Kindness Counts, Free Patterns, Flicker Blocks

We had a snowstorm ten days ago and I captured this shot of Petey from my tv room chair. Ned is still off somewhere in the yard. Neither of them seemed aware of the wild weather all around them. This is the most snow we've had on the ground since living in this house. I can touch the roof in places. It means the ground will get a lot of water this spring and after a couple of drier years, that's a good thing. 

 Back in 2016, just over ten years ago, I wrote this post called 5 Healthy Things I'm Doing.  I reread it recently and was happy to find I'm still doing those things most of the time; the oil pulling has fallen by the wayside but I've picked up a couple of other practices. Like doing 10 or so squats each day. 

You would think we had a beaver living with us. Ned still loves sticks and snuck in a rather large one by the looks of the leftover chewings. I have a high tolerance for pet shenanigans. 

I needed to find my button tin and had to do some digging. That's always a good thing because I come across so many things I'd forgotten about. Like these Blue Strings blocks I stitched last year. I couldn't settle on an arrangement, became overwhelmed by all the layout choices, hence became paralyzed and did nothing. Has that happened to you? Is that why you have WIP's too?

And finally the button tin was unearthed. It's an original Scottish McVitie's & Price famous Petticoat Tail Shortbread tin. The wedges had a frilled end like a lady's petticoat. 

I inherited this from the first wife and I wonder who she inherited it from. I'm hoping to find a few interesting buttons to use with my appliqued snowmen.

I stitched the first four Flicker blocks in the March RSC reds. Thought I'd switch up the backgrounds so using darker shades for this round. 

I still love this free cross stitch pattern from the amazing Teresa Kogut. I enjoy her YouTube videos too. HERE is the link to her website.

Kindness is Free and what a sweet design it is too. Teresa always puts a lot into each of her designs. 

And the Moda Fabrics folks still offer this project below that includes quilting and embroidering. Stitching Kindness is a beautiful red and white quilt from Susan Ache. The patterns are all there to stitch this quilt and copy the words. I was thinking this pattern would make one of those quilts you could put family names on. 

HERE is the link to Susan's beautiful quilting books for sale on Amazon too. 

LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week is about hair cuts we've had. Since I cut my own hair, I have no one to blame for several bad cuts I've sported at times throughout the years. Getting a professional cut hasn't always worked out either...like the last one. It wasn't a good cut at all and I came home and did some trimming. I felt sorry for the lady who did it. She was a single working mom and I gave her a big tip. And I've since wondered how she is doing because it is a competitive business.

I do hope all manner of kindnesses are surrounding each and every one of you. 💗