New Collections and Lots of changes coming to my current floss inventory

I have a lot of new floss collections in the works, as usual! The dye pot will be busy all of July dyeing beautiful colors for these new sets. Two sets have been dyed and will be going out to be carded next week.
Here are a few in the works:

Southern Appalachian Wildflowers
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Farmhouse Memories
Primitive Shades of Browntones
The Olde Spinning Wheel
Penny Candy Collection

And I have a few more I have been thinking about .....it takes a while to pick colors and names.  I think Texas Wildflowers will be later this summer. There is a huge assortment to choose from.
One more that was mentioned was Cactus Flowers....I looked at the online types of cactus flowers and was shocked at how bright and vast the varieties are. And I have a few more collection in mind so you will be in store for lots of new floss all summer. When each collection is available I will be taking orders (preorders at any time) and there will be  give-aways.

I have lots of changes coming to my current floss inventory, primarily the singles I have in stock. Not the Ultimate Collection, that will remain the same.

The 1840 and 1795 singles from those collections will be removed from the ebay inventory and put into the grab bag assortment I have listed. I will include all of the other singles I have currently listed. That's about 90 colors in all. If you need any of them before I remove them be sure to let me know. nbelgian@aol.com
It's time for new singles......so.......

I will be listing singles from the Limited Edition monthly sets and the Primitive Limited Edition sets. So if you wanted more of a color that you received in the floss club it will be listed. I had a lot of extras of most of the colors and I wanted to clear out my old singles and refresh the store inventory. A lot of you purchased extra singles after you received your monthly club selections and I thought I would give others, who did not join a club, a chance to purchase a few of the colors.

The advantage to belonging to the club is to receive one free skein each month. A free 20 yard skein is a nice savings and pays for your postage.

I think that is all of the news for this week! I will be dyeing floss all weekend and then printing, cutting and drilling the cards. All to bring you beautiful floss collections.

Have a nice weekend.
                                                    Nancy

Updates for The Floss Clubs, please read

I have a couple updates for the Floss Clubs. First I want to thank the new members.......I love sharing my floss with all of you.

If you joined in January for 6 months, please update and let me know if you want to extend your membership. I send auto invoices on the 1st of each month and mail before the 5th.
Email nbelgian@aol.com

If you would like to join, here are the current options:

Limited Editions or Primitive Editions is taking new members. The Ultimate Floss Club is full. Due to the large number of skeins in this collection, it takes 12-18 months to get the complete collection.

Thank you for joining the floss clubs. The response was fantastic and it is always nice to meet new members. If you would like to join, you can email and join at any time during the month.

                                               Nancy

Best Friends give-away winner today!

This is always one of my favorite give-aways. I send a present to your best friend! The name drawn today is Patricia Geary. Congratulations! Please email me and give me your best friend's name and address so I can send a nice present.

Thank you to all of you who entered. I will do this again next month during Christmas in July at The Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe. Another favorite give-away of mine!

Have a nice day.
                                          Nancy

Have a nice Father's Day

I hope everyone has a nice Father's Day. Some of us have lost our Fathers.....mine passed away 20 years ago.  But I have  been blessed with grandsons and I get to help them celebrate today with their dad......we always have fun celebrating holidays together. The best part of helping to raise this second family.....even if I am the only girl in a house full of guys! LOL  But having them here with us for the last 16 years has been wonderful.

I will work a bit this morning as there is always a lot to do with this business. I will box floss that is going out to be carded. Some collections and some singles.....always so much floss to card.
Today the dye pot will rest but starting tomorrow it will be going every day, I have several new collections in mind and I think you are going to like them. I will show them to you after they are carded (if I can wait that long....I usually give in) and of course we will give some away. We ALWAYS give some away!

Have a nice day and thanks for stopping by!
   
                                           Nancy

Star Spangled Banner II winner today!

We have a winner today! The Star Spangled Banner II Collection. The lucky name drawn was Kristin Choate. Congratulations! Please email and give me your address. nbelgian@aol.com

 

Be sure all of you have entered the other current give-aways. Someone always wins!

 

Have a great day. I know Kristin will!

Nancy

Forever in My Heart, a Tribute to Sisters, new floss, new give-away, enter now!

Forever in My Heart, a Tribute to Sisters

I come from a large family of 9 children. And mixed in with the joy of being in a large family, there is also sorrow and loss. I wanted to do a tribute to sisters everywhere......and this collection is my tribute. Filled with beautiful soft colors to stitch your own memories. I am sure you have noticed some of my unusual names for floss. Meaningful names. Like Best Friends, Forever in my Heart, Guardian Angel, Stitching Together, Summer Playhouse, Hopscotch, Memory Quilt, Favorite Dolly, Everlasting Flowers, Easter Bonnets, Tea Party and Favorite Flowers. A few of the memories I have of my sisters and maybe some of yours.

I will be releasing these boxed sets in a few days...on the 14th. My big sister's birthday and a tribute to her. You can pre-order now as these will sell fast. They are $27.99 plus postage. A beautiful boxed set filled with favorite memories. nbelgian@aol.com

I also want to give a set away.
Rules:  You must be a follower by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here.
*****Post on Facebook, your blog or stitching group and get 100 more entries. And if the entries go over 200 I will give away a second box.
Drawing to be July 14. Lots of time to enter and tell your friends to enter. It's all about sharing.

Thank you for stopping by. Thank you for being a Faithful Follower. And thank you for being my friends.

                       Love,
                                 Nancy

Treasures in the Attic Trunk give-away, enter now! A great collection of memories

Soft and faded colors from a life time of cherished memories.......Treasures in the Attic Trunk is popular already. I showed the new set and had 9 emails asking when was I going to give a set away! So here they are:


 The treasures you put in the attic trunk. I put together a nice collection of memories and I dyed them beautiful colors. Soft, antique-looking, and perfect for samplers, primitives and flowers. And here they are:

Some of the color names are: 1904 World's Fair, Wedding Quilt, Grandmother's Violets, Dolly's Dress, Garden Gate, School Sweethearts, Love's Promise, Summer Jasmine, etc.
Memories and treasures one would store in the attic trunk. A nice collection and a $27.99 value. Email with orders. nbelgian@aol.com

RULES:
You must be a follower by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here (some email me their entries).
Post on your blog, Facebook or stitching group and get 100 more entries! Tell your friends to enter. If I get over 200 entries I will give away a second set!

Drawing to be June 28th so lots of time to enter.
 AND....if you already purchased this collection and you are the winner, I will let you pick a different boxed set from the following collections:
Antique Dried Flowers
My Mother's Flower Garden
Spring Flower Collection
Star Spangled Banner II
or Sleepy Hollow  II Collection
Good luck everyone.
                                                  Nancy

Treasures in the Attic Trunk new floss collection!

I love antiques. I love old trunks and I have a nice collection of them. And the treasures that you put in these trunks are from a life time of memories. Dried flowers, wedding treasures, baby clothes, etc. So I put together a nice collection of memories. And I dyed them beautiful colors. Soft, antique looking, perfect for samplers, primitives, flowers, etc....and here they are:

Some of the color names are: 1904 World's Fair, Wedding Quilt, Grandmother's Violets, Dolly's Dress, Garden Gate, School Sweethearts, Love's Promise, Summer Jasmine, etc.
Memories and treasures one would store in the attic trunk.

These are $27.99 plus postage. I will start shipping on Friday so orders your now as these always sell quickly. I will include a free skein with the first 20 orders. nbelgian@aol.com.

I will give a set away real soon. Stay tuned!

I will have other sets available soon. I dyed quite a few colors and will be sending some out to be carded. I love the look of antique dried flowers....I also like the more dramatic and bold colors...but simply love these soft colors.

Back to the dye pot!
                                               Nancy

Best Friends Give-away, enter now to win a gift for your best friend!

If you have been with me for a while, then you know how much I love to share and I simply love this give-away! If you are new to my blog, then you are in for a treat!

