~ Feeling Blue ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

~ happy Wednesday to you all ~

the title to my post is misleading... 

I'm not personally 'feeling' blue ~ 

I am just adoring the blue samplers that I've been seeing pop up on Pinterest lately!

look at these beauties:

this one is a naive and simple Alphabet band sampler:

"Behold the Daughter of Innocence how beautiful is the mildness of her Countenence"

Indigo dyed threads of cotton & silk

make me swoon...

such a difference in execution from the previous sampler above,

but nonetheless just as beautiful ~

 

and look at this big girl below!

just how many motifs can you have in a sampler at one time?

ALL of them I guess! 

{{love the weird looking mermaid/fish-woman middle-left and long-necked woman upper left!}}

I believe this one is Belgian, dated 1830 ~

 if I am wrong on the provenance, please forgive but WOW!! 

a stunner and how many hours went in to this??

soft sweet blues, pale and pretty...

this sampler stitched by Eliza Cookson (below)

 is just plain sweet and shows the prowess of a well-schooled 13 year old girl in 1824:

 

the lettering on this one below is perfect in my eye & heart ~

oh I just love them all!

 

Hoping your day is filled with many small things that bring you great joy!!

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ To You ~

Happy Father's Day 

to my sweet husband ~ 

he may be Dad to our one and only daughter Hannah,

but he is also "Dad" to many more sweet souls who love him dearly!!

we love your enthusiasm and smile...

 

and how you're up for almost anything...

 

thank you for giving me the most perfect gift,

our daughter.

 

we love your kind and gentle ways

and how you take care of all of us ~

 

you are my True North and

without you we would surely be lost!

 

All my love, All my life ~

 ~ Lori

~ Saturday Shop OPEN ~

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~ 

Our little needlework shop 

here at the farm is

OPEN Today from 10:00 - 4:00

 

... come on by for a visit, bring your needlework in progress

 and enjoy a peaceful time at Notforgotten Farm

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Friday Thoughts ~

Happy Friday 

~ Friends & Folk ~

we have a cool dry respite today,

before the heatwave & humidity comes next week.

that means yard work this afternoon ~

which includes tending the gardens...

don't you love how alien the scarlet bee balm looks?

always happy, 

you know these are my favorites:

 

little flutterby 

on a pincushion flower ~ 

more happiness!

 

our humble patio

where we enjoy eating, chatting 

and of course it's my fav stitching spot 

in the Summer months ~

 

progress is being made on the un-named sampler...

I really am trying to make it look very old, yet whimsical ~

but I ran out of room for the last letter in this word

so I did what our stitching-sisters of the past did:

I raised it up a bit higher and stitched it over one.

{this is still 2 strands on 32ct linen} 

there. all better now.

and I love it ~

 

I have an idea in mind for the finish ~ 

but not entirely sure if I will use it 

... or do something a bit different 

I seem to always be changing my mind as I stitch.

Hannah will be visiting us this evening,

coming home for a bit to celebrate Father's Day with us ~

always a happy time when our one and only comes home!

 ❦

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Midweek Musings ~

Hello Friends & Folk ~

Happy Wednesday to you all!

did any of you get a small glimpse of sunshine today?

{at least that's what I think it is, a big ball of light in the sky?}

yep, actual sunshine right now. as I type.

*aaaahhhh*

 oh wait...yep, it's gone again.

How do you like my 'welcome' flag?

{hahaha}

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here is progress on a new design I'm stitching...

I have named it, ~ but I won't tell you what it is until I'm finished ~

 

don't you love the thread colors?

they are all Weeks Dye Works threads, as well the linen.

linen is 32ct Tin Roof ~

threads used thusfar are Kohl, Bullfrog, Havana &  Pelican Gray.

(2 strands of floss over 2 threads of linen}

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OH! see the look on Pepper's face?

she has been naughty, but she learned a valuable lesson

...chasing a mother deer will get your furry-butt in a heap of trouble!

Peter watched as Pepper ran up the driveway after a doe, 

which then spun around on her sharp hooves and went after Pepper!!!

yeah. never underestimate a mother protecting her child.

duh.

'I wuz skeered mom...she almost got my hiney'.

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the gardens are lush, due to the rains, 

but also everything is rotted after blooming.

that is so sad. 

Well enjoy your day,

whatever your weather!

make your own sunshine...then share it with others.

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori