REMEMBER

Please remember all of those who have made the 
ultimate sacrifice, along with all the men and woman
 who defend this great country of ours today.

Wishing all of you a joyous Memorial Day!

~Nan 

A Quick Sneak

Hi everyone.  

I hate to be away from blogging for so 

long, but things are so busy around here these days.

I have been stitching away on custom orders and

also stitching a new sampler that is ready to be 

framed.  It's very muted, except for that pop of 
strawberry red and I love the colors.

The linen I chose is Zweigart Heritage by 
Silkweaver hand dyed fabrics and 

it's just perfect for that "antique sampler" look.

I hope to have this chart released before the end of

this month and I'll be certain to show you it all framed up.

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts

on the sneak peak!
Happy Friday to you all. 
Smiles,
~Nan

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.....

x  xx x xx x xx x 

PEACE BE UPON US

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

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

x  xx x xx x xx x

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.

***~***~***~***~***

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