TDIPT Time Again!

Please log on tonight around 9:30 to see what all of us 

prim girls at TDIPT  have created for you this month.

If you've been following along with me, you 

know I've been stitching up a storm to ready myself

for tonight's listing.

Here's what I'll be kindly offering.

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PA Stitcher's Table Mat

16" by 9 1/2"

"PINS" Huswife

16" by 5" 

Tulip Pinkeep

Seed Ditty Bags

x x x x x 

Hope to see you there.

Have a wonderful weekend.

~Nan

Hi all.  I've really been under the weather the past week

with an awful chest cold, but I wanted to let you

know that the TDIPT Mercantile is turning 5 

and is having a giveaway of some incredible gifts

created by the artists.  

 x x x x x

My offering for the celebration

is this primitive sawdust stuffed cross stitch 

and wool pinkeep. 

Make sure to pop on over to their blog to see 
all the beautiful giveaway items that you can
 win and how to enter. 
Best of luck to all !
~Nan

HAPPY HEART DAY And TDIPT Update

Happy Valentine's Day!

I wish you all lots of love and laughter.

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Tonight is TDIPT's FEBRUARY update.

Here is a sneak peak of some of my offerings.

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Enjoy the day and

I hope you will have a chance to 

log on and visit to see all  the new

creations the artists of TDIPT have

made this month.

xoxo

~Nan 

TDIPT Update Already

My, it seems like I just made an update to TDIPT.

I guess with the hectic pace of the holidays, time

really flies by. 

Anyway, I'll be listing all my new pieces on TDIPT 

tonight and would love it if you could stop by and

take a look.

Here's a peek :)

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Lacy Heart Pouch 

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Humility and Valentine Wreath Pinkeeps

Hope you can stop on by and see all the creations

from all the TDIPT artists.

Have a great night.

~Nan

December's TDIPT Mercantile

If you have a chance tonight

or tomorrow, please visit

~ To Dwell in Primitive Thymes Mercantile ~

for the December update 

and see the latest offerings by

all of our group's talented artists.

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Below are some of mine.....

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 Happy Holiday's &

hope to see you there!

Nan

Sunday Stitching

It's been quite chilly

and very Fall like in Philadelphia 

these past few days.

Good stitching weather : )

Hubby and I watched the Eagles

game yesterday and I made sure

to have needle in hand for those

3 or so hours. 

I am, of course, still in 

Halloween/Fall mode, so 

I put together this wool pumpkin

pincushion and trimmed it in

with some yummy cinnamon chenille 

from

Victorian Motto.

 I'm very much drawn to the 

chocolate browns,

rusts, and dark mustards at

this time of year.

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I also began work on a new Fall inspired

alphabet sampler that I hope to 

attach to a wooden hornbook.

It will be full of all the things

that are reminiscent of Autumn.

Got to get ready for TDIPT.

It comes around so fast and

I want to have a few things to

offer this month.

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Hope you are enjoying some Fall

like weather where you are!

Happy Stitching.

~Nan

Threadwork Primitives and TDIPT 

have made it into PRIMS magazine.

I am very excited and honored 

to have a piece of my work 

published in the Autumn 2011

issue.  They have done a super

10 page spread on our TDIPT

(To Dwell in Primitive Thymes)

group and have featured my

"Harvest Moon" pin pillow, along

with many other of my fellow TDIPT

artist's creations.

I would like to thank Karen Brady of

Brady Bears Studios for working
so hard on this idea and writing such a
wonderful article about our group.

 Please drop by TDIPT Mercantile 

tonight for their update.

Smiles,

~Nan

A Bowl Full of Halloween

Well, it's been one heck of a week.  Hurricane Irene caused quite a scare and a few problems at the Lewis residence.  A tree blew down and took out the transformer on our street.  It sent some sort of electric spike into our house and we lost power for awhile and a few key items.  One of which being my wonderful and faithful Brother sewing machine.  Oh the tears... :(

I know it could be worse, but gosh I loved that machine.  I will need to purchase a new one soon so that I can get back to what I love.  I can still cross stitch, but there won't be any finishing going on. 

