Happenings in the Holler and The Jane Shuff Sampler Freebie

Good morning, y'all and Happy Tuesday. 

It's going to be a slow day here in the holler. 

A little yellow pig is at home in the sunflower tiered tray. 

  While Mr. Pinker is out and about, I will begin the morning working on Blackbird Designs "Bird in Hand" a sweet gift from dear Sonja. Thank you , Sonja. Though my start is small, I am already loving it. 🤗❤

Working on the border. 

A little heart quilt is nearing a finish. My needle and thread will be winding its way along the border today. 

Yesterday, Mr. Pinker and I went to town and did all of our grocery shopping for the week, and of course, we stopped at the thrift store. I came home with a few clothes and this glorious transferware platter.  Our Goodwill has gone through some changes. The prices have gone sky high, but at times you can find a deal particularly on Mondays for Monday Mania. 

This platter was just 77 cents. What a steal. 

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. 

I stitched this piece in 2020. I believe at the time I used JP Coats threads . I used 3 different blues, 2 reds and a white. So I am sharing this as a CHOOSE YOUR OWN COLORS CHART. 

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If you are interested in stitching this piece,  just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends. 

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I am doing a happy dance! 💃💃💃 I have a finish!  I fully finished Herrschners Winter's Night Music Boxes which are freebies and are available on their website. A while back  dear Nancy on IG showed her beautifully stitched pieces and   I had to add them to my stitching list.❤  A simple round finish with homespun, jute cord, and rusty bells did the job for me. 

Well I better get off here. There are Kitchen Sink aka Paper Chain blocks calling my name and then there is stitching to be done as well. 

May your day be filled with love, laughter and lots of stitching and quilting! 

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Peace is always beautiful. " - Walt Whitman.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo. 

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A Slow Stitching Sunday

Hello, Sunshine! Welcome. 

My tiered tray by the corner sink is filled with chickens and sunflowers.

How about we head out to the porch for a spell before it gets too awful hot. Morning  is the best time to enjoy these summer days isn't it? 

Bring along some stitching, as I gather our cups of coffee for our visit. I do enjoy having you here. So what are you working on today?  I know it is something delightful.  

It has been a rather slow sultry week here in the holler. 

Oreo says hi! 

We had several pop up showers which again made garden work light.  It also gave me more time to bustle about the house.

Slowly sunflower decor and sunny yellow vintage items are coming out for display. 

I am moving right along on the  Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt. 

 27 more blocks to quilt.  

Woo Hoo! I fully finished Blooms of Sunshine onto a little fall wooden piece that I bought last year at Dollar General.  Thankfully, I bought 2 of these little faux wood boards. I took one, just flipped it to the back, painted it white and added my stitch which had  been mounted on a batting covered piece of cardboard.  Walhah! Easy Peasy!  

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Now onto the plans for the week. 

Hmm.... What Should I do This Week? 

🌞1. Piece more Kitchen Sink blocks

🌞2. Work on a new cross stitch  

🌞3. Quilt Otis Payne's Bow Tie Quilt. 

🌞4.Begin a new across stitch.

🌞5.  Work on "Garden Is My Home" Embroidery.

🌞6. Work on Alycia's QAL. 

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So what do you have on the agenda for the week? It is hard to believe we are entering into the last few days of the month. My how time flies. 

Enjoy your Slow Stitching Sunday and...

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"A Sunday well spent brings a week of contentment .  " - unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo. 

Enjoy your day! 

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.

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It's Going Into the Quilt

"Stop doing that, dear, " Mr. Pinker said with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.😀😉 

Confused, I looked down at what I was doing."What ?" I asked. 

"Are you cutting Christmas fabric and putting it in a non Christmas quilt?" he asked. 

"Yep! " I said gleefully. "Why?"

Cutting fabric for Alycia's QAL.

He smiled and said, "You will use up all of your Christmas fabric and come Christmas time you will say you need more. "

My mind raced . DIVERT . I said to myself. He has discovered my dastardly scheme. Hee! Hee! 😂😁Quickly I looked up and pointed to the window. "Look at that hummingbird!"   Would my diversion work? 

As Mr. Pinker looked , with a swish of my rotary cutter, I cut another strip of Christmas fabric. Hee! Hee! 😂😀 My diversion worked. He then merrily started to talk about the birds. 

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Nah! I am not using up my Christmas fabric to scheme for more. But I am using a lot of it when making scrap quilts. Some of you may remember my sweet nephew bringing 2 big garbage bags of fabric to me a couple of years ago that was given to his dad. Well I am making good use of it and putting bits and pieces in everything...

Like my Kitchen Sink blocks ...

I spy some Christmas polar bear fabric. Do you? 

and my butterfly quilts... 

I spy some snowman fabric for a butterfly's body. 

...and my Scrappy Happy Flags. I pieced 12 more this week .

Snowmen and holly are in the Scrappy Flags

This week I worked on Step 1 in The Ribbon QAL offered by Alycia . She posted Step 2 on Wednesday.  My blocks are a little wonky and very scrappy.  I finished step 1 piecing eighteen 25 patches. 

There are dog bones and cats, 

Christmas  blocks and roses. 

 

We shall see if this quilt will turn out fine and dandy with all of this scrappy goodness. 

Meanwhile I am going to crank up some  Christmas music and piece away. LOL.  🎄🎅🎄

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Sprinkle a little Christmas throughout your day "

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy   Love and miss you, Amo. 

Dear Nancy on IG, showed her beautifully stitched ornaments that she had just finished a couple of weeks ago. It was not long before I whipped out my needle and thread and began stitching away.❤ I finished stitching the second of two in Herrschners Winter's Night Music Boxes which are freebies and are available on their website. I used DMC 895 on this stitch. 

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A Sunny Sunflower Parade for 2025

Hello there Sunshine! I know it is a hot sultry day, but would you be willing to join me on a parade?  I am marching down  to the field of sunflowers and reminiscing over the sunflower stitches and embroideries that I have shared over the years. 

Yes siree ! A Sunflower Parade on a Summer's Day!  Soooo..... Come on let's go!😀🌻🌻🌻

Graphics from Pinterest

  If you see any doodles or stitches you are interested in , just click on the colored text and you will magically be whisked away to that post. I hope you enjoy! 

An Autumn's Day

The gorgeous crocheted pillow was a gift from dear Barbara. I love it! 

Block 8 Sunny Sunflowers

Summer

Summer Cabin

Mini Sunflower Sampler

The Ole' Crow Saltbox

Sunflowers and Crows

Sunflower Mini Sampler , Sunflowers and Crows and Green Apple Butter Quilt

Sunflower Mason Jar

Summer House  is a larger piece. 

Susan's Summer Saltbox

August Sunflower Wheelbarrow Doodle

Sunflowers 

Sunflower Sampler  

Sunflower Basket Doodle

Hen House

Autumn Stamp

STAMP 2 CROWS AND SUNFLOWERS

Summer Stamp

Summer Chicks

Watermelon Stamp 

 Summer Ewe

Hell

Blooms of Sunshine 

My collection of sunflowers is slowly, but surely growing. More will be coming soon that is if the Lord willin' and  the creek don't rise.   Thank you so much for joining me on the "Sunflower Parade". Have a super day!

As Always...

Happy quilting and stitching, y'all

Melisa

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow . "- Helen Keller

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my sweet baby sister, Amy  who was a ray of sunshine!  I love and miss you so much, Amo! 💗💗💗