Peach Blossom Quilts in the Orchard Quilt Show

If you are in the Lewes DE area July 21st & 22nd stop by the quilt show being held by the Ocean Waves Quilt Guild!  

You can read all about it here! 

It's not far from Ocean City and Rehoboth Beach!

This will be my first time vending at this show so look me up!

Packing the truck!

So excited for a weekend of fun!  Packing the truck tomorrow morning and heading to Amherst, Virginia to set up my wares at the "Gathering of Primitive Friends" show hosted by Lori Brechlin of Notforgotten Farm! 

This will be my 2nd year attending and unlike last year the weather looks like it may be a perfect day for a road trip!  You won't be disappointed with this show!   You have Lori's awesome shop to browse, lots of great artists handmades and antiques!!!

Located at 3530 Tye River Rd, Amerhst, VA

 

Just packed these up for the trip! Hope to see you there!

 

 



New offerings available on PHM tonight!

 

Happy Spring!

I'm quite excited about the PHM update this evening!

 Lots of colorful and Spring handmades will be available by a wonderful group of artists.  I did some hooking, punching and appliqueing! 

I've been scouring the antique shops for washboards to add a sweet something to the top! I look for the glass scrubbers and the metal ones with a nice patina.  Here are close ups of the two I'm offering on my page this month.  The little lingerie size has a needle punch design inspired by a Pennsylvania Dutch pen and watercolor art of a fraktur bird and flowers which is a pattern by Margaret Shaw.

 This is a design I put together with the inspiration of the bird with the heart wings and flowers in wool applique.  This design will be the free pattern that comes along with the PHM newsletter this month so be sure to sign up if haven't already done so! The newsletter lign up link can be found on the home page of PHM.

 

I used a pattern by Linda Evans of Grant Street Woolworks to create the sweet little chick hooked bag and the wool pillow.  She has a kit available to create the hooked pocket. If interested please contact  Linda on Facebook to purchase the kit. 

 The wool I used for this pillow is an antique black over-dyed piece.

 

Last but not least is the burlap pillow that I hooked a bunny pulling a chick in a cart!

 

 

Here is the direct link to my page to read more about each offering. While you are there take a look at all the pages! You won't be disappointed!

Some new wares for the OFG Spring Celebration!

A sneak peek to what I will be offering in my Etsy shop on Monday for the start of the OFG Spring Celebration!  So ready for a nice warm breeze and the smell of flowers blooming!!!

 

Grand Opening of Primitive Handmades Mercantile!

The day has finally arrived!!! A group of talented ladies have come together to offer you some of the best hand stitched creations around! Check out all the pages for hooked rugs, mats and hearts, needle punched pillows and hearts, cross stitched pinkeeps, pillows and hearts, heart ornaments and wool appliqued pillows and mats! Here is the link to the group at Primitive Handmades Mercantile!

While you are there be sure to sign up for our newsletter to keep you up to date on our happenings! Every month we will be offering new themed items! Just by signing up qualifies you for our giveaway of these primtive wares!!! One lucky winner will receive all these hand made items!

A trip to the Wool Shop!

Still winding down from last weeks home show!  Everything went real well and I was more than pleased with the turnout!  I took a couple of days off to do some much needed shopping and was more than pleased to meet up with Michele and Kathy at the wool shop, located at 240 Grant Street in Chambersburg, PA, to return their few items that did not sell.  Kathy works at this shop and every Thursday they have a hook-in where everyone is welcome and you can bring along anything you would like to work on!  They are open 10am to 10pm!  Just take a look at this inspiring place! As you enter the room there is a hospitality table with a beautiful rug hanging above it! Not sure who hooked it but it sure is a beauty! 

 

A wonderful Sheep rug hangs over a cute antique cupboard and lots of other goodies! Look at the wool nestled in there! 

You will find walls and walls of hand dyed wools in so many beautiful colors! 

A cute hooked mat that Kathy designed and I think she said she does sell the pattern! 

More wool and to the right.... a wall of needle punch patterns! I had to bring one of those home!

Here is Michele busy working on a new needle punch design! Two crows and a flower!  I'm sure she has it almost done by now! LOL  Right Michele!

This is Kathy working on her saltbox house rug!  Follow her blog to watch how quick she will finish this huge rug!  It is going to be soooooooooo pretty! 

This is Joann finishing off the edges of all these mats and chair pads!  Look how fast her hands are moving! LOL!!!   Love love love the primitive look of her work!  I need to find out if Joann has a blog!

And...........here is my chair pad that I finally got started! Now to keep working on it!  I do have some orders to finish up before that happens but at least it is started!  

Introducing a new Pattern!!!

Good Morning blogger friends!!! I'm happy to announce my newest pattern!
A mini oval design with 3 Coneflowers and a scalloped edge! You will receive instructions for creating the design in all three ways to include applique, needlepunch, stitchery and covering the box! The design is 2 3/4" by 3 3/4" and can be used for more than a paper mache box. It would make cute ornaments, framed mini's, pillows and I would love to see what you create with it!
I also made a Sheep design and sure hope the pattern is a little easier to finish up!

You can purchase the pattern with Instant Downloand on the left hand side of my blog!