~ Hoop-la ~

Just sharing some of my favorite artwork from Pinterest :)

Have a creative Friday my Friends!

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori

~ Quiet Stitching ~

 Good Morning Friends and Folk ~

...the day before Christmas Eve is upon us...

how very fast this year seemed to go, 

didn't it?

Hannah is home with us for the holidays ~ 

... of course she brought along Willie Nelson {our grand-dog}

so our little farmhouse feels complete again!

we have last-minute shopping to do, of course, 

and cookie-baking too.

nothing like the last minute to keep me on my toes!

a quiet Christmas Eve celebration will be enjoyed

by us here playing scrabble with family & dear friends ~ 

with the usual laughing and nibbling on sweets.

{Scrabble is our go-to game that makes us laugh because Peter is very inventive of new words!}

Looking forward to 2017 ~ 

... but with a nod to the past in the sense of my needlework.

I've been working on new embroidery, cross stitch, punch needle, applique & rug hooking

designs that will be offered in pattern form for your stitching pleasure.

do you remember me doing what I call 'freehand cross stitch'??

here is a link to a previous posting on the subject:

 http://farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com/2013/11/little-stitches.html

 this is what my freehand cross stitch looks like:

here is another link to a previous posting on a 'crash course' of how I do this:

 http://farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com/2014/01/crash-course.html

 

I just love quiet evenings,

 sitting by the wood stove and letting my hands create ~

oh!

don't forget that I'm offering 10% off your final purchase of everything in our Etsy shop

~ so you can enjoy some handwork too....

you have until December 30th to stock up on patterns, supplies & wood products.

use the code

justforme2017 at checkout for the discount to be applied!

 This evening we'll be visiting our dear friend Joan and her sweet hubby Arthur

at their most-beautiful home ~ that was once an old church rectory ~

Yes, 

I'll be taking photos of their house decorated for Christmas

and I just KNOW you won't want to miss that!

'til then,

~ PEACE to ALL ~

Blessings from the Farm ~ 

Peter & Lori

Tuesday Morning Musings ~

Scurrying along ~

working on some punched pins that will be available at the show this weekend...

 

 

little Lavender Pots, 'Got Wool?' and 'Hooker' pins-in-progress

my favorite chair ~
oh,...hi again Iggy!

 

 I love to collect white flower pots, in figural shapes such as the ones below...
I use them to hold scissors, rug hooks, thumbtacks, etc...

 

small McCoy pot, kitten with yarn ball pot, and in the back, little dutchgirl watering garden-pot

the sun is shining brightly this morning, and the temps are warming up ~
perfect to hang our laundry on the line...
((((AAaaaaaaaahhhhh...simple country pleasures!))))

I'll finish working here in my sewing room
and head out to the shop to package orders that will ship today ~
some of you have e-ed me to ask if I'll be bringing the re-printed books to rugfest,
....and the answer is yes!

 

Hoping you all have a *sparkling* spring day!

 

Lori from

Notforgotten Farm

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