Signs of Spring- A House Freebie

 Welcome, Sweet friends. Do join my on the porch. We can listen to the sweet melody of the chirping birds, watch  the butterflies flutter and admire the flowers in bloom. Aaah Spring time is a a wonderful time of the year.  In celebration  of this season, I stitched a new house in soft greens, and it even has a porch . 

 As I worked on this piece, I would reminisce back to the good ole' days when I was a child and would visit my grandparents  in the evenings. 

Most often you would find my Papa and Nanny on the porch of their old farmhouse. Papa would watch the cows in the field as Nanny chatted away telling about the "goings on" of the day. 

Spring Farmhouse   which is modeled after my Nanny's home and Spring on the Farm

 Come springtime, Nanny would plant petunias in the concrete planters  which lined the long front porch and front steps. Us youngins' would jump off the porch which stood tall and  would scamper to the mountain stone sidewalk to pick daffodils which lined the sidewalk. We would soon take our bouquets to Nanny . She would lovingly place them in a  water filled mason jar and sit them on the farmhouse table. Such sweet memories. 

The  Signs of Spring  house does not have a pasture with cows nearby , but there are sweet ewes grazing in the front yard. I hope they do not get into the flower gardens. 

"Signs of Spring" was stitched  on 14 coffee/tea dyed Aida using 13  DMC floss colors which included:  356, 436, 610, 730, 829, 840, 918, 924, 926,  3013,  3021, 3363, Blanc

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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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The "Sister " house to "Signs of Spring is the  The Ewe House . They are similar in color and of course there are those sheep. 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me on this lovely day as I strolled down memory lane. Perhaps fond memories of "days gone by" came back to you as well. Have a blessed day  and...

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Sometimes you do not realize how good the good old days were until they are gone.    " - Unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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