Hello, Sunshine! Welcome.
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| My tiered tray by the corner sink is filled with chickens and sunflowers. |
How about we head out to the porch for a spell before it gets too awful hot. Morning is the best time to enjoy these summer days isn't it?
Bring along some stitching, as I gather our cups of coffee for our visit. I do enjoy having you here. So what are you working on today? I know it is something delightful.
It has been a rather slow sultry week here in the holler.
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| Oreo says hi! |
We had several pop up showers which again made garden work light. It also gave me more time to bustle about the house.
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| Slowly sunflower decor and sunny yellow vintage items are coming out for display. |
I am moving right along on the Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt.
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27 more blocks to quilt.
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Woo Hoo! I fully finished Blooms of Sunshine onto a little fall wooden piece that I bought last year at Dollar General. Thankfully, I bought 2 of these little faux wood boards. I took one, just flipped it to the back, painted it white and added my stitch which had been mounted on a batting covered piece of cardboard. Walhah! Easy Peasy! 
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Now onto the plans for the week.
Hmm.... What Should I do This Week?
🌞1. Piece more Kitchen Sink blocks
🌞2. Work on a new cross stitch
🌞3. Quilt Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt.
🌞4.Begin a new across stitch.
🌞5. Work on "Garden Is My Home" Embroidery.
🌞6. Work on Alycia's QAL.
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So what do you have on the agenda for the week? It is hard to believe we are entering into the last few days of the month. My how time flies.
Enjoy your Slow Stitching Sunday and...
As Always,
Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all
Melisa
Thank you for the sweet visit.
"A Sunday well spent brings a week of contentment . " - unknown.
Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤
Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo.
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| Enjoy your day! |
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
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🌞Parade of Homes- Early 2025 parade of home freebies.
🌞 Root A Toot Toot Patriotic Parade Early 2024 patriotic freebies. 🌞A Buzzy Bee Parade An early 2025 bee freebie parade.
🌞A Sunny Sunflower Parade for 2025 A parade of sunflower freebies up to July 24, 2025
🌞Time to Dye- 2024 post on how I tea/ Coffee Dye my fabric.
🌞Pin Pillow Tutorial - 2023 post on how I finish my pin pillows with chenille trim.
Oreo is a sweet kitty. Your porch looks a dream with all that quilty gorgeousness. Blooms of Sunshine is a lovely finish. The board is the perfect place to showcase your pretty.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Kim and Happy Sunday. Oreo is a doll and has become a proud Mama recently. I am so delighted you joined me on the porch. It is one of my favorite places to sit and enjoy the day. I wish you a lovely day. Hugs.
DeleteIt's fantastic to have a whole day ahead of us to enjoy what we love most, Melisa!
ReplyDeleteI'll dedicate it to my watercolors and dream that this last week of July will pass quickly so I can start my summer vacation.
Happy Sunday my Dear friend... oh, and before I leave, I'll have a delicious coffee on your porch while I pet Oreo. 🤗
Hugs
A day of watercolor painting sounds dreamy to me. I hope your day was bright , beautiful and full of creativity, dear Isabel. Oh I would love for you to join me for coffee. Oreo will enjoy all of the love and attention. Hee! Hee! Hugs and Blessings.
DeleteHappy Sunday dear Melisa 🤗☀️ One of the first things I do every morning is checking your blog to see if there's a new post 😁 It's so nice to start my day seeing all your creations and getting inspired 🙂
ReplyDeleteI'm spending my quiet (early) morning with stitching your cute blue house before the rest of the family gets up and the busyness of the day begins. I've got some packing to do and of course decide which stitchy project(s) get to come on my vacation with me 😅
Congrats to Oreo for becoming a mom 🥰
Enjoy your day. ❤️
-Alex
Good evening, dear Alex. I hope your day was a beautiful one and you were able to get in a wee bit of stitching before the family woke up. I do wish you safe travels as the day approaches. And remember you will be in my thoughts and prayers as you visit your dear sweet sis. Sending you warm gentle hugs. Oh, and thank you again for stitching The Blue House. I hope you enjoy it.
DeleteI enjoy all your posts ! It's a wonderful way to start my day. Have a blessed Sunday.
ReplyDeleteAaaw Sandi, thank you for bringing a big smile to my day. You are the sweetest and I am so very honored. I hope your day was a lovely one . It is hard to believe that we are coming upon August isn't it? Hugs and Blessings.
DeleteHappy Sunday to you! The bow tie quilt is coming along nicely,that was a great find indeed! My list of projects I want to donis sooo long & we wont even talk about the UFO list 😄
ReplyDeleteOh Helen, I think I have the same list- a long list of wanting to stitch and quilt everything. Hee! Hee! I hope your day was a delightful one. Thank you for the sweet Sunday visit. Hugs.
DeleteOreo is so cute! Hope you enjoy your day in the holler - your porch looks very inviting!
ReplyDeleteAaw thank you so much, Linda. Oreo and her sister just became Mamas recently. They are both good mothers and are as sweet as the cookies they were named after. LOL. Have a wonderful week. Hugs.
Deletegood morning lovely Melisa.
