This and That Tuesday and an Easter Spring Freebie

  Happy Truckin'  Along Tuesday, ya'll. 🚚

I am going to be truckin' along on a new truck  cross stitch today. The truck is almost completed. I just need to fill in the back of the pickup with some beeeautiful motifs.🐝🐝🍯

It is time to change out the tiered tray by my corner sink. 

                       

Right now it is filled to the brim with chickens and my little red truck, but soon it will be sporting some pastel Easter eggs and whatever else strikes my fancy. 

                                     

Some of the quilts hanging on the shutters in the foyer. These are fixing to be changed out too. 

            

More hexies are in the works. 

And how about  a rabbit stitch?

Let me introduce to you the sweetest bunny on the block- Miss Flopsy Tail. She is busy harvesting an early crop of carrots for her munching pleasure. 

Miss Flopsy and Bunny Jar 

She is stitched on 14 count tea/ coffee dyed aida and I use 14 DMC floss colors which include DMC 3740, 3781, 930, 931, white, 301, 356, 725, 937 , 898, 3371, 221, 223 and 832. The stitch certainly does not look like it had that many colors and of course you could condense some of the colors down. 

If you are interested in stitching Miss Flopsy  ,grab the images below. Many of ya'll know but I always encourage you to read my little disclaimer and note about getting my charts. 

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. 

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 . I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and for stitching my little designs.

 Miss Flopsy has a sister stitch that I will be posting too. So stay tuned. 😀🐰

Alrighty , Sweeties . I did not ramble along today, but just kept it short and sweet. I hope you enjoy doing a "bit of this and that" for yourself today!!! Have a Terrific Tuesday and ...

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

 A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles. 

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

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

"Erin Ewe" and Notforgotten Farms  freebie,  "Shamrock Basket"

Friends, Flags and Stitching

😀🤗 Happy Monday and Happy President's Day to all of those in the U. S.!  I am celebrating the day feeling  blessed beyond measure with love and kindness from my stitchy friends. ❤🤗 

And my day is beginning with  a little cross stitch finish.  Wooo Hooo!!! This is "July" from Pine Mountain  Designs. My dear friend, PJ,  sent me this darling stitch, and I am over the moon that I fully finished it way ahead of time. !!!!! . Doing the happy dance. 💃 Thank you sweet PJ.  

Patriotic Jar and "July" by Pine Mountain Designs

I am "Counting Sheep" while working on Blue Whale Designs Liberty Homestead pattern. How can one resist a patriotic sheep , I ask you.  This pattern was a gift from my  thoughtful dear friend, Patricia who just like me has an affection for prim sheep. Thank you , dear Patricia. 🤗 These fabrics are over 20 years old so it feels good to be putting them into a quilt. 

Last year I pieced "Long May She Wave" into a wee quilt. It will be going into a hoop tonight.  Do you recognize the cross stitch? I am pretty sure it was a freebie , but the name of the designer escapes my mind. 

So what do you think?  I have a plethora of patriotic pieces to keep me busy. Don't you agree? 

   

I plan to slowly take down my Valentine's decor and bring out anything green ! 25 Days until St. Patrick's Day. Oooh ! I better get on the stick. 

Today begins the Sweet on You blog hop. I will be sharing on Friday. If you have a chance, hop on over and visit the ladies who are sharing today. I am sure you will  find some fabulous projects and inspiration galore. 

                     

Monday Feb 20

MooseStashQuilting

Karrin's Crazy World

Quilted Delights

Selina Quilts

Sew Cute and Quirky

Days Filled With Joy

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Feb 21

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks

Quilt Schmilt

Ms P Designs USA

The Crafty Grammie

Vroomans Quilts

Words and Stitches

 

Wednesday Feb 22

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilting Gail

Just Because Quilts

Bea Quilter

SameliasMum

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Lynns Blog

 

Thursday Feb 23

Just Let Me Quilt

crazy'boutquilts

Quiltery-For the Love of Geese

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Inflorescence

Purring Cottage

Ya'll I have to admit that last week was a bust in respect to quilting and stitching so I am wiping the slate clean and writing out some goals for the week.

 

1. Applique one more sheep block . 

2. Work on Heart in Hand's "Grow Whirlgig"

3. Piece Wild Wild Rose Blocks

4. Work on finishing my project for the blog hop

5. Eeeeh! Maybe go camping! Fingers crossed. 

Alrighty ! We will see what I can get done. I will update you next week. 

In the meantime, I better get to work if I am going to meet any of my goals so I am heading to my stitchy chair with needle and thread in hand. May your day be filled with joy , happiness and blessings and ...

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Believe you can and you are halfway there- Theodore Roosevelt. 

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

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

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

Kate at Life in Pieces for  Stitching Stuff ( Sunday) 

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Beth at Love Laugh Quilt  for Monday Making

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for This and That

Carol at Quilt Schmilt  for To Do List Tuesday 

A Buffet of Valentine Stitches

Great Grandma Annie's buffet is loaded down with Valentine stitching.  

