Porch Sitting, Stitching and Sprinkles of Christmas- A Doodle Freebie

Good morning, sweet friends and welcome. 

The coffee is piping hot , please join me as I sit on the porch and enjoy the cool crisp air. It is a perfect day to sit , enjoy nature and chat. Hey, we may even get in a bit of stitching time as well. 

 Oh, please do forgive me- would you like one lump or two for your coffee?  I do have sweet iced tea in the fridge for your drinking pleasure too. 

My little sewing basket is filled with joys of the season as well as treasure or two from sweet thoughtful friends. I think of them as I enjoy the peaceful  day. 🤗

 What's in my basket? - Well an autumn hen handmade by dear Patricia , pretty floss from sweet Sonja ,  a darling crocheted pumpkin from dear Barbara, small fabric pumpkins, scissors  and..... my slow stitch for the day an  Autumn Dusk  which I shared earlier. Actually , by the time you see this post the embroidery will be finished. Hee  Hee!

 

Do you have a special piece that you are working on as we chat? I would love to see and admire it.🤗 Aaah how blessed , I feel to have you to enjoy this time with. ❤❤❤

I colored Autumn Dusk lightly with crayons and pencils and began the embroidery earlier. I am using Anchor floss # 681 for the vines and leaf. 

Once I have it stitched, I will heat set it again and perhaps, add more color tinting with crayons and pencils. 

Look behind you on the sweet gum tree. A downy woodpecker has been pecking away on the tree trunk. No doubt it is searching for a morning snack.

I was asked the other day about Christmas doodles. That got me reminiscing about past projects that I have shared like   

Christmas Time Doodles 

...and Country Christmas Doodles Week 1  , Country Christmas Doodles Week 2 , and  Country Christmas Doodles Week 3. 

Behind my dough bowl is Plum Street Sampler's freebie  called 12 Days of Christmas which was posted on Paulette's blog in 2015. Click on the colored text to visit her post. 

I finished  Country Christmas Doodles Set 4 the other day. 

Last night pen and paper came dancing from my desk drawer, just begging me to create new doodles for the upcoming season. 

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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 will be stitching these in the near future. 

Do you hear the whistling of the wind thorough the trees and the chirps of the birds who are serenading us? I think they are happy on this beautiful day. Don't you? 

The burning bush is showing signs of the fall season with little red berries scattered throughout. 

Baskets of walnuts are being gathered and scattered on an old table . They will be dried and later used. 

Did you notice the orange quilt  in my swing. That was made by my Great Grandma Annie. This is a closer look.

   I decided to name it "Great Grandma Annie's Quilt". Hee ! Hee! Real original huh? 😀😂😜 It is a treasure though. If you would like to read more about it just click the colored text above. 

  Alright , Sweetness, I will let you get to your slow stitching. But I will leave you with a few fall photos from the holler. Thank you so much for brightening my day by your sweet presence. It means more than you will ever know. Have a beautiful day. Hugs

Rusty crusty garden bird

A new house is in the works called "Bittersweet , Pumpkin Stacks and a Turkey".   It will be a house for next year. I know it is late in the season ,but I will be sharing a new "turkey" house soon. 

 As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

A day with friends is a joyous day!

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy . I miss and love you so much.   ❤👼

A few zinnias still linger late into the fall season. 

Fall on the Farm Hutch Tour

Hello there gourdgeous!!! Hee! hee! You know what I mean  , Gorgeous! Happy Wednesday !

I have said it before and I will say it again- Is this face not as sweet as pumpkin pie? Lol. Edna was in rare form the other day.  I think she wants to give you a kiss! Hee! Hee! She is a sweety though. 

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Now hold on to your britches! It is another episode of Country Clutter in the Holler ! Yep! Where I show you some of the clutter that just warms my heart. I meant to post my country clutter of a hutch last month but time got away from me as it often does.   

I know it is not for all, but it sure makes my heart leap for joy. So if you are up for it , come on into the kitchen and let's look at what I did with my small hutch.  Be forewarned though there is a lot of photos and if you see anything that you are interested in , just click the colored links. It will lead you to the post with the free designs. 

This year's fall hutch is called Fall on the Farm,  and it was all inspired by a recent finished piece by Little House Needleworks called Old Red Barn. 

I stitched it a couple of years ago but only fully finished it  in the last few months. So I was waiting on pins and needles to display it. 

 Anywhoo.... Lets look at the whole hutch.  Boy, did I try to use every inch of space available.🙄🧐 I just could not help myself. LOL. 

The top of the hutch stays the same with Coca Cola crates and a vintage Campbells' soup tin that holds plates.  I did add a Walmart tin sign though. 

Along the edge , I draped Dollar Tree leaf garland, and then I went to town adding as much "fall down farm goodness" as I could. 

In the one corner, I tucked an orangish pottery bowl and filled it to the brim with lots of wee copper molds and a vintage aluminum strainer. A ceramic pumpkin salt shaker and a pumpkin stitch completed the bowl. Do you happen to know who is the designer of the little pumpkins ? There goes my mind again-my memory escapes me.  