ReplyDeletewhat - July is almost gone? i can't believe it. as i get older time goes by so much faster. stop in the name of love!!! now you're going to sing that song all day long - aren't you? sung by the amazing Supremes. i love'd them. they were an awesome all female band. do you remember them?
oreo is such a sweet little kitty. so cute. i love kitties, too, but there are allergies running rampant in this household so a kitty is a no go! i love dogs. oh, i love elephants, too. if i could have an elephant i would. i just had a dream about elephants last night. they are such majestic beauties. humans can learn a lot from an elephant. they are so family/herd oriented. they are wonderful!!! i'm thinking about getting a golden retriever or a lab. i need to get a little puppy to love and hold onto. the new baby can sit on my lap with Lola. they can give each other kisses and then give bunches to me. ah!!! so heartwarming. if you can't tell, i am a big, big, big animal lover. i would love to have a raccoon. they are soooooo cute. their little faces are so expressive.
i love your bowtie quilt. it is coming along very nicely. your chicken and sunflower display is looking up. we used to raise bantam chickens. they'd multiply like crazy. geez!!! cute little chicks, however.
your calf is a cutie. do the cows come to the fence when they see you?
i guess i have occupied enough of your time. you probably want to get back to your Otis Payne bowtie quilt.
i hope you have a fabulous Sunday. has the weather cooled a little for you? it's going to be getting hot, hot, hot here next week. not looking forward to it at all.
blessings and love are on the way to you Melisa. stay safe and stay cool.
Debra Broyles
quiltingprettyquilts@cox.net
LOL dear Debra, that song is singing in my head. Hee! Hee! I love The Supremes especially Diana Ross. I am a big animal lover too. Whenever we would take the youngins ' to the zoo, we would always have to see the elephants, monkeys, lions and wildebeest ( my daughter loved them. LOL.) I did not have any sightings of the raccoon today. Maybe it was too hot and it was resting in its den. It was hot as the dickens here with it being almost 100. Whew!! Summer is on! We have been waiting until evenings to pick the garden when it is a little cooler. Thank you so much for the kind words on my chicken sunflower display. I pulled more sunflower items out today. As I was doing so, I realized that sometime I need to make a small sunflower quilt, but alas that will have to be in the future. Well, dear Debra, I will let you go. I hope you have a wonderful start to your week. Enjoy these last few days of July. Sunny warm hugs
DeleteThank you for the house Parade! Your stitches houses bring such a smile to my face! They are so beautiful. I need to get stitching but it is hard to pick one to start with, I want to stitch them all!
ReplyDeleteAaaw you are so welcome and thank you for visiting it. I am hoping to add a new house to the collection soon. I truly hope you enjoy stitching whichever house you choose. I am so honored and humbled that you like them. Thank you and Have a blessed day. Hugs.
DeleteBow ties is coming so well, Melisa:)) What a pretty quilt...Raining here this morning...good day for stitching...hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much, Julierose. I was hoping to have got a little further on the quilt, but I lost my thread. LOL. Thankfully, I found another spool and got back on track. Have a blessed day. Hugs.
DeleteOh and enjoy the rain, Julierose. I hope it cools things off a bit and it is a light rain . Hugs.
DeleteHave a beautiful day...I see you are so far!
ReplyDeleteAaah thank you so much, Betty. I hope your day is just as beautiful. Thankfully, I got in a little more stitching time than I had expected which was nice. Have a wonderful week. Warm hugs.
DeleteMornings are the nicest here at our house, too, Melisa! It's going to be a hot one here today - 99°! I love seeing how you're quilting the bowties - such pretty stitches. Blooms of sunshine looks lovely - it's next on my list to stitch. Have a wonderful Sunday!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Diann. It was 99 here today too. Whew! Can't do much in that kinda heat can you? It was a good day to stay in and sew. I did duck in and out, but most of the time spent the day bustling about the house. I hope your day was a lovely one. I am so honored that you will be adding Blooms of Sunshine to your stitching, Diann. I hope you enjoy . Hugs.
DeleteIt is hot and very humid here. But the birds are singing and the butterflies are flitting about my flowers. It is a good day for some lemonade and slow stitching on the porch! Enjoy your day and walk blessed!
ReplyDeleteMmm it does sound like a delightful day especially with lemonade on the porch. Sitting watching the birds and butterflies is so relaxing. I hope you enjoyed every minute of it , Vicki before it got too awfully hot. Thank you for the sweet visit and have a fabulous week. Hugs.
DeleteThe bow ties are being enhanced beautifully with your hand quilting. Here, we like to sit in the gazebo to read or stitch. Today, it's a little hot to even sit in the shade. We will just stay in the air conditioned house--maybe it will be cool enough this evening for a walk. I will have to get my sunflower cross stitch out on display soon too. How many new kittens did Oreo have? Have a good day. Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteOh I bet it is so wonderful to sit in the gazebo and enjoy the day, Gail. Can you see your gardens from the gazebo? I spent most of my time in the house today too. It got up to 99 here- too hot to get out and about much. Oreo had 4 little ones. All but one looks like her. They are precious. Have a blessed day and thank you for dropping by. Hugs.
DeleteThat is a perfect finish for the Blooms of Sunshine stitch. Are Oreo and Double Stuff sisters? Very pretty kitties. The drowsy baby laying in the shade looks like I feel today. A little slow moving. Couldn't turn off the brain to get to sleep last night. Otis Payne's bow ties is looking great.
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled to pieces that I had a finishing piece already in my stash , Ginny. I am trying to be as thrifty as possible so I was doing the happy dance. LOL. Oh yes Oreo and Double Stuff are sisters. They had their babies within 1 day of one another in the same kitty bed. LOL. They take care of each other's babes and are wonderful protective mothers. The nephews just love them. Oh, Ginny, I do hope you were able to get some rest today. Don't you just hate those nights when your mind seems to race. I wish you a better night's rest. Hugs and Blessings.
DeleteFor sure, I'd love to sit on the porch and watch you quilt that lovely Bow Tie Quilt as long as I can join you but have tea! Love the DG finish and it will look so good displayed with it's "facing front" twin! My last trip to Dollar Tree, I also picked up quite a few blank wood pieces that I immediately could see for finishing projects. Only now that I'm into cross stitch do I see they are such a good source for such things.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a delight for you to join me on the porch , Vivian and tea it is! We love tea here especially sweet iced tea. LOL. Oh how fun to have found some fabulous finishing pieces at the DT. Our DT is renovating - I hope they get in some new pieces that I can use for finishing too. I look forward to seeing your finds and finishes. Thank you for the sweet visit. Hugs.
DeleteIt's definitely a tad bit warm for enjoying the outside right now. We are still in the midst of a heat wave and may have "feels like" temps up to 107 or higher! Time to just chill in the old AC for me! LOL Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt is coming right along. I look forward to seeing it finished. Your cross stitch finish looks great on that little board. And I love seeing that cute calf - adorable! Enjoy your slow stitching. Thanks in advance for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Brenda. It was a hot one in your neck of the woods! Staying inside and enjoying the AC and quilting time is right up my alley too. LOL. I was thrilled to pieces to have found the little finishing board for my stitch; it made for a quick finish which I liked. Isn't that calf the cutest- I just love when the new babes are born. Enjoy your day. Hugs.
DeleteYour posts always bring a smile to my face. Your front porch looks so welcoming and beautiful. I love bowtie quilts! I’m working on my Fields of Fancy blocks as well as prepping the next project. The heat certainly is strong, but mornings are perfect for gardening and sitting on the patio. Your creativity shines this week! Blessings to you!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the progress that you make on Fields of Fancy . You are using such pretty fabrics for it. I was able to get in a little morning quilting before the heat drove me indoors. It has been a scorcher. Thank you for the sweet visit, Patricia. Hugs and Blessings.
DeleteYour Oreo reminds me of my Maxie cat. She was a great helper with my projects and always inspected my work for me. Hope you are staying cool inside. I'm living inside in the AC, way too hot for me outside.
ReplyDeleteAaah how sweet. Do you still have Maxie, Deb? She sounds like a wonderful helper. I only was outside for just a few minutes at a time once the heat hit- too hot for me too. LOL. Thank you for the sweet Sunday visit. Hugs.
DeleteI spent quite a bit of time on the back screened in porch at retreat. We ate breakfast and lunch outside most days. Boy, it was HOT though. What a great idea for showcasing your stitching. I would never think of using a board, especially with other writing on it, to put a stitching on. Now, I'm thinking about what I might have done that I could do that with. (Probably nothing!) Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteAaah Bonnie, I hope you had a wonderful retreat. I bet it was lovely to sit with your quilting friends and enjoy the mornings and lunch on the screened in porch. I hope you had a lovely view too. I had forgotten that I had bought those little boards from the DG last year. I was thrilled to have been able to use one of them. Thank you for the sweet Sunday visit. Happy quilting. Hugs.
DeleteOreo is adorable and the cow 🐄 is sweet. It is horribly hot and humid here in Montreal and the wildfires 🔥 are making it worse with the bad air quality.
ReplyDeleteYour porch and quilt work are beautiful.
Good morning, Linda. I do hope that the wildfires are contained and put out very soon. I cannot imagine how stifling the air must be. Do stay safe. Thank you for the sweet morning visit . Have a blessed day. Hugs.
DeleteYour bow tie quilting is coming along nicely, and I love how you quilt it. Cute yellow decorations in the house too! Your little embroidery is adorable and the way you display it fabulous, these wood boards are a great idea! Thank you for sharing your happy place and linking up.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to start the day. While growing up my family often ended the day together sitting on my grandparents porch - that time together is a happy memory. The bow tie quilt is so colorful. I have about half of the blocks pieced for a bow tie quilt I started a couple of years ago - it is going on my list to finish up. Oreo looks so content and relaxed! Thanks for the visit- Alicia
ReplyDeleteYou are moving right along on Otis and Blooms of Sunshine looks great mounted on that board. Well done, as usual :)
ReplyDeleteYou finished off blooms of sunshine beautifully. You've done well at keeping several projects moving. Stay cool and stitch on!
ReplyDeleteWell done Cheapest digitizing
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