Welcome, ya'll.  You guessed it - it is another Country Clutter post. 😂Most of these stitches you have seen  before. I seem to decorate the buffet the same ole' way each February, but I do love these pieces.  

So many of the items on the buffet reminds me of my family. Great Grandma Annie sold eggs to buy her dining room set and the buffet was part of it. 

Front and center is Waxing Moon's Valentines' Trio . I stitched the houses together on 14 count aida with 3 stitch lengths separating the houses.  Below the trio is  a white stone platter with Dorothy Mae's Spring House.  and Elizabeth Hartline's Saltbox

Dorothy Mae's Spring House was named after my great aunt who was like a 3rd grandmother to me. She  adored the color pink  . It was always such a treat to go to her home which was just a hop , skip and a jump from the post office which is where she worked. 

I pulled out my Pioneer Woman tiered tray and loaded it with stitches as well.  "Love You More" was a freebie from Cathy at Hands on Design.  Last year , I stitched "Love" from Vicki at Stitchy McFloss. She posted this lovely freebie on Feb. 9, 2022. I finished mine by appliqueing it to a little heart. I left the top of the stitch open so I could tuck a little love note in it. 

The small "Love " design on the bottom tier is a freebie from The Stitcherhood.  Nestled next to is the teeniest little hearts that I stitched on a scrap of aida. Look at that sweet bluebird in the bowl.- one of my thrift store favorites.  

It has been years since I have pulled out my glass heart bowl. I nestled Strawberry Saltbox in it. 

Years ago I found the large milk glass compote, I placed a red plate on top of it and placed a number of stitches on top which includes Lizzie Kate's Be My Valentine . It is a freebie on her website.Beside it is another Lizzie Kate stitch called  Snippet- Be Mine Valentine. Finished in the Dollar Tree tray is my LOVE NOTE STAMP. 

"LOVE " is a freebie from Notforgotten Farms. Lori has the most adorable designs and she is so generous as well. 

 Have you figured out what I finished it on? It is a metal napkin holder that I found at the Goodwill. 😀 I just turned it on its side and added some Dollar Tree florals and picks and a big bow on top. I think it is as cute as red button if I do say so myself. ❤

On the other side of the buffet,  is With Thy Needle and Threads "February Word Play" . I finished it on a metal blackboard that I found at the thrift store, but it had a Kirklands tag on it.  Below the Word Play is a thrifted tea cup and saucer that I recently found at you guessed it - the thrift store. It is overflowing with my Red Heart Mini Sampler . Hmm. I am thinking I need a dough bowl of themed mini samplers? What do you think? But I digress. Beside it is Love Basket   and on the opposite side is Love Grows Here Home . 

My girls always joke with me how I can not throw anything away. Well the little LOVE NOTES that is framed in the black frame is a testament to that. It was a pair of one of the girls pants when they were young. I cut off a section with the pocket and embroidered "Love Notes " on it. I then stuffed it with little paper  hearts 

 One more day until Valentines' and I am still stitching for the big day. I think I can squeeze one more Love stitch on the buffet. Don't you? 😁😃 Of course, Mr. Pinker would say that is not possible, but if there is a will there is a way especially for a clutter bug like me.. 😆Any whoo, Sweetie pies. Thank you for dropping by for an afternoon visit. I hope to post my Country Clutter Hutch tour soon. 

As always...

Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa

This home is filled with dreams , love and happiness from above. 

Hugs and Stitches !!!🤗❤🧵

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

Love Bird - A Trifle Freebie

 Happy , Truckin' Tuesday, dear friends.  Tuesdays are the days that my friend , Joan and I work on truck stitches. Today I am working on Crocetta a goga' freebie called Love Makes Me Happy; which is available on her blog in the Jan. 24. 2022 post.

 I just have to fill in the body of the truck. . I am leaving off the roses. 

 It has been a while since I  have stitched a trifle. So the other night ,I picked up my needle and thread and settled into a good Columbo mystery . 

            

Not only did I  stitch this little trifle called Love Bird ,but  I fully finished it as well. Woo Hoo! I'm doing the happy dance. 💃💃🎉🥳 Oh yes, I do the shimmy to fast finishes too. Love those quick stitches!!! 

 Doesn't this little trifle remind you of a sugar cookie? So teeny, so cute and no calories .  

 To see how I finish my little trifles click here to visit a previous post. I tuck   these teeny stitched pieces here and there. 

       

They also make good scissors fobs or ornaments. I have seen other dear stitchers make them into the cutest pin pillows to put in baskets or little cubby shelves.  

If you are interested click on the links below. 

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 links because of the devices I use. I apologize for that.  These are images of the chart and not downloads.  And I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and stitching my little designs. 

Click here for Love Birds Instruction page. 

      

Click here for charts. 

If you missed any, click on the names to go to the post of the previous trifles. They are  Love Trifle ,   St. Patty's Day Trifle ,   Sheep Trifle ,   Bunny Trifle ,     Strawberry  Picker  , May Basket , and    Nesting Bluebird  . 

 

Happy Stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Dance to the beat of your dreams. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!

        

Dedicated to my sweet sister , Amy who always celebrated the little things in life. Love you, Amo.