~ Good Day Sunshine ~

Happy Monday Friends & Folk!

~ we have had thee best weather here as of late ~ 

with yet another high & dry one scheduled for today...

I have been putting the good weather to good use,

working on finished items for upcoming shows, 

… and models for upcoming classes.

this is but one of the projects that has leapt from my needle & graced my hoop;

I like to switch between my favorite DMC floss colors and Valdani threads

to give my folk art needlework more movement & depth…

what you are seeing is the back of my project-in-progress,

thus the stray threads ~

most of the time,

 I will wind my DMC floss around one of our thread winders 

to keep my threads from tangling…

or I like to use one of our 

Farmhouse Ball Jars to hold balls of Valdani perle cottons as I punch;

~ but ~

when I'm in the throes of a creative-frenzy there is no organization for me!

{{ as you can tell by the nest of cotton floss close by my work }}

I just thread that needle and punch!

here is a view of the front of my sun;

notice the dimensional-effect it has 

~ from the different height adjustments on my Ultra Punch Needle… 

I will begin filling in the background and this will be adhered to an old zinc sap bucket 

that I found on my travels here in Virginia.

 I have a total of 4 buckets to put use for more of my finished punch-work, 

and they will accompany me to the 

Summer in the Valley show in Fishersville, VA on July the 9th.

{still have to trim away stray threads from the front}

This week,

I will be happily preparing the supplies for the "Sturbridge Peony" Class 

that I'll be teaching this Saturday, June 25th

at Ye Country Mercantile in Sturbridge, MA

{class project is below}

Joan & I are super-excited to visit with Doreen Piechota at her beautiful shoppe:

Ye Country Mercantile

click HERE to visit

and we are also looking forward to seeing those of you who have signed up for the class!!

I promise to behave and be on my best behavior ~ but I can get a little crazy ;)

Have a glorious 1st day of Summer my friends ~

may it be filled with sunshine for all!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori