May Day Quilting , Stitching and Tiny Tomato House Freebie

A very Happy May Day to you , sweet friends.

Have you ever danced around the Maypole?  No,not me though I have to admit it sounds like a whole lot of fun. 

As a child, we would make small paper cone baskets and fill them with flowers to welcome in the new month and the warm Spring weather. 

Purple Majesty is in bloom. 

Today, I will be celebrating May Day in the sewing room. I  am still plugging away on  Bonnie Hunter's 2025 Leader/ Ender project called Four Patch Fun. 

I am working with 2 1/2" squares and strips. The finished block size will be 8 ". 

These blocks are being made with scraps primarily in the red, , white , blue color way.  35 blocks are completed. I still need more, more, more! 

Of course, I am sneaking in some Christmas fabric.  Christmas fabric seems to end up in all my quilts. Hee! Hee! 

Some Christmas fabric in the mix. 

Oh, I am so excited to share with you the latest Tiny House stitch- Tiny Tomato House!    I am quite smitten with it. 🤗

The little house is flanked with a small tomato vine and a spool of thread on the opposite side of the house. Below it are 3 ripe tomatoes.

 

I am finishing all of my Tiny Houses the same way as teeny pillows with a bit of crocheted lace.  I shared the measurements and how I made the Tiny House pillows in the post with Tiny Winter's Day House.

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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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If you have missed any of the other houses and are interested , just click on the colored links and you will be transported back to the post and the charts.

Tiny Winter's Day House, Tiny Love House , Tiny March House and Tiny Tulip House

 On Monday, my sweet friend, Dianet at parchesdeamorblogspot posted her adorable finish of my Tomatoes stitch on her blog.  I do hope you will visit her because she made some changes and made it ever so special. What did she do? Well, she added some applique. Talking about cute! ❤🍅❤ So I do hope you will drop by  Dianet's for a visit. She always has so many lovely projects in the works and she offers the most beautiful freebies as well.  Thank you , dear friend. 

So with that, today I am going to work on fully finishing my "Tomatoes" cross stitch as well.

Later, Mr. Pinker and I will be heading to the ball field. The grandsons are staying super busy with their ballgames having practice or games at least 6 days a week. We are enjoying every minute of watching them. 

Have a marvelous day, Sweeties! 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

" A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. "- Mother Teresa

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy . I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

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The berry hutch in a soft glow of lights. 

Please forgive me for being so behind on visiting. It has been another one of those weeks.🙄 I think we all have them from time to time. Right? Hopefully, things will slow down soon.  Thank you so much , for your love , understanding and support. Love ya' !