Harvest Home looks quite cozy nestled near my bowl of copper.  Lots of crows and a big ole' yard in this stitch. I shared it last year. 

Sssh ! Try to overlook the fact I have a "cookie jar" problem! Hee ! Hee!  🍪🍪🍪   I  could not resist pulling out the grand Esmond cookie jar. Isn't it lovely? 

Fall salt and pepper shakers danced their way into  a little cheese dish too. 

Now let's shimmy on down to the 2nd shelf! There is more to see.

 

This little yardbird has strutted her way all throughout my house , but for this month she landed on the hutch along with some Dollar General beads and STAMP 6 SCARECROW IN THE CORN PATCH from the Autumn stamp SAL.

Front and center is The Old Barn. I fell in love with this design as soon as I saw it. My Nanny and Papa had a grand, old ,red barn right behind their house ; the little couple reminds me of them.   There is my   Fall Y'all too, but Ooops-  I still need to correct the spacing of the apostrophe in that piece. 😏

Sweet Annie and the gang are tucked in the corner. I have a whole series of about my Great Grandma Annie and  her chickens- Edna, Alma and Dorothy. If there is any mischief, it is Edna who is doing it. Hee! Hee!   This one is called Cornstalks, Pumpkins and Chickens  which I shared in my August 31, 2020 post. I finished it on top of a wooden box. 

Do you remember those mugs? I bought those this year at a thrift store along with the matching cookie jar. 

Shall we strut on down to the 3rd shelf. I am sure we will find a pumpkin or two. 

 A little crow stitch sits in the vintage juicer. And there is the big glorious pumpkin cookie jar that matches the mugs that I showed you. 

Pumpkins, tractors and chickens galore! 

My sweet friend, Gwen sent me the darling John Deere tractor. I have to fight Mr. Pinker and the grandsons to keep it on my hutch.😆😅😂 LOL- But this ole' farm gal needs a tractor too! 

 STAMP 2 CROWS AND SUNFLOWERS and Fall 1869 Crock are sitting in the background. 

My hutch is filled with gifts from my sweet sis too- like the large mason jar with fake eggs that I bought at Easter time and the bowls sitting on top of the scale.  Do  you want to see what is on the scale? Well... let's see.. 

I always enjoy layering lots of doilies and handknitted dishcloths on my scale and then pretty little fall pillows which include: STAMP 1 - A BASKET OF APPLES,   STAMP 3 RAKING LEAVES , and  STAMP 4 PUMPKIN HAUL 

So that is my fall hutch in a big ole' pumpkin pie shell! Did you get lost in all of the down on the farm treasures? ! 

Are you still up to the task of seeing more clutter? Aaaah come on you made it this far. 😂😀

The little area next to the hutch is still the same- well basically. I have just added more tins.  My Grandpa used to own an old general store which was way before my time. So I have tried to create the "country store look" with all of the old tins and advertising pieces in memory of him. 

Speaking of tins. My latest thrifty find is not a tin but an old oatmeal box. Aaaah ! Swoon! 

My thrifted Maxwell House tin is overflowing with kitchen utensils. My newest find is the vintage Mouli cheese grater. I will find a place for it soon. 

I layered 2 wee quilts on the flour bin door of the vintage Hoosier top. 

The Hoosier was not decorated with  garlands of leaves and bittersweet this year, but I did add a fallish apron and hung it from the side. 

Speaking of aprons, a new vintage apron was found on  a recent jaunt to the thrift store.  "Yikes $4.99 ! " said the clerk as she looked at the tag. "I am going to give it too you for half off -that is too much!"  I have to admit that I was jumping for joy and thanked her. 

And last but certainly not least is my broom! LOL   

"What do you want for your birthday, hun? " asked Mr. Pinker 

With a twinkle in my eye, I exclaimed " A BROOM!"

Mr. Pinker looked at me like I was nuts!  

"Not just any old broom but a straw broom with a wooden handle preferably red!"

Off to  Ace Hardware Mr Pinker went ; soon he returned with a big broom- no red handle like my other broom but that is ok. This will do me fine and dandy!   Now to tackle some of these dust bunnies here! 👯👯👯👯

Ok, Sweeties. Now I am going to do like my Nanny ( that is try to wrangle you into helping me😁😀) -- You grab the dust rag and I'll grab the mop and we can tackle those chores in 2 shakes of a lamb's tail. Hee ! Hee! 

Yep,  Nanny always had the knack for enlisting us into healthy happy chores. 

Y'all have a beautiful day!!!!

 As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

A day with friends is a joyous day!

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy who enjoyed the thrill of thrift shopping . I miss and love you so much.   ❤👼

All the fall is coming down for it is time to decorate for Christmas! 

P. S. BLOGGER IS BEING FINICKY AND NOT ALLOWING ME TO RESPOND BY EMAIL TO SWEET COMMENTS. SO I WILL BE LEAVING MY RESPONSE HERE.  I DO APOLOGIZE. If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this I would greatly appreciate it.    Hugs