I'm very happy to introduce my Thanksgiving stitchery! These are my girls. I stitched them for over a year. This means that they are sweet and I adore them.


I made this thing with the idea of selling the pattern on Craftsy.com.  I don't draw. That is why it's nice that websites like Fiverr.com are out there. I was able to find and commission someone to make these sweet maidens for me. I told the artist what I wanted and sent samples of the girls to give him an idea of what I had in mind. I love what he did. I payed him for his awesome work and bought the commercials rights. So now I can sale them as my own. 





It was about 7 years ago when I first read the quote "Thankfully Live within Your Harvest". I immediately fell in love with it. I was in a quilt shoppe, that is no longer in business, in Provo, Utah. They had the cutest Thanksgiving quilt with these little words lovingly hand stitched into it.  I wanted to use the quote in my own festive turkey quilt but never got around to making it.  Ergo, a teeny, tiny stitchery with these darling ladies on it.





I am extremely pleased with how it turned out. Plus, it was a lot of fun to make.

Today's quilt is one I made for my dear sweet friend Jenielle. I feel connected to Jenielle in so many special ways. I met Jenielle while I was a nanny. She was a nanny too. But her family also lived in NY. She was such a dear friend to me. One of my favorites. She was one of those friends that I wish I could take with me wherever I go. She is someone that you can find happiness and fun with whenever she is around. 



Jenielle lost her sister, Danielle, and her father to cancer within just one year of each other. I cannot imagine. 



I told her I wanted to make this quilt for her hoping it might help in some way. Not that it could. 



I had a lot of help with this quit. Jenielle's sweet nieces and sister helped me with photos, names and a poem that one of her nieces wrote and I desperately wanted on the quilt.

 Her Father, Monk Bailey, was the branch president of the singles branch that I attended. Damon was his first counselor. Monk was an amazing man. He was a loving and caring person. He had a good sense of humor. He was a very passionate man. He made a huge impact on my life and many others. I'm lucky that I was able to know him.

Here is the poem….it's beautiful!

A year to mark your start at birth.

Until the year you leave this earth.

Our existence fills but one short day before our lives are swept away.

A dash separates 2 numbers here and the difference is a life so dear.

The years with in that simple mark are remembered now with heavy hearts.

But we are gathered here today not to morn your life away.

But to celebrate the days that come and went in many ways.

And now that your mortal journey's through, I’m glad I spent some days with you.

We love and miss you here tonight but we know it will turn out all right.

Because our Savior conquered death we know we’ll share our days again.

We do not stand here and for you weep-- there is not death, but only sleep.

By Madison Houghton

I love the little hexagons.

Jenielle and her mom, Kristine.

"You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known-and even that is an understatement." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

This dresden plate is not placed right. I did not do this. My friend that quilted this quilt had removed all the dresdens and put them back on and for some reason, unbeknownst to me, she put it like this.



I really like the quilting on this quilt. And think Mary did an excellent job.


And the whole time I was trying to take photos of this quilt Ian was photo bombing me.

This was a special quilt for me to make. I truly love this family. I'm grateful that they were such a wonderful part of my life.

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