Pinker n Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Friday, January 16, 2026

Working on Farm Life

Apples, pears and cherries all waiting to be harvested.

"Farm Life is being stitched on 14 count tea/ coffee dyed Aida.

Turnips and sweet peas! Oh, how delightful!

The turnips and peas are ready to be harvested.

Happy Happy Farm Friday, y'all.

It is a beautiful day to be working on a farmyard stitch and by golly , that is what I am going to do! 🤠

The veggies and fruits are plentiful on this stitched farm.

However, I still have more to ~~plant~~ stitch like pumpkins, corn and carrots. But more pressing matters are at hand. I am going to be driving a backhoe and digging out a crystal blue pond right there above the pears and cherries. Well at least that is my plan for today.

I will be adding the blue pond above the cherries today.

There are 2 wild and wacky geese or maybe they are ducks that are waiting to be stitched as well and they do need their pond.

I am slowly but surely making progress on Little House Needlework's "Farm Life" as I sit at camp. I am using mystery flosses on this piece ( that means flosses that have lost their labels. ) We shall see how the colors progress as time goes by.

As Always...

Happy Stitching and Quilting,

y'all

Melisa

"Beautiful things come together one stitch at a time. "

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy - a farm gal through and through. I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo.

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Back at home, the gals are waiting anxiously for some new arrivals. It may be a couple of weeks but along with some heifers, a new bull is coming to the farm . I hope he is as handsome as the Rodster was. 🤗

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Mr. Snow is on the Go!

I have a frosty fella on my mind and his name is Mr. Snow.

Welcome, dear friends.

Last year I began working on the sashings on my Mr. Snow quilt, but at some point I set it aside and Mr. Snow became a UFO. ❆❅☃ Bless his chilly heart. 💙💙

Well, my Mr. Snow blocks jumped in the camper with full intentions of me working on them further as I enjoyed the warmer weather .

Eeeeh it was in the 80's yesterday! How nice!

In the past, I had been adding sashing to 2 Mr. Snow blocks a week. That way I could slowly enjoy the project, and it not interfere with other things going on .

Anywhooo, Mr. Snow insisted that I work on 2 more blocks this week.

So Block 7 Snow Cream and Block 8 Decorating the Tree all received scrappy red borders to Mr. Snow's delight.

Mr. Snow was a QAL that I shared in 2023-2024.

8 blocks complete. Four more to sash!

In the February 27, 2025 post, entitled Piecing Snowmen I gave a tutorial with measurements on how I am completing each block.

Mr. Pinker and I will be hitching our wagon and chugging on to the next campsite today.

Oh boy, is our little truck camper is a mess when we travel . I have to put my stash of fabrics, threads and sewing machine on the beds so they are not strewn about as we travel the bumpy roads.

Bye Bye sweet campsite. I may see you again here soon.

It took an hour to drive to the campsite that we were at . The roads were washboard so we took it slow and easy. But it was worth the drive. It is one of our favorite spots. Fingers crossed we will be able to get our next favorite spot at our new destination.

As Always...

Happy Quilting and Stitching, y'all!

Melisa

"Snowmen aren't for everyone , but their memories are. "- unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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