Homestead Blessings and Pear Butter- A Little Quilt

 I am playing with four patches today! 

Happy Friday y'all. Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am. Tomorrow Mr. Pinker and I will be going to a tractor pull ,meanwhile I am going to spend the whole  day working in the quilting room.  Woo Hoo! Fun! Fun! Fun! 

 Mr. Pinker is away at a Beekeeping class so we are both doing something we enjoy. Right? 

 Hive Sweet Hive,  Bee Balm, and Be Blessed is a freebie from my sweet friend  Vicki at , Stitchy McFloss blogspot 

As I was rummaging through my scrap bags, I found 11 lone four patches that I created awhile back just itching to be placed into a little quilt.  These little four patches are made of 1 1/2" squares. 

After some contemplation, I cut some more fabrics and laid out the pieces for a wee quilt.

Auditioning a layout using 10 of the found four patches. 

  I am not posting a tutorial, but these are the cutting measurements that I used just in case you would like to  make one. 😀

Strips are cut for Pear Butter. 

CUTTING FOR THIS QUILT:
20 - 1 1/2" brown squares for four patches

20 1 1/2" yellow squares for four patches

14- 2 1/2 " green squares

2-  2 1/2" x 8 1/2" burgundy fabric rectangles for  top and bottom borders

2-  2 1/2" x 10 1/2 burgundy fabric rectangles for right and left borders

The four patch center of the mini quilt is all pieced. Time to add the corner blocks and  borders.  I webbed mine together. 

The center is pieced . Time to add the borders. 

It did not take long before the little four patch quilt was pieced.

 I think I will call it Pear Butter. It reminds me of my Green Apple Butter that I shared a couple of years ago. 

Green Apple Butter quilt made from 4 patches. 

Pear Butter will be going into the hoop soon. 

In the background is "A Pumpkin and a Crow" and upcoming freebie and  Autumn at Sunflower Ridge by The Woolly Ewe

UPDATE: November 1, 2025: I finished the quilting for Pear Butter

I will be dyeing fabric today for this little design called "Homestead Blessings". 

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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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Alrighty, y'all, I better go see what other mischief I can get into today.  I hope you do the same! 

Blessings from the Homestead. 

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing."- 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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Yesterday I posted my Stamp Parade ,and I realized I had completely forgotten to add 3 Halloween stamps that I made a few years ago.  So I will leave the links here, and I have updated the Stamp Parade too.  More Halloween stamps will be coming in the future.

Happy Stitching! 

Boo and Jack Stamp

Little Black Cat Stamp

Three Happy Jacks

Prim Rudolph Ornament- A Christmas Freebie

May I tell you again how excited I am to have my Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer quilt finished? Lol! 

I shared my finish yesterday, and I am still over the moon. I think because it took so long.  Oh, and of course there is a lot of red in the quilt- you know me and my love affair with the color red!!!❤❤❤

Welcome, y'all and a very lovely Tuesday to you. 

Finishing this little quilt inspired me to create a quick stitch, called Prim Rudolph. 

Isn't the white plastic reindeer the cutest? It is from the Dollar General this year. 

 It is just a simple flying reindeer with some scattered snowflakes. A winter blizzard is Rudolph's favorite weather to fly in.  

Santa Clause sampler and Prim Rudolph

So let me tell you about my finish.  I bought this string of unfinished wooden snowflakes at the Dollar Tree this year. 

Because I have been into junk journaling here of late, I decided to do what my Nanny would say is "Messin' and Gommin". That means playing messily with paint,  glue ,  paper and even the glittery stuff.  Eeeh! I just love a bit of  sparkle!  

After stitching the piece , I drew out a circle on a piece of cardboard and added 2 layers of batting. I layered my cross stitch on top and using needle and thread gathered the stitch on the back . In order for my stitch to fit on the Dollar Tree snowflake, I lost some of my stitched snowflakes, but I was ok with that. 

Then I took off one of the snowflakes from my string and painted the snowflake white. After it dried thoroughly, I decoupaged a small section of Rudolph sheet music which I found as a freebie from Pam Kessler on her blog House of  Hawthornes.  In order to cut the holes into the paper of the snowflake, I pushed a toothpick through the front side of the covered wooden snowflake and smoothed it over on the back. It took some time and was sticky, but I sure do enjoy making a mess. 😁😀✨  Next, I  decided to add a little sparkle an sprinkled iridescent glitter on the snowflake.  Once everything was dry, I centered my Prim Rudolph in the center of the snowflake and adhered it. You can not see much of the music sheet, but it was all about the process for me. 

 Prim Rudolph is a "Choose your own colors " chart, but if you are interested I used DMC 610, 3371, Blanc and 815. The design size is 43 x 33 and if stitched on 14 count aida like mine it would measure around 3 1/8" x 2 3/8".

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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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My designs are for personal use  and enjoyment only. 

Tomorrow my youngest daughter will be arriving home for the holidays. 

I am very excited to have her home for the next few weeks! So today I will be refreshing her room , washing linens and such.  Well I am off to get some of those chores completed and then perhaps I can enjoy some stitching time in the afternoon. 

 Are you enjoying a day of crafting or is it a chore day for you?

Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with me and I wish you the most lovely day. 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa 

Love , Create, Enjoy! 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy who loved he Christmas season as much as I do.  I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

Rudolph Freebies that might interest you. 

Yukon's Christmas List and other freebies-  Cross stitch freebies from Beth at Heartstring Samplery. 

Printable Rudolph Sheet Music- free printable vintage sheet music provided by Pam Kessler on her blog House of  Hawthornes

Rudolph Cross Stitch Freebie- A free cross stitch from The Stitcherhood. 

Reindeer  Embroidery Hoop Ornament- A darling quick embroidery from Heather at Homemade Heather blog. 

Nuclear Meltdown ,Prim Winter Blessings Home, and Love you!

 Good morning, my dears. Happy happy Tuesday. 

Oh,  let me tell you a story! It's a mystery/ tall tale ! 

 I about had a nuclear meltdown last night.  Can you believe it ?  I sure did. What happened you ask? 

Well last week I had intended to fully finish a cross stitch piece called Prim Winter Blessings Home that I had just finished. I "remembered" that I took it into the sewing room to audition some frames. I never did finish it .   

So last night,  I happily went to the sewing room to finish my piece. I looked ,and I looked.👀👀

 Prim Winter Blessings Home was gone!!!!  

I shuffled through fabrics - No Winter Blessings! I shuffled through the fabrics again!!! No Winter Blessing !!! Yikes !! I was on the verge of panic. Then fabrics began to fly through the air. Where could it be?

         

 I ran to my stitchy spot in the living room and frantically went through my project bags and boxes. No Winter Blessings! 

 A flash went through my head -  "Oh no ", I told myself , "This is 2018 Lizzie Kate Summer Smalls  all over again. "  What is 2018 LK Summer Smalls you ask. Well that is an ongoing case . I stitched LK Summer smalls , fully finished it, and then it mysteriously  disappeared.🔍- a total mystery.  I filed a  MCSR  , a Missing Cross Stitch Report, and it is still under investigation to this very  day👮🚓 😄. In fact if you drive through my neighborhood you might see a billboard for the missing cross stitch. 😀😂

Any whooo! Winter Blessings was gone. So I ran downstairs in tears on a verge of a nuclear meltdown. Mr. Pinker asked what was wrong . Tearfully, I wailed,  "Its' gone; its just plain gone"! 

Mr Pinker  reassured me and said that he would help look. As we went upstairs, he asked what does it look like. Being one great for detail, I replied, "Well , its on cross stitch fabric and has a house on it" . 

 Though I was not facing him, the eyes in the back of my head saw his eyes roll and he replied "Hmmm that narrows it down a bit". Lol.( Ya'll know my "house cross stitch obsession." ) 

I went to the couch and plopped down . I slowly shuffled through my floss box resigned that a burglar  had to have broke in and in awe of its beauty,  snatched my Prim Winter Blessings Home . What other rational explanation could there be ???? 

 As I was about to make a call to the appropriate authorities, all of a sudden Mr. Pinker opened up my project box and right on top was "Prim Winter Blessings  Home "smiling brightly at him. I swear I went through those bags and boxes 250 times. Lol. 

