Sepia Tones and Day 5 ~

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

and a soggy morning it is!

...our 1/2 mile long driveway 

is like a mud-chute with huge, deep puddles & tire-ruts…

BUT

our snow is almost all melted from the rains! 

{{woohoo!}}

Here is what i'm working on at the moment ~

a folky design I'm calling

~ Sepia Sampler ~

I'm working on beautiful 30ct Parchment linen from

Weeks Dye Works

I'm so used to working on my own hand dyed, darker Old Farmhouse Linen,

that this is a breath of fresh air to these tired old eyes!

I am lightening up a bit :)

{I will be releasing my new hand dyed 'Ironstone' Linen this month along with new designs too}

so far, I have this stitched:

I wanted a cohesive, sepia-toned look to this sampler

so I chose the following DMC threads ~

611 ~ drab brown

640 ~ beige grey very dark

830 ~ golden olive dark

869 ~ hazelnut brown very dark

3021 ~ brown grey very dark

these are all colors that I turn to time-and-again when designing 

….and are a constant in my favorite color palette.

don't you love my little stork scissors?

the print is a white-on-black floral ~ something different for me!

sweet & sharp and handy…

I made the little scissors fob ~

of course I had to add the tiny key & freshwater pearl too :)

it's a perfect day for stitching 

{what day isn't?}

...made even more perfect with the addition of:

rain on a tin roof

a mug of hot tea

an old movie

a comfy chair

a crackling fire

the inspiration for this sampler in progress

came from one of my ink drawings ~

it will incorporate the bird, florals, heart, hand, date, key & house…

with an added alphabet & numerals, and a different border too.

I have an AWESOME ancient & crumbly white wooden frame 

that I will be using for this when it's finished…

and I cannot wait to show you ~

today marks day FIVE on the

Buttermilk Basin Spring Thyme Blog Hop!

visit with Ali to see what she has for us ~ you 'wool' love it!

http://alistrebel.blogspot.com

Have a beautiful day my sweet friends!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori