A Lovely Day

I took a well needed day off from work today and it was just 

a beautiful day.  I did things that needed to be done, but also

things that I just like doing.

I stained some linen and dyed some chenille yarn to use on 

future projects.  I did a variety of colors on the chenille.

Some tans, faded oranges and bittersweet.  Prefect for

Fall and Halloween items.  Then I put them on my

old fashion drying rack and sat it out in the gorgeous

sunshine to dry.  

I also cleaned the sun porch and did some rearranging.

I have this beautiful old green grain bin that I moved to

a spot on the sun porch and added a few touches to

the top.  An old grain sack towel with the best

small green stripes down each side.  A few of my

old jars.  Quite an obsession of mine and an

antique garden dibble.

Of course I did some stitching.  The day just wouldn't 

be complete.  I finished this Stacy Nash Alphabet

Sampler, but changed up the colors a bit, no surprise

there, right?  And added a date to the bottom.

I'm pleased with it and hope to attach it to a

wooden hornbook. 

I do love making hornbooks.

Well, wishing all of you a wonderful day, doing 

things that you love to do and that make you smile.

~Nan

~New Cross Stitch Pattern~

I'm happy to tell you I finally have the 

~Harvest Moon~ pattern finished and ready

to be released.  Thank you to all of you who 

emailed me about it.

It's stitched on 30 ct natural light linen with

a combination of Weeks Dye Works and 

Gentle Art threads.  

It's a fun and quick stitch !

I've added some Orange Plaid fabric on the 

bottom with a decorative herringbone stitch.

Pattern is now available by email or 

through my Etsy Shop.

Thanks so much for all your interest and support.

Smiles,

~Nan 

A Few Things for TDIPT Mercantile Tonight

Tonight I'll be listing a few new stitcheries on TDIPT Mercantile.

A few are Fall inspired.  Seems I'm just in the mood for Fall 

these days.

This sawdust filled pillow is a Threadwork Primitives original design.

A sawdust pinkeep in Fall colors.

I couldn't resist making another hornbook.

Did quite a bit of distressing to this hornbook,

so it looks nice and old.

My Needle's Work Ditty Bag will also be

listed tonight. 

This is such a wonderful design from 

Notforgotten Farm.

I hope you can all drop by to TDIPT Mercantile

tonight around 9 pm or so to view my new listings

and all of the other wonderfully talented artists.

Smiles,

~Nan 

~Yearning for FALL~

Are you yearning for Fall?  I am and it's showing up

in my stitching.

I enjoyed stitching this La D Da pattern so much

I decided to stitch it again in Fall tones.

 I think it would be perfect to display in Oct.

Next, I made a ditty bag with a small hanging 

BOO pinkeep to add some interest to the bag.

I love this fabric.  This is also the fabric I used

to back the La D Da Pinkeep above.

I have a few more things almost finished.

All with a Halloween or Fall theme to them.

Thanks for visiting and I always love to hear your 

comments and visit your blogs too.

Smiles,

 ~Nan   

~A Notforgotten Farm Finish~

My Needle's Work Ditty Bag

I thought I'd share my latest finish with you.  This is a 

brand new pattern by Lori at Notforgotten Farm 

and since I love stitching peacocks

it was on my MUST HAVE chart list.  

I started to stitch this the day it arrived in my mailbox : )

and when finished I thought it would make a very prim

ditty bag.  I used some brown ticking that I had to trim

the top and some denim blue homespun plaid for a contrast on

the inside lining.  It's had a good walnut stain bath, so it

looks like it's been around a long time.

At the moment it's hanging on my sewing cupboard in my

studio and it puts a smile on my face.

Wishing all of you a day full of smiles!

~Nan