New Designs!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Believe it or not, I have finally finished my

newest designs and I so hope you like them.

Being in a Full-Fall mode, you won't be

surprised that these are

Halloween designs.

So, without further delay, here they are~

A HALLOWEEN YEAR II

"Ding~Dong"

 I used my Nubby Black trim and my "Mouse

brass charm.  These are both available to you.

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COUNTRY SPIRITS COLLECTION

"Many Haunted Stitches"

This is embellished with my new "Bat" brass charm and

mounted in my new Orange/Distressed 4" X 8 1/2" frame.

I shared this design with those who were at "A

Gathering Of Primitive Friends" last weekend and 

everyone really seemed to like it, so I hope you do too.

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Hope all of you have a great weekend.  Mine is going to

be very busy as usual.  I will be putting the finishing

touches on these designs and moving on to my

new Christmas things.  Remember "MERRY BIRDIES"

from last year, well there will be 

"MERRY EWEIES".  

I don't think there is any such spelling for

that word, so I have just made up my own.

If there are any English teachers out there, I'm open

to the correct spelling.  

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"Many Haunted Stitches",

Sandra

The Gathering Of Primitive Friends Update

Good Evening Everyone!

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you 

about our wonderful time at

THE GATHERING OF 

PRIMITIVE FRIENDS

at 

Notforgotten Farm.

It was really great - just a little humid and

soggy at times.  Since we don't do outdoor

events, we were not prepared for bad

weather conditions or about how much

room we needed to show all the products

we took.  Faye and I learned a lot and 

we will do better next time.  I wasn't

happy with the way our booth area looked,

but it didn't seem to keep customers from

coming to see us.  We saw some old friends

and made some new ones.

I'm certain that a great time was had by

all.  I certainly encourage you to try to

come to this wonderful show next year.

Lori's shoppe is beyond description.

It is just delightful and full of wonderful

things.  You would just love it.

Of course, I was forced to spend 

some money there.  Impossible not to.

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I want to take this time to thank Lori,

her husband Peter, and their employees

 for going the extra mile to help Faye

  and I.  They put up our canopy, found us an

extra table for display and a extra 

canopy to protect our things from

the elements.  Without the extra canopy

we would have had no way to protect

our stuff.  They certainly saved the day.

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Here are a few pictures of our booth

area.  Not very pretty I'm sorry to say.

We will do better next time.

These pictures were taken at the end of the

show when we had things laying all

over the place.

Notice the wonderful plastic paint tarps.  We had

these attached to the canopies with clothes pens.

That is Lori and Peter's home behind our area.

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Below are a few pictures of some of the

other vendors.

Some pictures of Lori's shoppe.

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Hope you enjoyed the pictures of the show.

Please join us next year.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Tribute To A Dear Friend

Good Evening Everyone!

As you know, we were away for our family vacation

last week and had a wonderful time.

Unfortunately, a few days into our stay, I received

an awful email telling me that my long time friend

and stitcher of hundreds of Homespun Elegance

designs, Sandy Albert, had passed away unexpectedly. 
I'm sure you have seen her name on my publications
for a very long time.
 Granted she had been fighting ovarian cancer for many 

years, but was doing just that, fighting it and living her

life in the most beautiful way.  She never complained, 

just continued with her treatments and seemed to

be doing OK.  She didn't talk

about it very much (unless you brought it up)

 and because I live in Virginia

and she in North Carolina, I wasn't able to see her.

Consequently, I just assumed she was doing OK.

She had retired from her school position and had

said she could now stitch more and spend all

the time she could with her beloved granddaughter.
She had just finished my Annual Ornaments and my

Cinnamon Stick Santa design.  She will be forever

linked to those designs especially because I know

those were probably her last stitches.  Just saying that 

brings tears to my eyes.  She sent me "Waiting and Watching"

as soon as it was finished so I could add the charm

and make it into the ornament.  When I showed

it in this Blog, I got an immediate email saying

how much she liked the "Christmas Star".  Sandy

was a woman of faith and I think that ornament

really meant something to her.

God bless you Sandy. God bless your wonderful family.

I cannot imagine the grief you are feeling. 

Being a grandmother, I know how much she 

wanted to be around for that little girl.  She

said more than once, she had to stay well, to 

see her grow up.

Life is short and I seem to be reminded of that

more and more often of late.

I'll miss you my stitching friend.

Good Night, 

Sandra

Good Morning Beach!

Avery spelled out in pancakes.  He loved them!  Weather is great - having fun!

Notforgotten Farm Gathering

Good Evening Everyone!

I lied to you last night when I said you would not

hear any Homespun Elegance news until I returned

from my vacation, but I changed my mind.  

That's what happens when you get to my age

and you can't always remember exactly what

you said.  Please don't hold it against me.  I

must learn to not make promises.

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This is exciting news.  I will be exhibiting at

Lori's 

Notforgotten Farm Gathering 

the weekend after I return from the beach.  Boy,

do I have my work cut out for me.  I will have

one week to prepare for this great show.  I have

been trying for three years to be a vendor at

this show, and something always gets in the

way.  I don't know if you remember this, but

three years ago, the weekend after Labor Day, 

Hollis and I were returning from a beach weekend 

(actually about one mile from her house)

 and we were broadsided.

It totaled my SUV and me.  Was in physical

therapy for a while after that.  Needless, to say,

dealing with my injuries and the lack of

my car, I didn't show up at the Gathering.

The next year Avery was newly born, so it was

out of the question.  Last year, I don't know what

happened (age again!), but I didn't go.  Well, I

am trying my best to be there this year.  

Really excited to see any and all of you who

happen to come and to meet all of the

fantastic vendors.

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I hope to see many of you there!  I'll

talk to you about Homespun when I get back,

but I may have to post or Facebook some

pictures of my trip.

Take care while I am gone.

"Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Little Halloween Glimpses

Good Evening Everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that this will probably

be the last Blog post from Homespun Elegance

until the week of September 16th.

I am finally going on vacation to the 

Outer Banks of North Carolina.  

Please keep your fingers crossed that 

their will be no hurricanes while we are

there.  We all so need this little respite, holiday,
whatever you want to call it.

I cannot wait to see how little Avery reacts

to the sand and sea this year --  

he hated it last year.

If I can figure out my Iphone, I may be able

to send some pictures of our trip.   With

 Hollis and Cameron's help, I hope to
 keep in touch.  

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Just had to show you my next Halloween

design, or at least a little bit of it.

This will be shipping shortly after I

get back along with the next in my
A Halloween Year II series.
"Many Haunted Stitches"

I am really having fun with this design.  I hope it
will bring a smile to your face.
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Many Haunted Stitches,
Sandra

Another Little Glimpse

Good Evening Everyone!

Just had to let you know that my 

~2013~

Annual Christmas Ornaments

and

 Cinnamon Stick Christmas Santa 

"Joy~Toy Giver"

will be shipped to Distributors

tomorrow.

I am so excited.  I didn't think I would

ever get these designs finished.  They

should have been ready in July.

Oh, well, another well laid plan of

mine that did not happen as planned.

~ Better late than never though ~

Here they are

"Your State Holiday Home"

Sampler Ornament

I love this one.  You personalize this

ornament with the state where you live.

Hope you love it too.

 "Merry Merry Soul"

Santa Ornament

 "Waiting and Watching"

Snowman Ornament

Cinnamon Stick Santa XXIV

"Joy~Toy~ Giver"

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I hope you like everything.  

I'll be back tomorrow with another Halloween

design that I cannot wait to share with you.

I designed for all of us stitchers.

Until tomorrow~~

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra