"Love Mail" Doodle Freebie

 

Happy Happy Groundhog's Day!  

Brrr!  I hear Punxsutawney  Phil has predicted 6 more weeks of winter. Our nearest   prognosticators, a group of wily goats, predicted the very same thing. According to the zoo keepers, they walked out of the barn and then scampered  right back indoors- too cold for them. Oh well. 

I just wanted to pop in and share a little doodle called "Love Mail" .  It  was simply  stitched on a piece of 8 1/2"  square piece of white cotton. I will later turn this into a little wall hanging. 🤗

If you missed January's doodle , Frosty Chill , I invite you to  click on the colored link, and you will magically be transported back to that post.  

Frosty is stitched on an 8 1/2" unfinished piece of white fabric using the back stitch. 

I drew out the March doodle yesterday. I will be working on the embroidery of it later today. 

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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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A little doodle just for you. 💗💗💗

UPDATE: JUNE 6, 2026:  Love Mail is completed.

The block is framed with 20-  2 1/2" squares( unfinished).  The embroidered block measures 8 1/2( unfinished) .  

After framing the embroidered block, the  roundabout measures 12 1/2" squared unfinished. 

Country Cottage Needleworks February Cottage

Alright Sweet friends, I best get off here. I wish you a lovely afternoon and ...

As Always...

Happy quilting and stitching, y'all

Melisa

No winter lasts forever , no spring skips its turn.- Hal Borland 

Hugs and Stitches and Warm Winter Wishes !!!🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy   . Love and miss you., Amo ❤❤ And dedicated to my dear Granny whose birthday is today. Granny would have been 103. I miss both Amo and Granny so much. 

Ya'll come back now, ya hear !

Soup Anyone?

Grab your bowl and soup spoon! It is a perfect day for homemade soup.  

Oh, bummer, just fabric is brewing in the pot today. 

I am a messin' and gommin ' as Nanny would say. 

So I guess we will open a can of good ole' hearty Campbell's soup.  

Good morning, Sweet Peas. I know . I know  . You  are  shaking your head, wondering what in the world  I am carrying on about today.🙄🤨

 Well I am just leading up to another Country Clutter tour. Hee! Hee! . 😀😃😄

Guess what theme I decorated my shelf in for February.  Soup!!!

 Over the last few years I have been picking up Campbell's soup mugs for a dollar or less at yard sales , and I thought the winter season would be a perfect time to "play " with them. 

 I bought this wooden shelf years ago at the thrift store for $3.00. It has held all sorts of things in the past including shoes as the youngin's were growing up. Now it just holds pretty clutter.  Just like my  hutch which was decorated in reds- I continued using the "red color theme " as well.  

The bottom shelf holds a Hall red pitcher that I purchased in Alabama during last year's World's Longest Yard Sale . Next to it is an old small dough bowl filled with doilies, antique wooden potato smashers and other utensils. 

A dough bowl with lots of vintage goodies. 

The prim little gingerbread man was a gift from my dear friend Patricia. I smile every time I see him.  

The Pineapple cross stitch was a piece that I found at the Goodwill year's ago. Do you know who the designer is or what it is called? I keep it out year round. 

 Lots of little soup mugs ready to grab for a warm meal.  Of course I had to add a chicken to one mug . 

The 2nd shelf holds enamelware pitchers one of which I purchased in January at a Goodwill in AZ. It is filled with more kitchen utensils. Do you collect wooden spoons or any kitchen tools?  

I created the wee LOVE quilt years ago from scraps. 

"What in the world is this?" asked my daughter when she saw the little garlic shaker. "That is so ugly!" she exclaimed as she laughed. '

Aah I think the little fellow is a cutie patootie❤. What do you think?

I was over the moon to purchase the recipe tin with recipes for a song. 

You can see the date as to when the shelf was built in the background. 1964. 

You can not have soup without crackers- so out came my "Georgia Crackers " tin. 

The top shelf is loaded to the brim with kitchen in goodness as well. 

" Yikes that  Martha White tin is plumb ugly" exclaimed my daughter for the 2nd time.  

"Aaaw don't worry, " I told her, "It is part of your  inheritance!" 

  With the eyes in the back of my head I could see her roll her pretty brown eyes! "Geesh  Mom,  great! What I have always wanted. " she said. Hee! Hee!  😄😆😜

I used an old dresser drawer that has seen better days as a riser. It was from my Granny's dresser. On top of it, is a truck candle filled with wool hearts . 

"Always" was a freebie from Heart in Hand, but I am not sure if it is still available. I finished it on a butter tin that I painted white. 

Tucked in the little drawer is With Thy Needle and Thread's Valentine's Day Holiday Hoopla finished on a wood paddle that Mr. Pinker made. 

Great Grandma Annie and her flock of hens are gathering lots of love in Roses, Hearts and Chickens  It was a freebie that I shared in 2021.  Next to it is s Love You which  is another one of my freebies. 

A wee wool appliqued basket  pin pillow sits on top of the cake stand.

 

Next to the white shelf are 3 shutters that I found at the thrift stores years ago for a dollar or two. I always drape my quilts over them.  I  shared a closer look of them in a previous post. 

Do you think I was successful in filling every nook and cranny?  I sure tried my darnedest! 😁

Ewe Have My Heart 

All of these pretties have now been safely packed  away as of the 1st of March ,  and bunnies have hopped into their place along with a few roaming chicks. I look forward to sharing the "Spring" shelf soon. 

Now do I have you craving soup? 😋

Have "souper day" , Sweeties! 😅😀 Love ya! 

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Real soup is to the body what peace is to the soul. - Isabel Allende

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my  Nanny and sweet baby sister, Amy who both loved to go grocery shopping. I love and miss you both  so much.  Nanny had a small collection of Campbell's kids too. 

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🌞Buzzin Bee Parade 2023-  An early 2023 bee freebie parade. 

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She's My Cherry Pie- Hutch Tour

And a very cheery day to you, sweet Friends. Please, please  do come in and join me in the kitchen.  May I offer you something sweet ? Perhaps  a slice of cherry pie?   Aaah come on. I won't tell?  😉😁😋

This is a new recipe to me recipe called Cherry Cream Cheese Pie which  uses Cherry Pie Filling. I bought the Walmart Great Value brand of Cherry Pie Filling - Oh , bother not many cherries in it, but a whole lot of gelatin . I still have some tweaking to do on this recipe before I share it, plus I need to find another pie filling , but it is still yummy!   

Speaking of cherry pie... my hutch is filled to the brim with  cherry pie goodness. 

Yep! You guessed it ! It is another Country Clutter episode. It has been a blue moon since I have showed "the clutter". 😀 I would be quite honored if you joined me in taking a "gander" . 

                                                                                

 I went to town pulling all things "red and cherry" related for this month's hutch display . I  sprinkled in a little bit of vintage and a smidgen of  "Love"as well.  Do you think I could squeeze one more thing on the hutch? 😂🤪

 The top of the hutch always stays the same with the Campbell's soup tin and Coca Cola crates.I did add my Mrs. Buttersworth syrup container that mom painted in 1979. She is so cute in her red dress and apron.  Do you remember these?

 The other day  at the thrift shop I saw several Mrs. Buttersworth syrup containers sporting  fabric aprons . I almost bought one, but I refrained. 

A few cherry plates serve as a backdrop on the top shelf. In fact, I found the white plates while on vacation this winter in Oracle,  Arizona at the Dollar General for a dollar a piece.  They were the inspiration for the hutch. 

On the compote is a red Pyrex bowl with And Love Grows tucked inside along with a string of beads.

 I shared  And Love Grows  a couple of years ago. 

