Pinker n Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Butterflies and Hot Cocoa

The wild and woolly flower garden is looking- well "wild and woolly " of course. 🌷🌷🌷

Hello, Sweet friends. How are you doing on those bright and beautiful Sunday morning? Did you wake up with a pep in your step? I certainly had a pep in mine after a piping hot cup of morning coffee.

As the weather warms, slowly but surely, my garden is waking up.

The tansy is filling out.

Wee marigolds are sprouting, and I was quite surprised to see Bee Balm in an unexpected spot. "Where did you come from, Pretties?"

Soon the wild and woolly garden will be even woollier ( Is that a word? Hee! Hee!) Of course there are weeds to pull, but I am carefully observing and examining to see what other sweet surprises may appear in my garden.

Do you have any gardening plans?

The other day I was overjoyed to see a bright and beautiful butterfly enjoying the quince in the yard.

And it was gracious enough to allow me to get a closer look at its beauty.

Of course, anytime I see a butterfly I whisper, " I love you " in hopes that it will whisk the message to my sweet sister who looks down upon our family from Heaven.

In the late evenings, I have been working on my "Pretty in Peach" Butterfly quilt.

I have moved to the 2nd row and have completed another nine patch variation block with "flower motif" quilting.

The nine patch variation blocks measure 15" finished.

Today is "Santa Sunday" and that means Christmas stitching. The border is complete on "Hot Cocoa" , a darling freebie from my sweet friend, Dianet at Parchesdeamor blogspot. Soon I will be adding snowflakes, a mug and 2 jolly snowmen marshmallows - pure sweetness ! Thank you, Dianet for sharing your sweet amazing talent with us. 🤗❤

"Hot Cocoa" is in the works.

Well Sweeties , I will not keep you any longer. I have butterflies to quilt and weeds to pull . Hey, if you are in the neighborhood, I have an extra pair of garden gloves. Hint . Hint. Or better yet we can skip the weeding and just sit and stitch. Whatever suits your fancy.

Butterfly kisses!

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued , is always beyond our grasp, but , if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you. "

As Always...

Happy Stitching and Quilting,

y'all

Melisa

"The wings of transformation are born of patience and struggle. "- Janet Dickens

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. You are always on my mind and forever in my heart.

I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo.

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Musings

This time of the year gets me in the mood for Spring cleaning.

Welcome, y'all and Happy Friday!

The other day I put on my apron, gathered up my duster and broom and went straight to work. The task at hand- was to clean one of my daughter's closets. She is grown and gone, but she still has her own room for when she comes for a visit. Thankfully, it was not too daunting of a job because she is pretty organized. But I spent the morning folding and refolding sports uniforms and stacks of tablecloths that I pushed into the back corner for safe keeping. In a couple of hours, one closet was spic and span with room for more items to be stored away. Shhhh! Don't tell her though? Hee ! Hee! Where I am a maximalist ; she is a minimalist. Oh, well 🤷. The collecting bug did not rub off on her. LOL.

I may work on her 2nd closet today.

Has the warmer weather got you in the mood for cleaning?

Later in the evening, I went outside and sat on the porch and worked on With Thy Needle and Thread's "Boo To You". In the evenings around 6:30 , I have been hearing wild turkeys yelp, cluck and purr before they head up into the trees to roost. Earlier during the day I spotted a rafter of them near the river, but have yet to spot their roosting trees.

Yesterday, I spotted the first snake of the season. YIKESTERS!. It was warming itself in the middle of the road just off from the driveway. It had slithered its way down our hill.

Hmmm . What else? Well...I changed out my quilt on the "shelf quilt rack" above my Great Grandma Annie's buffet. I bought this quilt in Alabama 2 years ago. It is hand quilted. The Spring colors brighten up the living room.

Bunnies , milk glass , and stitched pieces were sprinkled on the buffet for a Spring vignette. To be honest, I did not put much effort into decorating this Easter. Oh well, it will get me through the next few weeks unless I get a wild hair and decide to change it.

Did I show you Halloween Potion Jar , a sweet freebie from my friend , Dianet at Parchesdeamor blogspot?

Well I finished the stitching awhile back and finally was able to sit down and FFO this precious jar.

I made it into the most darling Halloween pin pillow and added some wool yarn trim which I twisted and tacked along the seams. What do you think? I say this little jar is one cutie patootie if I do say so myself. Thank you, Dianet for sharing this darling little jar. The sweet little face makes me smile.

I guess I best get off here. I have a grocery pickup here soon. Then perhaps, I can sit back , put up my feet and enjoy some slow stitching time. Here , Here for the weekend! Enjoy your day, Sweetness!