Handmade Christmas Shopping Online!

Hello friends! 

~~****~~~The Christmas Season is upon us~~~****~~

Stop by my Facebook page to view the Online Christmas Shopping album for stockings and wood items ready to ship!!!  

Fall is coming!

I finally took the time to finish up a new punch needle design for Fall! Thanks to a new drawing tool my hubby and kiddos purchased for my birthday I'm on a roll! 

This pattern is available in my Etsy shop as a Kit, E Pattern or Mailed Paper Pattern!

Show season is coming up so busy creating new goodies! The second week in August I will be in Lititz PA for the huge Lititz Rotary Club Craft Show!  Pray for nice cool temps because last year it was 105 degrees!

Some Everyday Patterns at a Glance!

Looking for a Wintertime blues project??? 

Check out my Etsy shop!  

Here is just a peek of some of my "treasures" to punch, hook or applique! 

Standing Snowman!

 

You can find the pattern in my Etsy shop!

 Purchase as an E-Pattern or a  kit with the Valdani Threads I used to punch this model.  The kit includes 3 balls of Three Strand Floss. A great little project to keep you busy as the snow flies!

 

April Offerings on PHM!

My new "treasures" for the PHM April updates!

I stitched a framed sampler using a design by Stacy Nash called "Malabar Farm".

Had some fun with my newest pattern titled "Folk Art Sheep".  I punched,  hooked and appliqued it!   The pattern is available in my Etsy shop for the punch needle size which you can resize to hook or punch until I get patterns written up for both!

Also, offering some new scissor keeps! A fun little wool applique!

Be sure to check out all the artist pages!

 

 

 

 

 

 



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!

It is finished and the scoop on PHM!!!

It is a dreary rainy day here in PA today so I took the time to finish up the hooked piece I was working on! Loved this design as soon as I saw it in the wool shop! The pattern is from Primitive Rug Designs by Anne Nichols! It is hooked on linen which was a first for me and I really did like it! Kathy from Rugs of Mine in Time helped me with picking out the wool colors and I'm real happy with the look! Thanks Kathy! I'm going to hang this in my bathroom between two of my wool appliqued pictures after my husband makes some kind of wood piece to hang it from or on. The space I want to hang it in requires a little bit more coverage so I'm thinking a wood backing or hanger will do the trick!I also want to remind you about the contest we are having on the Primitive Handmades Mercantile site! Each page has a lime green letter hidden among the descriptions of the offerings and all you need to do is collect all 20 and unscramble the phrase! Here are some of the offerings this month that are still available! In "Liberty Handmade Primitives" you will find Buster the Cat! So cute!Looks like Jennifer still has this beautiful cross stitched "Wool" pillow remaining!
Kathy's needle punched eggs are the sweetest!Joanne has some hooked eggs! Check them out!This is just a sampling of the wonderful handmades so be sure to stop by and check every page!!!

Come "Spring Forward" with the PAFA Etsy Team!

The PAFA Etsy Team is have a celebration! Stop by Etsy and to see over 150 Spring items for your shopping pleasure! A great way to brighten those Winter blues!!! Click the link above or
type SFPAFA in the search bar! I made up this Pot of Bunnies for the occasion!
Have a great day!
~Teresa~

Primitive Handmades Mercantile New Updates!

You must stop by Primitive Handmades Mercantile to see all the new "treasures" that the artists have to offer! You won't be disappointed! I had fun needle felting this woolly sheep with raw sheep's wool! I used a pattern by Prim and Proper Folk.
I did some needle punching too! This was a pattern by Brenda Gervais. Love the sheep and his keeper! My Mom, Liberty Handmade Primitives stitched up these prim perfect blue heart shaped pinkeeps! And this prairie cloth towel with a blue patch! The next update will be March 16th with the pages being filled with Easter, Bunnies and Chicks! And....... we will be having a contest with a lucky winner receiving some handmades from two of our artists!
Happy Shopping and have a great weekend!
~Teresa~

Baby Chicks!

We are down to 5 days before the next update on Primitive Handmades Mercantile! All 19 artists have been busy creating wonderful new handmades for you! Sign up for our newsletter while you are there!!!

I've been creating new Spring items for an upcoming "Spring Forward" celebration with the PAFA Etsy Team! We will be having a huge giveaway for the event which starts February 14th so be sure to stop by the blog and register on Tuesday. The link will be available on my sidebar by clicking the graphic for the PAFA Spring Forward Giveaway!

Here is just one of my new items which I made using a pattern by Robin Leuschen Bird In the Hand Primitives! This pattern is for a 10" Baby Chick with a bonnet but I downsized it to create these little 4" chicks to fill a basket or bowl!

It's a GIVEAWAY!!!

One lucky winner will get their pick of one of my 100% wool appliqued camera/cellphone/IPod/Smartphone sleeve! Just a big thank you to my online friends and followers of my blog!

How to entry: It's as easy as pie! Just leave a comment! If you post the giveaway on your blog sidebar let me know for a second entry!

Deadline to enter is midnight February 28th and I will draw the winner March 1st!

Good Luck!

Finished my first Hooked Rug!!!

FINALLY!!! Years ago for a Christmas gift, my husband purchased this rug as a kit! Meaning the strips were already cut and all I needed to do was begin hooking! I started out using a large hoop but it soon became hard to keep it tight so I put it away for a while! A couple of years later he purchased me a nice hooking frame so I was able to get back to work! No more excuses.... right! It still took me a couple of years........ only getting it out to work on during the winter and in between crafting!

If it wasn't for Kathy~Rugs of Mine... in Time I still probably wouldn't have it finished!!! I found her blog about a year ago and noticed she lived in a nearby town and was talking about a hook-in at a local wool shop!!! Oh my gosh I found heaven!!! The place is Grant Street WoolWorks in Chambersburg, PA! Kathy works there and every Thursday they have a hook-in! Linda, the owner and Kathy are so helpful and willing to share their expertise on hooking!!! I had no idea if I was doing this hooking correctly .......so it was so nice to be able to take it to them and get advice! Kathy showed me how to finish the edges and I'm very thankful for that!! The designer of the rug is Laurice Heath and it was dated 2000!

I hope to make more time for myself this year and attend more hook-ins so my next project doesn't take as long to complete! With the help of Kathy I picked out some of the wonderful wools in the shop and have the strips ready to go!

I'm going to make a chair pad for this antique rocking chair that has been in my husbands family for a long time! I'm going to design this one myself so hopefully it won't take too long to get started! I will keep you posted!!!