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Hello Friends & Folk ~ and a very happy Sunday to us all... If you are a follower of mine on Facebook or Instagram, you may remember that I am in the process of working on a sweet little embroidered angel. ~ and that I promised to share with those interested how I create the faces on my embroidered-folk. so as promised and as a gift to you, here is the Embroidery Angel Template FREEBIE for you to download and use to stitch along with me as I work... click on this template to bring to full…

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Good Morning Friends & Folk ~ and happy sunny hot & humid Wednesday to you all! After being in New England this past weekend, my melancholy heart is longing for my roots… ~ the sights & colors of old Connecticut & Massachusetts have my imagination going in a direction towards Autumn once again ~ and that is fine with me. While in Sturbridge, we visited a little shop called Quilt & Cabbage where I found the most beautiful homespuns in my favorite shades; blacks, greys, blues, cheddars…

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Hello Friends & Folk! ...happy Wednesday to us all... thank you for stopping in for a visit ~ the day is a beautiful one, with the occasional high fluffy cotton cloud and bright blue sky... our black walnut trees are dropping their leaves and I've been harvesting the nuts to make my dye. I cannot believe that our Halloween Open House & Stitch In is this Saturday! we are so looking forward to seeing everyone ❤ I will take lots of photos and perhaps video of the day, for those who can't attend…

Good Moring Friends & Folk! ...and a happy Soggy Saturday to us all... it rained most of the night, leaving our ground saturated and sponge-y ~ great for the flowers, not so for the shoes lol. Some of you have asked me what sampler I used as the the background to this photo of my latest little embroidered Farm Folk: I used my 'Eliza Chace' sampler as seen below, although the photo is a bit washed out ~ here's a better photo showing colors of linen, threads & stains... This sampler is in my…

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Hello Friends & Folk! here is a very short primer on how I have done my color-shaded embroidery project, "Spring on the Farm" which the pattern is now available in my Etsy shop as PDF download or Paper/Mailed versions... I used coffee stained osnaburg for my ground cloth, then drew on my motifs with a FINE point black Sharpie pen...{YOU will be using a lightbox to trace your template onto your osnaburg} Once my pattern drawing {tracing} is complete, I then use my PRISMACOLOR pencils to color…

A quick HELLO to you Friends & Folk! lots to do before leaving for OH on Wednesday ~ but I wanted to remind you all to visit the May Update on Early Work Mercantile www.earlyworkmercantile.net I am offering this finished/framed model for my miniature sampler: Little Brown Dog I have loved it since designing it, and especially love the little frame it's in ~ please visit my page on EWM to read more ~ the paper pattern for Little Brown Dog is also available in my Etsy shop ~ Click HERE to…

Hello Friends & Folk … and happy monday to you ~ tis another gray-day here at the farm. a bit cooler than yesterday ~ have been enjoying it when it gets cool.. nothing makes me happier that stitching by our wood stove here in the keeping room! Here is a preview of "Winter Fox" …a soon-to-be-released pattern: model for Winter Fox was stitched onto my 32ct Old Farmhouse hand dyed linen using DMC threads my beautiful model was impeccably-stitched by the talented hands of Beth Wiksen {thank you…

Good morning friends & folk ~ please stop over at Early Work Mercantile to see all of the fine offerings from all of the most talented artisans! here is my offering ~ "October 31st Applique Sampler " ~ Blessings from the Farm ~ Lori

Good Monday Morning Friends & Folk! ...while rummaging through my winter/holiday decorations, I found this little cross stitched snowguy that I made last year ~ I had the idea to 'capture' him in a glass jar, so I repurposed a 'Cheerful Giver' glass candle jar & lid.... here he is outside his glass world: ↓ ...and here he is captured once again inside... {sorry about the glare} ↓ here is the lid, I covered it with a circle of cotton batting {to fit just smaller than the lid} and then covered…

Good Monday Morning ~ Friends & Folk! yes, it is a good morning. even for a Monday... the sun is shining, the air is sweet and I have rested well. Peter & I spent the day with Hannah yesterday ~ enjoying a nice dinner, cake, cards... and a beautiful lily plant from Hannah & Tevin ~ that I will add to our farmhouse garden. the rest of my time was spent daydreaming of tiny stitches and samplers.... I am in the midst of charting a whole bunch of new designs to send to my talented model…

Good Morning Friends & Folk! and a happy sunny & bright Thursday to you all ~all of our snow from yesterday's storm has melted {thankfully}and I can see my little daffodils in our back woods once agai

~ Good Morning Friends & Folk ~ just a quick post to let you know that my new pattern is in our Etsy shop! here is: "Beloved" Thread & Pin Tuffet I stitched the model onto my 32ct Old Farmhouse Linen using all DMC threads throughout. stitch count is 87w x 80h finished tuffet size is approx.: 5-3/4" x 6-1/4" click HERE to purchase yours our Farm Shop will be OPEN today & tomorrow from 10 - 3 but it might be COLD in there until the wood stove warms it up! ~ so wear your woolies if you're…

cross stitch, needlework, samplers, folk art, embroidery, applique, punch needle, primitive, notforgotten farm, lori brechlin, rug hooking