April Welcome

Wishing you beautiful April days!

Our wrens will arrive in late April, early May~

Windows will be open a crack and their song will flow in.

Take good care, Friends

Praying you're staying strong and healthy.

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!

Our Winnie Wren has arrived home for the season~

Perched high in the flowering crabapple tree & calling to a suitor!

Both of these Springtime blues are blooming at the same time~

Beautiful and so very similar!

Above, Brunnera

Below, Forget me not

Our sweet Winnie~

Same house every Spring through the summer months...

Keeping us in song.

  

When you see them up close you can see the subtle differences~

Brunnera, a deeper blue

Forget me not, sky blue with a kiss of sunshine yellow in the center!

Hope Spring showers are waking up your gardens, too~

Studio Wren Punch Needle

"Studio Wren" copyright 2017 Michelle L. Palmer

Our petite little friend always arrives when the forget me nots are blooming!

She will perch in the pines, dance across the fence top...

March across the window ledges!

Can you hear her sweet song?

This punch needle pattern is very painterly~

I used Instant Antique (Primitive Gatherings) to stain the background colors.

Some friends spritz their completed works to age & make them prim.

I like to spritz the floss prior to punching my designs.

Be sure to lay paper down to protect your surface from staining.

Take them out of the wrapper & spread out gently so they don't tangle.

Allow to dry completely before punching.

Hope your day is going great, Friends!

Thank you for stopping by~