Liberty- A Little Patriotic Freebie

Good evening, ya'll. Earlier today, I posted a little cross stitch that I had not stitched yet ; so I thought I would update this post with my progress.

My Stitch Maynia Day #3 start is a finish. 

 Well it took all of about 30 minutes to stitch it and about that to sew it into a pin pillow.

 Boy, was that fast.

 I used scraps of fabric from an on going quilting project and made a teeny yo yo that I embellished with buttons.

                           

 It will be tucked on a shelf, the patriotic tree or in the two tiered tray. I didn't make any changes to the design.  

                                        Earlier Post - 

Happy Monday, ya'll. I am just popping in with a little stitch that I created today, but have not stitched it  yet. 

This is called Liberty and is a small stitch. I think it would be great for a bowl filler or an ornament. 

 This is going to be on my stitch list today; I do not know how it will work out , but I will see once I start stitching.  Hmm. I may extend the "L" a little wider ; I will just have to see once I start stitching.

If you are interested in this little stitch , check out the pdf below and choose your favorite red, blue, black and white. I think it will be a quick stitch. 

Click here for the pdf. 

                                

I will post photos of mine as soon as I get it stitched with any changes that I made. 

Thank you for the sweet visit and happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Liberty means responsibility. 

 Hugs and Stitches 

A Berry Good Week

Happy Sunday, ya'll and Happy May!  I can not believe how fast this year is passing by compared to last year. How are you doing today ? Did you have a great week?  I sure hope so.  It was a berry good week here . 

I finished Emily's Strawberry, but I am calling mine Edna's strawberry after grandmother who would be 102 years old today!  This was the first time I finished an aida strawberry and found it to be pretty easy.  

It is filled with sawdust and cotton stuffing. The cap has wool, thin ribbon and a button to embellish. More berries are in my future. Emily's Strawberry was from Blackbird Designs and is in the book In Friendship's Way. 

On Tuesday, I shared my Sarah Jane's 1776 Saltbox . It is named after one of my distant great grandmother's who lived during that time. I also began pulling out more patriotic decor which I will share later. 

I went berry picking . There are lots and lots of fresh berries to eat. Of course, I ate a belly full straight out of the field. 

These will go in a pie and snacked on. 

Today, I plan to finish my Strawberry embroidered quilt. I shared these little designs a few weeks ago. Click here to visit that post and to get the Fresh Strawberry doodles. I just have one more block and 2 borders to quilt. Then on to the binding. 

Stitch Maynia began yesterday. Do you participate?  For the last 2 years, I have participated and started a new project each day- sometimes more. So I hope I will be able to do the same this year, but I fly be the seat of my pants. This week's projects are going to be Hands on Designs "Seasons of Celebrations" , a sweet gift from my friend Georgia.

 I have completed a couple of the months but want to get the whole series completed. So May 1st- I began "JULY". Since today is Santa Sunday , I will begin the December stitch tonight. 

Well I am off to do a bit of noon stitching, I hope you have a berry nice day and as always...

Happy Quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet.  

                    Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap

Beth at Love Laugh Quilt  for Monday Making

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Stay Sweet!

Hugs and Stitches