished on a Dollar Tree crate . In the crate is "Bee Kind" a freebie from Vonna Pfeiffer , The Twisted Stitcher.    Buzz Buzz  is one of my designs finished on a rough cut piece of plywood made to look like a hornbook.

There are lots of gifts from my friends on display here as well. Thank you dear, Joan, Kate, Robin and PJ. Every time I look at the table I am reminded of ya'll. Hugs .

Are you ready to take a closer look at the overfilled tray? I sure can cram it full. Can't I ? Lol you know me -Mrs. Clutterbug.   Ok well on the top shelf is Country Cottage Needlework's Bumblebee, "Love Bees'  which is a Hinzeit stitch and Bee Trifle which I shared awhile back.  You can see my " Busy Buzzing Bee stitch" slightly ( I never shared it- I wasn't quite happy with it. ) 

The 2nd tier holds a Fire King mug with a strawberry pinkeep, and  my " Skeps" design. Hmmm. Have I shared that one?  My memory escapes me at this moment.  

Isn't the rolling pin the cutest? 

The bottom shelf hold some milk glass with  a bird and a bear in it.  If you have bees, you gotta have a bear? 😀

In June, I posted a Bee Parade of stitches so if you are interested in seeing that just click the colored text. 

 Ok. Ok! I won't bore you any longer with all of the clutter.

 Let's talk about quilting. Shall we? 

 Well I thought I was only 1 week behind on dear Joy's QAL . Joy at Days Filled of Joy has been hosting a free Christmas QAL for the last 5 weeks. It has been so much fun.  Yesterday, I realized I had not pieced WEEK 4's STEP so off I went to the sewing machine in a flutter.   In a wink of an eye, I soon had four lovely star blocks completed.

  The blocks are all laid out.

 Hmmm. I know what you are thinking-I thought this was a Christmas quilt. Well it was supposed to be , but I didn't use Christmas fabrics.  Oh , but you should see Joy's  quilt - so adorable!!!.  

She has easy to follow instructions as well. 

 So I guess you know what is on the agenda in the near future! YEP ! STEP 5 which  Joy has already released. 

Alrighty , ya'll I have jabbered my jaws long enough. I better let you go for I know you have places to go , quilts to piece and stitching to be worked on. Wheew! It's going to be a busy day. Huh?   Thank you for the sweet visit, my dear friends. 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a difference  has never met the honeybee.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo . You were and still are the Bees Knees!  

Here are a few more of my thrifty finds from he US 127 yard sale. I was looking in an old barn and found a cigar box. I asked he gentleman how much for the box but I did not want what was in it . He was surprised. "You can have the box," he said and then he found another one for me.  How nice.  

The old wooden pulley would be great to hang from  the ceiling and hang a basket from it.  

The most expensive piece was the china bowl set . It came with the bowl, lid , 2 plates, gravy boat and salt and pepper shaker for $3.00. What a buy!

The old Hull pottery was from the 50 cent table. The Maxwell House tin was another freebie.  I paid up for the Moon Pie tin at $ 2.00, but I like it though it is not old. I hope one day to find a vintage Campfire Marshmallow tin.  More thrifty finds to come in future posts. 

 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. 

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

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday

Sarah at  Confessions of a Fabric Addict  for Whoop! Whoop! - Friday