~ what's in your workbasket? ~

 

 

 

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

....and a very happy Good Friday to us all...

 we have had rain, cold temps...
and wind!
dear old March seems to be a bit confused as to whether {weather}
it wants to be a lion or a lamb this year...

nonetheless,

the garden is sprouting, the trees are greening and
new life is all around us here on this old farm.

and speaking of this old farm...
(nice segue, huh?) lol

I'm slowly working on this piece that I started last month ~
...a larger {for me} embroidery that will be depicting an old farm, of course.

I try to make a few stitches on it daily,
and I don't really have any particular 'design' in mind,

besides using my surroundings as inspiration.
{nothing new there!}

I'm working from my head, to my heart, to my hands and to my cloth.
just letting ideas pop into my thoughts of what needs to be included

to make my soul happy...

my usual muted colorways & palette ~
brown, white, black, green....
soft
old
mellowed
primitive

I can really get my threads in a knot if I'm not careful<

so I wind it around my pincushion to keep it tidy.
I made the pincushion from a scrap of silk linen matka
and stuffed it with scraps from previous projects {and failures}.

I like to think it has a soul now ~ filled with memories and hours of healing.

...the old house resembles ours ~ how can it not?
with picket fencing and chipping clapboard...

I will stitch a garden-of-sorts next, then our animal friends

and farm folk who live there.

I'm also thinking on adding a cross stitch alphabet, or initials & date in the mix somewhere ~
perhaps hidden amongst the hustle-bustle of the daily goings-on ~
or in plain view.
...we shall see...

In the meantime, 
we have been busy planting,
preparing for roof-painting,
preparing for the Easter Holiday...
...planning new designs in thread.
 

 ~ always planning something.
what's in your workbasket this week??

❤ ❤ ❤

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori