Michelle Palmer: Embroidery

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Monday, June 1

Common Thread Pattern

Sharing a pattern~

Personal use only, please.

You have my permission to enlarge this pattern for your project.

Applique, embroidery, rug hooking, rug punch...

I think I'm going to relax with some slow stitching.

This pattern is for punch needle with embroidery floss~

Reversed & ready for tracing.

Right click on the image to save it to your computer.

Print 'Actual Size' or 100% to fit on standard printer paper.

The original is 9'' x 6''

"There is a thread that binds all of us together:

Pull one end of the thread,

the strain is felt all down the line."

Rosamond Marshall

Wednesday, May 6

Punch needle pattern

Sharing what we have~

Gathering groceries for elderly friends, checking with

each other before we run errands to protect and connect.

How we love our neighbors, near and far.

Chickadee was wondering if Wren had a few

straight pins she could borrow...

Hope you're staying strong and healthy~

Take good care, Friends <3 nbsp="" p="">

Monday, February 17

Punch needle patterns flow blue & stoneware

'Buttercups & Blue Perch' & 'Springtime in Mumford'

A person can never have too much blue.

I'm not sure when my love for blue began.

Had to be the delivery room doctor's periwinkle blue scrubs?

(giggle)

Not one of our walls are painted blue.

Our furniture is not blue.

Curtains are not blue.

Cars are not blue.

If we walk through an antique show, thrift shop... auction...

Old blue treasures glow beautiful!

(Some pieces even hop into open arms!)

I'm not the only one to bring broken, singles, mismatched blue home~

Hubby and Alaina have made sure to spoil my heart

with rare pieces.

I treasure every chip, crack & crazing~

It keeps them in my price range!

'Buttercups & Blue Perch'

Chickadees and buttercups~ Spring is just around the corner!

It will be nice to have the windows open again...

'Springtime in Mumford'

Gathered my first salt glazed stoneware piece while in college.

Mumford, NY is the home of Genesee Country Village & Flint Hill Pottery.

The pottery shop is always a favorite in the village~ watching the artisans.

We have gathered a few pieces through the years... small scale masterpieces!

Hope your week is off to a great start!

I don't think we are expecting any winter storms...

Tomorrow is expected to be balmy!

Always a sweet tease that spring is just around the corner~

Thank you for stopping by~

Sunday, November 3

Annual Christmas Stocking

Wishing you joy!

~2019 Christmas Stocking~

Three free applique projects to say Thank you!

Thank you for your friendship!

Thank you for your kindness!

Thank you for your patronage!

I have included all three years of stocking projects in this post.

You can use the patterns for punch needle, embroidery,

rug hooking, quilting, applique etc.!

Personal use only, please.

Carolina & House Wrens are with us throughout the summer and early fall.

They cheerfully sing from dawn til dusk.

Every now and then, one will perch on my studio windowsill~

Right click to save the above pattern to your computer~

My stitches are not the prettiest...

It is always exciting to see finished works from all of you!

Plaids, stripes, textures, over-dyed, mottled... so many options!

(Quiver) Sharing a close up of my stitches...

2018 was a plaid red fox!

Right click and save the above pattern to your computer~

I shared this jolly snow friend the first year!

Right click and save the above pattern to your computer~

Black snaps as buttons & eyes...

Twine or craft hemp for snowman arms~

Wishing you beautiful November days!

Filled with creative projects~

Thank you again, Friends!

Wednesday, January 23

Little Mouse punch needle~

Hi Sweet Friends!

I hope your New Year is off to a great start~

My furry little friend has one of the coziest perches in the house!

How I love to gather and use vintage pincushions.

Especially tomato & strawberry pinkeeps.

Every sewing basket that I can remember (and there were a lot of them)

had a bright red tomato, with matching emery sand strawberry, tucked inside.

I would pull them out and straighten all of the pins~

Organize the straight pins by color, the needles by size.

Then I would dig to the basket bottom and find all of the buttons~

String them together with thread by size & type.

Gram, mom, neighbors & aunts were probably happy for a quiet minute!

This little Sparrow was a joy to design & punch~

It took me as long to add the mini pom pom trim and

flannel backing as it did to punch the entire piece!

I admire the talent and attention to detail that folks put into

finishing their works. I'm going to make a better effort to finish

each of my punch needle works a little differently.

I framed mine for years... dust free & protected from pets.

These snow friends are in the 2019 Christmas-Winter issue of

Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine

I added a little tutorial on how I achieve a plush and velvety texture by

punching with a longer loop and snip the very tips off.

I found the vintage trim for 'Peppermint Stroll' at a local thrift shop.

Rug Hooking Magazine is celebrating their 30th year of publication!

I was honored when they asked me to share an

article and punch needle pattern~

Winter is so much warmer with these loud friends at the feeder!

Hope you're all staying cozy and that your hearts are happy~

Thank you for visiting, Friends

Thursday, July 19

Punch needle Holstein cows~

Punch needle project currently in my hoop~

These grazing Holsteins are interpreted from one of my very early watercolor paintings.

Summer on a farm~

The Girls would talk to each other as they crossed over the hill and

headed out to pasture for the day~

They were still carrying on conversation at milking time

as they slowly made their way back to the barn.

I loved to hear our neighbor calling them home and

the sound of their hoofs clopping across the paved road.

The cows knew exactly which stanchion was theirs...

Each with their own name~

They're just perfect.

Hope your summer has been going great, Friends!

Tuesday, September 26

Punch needle patterns~

'Rooster Rising' my dad would always say,

"Never let the sunshine catch you sleeping!" "Up an at 'em!"

Days with him were always filled with adventure~ and love!

Hello, Friends!

It has been too long since my last post~

Summer seemed to dash by us and Autumn has arrived with

unseasonably warm and beautiful days!

The gardens continue to call to me and

somehow I find myself spending too much time away from my desk~

When the moon is so bright you don't need a flashlight~
That's when I imagine new friends are made!

Apple a Day' ~ The orchards smell so, so good right now!

We have been enjoying several warm days.

Driving past the rows of apple trees with our window down~

Sure to make an apple pie as soon at the 80 degree days go back down to the 60's.
(I think punch needle each day is great medicine, too!)

My dad would sit on the edge of my light blue

sand box (that he had built) and look up to the moon and say,

"I love you all the way up there, to that big white moon~ and back"

He used the moon to keep me awake on the way home

from Christmas Eve parties,

"Where's that moon, Boo? Did you see Santa fly around it yet?"

Something about the moon~

Perfect place for our little crow friend to rest his wings~

Pumpkins can get heavy!

I remember walking through the pumpkin patch with little ones.

They would find the biggest one they could wrap their little

arms around & claim it as their own.

It would grow heavy in their arms after a few steps~

Mom always put a ceramic pumpkin (that my sister made)

in our front picture window.

I loved the soft glow of the smiling jack o lantern's face

as it reflected in the window.

The pumpkin sat on a very thick encyclopedia,

wrapped in tin foil, for perfect height. I put my little friend on a pedestal~

Hope your Autumn days are filled with happiness, Friends!

Tuesday, August 22

Echinacea~ coneflower applique

Sharing my progress!

I found the prettiest Valdani thread~

#12 pearl cotton

At first I was concerned that it would be too bold.

The colors decided they would play nice together!

I'm glad I chose a brighter, variegated, color for the flowers.

I think I will keep the greens low-key and muted.

I think it would make a beautiful fall jacket for a mouse, too~

Time will tell!

Hope your week is off to a great start, Friends!

Thursday, August 17

Wool applique August Echinacea

August Echinacea is so beautiful~

As it begins to fade & mottle it starts to resemble my watercolor palette!

I purchased a beautiful piece of wool from Kimberley Severns

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NampaFarmgirlCreates

to make my very first wool applique project.

When I saw the wool on-line I thought it would make a pretty hydrangea blossom.

The piece had some deeper tones when it arrived & I immediately thought

Purple coneflowers!

Little friend waking up on the sunny side of the day~

They fill the gardens with beauty starting late June, early July~

Soon they will lose all of their petals and American Goldfinch

will be perched on top of them snacking on seeds!

I will leave them through early frosts & the first few snowfalls.

Swallowtails have been busy this morning...

Too busy to hold still for their portraits~

Wishing you a beautiful day, Sweet Friends~

Thank you for stopping by!