Sunday, January 27, 2013

New kits, new give-away and a fundraiser!

I have been extremely busy this past month. New designs, lots of fabrics and trims dyed, lots of patterns still in the works but that is nothing new around here!

For the new kits.....what I wanted to offer was a wide range of styles.....lots of trims, buttons, etc. Hand dyed fabrics and floss....and all in the kit so you don't have to hunt anything down. Easy to make kits too.

The fundraiser......I have been chatting with Gaynor (Stitcheranon) and she explained her bout with breast cancer last year. She has a personal web site for The Irish Cancer Society fundraiser....and in her words I will let her explain to you.

"The trek is organised by the Irish Cancer Society. It is a sponsored event and in order to take part we each need to raise 3200 euros. The Trek is quite heavy going, up a lot of mountains and it follows the famous Pilgramage walk, I will be walking the last 116 km to Santiago de Compestalla. This page has all the details. http://www.cancer.ie/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-yourself/trek/group.

I started walking under the advice of my oncologist: keeping active helps to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. I was hoping to walk in ireland but the roads are very dangerous: too dangerous for a woman walking alone. I will be walking in a group for the trek which makes it much safer.

The money on the fundraising page ALL goes to the Irish Cancer Society. Any donations which come to me personally are again, ALL handed to the Irish Cancer Society: I obtain receipts which are given to the donors."


What I would like to do for Gaynor (I have already sent her lots of trims to finish the items she is selling to raise money)
is to donate to her for the next three months to help her on her trek. I will donate the profits (after material costs) on the best selling kit for each month. Of course I urge you to donate directly on her fundraiser page too. http://www.mycharity.ie/event/sponsorgaynor/
I have 4 new kits and I will be adding more each week. I have some nice red checked kitchen goodies that will be done soon (a whole basket of red goodies!)...as well as blue checks and stripes and black and tan. Lets start with the first one: Treasured Friend. I changed my pattern a little to fit this heart.
 




An adorable little heart stitched on 32ct cream belfast linen. Backing fabric is faded cream premium muslin. It is 4x4". The kit comes with the fabrics, overdyed red floss, red scalloped trim, cluny lace trim, and needle. All you need is the stuffing material of your choice. $12.95
I also want to add that these are easy finish kits. I used fabric glue to attach all the trims(why stitch and see puckers?) and I was thrilled with the results. It took 1 minute to attach the red trim with dots of glue and a few pins to hold it in place. Then a few more drops of glue on the cluny trim and in less than 5 minutes it was done. Glue was dry in an hour.

Next is "Time to spare said the hare". Finished size is 5x5-1/2". My hand dyed floss stitched on my own light carmel linen, 32ct. Hand dyed trims, tortoise and hare hand dyed wood buttons, cluny lace trim in caramel and a variegated golden caramel cluny lace for the bow with a carmel colored wood flower shaped button. $18
I had to add a patriotic/suffragette motto in here......Votes for Women! I love the old time banners from when women were fighting to get the vote. I sell quite a few of the perforated paper motto with this same title.
The kit comes with all the hand dyed wood buttons you see...the bow with 3 layers is already made and the button is attached! All you do is add a couple drops of fabric adhesive or a few stitches to the back to attach it. I said these were easy kits. Hand dyed trims, floss and antique ivory 28ct linen.
****I also added iron on interfacing. It really helps to firm up the linen fabric before you sew on buttons. Antiqued ivory premium muslin backing. Size is 4-1/2x5".  $24


Last and most important is my Hope pillow/wall hanging.
I had a mini motto in reds and greens and I changed it to rose and pink and made a few adjustments. Light cream overdyed cluny trim for the bows and hanger. Narrow eyelet trim goes along the bottom. 5-1/2 x 8" plus the hanger. $24 and a real bargain. It was dark and raining when I snapped this picture so I will re-take it on a better day.

******I will also have this available as a chart only. $7.99.
These will all be available February 1st. You can email me nbelgian@aol.com to place orders. I do not have these listed on ebay to save the fees so I can help Gaynor. I take paypal and if you live in the states, you can send me a personal check. They will be listed later on ebay.

THE GIVE AWAY! You must be a follower and post a comment here.....I will pick five winners to receive the kit of their choice on Valentine's Day. My present to you.
**Post on your blog to help Gaynor and I will give you 10 more entries. Yes 10!

I will try to list more kits as they become available. Yes we will get to the primitive stuff soon......all in good time.
Thank you for reading/letting me explain all this to you. I urge you to follow your heart and donate to help Gaynor. After all.....you guys are the best!
Nancy


74 comments:

  1. What a wonderful cause. I am not in a position to be able to help financially right now but will post on my blog today for your friend. Thank you for the chance to receive such a wonderful giveaway.

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  2. New kits are wonderful!
    I am a follower and I post a pic on the sidebar of my blog
    http://otnoroktushkana.blogspot.ru/

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  3. Wonderful of you to post the fundraiser! Beautiful kits! Thanks for adding me!

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  4. I love your new items. I admire you for helping to raise funds.

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  5. OMgoodness Nancy thank you so much. Hope is so appropriate. And the kits are beautiful. A lot of people are unable to help out financially and I just want to say, all words of encouragment are just as important. Thank you so much for doing this for me. I really hope it will help fund research which means our daughters and grand daughters never have to go through what I and so many other women have had to go through. Thank you xx

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    1. It is my pleasure to do this for you. As I continue to go through life's journey, I pray that I will have continued strength to help others. I hope we have a good turn out for this fund raiser....fingers crossed and prayers said!
      Sending you all my love dear!

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  6. Wonderful kits Nancy and what a great thing you are doing for Gaynor. I think my favorite is the patriotic one. Thanks for all your generosity not only for the giveaways but to the entire blogging/stitching community.

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  7. Nancy, What a good thing you are doing. I would love to be included in your giveaway. The designs are beautiful.

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  8. You have to be one of the most generous people! Hope is so appropriate for the cause!
    Thanks for the chance at the giveaway and for all you are doing to help Gaynor.

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  9. I would love to win the Valentine's kit! Please enter me in the giveaway. I figure I have to win one someday!

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  10. Nancy
    You certainly have been one busy gal with the new kits...another job well done! I look forward to seeing what you have in store for primitives.
    I've already been to Gaynor's site...she unquestionably puts the "strong" in woman!!!! This is a worthwhile cause to get behind.
    Thank you for all you share with the stitching community.
    Please enter my name.
    Busy Hands...Happy Heart
    Patricia

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  11. Wow, this is so generous & will definitely be appreciated by Gaynor!! Count me in for the giveaway, I love the little Valentine's Kit. I will post the link on my blog too. Mii x

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  12. I would love to win one of those!
    Thanks for the offer.
    Please enter my name.
    Thanks!
    Marilyn

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  13. Hello Nancy,
    What a wonderful cause you have decided to join. Gaynor is a special person as well for her fight against this horrible disease. Please enter my name.

    I love all of these kits and my favorite one is the Hope kit. This would be perfect for a special blogging friend who is fighting with cancer today.

    Thank you Nancy for all that you do. You are an inspiration!

    I have the fundraiser/giveaway posted to my blog and my sidebar.

    Hugs!

    http://www.takingonestitchatatime.blogspot.com

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  14. How nice of you to help a fellow stitcher Nancy. I would love to be entered in your giveaway.

    Linda

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  15. I love this idea and will join in supporting our friend. I will put this on my sidebar too! Bless you! Enter me if you will for the bunny one.

    I'll email you with an order in about a week. :)

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  16. Very awesome of you to help out gaynor like this.

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  17. This is truly so nice...
    Love xx

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  18. Your generousity knows no bounds. To help with such a worthy cause for someone across the pond is wonderful. You will be rewarded 10x for your kindness.

