Happy Halloween

Hope your day is filled with fun

and you get more treats than tricks!

Smiles,

~Nan 

Falling Leaves Hornbook

Well, I must say 

I am very pleased with

the way this hornbook 

sampler turned out.

So much so that I

couldn't part with it.

Is that terrible? 

It will stay in our home

and be displayed with

our other Fall decorations.

Hope to release a pattern 

for it.  That helps justify 

keeping it. :)

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Enjoy your weekend and

as always, thank you so

much for stopping by to

visit. 

Happy Stitching.

~Nan

Some Progress

Happy Sunday my friends. 

It is so gorgeous out today.  I was up in my 
sewingstudio with all the windows open
and italmost felt like I was outside.  

In my last post I showed you

the start of a new Fall alphabet sampler

I'm stitching.  I've made some progress

in the fact that it's all stitched and the

hornbook that I want to mount it on is cut 

out.  I need dear hubby to drill a proper 

hole in the whale tale top for me

and then it's on to staining and waxing.  

I think I'll use a nice dark stain 

to make the sampler really pop.

I stitched this with WDW and GA 

floss and I love the mix of Fall colors

on it.  

* * * * * * *

Ruthe and I have been hard at work on our 

next pattern together.  It's a cross stitched

pocket.  It's been a bit tricky to get 

this one charted, but it's really coming

along nicely.

Here's a sneak peek.

I still have a ways to go with finishing, 

but I am really excited about this one.

I'll try and post pics as things progress

on the pocket.

* * * * *

Thanks for visiting and for all your 

wonderful comments.

Hope you are having beautiful 

weather where you are too.

Smiles,

~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.

* * * * *

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.

* * * * * 

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 Weekend of Stitching

Hi all.  Thank you very much to everyone 

for their comments on the new patterns 

and to everyone who purchased them.  

The first shipment was sent 

out on Friday, so you should 

have them very soon.

* * * * * * *

It was a stitching weekend for me

and I got a few things done

and one big accomplishment.

I have a design that I started

about a year ago.  I stitched and

planned on turning it into a 

sewing roll.  It has sat on my studio

floor just staring at me all this time.

I just never seemed to have the time to give

it the attention it was going to need

and I am not like that.  I never let things

sit around.

Yesterday I just couldn't look at 

it sitting there unfinished anymore, so 

I got to work on it and put the final 

stitches in it late last night.

Here it is......

Stitched on 30ct linen with

Gentle Art threads.

The back and inside pocket are done

using stained silk matka

and the flower using scraps of 

over dyed wool.

I really like how it turned out and I am

so glad I took some time to finish it.

* * * * * * *

I also completed a pinkeep 

using my Harvest Moon design.

and an itty bitty wool pumpkin on 

a prim painted box.  

Can you tell that

I am so into the Halloween 

season?

Well, back to stitchin'.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Nan

2 New Patterns and a Freebie

Hi Friends.  I am so excited to show

you the two new pattern releases. 

The first is called "Side by Side Sampler".

It's the 2nd collaboration with R.M. Martz

(aka Mimi) or as we like to call it 

Worke #2.

This is an alphabet sampler with a twist.

It's stitched on two different color 

Weeks Dye Works linens.

One side is Confederate Gray,

the other is Beige and it's sewn

together down the middle joining the two.

* * * * *

The next pattern is one that I have gotten many requests for.  I wanted to get it all written up and formatted so everyone would have enough time to finish it for Halloween.

Thank you all for your patience, while I got this one together!

It's Oct. Jack!

This is a quick stitch and I had a lot of fun making it.

 His eye are little black beads.

Both of these patterns will be available in my Etsy Shop later today or you may email me to make a purchase.

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Now for the freebie.  I have wanted to do this for awhile and since Halloween is such a favorite holiday of so many, I thought I'd make it a Halloween freebie.

Here is All Hallows Eve. 

Click image to open and print.

I hope you will all enjoy stitching this little freebie.

Just my way of thanking all of my stitching and blogging friends. 

* * * * * 

Tonight is the TDIPT update.  I have a few finished items that I will be listing.  I hope you can stop by for a peek.

Until next time..... Happy Stitching!

~Nan