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Happy Thanksgiving! Wee Gobbler by Heart in Hand

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope you are having (or had) a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for my readers who visit and also those who take the time to comment on my blog. I appreciate all the love and support! You all have been so wonderful! I am also so very thankful for the cross stitching community online and for FlossTube. I have made so many new friends over the past year. Everyone in the cross stitching community is so positive and supportive. I have been so inspired by all the projects and ideas that are shared which helps me think outside the box with my own projects. I hope to keep sharing videos and blogging to maybe inspire someone else with my own creations.


Today I am sharing a very special piece, Wee Gobbler by Heart in Hand. I purchased this chart many years ago. If memory serves me correct, around 16 years ago, but maybe more! I had purchased a design from my local needle shop, Silver Needle, 16 years ago to make a gift for my soon-to-be Mother in Law. I believe I picked this chart up at the same time. I had a piece of linen in my stash (no clue the count or name because I don't have the receipt) so I used it to stitch Wee Gobbler on. I used all the called for DMC and it was very enjoyable to stitch. I really think I am a linen girl and I don't know why I don't buy and use it more often! It feels like the easiest fabric to stitch on.



After I stitched up Wee Gobbler I mounted him to a piece of Pres On Self Adhesive Mounting Board with a layer of quilt batting in between. I found this frame on clearance at Hobby Lobby. The middle part of the frame has a metal design so I hot glued a magnet to the back of Wee Gobbler and he sticks right on. Between the Wee Gobbler and the frame is a layer of cardboard covered with maroon mini check fabric from my stash. I thought it helped some of the colors in the Wee Gobbler design pop.

This year I displayed him inside this tiered wire pumpkin I purchased from JoAnn which I placed on my fireplace hearth. Wee Gobbler is my first Thanksgiving piece I have stitched and I plan to make more Thanksgiving pieces. I typically don't decorate for Thanksgiving because I take down all my fall decor down before Thanksgiving and start putting up Christmas. However, I have decided that I do truly love Thanksgiving stitchy pieces and they should also be displayed starting in September when I decorate for fall even if they don't stay up until Thanksgiving. There are so many beautiful Thanksgiving designs out there! Turkeys and Thanksgiving pieces shouldn't be allowed only during the month of November right?? No one ever said that was a 'rule.' 😄

Here is my FlossTube where I show my completed Wee Gobbler:

I am officially finished showing off all my fall stitchy pieces that I have completed so far! I have plenty of Christmas pieces to share between now and the end of the year so stay tuned!
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