You know that cliché? The one that tells you not to sweat the small stuff?
I wholeheartedly concur. In fact, I never sweat the Small Stuff. I love the Small Stuff!
And Small Stuff and embroidery just go together. There’s nothing better than a wee embroidery project that can be completed from start to finish in less than a weekend.
And this particular Little Thing makes me smile.
I hope it makes you smile, too! I’ll tell you a bit more about it later on, when I get all my ducks in a row. Er… all my sheep.
Well, sheep and ducks.
And other things, too.
Have a happy day!
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And yes, the darling sheep above is included!
I like the blue ground fabric too. Can’t wait to see dem ducks, too.
Is that a button? Or is it just the angle of the photo?
G’day there Mary,
Baa-ack, I mean Quaaa? Baquack? Aaack…
…well, whatever it is that them sheeps and ducks does.
What you’re doing, Mary, sounds better than my interpretation looks!
Just love that sheep and can’t wait to see your ducks and other things.
Cheers, Kath
Little lamb is precious, precious! Looking forward to hearing more about he and his buddies.
Agree on the small things as I am taking a break from a “big” thing and working a small project. What I like is that I actually see it being finished right away so it can be given as a gift! And it makes me smile each time I finish a motif…
-Sharon in France
How hard would I/we have to beg to get you to put that pattern up for us? I can’t get enough of it!!!
This made me smile too Mary – a nice beginning to a Monday morning!
Very cute! My daughter would love to embroider something like that! Have you ever thought of doing children’s classes online? I imagine there are a lot of people, especially homeschoolers, who would be interested in something like that.
Cute! Cute! Cute!
That is adorable. I hope there are many more of those around. “Ewe” are amazing. 🙂
So precious! Can’t wait to hear about it!
Thanks, it’s lovely.
I completed a similar small piece in March! 🙂 A sheep on the meadow… I think it’s a popular motif. I was inspired by flossbox designs… I made my sheep with drizzle stitches, however… More than a hundred of them. sheesh… I got carried away :} That was right after I learnt many free embroidery techniques from you, Mary! 🙂
This new little project intrigues me! I am currently considering starting a little scene of some type done in embroidery, like this you’ve shown, or a flower garden with butterflies. I was just wondering if you had some patterns or ideas for this. I look forward to seeing more from this post!
Oh! so gorgeous!
Gorgeous – I love the colors! Is this something that’s available someplace?
Anyone know how to do a hand embroidered picture frame? Or know the name of a book that would tell me? Thanks
Lying in bed miserable with back pain. Wanted to tell you how visiting your site brings sunlight into the gloom.
Such beauty but so practical. So enjoyable.
Hope you’re feeling better soon, Margaret!
Very pretty!
Is the patterns for your small stuff……sheep and bees ect…. for sale somewhere on your blog…or somewhere else…….I would love to try my hand at these. They are so sweet. I love little projects with great detail.
Thanks so much. Rebecca
Hi, Rebecca – they’ll be available this year. I’ll be tricking them out in the first half of 2013. Thanks for asking! MC