Waiting for SECOND SPRING.... on a Slow Stitching Sunday...

      So last time I was here I thought Spring was in the air... but it was actually FIRST SPRING... we've returned to SECOND WINTER...  it turns out snow flurries were still  lurking ... ugh... my daffodils and hyacinths don't seem to mind and lots of other stuff is poking up... it will be a surprise when it blooms as I'm not sure what I planted in what spots... ahhhh... the joys of gardening... and the colder weather didn't stop me from buying some new plants for my yard... 2 little shrubs called Anna's Magic Ball... click here to see them...  love that chartreuse color ... and I splurged and bought a tree form lilac called a Boomerang Lilac... you can see it here... it is supposed to bloom TWICE a season once it's established... gonna have it planted right by the front door of the sunroom porch space... the fragrance should be wonderful!!! Now for us to move onto SECOND SPRING... LOL

As for crafty stuff... I did get the rest of my Spring decor out... I'll show a couple of spots... and I've been doing a lot of cross stitching and a bit of knitting but I haven't turned my sewing machine on for  weeks... no mojo... I thought it would come back after I cleaned out the storage room ... I had everything piled into the sewing area so it was messy messy messy... but now it nice and neat but I dithering between projects... still have the Momo quilt on my wall... it's getting late to do a tulip quilt... I have a patriotic quilt languishing, just needs the rows sewn to each other... might want to start a quilt with my Jen Kingwell fabrics... should work on quilt for my son... bought a new quilt book with layer cake patterns... I have LOTS of layer cakes... and while all of these projects are chattering, I'm just not feeling like sewing. 

So lets turn to what I have been feeling like doing... cross stitch Spring-y stuff... This first piece is from a new to me Ukrainian designer Stitchy Princess Black...here's a link to her Etsy... her patterns are pdf so you have immediate gratification... this one is called Easter Rabbits...

now if you look at the pattern it is cute but very brown... I wanted something more Spring-y... so I stitched this on 32 ct linen I dyed with Rit Petal Pink... changed the bunnies to white ones and eliminated the acorn and pine cones and subbed in more flowers....

So here's my wall display... 

The quilt is from years ago... Jelly & Jam pattern from Fig Tree Co. and  Verna fabric from Kate Spain...  in the tier tray below Be Hoppy is Easter from WTNT Jelly Bean Jubilee and below that another WTNT piece  Holiday Hoopla Easter... 

And I FFO'd  Be Hoppy by Salt & Pepper Stitching...here's a link to her shop... I'm very happy with this one too... and I wanted a pink "frame" for this piece but had no pink paint... so I mixed my own with some pearlescent white and red and I loved how it turned out... it is just an inexpensive  8 x 8" board with a clip from either Hobby Lobby or Michaels... I took off the clip so I'd just have the board... I don't think I've ever done anything this pink before... but I LIKE IT!!! 

here's Easter from Jelly Bean Jubilee...

and the cute bunny from  Holiday Hoopla...

And here is the side shelf unit...

The new pink Easter Rabbits is keeping company with a gift from a friend....

below I have a basket of tulips with Spring from Lizzie Kate...

on the bottom shelf a tiny lady with a GIANT tulip... that's from Pineberry Lane... 

and other assorted knickknacks...the mercury glass duck is one of my favorite Spring pieces...

I'll show more Spring decor next time I update here... in the meantime I got lots of goodies from the Nashville Needlework Market...

I have NO self control...LOL...  as you can see some WTNT, BBD, Jeanette Douglas, Lila's Studio, Hands on Designs, Chessie & Me and Plum Street... there is so much talent out there!!! 

And you know how I love organization... my philosophy is that you can have waaaaay more stuff if you organize it!!  The other day I stumbled across this over the door organizer... you can see it here on Amazon... they have a couple of colors and for some reason the green was the least expensive and I love green... and the room I put this in is painted green... in fact I refer to it as the green room... very creative aren't I?  LOL ... anyway here it is in action...

I love how I can now see all my Rit dyes... before they were in a big box and I had to root through it every time I was looking for a color... and now I can see what I have and that I have multiples of some colors...hey, don't ever want to run out of Lemon Yellow or Apple Green!!

So don't know exactly what the next week or two will bring... still dealing with dental issues... I think it is going to be a year long process, but at least at the moment, knock on wood, nothing hurts... got some outdoor projects I'm waiting for contractors to do... new lighting and a new raised bed for my dahlias... I've bought a ton of dahlia tubers... it will be a surprise when they all show up on my doorstep to join the 9 or 10 or maybe 11 bags I bought at Costco and all the ones I dug up... now all the ones I dug up won't be viable, but usually a good portion are... you can never have too many dahlias!!!

Hope things are going well for you... the precarious state of the world certainly makes me and I'll bet most of you uneasy... I keep praying ... that good sense makes a return to this planet...

I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts today... and if you are inclined and are interested in samplers from the past check out this hashtag on IG... #xstitchsamplersunday....  I started it a couple of weeks ago for stitchers to showcase those treasures we stitched years ago... we always show our latest creations but those we did in the past are fun to revisit and reminisce about...  

happy stitching-

carol fun 

PS... I know I missed my semi-annual rant about Daylight Saving Time... I still HATE it... Fingers crossed that they will move to stop it... heard it won't be till 2023... I never understand why if something isn't working you can't stop it NOW, TODAY... why wait days, weeks, months... if it isn't working now then get rid of it... so there's my rant... maybe it will be my last one...on this subject...LOL