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.

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I'll keep you posted on my 

progress of this new sampler.

Thanks for stopping by and

happy stitching!

~Nan  

       

       

        

Civil War Needlebook Kit

Happy Friday my friends!

 I'm so pleased to offer this new design, 

so that you can create your own

 Civil War Needlebook.

 The kit includes everything you need:

* prairie cloth

* navy fabric

*stained muslin

* 2 skeins of DMC floss

* 1 skein of stained floss

* antique ribbon

* overdyed seam binding

* rusty pins

*chart and instructions

$23. plus shipping.

As I mentioned, these kits are 

limited in quantity because I only

have so much of the antique blue and 

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

wonderful little kits, you can email me at

threadworkprimitives@verizon.net
or  
Dyeing to Stitch will also have
some available in their shop.
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Thanks for all your emails and comments
about this release.
I greatly appreciate your support
and I look forward to seeing your 
finishes.
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 

      

    

Down Virginia Way Pinkeep and Fob

Wow, what a busy day it's been.

Printing and stitching and

getting this release all ready

to go!

"Down Virginia Way"

   

 Both the pinkeep and fob

were stitched on R & R 

Reproductions 40ct Mink linen

and is available at their shop

Dyeing to Stitch.

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Using flosses from

  Crescent Colours - Pollywog

and Ye Olde Gold, Gentle Art -

Otter Creek and DMC 3021.

     A full DMC thread conversion

list is also provided.

The pattern is now available

in my Etsy Shop and will soon

be available at your LNS. 

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If you got to read my previous post 

you know that I've dedicated this

design to my dear friend Ivonne,

of The Crackling Crows.

She's still away in Germany and

hasn't seen the post, but she 

should be home soon and I will

let you know what she says.

I'm quite excited for her to see it and

hear her thoughts.

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Thank you all for your patience and 

interest regarding this release.

You are all very special to me 

and keep me inspired and happy

to be doing what I love.....

Hugs, ~Nan