"DESIGNS THAT REFLECT OUR
AMERICAN HERITAGE"

Welcome to my blog. I'm probably very much like all of you who love the needlearts. My life revolves around family, friends, home and all things that help to make for a more contented life. When time allows; cooking, gardening, decorating, and collecting are my joys. I look forward to sharing all of these things with you. I also hope to keep you up to date on what is going on at Homespun Elegance, in regard to the needlework designs and the "Plain & Fancy Wares" that we offer.

Wishing you "Many Happy Stitches".
Sandra

Friday, October 30, 2015

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION~DAY 5

Good Morning Everyone!
Welcome to
Day 5
of my
CHRISTMAS 
CELEBRATION.
I hope you enjoy it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
I know Santa loves all of 
us stitcher's!

It seems that a lot of my
annual Christmas Ornaments 
have that theme.  So I thought you
might enjoy seeing these.
Wouldn't they make perfect gifts for
your stitching friends or yourself!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
2007
"MERRY STITCHES"
(charm not included~$7.00)
                                                 2008
"SANTA PLEASE BRING ME"
(charm not included~$7.00)
2009
"MERRY STITCHER"
(charm included~$8.00)
2010
"STITCHING JOY"
(button included~$8.00)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Many Merry Stitches"
Sandra

Friday, October 23, 2015

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION~DAY 4

Good Morning Everyone!
Welcome to
Day 4
of  my
CHRISTMAS 
CELEBRATION.
I hope you are enjoying it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do you have some little ones you'd like to
stitch for?  Well, here are some suggestions
for you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Merry To You"
"Cradle of Joy"
 "Stitched With Love"
 "Stitched With Joy"
 "Bringing You Cheer and Delight"


 "Delivering Peppermints"
 "Owls Like Christmas Too"
 "Candy Cane Cutie"
 "Santa Brings Such Delight"
 Cinnamon Stick Santa
"Joy~Toy~Giver"
"Many Merry Stitches",
Sandra

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION~DAY 3

Good Afternoon Everyone!
Welcome to 
Day 3 
of my
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
I hope you are enjoying it!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "WISHING THEE MERRINESS"
 "WONDROUS JOY"
 "WONDROUS NOEL"
 "SANTA BRINGS US SUCH DELIGHT"
"Many Merry Stitches",
Sandra


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Christmas Celebration~Day 2

Good Morning Everyone!
Leaving in a bit to go spend the day with Avery.
Can't wait to see the little guy~
Before I go I wanted to celebrate Christmas
a little with some more Christmas designs.
These are all Cinnamon Stick Santa designs.
Please be aware that the Embellishment Packs
may not be available anymore.  I'm sure we
have some of the embellishments though and
it is easy to find little charms and buttons
to substitute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cinnamon Stick XV
I hope you have a wonderful day.  I know I
am.  When I get back I hope to share "little
glimpses" of some of my new 
Christmas designs.
"Many Merry Stitches",
Sandra

Monday, October 19, 2015

Christmas Celebration~Day 1

Good Afternoon Everyone!
Well, the count down has begun.  I only have a few
weeks left until I stop shipping for a while.  Until then
I hope to post Christmas designs as often as possible.  
This is my way of celebrating with you a little early.
There will be "olde" and "new" designs shown.
Hope you enjoy my picture show.  If you would
like anything just let me know.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
2011 "PEACE AND CHEER" SANTA
"HOLIDAY SAMPLINGS I"
2011 "JINGLE~JINGLE" SAMPLER

MAJESTIC CHRISTMAS II
"Sampler Border Ovals"
"MANY MERRY STITCHES",
SANDRA

Friday, October 16, 2015

Friday Finery!

Good Morning Everyone!
It has been a crazy time since I made my announcement
a few weeks ago.  I want to take this time to thank 
each and everyone of you who wrote to me or
commented on Facebook.  You warmed my heart and
some of you brought tears to my eyes.  You will
never know how much your remarks meant to me.
THANK YOU!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well today is "Friday Finery".  What that means
is that I am offering you a limited deal on something.
I told you I needed to start getting rid of lots of
things and this is just a start.
I have only a few of this very cute frame left.
This was featured on
CINNAMON STICK SANTA XIX
"Rejoice In Peace".

This is a great deal.  You will receive a copy of the
publication, the frame, and the Embellishment Pack.
All of this for only 
$42.00 
The frame itself retails for $42.00.
(this includes the shipping)

The frame measures about 14" high X 8" wide.
This is first come/first serve.  I would prefer to use
Paypal.  Please send me your email address.
I can take Visa or Mastercard.  In which case
you would need to send me your info in two
emails or call me at 540-371-6377.

"Many Merry Stitches",
Sandra

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Very Important Message


Hi Everyone, 
this is an
IMPORTANT MESSAGE~PLEASE READ

I'm writing all of you today to let you know of a big 
decision that I have made.  Simply put, I have decided 
to downsize my business.  Since 1979
I have been in this wonderful business enjoying
every aspect of it.  However, the time has come 
to put more of my energy into other things.  
Please do not read more into this.  I'm just ready 
to spend more time on myself and with
my family.

The saddest part of this decision is that my wonderful 
Faye will no longer be here to answer your questions 
and take care of all of you and me.  She has agreed to 
come back on an "as needed" basis ~ such
as proofing new designs.  Faye has been with me for 
almost 28 years.  How can I live without her at 
Homespun Elegance?  Only time will tell, but I cannot 
do it ALL without her, that is for sure.  
Consequently, the following things will take effect as 
of November 15th.

1) I will not be selling any embellishments or my 
hand-painted and grained frames any longer.  If you 
wish to stock up on these, you are welcome to do so by 
November 15th.  I am going to put together a few 
large assortments of charms (at a discounted price), 
and they will be available until they are gone.  I will 
not be placing orders for more charms.  
SHOP OWNERS - 
you can still get most of these
charms from By Jupiter (telephone 623-931-2658).

2) I am in the process of trying to find a distributor
for my Olde Brass buttons.  Please decide what you 
might need and place your orders 
by November 15th because I do not know how long it
will take to find a distributor.

3) I will not be selling wholesale.  My designs will 
only be available from my distributors -
Hoffman, Norden, Wichelt Imports, and Yarn Tree.
Any new designs will be shipped to them.

4) My ETSY Shoppe will be put in vacation mode. 
I will not be selling retail at this time.  For 
those of you who bought from my ETSY shoppe, 
please contact your shoppe and hopefully they can
get what you want from the above distributors.

5) I will not be on Facebook on a daily basis.  I 
will pop back in whenever I have new designs 
or something special to share.

6) I still plan to design (I cannot give up designing)
 and release my designs through my distributors.  
I will make sure you know when they are available, 
either through Facebook or my Blog.

THE "GOOD NEWS"!
I am going to keep my Blog.  I hope you will visit 
and sign up as a follower.  That way you will be 
informed of new designs, etc.  I'm
hoping to have a spot on my Blog that will picture
all designs that are still available.  This way all
 of you, shop owners and stitchers alike, can see 
what is available.
 In time, I will be offering hundreds of models that 
I have in storage, discontinued and one-of-a-kind 
frames, merchandise left over from my shoppe owner
days, wonderful items to incorporate in some way 
with your needlework, and items that I plan to
make and even some more painting (which I have 
missed).  I'm hoping you will find something that
you cannot live without.

Faye and I will be available until November 15th 
to answer any questions you may have.  It will be
business as usual until then, but after that 
am truly going to take time for me and my family.

Please remember that I am still going to be designing. 
I will just have a different way of doing 
business, one that allows me some down time 
after all of these years.  

Thank you so much for your continued patronage,
 wonderful friendships, and for allowing me to 
share with you something that I love.  You have 
all made my career very rewarding.  I could
never begin to tell you how much you mean to me.

Many, Many Happy Stitches!
Sandra