Freebie Chart for July ~

Hello Friends & Folk!

here's a little something for you to work on during this heat wave ~
a little patriotic design that's simple and quick to stitch!

the DMC Floss colors I charted this with are as follows, but you can use whatever you'd like

Flag ~ 844 (ground)

Flag Stripes & Chimneys ~ 918
Flag ~ 782  (Stars & top of Flagpole)

Flagpole & Roof, Windows & Doors ~ 3021

Crow ~ 310

Front of House ~ 3033
Side of House ~ 422

I intentionally left the other stripes in the flag blank, so the linen will show throughm but you can always stitch these with the 3033

I would LOVE to see your finished work, so send me a pic or two & I'll share them here on the blog!

Another HOT day again today ~ please pray for some mush-needed, soaking rain
(but NO high winds please)

and HURRAY!!! to my friends who got their power back on after a week of having none ~
WooHoo to YOU!!!

Blessings from the farm,

Lori

Fore & Aft ~

Here's out little bathroom before I got the urge to paint a mural above the wainscoting ~

BEFORE

BEFORE

BEFORE

and here is how it looks now ~

AFTER

AFTER

AFTER

of course I had to incorporate little white farmhouses, curly willow trees, folk art bushes and rolling hills into my work :)

not finished *tweaking* yet, and then I still have to make the shade & curtains...

do you like the mural? tell me what you think!!
(somehow, the room feels bigger to me now!)

TGIF!!!

Blessings from the Farm!

Lori

New Plantings & Beautiful Handwork

Hello Friends!

and happy Monday to you ~

I took a drive out to a local nursery yesterday to pick up some new plants for
a little raised bed that Peter built for me next to the front porch :

chartreuse & cinnamon Coleus ~

chocolate mint, petunias & zinnias ~

their color combination makes me happy!!

no farmhouse proch would be complete without a huge boston fern
(mother's day gift from peter, hannah & skyler)

...or a pink geranium to tempt the hummingbirds :)

here's a shot of the porch-in-progress:

...notice the mud on the concrete?

this is why there is mud on the concrete!

~ so pretty & old fashioned ~

and,
speaking of old fashioned, look at this needleweaving!!

worked on homespun linen using cotton threads...
in tone-on-tone colors....

I can't remember where i got this from (Joan? Mom?)
but I've been studying it closely....

whomever's hands started this so very long ago were skilled beyond measure ~
each little stitch is perfect :)

I'll use this as a teaching tool to refine my handwork
... and hopefully one day I'll be able to create something like this for an heirloom piece ~

Hoping you all have a beautifully creative Monday my Friends...

Blessings from the Farm!

Lori