Sunday Happenings and a Strawberry Freebie

 I have been busier than a moth in a mitten!!! Hee! Hee! 😀😂 

Wheew! Thank goodness, it is Slow Stitching Sunday  where maybe I can sit back and enjoy some stitching time.  

Welcome, y'all . How has the first few  days of May been treating you?  I hope well. Can you believe it is May already? My, 2025 is just flying by isn't it. 

So what have I been doing this week? Well. working my fingers to the bone with the  flower and veggie gardens. As I cleaned my sister's flower gardens, Mr. Pinker tilled  the garden. The drip tape was then put down. 

Next we laid the plastic while we swatted attacking mosquitoes away.   Tomatoes, pepper, cucumbers and squash were planted; luckily we got the plants in before the rain. 

The plastic is laid in the garden . Now to plant. 

The Easter decor hopped back into the bins for storage.

Cabbages, bunnies and chicks. 

And the strawberry decor came out of storage. 

Strawberry stitches waiting to be displayed. 

I began a new house stitch. 

The Blue House in the works. 

...and moved the hoop in the Otis Payne quilt. 

A few more blocks to quilt  then I will move the hoop again in the Otis Payne quilt. 

Sooo... What am I going to work on today? Well I am  going to put up my feet, rear back and  embroider the antennas on the Pretty in Peach butterflies. 

Embroidering antennas for the butterflies. 

Then... I am going to work on my Strawberry Stamp  Sampler that I shared last year.

Working on my Strawberry Stamp sampler. I am using DMC 930 for the border. 

Last year, I shared  bookoos of strawberry stamps.

If you have missed any of the  strawberry stamps, I invite you to hop over to the previous posts by clicking on the colored links. 

Strawberries and Cream Stamp, Berries Stamp,   Strawberry Shortcake Stamp  , Strawberry Basket, Strawberry Jam and Biscuits Stamp, Farm Fresh Berries Stamp, Strawberry Pie Stamp,    Strawberry Quilt Stamp,  and  Strawberry Ice Cream Stamp

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I will be adding a few more stamps to the collection this year. The first one for 2025 is "Berries For Sale". 

This stamp brought back lots of fond memories.   One of my jobs on the family strawberry farm was to hand paint the "berry "  signs every year.  These would be scattered along the  winding country roadways. I always included an arrow on each sign    so the customers would be able to find the farm.  "You are way out in the boonies! "-some would say.   Or " We made it to get our berries , now how do we get out of here?"  others would ask.   Anywhooo. Three varieties of berries were sold by the the gallon or by the flat. Often they were sold out by 12:00.  I have to admit I do miss those days of picking the berries fresh out of the field  and munching on them like candy. 

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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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This is a CHOOSE YOUR OWN COLORS CHART. If you are interested , I used DMC 498, 937, 782, Blanc, and 3371.

OOOPS-CORRECTION: In the directions, I  mistakenly listed the fabric that I used as 14 count charcoal gray Aida. It was actually coffee/ tea dyed Aida.  

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Well I have reminisced long enough. I better get off here and work on my grand plan of relaxing and stitching the day away.  

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"The fabric may fade, but the memories stitched within will last a lifetime. .  " - unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo. 

It has been very rainy these last few days. 

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.

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Kate at Life in Pieces for  Stitching Stuff ( Sunday) 

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Carol at Quilt Schmilt  for To Do List Tuesday 

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