Settling In...& Blog Hop Day number 8

My favorite thing to do....

sit & quietly stitch

{or punch, or hook, then repeat...}

my favorite place to do just that?

...one of my many stitching chairs.

This specific chair ~

an old wingback that graces the back of our keeping room,

has been a constant for many years.

I picked it up from the side of the road in Connecticut many moons ago...

piled it into my car, brought it home and cleaned it up.

it was ragged & filthy but I knew it would work for me.

we fit together like hand & glove ~

it has now been with us for almost 20 years

and although her fabric is faded and shredded from numerous kittens,

it still welcomes me, my needle and thread

... on a cold day like today.

I also love to collect things ~

{no revelation there huh?}

and have a tendency to pile things in bowls and baskets...

{{even things that don't belong together like pumpkin stems, sock darners and clothespins.}}

...but somehow it all works for me.

this specific basket holds many needful things ~

it is always on our low coffee table in front of our sofa 

where I can reach for a pin, button or spool of thread

but

it is also a very portable workstation for me

so I carry it around to other favorite stitching-spots...

the small lidded basket keeps my threads

scissors spill over the sides and buttons & rusty pins gather in an old fluted tart-tin ~

making a perfect juxtaposition of things I love.

dig down a little further into the wooden basket

where more of my treasure await ~

and you'll find

rug hooks

tomato pincushions

needle works-in-progress

and old sepia toned photographs...

most of the items in there are used everyday

like the scissors and hooks...

the sock darners?

not so much... ;)

...all I know is 

that this basket holds my heart.

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Today is Day #8 on the

Buttermilk Basin Handmade Christmas Blog Hop!

today's artisan designer is

Wooden Spool Designs

hop on over and see what beautiful things they sharing with us ~

* Blessed be * 

Lori