Spring Cleaning ~

Brooms ~

all shapes and sizes fill my mind come this time of the year…

I love corn brooms, whisk brooms & old scrub brushes with wooden handles.

I collect children's brooms and dustpans ~

(((I even wear a tiny silver broom around my neck!)))

I was given a beautiful handmade cobweb broom by friend Gail for my birthday 

that now hangs in my shop to be put to very good use ;) 

~ thank you Dear friend for knowing my 'heart' ~

...something so simple as a broom 

can 'sweep' my imagination 

into concocting new needlework designs too.

...remember last year I offered the little

 'Well Swept Farm' cross stitch design?

a small portion of my whisk broom collection

well I'm at it again,

...this time a new little whisk broom apron pattern will be offered for punch needle ~

I cannot wait to share it's finish with you!

love

but, before I show you that, I must finish this:

'Honey Girl'

back of my work

 I like to see the back of my work with all of the textures and thread-ends…

lets me know how busy I've been!

close-up of back

 ...of course when you look at the front of the design at this stage, 

everything looks like a blob ~ facial features and smaller details will take better shape once the background has been filled in….

front or finished side of my work

a 'crisper' look at the edges of the motifs, 

...but shaggy from the thread-ends on the work-side…

punching her little skirt

 I've finished the 

'Blessed Bee' pocket and am excited to show you that too ~

but you'll have to wait a bit more!!

I'm a busy little bee

Miss Felicia is working on two new designs for cross stitch ~

I'm working on the punch needle designs, and I may throw in a couple appliqué and/or hooked patterns for you as well ~

we'll see how the time goes between my Spring Cleaning

 of this old farmhouse and the other chores to be done around here ~ 

...here is a snap of Pinocchio and little Miss Daisy taken this morning…

look closely at Daisy ~ she is giving me raspberries!

(click on the pic to enlarge it)

Daisy seems to be saying "who wants to clean on a beautiful morning like this?"

Hoping Spring is finally reaching you wherever you are!

* Blessed be * 

Lori