    Please enter me in your contest. I love the things you have shared w/us especially the Hope pillow, so pretty!

    Diane Allyn
    dianecally@aol.com



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  19. You are such a generous person, Nancy! These kits are all wonderful and I look forward to seeing the other ones, too. :)

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  20. How wonderful you are for sharing so much. Good luck to Gaynor too. I would love to be entered in the giveaway, especially if I could win the hope pillow kit. Hope is my theme word for this year. Of course, I am a follower already.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  21. I would love to be entered in your giveaway!

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  22. What a great cause! :) You are so kind to help out.

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  23. What an inspirational story. I have posted the giveaway on my blog and I'm a (rather new) follower. Thank for the opportunity to enter. The hope kit is beautiful.

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  24. Wonderful kits. I will surely get one or two when they go on sale. Please add me to the giveaway.

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  25. I've been looking forward to your new kits as you never disappoint. Incorporating stitching in helping others is a wonderful thing to do. Please enter me in your genereous giveaway.

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  26. What great new kits and a great cause! I would love to be entered. Thanks for offering.

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  27. How wonderful to help Gaynor reach her goal in this fabulous way.
    Thanks you!!

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  28. Nancy, this post has touched my heart. I fought breast cancer and my mother is fighting it right now.
    This is wonderful to help Gaynor reach her goal.
    Breast cancer is a horrible thing. It runs in my family.
    I pray they will find a cure soon.

    I am a follower and would love to enter in your fabulous giveaway!!!!
    I am going to click on your blog and read about this!

    Thanks for entering me in your FAB*U*LOUS giveaway!
    Blessings and Happy Stitching,
    Tricia

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  29. The kits are really nice. I will be keeping an eye out to see what others are added! Very nice of you to help Gaynor out! Also, very nice of you to do the Valentine's giveaway! You are one busy Lady!

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  30. Wow, gorgeous kits, love them! Thank you for the giveaway!

    Hugs,

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  31. Lovely giveaway. The kits are gorgeous. Please count me in. I'll put a link on my blog. IndyPoppy

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  32. Hi Nancy, love your new kits! The Hope and the bunnies are my favorites! I'm partial to bunnies. I don't have a blog, so I pinned the giveaway and fundraiser post on my Pinterest. I had a breast cancer scare several years ago. Thank God it was just a scare! A very good radiologist noticed a very small spot on a mammogram! I can't stress enough the importance of getting a mammogram. Better safe then sorry! I'm a follower!
    http://pinterest.com/pin/53761789273908187/

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  33. Nancy, What a great thing you are doing for this cause. I would love to be included in your giveaway please.

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  34. I'm a follower, thanks for the chance~

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  35. Oh what cute little kits! I'm a happy follower and I'd love to have a chance to win one.

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  36. heather says: i sure like your blog and would love to win this giveaway i love the mother one but i don't do fb or have any of these accounts i hope that my simple comment will count as it does on all other giveaways. God bless.
    hgtempaddy@hotmail.com

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  37. I found your blog . I love your new designs,
    penny in michigan:-)

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  38. Great kits! Maybe I'll be lucky this time! :)
    Thanks!

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  39. Love the kits, a generous giveaway as always! Count me in! I will also post about this on my blog!

    http://justalittlestitchin.blogspot.com

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  40. It's so wonderful of you to help Gaynor and put on a fundraiser! Your kits are lovely. I would love a chance at your giveaway. Thanks!

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  41. Such a wonderful gesture, I know Gaynor is over the moon and so grateful to you.
    Please count me in, if I win I will stitch the kit and donate it to Gaynor to sell with her other treasures.

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  42. Hi Nancy,
    Both your kits and your fundraising gesture are wonderful.
    Congratulations!

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  43. Wonderful kits & so nice of you to help Gaynor :)

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  44. They are all wonerfil. Especially like "Time to spare". Thanks for a giveaway! Happy Valentines!

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  45. Please add my name as I'm fighting cancer right now as well and know what Gaynor is going through. What a wonderful idea you came up with and I'm sure Gaynor appreciates your generosity :o)

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    1. I am following your journey Pumpkin...one of the reasons I am doing this walk is for the research element: so our children and grandchildren never, ever have to go through what we are. Sending you prayers xx

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  46. Thanks for your generosity for such a great cause!

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  47. Love them all, especially HOPE and TIME TO SPARE. Courage, hope and prayers to all struggling with cancer. viv

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  48. You are very nice and generous person Nancy!
    I would love to be entered in your giveaway.
    Thank!

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  49. Really love the new designs. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year.

    Please enter me in your giveaway! Good luck to everyone!

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  50. Love your new kits!! You are one of the most geneous gals I know of. We can all appreciate anything for breast cancer awareness and research. It is heartbreaking to see how many women battle this disease. I would love to be entered into your giveaway. Thanks

    Judy heartland stitcher

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  51. Please sign me in! Your work is awesome!

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  52. Love your new kits! Going to be hard to pick! Thanks for helping out your friend and I wish her the best of luck in her trek!
    Please enter me in your give away too.

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  53. Nancy
    Love all the kits ..just beautiful. Will post on my blog
    and best of luck and healing energy to your friend.

    Marilyn
    Fanciful Stitches
    www.fancifulstitches dot com

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  54. What a great way to help a friend. I like your new kits, esp. the one with the rabbit... that one is so cute !!

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  55. You have really come up with some nice designs/kits. Love them all. Thank you for doing the one for cancer, you are a lovely person, Nancy.
    Looking forward to all you have in store for us this year.
    Judy in Kansas

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  56. How sweet of you! Your kits are very nice, too!

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  57. Nancy, I wish I had one tenth of your generosity! What you are doing for Gaynor and other cancer patients is amazing. I will definitely be placing an order for one of the kits. I just have to decide which one I like best! I will also place a link back to the giveaway and fundraiser. May I use one of your pictures of the kits on my sidebar for the link to the fundraiser?

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  58. You're incredibly generous. Thank you for all your hard work and for caring so much. I would love to be entered in the giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  59. I have so enjoyed the threads and trim I ordered from you.
    Please enter me in your generous drawing. Keep up the good work.

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  60. I am a follower of your blog as well as a winner of one of your past giveaways. You are such a generous person, thank you for giving of your heart as well as your wonderful goods.

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  61. Hallo NAncy,

    thanks again for another nice giveaway.

    Please count me in again. You know I am a follower and I do like your pattern .I prefer Treasured friend and I've time ...

    Have a nice day
    Love
    Judith

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  62. I love the new kits, and what a wonderful cause to be supporting. Thanks so much for your generosity!

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  63. Lovely Valentine's gifts!AriadnefromGreece!

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  64. So amazing what you are doing to help her with the cause. Please sign me up for the giveaway:-)

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  65. Please count me in the giveaway, I will post about the giveaway on the sidebar of my blog. Best wishes to your friend.
    hugs, Kaye

    http://kittenstitching.blogspot.com

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  66. They are so lovely! Please include me in the giveaway draw

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  67. I posted on my blog and in my sidebar. Thanks for hosting a wonderful give away and this is really a fabulous way to help out.

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  68. What a lovely thing you are doing for your friend, and for all who are battling this awful disease. I know you will have much success in this! The charts are so pretty--I especially like the one with the bunny--too cute! Thank you for a chance in this special giveaway.
    fnelson1@comcast.net

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  69. Such a wonderful idea. These are all such beautiful kits. I must say the hare and hope are my favorite.

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  70. I hope alot of people donate to this cause. I have posted it to my blog which is
    http://pdshelgren.blogspot.com/
    thanks for the giveaway chance

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  71. I would love to be entered into your drawing if I'm not too late.

    tpatterson1961@gmail.com

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