Civil War Needlebook Kit

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

I had such a great response to this design last year that I'm pleased to offer the re- release of this kit, so that you can create your own Civil War Needlebook.  I designed this based on an original antique from around 1863-1865.

 

The kit includes everything you need:

* prairie cloth

* navy fabric

* cream muslin

* floss

* vintage floral ribbon

* stained seam binding

* rusty pins

*chart and instructions

$26. plus shipping.

These kits are 

limited in quantity because I only

have so much of the vintage blue and 

cream ribbon.
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 If you would like to purchase one of these

sweet little kits, you can email me at

threadworkprimitives@verizon.net 

Have a wonderful week and happy stitching my friends.

Smiles, ~Nan

 

New Release and Giveaway Winner

Well, it has been one busy morning.

Packing up all the finished pieces that sold

in my Etsy Shop yesterday.  I'll be shipping

them today.  Thank you, friends.

Stitching on a newly designed 

sampler that I just love♥ and drawing a name 

for the winner of my Civil War Needlebook Kit.

Thank you to all who entered.

So without further adieu.

The winner is......

gloriahanaway

 Congrats!!!!  I'll be contacting you shortly :)
I hope you'll enjoy stitching it.

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I also promised to post the release of my 

newest Bee design.  I know many of you

have emailed me about it and have been 

very anxious to see it.  You are all so sweet! 

It's called "A Bee's Bounty"

It still features that cute little bee, along with

some Blackeyed Susan and a honeycomb.

 The finished bag is approx. 5 ¼“ wide by 11” high 

and stitched on 32ct R & R Reproductions 

Creme Brulee linen using WDW Schneckly

 and Dirt Road.  GA Dried Thyme and 

Espresso Bean.  A color conversion 

for using all DMC threads is provided.

( I hope my friend Bonnie is smiling )

I used a piece of black twill tape for the stripe

on the bag to give it that French grain sack look.

Well, I sure hope you like what I've created and 

you know I always love to hear your feedback :)

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Hope to do a bit more stitching on the new 

Sampler and then maybe show you a peek.

Been working almost no stop in the garden

these days because the weather has been so perfect.

Sincere thanks for stopping by my 

humble blog and for all the smiles you provide me.

Thanks again to all who participated in my

little giveaway.  It was fun and you helped

boost my facebook page to over 100 more likes.

You guys are the best! 

Smiles, ~Nan

How 'bout a giveaway

Thank you for all your wonderful comments

and emails regarding the Ladies Prim Society 

sneak peek.  Can't wait to show you 

the whole reveal.
x x x

It's just a beautiful day here in Philly and

I've been feeling very blessed and happy.

That calls for a giveaway, don't you think?
x x x
Since I had such a great response to
my Civil War Needlebook and
since I only have a smidgen of
that wonderful antique ribbon left
and since it's almost 4th of July :)
......all good reasons right?

I'd like to give one of my kits away.

There is a bit of a catch.... ;p
I'd like to get more visits to my
Threadwork Primitives Facebook Page.
So, all you need to do is
leave a comment on this post and
"LIKE" my page.  You'll then be entered
in the giveaway for a chance to win the
Civil War Needlebook kit.
If you're already  a fan of my page,
then you're already entered.
Not too difficult, right?
The link to my page is on my sidebar
or just click on the picture below.

I will randomly draw a winner on June 21st,
the first day of Summer
and announce it here on my blog. 
I'll most likely contact the winner by fb!
x x x

Enjoy this beautiful day and good luck!
Smiles, ~Nan

♥....How Cool....♥

Just wanted to share this cool find with you.

It's a needlework organizer/clipboard

from Needlework Press.

 

It's about 13" by 9" and 1" deep.

It has a clipboard lid, but the lid slides

open for storage, for things like your 

chart, floss, scissors, etc.

Like I said, How Cool !

I just called to purchase one from

Dyeing to Stitch, after seeing it on

their blog.

