I found this is a wrinkled ziploc bag at the bottom of a plastic bin -- double the protection - LOL! It was almost complete. All it needed was a little stitching on the border and that little tree.
Now I'm sure that the original kit came with the felt for this tree but it is long gone. Luckily I have a nice stash of wool felt and found this lovely green piece. I did a buttonhole stitch along the outer edge and filled it with french knots. Yes, my tree does blow in a the wind a bit.... I meant to do that.... um yeah, I didn't think you'd believe that. Somehow as I was stitching it down it just kept leaning, so I went with it. I think it adds a nice element to the piece. And isn't that little saying wonderful? And what was even more wonderful, is that when I liberated this from the ziploc bag all that over one stitching was already done!
Now I find it interesting that this little piece (the stitched area is just 5" square) includes a yellow house... and you know how I LOVE yellow houses and what can only be the long lost cousin of the polka dot chicken, a polka dot turkey!
I stitched this piece years ago, long before the idea of a polka dot chicken ever entered my mind. Maybe the seeds were sown with this piece.... my mind is filled with all kinds of useless clutter - LOL!
Right now I'm counting among my blessings water based house paints and the well padded derriere that the good Lord gave me. I got 2 coats of primer and 1 coat of semi-gloss on the living room and dining room baseboards. The LR measures about 20' X 12' and the dining room is about 12' X 12'. Add in 2 door frames (one to the kitchen and one for the front door) and a funky half wall divider with a well in it... I think it may have been a planter box... and you have a whole lot of sitting on the floor scootching around. That tiny little voice is again pointing out that a second coat of semi-gloss would be in order. Right now I'm stuffing a sock in its mouth... a lovely cashmere sock with cables that I'm knitting for me.
Hope you all have a wonderful week! I've got lots on my agenda - more painting, my youngest starts back to college classes which has me chauffeuring and helping with assignments, and I have some cleaning and pitching of junk I want to do. We'll see how it all pans out.
Happy stitching-
carol fun
That's so cute! How nice to have it finished off! :0)
ReplyDeleteUgh! Painting is one of my least favorite things to do. I am glad you liberated this little sampler - it sure is cute. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI love your finish. I have always liked red brick colored houses, but your yellow ones are making me reconsider. All that painting-you are a great Mom!
ReplyDeleteNice
ReplyDeleteVery cute finish! I love the leaning tree, it makes it look natural. Trees shouldn't be perfectly symmetrical.
ReplyDeleteLove this sampler. The turkey is so cute. Sorry about the painting. I hate to paint.
ReplyDeleteYour sampler is very cute. The leaning tree looks natural to me -- what??? is something wrong with it??
ReplyDeleteI like to paint, but at someone else's house!
Glad you finished the sampler. It was time to be out in the light.
The frame looks great on this. I am so glad that you found it and finished it off!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute framed finish, Carol!! And I love the tree you created out of your own wool felt. I am a yellow house lover, too--there is just something so cheery about them :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you are a really awesome Mom. I hope your son realized just how blessed he is to have a great Mom like you. :)
ReplyDeleteHope your younger son adjusts well to college. It's such an exciting time to be young, going to college, the whole world is his for the taking, that's pretty cool!
I can't wait to see progress on that cashmere sock...I think cables are so pretty on socks. :)
Blessings always