Home of Faith , Family and Freedom- A House Freebie

Good morning, lovely sweet friends and Happy Saturday. Is your weekend off to a bright and delightful start? I sure hope so.

Let me introduce to you the newest addition to the farm. 

Bowzer!

Isn't he a cutie patootie? He just appeared one day which means someone dropped him off. 

Some of you may remember Petunia the pot belly pig who  was dropped off at the bottom of the driveway a couple of years ago. 

Petunia the Pig now lives at another farm. 

Anywhooo... I was not sure about Bowzer when I first met him. But he is very gentle, and his goofy smile soon won me over.  He is a porch dog which means he likes to lounge on the porch most of the day and does not venture far .   We officially put on a collar the other day so he has a home. 🐶

Bowzer has a long tongue . He always has his mouth open smiling. 😀

Now on to stitchy stuff. 

I am making progress on Sunflower Haven which I started earlier this week. Today I will be adding the windows, foundation stones and roof. 

Sunflower Haven is being stitched on 14 count coffee/ tea dyed Aida. 

Home of Faith, Family and Freedom is my newest addition to my neighborhood. I have to admit- it is also a new favorite "house finish".

 This patriotic house is surrounded by a vine of red, white and blue flowers. 

Small crosses and hearts are scattered throughout. 

This home truly speaks to me. What do you think about it? I do hope you like it. 

It was stitched on 14 count coffee/ tea dyed Aida. 

If you are interested in how I dye my fabric check out my post called Time to Dye which I posted in 2024. 

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I use only 7 DMC floss colors which include: DMC 221, 610, 730, 732, 746, 844,  and 924.

I enjoy stitching houses so much. I feel like I am stitching my dream homes. 

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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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QUESTION : Do you have suggestions for  "theme" related homes that you would like to see?  I always get excited when you give me  ideas. 😀❤🤗

Well, Sweeties. I  better put on my construction hat and get to roofing my Sunflower Haven house. Soon it will be time to pull out the sunflower  and bee decor. 

Have a beautiful day. 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

"There is nothing like staying home for real comfort.  "- Jane Austin

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy .

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

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🌞2026 Love Parade- A Parade of Previous Valentine Freebies- Valentine themed stitches up to Feb. 4, 2026.  

🌞 Root A Toot Toot Patriotic Parade Early 2024 patriotic freebies. 

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🌞 A Stomping Stamp Parade 2026  A parade of stamp cross stitch design freebies up to June 2, 2026

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🌞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. 

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Home Tweet Home - Summer Stamp Freebie

 And the rains still come.  In between the showers, I put on my  rain boots, slosh out to the garden and  pull a few weeds before retiring back to the porch to stitch and stitch and stitch. ❤🧵🧵🧵

                   

Happy Tuesday, Sweet friends. For the last couple of days, I have been working on Christmas stitching.  Sitting on the porch listening to the pitter patter  as I stitch makes for a relaxing evening. 

My sweet friend , Dianet at Parchesdeamor Blogspot, shared "Ho Ho Ho"  last year as a freebie, and it is as cute as a button! I still have more  stitching to do on this sweetie , but it is moving right along.  Thank you , Dianet for sharing your fabulous talents with us. 🤗 💗

I am stitching Ho Ho Ho on 14 count tea/ coffee dyed Aida. 

I also finished stitching Bent Creek's freebie Surrounded By Joy. I will be making it into an ornament soon. 

 Floss Colors that I used for Surrounded By Joy:

DMC 895, 221, 470, 310 ( for beak), Blanc, 3371. 

Now onto the Summer Stamp SAL. 

Tweet ! Tweet!  May I introduce to you- Home Tweet Home. 

 A little birdie is quite at home in its birdhouse. The bees are buzzing along the little flower filled vine that grows up the pole.

As with all of the summer stamps, I am stitching the designs twice. Once as a pin pillow and second in a larger sampler. If you decide to stitch the little stamps as a whole, you can put the stamps in any position that you want. 

Several of my sweet blogging friends are stitching along with me on the Summer SAL like Di at Quilting is Blissful Blogspot,  

 Dianet at Parchesdeamor Blogspot,

 Diann at Little Penguin Quilts Blogspot

Jeanna at Slammin the Screendoor Blogspot 

I do hope that you visit these lovely ladies. It is so much fun to see their versions of the Summer Stamps, and it is always a feast for the eyes to see what else they are working on. ❤🤗

I outlined the birdhouse on the large sampler with DMC 841. 

 

Home Tweet Home Stamp was stitched using 9 DMC floss colors including: Blanc, 310, 400, 782, 815,  898, 930, 3345, 3346 

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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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

June 16th Summer Stamp  9 

June  23rd Bonus Summer Stamp 10

June 27th Final Reveal

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Alright Sweeties, I am off to see what the day allows. I wish you a day of sunshine and sprinkled with love and laughter.

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,  y'all

Melisa 

"A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch  but on its own wings."-  unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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🌞2026 Love Parade- A Parade of Previous Valentine Freebies- Valentine themed stitches up to Feb. 4, 2026.  

🌞 Root A Toot Toot Patriotic Parade Early 2024 patriotic freebies. 

🌞A Berry Nice Parade- A Look at Past Berry Freebies 2025- Early 2025 berry Freebies. 

🌞A Buzzy Bee Parade An early 2025 bee freebie parade.

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🌞Pumpkin, Leaves and Autumn Please- A Fall Parade 2025 A parade of Fall themed stitches and doodles up to September 8, 2025.

🌞 A Parade of Stamps 2025  A parade of stamp cross stitch design freebies up to August 14, 2025

🌞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. 

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🌞Turkey Struttin' Thanksgiving Parade 2025- Thanksgiving freebies up to the date of November 3, 2025. More Thanksgiving freebies followed  this date. 

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🌞Let's Dye Some Fabric- A tutorial on my process of dyeing Aida using Rit dye. 

If you are in the neighborhood, I will be posting an updated Stamp Parade of previous "stamp themed stitches" that I have shared in the past. So drop by if you have the chance. 

A Stroll through the Gardens and The Blue House- A House Freebie

 ♭♮♭"Spread a little sunshine everyday. 

Spread a little sunshine everyday. 

Help someone along life's  way. 

Spread a little sunshine everyday. " ♭♮♭ 

Do you remember this little diddy from the Andy Griffith show? It has been humming in my head as I have been deadheading my marigolds and spreading the  sunny seeds.  

French dwarf marigolds are in bloom. 

Good morning , Sweeties. It is a pretty day in the holler. Would you like to take a stroll in the gardens before it gets too hot? 

 Be forewarned this post is photo heavy. I got snap happy! 📷📸📷

 My tansy is blooming. 

This is the first year I have grown it. Dad cut a big tree down at my sisters'. I helped him move the brush. I then  grabbed a few limbs to prop up my tansy which is reaching for the sky. 

The wild and woolly garden - well it is wild and woolly.  Weeds need to be pulled, Gladiolus are spent and falling and small sweet gums need to be removed, but it still brings me joy even if it is on the wild side.  "Perfectly imperfect, " as Jeri Landers of Hopalong Hollow says. ❤

 It is filled with coreopsis, marigolds, lilies, lirope, purple majesty, cosmos, sedum, hostas, bee balm and newly planted hydrangeas.

 

My wild and woolly garden in the making.

 

This the 2nd year my  Annabelle hydrangea has been in the ground and  the 1st year it has bloomed.  

The Annabelle Hydrangea has finally bloomed. I am delighted! 

Sadly one of my favorite flowers did not come up in  this bed despite my heavy planting of seeds. - My zinnias. Boo Hoo!  😏😀Fortunately, I have a few growing in the upper gardens. 

 Mr. Pinker has been bringing home more rock  from the creek. Perhaps in the future, new garden areas will be framed with the roly poly stones. 

Creek rock line most of the beds. 

In the evenings, I like to sit in one of the patio chairs that I found on the side of the road. I watch the butterflies , bees and hummingbirds. Occasionally, I swat at mosquitoes that seem to pester me just when I want to relax.  I usually have a piece of needlework nearby. 

The Garden is My Home  is in the hoop. I am slowly making progress on it. 

Working on a piece of embroidery. 

Speaking of gardens , I would love to show you my latest house that I meant to share a few weeks ago, but alas I was lost in my own secret garden. 🥀🥀🥀

This little stitch is called The Blue House, and it has a small garden of flowers just beyond its door. 

 

This house was inspired by a house I saw in Alabama as we traveled. 

What a pity, there are not many windows for the residents to view the blooms , but they can make their way outside of his humble blue home and sit among the flowers. That is what I would do.😀

The Blue House was stitched on 14 count  coffee/ tea dyed Aida using -- DMC floss colors which included: 

221, 372, 610, 642, 648, 730,732 , 775, 822, 844, 869, 926,  930, Blanc. 

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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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Did you notice the darling red, white and blue wool  pennies?

My new dough bowl filled with sweet wool pennies. 

 My friend , dear Cheryle surprised me with a sweet package filled with these darling woolies to fill my dough bowl. ❤💙❤💙 ( Be still my heart- patriotic colors!) 

She also sent me some cosmetic wedge sponges to prop up my pillows in my dough bowls. She said she saw that tip of Youtube. Now isn't that clever!   Thank you so much, Cheryle.😘🤗❣

Well, Sweeties it is getting hot as the dickens. I guess we best go inside and enjoy a tall glass of iced sweet tea, put up our feet and do a bit of stitching. What do ya' think? Thank you for joining me today. 

Now let's relax! 😀😁😘 

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"A garden is a friend you can visit anytime  " - Unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. .  Love and miss you, Amo. 

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Tomorrow will be a good day for a parade of stitches. If you are in the neighborhood , put on your hat while we march through the sunflower fields. 

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