They just got them into the shop again

 after selling out after Nashville Market.

 I think this is going to come in so handy

and can't wait to get mine and 

start using it.  Plus, it's so

pretty and as you may have guessed

I love anything with an alphabet

on it :)

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I played around a little bit this

week with my Civil War Needlebook design.

I stitched it again, but this time

I finished it by attaching it

to a blue ticking pillow I stuffed

with wood shavings. 

I really like it and it's just another

way to get creative with the pattern.

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Happy Memorial Day!

May it be spent remembering

all the men and women who
served so bravely for

this great country of ours.

♥♥♥♥

Thanks for stopping by.

I wish you all a happy and

very safe holiday weekend.

~Nan

A New Start

Hi all!  I do love to show you what I'm

working on.....

I designed a mini sampler a week or

so ago and finally have it 

tweaked to where I want it.

I happily started on it this morning.

Like I said it will be small.....

around 6" x 7".

I have all my floss picked, but no

guarantees.  One or more may 

change, thats usually what happens, 

but we'll see.

This linen is so luscious.

It's 32ct Apple Brown Biddy

by R&R.

I know I probably sound like

a broken record, but I just

Loooooove they're linen.

I did stain it with a strong coffee

mix cause I really want this one to 

look old. 

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I want to thank you all

so much for all the 

Civil War Needlebook kit orders.

I am so thrilled with the response and 

really appreciate all of you and the 

support you have shown.

I can't wait to see some of your

finishes. 

  The first round has been mailed and

more will go out tomorrow.

  Remember, Dyeing to Stich

has them too and 

will be getting in some more this week.

If you'd like to get one through

them, just give them a call.

x  x  x 

I'll keep you posted on my 

progress of this new sampler.

Thanks for stopping by and

happy stitching!

~Nan  

       

       

        

Oh My : )

I wanted to do a quick post today.

I didn't want to leave all of you hanging and

wondering about the Civil War needlebook.

First, WoW..... thank you so much for the

wonderful response.  You guys always make
  me so happy to be doing what I'm doing.

  I'm working on getting the kits together 
and ready for release.

I hope to release it this Friday

and I'll post all the information

about it then.

My good friends at Dyeing to Stitch

will have some kits at their shop too.

Remember, the amount of kits will be

  limited.  I only have so much 

of that sweet antique ribbon.
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By the way... Ivonne finally saw the

 Down Va. Way post and wrote me.  

I promised I'd share.  Here's some of what
she wrote.....

   

OMG Nan...you made me heart jump for joy and put a big smile on my face.  This is so sweet of you, thank you so very much!!  I'm so happy that we met, I feel really lucky to call you my dear friend and feel very special.  I love, love your new design...you go girl!!! 

Smiles Ivonne
   

Ain't she so sweet?  Love you Vonnie.

Safe travels home, my friend.

  

I guess this wasn't all that quick of a post ; )
  Until Friday. Enjoy the rest of your week
and happy stitching.
~Nan  

Thinking 'bout a kit

Happy Sunday all. 

I'm sure a lot of you frequent Pinterest....

I know I do and I always find so 

much inspiration there.

My mind has been in such a creative mode 

these days.  While relaxing on Pinterest

one morning and I came across this

picture of a very old needlebook that

was made during the Civil War.

Picture courtesy of Pinterest.

I fell in love with it immediately

and wanted to do my own,

less expensive : ) version of it.

So, I set to work creating the

design and working out all

the finishing details.

And this was the result....

It turned out pretty sweet and

I got to thinking maybe some of 

my blogging friends would like to 

make one too.  I was thinking of 

putting together a kit to release

around the beginning of May. 

This would be an exclusive kit in 

limited quantities since I will include

a piece of the antique blue and cream

ribbon for you to add to the inside

of your finished needlebook.  

Here is the inside.

 I'd love to hear what you think and

I will provide more details in the

coming weeks. 

Thanks for stopping by and 

Happy Stitching.

~Nan