Turkey Time and Flurry & Flakes SAL BLOCK 4 A Blustery Day

Good morning, ya'll and to all of those in the U.S. a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. Wishing you a day of blessings, happiness and warm memories of those who are no longer with us.   

I am so grateful  for so much in my life  including you. Thank you for the sweet visits, kind words and for  being so supportive. Mere words can not express how grateful I am . 🤗

Today , we will be  celebrating Thanksgiving at home.This is the 1st year that I am hosting so most of the family will arrive in a few short hours.  Two  turkeys will be going into the  oven . Fingers crossed I can replicate Mom's dressing . 

A large  folding table will be set up in the living room to make room for all of those attending.  There may be anywhere from 12 to 20 family members. This will be our 2nd Thanksgiving without my sister. It is so heartbreaking , but I feel her with me everyday. And I know she is here with us in spirit. I will have photos of her displayed on the tables nearby as we have been doing this for all get togethers nowadays. 

But I must not forget that today is Embroidery Thursday . Block 4 in the Flurry and Flakes SAL is all stitched up. It is called A Blustery Day.  

Papa Flake is being blown about . "Hold onto that hat, Papa  Flake! It's a wild and woolly day!  "

If you would like to embroider A BLUSTERY DAY , grab the image below. 

Many of you know that I am no longer able to create clickable links to jpg downloads.  Here is a little note about that situation. . This explains about getting the charts or doodles as well. 

NOTE: Normally I have been able to create links to the charts and instructions which were in JPG form. For some reason, recent updates on Google Docs. has prevented me from doing that and I am not able to create a pdf without having to deal with storage issues. . Many dear stitchers say they right click, save the image and then print.  I think some have copied and pasted it to a Word document that they can print off as well. I hope you are able to find a way to enjoy this chart. You will have to click each page to save .  . Thank you so much for your patience and understanding and for all of the helpful tips and ideas.  

If you have missed BLOCK 1  WINTER WELCOME"   , BLOCK 2- Snow Day  and  SNOW RACE , click the colored text, and you will whisped back to the previous posts .You will also find information on what size I cut my fabric and the particulars in the Winter Welcome post .   

Before you leave, I  have another quick stitch for you . It is called Winter Haul. 

 Lookie!!! It is  Papa Flake fixing to pull Baby Flake in a wagon.  I have not fully finished mine, but I hope to soon, and then I will post another photo. 

If you would like to stitch Winter Haul, grab the images below.  

Well, y'all I am off to enjoy the festivities.  I have a date with a big plate of turkey , dressing and all of the sides.  Have a wonderful day. 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Gratitude unlocks the fullness in life .-  Melody Beattie  

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet Baby sister, Amy . I love you, Amo. The 2nd Thanksgiving without you.  It is not the same without you! You are such a blessing. ❤

  

I finally finished Winter Haul. To learn more about it visit my Dec. 21, 2022 post. 

Turkey Tracks, Red Trucks and a Christmas Tree- A Barnyard Christmas Freebie

 It is a beautiful day in my neck of the woods. The trees look glorious in all of their fall colors.

The vibrant red in the Burning Bush looks amazing. 

    

 The air is crisp and sometimes quite downright chilly. But my impatiens are still looking fabulous. Well maybe not fabulous but still blooming and bringing me  big ole' smiles. 

               

 I dread when the frost nips these sweet beauties. These are the impatiens from the seed that I purchased from the Dollar Tree and boy, did they produce. I am  very happy with them. 

Well where's my manners. I started rambling before I said welcome.  Happy Friday,  sweetie pies. How are you doing?  Ready for the 1st weekend in November?  Oh, let me tell you . Today is National Doughnut Day!!! 🍩 Saturday is National Nachos Day and National Play Outside Day and Sunday -  National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day!!!!  🍫  Don't you think we need to get our snacks ready in celebration?  Also  on Sunday, Daylight Savings Time ends. 🕰 Time to turn back those clocks. 

Today I wanted to share with you my Thanksgiving quilt. 

                

It all started with some gifted scraps. 

                   

I embroidered 4 blocks with black floss . I just drew out some prim little Thanksgiving figures. 

                    

I used a simple cross hatch quilt design across the whole quilt and Wa-lah ! It's complete!

Last night, my fingers were nimble, and in just 2 hours I had a cross stitch finish too. Eeeeh ! I am doing a happy dance!  Do you want to see it? 

 Last year, I stitched 15 ornaments in my Barnyard Christmas series. Soooo I decided to add another. This little stitch is called "Bringing Home the Tree"  . There was a red truck in the series last year too. 

                   

 A cute little snowman is riding in the back of the pickup making sure the tree is secure.  I do not know if I will finish it the same way as the other ornaments or try something different. I am still stewing over that.  

                

 If you are interested to add this to your stitching list, please check out the pdfs below. I would love for you to stitch it. Oh and feel free to  change it up how ever you please. It would look so cute to change the truck color. Question : Does every farm have a red truck? Lol. Well, I know we do and so does dad. 😃  We affectionately call our 25 year old truck the pig truck since we haul pigs in it.  Clever name. Right?😆

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 pdf downloads 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/white chart. 

                                  

I have been a chatterbox today.  I appreciate you dropping by for my daily ramblings . I wish you a very blessed weekend, and I hope it is full of joy and pure quilting and stitching pleasures . Oh! And don't forget those snacks.   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 needleworkers to meet. 

Alycia's of Alycia Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict  for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop-Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant  - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday 

Frederique at  Applique Patchwork Quilting for Patchwork & Quilts     - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Enjoy the little things in life ... for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet sister, Amy who loved Christmas just as much as I do. I miss and love you.