Liberty- A Little Patriotic Freebie

Good evening, ya'll. Earlier today, I posted a little cross stitch that I had not stitched yet ; so I thought I would update this post with my progress.

My Stitch Maynia Day #3 start is a finish. 

 Well it took all of about 30 minutes to stitch it and about that to sew it into a pin pillow.

 Boy, was that fast.

 I used scraps of fabric from an on going quilting project and made a teeny yo yo that I embellished with buttons.

                           

 It will be tucked on a shelf, the patriotic tree or in the two tiered tray. I didn't make any changes to the design.  

                                        Earlier Post - 

Happy Monday, ya'll. I am just popping in with a little stitch that I created today, but have not stitched it  yet. 

This is called Liberty and is a small stitch. I think it would be great for a bowl filler or an ornament. 

 This is going to be on my stitch list today; I do not know how it will work out , but I will see once I start stitching.  Hmm. I may extend the "L" a little wider ; I will just have to see once I start stitching.

If you are interested in this little stitch , check out the pdf below and choose your favorite red, blue, black and white. I think it will be a quick stitch. 

Click here for the pdf. 

                                

I will post photos of mine as soon as I get it stitched with any changes that I made. 

Thank you for the sweet visit and happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Liberty means responsibility. 

 Hugs and Stitches 

A Berry Good Week

Happy Sunday, ya'll and Happy May!  I can not believe how fast this year is passing by compared to last year. How are you doing today ? Did you have a great week?  I sure hope so.  It was a berry good week here . 

I finished Emily's Strawberry, but I am calling mine Edna's strawberry after grandmother who would be 102 years old today!  This was the first time I finished an aida strawberry and found it to be pretty easy.  

It is filled with sawdust and cotton stuffing. The cap has wool, thin ribbon and a button to embellish. More berries are in my future. Emily's Strawberry was from Blackbird Designs and is in the book In Friendship's Way. 

On Tuesday, I shared my Sarah Jane's 1776 Saltbox . It is named after one of my distant great grandmother's who lived during that time. I also began pulling out more patriotic decor which I will share later. 

I went berry picking . There are lots and lots of fresh berries to eat. Of course, I ate a belly full straight out of the field. 

These will go in a pie and snacked on. 

Today, I plan to finish my Strawberry embroidered quilt. I shared these little designs a few weeks ago. Click here to visit that post and to get the Fresh Strawberry doodles. I just have one more block and 2 borders to quilt. Then on to the binding. 

Stitch Maynia began yesterday. Do you participate?  For the last 2 years, I have participated and started a new project each day- sometimes more. So I hope I will be able to do the same this year, but I fly be the seat of my pants. This week's projects are going to be Hands on Designs "Seasons of Celebrations" , a sweet gift from my friend Georgia.

 I have completed a couple of the months but want to get the whole series completed. So May 1st- I began "JULY". Since today is Santa Sunday , I will begin the December stitch tonight. 

Well I am off to do a bit of noon stitching, I hope you have a berry nice day and 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 needle workers to meet.  

                    Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap

Beth at Love Laugh Quilt  for Monday Making

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Stay Sweet!

Hugs and Stitches

 

 

Friendship Basket Finish!!

Howdy, ya'll! 

Woo Hoo! I have a finish, and I am swooning over it. 😊

I finished my little basket quilt. It has that Americana  look with the blues and reds.

 I am calling it my "Friendship Basket" quilt because my dear friend, Joan sent me her favorite basket template.  Now it is my favorite too!

Joan loves the color blue so how befitting to applique these little baskets in scraps of blue. Aren't they darling?

 

Such a fun little quilt to work on . 

Of course, I have already started cutting out more baskets.  I can not just have one basket quilt. Lol . This time in the color red. I already know how I want to set them. 

QUESTION: 

With the finish of one quilt does that mean I can start 2 or 3 new ones.?😆😃 

In my defense , they are smalls . 

So along with cutting out red baskets , I went ahead and cut out some red and blue fabrics and began "Feedsack Flags" which is in the book Patriotic Little Quilts. This is going to be a fun one too. 

I started a 3rd one too, but I will show that later. 

Have a fabulous Friday , my dear friends and as always...

Happy quilting, 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. 

Angela of So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Alycia of Alycia's Quilts   For Finished or Not Friday

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

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant 126

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party

True friends are always together in spirit. 

Hugs and Stitches

Spring Farm Hutch Tour

 Happy Thursday my dear sweet friends. Please join my in the kitchen for some cookies ,  a glass of sweet iced tea and some good ole' chit chat. I would love to share my hutch decor with you. Now hold onto your bloomers there is going to be a lot to see in a small space😀😃. 

                              

 As soon as Easter was over, I was ready to dress the hutch in some new digs, and I knew exactly what I was going to do . 

 It all started with the Farmyard theme and the bright cheery colors- red and yellow. First,  I changed my shelf runners from the lace valance curtains to red and white buffalo check runners.  I then started off with my layers of Dollar Tree plates in reds, whites, and yellows. I love to decorate with plates. Ssshhhh! Don't tell anyone that I have a plate addiction. Well after I layered the plates,  it was then time to put all the farmyard goodness onto the shelves. I scoured my house for yellows, red and chicks. 

                

 Let's start with the top shelf.

 In the corner is a little cross stitch freebie chicken that I found off Pinterest year ago.  I am not sure who the designer was, but if anyone knows ,I would be so grateful for the info. It was one of the 1st pieces I stitched when I got back into cross stitching. 

 Next to it is a Pioneer Woman "Bless This Home " plaque and an old pitcher with a Dollar Tree hen salt and pepper shaker in it. 

The cross stitching in the middle is one of my designs from last year called the Bee Keepers ,but I have not written out the instructions or printed the chart out yet. 

 A thrifted chick and a Big Lots sheep pitcher rounds off the top shelf. The floral picks are from the Dollar Tree.  

The second shelf has my Nanny's old coffee canister- in my favorite color - RED. 

It may have been my great grandma's, but  I 'm not sure about that. 

On top of it are some gifted salt and pepper shakers and a pitcher with a hen in it - all given to me by my sister. 

My 3 spring Farm freebies are on the 2nd shelf finished in Dollar Tree trays with some reproduction fabric and Dollar Tree lace.

  Click the names of the stitch to go back to the original post and the pdfs. They are :  Spring on the Farm ,  Spring Farmhouse and Spring  Farm Pasture . 

    

These  are all based on my family farms and childhood memories.  I paired them with some old thrifted bowls and a yellow riser from the Goodwill. 

Spring Chick Crock was another freebie that I left out from my Easter decor. 

Now on to the bottom shelf.

                     

 In my old juicer, I changed out the bowl to a yellow Dollar Tree bowl and filled it with an appliqued chick and my freebie embroidery called Luv Chick . 

                        

A Big Lots' heifer sits on a stack of plates and a little piggie is nestled into an old planter.

 My Farm Sweet Farm freebie stitch sits behind a thrifted ceramic chick. I had stitched Farm Sweet Farm last year  near Christmas time to put with my Christmas Farm stitches.

 I just simply changed out the embellishments so it could be used in the Spring and Summer Seasons. It is finished on a Dollar Tree chalkboard easel. 

 On the old vintage scale is some thrifted bowls and a Pioneer Woman cow plaque. 

 The old tea towel was found years ago and has the sweetest crocheted trim..  The lighted warmer stays out year round on the hutch. 

          

On the hutch door is a galvanized bucket with Walmart and Dollar Tree floral picks . 

                   

Next to my hutch is my husband's great great grandmother's bakers table. 

                      

The drawer pulls are little spools The top is enamelware.

                

 Usually this is just a knick knack and candy center for my grandbabies, but come Autumn and Christmas time , it is where I prepare baked goods. 

My little chick quilt that I completed earlier this year is draped over the edge held in place by a compote stand holding a strawberry pie plate. 

                        

 Vintage jars and adorn the the doll bunkbed that is now being used as a shelf. 

Lots of vintage pot holders are hung above. 

                 

Well that is my late spring hutch in a nutshell. It is one of my favorite hutch vignettes in awhile.  

 I need to start brainstorming on my patriotic hutch decor. First I need to decide what plates to use and then it will all fall in place. Lol. 

I am so thrilled that you stopped by today and took a gander at my country clutter. I know I pile a lot into a small section but it  is my style and it makes me happy.  I sure hope you have a beautiful day and hope ya'll stop by for a visit real soon. As always...

Happy stitching and decorating, ya'll

Melisa

A farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't be a farmer. 

Hugs and Stitches.