Sigh

 

Friday Night

 

Pumpkin and Blue

Anna Prims

sampler pattern by The Pinkeep

rug is my latest design in progress

My 3 Pumpkins

available as a pattern on linen

Penny Tree Farm

 a photo from earlier today

stitching much farther along

of course I'm changing colors

and the rabbit will be a cat

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Hope you're all having a great day

grateful my sisters in Florida and North Carolina are fine

I could never live on the coast

would much rather deal with cold and snow

Crows in Loops and Stitches

finally a rug off the frame

I started this one in late June I think

darn cross stitch got in the way

26 x 12

pattern available on Dorr linen

$50 shipped

 

a few mistakes 

led to fudging and I love it!

I stitch 1 over 2 on 32 count

makes for an older look I think

design by Homespun Elegance

October Crow House

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Hope everyone is having a good week.

It went from hot

to unseasonably cool here. I'm fine with that. 

This morning I picked up a carload of containers

from my friend Bea's house

it's almost empty

her son was there to pack the car

He's in his mid 70s

He'd rather be golfing 

Bea's house is almost empty

soon to be for sale

Right now, she is in the hospital

went in yesterday with weakness and heart issues

she's 98 

 ready to join her husband

emptying her house of treasures

has really broken her heart

I'll pop in and see her tomorrow

Halloween Stitching

someone got carried away with those pumpkins!

I combined 2 Pineberry Lane patterns

Winter Sampler 

by Birds of a Feather

this will be tea dyed

there are cream snowflakes

I chose to use one color instead of the two called for

the bottom area is very personalized

 more Pineberry Lane stitching

I absolutely love her

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time to clean up my stitching mess

so I can do some hooking and finishing

Happy Gorgeous Weather !

Fall and Halloween Stitching

design by SubRosa on etsy

 Boo

by Hello From Liz Mathews

in the latest edition 

Punch Needle and Primitive Stitching

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a couple of things...

great lighting and cheaters make all the difference

when cross stitching

I'm actually hooking again

and working on fully finishing some of my stitches

Robin, please email or message me

Lots of Stitching

Old Crow by La D Da

I changed the colors due to the darker linen

Sunflower something or other by

SubRosa designs on etsy

there will be a piece of wool appliqued above the word

design by Shelly Auen on etsy

Stitched this one for Sampler September

started it on the first

not sure where it's at in my sewing room

I changed a lot of the colors

will share when it turns up

 Totally unplanned stitching

after Robin saying this was her unicorn chart

I had to look it up since I didn't remember it...

fell in love with it too

There is a unicorn chart group on Facebook

someone kindly lent it to me

Will stitch it quickly as someone else will borrow it next

The cross stitch community is amazing~

Crow Stitches

pattern by

NewYorkNeedleworks on Esty

 

One Thread A Day and Freebie Talk

 I pulled this out last night from time out

ready to tackle all the over ones

the plan is to do one thread per day

some progress is better than none

I've done much more than that since last night

but maybe only one thread in total of the "ones"

they are the partial flower and door on the branch to the right

pattern is Berry Cottage 

by Plum Street Samplers

Betty dear | Flickr

an old freebie from Betty Dekat

she has a lot of free designs linked on her blog

The Sampler Maker's Farmhouse; Primitive, Vintage, Farmhouse Decor.: Free Primitive Cross Stitch Charts (samplermakerfarmhouse.blogspot.com)

this one I stitched without the border

after choosing to stitch it on prairie cloth

ugh, big mistake

I'll keep that for uncounted stitching from now on

With thy Needle & Thread: A May Day Sampler! (withthyneedleandthread.blogspot.com)

Halloween Freebie Patterns – Ana Stitches Autumn

The Primitive Hare: FREEBIE: LITHA SUMMER SOLTICE

Notforgotten Farm : Freebies (farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com)

Pinker n Punkin Quilting & Stitching: Thanksgiving House - A Thanksgiving Freebie

Above are some links to freebies

I hope they work

if not they should be easy to figure out

Be sure to look around the blogs, search for freebies

many designers have more than one

I like them for fast little stitches

but I'm happy to support the artists

by purchasing their other patterns...

otherwise they'll stop designing!

Happy Monday friends

Jessy's Brown Baskets

Jessy's Brown Baskets

design by Lori Rippey

homespunprimsbylori.com

stitched on linen from my old stash

28 count, so 2 over 2

I made so many mistakes and I don't care

that's my new mantra this year

 design of the same name by Pineberry Lane

my favorite marbled hazelnut linen

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I'm off to stitch and not hook again

Can't forget to thank Rhonda

for telling me about Jen's Stitching Niche on flosstube

another easy to watch stitcher

with lots of inspiration