Enabling Embroidery On Small Business Saturday ;-)

Charlotte Lyons

There are lots of sales out there, including hand embroidery related sales! I'm not affiliated with any of these Etsy Shops, but only glad to have found a few nice stitchy goodies on sale... and because of that I'll pass the info on to you ;-). (Don't know how long these sales will last.)
First one above: Charlotte Lyons (Etsy shop). Her store is full of beautiful original designs, in pre-printed sampler form and some original patterns on PDF's. The coupon code is found on her shop's Announcements section. The coupon code must be entered in order to get a 20% off discount of your entire order and before clicking "Proceed to check out".  In your cart you will see, near the box for optional comments, a sentence that says: "Apply shop coupon codes" you click on that and a box will appear where you may type the coupon code. 

IntaVint

Then: InstaVint (Etsy shop) has a 30% off all her vintage embroidery PDF's patterns reproductions! Discount is already applied to all the patterns in her shop. She has some that are hard to find. Have fun peeking around!

There are many other shops running sales, so if you are looking for hand embroidery related designs you should be able to find quite a few. Have fun browsing, and/or shopping! ;-)

The Little Things

Last night my "sprouts" and I had a Sit-n-Stitch Evening. It's been quite some time since our last time. The hand embroidery lap quilt project is calling me, however, for some reason felt like adding some more stitches on this cute little piece I started few months ago (here). Small cross stitch sampler "Summer Splendor" by Little House Needleworks. So happy to have been able to put a few stitches in without much trouble from holding things with my hands. Red is my most favorite color, it cheers me up! I think that is why I decided to work on this particular project.

Below is a simple no bake pie, using simple ingredients. Recipe is from Publix (link at the end of this post). Very delicious! I love the mix in flavors and textures in this pie. The small one on the right is modified, using crushed GF cookies as crust, for my GF child. Easy to put together with your kids! We made this recipe this past Sunday afternoon. The only thing I will do different next time is add one more container of raspberries, yum. The girls and I are also already brainstorming on fruit and flavor variations for next time! 

I had a few rough days with this last flare. Couldn't even hold anything long enough to complete any task. On one particular day even holding the toothbrush with a light grip was painful, had to pause a few times to rest my hand. That was just the beginning of a day where it was a real struggle trying to perform everyday simple tasks. 

So thankful for a very understanding and helpful family! By last night my hands felt much better, so I was grateful to be able to stitch for a bit. Got that tiny house filled in and started the roof! Remember I'm a cross stitch newbie, so please don't snub my stitches ;-).

Autumnal sunsets are spectacular! Aren't they? They honestly take my breath away!
So many little things to be grateful for, not only for a day or two, but daily. The little things that remind me of what really matters in life, and not to take things for granted. That are a constant reminder to give my best everyday, live a life in a way that genuinely shows, not in words but in deeds, that I truly adore the Giver of it all! 

Non-affiliated link:
Publix's Chocolate Raspberry Pie Recipe

Vintage Aunt Martha's Embroidery Transfer Designs

Warm thoughts of all these previous hand embroideries are resurfacing.

Aunt Martha's embroidery transfers are the best! Have not work on any of my in progress AM's designs in some time. Cross stitching took over for awhile. 
For the past couple of days, a sudden mass of cold air have cause temperatures to drop dramatically around here. That sudden weather change must have brought the cozy warm memories of working on these mostly vintage designs to mind (the rooster is not a vintage design, but part of a Stitcher's Revolutions pattern also by the makers of AM's... the Colonial Pattern Inc.). 

Some of these were hand embroidered onto kitchen towels / tea towels / dish towels . Some on my personal lap quilt project.
May have to bring that one out and keep working on it!
Until next time!

Non-affiliated notes:
All these patterns are from various designs found at
Colonial Patterns Inc. Their website is:
colonialpatterns.com .

Acorns and Stitch Along Heads Up

These cute little acorns and acorns leaves were stitched few years ago. The design is from a Japanese embroidery book. 
We have been quite busy around here, so no time to stitch. However I was tempted by a free stitch-along hosted by Anne, from Lolli and Grace. It'll be a 3 part stitch-along. On her blog she has the pattern, supplies, and is gradually posting the instructions. She is also uploading step by step tutorials on her Youtube channel, you'll find the video embedded at the end of Part 1 of the stitch along blog post.  I loved the design just as she stitched it! Will leave link below just in case you'll like to take a peek.
Until next time!

Non-affiliated Link:
Image below is a screenshot from Lolli and Grace's blog.

Lolli and Grace Blog/ Stitch-Along posts