Happy St. Patrick's Day

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Do you have your green on? Pinchy, pinchy! I always made sure as a child that I had something green on when I went to school for eagle eyed peers were looking to give a pinch to anyone not sporting green.

Will you be celebrating today?

Mr. Pinker and I will be out and about on our date day- aka Walmart pickup and the Goodwill! I am sure we will grab something to eat before making our way home.

May your day be filled with blessings, joy and love. Thank you for visiting me on this happy holiday.

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"May the dreams you hold dearest be the ones that come true. "

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

May Luck Be With Ewe -St. Patrick's Day Freebie

 I spy a four leaf clover . Do you? 

Top of the morning to you, Sweeties and Happy Tuesday. I just wanted to pop in with a little lucky stitch called "May Luck Be with Ewe. "  A sweet little sheep will always bring good luck . Hee! Hee! Well that's what I have been told. 

May your day be a lovely one. 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more luck I have. "- Thomas Jefferson 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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March Already? And a March Doodle Freebie

 Good mornings, Sweet friends and Happy March! Wow ! It is hard to believe it is March already. Slow down 2026! - well that is what I say at least. 

"March" a freebie from Rainbow Gallery website, Shamrocks Word Stitch a freebie from Helen D. on her flosstube #76, Putting on the Green and Shamrock Mini Sampler freebies of mine. 

Mr. Pinker and I are making our way eastward. Soon the ole' truck and camper will be roaring into the driveway.   Along the way, I am sure we will stop at a few thrift shops- perhaps I will find a treasure or two. Fingers crossed . Hee ! Hee! 

Luck Truck

If the lull of the road does not put me asleep , which it often does, I have a few stitching projects to work on. One of which is my March embroidery  called "Welcoming March". 

A little doodle just for you. 

My doodles are hand drawn and are never perfect. ❤

UPDATE: June 6, 2026.  I have done some additional work on the Welcoming March Roundabout.

The Roundabout was stitched on 8 1/2" x 8 1/2"  (unfinished) white fabric. 

It is framed with 20 -  2 1/2" squares (unfinished) .

The Roundabout Block  with Scrappy Borders Measures:  12 1/2" x 12 1/2" ( unfinished) .

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Frosty Chill Roundabout  , Love Mail Roundabout , and Welcoming March. 

I will keep this post short and sweet today. If you have a chance, I invite you to  drop by later this evening for a St. Patrick's Day Parade. I meant to post it earlier, but time got away from me. 

Hands on Designs "Year in Chalk- March"

May your day be filled with many blessings. Love ya'!

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"Embracing new beginnings and blooming possibilities. "- unknown 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

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Leprechauns, Cabbages, and Sheep- St. Patrick's Day Hutch Tour

                         Top of the morning to you, Sweet Peas.  

Sheep Trifle 

I missed decorating the hutch last year for St. Patrick's Day. Easter was early so I jumped right on in with the bunnies. But since Easter is in late April this year, it gave me the perfect opportunity to pull out my greens and decorate for  St.  Patrick's Day. 

"Erin Ewe", Truckin Along in the Luck Truck  and a darling sheep from dear Robin. ❤ 

So grab you a cup of coffee and let's head to the kitchen for a look at all of those precious ewes that have taken up residence on my hutch. Shall we? 

My hutch  is filled to the brim with all things green! 

  There is really nothing new on the hutch. I usually decorate with the same old things  for St. Patrick's Day.  I  normally pull out my few cabbage pieces, anything green and the few stitches that I have for the holiday.

Luck Basket

 

Vintage thrifted  transferware plates were used as a backdrop. 

Sheep Jar and Truckin Along in the Luck Truck  

Being a plate- acholic , I always have to add plates, plates, and more plates. 

More plates are stacked in the corner. 

Lots of thrifty finds on each shelf.

Basket for Ewe

Here and there are cross stitch pieces that have been stitched over the years. 

Lucky Stamp 

Some were made by me and others were sweet gifts. 

A gift from sweet Robin. She knows I adore sheep. Thank you, Robin. 😘

I left my enamelware pans hanging on the edge of the hutch. Fake eggs are stacked in one.

Soon all of this will come down and bunnies will hop , hop , hop down Bunny Lane  shooing the sheep off of the hutch shelves. 

 

Puttin on the Green and Shamrocks, Gold and Chickens

But for a few more hours,  I will enjoy my St. Patrick's Day decor. 

 Clover Basket Pinkeep and Shamrock Blessings

 If you would like to see my foyer decorated for the month, check out the posts called Changing Out the Quilts and Stitches, Quilts, and Shamrocks- Foyer Decor

Hmmm, I wonder if I could squeeze one more thing on these overflowing, filled to the brim shelves. Hee! Hee!  - Probably not.

 Thank you so much for the sweet visit. I know it was a lot to take in and not for all, but it is just my style. 💚💛🤗

Be  happy and Be Ewe is what I always say - don't you agree. 

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Collectors are happy people.  " - Johann Wolfgang von Goathe.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who loved to thrift as much as I do . I treasure our sweet thrifting adventures.I  Love and miss you, Amo. 

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Aunt Fannie's Letters and Keys House- A House Freebie

A new house is in the neighborhood. Welcome, Sweeties. I just wanted to pop in to show you my latest dwelling in Pinkerville.

 It is called Aunt Fannie's Letter and Keys House .

 Originally, I was going to name it after my Great Aunt Dot who was like a 3rd grandmother to me. Aunt Dot was the postmistress in a small town many years ago.  But since I changed the color of the home ( not pink like Dot Dot would have liked) I renamed it . I think my Great Great Aunt Fannie would approve.  

This little house is surrounded by keys with a small alphabet below. 

It could be stitched in any choice of colors, but I settled on  13 DMC floss colors which included:  433, 612, 730, 782, 830, 838, 902, 924, 937, 3013,3799, 3830,  3858

Aunt Fannie's Letters and Keys House is stitched on 14 count Aida that I coffee/ tea dyed myself.

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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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Do you have a favorite color that you would like to see a house stitched in? 🎨🖌

 I am brainstorming on ideas. 

I will keep it short and sweet . Thank you for taking the time to see this humble home. You always make the visits so special. Love ya'!

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"we rise by lifting others.   " - Unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

Love ewe! 

Stitches, Quilts and Shamrocks- Foyer Decor

A lovely Tuesday to you!  

The last time I left off on my country clutter post , I was showing you the quilts in the small foyer/ hallway. I had pulled out 3 "springy" quilts to display on the old thrifted shutters. 

Since I was on a roll, I went back to the storage room and pulled out more goodies to decorate with. I was thinking " greens" and "St . Patrick's Day " as the theme. 

 It did not take long to fill the shelves to the brim with spring goodness with sprinkles of vintage pieces, baskets , doilies and wee quilts. 

Lots of country clutter on the old thrifted shelf. 

Some of the things on the top shelf stay out year round.  The riser is an old shelf from one of my Granny's dresser - a sweet reminder of days long ago.  

On the top of the drawer is a freebie from Notforgotten Farms called "Shamrock Basket" .  "Lucky" is a design from Trail Creek Farms.   I simply tucked it into some green enamelware bowls. 

The wool shamrock mug rug was a free design from Shabby Fabrics but I do believe it costs now. ( I am not for sure on that) .

 Tucked in the basket is my Shamrock Mini Sampler

 Lucky Shamrocks is a St. Patty's favorite. It  is a freebie from Nan Lewis of Threadwork Primitives. 

The darling 9 clover  stitch is a free design from Vickie at A Stitcher's Story blogspot.

I tucked a little stack of bowls in a corner and put "March Squared" in one . It  is a freebie by Linda Stolz of Erica Michaels ,and it is on Rainbow Gallery website in the 2003 Cross Stitcher's Surprise series

The middle shelf holds a mod podge of items like pottery, sheep and stitching.  I chose some of my mini samplers and tucked it into one green planter. These little samplers were Mini Squirrel Sampler and  Little Red Schoolhouse Mini Sampler  . I placed them strategically where only the letters could be seen and not the "out of season " motifs. LOL. 

Rolled quilts , bowls and my sheep pitcher is in the opposite corner along with Winter on Pine Berry Lane. 

I just left the bottom shelf the way it was filled with just a few of my Watt's pottery pieces and knick knacks. 

So tell me . Do you think I am getting my green on? LOL. I missed not decorating for St. Patrick's Day last year so I am making up for lost time.   

Thank you for stopping by to see my clutter.  I will be posting a hutch tour soon. 

Clover at Sardis Lake. 

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. " - unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

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

Basket tree for March. 

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