 The vintage spatula holds a couple of salt and pepper shakers.  The Little Heart quilt was a freebie from Temecula Quilt Company. Isn't is as sweet as cherry pie? I do need to make another one of these.❤❤❤  

If you go cherry picking you have to have a colander to wash the cherries in. 🍒 This wee little colander was just what I needed. In it is a darling white dish cloth knitted by my sweet friend, Patricia.  I also included a "Love " pin pillow that I stitched years ago.

Do you like Cherry Cola? I used to love it as a kiddo!   I did not have a vintage Cherry Coca Cola bottle so I just added an old commemorative bottle to the mix.

 In the corner is the old canister  that I bought at the thrift store a few months ago; I will use it any chance I get.  

Not satisfied with just decorating the shelves, I added a few tacks to the sides of the hutch and added more clutter.

  A clutterbug has got to do what a clutterbug has to do! Hee! Hee! 😂

😀 A small basket of eggs and a sifter hangs from one side of the hutch. 

On the other side of the hutch is the sweet little chicken stitch that I found on Pinterest . Do you know who the designer is?  I have it pinned on my Pinterest page. "Do Everything with Love " is a freebie from Silver Creek Samplers that they shared last year. 

Shall we hop on down to the 2nd shelf?  

I left my vintage red, green and white doilies out from Christmas. It is nice to be able to use them again. The cherry pot holder is a treasure that I have had for years.  I would love to be able to create pieces like these, but alas I never acquired that skill. 

A small quilt is rolled and tucked into Granny's old red enamelware coffee pitchers . There is no telling how old these are. Below them is a little creamer gifted to me by my sis.

 A little ceramic pie sits on my wee wire pie stand.  "Love" from Vicki at Stitchy McFloss is gingerly placed in an old cherry drinking glass. Vicki posted this lovely freebie on Feb. 9, 2022.  It was such a joy to stitch. 

While vacationing in AZ , I purchased one of the vintage muffin tins, so they had to be on display to enjoy along with an old rolling pin and wire whisk.   Is this little chef salt shaker not the cutest?

Shimmying on down to the bottom shelf. 

Ewe Have My Heart- 1869 Crock is perched high on a vintage Fire King mug . It is just one of my stitches in the "crock series" There are more "crock stitches " brewing in my mind. 

Years ago I created this little cherry pie pin cushion using wool, felt and an old sweater.  It fits perfectly with all of the cherry items, Don't you think? 

 Lots of little rolling pins in the 2nd Fire King mug.  

Beneath all of this clutter is  a simple quilt made of red and pink strips. 

Did you notice the cherry border?   I just adore food fabric. 

Many of y'all know I have a "thing" for chickens. One of my favorite "Valentine chicken stitches " is a freebie from Stitching with the Housewives called "A Little Chicken Love" which Priscilla  shared on March 20, 2020 on her blog. Aren't those yardbirds the cutest? 

Finally, the vintage scale was loaded down with knitted and crocheted pot holders, bowls, a sifter of cherries and lots of down home stitchy goodness.  

"Love is Kind " is a freebie from Cathy at Hands on Design.  Every year Cathy shares a "love token".   "Love" is a freebie from The Stitcherhood.  " I Heart U " is a freebie from iStitch Designs and finally the fourth little stitch is just a  simple pin pillow with wee  hearts. 

Wheew!  Are your eyes crossed? 🥴That was a lot of stuff to see wasn't it?  I know it is not for everyone, but  the country clutter makes my heart go thumpity thump!  So tell me do you think I pulled off the Cherry Pie theme. 

Soon all of this will be put away and another display will replace it. Usually I decorate for St. Patrick's Day, but I may just go straight to Easter. What do you think I should do? 

Y'all have a "cherry on top kind of  day" and thank you for the super sweet visit!

RANDOM QUESTION: Do you have any suggestion for other crock designs? 

I want to thank you all for all of the Mini Sampler ideas . You certainly helped spark my imagination. 🤗

As always...

Happy quilting and stitching, y'all

Melisa

"Life is not a bowl of cherries. It's a cherry tree!"

Hugs and Stitches !!!🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my dear loving sister Amy . I love and miss you.