~ Tiny Little X's ~

 

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

...and June is upon us.

I have been revisiting my Pinterest boards, 

looking at antique miniature samplers again...

this one, below ~

 is my very fist sampler I stitched over one, or 'in miniature'

on 28ct linen to which I severely stained, aged and distressed.

I loved stitching the teapot, basket and dog especially.

{pattern for this sampler, called 'the Little Brown Dog' sampler can be found HERE}

 And I decided to stitch another over-one sampler, 

beginning with this small Brown-headed Cowbird!

this is being stitched with one strand of floss {DMC} over one onto 30ct linen

{a scrap of my hand dyed/stained Old Farmhouse linen} 

 I'm designing this as I stitch, not following any chart ~

just letting my imagination flow.

Have you ever stitched over on on linen?

do you enjoy it? LOL

I find it works up rather quickly for me, 

and it is easier for me to not miscount, since you are relatively stitching in each hole...

would love to hear your thoughts!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Friday Musings ~

 Happy Friday 

Friends & Folk!

a busy day ahead for me ~ after processing customers' orders,

I have to get the Farm Shop back into 'gear' today...

... it has been as I left it since returning from the PSS retreat a few weeks ago.

{{ it has been neglected with all of the happenings lately. }}

with the hot temps and rain, the gardens need pruning back as well ~

and there are plants to be...

well, 

... planted.

a busy little bee I am.

In the evenings, I have been stitching on this:  

my little 'Tomato Season' design ~

 as I've mentioned, I'm working mine over-one

 on 32ct Vintage Sand Dune linen from Lakeside Linens...

this is the bottom left of the design...

 

my sweetest model stitcher Heather 

sent me a photo of her progress as she is working it, 

this is a sneak peek below, of the lower right side of the same design...

she's stitching it on same linen but over two threads 

~ so when we are both finished you'll see a 'regular' sized model 

... and a teeny tinier version of it too :)

I wanted to show you my finished project bag too!

I purchased the boiled-wool bag from Ali at the PSS Retreat

{{www.alistrebeldesigns.com}}

along with some new roving and new felting needles...

I appliqued the wool tulip on, 

then embellished with needlefelting on the leaves, stem and flower.

I LOVE it ~

how many of you folks needlefelt???

I'm thinking of holding a class here at the Farm shop this Autumn ~

any interest in learning??

 and 

of course I have been perusing Pinterest

every. single. night.

I love being able to pin my favorite things on my boards ~

So here are some EARLY miniature samplers to enjoy...

{these are not 'mine' ~ they are all from Pinterest}

 

 well I'm off to 'work' ~

 hoping your day is filled with wonderful little things!

 P.S.

FARM SHOP WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW Saturday May 20th!!!!

woot woot!

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori

~ Monday in May ~

A quick HELLO to you

Friends & Folk!

lots to do before leaving for OH on Wednesday ~

but I wanted to remind you all to visit the May Update on Early Work Mercantile

www.earlyworkmercantile.net

I am offering this finished/framed model for my miniature sampler:

Little Brown Dog

 

I have loved it since designing it,

 and especially love the little frame it's in ~ please visit my page on EWM to read more ~

 

the paper pattern for Little Brown Dog is also available in my Etsy shop ~

Click HERE to purchase ~

~ AND ~

tonight is 

Needle Night here at the Farm Shop

... we will be OPEN from 5:00 ~ 9:00 this evening

Come on in for a visit and bring something to work on...we'll have food & drinks!

 

Almost forgot!

Peter & I finished these wooden signs yesterday

~ a great way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon...

these will be coming with me to OH for the PSS Retreat/Merchant Mall :)

{largest one measures 27 x 5.5}

made from old wood salvaged from the outbuildings here on the property.

 I'll be back here tomorrow to show you the finished models

 for my new cross stitch & punch needle designs

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Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori