Thanks and New Stuff

Good Sunday Afternoon!

Yesterday I spent a great deal of time loading my

Reproduction samplers into my ETSY Shoppe.

Boy was it worth it.  Thank you so much for all

of your orders!!  What a joy to have a response

like that.

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MAGNET BOARD

I told  you a few weeks ago that I am going to start

going through all the stuff left from my shoppe and

offering it to you first.  It is overwhelming when

I look in my garage, shed, and storage unit that

is stuffed with all of these things.  

This is a really good-looking magnet board that

I sold in my shoppe.  It has a great aged tin mounted in 

one of my grained frames.  The little magnets were

hand painted by me.  You get four magnets and

the board for

 $57.00 including the shipping.  

The outside dimension of the frame is

10 1/2" X 13 1/2" and the magnets are

5/8" in diameter.

I only have one but if I can find the rest of the

tins in storage, I  could make more.

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MOTIF TOWELS

These are really sweet towels.  A special little

treat for your guest bath or kitchen.  The little

motifs were stitched on linen and machine

stitched to the towel, so they will not ravel

away to nothing.  I do recommend

gentle washing and hang to dry.  Just the

same treatment you would give any of your

nice linens.
They measure a generous 24" long 
and 14" wide.
If you order please refer to them as listed -

Upper left blue towel with heart

Upper right blue towel with flower

Lower left blue towel with flower

Lower right blue towel with peacock

Tan towel with blue flower

Tan towel with red flower

Tan towel with peacock

$11.50 including shipping

STITCHING LADY TOTE BAGS

These are finally back in stock and because I could

not go to the Nashville Trade Show or do the

Online Show this Spring, I am offering my Blog

followers a limited time special.

I will honor this price until next Sunday.
Wouldn't this be a nice Mother's Day gift!!

ORIGINALLY $18.00  ~~  

NOW $14.50 including shipping

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If you would like any of these things, I take Paypal,
personal checks, Master Card and Visa
and I will combine shipping for you. 
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I'm heading back to my shed now to pull out a few
more things.  Stay tuned.  I might find a treasure 
or two for you.
Many Happy Stitches,
Sandra

Reproduction Samplers

Good Afternoon Everyone!

THE LUCY REDD 

REPRODUCTION SAMPLER

This is a very quick post just to let you know that

I have put all but one of my reproduction samplers

in my ETSY Shoppe.  For some reason I have had

a lot of interest in them of late, so now is the time

to display them for you.  

Also, you might like to know that I am working

on another one that is just so unique and Faye

found a great one that she is going to let me

reproduce.  I try to find samplers that are different

and of course in my price range.  Fortunately, I

was able to collect many of mine when the

prices were not so crazy.

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Also, I will try to get my three new publications

on the ETSY site soon.  If you don't do ETSY,

just let me know.  That is not a problem at all.

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While I was at the ETSY Shoppe I updated it

a bit with some more stuff.  My plan is to add more

this weekend.   I'll let you know.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

New Stuff!!

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

Hope things are great in your little

part of the world.  We are gleefully awaiting

 our first significant rainfall in quite a

while.  So happy because of the mini drought

we have been in and this pollen needs to

get out of here.  Tomorrow promises to

be a gray, wet day, so I will be spending

my day printing these new publications.

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OH SPRING ~ I SURELY LOVE EWE

PFC-101

Retail $8.00

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CROW PATRIOTIC 

STITCHING NECESSAIRES

CS-63

Retail $7.50

This is a new series of stitching

necessaires.  All will feature

seasonal birds!

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The Avery Collection

It is with great pleasure to introduce a new collection~~

all dedicated to my little grandson - Avery!

ANGEL BLESSINGS

No. 236

Retail $7.50

 The three new

designs will be shipped to Distributors

and my Automatics next week.

Hope you see something you like.  

They will be in my ETSY shoppe soon, so if you

cannot find them in your favorite shoppe, just 

let me know.   If you do not shop on ETSY, 

just give me a call or an email.

Wishing you 

"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

NEEDLEWORK PIRACY

Good Evening Everyone!

I know all of you have been reading about the

"sharing" of needlework designs.  Thanks to Lori

of www.farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com and 

Nancy from www.widgetsandwool.com, many of  

you are now aware of the problems needlework 

designers have been faced with for many years.   

The internet company they site is huge, but

it is not the only one out there.  For years I

have been getting emails from my customers

giving me sites that had downloads of my

designs.  This is far from a new problem.

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I am still in shock from seeing so many of my 
designs on this site, just for the taking.

There are 161 of my publications

listed at the moment.  One of my newest, Spring

 Eggs III, is on their "hot thread" list right now. 
I don't know what that means and I really won't
understand how the site works unless I sign up.

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I honestly believe that until everyone understands

what 'getting something for nothing' is doing to

this industry, we are all going to suffer.

This doesn't just affect the designer.  The brick

and mortar stores and legitimate email stores

are affected by this as well.  Obviously, 
consumers will be affected if their favorite
designers give up.

Many shoppes have said to me that a large part

of their sales are now in fibers and fabrics.

What does that tell you?  One or both of the following.

 We are either stitching designs from a huge stash 

 that we have accumulated over the years or the free

and 'shared' designs that are readily available.  No one 

can blame anyone for stitching from their stash.  We

all do that.  We all have wonderful things just

waiting to be stitched, but free or 'shared' designs

are another thing.  They are killing this industry.

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Those of you who know me well, know that

I don't like to get up on a podium, I'm not one to speak

up at meetings, just tend to go with the flow.  This 

though cannot be swept under the rug, or that is where

the needlework industry will go.

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Think how sad that would be for all of us

who so love this beautiful and creative art form.

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Please spread the word about what is going on.

Thanks for listening to me and an even bigger

thank you for liking and buying my designs

over all these many years.  

Wishing you and me 

"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Lazy Spring Monday

  Hi Everyone!

Do you ever have a day when you are just plain

out of it.  Today is my day.  I am in Richmond with

Avery and he is down for his nap right now.  As

soon as I finish this post, I think I will join him.

This adorable yard boy of mine is resting in an

urn in my side yard.  Don't you just love the way

the wild violets have just popped up around him.

I think he is having a lazy day too.

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Hope I wake up refreshed.   I have the ironing

board sit up with all of my supplies to put

the finishing touches on my new pillow

design.  Be back soon to share.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Easter Fun

Hi Everyone!

I hope all of you had as wonderful an Easter

as we did.  We went to a fabulous brunch

  at the restaurant where our son-in-law is the head

 chef.  They merely served approximately 400 hungry

people.  Can you imagine that?  Avery was a

big hit and was perfectly behaved.  

I just have to share a few Easter pictures.  

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 I thought he would hate the bunny ears,

but he never tried to take them off.

So cute!!

 Enjoying some sunshine later that day.

 So full of himself!!  Such a happy baby!!

 Isn't that look hysterical?  Don't you wonder

what he was thinking?  

 His Easter bib was made from old patchwork madras

and I did the outline stitch bunny with Colonial Knot

tail.  Wonderful Ethel sewed it together for him.

 The old basket was his Papa's Easter basket.

 Isn't the basket liner with his name wonderful? 

 Hollis had that made for him.

Trying to decide what to play with first.

We are so blessed with this little boy.

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Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Easter Blessings

Easter Blessings 

to all

my wonderful Blog friends.

Wishing you a wonderful day

with your family and friends.

Sandra

New Stuff

Good Morning Everyone!

Some new items that you do not have to

stitch - instant gratification is sometimes good, don't

you agree!!

  I would like your input though - do you think I should 

do the birds and and "Master Sheep" in cross

stitch.  I value your opinion?

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I hand painted all of these
items.

"MASTER SHEEP"

Measures 23 1/4" Wide X 6" High

$65.00 includes shipping

 "PRIMITIVE BIRD PLAQUES"

5" High X 7" Wide

$27.00 each including shipping

"GRAINED HAND PAINTED MIRROR

20 1/2" High X 13 1/2" Wide

$85.00 including shipping

Tis Sold!

Thank You Claire! 

These items are coming from my old Shoppe.  When 

we closed, so much stuff had to be put in storage.

My goal is to visit the storage unit and start

putting things here and on Etsy.  I have yards

and yards of linen and other fabrics.  Much

of this stuff has been discontinued.  I hope to

start dyeing it and selling in small lots.

Are you interested in frames, unfinished and

otherwise?  I have hundreds of frames in

various states that I know I cannot wholesale

because there are not enough of them to feature

in a publication.  Would you be interested?

I would sell at a drastic discount.

How about stitched models?  I'm not going

to many shows now, plus we only take

the newest when we do go.  Needless to say,

after 30 years of designing, I have a few

models packed away.

It is Spring and it makes you think about

cleaning out.  This storage unit has been

full for three years.  Time to tackle the problem.

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These items are listed in my Etsy Shoppe.

If you are interested and not willing to shop with

Etsy, just email or call me.

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Have a great Saturday.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Almost Finished

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Well, I've been working hard today trying to

finish up these designs.  As you can see they

are not in their finished state, but getting

close.  These three designs will be

ready really soon, as soon as I figure out

how I want to finish them - framed,

cupboard hangers, pincushions, etc.

What do you think?

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"Oh Spring"

"Bless The Babies"

"Crow Patriotic"

(Remember - this is a seasonal series of birds)

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If I have time tonight, I want to add some

painted items to my Etsy site, so you might

want to watch for that.

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UPDATE ON AVERY

The doctor allowed him to start sitting up

today, so he is a happy camper and so is

Hollis.  When I talked to her earlier this

morning, he was really fussy because he

was lying down and unable to really

play with anything.  

He should be ready for the Easter bunny

by Sunday.  Oh happy day!!

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Have a great evening.  No stitches for me -

the computer is calling my name.

Many Happy Stitches to you though,

Sandra

Avery News

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I am back home today, after a very stressful day

in Richmond yesterday.  I had not shared this

with you, but I will now.  We have known for a long

time that Avery was going to have to have some minor surgery

when he got a little older.  Well, the day that we had been

dreading finally came, and unfortunately it ended up being

a bit more complicated than was thought.  He is fine though.  Not 

a happy camper because he is in a good deal of pain when 

his meds wear off, but when his medicine is working he is

the same sweet little boy he always is.  Hollis has to 

keep him quiet for a few days.  That is not a problem as 

long as he is medicated, but good luck when he isn't.

He will be off the medicine about the time I 

 take care of him on Monday, so I'm a little nervous

about keeping him quiet.  Should be interesting.

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The day before his surgery, I decided to take 

pictures of him in his Easter finery, and I'm so glad

I did, because he won't be able to sit up for a while. 

So, here I go, boring you again, 

but I know you understand.

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Note the cross stitched bunny, that is a design

I did years ago called Mr.  Hare.  There is a 

Mrs. Hare as well.

The sweet sheep is what Hollis got him for

his first Easter.  The love of sheep must run

in the family. 

Wishing you a great rest of the day.  I hope

to enjoy it doing a few

"Happy Stitches".

Sandra

A Little Glimpse

Good Morning Everyone!

Here is a little "snippet" of one of my new designs~

"OH SPRING - 

I SURELY LOVE EWE"

It is not quite finished but
I hope you like what you can see.

It will be ready soon along with two

other designs.

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I'm happy to say that I am in Richmond 

and doing a Blog post.  Yeah!  Slowly

but surely I am figuring out how to

do some work away from home.

Avery is awake for longer periods of

time now, so my time is really

limited,  but he is so much fun.  

I actually get to play with him.  It

is amazing how much personality

they have at this age.

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Hope you have a great Spring day.

It is beautiful here in Virginia.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Some Easter Finery

Happy Sunday Everyone!

We have had a wonderful weekend.  The kids

came home to celebrate Lehmer's birthday.

We all went off of our diets in a big way, so

we have a week to get back to normal 

before our Easter celebrating.  So many

wonderful things to eat -- so many 

birthday sweets.  Oh, well, we do this

every year.  You would think we would

learn.  The only one who stayed on his

diet was Avery.

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I wanted to share some more of my Easter

decorating, just simple things that I pull

out every year.  Can't wait until next hear

when all the eggs and bunnies come out

for Avery.

 This is one of a season series that I hang

over my stove in the kitchen.  I take it

down if cooking something really greasy.

I know it is a bad place to hang them, 

but I love them there.

 My sweet friend, Ethel, same to see Avery 

yesterday and brought me these beautiful

lilacs.  Wish you could smell them.

Note the paper mache bunny and my big

Easter design tucked in the branches. 

 Here are some eggs I dyed and some tissue paper

covered eggs that I did years ago.   Some things just

never go out of style.  They are nested in antique

lace instead of grass.

 More bunnies and more eggs that I made.

 Now this is an Easter basket.  I filled this with

baby roses years ago and pull it out every Spring.

Lastly, a great vintage plastic basket filled 

with another one of my eggs.

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Now, just a couple things to offer you.

I made a few journals for some one's Spring

notes.  I covered them with aged scrim and embellished

the little one with a wonderful lavender "vintage" crocheted

trim and a brass flower basket charm.  The large one is

 trimmed with lavender and cream "vintage" crocheted

trim. Wouldn't these make wonderful little Easter gifts?

SPRING JOURNALS

 They each have 50 craft paper pages.

 Large journal $11.50 shipping included.

8" High X 5 3/4" Wide

Small journal $7.50 shipping included.

4" High X 3" Wide
JOURNALS SOLD! 
THANK YOU! 

SPRING SHEEP BOX WITH WAXER 

AND PIN CUSHION

This is such a sweet little box, filled

 with a felted wool pincushion and sheep waxer. 

 The little scene was hand painted by me with a painted 

scalloped edging.  The paper mache box has been

 painted, aged, and distressed, and the edging around the 

top is applied paper.  The box is a 3 1/2" oval and is 

1 1/2" high. Hope you like it.
$22.50 includes shipping
BOX SOLD!
THANK YOU!
I will be making another one, so if 
anyone is interested, let me know.

SHEPHERDESS MAGNET

Lastly, I have my decoupaged magnet.  The

print which I painted is applied to a wooden

square that measures 2" X 2".

$7.50 shipping included.

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Let me know if there is something you like.

I take Paypal, VISA, MC, and checks.

Just email or call me.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra