Good Morning Friends & Folk!
and a very happy, albeit CHILLY Thursday to us all!
I see by a few of your postings on Social Media,
~ that some of you have been blessed with a First Snow!
{I can hardly wait!}
{I can hardly wait!}
This time of year for me, is a bit strange...the in-between of celebrating Thanksgiving, then the hustle-bustle of our Christmas Open House...
to the present, where I have a lull in my schedule and daily on-goings...
I've been in full steam ahead mode for weeks on end, and now I don't know what to do with myself!
I still have to put our tree up in this old farmhouse, set about other small & simple decorations,
& plan a Christmas eve menu
{since mom is here with us this year, and Hannah & Tevin will be here too,
I want to make it a bit more special}
Are you finished with your decorating? have you done anything different with your usual holiday decor?
I love seeing posts on Instagram and blogs of your warm & welcoming homes!
So as I mentioned above, this past weekend was our 1st Christmas Open House since 2019...
it was wonderful having so many friends come from near and far to visit with us ❤
I don't think we could have gotten through it though,
without the help of our daughter Hannah, my mom
and my very best friends:
♥ Janice, Anita, Sharon & Nancy ♥
I posted a few videos of the shop on Instagram if you'd like to have a virtual visit ~
the photo below shows Nancy & Anita working behind the counter,
and Donna Rae & I in front of the counter:
Now, between getting our Etsy Shop holiday orders printed, processed, packaged & shipped,
my attention is focused on my solace, my therapy & my love...
STITCHING of course!
ahhhhh....fondling fibers.
Setting cotton & silk to flax and linen really is something, isn't it?
and that brings me to this,
a special little freebie I charted for you!
a token of Friendship and appreciation, for all of your kind support, patience and
kind words throughout the years...
a little Winter tree!
but, I'm stitching mine on 40ct "Murky" Newcastle from
Picture This Plus
using the called for threads, which are good old DMC,
~ but of course, you choose what threads, linen and count you wish!
I'll be sharing my progress on my Instagram page {link above} as a new Stitch Along...
and if you're stitching it too, would love to have you link it with the
#NFFWinterTreeSAL hashtag
so I can follow your work & progress too!
and one last thing:
Our Shop & Studio here at the farm is now holding open hours
on Friday's and Saturday's
~ 10:00 - 4:00
Also, OPEN STUDIO time will now be once a month ONLY,
on the THIRD Saturday of each month, from 11:00 - 3:00
If you have a group or guild of more than 3 people
that would like to come to the Studio on our Open Studio days,
kindly message, call or email me to plan ahead ❤
enjoy the rest of your day my friends....
Blessings from the Farm
~
Lori
5 comments:
Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear you're opening back up again! Cheers! And thank you for the beautiful tree pattern; just lovely.
Amy Gilley
This is a Beautiful gift Lori !!! I might just have to really try hard to stitch this beauty !!! I have a magnifying light , it tends to make my eyes cross , but this is just So Sweet !!! Thank you for this Cmas Gift !
What a special Cmas it will be for you having your Mother & your sweet daughter with her Love !!! Enjoy the calm & peacefulness !!! Have a Wonderful Christmas Season !!!!
It must feel good to take a breath and, if not relax, at least focus a bit more on your holiday preparations. No, nothing new here...other than perhaps NOT doing a tree for the second year in a row. Long story.... but I have pulled out several of my other decorations. And heaven knows we have enough snow outside to make it a white Christmas...and another 6 or more inches predicted for tomorrow. Sweet little stitch...that's for the design!! I'll have to dig through my stash to see what I might have that would work. Your choice of Murky has me curious...would have never thought of that for Christmas (why I am NOT a designer LOL)....I recently did a patriotic design on it and loved it but, if I recall, had a bloody time tracking it down. Linen is an endangered species of late. ~Robin~
Thank You for the awesome pattern for Christmas!
Please share what your fabric holder is… do you love it? Thank you!
Thank you so much, Lori. Merry Christmas!
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