Saturday, June 29, 2019

Thursday, June 27, 2019

First Two of Set of Four Quilt Squares

These are the first two of a set of four "quilt" squares.  Of course you can use them for anything you like.  I have made a quilt with the entire face cross-stitched and then quilted.  It takes a lot of time!  But the result is worth it.







Tuesday, June 25, 2019

And Yet Again, Three More Hearts

These three hearts are some of my favorites and I have used them a couple of times.  So I hope you will forgive me for having colored in areas of one of the patterns to make it easier for me to see.





Sunday, June 23, 2019

Birth Announcement Sampler

Are there more babies born in the summer than other times of year?  I don't know!  But here is a cute birth announcement sampler that is good any time of year. 




Wednesday, June 19, 2019

A Year Of Flowers Botanical Illustration

Another years worth of flowers!  You could make this one piece, or just use the flowers of your choice for smaller pieces.





Monday, June 17, 2019

Pear, Peach, and Apple Banner

I really love the botanical illustration patterns the best.  I love fruit and have a small orchard myself of about 25 trees.  Including apples, peaches, and pears!  All different kinds of fruit so none of them are producing at the same time.  I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.











Sunday, June 16, 2019

Sailing Ships Sampler in Honor of Fathers Day

My dad was a career Navy man and I used the ships in this sampler to cross stitch an eye glass case for him covered with these ships.  Happy Fathers Day!




Saturday, June 15, 2019

Three Color Variations of a Bunny

This pattern gives you three different color schemes for the same bunny!  Which one do you like the best?



Friday, June 14, 2019

Delpht Themed Clock Face

And here we have another analog clock face.  This one in a beautiful Delpht theme.  Hmm, I wonder if one could sneak a little digital clock in the center instead of clock hands.  But then, it would be hard to read the time from a distance. 





Thursday, June 13, 2019

Homemade Canned Food Jar Lids

There are lots of us who still enjoy making and canning our own foods.  Especially if we grew the food ourselves.  What was once a vital necessity to make it through the winter, is now an optional skill.  But what a delicious one!  And of course, jam and jelly never go out of style.  But you can also use canning jars to store dry ingredients as a few of these jars are.  Even pre-measured dry baking ingredients for cookies, muffins, pancakes, you name it, to give as gifts.




Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

The Four Basic Food Groups

I know a few people who would agree with this chart!  Although I do love chocolate and I have a little bite every day, I also love my veggies!



Monday, June 10, 2019

And Three More Hearts

And here are yet another three hearts.  I believe there was some kind of contest that year with so many entries they included a lot of them.  These are more floral than the previous set.





Sunday, June 9, 2019

Cool Tabby Cat Did He Know Morris?

I have to wonder if this cat was inspired by Morris the cat of 9 Lives cat food fame.  Remember Morris?  This cat certainly has his attitude down!




Friday, June 7, 2019

Rabbit Clock Face

What fun clock face!  I guess you wouldn't want to use it to teach a child how to read an analog clock.  Wouldn't it be fun to look at and be able to tell them what time it was and let them wonder how in the world you figured that out?  No numbers!