~ Tis SPRING!!!!!!!! ~

"It’s spring fever. 

That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — 

oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, 

but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" 

~ Mark Twain

Hello Friends & Folk!

finally…. 

it is Spring once again ~ all is well in my soul!

Peter went into the woods 

& picked these for me yesterday to display in the shop…

a few daffodils, some bridal veil and forsythia...

 aren't they pretty?

ah…..

 sorry, the brownies are long gone!

Miss Nancy came in for a visit yesterday, and brought some of her wool appliqué…

love how she finished off my 'Lamb in the Clover' design with little bumble bees & flowers :)

love it Nancy!

 Joan & Natalie at the front counter, trying to look busy ~ 

{{ but me thinks that's where the brownies might have gone…}}

just kidding.

hey get to work!

Miss Eretta & Miss Pat came in to play too!

you can see Eretta & Peter discussing something here,

wonder if she's telling him to hurry up & finish her custom gripper frame he's making for her?

"and Peter, you better hurry up with that frame…I have lots of rugs to hook!"

Here's Bella {Natalie's sister} helping to tag my models on the wall…

thanks for being such a good helper Bella!

Bella & Natalie,

my busy little worker bees ~

Natalie has done such a wonderful job helping us get the pattern/classroom back into shape ~
thank you sweetheart!

 I was walking out to the shop this morning and was greeted by this little friend!!

{well maybe not So little…the fattest robin I think I've ever seen!}

I think she's getting ready to lay eggs…her belly is so swollen!

can't wait to see their little blue eggs again ~

and hear the chirping of the newborn hatchlings :)

I wanted to show you how I finished the edging 

of that punch needle motto-design I finished…

I used a length of beautiful Sari silk!

If you're unfamiliar with Sari silk, it is ribbon that has been recycled from old Sari's

{ A Sari is a dress worn in Eastern countries}

their colors are magnificent…

I love how tattered & soft it is ~ 

and the look it lends to my finished needlework.

simply twisted and then whip-stitched on the edge ~

but look how pretty!

I have hooked with Sari before, 

and it also lends a cool effect to my rugs, complimenting the wools with it's silky sheen.

...here is the back of the finished punch 

showing the backing fabric & hanger made from the same sari ribbon:

I never mind the wrinkles in my fabrics ~ i have a few myself ;)

I've started punching the next design in the series of my 'motto' designs, 

so when I have enough to show you,

 I will ~  :)

In the meantime, 

some of you today will be enjoying beautiful weather, and some of you ~

well, not so much.

but

whatever it is, remember that today marks the beginning of a new cycle

and is the perfect time to begin something different

or let go of an old habit...

* Happy Spring Everyone *

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori