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.
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.
Eeeeh! Well it is finally happening! Do y'all remember me telling you how the pool liner busted in May just as we filled up the pool? Well we finally have it replaced and the water is going in. A little bit of water is added each day. Soon the rest of the railing will be put on and the pump reattached. It will take a few days, but soon the grandbabes and nephews will be splashing about and this ole' grandma will be too. 😂🏊💦💦💦 We gotta have some escape from the heat. 
A few weeks ago, I shared my Country Red, White and Blue Hutch Tour. The hutch was filled to the brim with all things red , white and blue including The Jane Shuff Sampler. I had a sweet inquiry about this sampler which just warmed my heart. I started to look back and realized that this was one of the samplers that I had free hand stitched. So I promptly began to chart it up. I am sharing it today. 
