Two New Ones For You.

Oh my, I have been so busy sewing up lots

of custom orders, I love making pieces that I

know folks will cherish.

 BUT...I am finally taking some blog time

to release my 2 new patterns that have been

staring at me for a few weeks now.  

I do hope you like them.

I decided to do some framed pieces this time 

around.  I don't do too much framing, but 

I'm learning and I got myself my very own 

point driver gun.  WOOHOO!

 So here they are.....

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PEACE BE UPON US

Stitched on 32ct Zweigart Clay Linen with 
DMC floss. 
Stitch Count 139 x 107
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GREY HOUSE 

Stitched on 32ct Examplar by Lakeside Linens

with DMC floss.

Stitch Count 103 x 61
A full set of charted numbers are included so that
you may change the year, if so desired.
 

Both are available in my Etsy Shop 

or feel free to email me at 

nanlewis@comcast.net

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It's really a beautiful day here in Philly. 

I'll be up in my sewing studio with all the windows

open and listening to the happy birds.

Have a great day and thanks for

taking a moment to visit. 

~Nan

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.

x x x x x

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

Huswif Finish

Yep, I finally have a finish to show you. 

I know....seems like forever.

I stitched a little berry design and when 

I was done it said to me, "make me a huswif".

My stitches usually talk to me and tell me 

what they'd like to become and I usually

listen :D

 It was of course, right and I am quite pleased

with how it finished up.

So pleased I made two.  One to keep 

and one to sell on TDIPT next week on the

night of the 14th.  It amazes me

how fast my TDIPT postings come around.

 x x x x x x x

We also had a Spring Swap over at a wonderful

group I belong to called Samplermakers.

We answered a small questionnaire and then

we were matched up with a swap partner.

My Samplermaker sister, Jill, got me

and here's a picture of the goodies

I got in the mail the other day.

I love old sewing notions.  Jill put together

a wonderful grouping along with some

R&R linen, which I love.

This was so much fun and I just want to 

thank Jill for all my sweet notions.

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Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

and a very Happy Easter.

~Nan

And We Have a Winner.....

Good Morning All.  Time to announce a winner for my 
3rd blogiversary!
For the giveaway drawing, I used a random number generator, but had to do this by the copy and paste method because I couldn't get the picture of the generator box to load.  Why, I just don't know.  And I'm usually pretty good with this kind of stuff.  Oh well.

Anyway, I won't keep you in suspense any longer.

The random generator picked # 59 which is 

Mary @ Neat and Tidy.

 True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 59 Powered by RANDOM.OR

 

So Mary...Congratulations.  I will be emailing you to let you know that you have won and to find out which pattern kit you would like as your prize.

x x x x x

Thank you to everyone for your wonderful comments 

and for your participation in my 1st giveaway.

I appreciate you all.

Hugs,

~Nan 

Just Released ~ Linen Sampler Pouch Pattern

Hi Folks....

I've been very busy designing and finally

finished this up!  I'm quite excited and happy

with how it turned out.  It was really a 

work in process.

The pattern is for a very useful 

Linen Sampler Pouch.

Stitched on 32ct Zweigart Light Mocha

linen using WDW Onyx floss.

Great for holding your journal.

If you're like me I keep one around

at all times to jot down ideas

and lists of things needed.

As I said, this was a work in process.

I don't know if your remember, but this

pattern started out like this back in May

(see post here)

http://threadworkprimitives.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-memorial-day.html 

and I decided to rework it into this hanging pouch.

I was unable to get any more of this striped

linen banding and was unsure of the finish.

I am so happy that I changed it and 

have it hung in my sewing studio.

I hope you like the design change too.
Look for 2 more patterns to be released
very soon.

x x x x x 

Happy Stitching and thanks

for all the comments on the freebie and 

giveaway.  I'll be doing the random 

draw on the 28th.  Good luck to all!

Hugs,

~Nan 

Having a little fun

Hi.  Thank you all for your 

wonderful comments and I'm thrilled

to see so many participating in the 

giveaway.  This is fun for me too.

  I'm so happy the freebie is a hit 

and I hope you enjoy stitching it as much

 as I did.  

xxxxx

I thought I'd have a little fun today.

I had the camera out and snapped

 some pics from around the house

while I was straightening up.

A few of my pride and joy

possessions.

 xxxx

And a finish to show you.

I have wanted to stitch this for such

a long time now and finally pulled the

chart out from my to do list.

It's by Chartmakers and is 

called PA Stitcher's Sampler.

Since I was born, raised and live

in Pennsylvania, I kind of have a 

fondness for things that were

made in PA.

 I decided to put a tea stained muslin border

around it rather than have it framed.

It will make a cute table mat and I love

that there is so much blank space to 

the sampler.  Gives me a place 

to put small items on it and not 

block the stitching.

Happy Sunday!

~Nan

Spring Freebie and Giveaway

Hi friends.  I'm coming up on my

blogiversay and really wanted to 

celebrate.  It will be 3 years on

March 28th. 

I wanted to share this freebie 

with you all that the

Gentle Art Sampler Thread 

company was nice enough to take

and distribute at Market in 

Nashville this past Feb.

I designed it around 

their floss.

I hope you will enjoy stitching it 

and would love to see your 

finishes.

xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx

This is a pic of the one I stitched.

I haven't finished it into anything 

yet, but I think it would make a

wonderful needlebook.  It's just

the perfect size.

xxxxxxx

Now for the GIVEAWAY!

I've never had a giveaway on my

blog before and thought it would

be fun and interesting.

As the prize I'd like to offer

the winner their choice of any 

one of my charts and I will kit 

it up to include the correct

count linen and floss.

How's that?  All you need to

do is leave a comment on this post

and I will randomly draw the winner on

my blogiversary, March 28th. 

xxxxxxx

I'm excited and hope you are too.

Thank you for 3 wonderful years!

It's been full of wonder and much growth 

and I'm enjoying every minute of it.

Prim Blessings,

~Nan