~ Brewing up Good Things ~

Good Morning

my sweet Friends & Folk ~

wheels are turning here…

my brain is in an Autumn-mode

{but then, when is it not?}

visions of pumpkins, black cats and

….witches are dancing around in my head ~

I have some really cool designs for cross stitch

 & punch needle coming for this Autumn, 

and I knew when I first saw this gorgeous hand dyed linen called

"Witches Brew" from

Dames of the Needle's {Elizabeth Ann Tolledo on FB} 

I had to have it….

I purchased both 28ct & 32ct ~

the colors in this linen are deep, murky and mysterious…

browns, purples and greenish-grey splash & play on the surface of this linen

 and

I swear if I look closely enough 

I can already 'see' things coming to life on it!

I have a design waiting in the wings already for it to be stitched upon ~

in both the 28ct & 32ct

if you are a lover of Hallowe'en as I am

~ I think {hope!} you'll be much-pleased with all of them… 

at the moment,

I'm stitching on a few things that will be offered on May 1st's

Early Work Mercantile

then I will get to working on all of my Autumn designs.

{still charting a few more, that will go out to my stitchers for me, 

because…as much as I'd like to I just can't do it all!}

here is a link to Dames of the Needle's Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Dames-of-the-NeedleFinger-Work-201759306505131/

Thanks to all who have listened to me {and kindly not laughed at me ;) } 

yesterday on Pat Sloan's American Patchwork & Quilting radio podcast!

{and Thank You again Pat!}

Hoping you all have a *SPARKLING* day my friends ~

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori

~A Freebie & Creative Talk Radio Today! ~

Hello Friends & Folk!

here is a little freebie from me to you…

{please disregards that lone little stitch along the right border}

click on chart & save to your computer, then print out & stitch ~

would love to see your finish of this

 ~ perfect for a pincushion

:)

and don't forget to join me today at 

4:00 EST for Pat Sloan's Radio Podcast !!

you can click this link:

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/magazines-more/quilting-podcast

or this one:

http://toginet.com/shows/americanpatchworkandquiltingradio

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori

~ Free-Styling ~

Happy Sunday Afternoon

~ friends & folk ~

what a beautiful day!

4 loads of line-dried laundry

farmhouse has been swept

windows are open

chicken dinner in the oven

and now it's time to stitch a little ~

I'm working on a couple of 'free-hand' cross stitch designs at the moment...

you can read more about this fun type of stitching I do

on a previous posting

HERE

I begin by drawing out my motif onto my cloth.

I am using osnaburg {Cupboard Cloth ~ available in my Etsy shop}

this will be a sweet & primitive girl...

you can see my wonky stitches below ~

being that the stitches are not counted, some are large and others small ~

a few are stitched over 3 threads ~ perhaps even four, 

using 1 strand in areas and two strands in others

to achieve this extremely naive look I love.

my threads are DMC and are always waxed 

with sweet & smoky scented beeswax just like in the old days...

I'm working on her skirt now, 

and below you can see her pantaloons and feet ~

 a favorite needle-minder I made from a rather large antique mother of pearl button

keeps my needle handy for me while I choose thread colors...

my 'witchy' scissors-fob is simply made up of many items that I treasure:

a hand-stamped antique silver spoon that was gifted to me, 

a diamond pinky ring, beads, silver findings and antique bone rings

along with a tiny silver skeleton key charm and more shell bits.

{I especially love the chime-like clatter it makes while using my beautiful Bohin scissors!!}

these are the thread colors I've chosen ~

640, 869 & 611

sitting out on the porch

with needle in hand

listening to Roxy snore nearby...and the hum of bumbler-bees.

you can see where I pencil-in the motif,

~ then just simply stitch my X's to fill in...

I do continental stitch even though I'm not counting my stitches - but merely 'eye-balling' them.

{all 1/2 stitches going one way first ~ then coming back to cross over them}

I'll be framing this under glass, in one of Peter's wooden frames ~

think I'll paint the frame black & distress it heavily.

...love that look too :)

Hi Roxy ~ sleepy face

Well folks, the timer just went off ~

which means our supper is ready.

I'll stitch again later on this evening and hopefully finish this to show you tomorrow.

OH!

 TOMORROW!!!!

please don't forget to join me over at 

Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Network

where I will be a guest around 4:00 pm EST

{can you hear my knees knocking?}

http://www.creativetalknetwork.com

have a peaceful evening my friends...

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori

~ Radio Show ~

Happy Monday Morning friends & folk ~

I am humbled & nervously-excited to announce 

that I will be a guest on the imitable 

Pat Sloan's Radio Podcast

I have been a huge fan of Pat's work for years ~ 

click  ---> HERE to read about this amazingly talented woman!!

to listen to previous shows click ----> HERE

I'll be over the moon all week leading up to the show!
hoping you can all join me in listening :)

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori