~ Possibilities ~

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~ 

and happy Thursday to you all...

we woke to rain on our tin roof ~ 

... the sweetest sound imaginable when one's eyes are just opening...

good for our gardens, good for the air - good for this rain-lover's soul.

 I have a new piece of cloth in my hoop today. another beginning, a fresh start.

oh what possibilities it holds ~ and just like a new day, it can be filled with all kinds of things.

I have a design in mind,

for a combination of cross stitch, embroidery and scrap applique all-in-one...

I'm thinking my palette will be blues, browns, old greens, golds and faded whites ~ 

taking cue from my February surroundings, but nodding toward Springtime.

this might turn out bigger than I expected,

mostly because I am excited about this one and anxious

 to be working on my hand dyed Cupboard Cloth {heavily walnut-stained osnaburg} again.

my little stork scissors are very old ~

 I wonder how many times it's tiny beak was used to snip threads over the years?

although they aren't sharp and are not my 'working' scissors,

 I value them for the beauty they add to my sewing basket with their humble patina nonetheless.

a box full of fabric scraps will be my muse for the applique portion of this project ~

saved from numerous works, and just too pretty to toss away...

they will come in handy for a design such as this.

 

and a beautiful fabric covered box is just the place to store them,

don't you agree? 

this particular box was made by my friend 

Linda from Remember When Farm

you can follow her on Instagram @rememberwhenfarm

so, {or should I say 'sew'} what will you make of this day?

how will you fill it and how can you make it a beautiful one?

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori