~ Snippets ~

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~ 

... how frosty & snappy this morning is!

I take great pleasure being here on this farm ~ 

... from the daily watching of the sun traveling around it, visiting each room and touching  the old wood floors with beams of dusty-light...

to the twinkling of the stars in the clear skies at night, 

~ it gives me such a sense of calm & peacefulness.

I love how I can see, through our old wavy glass windows,

small glimpses of the fields and woods that surround our snug farmhouse on all sides

and know that we are safe, warm & dry no matter the weather.

Lately, 

my days are spent creating ~ constantly creating...sketching, designing...

and I move from room to room depending on what I'm working on.

when I am working on my old Pfaff treadle machine, 

you'll find me upstairs in my well-lit sewing room surrounded by piles of fabric, wool & velvets.

~ sitting amongst strewn-about snippets and threads.

if I am hooking, 

punching or hand stitching, you can find me anywhere ~

 but most-likely in our Keeping Room, 

{{which holds our beloved woodstove and my most favorite collectibles}}

and I'm usually watching an old movie or two. 

I've been working on this, a project that I started yesterday;

which combines wool/fabric applique 

and perhaps a little bit of punching or cross stitch will be added to it too.

I'm liking my results thusfar, do you?

my preference for applique is to use linen-colored thread and tiny primitive stitches

 ~ i do like the blanket-stitch, but I love the UN-eveness that I can achieve 

with minuscule whip stitches instead...  

to me,

 stitching in this fashion is more relaxing and more primitive.

~ she has such a sweet face ~ 

a little more hooking has been happening too,

using beautiful spicy warm & color-saturated wools ~

... bringing my sketches to life in lambswool loops.

as well as a few tiny cross stitches in my wooden hoop,

worked freehand onto cupboard cloth...

~ no pattern, just letting my mind & hands do the work and enjoying the process.

I see that some of you reading this have already received some flakes of snow!

...I am eagerly waiting for signs of them here ~

knowing that the long Winter season will finally be upon us makes me happy.

I am not a 'summer' girl.

 I was born in a blizzard in Connecticut, 

in February 1963.

I prefer dreary cold & rainy days spent snugged up in my cozy farmhouse

with a kitten or two and some handwork nearby...

give me a pair of boiled-wool socks and a sweater

over shorts & flip flops any-day.

 

 Hoping you all have a beautifully creative day!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori