Junk Drunk

Good evening, ya'll!  I  have to admit that I have been a stranger on IG and my blog this past week. But I have  been on cloud nine visiting one yard sale after another on the  World's Longest Yard Sale.

 It was such a fun week especially since I did not get to go shopping last year .  I have to confess that I am junk drunk. 😀 I did find a bunch of goodies. Old, rusty, crusty and a bit dirty, but that doesn't matter to me. 

The most I spent on an item was $8.00 for this cupboard. The owner told me it came from an old country store and was a display shelf for bread. I would leave it all roughed up and prim , but my girls thinks it needs to be painted. Lol. 

                    

 One gentleman was selling his mother's McCoy and cookie jar collection. I got a few pieces for a quarter up to a couple of dollars.  

Sorry for the poor photo. 

 I was jumping for joy when I got this large sampler at a church yard sale.  Do you know who the designer is? I would love to know more about it. The frame is huge , so I am going to have to reframe it. 

                  

And a junk haul would not be complete without me finding some old tins.Eeeeh ! Look at the Charles Chips tin!!!

                   

 I am dreaming of a small fall tree in it. 

So what do you think?  I think I did pretty good this year. 

 Earlier today we had a back to school bash for the kiddos.

 I can not believe how early they are going back , but the grandkids are anxious to see their friends which is a good thing. 

Lots of good food was made by my sister and her hubby . 

                  

Shrimp, BBQ, hamburgers, stuffed peppers and lots of sides.  Yum Yum!

                 

After dinner, the kids went out to the field to help with the pick up of the square hay bales, and then off to the river where they went to fish. They rounded out the evening with a dip in the pool. Such a great day. 

Later this evening, I found myself  in a comfy chair ready to  bind a little quilt. 

                 

After more that 10 years, I finally am sitting down to bind this little wall hanging called "Family is Everything". It will be completed in no time flat- well at least I hope so. It is made from homespun and gifted fabrics. 

It will look so cute in the downstairs living room come fall time. 

It has been awhile since I have shared with you my "Hart to Hart " stitch .That is the cross stitch that I work on as I watch the 1980's television show "Hart to Hart" . I work on it Monday- Friday for about an hour which eases me along and allows me to slowly enjoy it. For the last few weeks , the stitch has been  Tree of Life Samplings "Beauty and Grace". I have made some mistakes but I love it anyway. A few more episodes and I think it will be done. 

I started a new cross stitch piece earlier this past week. It is an autumn piece that I hope to finish and share soon. 

Strips have been cut for a new small quilt. It is going to be another red, white and blue one. 

I hope to share this little quilt soon. 

Well, the big yard sale is  over, the grandkids are going back to school, and I guess it is time for me to get back into my routine. I hope more stitching and quilt time , but we will see.  Thank you my dear friends for stopping by for visit.  It is always such a joy. 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

Lynette at What a Hoot!  for BOMs Away Monday

I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. First are best because they are new beginnings.

Hugs and Stitches!

Bees and Blooms Freebie

 It is another beautiful summer day! And what a delight that you have stopped by for a visit . I am very grateful. Welcome , sweetie pies. Come on in; it is awfully hot and muggy outside. I think the high is supposed to be only in the 80's, but with that humidity, it is stifling .  

The other day I went out to the barn to check the bees. They were buzzing around quite happily. 

The buckwheat is fixing to bloom, but hubby bought some feeders and they are enjoying the extra bit of sugar water. 

Mr. M. who had helped hubby gather bees just harvested 1 gallon of honey. How exciting He said it was a bit bitter for his taste, but his family loved it.

Last night hubby tried a new biscuit recipe ,and boy, were they yuuuummmy!😋😋

               

 There were only two ingredients  2 cups of self rising flour and 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream baked in a cast iron skillet. You know that is going to be good.

 He got the recipe from the Hillbilly Kitchen on Youtube. She has a lot of good ole' southern cooking recipes if you are interested. 

 I have another quick little stitch to share with you probably the last of the bee stitches for the year.  Well, I guess I shouldn't say last, who knows. Lol. This is Bees and Blooms which I stitched last year.

            

 It has been a year, and still I have not found the perfect piece to finish it on, but at least I have it prepared into a round waiting for the next step. I also have it on display - a great reminder to search for something when I go to the thrift store or yard saling. 

It is a small with a design size of 37 x 40. Ya'll know how much I like smalls.  I stitched mine on my usual 14 count tea/coffee dyed aida using what floss supplies I had on hand at the time.  

If you would like to stitch this design, please check out the pdfs below.  Also I would love to see your stitch. You can always tag me on instagram, use #pinkernpunkinquilting, or direct message or email me. I always consider it to be such a honor to see your work whether it is my humble design or another designers. 

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 instruction page. 

Click here for the colored chart. 

Click here for the black and white chart. 

Thank you again for dropping by, my friends. I think my stitchy chair is calling me along with my  needle and thread.  It is also time for my daily dose of the Andy Griffith show. I never can get enough of Andy, Barney and good ole' Goober 😀👮🚓. As always...

Happy Stitching, ya'll

Melisa

          

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Hugs and Stitches!

Summer House Freebie and Some Summer Time Thrifting.

Good morning, and happy Tuesday, ya'll.  Welcome!  And let me wish you a very Happy August. 

 I am so excited to report that  the email subscriber service "Follow It" seems to be working .

 I have had a devil of a time changing over since Blogger dropped Feedburner, but thankfully I have received messages from sweet subscribers that they have received emails from "Follow It" which tells you when I post. I went with the service that I saw many other stitchers and quilters were using. Fingers crossed all is well. If you are not getting an email that I have posted, I hope you will subscribe by email using the gadget on my sidebar.

I am so excited about this week! No, I am not going on another camping trip though I would like too,  but it is the World's Longest Yard Sale! 

Eeeh ! Lots of treasures to be searched for. This yard sale stretches from Michigan to Alabama. We will go out on short little treasure hunts several days this week. I am always in search for quilts or quilt tops and cheap vintage goodies. 

Monday we traveled north up the valley, and we  stopped at several yard sales after having lunch at Hardees . I am happy to report I got a few things. Spools of thread, vintage snaps, a snowman platter and some Santa ornaments are just a few of the goodies I bought. I also bought some rick rack ,  yarns and frames for finishing. 

               

But I was jumping for joy when I purchased this  child's school chair which needs to be cleaned and restained and the vintage small coffee grinder.  Oh, and I must not forget the plate rack for just a dollar!

             

The price ranged from a quarter to $5.00; the coffee grinder cost us the $5.00 bill . I am  pretty happy with my haul,  and I don't think I did too bad.   We will probably not go yard saling today , but definitely tomorrow. 

Well on to my stitching. I recently finished a larger design called "Summer House " which is currently on the header of my blog. I was so touched by all of the kind messages about my new header and this stitch. So I wanted to share it with you. 

  This design has all of the things I love-  a house, sheep, a quilt,  flags, and bee skeps.  Oh my! I can not believe that I didn't put in a chicken.  😆🐔

                   

 It  is a larger piece than what I usually post. The design size is 96 x 87 . I stitched mine on 14 count aida that I dyed with Rit lemon yellow. After I stitched it, I thought it was still a little bright so I took a tiny paint brush and brushed in a little tea/ coffee to give it a bit of age. In retrospect, I wish I had tea/coffee dyed my fabric before I stitched on it. But to be honest, I loved the fabric at first. Oh well, live and learn. 

                     

 There are 12 floss colors in this piece. Now you might look at it and say " This house has a lovely yard. lol Let me tell you, when I started stitching it , I thought "This is no yard this is a pasture!" Let's just say I was stitching green for some time.   I squeezed  by with one skein of 3364 Pine Green for the yard  I mean pasture, but I did not have one inch of floss left over. So I highly recommend 2 skeins ,and if you squeeze by like me, then you can keep the 2nd skein for another project. ( Plus that gives you an excuse to buy and extra skein of floss😃😆) 

If you are interested in this design, please check out the pdf below, but also check out my little disclaimer especially since this is a larger chart.  

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 and white chart. 

Since this is a larger chart I also enlarged the pattern but had to put it on 2 separate pdfs. ( I still can not put all of the pages in one downloadable file. I am so sorry.) 

Click here for PAGE  1 of the ENLARGED colored chart.

 Click here for the PAGE 2  of the ENLARGED  colored chart. 

  Click here for PAGE  1 of the ENLARGED  black and white chart.

 Click here for PAGE  2 of the  ENLARGED black and white chart.

  Thank you for being so kind and understanding about my lack of technology and abilities. 

              

Other bee stitches that you may have noticed in the photos are Aunt Bea's Summer Home , Bee Sampler , and the Bee Skep 1869 Crock. Bees and Blooms will hopefully be posted later this week if I do  not get lost in Yard Sale Land. 😃😄  If you haven't seen the other designs, please click on the names of the design and you will magically be transported to a previous post where you will find the pdfs. 

Well I am so glad you stopped by for a visit. If you want, I have an extra brush and towel, and you can stay to help me clean up and stain  the child's chair. Lol.  I think I could rustle us up some sweet snacks in the kitchen too.  We could make a day of it. Aah , as always my dear friends...

Happy stitching and thrifting, ya'll

Melisa

I brake for yard sales , junk on the road, flea markets and the occasional dumpster. 

Hugs and Stitches!

I had to leave my flag quilt out for a little while longer. I finished it just in the knick of time to enjoy it for the fourth. 

Santa's Hens- A Christmas Freebie

Good morning, Sunshine and happy Saturday.Oh, I am so delighted you stopped in for a visit. Question:  Where has this month gone? It just flew by in a blink of an eye for me.  How about for you?   Well to say farewell to a wonderful month, I wanted to share another Christmas stitch with you.

Let me introduce "Santa's Hens".    Santa not only loves his reindeer but he loves his chickens too. 😀🐔   Well, they are not actually his. Do you recognize these gals? 

                           

Yep, it is Edna, Dorothy Mae and Alma who are usually hanging out with Annie in another series like in Snowflakes , Sledding and Chickens . 

These gals have picked up one extra hen when they went to visit , Santa. Her name is Ruth; she's Edna's best friend.  Aren't they the cutest? 

                                

 If you are wondering, Edna is sitting on the tree( she is pretty fiesty ) and Ruth is on Santa's  extended arm.  lol 

This is a small with a design size of  42 x 42  . I stitched mine on 14 count aida that I tea/coffee dyed. So the measurement on 14 count aida is about  3" x 3"  .  

I finished mine on a piece of batting wrapped foam board and added a black and white gingham ruffle from a thrifted bed sheet. The red finishing fabric is from an old shirt. I added a bit of greenery and a bow made from Dollar Tree ribbon. I may add an embellishment to the center of the bow once Christmas items come out  in the stores . 

It looks pretty cute paired with Mooey X-mas. 

If you would like to stitch, Santa and the gang, I invite you to check out the pdfs 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 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 and white chart.

These sweet little hens would look so cute stitched in other colors too. I seem to be smitten with stitching black chickens for some reason . 

I would like to tell you that  I am so grateful that you stopped by for a sweet visit. I hope you have a lovely day, and if it is a scorcher in your area, stay cool and dream of winter. Lol. As always...

Happy Stitching, ya'll

Melisa

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. 

Hugs and Stitches!