Friends, Family and Turkeys- A Thanksgiving Hutch Tour

Gobble, Gobble!🦃🦃🦃 It is Thanksgiving week!. Two more days til Thanksgiving. I am certainly ready for the big day. The groceries are bought, and it is time to prep. 

 My hutch is filled to the brim with gobblers, plates and stitchy  goodness.  I should also say it is filled with friendship because there are so many beautiful gifts from dear friends and family displayed lovingly on each and every shelf .

 I guess you can tell what this is leading up to. Yep another Country Clutter episode where I show my clutter in all its glory.😀 I know this is not for everyone, but it is right up this ole' gal's alley. 

Well let's go see what's roosting in the kitchen, shall we?  

 Coca Cola crates, bottles and a Campbell's soup tin always stay on the top of my hutch, but this year I did add a pip berry fall tree and a pumpkin with some Dollar Tree garland draped along the top edge of the hutch. Gotta love Dollar Tree.

Last year I used some of my brown transferware plates and just loved having them on display so I did the same this year.  Let's strut to the top shelf. 

In the corner is Pumpkin and Bittersweet Sampler which is one of my favorite stitches of fall  2022. Next to the darling Pilgrim lady is  Thanksgiving House - lots of pumpkins and turkeys in this stitch.  

Front and center is one of my turkey platters. I have an obsessions with platters especially if a platter has a turkey on it. I bet you can guess that turkeys rank as one of my favorite birds along with a few other feathery friends.  The sweet wooden trucks and darling family gathering their harvest was a gift from dear Patricia. I look forward to displaying them for years to come. 🤗 Thank you , sweet friend.  

The little creamer always stays on the hutch year round ; it's another gift from my sweet sis. 

 In the opposite corner is a grand old gobbler with Blessed tucked in it.  I do not think I can ever have too many Pilgrims. Primitive Hare's freebie "Give Thanks" is always a joy to bring out come November. 

Let's ruffle our feathers and fly on down to the 2nd shelf.  More Pilgrims and gobblers are sure to greet us. 

Isn't this stitch and finish as cute as button? 

Eeeh and a squirrel!!! ❤You know my obsession with those furry tailed rodents. 😀😂 This piece is called "Hello Fall" and was stitched and gifted to me from dear Barbara. I just love it!!! ❤❤❤ Aaaah the attention to details- I just wish I had Barbara's finishing talent. Thank you dear Barbara; this piece is a treasure. "Hello Fall is a freebie from October House Fiber Arts. I do hope you visit their website  for there is lots of gorgeous eye candy to enjoy. 

One of the Thanksgiving pieces that I worked on this fall is Be Ye Thankful which I have not shared yet. I was inspired by these 2 Pilgrims that my mom bought me eons ago  from Ingles Grocery store. 

I miss those days when grocery stores had reasonably priced knick knacks that could be snuck into the grocery order. Lol but I digress.  Anywhoo, Miles and Priscillas are enjoying a harvest with turkeys all about in this stitch. This stitch is as snug as a bug in a rug in the frame ; in fact it cuts some of the stitching off, but it was in my stash and I loved it so I popped Be Ye Thankful in it.  Maybe I will find another frame in the future. 

 TURKEY TIME is an Erica Michaels freebie which was posted on her Facebook on November 13, 2018 . It is tucked in a small turkey dish  . 

In the corner are 2 colorful  turkey tureens. I don't know if you can tell, but I placed packaging tape over the lids . Last year I broke one of the ladles so I did not want to repeat that incident. 

The darling "Gather" sign was a gift from dear Shelly a couple of years ago. It comes out each fall . Thank you again , Shelly. 

Hmmm. I wonder if I could squeeze just one more gobbler onto the 3rd shelf. 🤔🦃😀

I kept the redware bowl in the vintage juicer and added some fall picks. 

The Better Homes and Garden pie plate that I used in my fall hutch display is nestled in the corner. 

 I stitched TURKEY HOLLER SALTBOX last year. I enjoyed using some nontraditional colors in this autumn house. 

"Happy Thanksgiving " by Bent Creek  is tucked in other turkey planter. Lisa, a sweet stitchy friend, let me borrow the chart  a few years ago. It is always a joy to bring it out come turkey time. 

Next to my vintage scales is  Cornucopia Stamp . The small Thankful board was a gift from sweet, Joan. Isn't it as cute as can be? It stays out year round somewhere in the kitchen.  

 The scales always stay on my hutch as well.

  On top of it is a bowl gifted to me by my sweet sis. In the bowl is a vintage crotched pot holder with Turkey Creek Manor , GIVE THANKS and Priscilla Ewe nestled on top. 

Well that's all for the turkey tour.  So do you think I did a good job of filling every inch of the shelves? Hee ! Hee! I sure tried. I am so grateful and feel very blessed by sweet friends and family as well as you. ❤🤗  Thank you! 

Last year's hutch had even more handmade stitchy goodness . 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. 

2022 Here a Turkey There a Turkey Hutch Tour

2021 Thanksgiving Hutch 

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

Come Friday, these old gobblers will be flying right back up into the attic and eeeeh! vintage Christmas will be coming out. I am waiting on pins and needles to put out more Santa mugs . 

In the corner next to the hutch , I have been working on my little pencil retro tree. It is nestled in Christmas tins. 

More Christmas advertising tins are surrounding it. 

Alrighty, Sweet friends. I am off to see what I can get into. I hope you have a wonderful day and a very Happy Thanksgiving Day. 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

Thank you does not even begin how grateful I am . 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much. You were and will always be a blessing in my life. Love you , Amo. 

Do you know anything about this pattern? If says "Japan " on the back of it. I adore the scene and the strawberry border. 

Here A Turkey - There a Turkey- A Thanksgiving Hutch Tour

I bet ya'll never thought you would see this happen! Yep an empty hutch! Lol 😀 Don't worry it did not stay empty for long. Ya'll know me I'm a clutter bug. 

Welcome, ya'll Happy, happy Sunday. I thought I would share some of my turkey country clutter. 

After cleaning my hutch, I pulled out some vintage lace  and battenburg valances to use as shelf runners. I then layered in my plates which included some pumpkin plates from the Dollar Tree and my platters that stay on the hutch year round. 

   

Above the top shelf, I added a bit of Dollar Tree fall garland and then added in the gobblers and stitching. 

In the top corner, struts a grand turkey tureen. OH TURKEY GIBLETS!!!!😜 I broke the ladle as I was pulling this gobbler out. Lol. That's okay though. I'll find another one. 

 Next to it is "Happy Thanksgiving " by Bent Creek . Lisa, a sweet stitchy friend, let me borrow the chart  a few years ago. 

 In the middle of the shelf is one of my newest cross stitch pieces called PUMPKIN & BITTERSWEET SAMPLER  . I have not posted it yet.

 The frame which is so pretty is a wee bit small and cuts off some of the stitching, but I was just glad to get this piece popped in before the end of the season. I am still keeping my eye out for  a larger fame.

 Thanksgiving House is the salt box that I stitched last year. It is one of Thanksgiving favorites. 

Along the side of the hutch hangs a dried orange slice, and cinnamon string that my sister bought me. It  smells heavenly . A Walmart "Thankful " sign hangs near it .

 

Sliding down to the 2nd shelf. 

 In the center is this gorgeous piece of brown transferware that I bought earlier this year. It is a Currier & Ives piece and is called "Harvest"  . In front of it is a Miles Standish salt shaker along with GIVE THANKS which I posted earlier and sweet Priscilla Ewe , that I finished onto a Dollar General wooden pumpkin. 

In the corner sitting on a Gather block that my daughter gifted me is FALL 1869 CROCK .

 Is this Indian turkey salt shaker not the cutest? I bought a pair of these last month at the Goodwill. He makes me smile.  My fabric pumpkin was made from one of my old shirts and is just sitting on 2 Dollar Tree pip garland wreaths .

In the opposite corner is my new Gather white pumpkin. I got it the other day from the Dollar General. The Dollar General has their Harvest pieces of sale for 50% in order to clear the shelves for Christmas.  Next to it is Primitive Hare's freebie "Give Thanks" which is another on of Thanksgiving favorites

On the bottom shelf , I added one of my large transferware turkey platters.  Because I was wanting to show off my transferware, I did not add a whole lot.  Well not a whole lot for me 😀😂🦃🦃🦃🦃

In the corner is my Better Homes and Gardens pie dish gifted to me from my mom  a few years ago. I think she bought it from Walmart. 

Below it is With Thy Needle and Threads "Give Thanks" which I finished in a tart tin.  

I changed the  bowl in my old vintage juicer and added "PLIMOTH CO. " a freebie from The Sampler Maker's Farmhouse  and  a wee sampler that might be from Heart in Hand or is it Bent Creek . Do you know who designed this piece? My memory fails me

 I stuffed  a small wire basket with Spanish moss and some stitcheries including Pumpkin Pie Stamp, Cornucopia Stamp  and  "Give Thanks" a Lizzie Kate freebie.

 In front of it is Autumn Blessings which I stitched last year. It is one of mine that I have not posted yet. 

In the large turkey planter beside the scale is Turkey Creek Manor  which was my 1st Turkey saltbox. 

Dear Patricia knitted this darling dish cloth and gifted it to me last year. I keep it out year round and change out where it is displayed. I love it so much. Thank you again  , Patricia. 

 In front of my vintage scales is Jean Farrish's Give Thanks .  Jean posted this on her blog in the October 10, 2020 post.

 On top of my scales are a couple of bowls gifted to me by my dear sister . In them are  Blessed which was a 2020 freebie of mine and TURKEY TIME which was an Erica Michaels freebie which was posted on her Facebook on November 13, 2018. ( Thank you , dear Birthe for the information on this chart.  Hugs) 

Well that is my Thanksgiving hutch in a Pumpkin pie shell.  

If you would like to see the previous years' Thanksgiving hutch tours, click on the links below. There are some slight differences. 

2021 Thanksgiving Hutch 

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

I am very grateful that you stopped in or a tour of my country clutter. This will all be going away in just a few short days and Santa mugs will be taking its place. I am so excited !!!

Ya'll, I have pie shells to prepare, and I  have to get the turkeys into the fridge. Mr. Pinker is busy cracking pecans for pies , breads and sweet treats.  So I better get get to work. Have a wonderful day, my dears and as always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them is the true measure of  our Thanksgiving-  W.T. Purkiser

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy  Sundays are always the hardest.. You should be here for C's birthday ; you would be so proud.  . I love and miss you Amo.❤❤