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On a happier note, I've got a picture of the pinkeeps I did finish before Irene fried my sewing machine.

I love how these came out and it has put a smile on my face today to see them all together in my big wooden dough bowl.  I hope to be listing these this month on TDIPT.
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I hope that all of you came through the storm ok.  I know that many areas had lots of flooding.  It was quite an ordeal for all in the path of Irene.
Prim Blessings,
~Nan

TDIPT Mercantile & Some Stitching

I can't believe it's time again for the

TDIPT Mercantile update.

Tomorrow night I will be listing two

hand cross stitched items. 

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The first is a small sawdust filled pinkeep with a

PA Redware look to it.  It was inspired 

by a pattern of the same name

by Carriage House Samplings

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Next is a hanging cupboard sampler.

It has a rusty wire hanger and a 

funky skeleton key.

Design by SN Primitives.

 

It's backed with a soft flannel homespun

and a hand stitched wool heart.

Both are stitched with variegated 

flosses on stained linen.

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I've been focusing on some Halloween stitching.

My most favorite holiday of all.

These are a few little designs I've come up 

with and hope to finish these up into something

for next months TDIPT. 

For once I'm ahead of schedule and I have

to say it feels good.  

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I also have a new pinkeep pattern 

all ready to go.

Of course it's a Halloween pattern.  

It's all I can think about :)

I hope to release it tomorrow, so check back!

As always, 

Happy Stitching!

Smiles,

~Nan

*A Creative Weekend*

As you know, I was stitching to my heart's content this past weekend and I am so happy with all that I was able to accomplish.  These pieces will be available on my TDIPT page this Thursday night starting around 9:30.

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Pins Wreath Pinkeep

This pinkeep is trimmed in wrinkled seam binding ribbon using a technique called ruching.

This was my first time at ruching and I think I'm hooked on it.  I love the old and dainty look it gives the piece.  It was slow going, but I think with more practice it should get easier : )

This is one of my little designs.

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Oh My Stars Pinkeeps

These were stitched using some of my favorite overdyed floss colors.

I think they look very Summery.  They are trimmed in stained chenille and I've added a few of my hand dyed pins.  This is a BBD design.  Very simple and sweet.

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Hanging Sampler

 This is another BBD Design.  It's stitched with a muted blue Victorian Motto Sampler thread.  The frame was painted a coordinating blue and waxed.

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Thanks for stopping by to visit.  I love hearing from you and hope that you'll get a chance to visit To Dwell In Primitive Thymes Merchantile on Thursday night to view all of the wonderful creations the artists have made this month.

Have a great week.

~Nan

This Stitcher's Finish : )

Yep, that's right.  I finally have something stitched and finished and it feels good : ).  With all this designing I'm doing it has left very little time to get any finishes done.  I can't believe it's the middle of June already.  Where has the month gone?

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Presenting my Star Spangled Pinkeep

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Stitched on 30 ct WDW Confederate Gray linen that I've stained.  I used overdyed floss.

The blue is WDW Navy and the red is R-27 from Victorian Motto Sampler.

Boy, Nancy at VMS has some great colors. 

This is filled with wood shavings and backed with a coordinating homespun fabric.

I made a little wool strawberry fob that's attached in the back with a safety pin.

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Look for this pinkeep to be listed Tuesday night, June 14th on TDIPT.

Appropriately enough, that's Flag Day!

Hope eveyone can stop by to see what all my TDIPT sisters have made this month.

Smiles,

~Nan 

 

*TDIPT SPRING LAUNCH*

~ Coming to Ebay beginning 

Sunday March 27th ~ 

The talented artists of TDIPT

(To Dwell in Primitive Times)

are having a Spring Launch.

Please check out all the wonderful handmade items listed

this week on Ebay.  Just type TDIPT into the search bar.

Thanks for all of your support.

~Nan

 

Sneak Peek Feb TDIPT Update

I've been working hard to get ready for my TDIPT update tomorrow night.

Please visit around 10 pm to see all of the new offerings by the wonderful and talented artist's of the TDIPT Mercantile.

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Hope to see you there. 

Blessings,

~Nan