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Sunday, November 1, 2026

November is Here ! And Tiny Thankful House - A House Freebie

Now it is November;

Trees are nearly bare; 

Red and gold and brown leaves;

Scatter everywhere...- Margaret Morgan

Good afternoon, Honey Pies and Happy Happy November. Time to turn the calendar page to a new month. Can you believe it? 😀

Turkey Holler Saltbox and With Thy Needle and Thread's November Word Play

I guess the holiday season is officially upon us. Some of you might even be pulling out your Christmas decor and tapping your toes to merry tunes and  Christmas carols. 

Tonight I plan to get up into the attic when it is not so hot and open up the Thanksgiving bin where all my  ceramic turkeys roost for the season. I will shoo those turkeys down the attic stairs and hopefully, soon they will come to rest on the hutch for the Thanksgiving season. 

Do you like to decorate for Thanksgiving?  

Thanksgiving Hutch in November of 2021

After wrangling the turkeys, I hope to fully finish my newest tiny house called Tiny Thankful House.  I whipped it up Friday night, but did not have a chance to FFO it into a pin pillow yesterday because I had a house full of little spooks for Halloween- aka my grandsons and nephews.



Mr. Pinker's sighting of a flock of turkeys in our flower garden the other day inspired this piece. I wish he could have taken a photo , but as soon as he opened the door they swooshed up and disappeared into the fog and forest. 

 If you decide to stitch any of my designs , feel free to choose your own floss colors. I always use whatever floss colors I have on hand at the time and what suits my home decor. ❤

    The following DMC floss colors were used in the making of Tiny Thankful House :

🦃 301-  Main house

🦃 435-  House Additions

🦃 829- Turkeys

🦃 832- Turkey beak and feet

🦃898 Border

🦃918- Leaves and turkeys' waddle

🦃 3012 Grass

🦃 3371 Roof, windows, doorway 


 Tiny Thankful House was stitched on 14 count tea/ coffee dyed Aida.  I posted on how I dye my Aida in 2024  in my Time to Dye- 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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A finishing tutorial was shared in January 2026

Like all of my Tiny Houses, the Tiny Thankful  House is finished in the same manner into a wee pin pillow with a bit of print fabric and lace. I shared the measurements in  my January 13, 2026 post along with the 1st house in the series, Tiny Winter's Day House. ( There will be 12 houses all together.)

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 , Tiny Tulip House ,

 Tiny Tomato House,   Tiny Butterfly House

Tiny Summer House,    Tiny House in the Beeyard,

  Tiny Sunflower House, Tiny Pumpkin House


Hands on Design - Year in Chalk - November


A few weeks ago I showed you a pumpkin I was working on made of odd shaped scraps.

Well the pumpkin needed a little something extra . So I pulled out my chalk and free hand drew some "grooves" to add to the pumpkin to break up the patchwork. 



I also drew out a crow as well. You know me and crows- they are one of my favorite birds. 


I will work on the applique this week. 

Alright Sweeties, I better get off here before I get long winded. I haven't started this month's roundabout embroidery, but I will work on that this week and post it as well. 

Have a great afternoon and keep those needles flying! 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

"Give thanks for each morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food

For love  and friends,

For everything thy goodness sends.    "- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤




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

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🌞 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
🌞Pumpkin, Leaves and Autumn Please- A Fall Parade 2025 A parade of Fall themed stitches and doodles up to September 8, 2025.
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🌞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. 
🌞A Spooky Parade - Halloween freebies up to October  4, 2025. More Halloween pieces followed this date.
🌞Turkey Struttin' Thanksgiving Parade 2025- Thanksgiving freebies up to the date of November 3, 2025. More Thanksgiving freebies followed  this date. 
🌞A Christmas in July Parade of Past Freebies- 2026 A Parade of Christmas Freebies up to the date of July 6, 2026. More Christmas Freebies followed this date. 
🌞A Chilly Parade of Winter Stitches 2025- A parade of Winter themed freebies up to the date of Dec. 21, 2025
🌞Let's Dye Some Fabric- A tutorial on my process of dyeing Aida 

I picked up this beautiful piece of Carnival glass for $3.00 while thrifting in Arkansas. I was one happy camper.

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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 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 

1 comment:

  1. Happy November! 🦃 What a cute little house with cute little turkeys - thank you! 😁 I don't really have Thanksgiving decorations (I need to stitch some 😆) so this year I'm just leaving my fall decor up until it's time for Christmas decorations on December 1.
    Have a great week! 🤗🤗
    -Alex

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