A Thankful Thanksgiving Hutch Tour

 Good morning, Sunshine and Welcome. I am dreaming of roasted turkey, Mom's delicious Southern dressing, potato salad and all of the fixins'!

I have started to leaf through my cookbooks searching for recipes for the holiday season. 

This year Mr. Pinker and I plan to host the Thanksgiving celebration here at the house. For the last few years , we have been cooking a number of dishes and taking them over to Mom's as that is where most of the family gathers for the  major holidays. Well this year, Mom , Dad and the rest of the family will take a short jaunt down the road to my house. 

So I do have a lot of planning to do. Turkey Time will be here soon! Gobble ! Gobble! 

Pumpkin and Bittersweet Sampler , Blessed and  TURKEY TIME is an Erica Michaels freebie which was posted on her Facebook on November 13, 2018 .

Meanwhile I have been decorating the house for the grand occasion. 

First up -  the teeny wooden hutch Mr. Pinker constructed decades ago.  It is all "Turkey-fied" ! Hee! Hee! 

It is filled to the  hilt with all things Thanksgiving related. 

There are gravy boats and...

The Thanksgiving Jar

Lots of pretty thrifted plates in autumnal colors. 

There are turkeys... AND

Primitive Hare's freebie "Give Thanks"

TURKEYS!...

AND EVEN MORE TURKEYS!

 Blessed Two Year Instagram Anniversary Chart.

And I must not forget the Pilgrims. 

Be Ye Thankful

Nestled here and there are sweet reminders of family and friends. Indeed, I feel very blessed. 💛❤🤗

Blessed 4 YR IG Anniversary Chart

I am looking forward  to the hustle and bustle of the next few weeks as we prepare for the holiday. 

There are lists to be made and groceries to be bought.

And I do have to rummage through my plates, platters and bowls as well. Oh my! Hustle and Bustle! 

Old Fashioned Corn Pudding

INGREDIENTS:

SERVINGS:  4-6

3 eggs , beaten

2 Tablespoons of honey

1 cup of milk

1 1/2 Tablespoons of flour

1 can of cream style corn

2 Tablespoons of melted butter

1/2 teaspoon of salt

Dash of allspice

DIRECTIONS:

Combine honey and milk; add gradually to the flour , stirring until smooth. Add eggs, corn, butter and salt. Mix well. Turn into greased 1  quart baking dish. Sprinkle with allspice. Place baking dish in a pan of hot water. Bake in preheated oven at 300 degrees for 1 hour 45 minutes or until the custard is set. 

 Will you be cooking for Thanksgiving?  What yummies are your favorites for the holiday season?

I  guess I best get back to searching through my recipes. I am so very grateful for the sweet visit. 

Have a fabulous day and enjoy the hustle and bustle ! 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

"Thanksgiving gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.  "- Willard Scott

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy  who loved the hustle and bustle of the holidays

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

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 If you are interested in seeing any of the previous Thanksgiving hutch tours , just click on the links. You will see a lot of the same things, but just arranged different. 

2023 Friends, Family and Turkeys Thanksgiving Hutch Tour

2022 Here a Turkey There a Turkey Hutch Tour

2021 Thanksgiving Hutch 

If you would like to see the 2020 THANKSGIVING HUTCH  click here. 

Persimmon Seeds and Aunt Ruth's Autumn Farmhouse- A House Freebie

 The wild American persimmons are getting ripe! Do grab one! They are sweet as candy. The catch is  you have to pick them when they are ooey, gooey,  mushy ripe!  Otherwise the high amounts of tannins in the unripe persimmons will cause your mouth to pucker and your  mouth to become bitterly dry. Ugh.   So ripe ones it is! 

Little Mr. F. , the youngest grandson , was excited to see the persimmons seeds that were being dried out. 

I am going to plant a few and try my hand at growing some for the farm. 

Anywhoo... he quickly grabbed a couple and took them to his pappy to have them cut open.

A couple of persimmon seeds are cut to see the design in the center of the seed. 

Hmmm... Is it a knife or a spoon?  It looks like the persimmon seeds are predicting a cold snowy winter if I am not mistaken.  Brrr! 

PERSIMMON SEED PREDICTIONS:
Knife:  A bitter , freezing winter with biting, cutting winds

Fork:  A gentle mild winter with little snow

Spoon:  Heavy snow that will require a shovel

Thanksgiving

Yesterday, I worked my fingers to the bone decorating for Thanksgiving. The countdown is on. 

Shall we take look! 

THE COUNTDOWN

23 days until   Thanksgiving

51 days until Christmas AND...

 59 days until 2027

2022- Three Year IG Anniversary Chart and Priscilla Ewe

Gingered Fruit Salad

Gingered Fruit Salad must be made at least 1 day ahead for flavors to meld. 

SERVINGS :8 

INGREDIENTS:

1 can ( 20 )ounce pineapple chunks , drained 

1 package of frozen unsweetened peach slices, thawed ( 16 oz)

1 cup coarsely chopped fresh pear ( 1 medium pear)  

1 medium apple coarsely chopped

1/4 cup of honey

2 Tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed

2 teaspoons ground ginger

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, combine first four ingredients. Ina small bowl, stir together remaining ingredients. Pour over fruit; toss until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Serve chilled. 

Later in the evening , I fully finished a new house for my neighborhood. It is called Aunt Ruth's Autumn Farmhouse.

 I cannot tell you how much fun I had stitching this one. And it actually stitched up pretty quickly. 😀

It has all the things I love- a quilt , pumpkins and a quirky struttin' gobbler! 

 This little house joins the other Thanksgiving houses that I have made over the years. 

Next up I will be working on a Christmas house.

I am curious. 

Are you stitching for Thanksgiving? 

I always like to add one or two pieces each year. I do love Thanksgiving. I have so many fond memories of celebrating the holiday with my family. 

Anywhoo.... Aunt Ruth's Autumn Farmhouse was inspired by hubby's Aunt Ruth who lived in a quaint little farmhouse built in the early 1900's  on the family tobacco farm .  It was a warm and cozy farmhouse filled with joy and love. The walls were decorated with family photos and like my Granny-  in her older days, Aunt Ruth moved a bed into the living room come winter time to stay warm by the fireside. 

 I have only visited a few times, but it is a home filled with so much charm. 

Aunt Ruth's  Autumn Farmhouse was stitched on 14 count coffee/ tea dyed Aida, and I only used 9 DMC  floss colors to stitch the farmhouse which includes: 

DMC 301, 610, 739, 829, 830, 833, 919, 922, and 950. 

OUTLINING THE HOUSE: 

To make the house stand out on the 14 count coffee/ tea dyed Aida, I outlined the sides of the house with 2 strands of DMC 610.

Each side of the house is outlined with DMC 610. 

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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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Well Sweeties, I guess I have carried on long enough . I am so very grateful that you dropped by to see my new house today and to listen to my rambles. I am not sure what I will get into this afternoon.  I know that I do want to work on a new Christmas house so maybe that should be on the agenda.

Have a lovely day and...

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

"Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.  "- Winnie the Pooh

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy 

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

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This old Baker's Table came off of Aunt Ruth's Farmhouse side porch off from the kitchen. Here it is all decorated for Spring in 2021

The handles on the baker's table is made of old spools. Aunt Ruth had clothes pins stored in the drawer and mason jars stored underneath. 

The drawer now houses tapered candles . 

It's All About Apples and a Mason Jar Freebie

 Y'all it's just about that time of the year! Apple Pickin' Season!  Oh, I cannot wait.

How about you? 

STAMP 1 - A BASKET OF APPLES

Up on the mountain a few counties away, are some delightful apple orchards where apples galore are sold by the box.

 Perhaps Mr. Pinker and I will take a day trip and snatch us a box or two. Maybe stop by the pepper patch and pick up a 5 gallon bucket of bell peppers for just $5.00 too. Oh, that would be wonderful.  

Apple Crate  

I am pulling out more of my apple decor. Yesterday I went thrift shopping and found this fabulous apple spongeware canister. 

"Oooh that will be perfect!" I squealed in delight . "Not only can I pair it  with my blue enamelware but  also with the gorgeous cross stitch that sweet Donna sent me a few weeks ago in a Blessing Box, " I told myself. 

 Aaaw don't you think they make a good pair?  I am smitten. 

She also sent  this beautiful hand stitched and appliqued quilt. Swoon!  Isn't it darling? 🤗 Or should I say apple-icious! 🍎🍏

Apples, quilts and a pie- now what is not to love. Hee! Hee! Thank you sweet Donna.❤😘  I will cherish these. 

 I may be moving the apple quilt in the near future to my hutch when I pull out more apple-icous goodies to display.

Speaking of apple goodies. I hope you do not mind if I sprinkle links to previous apple themed posts that I have shared in the past. There are recipes, mini quilt instructions, doodles , cross stitch and of course loads of country clutter or as some call it  good ole' fashioned junk  treasures😁. If you are interested, just click on the colored links, Sweet peas and you will be magically transported back to the post.  

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Apple Mini Sampler  No photo for this little cross stitch freebie. Even after all these years I am still working on it. LOL Slow as molasses 

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Have I told you that I eat an apple every single day? I think I have . Anywhooo... I keep unsweetened applesauce in my pantry just in case I run out of apples before I can get to the grocery store. 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away or so they say. 

Behind my Granny's old log cabin were massive apple trees along a fence line. If we were  lucky and if Granny was up to the trip, she would  take us youngins' into the woods, past the small grape lined trellises to the apple trees with limbs drooping to the ground with ever so heavy apples. We would fill our little basket up with green apples . Of course , we could not resist eating an apple or two before we traipsed back through the weeds to the old log cabin. 

Apple Picking- A Heart Doodle Freebie

Meanwhile back at Nanny's on the farm, there was cooking going on.  She would be busy in the kitchen cooking a batch of her fresh fried apple fritters. Yum! Yum! They were always a treat to enjoy especially when they came out of the old, deep iron skillet piping hot. 

Nowadays, I settle for eating apples sliced with a dash of cinnamon, but every now and then I will treat myself to something special. 

Cinnamon- Sugar Apples Recipe

Combine 1/4 cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon. Set Aside. Core, peel and slice 2 -3 apples into wedges and sprinkle with cinnamon- Sugar mixture. Microwave in a microwavable safe dish on high setting until tender. Serve. 

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Before you leave, may I show you the new apple design I am working on? 

It is called Apple Jam Jar from the Mason Jar Series.  Three large apples jammed into a jar. 

I have just begun it and have not decided on the colors that I will use. 

So I thought I would share it as a CHOOSE YOUR OWN COLORS CHART. Use as many or as few colors as you want. In fact you might want to add some colors. 

Hmmm... Should I have 3 red apples or mix it up with red, yellow, and green apples? I am not sure, but I will keep you posted on my progress and I will update this post once it is completed.

UPDATE- SEPTEMBER 12, 2026-  Apple Jam Jar is all finished. 

So let me share what floss colors I used. 

I decided to use 3 different reds for my apples. 

Apple Jam Jar - From the Mason Jar Series

FLOSS  : SYMBOL  MOTIF:

DMC 414 (O) Mason Jar lid      

DMC 3721 ( R) 1st apple on the bottom      

DMC 355 (R) 2nd apple on the bottom

DMC 356 (R) top apple

DMC 610 (V) Apple stem

DMC  640 (P)  Quilt star in the apples

DMC  782 ( Y)  Center of blossom

DMC 3371 ( • )  Jar

DMC  739 ( W) Blossom

DMC 732(X) Grass and Leaves

DMC 733 ( U ) Grass

DMC 3021 ( T) Wording

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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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🧵FREEBIE ALERT!  FREEBIE ALERT 🧵

Herrschners just posted four Country Charm Ornaments freebie charts. OH MY GOSH ! They are as cute as a country button! I hope you will pop over to visit them. 

I guess, I have rambled long enough. 

Have a sweet day! 

And...

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, that is where the fruit is.  "- 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy 

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

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