~ Beat the Heat Flash Sale! ~

 

Hello Friends & Folk! 

For those of you who wish to get a head-start on Autumn/Holiday crafting,

we are happy to accommodate!

Right now, and through Wednesday July 26th, we are holding our annual

"Beat the Heat" Summer Flash Sale in our Etsy shop!

 

Simply type in the code: BEATTHEHEAT10 when you checkout your purchases from oue Etsy shop, and save 10% on everything in our shop!

Patterns * Fabrics * Threads * Wooden Products * Frames * Hooks

yep! everything your little stitching/hooking/needle punching heart needs ;)

and, 

we are also please to announce we are selling our beautiful bleached 60" Rug Hooking Linen

in our Etsy shop now too!

{{{ click HERE to see shop link for linen }}}

 

SO

 don't forget to use the special coupon code "BEATTHEHEAT10" when you checkout your purchases

because...if you forget to do so, you won't get the discount of 10% off your total!

Keep Cool & Keep Creating!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Needlework Shop is Open Today ~

Hey Friends & Folk!

and a Good Saturday morning to you all ~

our little Needlework Shop here at the farm will be

OPEN Today ~ 10:00 - 4:00

and don't forget that it's another

Crafty Saturday!

so come for a visit, bring your needlework in progress and come create with us in the AC~

{we have sweets & cold drinks too}

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Mid-Week Musings ~

 Hello Friends & Folk!

... can it be Wednesday again? ~ 

and did you know there is only one more Wednesday left this month?

I was never aware how fast time passed when I was younger...

Summertime was endless

days seemed to stretch on & on.

but no more ~ weeks & months fly in the blink of my now tri-focal wearing eye.

*sigh*

I do try to make the best of the passing time, though.

Thankfully, I've never had a "bored" moment in my life!

{who can be bored with so much inspiration around?}

Some of you who follow NFF/me on FB and Instagram ~

have seen these small embroideries I've done recently:

I really love working long & short stitches, satin stitches & knots.

they are simple stitches that work up and fill in quickly ~

chain stitch & stem stitch are favorite of mine too....

how many of my readers do embroidery?

what are your favorites?

crewel embroidery, stamped embroidery, jacobean? 

Me? I love them all, but prefer to work very Primsically and Humbly

❦

 

we'll see what next comes from my needle and thread....

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 we have a vine of volunteer Morning Glory's growing on our farmhouse fence...

their little pink blooms greet me everyday on my way to the shop ~

our Banana trees are growing by the foot it seems!

can you find 'Waldo'?

 

and I don't ever remember our Black & Brown Eyed Suzy's ever being so full and tall....

we let them naturalize in our gardens to keep our pollinators happy!

 

tiny, helpful friends hard at work ~

 

 twins!

↓

 

We are SO happy to see tiny figs this year too!

didn't have any last year ~ hoping they will become full and ripe before any hard frosts...

Well I am off to hang laundry {again} and finish a few more farmwife chores

before settling down once again with my needlework...

Have a beautiful Summer's day my friends!

Please be as kind to one another,

as you would expect the same kindness in return ~

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Not So Tiny Stitches ~

 Hello!

...and Happy Tuesday to you all!

between the intolerable heat and dry weather,

I am holed-up in my old farmhouse ~ working on Autumnal things 

and dreaming of falling leaves, pumpkins and crisp, cool nights...

I am such a needlwork-butterfly ~ flitting from this-to-that!

so today I am working on another new cross stitch design 

that will include this house 

~ stitched in shades of pumpkin!

{ok, DMC 782}

but instead of stitching on smaller count linen,

I am LOVING this larger count linen that I picked up at a quaint little stitching shop called:

HodgePodge

 located in Strasburg, PA on our travels last week.

here is the link to their FB page ~ click HERE

the package that this came in says 18ct Aida ~ Lambswool.

but we all know it is linen ;)

 

 and I am stitching on it using 3 strands of floss over two threads of linen...

it is working out to be more like a 20ct though,...{over 2 threads would be a 10ct}

easy to see, big and super-fast!

don't mind my penciled-on ruler,

those lines are meant for other projects ~ not this one.

 

the hoop I'm using is one my sweet Mom gave me while in CT ~

it is a "Queen" hoop with coin-screw closure.

 

a perfect size for the project I'm working on! 

 ~ thanks Mom!!!

 

Hoping you all are staying comfy and safe in this horrible heat.

please remember to provide water to your outdoor friends

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori

~ "Little House" Hanging Wall Pocket ~

Hey There!

Good morning Friends & Folk ~ 

I wanted to share the finish of my little project with you all ~

"Little House" Hanging Wall Pocket from Notforgotten Farm™

I am very happy at how this turned out!

it's 'SEW' cute!

✂

 

I will be offering this mixed media project

as a pattern soon in our Etsy shop ~ both PDF & mailed.

Have a *Sparkling* day everyone!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori