Notforgotten farm cross stitch

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…

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I'm So happy with the responses & emails that you all have sent me regarding my last post! (and yes, Ginny C. I enjoy the process AND the outcome!) so I thought I'd show a little more of how I do this... (I'm working on a video tutorial too) So as you can see, I have drawn a shape directly onto my Cupboard Cloth (our hand dyed osnaburg) and have begun stitching tiny little x's with one strand of DMC floss ~ working from left to right, making half stitches, then coming back right to left to…

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Gallery.ru / Photo # 5 - Notforgotten Farm - Le révérend Gourdon Squashbottom…

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

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As promised, but maybe a little late ~ Here is my new "SUMMERFIELD" cross stitch design ~ ( I personally love this one.) Summerfield by Notforgotten Farm© top-hatted Ladye, sweet sheep, beeskep & bees...lots of sunflowers too ~ I decided to finish this into a larger sawdust-stuffed pillow and backed it with a mix of 4 coordinating repro civil war era fabrics in shades of orange/mustard/yellow ochre ~ model was stitched by Felicia Martin onto my 30ct. Old Farmhouse Linen© with DMC threads…

I LOVE to share, so for Friendship's sake, please have fun and enjoy these freebies!!! you may stitch them for yourself, for gifts or for minimal profit ~ please be kind by mentioning Notforgotten Farm as the actual designer ~ PLEASE remember these are free for you to use, but kindly refrain from ever copying and selling the actual chart/graph... ~ that just wouldn't be nice. Click on the chart you want to stitch, then save it to your computer and print out. the corresponding symbol/floss…