So to make a long story short my nuclear meltdown was averted.   But now the question is - How did it get in the project box? Hmmm.  🔎 😁😀  The mystery continues. Lol. 

So you can see that I did fully finish Prim Winter Blessings Home . Thankfully , I had the perfect size frame for it so it was a quick finish.   I hope to create a Spring version  in the future.

If you are interested in stitching  this piece, click on the links below.  But let me forewarn you, if you do stitch it. You may have a cross stitch burglar come to your house 😀😏😜

Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.  

I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding that I  have to put each page on separate links because of the devices I use. I apologize for that.  These are images of the chart and not downloads.  And I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and stitching my little designs. 

Click here for Instruction page.

Click here for Colored Chart. 

Click here for Black and White Chart. 

I am getting into Valentines stitching. 

"Love You!" is a quick simple stitch . I stitched it in just 45 minutes . Just choose your favorite floss color, and you can go to town on this one and have it completed in two blinks of an eye.  This is a dough bowl filler kinda stitch. 

Click here for the chart. 

I am so delighted you stopped by for a visit, and thank you for listening to my silly meltdown. I knew ya'll would understand- kindred spirits you know.  I hope you have a beautiful day ,my friends and as always... 

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Every time you find humor in a difficult situation you win!

"Keep your humor , my friend, if you don't have a sense of humor it isn't funny anymore" - Wavy Gravy

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sister , Amy. Love ya! 

Prim Winter Church- A Christmas Freebie

 Good afternoon. Welcome, dear friends. Can you believe Christmas is just a few short days away? Are you getting in any last minute Christmas stitching? Yes,  I am stitching Christmas right down to the very day!

 I am so excited to share with you the last of 2021's Prim Winter series .  This  along with the Prim Winter Angel ranks as my favorites of the 5. I sure hope you like this one too.

 

 It is named Prim Winter Church.

          

 It reminds me of many of the country churches that bless the country roads around my neighborhood.  Let me show you one of my favorites which is just a hop , skip and a jump from where I live . 

This is one of the churches right down the road from me. It was established in the 1800's and was named after a young lady who lived where the farm is today. Where the chimney is which faces the road, is the now front of the church; it  used to be the back. People can come in  through the side of the church  or....

you can enter  the back of the church which used to be the front of the church. This side actually faces the woods now and has so since the 1930's. The old road that used to go through this long gone community has reverted back to cow pastures and woods. Gone are the  sorghum mill, the one room school house , the blacksmith shop and the homes from that bygone era. I may show you where they were located in another post. 

Just click on the names to go to some of these freebies pictured here. They are Plum Street Samplers freebie " 12 Days of Christmas"  The Scarlett House freebie "From Our House to Yours"  ,  Stonework Stitchworks The Lace Makers Cottage freebie,  Nikys Creations "Reindeer"   freebie  found on her blog in the  Nov 30, 2011 post, my Prim Winter Peace freebie. Also in the background is Bent Creek's "Holly Berry Sampler" (it's not a freebie. )

If you would like to squeeze this stitch in , right before Christmas or maybe stitch it for next year please check out the links below. 

 Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.  

I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding that I  have to separate each page with different links because of the devices I use. I apologize for that.  And I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and stitching my little designs.  

Click here for the instruction page. 

Click here for the Colored Chart.

Click here for the Black and White Chart. 

I always like to leave links to the previous ornaments too. That way it is a little easier for you to find them . Soooo....

The previous ornaments include: 

Prim Winter Love , 

 

Prim Winter Home, Prim Winter Peace   Prim Winter Joy ,   Prim Winter Faith  

and Prim Winter Angel 

  

and Prim Winter Hope 

Prim Winter Gifts

Prim Winter Cheer

 Thank you  for visiting me today. I am looking forward to adding 5 more Prim ornaments come 2022. You know me when I like something I take to it like a dog to a bone and I don't let go. Lol.  Have a beautiful day my sweeties and as always...

Happy stitching, ya'll,

Melisa

The beauty of Christmas is not in presents but in His Presence

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet sister, Amy. Love ya!