Stitches & Snowflakes ~

Yesterday

friends Joan, Robin & Nancy came out for a visit with me at the Farm Shop ~

Nancy always brings along something fabulous that she is working on

and she did not disappoint again!

below you can see her 

Winter Crazy Table Mat from Primitive Gatherings

 that she is stitching…

look at those blue wools!

and look at that wonderful stitching!

all kinds of specialty stitching going on here ~

perfect handwork to get us through the Winter months.

~ here are my Three Amigos looking at more  patterns from Primitive Gatherings…

hmmm….hard to choose what to do next!

this is what I've been doing ~

remember a post-or-two ago I shared all those pins from Pinterest pertaining to embroidery?

yeah ~ I had to do some….

it's called

"Embroodling":

 embroidery = doodling = embroodling.

freehand doodling onto the fabric with an air erasable ink pen ~

then just stitch over it. easy-peasy.

I chose to stitch onto printed fabric though ~ wanted it to look a bit different.

{and I am a bit different ;)}

outline stitch, split stitch, split satin stitch, stem stitch, french knot.

and then I'll try my hand at some more different stitches….

no planning, no counting

no problem.

my brain likes that!

look what's happening outside my window this morning ~

S N O W

yep ~ the white stuff!

Iggy knows I'll be needing my stitching chair a little later,

so he is kindly warming up for me.

what a guy ~

the day is cloudy & grey…

perfect {for me} to paint a little with my watercolor palette ~

working on new fabrics to be listed in my Spoonflower shop soon.

Roxy guarding the barn in the smattering of snowflakes ~

Hoping your Sunday is Peaceful & Creative my Friends !!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori