Thursday, December 29, 2011

A little progress...

I enjoy stitching houses for some reason...
maybe because it's a little like being an architect & a builder altogether?
I sometimes imagine I live in these little houses-of-thread...

and that I can stitch myself a garden, full of blowzy blooms...
or perhaps a willow tree from which I'll hang a swing?

or maybe my needle will wrought a little brown dog...or a picket fence
or the name of a loved one from long ago ~

in any case, this is my muse...
my escape from the everyday and
it's my time capsule that I visit
...each time I open my sewing basket...


blessings from the farm,
Lori
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11 comments:

  1. cuckiDecember 29, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Aww sweet house.i love stitching houses too..
    Hugs and love cucki xx

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  2. Susan At Glen Oaks PrimitivesDecember 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    This is very interesting the way you are stitching. Those are cross stitches right? And you're going to fill in between the white lines?
    Wow, I think I like that. I'd like to see a little dog beside the house.

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  3. Susan At Glen Oaks PrimitivesDecember 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    This is very interesting the way you are stitching. Those are cross stitches right? And you're going to fill in between the white lines?
    Wow, I think I like that. I'd like to see a little dog beside the house.

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  4. trumpDecember 29, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Happy holidays folks. Richard

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  5. flutterbygone'sDecember 29, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    I'm working on a sampler now with a little Christmas house...at first, it was the thing on it I was NOT looking forward to...now I can totally relate and it was really enjoyable to stitch it!!! The straight rows and columns were so perfectly and calmingly pleasant to make!

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  6. MelissaDecember 29, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    I am so glad to discover that I'm not the only one to get lost in the house I am stitching and to imagine things about people in the house or garden. Happy New Year Lori and thank you for sharing your creativity with all of us.

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  7. Simply ShelleyDecember 29, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Its such a sweet little house too...blessings

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  8. P.J.December 29, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    I have a Prairie Scholler village in my WIP basket that I have enjoyed working on all the houses. I have a favorite house and the church I am savoring for last. I usually find my most favorite piece of a project and save it for last. Like the cherry on top.

    Happy New Year!

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  9. My Colonial HomeDecember 30, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Cute stitchery!
    HAPPY NEW YEAR
    Karen

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  10. TheCrankyCrowDecember 30, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Great post Lori....ahhh...how I long for the time to find respite in my needle and thread rather than toiling through tomes and tomes.... ;o) Robin

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  11. MerilynDecember 31, 2011 at 3:10 AM

    Beautiful cross-stitch Lori!! Indeed it is a wonderful escape from our busy lives to dream of living in our stitchery world!!!
    All the very best for 2012!!!

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