~ Autumn Stitching Begins! ~

Hello Friends & Folk
and good evening to you all...

it is the very last evening of June 2019.
and also my sweet, dear Mother's birthday!

Happy 89th Birthday to you Mommy ~
and I will forever call you Mommy!

'Mommy' at ages 6 {bottom photo} & 8 yrs. {top photo} She has always declared that she does not have a red bow in her hair in the bottom photo...it was, in fact ~ a cardinal on a tree branch that was in the backdrop of the photo! 

 

 

 

 

Wishing you many more trips around the sun my dear Mommy, also known as:
'Ma'  Elda {Ellie, Aunt Sissy, "Sissy"} Elizabeth Geiste Reed Berke Smith!
I love you more than all the little blue flowers on the wallpaper!
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

 So....
It has been HOT here at the farm lately...
between bright sunshine and thunderstorms, we have been in the high 80's, low 90's.
I am not a happy camper in temps like these,
~ and the humidity makes me wilt and feel stomach-sick.
I spend most of my time in the farmhouse or studio in the AC.

the Mornings are suitable for short walks,
and I do try to get another walk in when evening rolls 'round...
but mostly, I am indoors stitching away on something-or-another!

and this is a humble little embroidery that I have been working on for the past few days:
 

I'm using: Valdani perle cottons size #8, and doubled in my needle...

can you all see my sweet as pie needleminder?

 {gift from dear friend Donna Rae Barrow/Flannel Jammies Farm}?

and my gorgeous, PERFECTLY-sized {for me anyway} 

project bag from Carol Woodard 

{Woodland Primitives Primitive Handmades Mercantile ~ click HERE for link}

LOOK at that Autumn hued fabric!!!!!

I finished 'her' into a flat-stuffed pillow ~

can be a bowl filler, or ad a hanger of-sorts to the back...

this design is a line drawing, and can be used for punch needle or embroidery!

{make sure you see my Punch Needle Fusion video HERE}

I have been lax in posting here on my blog,
~  as social media is a tiny bit more interactive...
BUT
I miss writing my almost-daily posts here and will try to do better from now on ~
my kind thanks to those of you who continue to follow me here!

Happy Stitching, Happy Creating and...

Blessings from the Farm!

~ Lori