Good Morning Friends & Folk!
you know it's going to be another hot day
when the locusts start scratching out their late-summer songs by 8:00 in the morning…
I'll try to savor these days, although I really am wishing it away.
{so sorry summer-lovers, I am an October girl.}
The heat has been miserable for our farm-friends.
Daisy & Pinocchio have been sweating awful, and the flies this year are biting like crazy.
A fly-spray made from herbals is a good remedy, but just not enough ~
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| our handsome sweaty-boy Pinocchio {"Nocchi"} |
what a mush face!
as big as he is, he's gentle as a kitten with us ~
especially loves Peter.
:)
little Daisy is done with this weather.
she said it makes her hair frizzy.
the rains have been a boon to the earth & our well,
but the grass & gardens have overgrown.
we have fairy rings of mushrooms & fungi all over the farmyard,
and the mold spores are wreaking havoc with my allergies.
even though they are deadly poisonous,
i find them beauty-full.
withering flowers and yellowing leaves are showing sure signs of change ~
hinting at perhaps an early Autumn?
{hoping for an early & lengthy one!}
there is beauty among the weeds, and even the weeds themselves hold magic
if we just look close enough…
Hannah & I went to see the Dixie Chicks in VA Beach on Wednesday night!!!!
oh my stars & garters! what a fabulous time we had ~
my beautiful daughter gifted me with tickets for Mother's day ~
we have love 'the Chicks' forever and Hannah grew up singing their songs!
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| best. time. ever. |
although it was HOT HOT HOT ~ the concert was filled to the brim…
thank goodness we had lawn seats & enjoyed the cooler nighttime breeze.
LOVE YOU HANNAH ~ thank you for making that dream come true for me!
back home, it's just too hot & muggy to be outside stitching,
so I just stay in this old farmhouse and stitch in the artificial air ~
{{...yes, it's cool but I prefer to breathe fresh air, thankyouverymuch.}}
I have been putting the last stitched embellishments on "Jack's Folly'
and will be backing/binding it today…
I am loving it!
using wool, cotton fabrics and variegated threads
make this a fun project ~
I've mentioned how I love to do 'double appliqué' before,
~ instead of needle-turn appliqué or freezer paper method…
and for those that may not know what I mean,
it is simply where you place your paper appliqué template, in this case a leaf, like the ones below,
and trace it onto the wrong side of doubled cotton print fabric.
Then you machine-stitch it completely around, cut a slit into one side and turn right sides out…
so now you have a leaf that looks like it could be stuffed, BUT instead of stuffing it,
you pin it {in my case staple it} to your background fabric and then appliqué it into place.
… clear as mud?
makes for a nice, clean-edges and dimensional motifs
that adds a little oomph to our projects.
This will be a pattern available soon, in our Etsy shop ~
along with the 2 cross stitch designs and 2 punch needle designs
they will all be available as PDF patterns for you to print yourselves,
~ as well as regularly mailed patterns if so chosen.
:)
In Other News:
I am working on creating a NEW website where you can go to purchase our patterns,
supplies & finished goods for the needleworker…this is something that Peter & I have been wanting to do for a while, but like all Good Things, takes time.
We think it will be more user-friendly for our customers, and it will be like visiting us here at our own little farm shop….more to come on this, so stay tuned :)
Primitive Punch Needle Club Kits are shipping,
although I am waiting on a backorder of threads ~ and a backorder of linen has arrived too…
Peter & I thank you kindly for your patience
xoxoxox
and
I have not been feeling well lately.
I don't know what it is ~ my jaw hurts, my muscles are cramping and I am sometimes feverish.
yes, the heat takes it's toll, but me thinks it's something more.
I will be seeing the doctor today, so please keep me in your thoughts?
talk again soon!
~ Blessings from the Farm ~
Lori
