A Day At the Beach Stamp- Summer Freebie

 When I think of Summertime, I dream of the sun shining brightly, ocean waves crashing towards the sandy beach and  ME sitting under a big umbrella enjoying the sights and sounds with a cold glass of lemonade.  Doesn't that sound delightful? 😁 Hee! Hee! Well not to Mr. Pinker ; he is not too fond of the beach.😏 

It has been years since I have been to the beach, but Mr. Pinker and I often find ourselves sitting near the banks of the creek as the grandchildren play. I like to dip my toes into the cold water. Oooh it feels so good! 

Anywhooo... today I am sharing the final stamp in the Summer Stamp Stitch Along. It is the Bonus Stamp. It did not make its way into my large  sampler, but I did stitch A Day at the Beach and made it into a wee pin pillow to join the others in the collection. 

A Day at the Beach  was stitched using 10 DMC floss colors including: Blanc,  562, 725, 782, 815,  898, 930, 926, 3064,  3799 .

If you are interested in how I dyed my 14 count Aida, I shared the process in a previous post entitled Let's Dye Some Fabric

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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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OOOPS/ CORRECTION: On the instruction page I wrote that I stitched the stamp on yellow Rit dyed Aida; I actually used coffee/ tea dyed 14 count Aida. 

If you missed any of the previous posts in respect to the Summer Stamp SAL , below is a schedule with links back to the appropriate posts.  

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SUMMER STAMP SCHEDULE

April 2nd  Summer Stamp Introduction

April 7th  Stamp Stamp Border

April 14th Summer Stamp Header

April 21st  Summer Stamp 1 "And the Garden Grows" 

April 28th Summer Stamp 2 Summer Harvest

May 5th  Summer  Stamp 3 Summertime Treat

May 12th  Summer  Stamp 4 Sunflower Strut

May 19th Summer Stamp 5 Summer Quilt Stamp

May 26th Summer Stamp 6 Pink Lemonade

June 2nd Summer Stamp 7 Home Tweet Home

June 9th Summer Stamp 8 In the Apiary

June 16th Summer Stamp  9  Canning Season

June  23rd Bonus Summer Stamp 10 A Day at the Beach

June 27th Final Reveal

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On Saturday , I will share the final reveal of the large sampler and all of the stamps as pin pillows. I had hoped to find another frame at the Goodwill yesterday, but pickins' were slim. Luckily, I have a frame that will "make do" until I find the frame that I want. 

A few weeks ago Mr. Pinker and I snatched up a homemade wooden hutch at a thrift store for only $25. It was missing it's front doors and had not been stained , but that didn't deter us. Mr. Pinker will be staining the hutch today, and then we will move it into the house. You know what that means- there is going to be a "furniture shuffle" which means a mess! Wheww! But soon I will be busy putting things in the hutch. It will mostly be for storage. 

Right now my old vintage white shelf in the hall is filled to the brim with enamelware, plates and plain ole' junk. The blue enamelware will be making its way to the new hutch   perhaps by mid July.

The enamelware will be stored in the new hutch later. On display are a few new tins , I purchased a few weeks ago and the new blue splatter enamelware . Swoon. 

 

Here are a few more glimpses of my shelf sporting a modge podge of red, white and blue. 

More thrifted tins- The Dominos Sugar is a new addition and of course there is some stitching. 

The Uncle Sam bank is a favorite to pull out each season. 

The patriotic quilts are still sitting in the quilt room; they are as mad as a hornet that they are not on display yet ,and here we are nearing the big day of celebration.😲🎆🎇🎆🎇 Well I can't blame them for being so ill . Can you ?  Hee! Hee!  So that is another project I need to attend to. 

Foyer quilts in 2023

Grandma's Love  quilt is front and center draped over a thrifted shutter

 2025's Patriotic clutter. 

Well Sweeties, here I have chatted your ears off again. Thank you for the sweet visit, and I hope you will come back on Saturday to see the Summer Stamp all framed up. Of course, I am sure that I will talk to you before then though. 

Have a warm sun shiny day! 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,  y'all

Melisa 

"Let your dreams set sail."-  Unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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P. S.  I had a glitch on my Winter freebies links on Sunday, and they would not work. I have since updated the links, and I am going to repost them here too.  

Let me know if they are still acting wonky. 🤪 Hee ! Hee! And I will check them from my end too. 

Thank you for your kindness and patience. 

Hugs

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