A Drawing For a St. Patrick's Day Goodie

Hi Everyone!

It seems that all I do is apologize these days for

not posting, not finishing designs, etc.  So, to

make amends for that, I want to have a drawing for

a "Give Away" that you might enjoy ~

"SHAMROCK BUNNY"

NEEDLE CASE

You should have plenty of time to get this ready 

to display for this special time of the year.

You will receive the pattern, the five "Amber

Pearl buttons, and the "Ladybug" and "Small Carrot" 

brass charms.

All you have to do is be a follower on my Blog

and make a comment on the Blog.  

The drawing will be Friday evening.

Good Luck!

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If you love it and don't want to take a chance on

the drawing, just go to my ETSY SHOPPE,

and you can purchase it there.

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I'll be back soon!

"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Celebrating George

Hi Everyone!

Are you celebrating George Washington

today.  I hope so.  In remembering him, I

thought I would mention the sampler I designed

for the George Washington Foundation

a few years ago.  Part of the proceeds go

toward the ongoing work at the site of

his boyhood home~Ferry Farm~ 
in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia.

"FERRY FARM CHERRY"

 SAMPLER

I am giving you 20% off until

Friday.  Please mention this

special when you get in touch

with me.  If you want to go through

ETSY, I will send you a Request

for the Special Price.

$10.40 + $1.75 s/h

If you would like to read about this project, what

it was inspired by, etc. please go here.

 Hopefully, you will be able to

visit our area one day and visit the site.

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If you are lucky enough to have the day off today ~

good for you.  Hope you can spend it stitching

the day away.

  I'm doing a little bit of everything.  Tonight I'm going to

be working on scissor fobs.  These are time-

consuming little things to do.  

Not complaining ~ thank you for the many orders.

These are my two new ones.  

$11.50 each + shipping.

They go with my two new designs, "Snowman 

Extraordinaire" and "Spring Frolic".  Both are shown

in the left column.

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"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Valentine Wishes

~HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY~

I hope you are all having a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Mine is getting better now that I am back from

another DR's appointment.  Will it ever end!

Wanted to share a few things with you, first

some pictures of my meager Valentine's Day

decorations.  

Love this olde heart-shaped basket and that wonderful

old velvet pincushion fits it perfectly.  I used vintage

pins to make the heart.  I know you are going to

covet my sheep, but you can't have him.

This heart-shaped basket is filled almost entirely with

family Valentines that my Grandma Rose kept.

She kept every card and letter she ever got.

I know I got that gene from her, and it is haunting me.

I need to start getting rid of stuff, but not this

wonderful reminder of my Grandma.

 Beautiful flowers from Lehmer, Hollis, Paul

and Avery!

 I do love chocolate, but one of my favorite food

groups is really, really good jelly beans, so I got

lots and lots of cherry jelly beans.  YUM!

I'm really excited about that big, beautiful

sugar cookie with the great icing.

Thank you Lehmer!

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I wish you all a wonderful Valentine's Day

and I hope it is filled with a few

"Sweet Stitches",

Sandra

New Designs

Hi Everyone!

Just a quick update to let you know what will be

shown at the Nashville Show.  I wasn't able to

finish everything, but that is OK.  I'm just

thankful I could get these done.  I hope you find

something you like.

Here is the information about each one~

COUNTRY SPIRITS COLLECTION

"Snowman Extraordinaire"

CS-84

~Includes the "Carrot" brass charm

Retail $7.50

This was stitched on 30 Count "Dolphin" by

Weeks Dye Works, using a variety of fibers.

The "Dirty White" chenille is available

from me.

The decoupaged wooden scissor fob is made

from one of my little paintings.  It is 

available from me.

Retail $11.50

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COUNTRY SPIRITS COLLECTION

"Spring Frolic"

CS-85

~Includes the "Dove" brass charm

Retail $7.50

This was also stitched on 30 Count "Dolphin" by

Weeks Dye Works, using a variety of fibers.

The "Soft Orange" chenille is available

from me.

The decoupaged wooden scissor fob is made

from one of my little paintings.  It is

available from me.

Retail $11.50

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HOMESPUN WEE ONES

"Love You So"

WO-03

All three designs are stitched on 30 Count

"Cream" linen, from Norden Crafts, using a variety

of fibers.   The "White" chenille trim is available 

from me.

$8.50

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All of the AUTOs will be shipped by

tomorrow.  The Distributors will have them

in time for the show this coming weekend.

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A special thank you to Pat Matejcek for stitching
many of these designs.

I'll be back soon!

"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Charming Finish

Good Evening!

Just had to share this charming finish of my

"SNOW TIRED" 
design.

A wonderful shoppe in 

San Antonio, Texas~

"Stitches From The Heart"

shared this with me a few

days ago and I just knew you

would love to see it.

So much wonderful creativity in our

stitching world.  I remember years ago

when stitchers wanted to finish their

pieces just like the designers.  Well,

those days are over.  Often the stitchers

are much more creative in their 

finishing than I could ever be.

I know you will love this.

By the way, I have added 
"SNOW TIRED"
to my ETSY shoppe.
Just click on ETSY above if you are interested.
I also have some 10 Count fabric that will be
perfect, since the fabric it was stitched on is no
longer available.
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I'm assuming many of you are watching
the Super Bowl.  Not me, too much work
to do.  I did see a few good commercials.
Hope you are stitching while watching.
"Many Happy Stitches",
Sandra

Nashville Preview

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to share with you the designs that

I think might be ready for Nashville.

I'm sick and tired of talking about being sick,

but even sicker of being sick.  Hence, the

reason for not being on the Blog for awhile

and for not having my stuff in better shape

for the upcoming show.  This is a really

big working weekend.  Must move

mountains, but before I return to graphing

and finishing, I would like to tell

you a little about each

design in case you are interested.

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"DELIVERING YUMMY 

GOODNESS"

What could be better than a cart full

of foil-covered chocolate eggs and

if you use your imagination, those

carrots could be foil covered 

chocolate too~I choose to think

they are.  Needless to say this

design has a way to go, but you can

see the potential, I hope.

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"SNOWMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE"

Continuing my heart series, this design is also

based on one of my little paintings.  A wooden

scissor fob with the painting decoupaged on

it, will be available as well.

Notice my "Dirty Chenille" trim off to the side~

it will be available too.

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"SPRING FROLIC"

Once again, another design based on one of

my little paintings, resulting in this design

and another wooden scissor fob.

The "Soft Orange" chenille trim will be 

available as well.  It is way too orange in

this picture.  Really much softer.

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"LOVE YOU SO"

Avery is at it again~influencing my designing.  

One of his first words

was "whooo".  He loved owls and still

does.  The theme for his lst birthday party

was owls.  So I give you, my little tribute

to our adorable Avery.  I think this must

prove that Avery is going to be a trend 

setter.  He was all about owls when they

first became popular.  

I'll be using my "Soft Orange" chenille to

finish one of the models.  My "Heartlet"

brass charm is available.

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"A COUNTRY WELCOME"

Please forgive the crooked picture.  I do so love

this new design.  It has many of my favorite things,

sheep, willow trees (there was the most beautiful

willow tree in my back yard where I grew up),

and pineapples.  The "Pineapple" brass charm is

mine and the wonderful new "Teal" rick rack

from Dames of The Needle will be featured.

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That's it!  I really need to finish stitching

"Delivering Yummy Goodness".

Please let me know what you think of

my new designs.

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Wishing you "Many

Wonderful Stitches",

Sandra