Where you'll find me…...

...oh what a beautiful morning ~ oh what a beautiful day…

Hello friends & folk!

I am hoping that your morning 

is as pretty where you are 

...as it is here today ~

I plan on stitching my day away ~

not too often that I get an entire day to do as I please…

and stitching surely pleases me well!

here is where you can find me,

in between a couple of ball-throws to Roxy 

(who is adjusting quite-nicely)

and a couple of loads of fresh laundry to be hung in the sunshine.

(although, we may expect a few passing showers this aft)

but I love the rain too, so……

rocker on my front porch ~
(please excuse the blue styro at the bottom, we will hopefully soon be siding this old someplace)

I posted previously that I'm working on another sewing roll,

and I definitely will be offering this as a pattern soon ~ hopefully by this evening!!

but, I wanted to share something with you ~

a 'happy accident' if you will…

you know I made some button magnet needle minders a few weeks back,

and I showed you this one of a carved bird that I use to hold my needle:

little bird

 I tend to keep lots of things in my larger sewing box ~ 

...strange things like bird feathers, snail shells ~

bits of fabric and wool.

dried flowers…

...old photographs too.

sew pretty

 This photo (below) shows one of my favorites,

...it shows a some-what stern looking farmwife

(with rouged cheeks)

and she is holding a piece of fabric that she has stitched on…

(hard to see in my photos, but it looks to me like a sampler)

I've nick-named this hard-working woman 

"Euphemia Roote" or "Euphie" for short.

I like to keep this photo in my sewing box 

and look to it for inspiration…

oh, and this photograph just happens to be a tin-type.

now, the 'happy accident' that I'm referring to…

when I'm finished stitching for the day,

I always take my work off of the hoop 

(if I'm using one) 

so it doesn't leave a ring on my fabric or crush my stitches…

and I usually just toss my magnetic needle minder into my sewing box as well.

what stories can you tell me?
who were you? where did you live? how many children did you have?
did you love to stitch as much as I do?….

 This morning, when I opened my sewing box to get out my work, 

this was what I found:

my little farmwife was 'holding' my needle minder.

the magnet had attached itself to the tin type photo and made it so much easier for me to find it!

oh! Thank you so much for your help!

I thought it was a perfect place to rest my needle minder at the end of my stitching day ~ 

so from now on that is what I'll do…

ask m'lady for her help in keeping my needle minder safe while I am away from my stitching!

she happily obliged…

you are most kind my dear.

Sunday Supper:

Roasted Rosemary Chicken Thighs

Fresh New Potatoes w/ Garlic & Chives

Succotash (Sweet Corn & Baby Lima Beans)

Blueberry Buckle for dessert

Charlie loves his Sunday Dinners with us ~

I love cooking them for him.

Have a most beauty-full day my friends!

* Blessed be *

 Lori