As promised, but maybe a little late ~
Here is my new
"SUMMERFIELD"
cross stitch design ~
( I personally love this one.)
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| Summerfield by Notforgotten Farm© |
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| top-hatted Ladye, sweet sheep, beeskep & bees...lots of sunflowers too ~ |
I decided to finish this into a larger sawdust-stuffed pillow and backed it with a mix of 4 coordinating repro civil war era fabrics in shades of orange/mustard/yellow ochre ~
model was stitched by Felicia Martin onto my 30ct. Old Farmhouse Linen©
with DMC threads, one strand over two threads.
with DMC threads, one strand over two threads.
stitch count is 142w x 115h
the finished pillow is approx. 7 1/2" x 10"
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| ~ simple patched backing with hand stitching ~ |
of course,
you could finish this however you prefer ~
...and we are selling our home-milled sawdust too!
a by-product of our OLD as Dirt Primitives line of wooden ware for the needleworker ~
a by-product of our OLD as Dirt Primitives line of wooden ware for the needleworker ~
I use this as filling for all of my pillows and pinkeeps...
i love the dense-ness of this sawdust ~
i love the dense-ness of this sawdust ~
which is less 'dust' and more like small wood shavings...
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| Sawdust from Notforgotten Farm |
4 cups-full in a brown paper bag for $5.00
(the pillow above has approx 8 cups in it but how dense yours will be depends entirely on you)
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| brown paper packages,......old time goodness. |
the SUMMERFIELD pattern is available in our ETSY shop,
along with our own organic,
non-treated sawdust ~
let me know what you think my Friends ~
~ Have a wonderful peaceful Sunday!
Lori from
Notforgotten Farm