Pickin 'at Turkey Holler House Freebie

The countdown is on! 

3 days until Thanksgiving ...

 30 days until Christmas

  Can you believe it?  Whooa there Nelly! Slow this holiday season down! Hee! Hee! 

Welcome, y'all. Well I have been missing for a few days which I will explain at the end of the post , but first let me wish you a wonderful start to your week. How was your weekend?  I bet it was busy , busy, busy. Are you hustling about with holiday preparations? 

 Today Mr. Pinker went to Wally World aka Walmart and Food City for the last minute groceries for the grand feast on Thursday. He said it was a mad house down there. 

                                    

 He had the dickens of a time finding wax beans but finally found them at Food City. 

                                

Gosh, he is such a sweetheart to fight the crowd for me. Hee! Hee!  Anywhoo...I think we have all that we need .  I will be pulling out the serving bowls that we will be using here soon and washing them up. Busy , busy , busy!

I have been slow as molasses on my stitching and quilting lately. But over the last few weeks, I have been able to finish a new house stitch or two.  I know it is rather late to share a turkey house, but I thought I  might tempt you with a house for next year  if you are so inclined. 

Pickin' at Turkey Holler and "And the Snow Fell.." ready to be finished. 

 My newest stitch  is called Pickin' at Turkey Holler. 

My sweet friend , Lisa on IG , inspired the name when she said the turkeys were little pumpkin pickers. Hee! Hee!  Oh yes, those hens are ! I think they are gathering pumpkins for a pumpkin pie. What do you think?

                    

I really enjoyed stitching this piece. I think because I was playing with so many floss colors.

 I was a bit surprised by how many floss colors I used.  17 DMC  threads including: DMC 300, 301, 437, 610, 730, 733, 782, 783, 831, 840, 838, 844, 869, 921, 976, 3046, 3857.   

The 3 colors that I fell in love with were 3046, 976 and 730. They are so pretty paired together in the 1621 banner. 

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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 think my dough bowl is about filled to the brim with fall stitches. 

Did you notice my white vintage ceramic turkey?

 That little gobbler flew into my shopping cart on a recent thrift store jaunt.  He was just too cute to shoo out of the buggy so I let him take a ride to my home. I always look forward to adopting a new turkey each year.  😀🦃Sadly, I did not get out all of my turkeys this year, but I am sure they will flock down from the attic come next year. 

2023 Thanksgiving display

Ok now to other news. Over the last few months I have been facing some health issues.  I won't go into all the details because that is no fun at all, but it has slowed me down on doing the things that I love like quilting, stitching, and visiting all of my sweet friends in blogland and IG. My energy level is low , and though I have good intentions, there are days that I am just plain tuckered out. The good news is that over time, hopefully in the next few months, I will be fit as a fiddle and  will be fine and dandy.  So I am looking forward to new projects and finishing old ones. 

I do want to thank all of you for always being so kind , supportive, and encouraging. Y'all are the bestest of the best!!!!

I wish you a wonderful week and thank you for dropping by. Love ya'!😘🤗 Now let's get ready for gobble day! 😀🦃🦃🦃  Gobble! Gobble! 

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

When  I count my blessings, I count you! 

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

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

1 1/2" strips are cut for making four patches. A new little quilt is in the works. 

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 needle workers to meet. 

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for This and That