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

All In For Cross Stitch

I posted on FB about floss drops

this is what I use

search on YouTube for specifics and how-to

a special tool to wrap your DMC floss around

then cut

Put on the floss drops

an easy way to keep control of the floss you are using

Did I mention I was going to hook today

Wrong!

 This chart is on it's way to me

just looking at it makes me happy

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To answer a question...

I won't be returning to my local needlework shop 

because I didn't feel comfortable there

As for charting my designs for x stitch.

No.

Hell no.

Feel free to use my freebies and booklet designs

you've purchased to do some 

uncounted cross stitch

I've done a lot of that

for myself

I'm not interested in making another job for myself

I'll design and hook rugs

sell the patterns on linen

that's about it

I do need to do a big destash

of some wool

overdyed that are too bright, textures I don't like

Cross stitch is for me 

I used to do a lot of it

samplers I've made up as I went along

mostly schoolgirl type with 

alphabets, numbers and a few motifs

a bunch of uncounted

I don't share many of those

maybe when I finally finish them

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Wishing your piece of the world

brings you joy.