I love to celebrate best friends. All types of best friends. Your childhood best friend, your sister, your Mother, your stitching buddy. All types of best friends! And what I like to do is have you enter my give-away and I send a nice gift to YOUR best friend!

When you post your comment.....you don't have to give your best friend's name. Just post a comment.

RULES:
You must be a follower at the right. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here.
Post on your blog, stitching group or Facebook and get 100 more entries.
Drawing to be June 20th so hurry and enter. And tell your friends to enter.

Life is all about sharing. And I wish I could send a present to each and every one of you. Maybe if I live to be 100..............you never know!
                                      Love,
                                                    Nancy

Did you get your floss club invoice this morning?

All of the invoices have gone out for the 3 floss clubs this morning. Please let me know if you did not receive yours. nbelgian@aol.com
And yes....I can still add you at any time during the month.

Thank you.
Nancy

Two winners today!!!

We have two winners today to announce. The first winner gets to select their favorite box of floss! These are the choices:
Star Spangled Banner II

Next we have the new Sleepy Hollow II Collection

Lots of spooky colors to stitch with. These are selling out fast.

 

Then we have the Favorite Roses Collection

Lots of shades of red, dark pinks and greens.

 

And last of all we have the Spring Flowers Collection

Shall we add My Mother's Flower Garden? Of course!

 

And the name picked today was Suedu. Congratulations! Please email me your address. nbelgian@aol.com

Next we have the name drawn for the Birthday Club. Happy Birthday Krissy B! Please email me Krissy. Her birthday is on the 7th and we all want to wish her a very Happy Birthday. And to all of you who have June birthday......I hope you all have a very special birthday celebration.
Love,
                                                                  Nancy

Floss Club invoices go out tomorrow. Would you like to join us?

The invoices go out tomorrow for the 3 Floss Clubs. Would you like to join us? And I want to thank the 8 new members that joined last month. This is a great way to build a nice collection of floss at an affordable price.

You can change your club at any time, add other merchandise to your order....just email me in advance and let me know. Quite a few of you added the new flower sets and I thank you.

I send invoices out on the 1st and mail before the 5th. Most orders go out the next day after you pay. If you want to extend your membership be sure to let me know.

I had another inquiry for International postage costs. To most countries the USPS charges $13.50 (yes....that's crazy!) for a couple ounces. BUT.......we can ship 2 or 3 months floss from the club for the same $13.50. So you can pay quarterly for one club or get all three clubs for the same price. You could also split the shipping cost with a friend. So you have several great options to help with our high postal costs.

Thank you for joining the floss clubs. This is a lot of work but also a lot of fun and a great way to share since you are getting a free skein with each order.

Have a great day.
                                                     Nancy

Antique Dried Flowers and Rocky Mountain Wildflowers floss Collection winner today!

Lambs Ear, Catnip, Heirloom Poppy, Faded Mums, Dried Hydrangea, Victorian Rose, Weigela Blossom, Verbascum Clementine, Yellow Rose, Coreopsis, Edwardian Fern and Dried Ferns. Perfect for an antique flower arrangement!
Antique Dried Flowers! We have a winner today. The name drawn was Ann Thompson.  Congratulations! Please email me and give me your address.

We ALSO have a winner for the Rocky Mountain Wildflowers today! Susan Shumolis. Congratulations! Please email me and give me your address.

Be sure to enter for the give-away on June 1st and that is also the day I pick a name for the Birthday Club winner. Have you sent me the day and month of your birthday?? I pick a winner on the 1st of every month for a nice gift.

Thanks for stopping by.
                                                 Nancy

Memorial Day

We all have so many to thank for the freedom we have.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
                                   Nancy

Price change due to Ebay, please read

A little information you might want to read.

 I am wholesale to the public simply to give stitchers a great deal and save you money. Plain and simple. I turn down requests from shops to carry my floss because it will raise the price for you. I discourage designers from using my floss in their designs because I will not put it in shops. I know you all appreciate the great price of my floss. I went into this business to prove that you can be generous with people and it simply isn't about making money. It's about sharing....and helping people on a tight budget who would like to stitch more. And having fun with lots of give-aways all year long. And if you have been a follower of mine you know how much I give back.

All of my repeat customers always buy direct from me. After their first Ebay sale I ask for direct sales. Ebay fees are high. And we have to pay 10% of the postage. But now they have dropped our discounts as top rated sellers. They used to entice you to be a top rated seller and then you received 20% off the fees you paid to list and sell items. Well they have dropped that to 10% and that is just not acceptable to me. Their fees are steadily going up and discounts going down for sellers. So.......

The prices in my ebay store will go up 10% very soon. I ask my regular customers to browse the ebay store but purchase directly from me if you want the sale price.

I hope you understand my position. I can sell wholesale to the public but I can't take a loss. I'm generous....not dumb! LOL

Thank you for listening. I know quite a few people who are leaving Ebay because they have had enough. I will work with them a little longer and then maybe do a separate web site. All I need to do is find enough hours in the day to get all of this done. I have more important things to do....like dye floss! LOL

                                                 Nancy

Antique Dried Flower Collection give-away, enter now!

Do you like the look of soft and faded antique colors? Then this Collection of Antique Dried Flowers is for you. And if you haven't ordered one yet ($27.99 plus postage), then this is your chance to win a box.

Lambs Ear, Catnip, Heirloom Poppy, Faded Mums, Dried Hydrangea, Victorian Rose, Weigela Blossom, Verbascum Clementine, Yellow Rose, Coreopsis, Edwardian Fern and Dried Ferns. Perfect for an antique flower arrangement!

Rules: 
You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here.
**** Post on your blog, stitching group or Facebook and get 100 more entries.****
You must check back to see if you are a winner. You must follow!
Drawing to be June 30th. Lots of time to enter.

Lets make it even more fun. If you have already purchased this collection and your name is the lucky one drawn, then you can select from another boxed set that I currently have. Choose from Star Spangled Banner, or Rocky Mountain Wildflowers.

Good luck to all who enter. You know how much I love to share. It truly brings me joy.
                                            Nancy

Tell me what colors you like in flower collections

I am always creating new flower collections. I think these are my favorites. Especially the soft, antique looking flowers. But I know a lot of you like the brighter colors too.

I have just placed another large order for 300 cones from DMC and the dye pot will be busy for weeks. So.......I would love to hear what your favorite colors are for flower collections.

I am thinking of doing a second set of the Rocky Mountain Wildflowers since there are so many beautiful flowers to choose from. I already have a Kansas Wildflowers. I may do another set of antique dried flowers since so many of you like the antique look which is perfect for primitive stitching. All of the above mentioned sets are still available.

Dyeing 24 new colors each month for the limited editions clubs keeps me pretty busy trying to be creative with new colors. So tell me what you would like to see in flower collections. Or any collection for that matter. I already have a Christmas and Patriotic Collection....Red and Cream, Grandmother's Favorite Quilts, Mother's Flower Garden, The Heirloom Collection, Hearthside Collection....all of these are in my Ebay store or direct from me.

I am putting together another garden collection when I dye the next round of colors. I will announce that next month. And all of my newer collections will have DMC conversions if I can match them to a stock color. Sometimes the new color is so different (I love that!) that I have a totally new color that just isn't close to any DMC color.

I think I will be dyeing larger amounts and double the number of boxed sets. I usually dye 100 sets and I will dye 200 boxes of some of these newer collections.

I would love to hear from you! I value your opinions. Thanks for stopping by.
                                            Nancy

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers Give-away, enter now

Since I posted this set it has been selling very fast and I figured I should share a set before they are gone. Beautiful Rocky Mountain Wildflowers. I picked a nice selection of flowers from a huge group that were available. I can see me doing another set of different flowers later this summer. And next time I will dye double the amount after seeing how popular these and the Antique Dried Flowers have been. These sets are $27.99.

Rules:
You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here.
Post on your blog, Facebook or stitching group and get 100 more entries.
Drawing to be June 30th and you must check back to see if you are a winner.
Good luck to all who enter.
                                                  Nancy

Rocky Mountain Wildflowers and Antique Dried Flowers, order now!

I have had a lot of email requests for these collections and they are done! I will be boxing them today and will start mailing orders on Friday and Saturday. Have you ordered yours?

First I will show you the Rocky Mountain Wildflowers:
Purple Fringe, Chiming Bells, Wild Iris, Alpine Forget-Me-Not,
Alberta Wild Rose, King's Crown, Buttercup, Mountain Lupine, Alpine Sorrel, Wood Aster, Snow Lily and Blanket Flower.
Large pictures are so much better than in the box.

Next are the Antique Dried Flowers:
Lambs Ear, Catnip, Heirloom Poppy, Faded Mums, Dried Hydrangea, Victorian Rose, Weigela Blossom, Verbascum Clementine, Yellow Rose, Coreopsis, Edwardian Fern and Dried Ferns. Perfect for an antique flower arrangement!

These boxed sets (gold stretch bow and card included) of 12 skeins, 20 yards each, are $27.99 plus postage. Email with orders. nbelgian@aol.com. The first 20 orders in each series will include a free gift(skein of course!)

I will give a box of these away real soon so stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by.
                                                     Nancy

A new give-away, enter now, and a Star Spangled Banner II boxed set winner today!

After a nice day of rest and a wonderful Mother's Day with my guys (and thank you for all of the Mother's Day wishes and greetings), I am back to work today. I am the lucky one because I get to start the week with a give-away winner!

The Star Spangled Banner II Collection.

Reds, burgundy, blues, gold, bronze and an over dyed white are in this collection. A $27.99 value. The lucky name drawn was Karen S. Congratulations! Please email me and give me your address. nbelgian@aol.com.

Now.....lets do it again! Lets give another box away. This set will include a free skein of Presidential Blue.
Rules:  You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here. Post on your blog, stitching group or Facebook and get 100 more entries.
You must check back to see if you are a winner. You must follow!
Drawing to be June 15th. Lots of time to enter.

The Rocky Mountain Wildflowers will be available later this week. I will show a picture when some are carded. I will also start carding the Antique Dried Flowers. Of course I will give a box away for both of those. I simply love to share!
Have a great day!
                                                    Nancy

Wishing you all a very Happy Mother's Day

I want to wish all of you a very Happy Mother's Day. To celebrate our Mothers everywhere. Some are in heaven......we remember the loving time we had to share with them. Some are far away.....we miss them and wish we could be together. But we celebrate all they did for us and cherish them.

To one who bears the sweetest name,
And adds a luster to the same,
Long life to her, for there's no other,
Who takes the place of my dear Mother.

I hope you have a wonderful day. I will be taking the day off....yes....I finally get a day off and I will be spending it with my son and my grandsons that have been living with me the past 15 years. Raising a second family was just as wonderful as raising my first.
It is such a privilege being their Mother.

                                                  Nancy

Extra singles from club sets and Limited Editions

Several of you in the floss clubs have asked me if extra singles are available if you decide you want more of a certain color....yes they are but a limited supply.

 I dye 12 colors for a club for the month, select 6 for the smaller set (which is no easy task trying to select 6 of 12 and I try to give a nice selection) and then I box the sets of 12. The club members get a special price with one free skein. I then list the extra boxed sets in my ebay store for my regular customers who just want an occasional set. And the extra singles? They are available direct from me for a few months and then I will list any singles left  in my store. So if you are wanting more of a color be sure to contact me as soon as possible while I still have singles.

I dyed all of the 24 colors of floss for next month's clubs this week. LOTS of floss came out of the dye pot this week. I did the 20 colors that the Guild cards for me for their fundraiser next month. I also dyed the rest of the Rocky Mountain Wildflowers......I love this set! It was hard to decide which wildflowers as there were so many. I may do a second set later on. These will be available in a couple weeks and I have started taking preorders.

And then there are the Antique Dried Flowers (available soon)....I love doing soft, antique colors for flowers. I dyed half of this set and I hope to get the rest dyed on Saturday. Of course all of these colors need to be named, matched to the closest DMC color, type set the cards, print the cards, cut the cards, drill the cards.....believe me, it is a lot of work. Then send the floss out to be carded. I only card a small amount of it now as it became overwhelming for these arthritic hands of mine. My three trusty elves do a wonderful job carding floss for me. Who knew there were floss elves??!! LOL

I will show these new sets as they become available. I may card 10 boxes of each before I send the rest out to be carded because I am already getting orders. Lots of new sets this summer so stay tuned.

I get questions all the time about the clubs....so if you have any questions be sure to email me. nbelgian@aol.com.

Have a great day!
                                          Nancy  aka The Floss Queen

Favorite Rose Collection winner today

We have a winner today for the Favorite Rose Collection.

Thank you to all who entered. The name drawn was Deborah Chapman. Congratulations! Please email me and give me your address.

I will give away another set of these real soon.

 

I am dyeing floss for a new Rocky Mountain Wildflower Collection that will be ready later this month. Lots of beautiful wildflower colors were picked from a huge list that was available.

Now I need to do them justice in the dye pot! And the dye pot will be busy all this week so I can have lots of new colors for Limited Editions and other new colors.

 

Be sure you have entered the other current give-aways. Remember.....All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Nancy

Favorite Rose Collection drawing is tomorrow, May 7th

Did you enter for the Favorite Rose Collection? The drawing is tomorrow, May 7th so hurry and enter!

Delicious reds and dark pinks and green for rose leaves. Audubon Classic, Crimson Fire, Don Juan, Centennial Favorite, Pink Parfait, Carefree Beauty, Ode to Pink, Tree Moss, Garden Gate, Bronze Leaves, Florentina and Coral Beauty.
 ALL with DMC Conversions if they have one.
And don't forget to enter for the Patriotic Star Spangled Banner, drawing is May 15th, Halloween Sleepy Hollow II is May 3oth and June 1st will be pick your favorite box of floss!

Scroll back to enter on those posts. Don't enter here.......

Don't miss out on some fabulous boxes of floss.

Thanks for stopping by!
                                                    Nancy

Did you get your floss club invoice today?

All of the invoices have been sent out this morning for the 3 floss clubs. Did you receive yours? Please let me know if you didn't.  nbelgian@aol.com
I have noticed a time or two that the email address is incorrect in Paypal when I do the auto fill on the forms.

You can join any of the three clubs at any time. Join in the fun!

                                           Nancy

Birthday Club drawing today!

We have a winner today......a big Happy Birthday goes out to Robin in Virginia.  Her birthday is on the 14th and we all want to wish her a very Happy Birthday! And to all of you who have birthdays this month!

                            Happy Birthday!

                                         Love,
                                           Nancy

Pick you floss give-away, enter now!

We had a winner this morning for the Spring Flowers Collection. And after I draw the name of a winner I like to start another give-away.....to keep the fun going all the time. Who doesn't like to win a present??! LOL

So lets do this one....pick your favorite box of floss! Here are the selections to choose from:
The Patriotic Star Spangled Banner II and these are selling fast. You get a free (13th) skein with this set and the Sleepy Hollow Collection.

Next we have the new Sleepy Hollow II Collection

Lots of spooky colors to stitch with. These are selling out fast.

 

Then we have the Favorite Roses Collection

Lots of shades of red, dark pinks and greens.

 

And last of all we have the Spring Flowers Collection

Shall we add My Mother's Flower Garden? Of course!

 

So lets do the RULES:

You must be a follower at the right. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. If your name is drawn and you are not a follower I will have to draw another name.

You must post a comment here.

POST ON YOUR BLOG, FACEBOOK OR STITCHING GROUP AND GET 100 MORE ENTRIES!

 

Drawing to be June 1st and you must check back to see if you are a winner.

 

The floss club invoices will be going out today and tomorrow. You can join at any time during the month, just let me know.

 

Thanks for stopping by and good luck to all who enter!

The Floss Fairy