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Hi there sweet friends, nice of you to stop by!

Prim and folkart needlework designs of drab reds, browns, golds and greens are what I fancy.

Let's share stitchin, sewin, nestin, cookin, collectin, prims, critters and a lovin' mishmash of sweet life...

Friday, October 30, 2009

~ FREEBIE FRIDAY SURPRISE ~

Hi there! Thank you ever so much for visiting here, why don't you relax a bit and enjoy these freebies with me! With winter approaching, maybe some of you will be snuggling in with a good book during those non-stitchy moments, please have a look HERE. Some of these designs would also be lovely done up in other ways. Did you notice the tiny ladybug design ~ cute:) Be sure to check out all the pages, and please notice page 4 has a timely design if you're into Halloween!

Sweet Stitchin and BOOOOOOOOOO!

Tootles, Sue

Sunday, October 25, 2009

~ SUNDAY STITCHIN ~

Hi there! Started this a couple days ago, will be done soon. Maybe you've already stitched one of these?
How about a little fun ~ anybody got a wild guess who the designer is? Hint ~ she's a very kind and generous soul who's mentioned in my toolbar.

Thx for stopping in, you're sweet to visit:)

Sweet Stitchin...

Tootles, Sue

Thursday, October 22, 2009

~ FREEBIE THURSDAY SURPRISE ~

Hi there! I'll admit it (maybe I'm the oddball) but Halloween never interested me much. For those that do enjoy Halloween, here's a freebie I recently discovered.

If you'd like to discover it, go HERE.

Sweet Stitchin...

Tootles, Sue

Sunday, October 18, 2009

~ WINDY WILLOWS FINISH ~

Hi there! Brrrrr.... it's downright nasty cold here, Sunday morning and it's 37 degrees, but thankfully no snow for us yet. Hope you've all had some stitchy time this weekend.

This pinkeep was stitched in June and shall dwell in our home. A girl can never have too many pinkeeps, makes life a little easier. Might you also have a pinkeep in most every room for sticking or grabbing a needle or safety pin?

Windy Willows (Japanese blog) freebie design, Fiddler's 18 ct, Flosses: WDW Cocoa, HDF Old Maid of the Hive and Crescent Colours Black Coffee, filled with crushed walnut shells. I chose the drab colors for that prim look I so adore:)

Thx for looking and Sweet Stitchin to each of you...

Tootles, Sue

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

~ TUESDAY FREEBIE SURPRISE ~

Hi there! Summer has faded fast for us, yet the farm animals continue to welcome each new gray day in the barn yard next door.

Link to a freebie can be found here HERE.

Sweet Stitchin to each of you...

Tootles, Sue

Sunday, October 11, 2009

~ STITCHIN SQUASH SOUP ~

Hi there dear friends!

What in the world is Stitchin Squash Soup you ask? Nothing special, and certainly NOT what it sounds like, just a quiet day for a finish-finish,
a squash tale and homemade soup:)

Today is a beautiful, sunny, blustery autumnal Sunday of 45 degrees in the NYS Finger Lakes Region. When DH said some soup would be nice, I thought yes, maybe it would! So the pot is simmering and I snapped some pics to share with you all.

La D Da's freebie Alphabet with Hare Sampler, thanks to Lori Markovic for a great stitch. Finished as a wee pillow, 18 ct. Fiddlers front and back, Threadworx 1043, DMC 869 and 3830, stitch count 89 x 89. Was intended as a little extra wedding gift but alas, the little brown hare liked it here so much, he never did leave. You know how that is:)
A couple of days ago I paid a visit to Hardy's Farm Market a few doors down. When Mrs. Hardy heard I hoped for a couple bushels of spaghetti squash, she gave me a banana box and said to fill it for $10.00 ~ WOW, quite a savings! My last count was 14 biggish squash! In store this would have been about a $30.00 purchase. So far, I've baked these for cleaning/bagging and sending to the freezer for the winter months. Mind you, I've about 10 more to do ~ LOL! Oh to have an old fashioned root cellar to squirrel away all those Autumnal goodies from the garden...

Several years ago my dear MIL banished my silly fear of making soup. Am so very glad she did cause this chicky soup is the result of my reckless abandon ~ LOL. It all started with the leftovers from a store bought rotisserie chicken. We really like kale in our soup, that's the green stuff, mmmmmmmmm....
Sincere thx to each and every dear friend for taking the time to visit our little piece of the world, your warm kinship means so much, as do your treasured comments:)

There's DH at the door now, he'll be cold and need some warming. Have a lovely day and Sweet Stitchin...

Tootles, Sue