Maude Belle's Garden Home - A House Freebie

 This is just a quick pop in to say howdy and to wish you a fabulous day!  🤗

I have a new house to share. 

It is called Maude Belle's Garden Home. It is in memory of my great grandma  who lived in a humble home in the great state of  Kentucky. I never met Great Grandma Maude, but I do have fond memories of  listening to my  Granny chat with her over the phone. 

I would like to imagine that Great Grandma Maude had a lovely garden surrounding her home. 🥀🎕🥀💮 

I am not sure if she did have a garden, but I know my Granny liked to plant flowers . Perhaps she got the love for gardening from her mom, Maude. 

I included an odd little dog which is named Sadie; it is carefully taking a stroll on the large flower vine.  

Granny always named every stray dog ,  Sadie. 

Hmm I wonder if Great Grandma Maude had any animals. 🤔I am not sure, but in her stitched garden, she has a dog and birdies. 

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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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Mr. Pinker and I are going to be working up a storm today . We have "maters" to get in the ground  and flower gardens to clean. . Sooo... I will keep it short and  sweet today. 

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Sweeties!  And...

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"A grandma's wisdom flows from years of living and loving    " - Unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

Reckless Operation With a Needle?

 Oh, please! Oh please! I beg of you! Do not  call the Quilt Police when you see my repair. 🚓👮🚨

 Good morning, Sweet friends and Happy Sunday. Can I bribe  you with a piece of  carrot cake to not call the quilt police? LOL. It is quite yummy! 

 

Last Sunday , I was telling you about the repairs that I needed to make to the burgundy triangles in my Alabama Beauty quilt.

If you are not familiar with the Alabama Beauty quilt, this was a partially quilted piece I bought in Alabama on the World's Longest Yard Sale in 2023. 

 

I am finishing the quilting as the original quilter started it with pretty pink quilting thread .

 Anywhoo... those pretty floral burgundy triangles had holes in them. Upon further examination , I realized that the holes were mostly in the grayish leaves. - Perhaps the dye that was used or is it moth holes???? 🤔- Hmm I am not sure.

Small holes were in the burgundy triangles. 

Well, I just had to make the repairs so  I found a  dapper brown floral fabric . Pinned it over the original triangles and whip stitched them down.

I pinned the brown fabric over the burgundy triangles and appliqued it in place. 

 What do you think ? 

Two triangles repaired. Now I need to repair the little brown triangles under the scissors. 

Ok?" Or Should I be thrown in the clink for Wild and Reckless Operation of a Needle? Hee! Hee!

I think I  am going to live recklessly and make more repairs today . 😁🪡🪡🪡

I finished  Love Letters , a  2023 , Kathleen Tracy of  A Sentimental Quilter   design which she shared as a SAL at the time. 

  I am fixing to change out all of this clutter. This little shelf holds vintage made in Japan redware and USA pottery. 

My 10 minute a day project this week  has  been the "America Sampler" by The Calico Confectionery ( a sweet gift from dear PJ). ❤🤗

 Last Week's Progress

Progress as of April , 19, 2025

This Week's Progress

Progress as of April 27, 2025

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Now onto the plans for the week. 

Hmm.... What Should I do This Week? 

🌞1.Repair triangles on Alabama Beauty. 

🌞2. Quilt on Otis Payne Bow Tie ( My 15 a minute a day quilt) Woo Hoo! 100% on working on this quilt for 15 minutes this week. 

🌞3. Applique Around the Garden Blocks

🌞4. Begin a new Down on the Farm Stamp

🌞5.  Begin a new Strawberry Stamp

🌞6. Post a new house stitch. 

🌞7. Continue work on America Sampler.

🌞8. Sort through my WIPS and find a project to work on.

Did I Get'r Done...Well Last Week's Goals were.. 

✅🌞1. Post progress of Flaming Butterflies . Eeeeh! I finished it!🦋🦋🦋 I posted about this quilt on Friday. 

✅🌞2.Work Alabama Beauty quilt

✅🌞3. Begin a new cross stitch mini sampler. 

I shared Rose Garden Mini Sampler on Monday. It was Chose Your Own Colors Chart, but if you are interested, I used DMC 815 , 223, 730 and 844. 

✅🌞4.Begin a new Farm Stamp . 

I posted The Heifers on Friday as a freebie.

 

❌🌞5.Work on Buttermilk Basin applique.  Oh, bummer! I lost my pattern so this will have to go on the back burner until I find my pattern.  Boo Hoo! 😭😭   

✅🌞6. Sort through my WIPS and find a project to work on. I pulled out With Thy Needle and Thread's "Boo To You" to work on for Witchy Wednesdays. 

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Well, Sweeties, I am off to celebrate my oldest grandson's birthday. He just turned 11! My how time flies. 

Have a spectacular day . Love ya' ! ❤❤❤

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. Family gatherings are not the same without you and your boisterous laughter.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

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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A Happy Scrappy Day

 Sunny Saturday Salutations! Welcome, Sweet Peas. How are you doing on this fine Saturday morning? I hope well. 

 

After several days of rain, the sun is supposed to peek through the clouds today. Fingers crossed it makes an appearance. 

A rainy day in the holler. 

The other day I finally had a chance to sit down to the machine and have a full day of sewing. Boy , was I as happy as a lark as I pieced my red RSC On the Plus Side blocks.  It felt like ages since I had sat down to my machine. 

These blocks measure 10 1/2" unfinished.  These scrappy blocks look so pretty all laid out on the floor. 

 Next up was my Around the Garden blocks. I pieced 5 red blocks. These measure 12  1/2" unfinished. 

I will be appliqueing the centers with flowers this  upcoming week. 

I rounded out the evening by quilting on my Otis Payne's  Bow Tie quilt.  It is time to move the hoop ! 

So all in all , it was a very  happy scrappy day!💙💚❤💛💜🤗 

Hmmm , so what's on the agenda  for today? Well, I may go with Mr. Pinker to have dinner with his old work buddies or if I stay home, I will be playing in the garden , planting a few seeds and then enjoying the day with the needle and thread.

What are you going to be doing? 

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Sprinkle a little sparkle wherever you go! "

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy whose laughter filled the air.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

Time to change out the overflowing tiered tray. Excuse any dust bunnies you may spot in this viewing.  It is time for Spring cleaning. 😀👯👯

 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. 

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for Home Matters

I Have a Finish!

 Eeeeh! I am fluttering with excitement! 🦋🦋🦋

Happy Friday , y'all and welcome to my neck of the woods. 

 I finished my Flaming Butterflies quilt that is dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. 

I appliqued the blocks in January of 2024 white camping in Quartzsite. 

Because she was a little spitfire, my Papa had nicknamed my sister Flaming when she was just a baby . She was always on the go and ready for an adventure.  Even as a toddler, if she had a mind to go somewhere, off she went. Thankfully, on the farm there was plenty of room to roam. We always had to be aware that she might toddle on down the road to try to go to my Nanny's though so we kept an eagle eye on her. 

Blackie says Hi!

Since her nickname was Flaming Amy, I hand appliqued the scrappy butterflies on red fabric.

The secondary block is one that I called the Whatcha MaCall It   block. I gave a tutorial of it in my April 29, 2024 post.

Each block measures 15 " finished.  It is machine pieced, hand appliqued, embroidered and hand quilted.

 

I added a swirl motif for the nine patch corner blocks. 

To say I am fluttering with excitement with this finish is an understatement! I am beaming!  Excuse me a moment while I do a happy little jig! 💃💃💃🦋🦋😊

Some of you may remember that last year I completed Butterfly Kisses for my sister.

Butterfly Kisses from Heaven completed in 2023

I have a new butterfly quilt in the works.  This one will be called Pretty in Peach. I began appliqueing these blocks in  January in Quartzsite. 

Pretty in Peach Butterflies in the works. 

Alrighty, y'all , I guess I better get to work on the those butterflies. I wish you a fabulous Spring day. See ya' later!

 "Y'all come back! " says Edna

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"If you smile when you see a butterfly, you have happiness in your soul.  "-  Diana Cooper

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy - my sweet butterfly in Heaven . I  love and miss you, Amo. 

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🌞Time to Dye-  2024 post on how I tea/ Coffee Dye my fabric. 

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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. 

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

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

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for Home Matters

Love is In the Air and a Down on the Farm Stamp Freebie

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Love is in the air

Everywhere I look around 

Love is in the air

Every sight and every sound

🎵🎜🎵- John Paul Young

Hee! Hee! is this going to be humming in your head all day long? It is mine. What a great song from the 70's Anywhoo... Love is really in the air. 

Nah, Not with Rodster and Edna, though they look awful cozy.  Isn't this a cute photo? 

Rodster  is in love with several gals. And not only is he in love , but he is a Papa. 

There is Ginger and her babe. Cute! 

This is the newest babe. 

Blackie with her babe. She is very protective. 

  And there is Bev and look who is behind her, Baby Rodster.

Oh my ! Look at Baby Rodster's adorable, precious  face! I am in love! ❤❤❤🐄🐮

 How stinking cute! Is he like his dad or what ? 

Anyway Love is in the air - at least on the farm!

Aaah that reminds me ! It is Farm Friday. and I have a stitch to share with you . It is another Down on the Farm Stamp. 

This week's stamp is called The Heifers.

Two happy Heifers and a babe. Do you recognize the heifers? It is Bev and Blackie! Two of my favorites on the farm.

My Down on the Farm stamps are going to be really simple stitches which can be finished in 2 shakes of a lamb's tail I mean calves's tail.

I am finishing mine into small pin pillows to be placed in a dough bowl or tucked anywhere. I tea dyed a bit of chenille yarn that I purchased at Walmart. I then twisted 2 strands and whipped stitched them along the seam. Easy Peasy. If you are interested in seeing how I finish my pin pillows with trim, just check out my Pin Pillow Tutorial post.

I will be sharing the Down on the Farm stamps ever so often on Fridays- just when I get the inspiration. These stitches are about life on the family farm.

If you are interested I shared Here , Chick, Chick! last week.

Down on the Farm Stamps Printables were posted in the April 18, 2025 post.

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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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Maybe next week we can go to the other section of the farm to see if love is in the air with Big Bad Brad. Remember him. 

This handsome fellow may look gruff, but he is as gentle as a lamb.  His name is Big Bad Brad. 

Brad and the other gals are down in the bottoms or the lower fields. So I am not sure if I will see them. 

Working on nine patches today for Kathleen Tracy's Civil War quilt. 

I hope you have a fabulous Friday and...

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Farm life is the best life.  " - 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who was the ultimate Farm Gal.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

Adding binding to Flaming Butterflies- Amo's quilt

Other Posts That Might Strike Your Fancy!

🌞Parade of Homes- Early 2025 parade of home freebies.

🌞 Root A Toot Toot Patriotic Parade Early 2024 patriotic freebies. 

🌞Buzz Buzz Busy Bee Parade-  An early 2024 bee freebie parade. 

🌞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.