Monday, August 17, 2015

Grandmother's Flower Garden boxed floss sets!

I am burning the midnight oil once again to play catch-up after the 4 months of the knee injury. So much to do and never enough time.

I put together a limited edition floss set, Grandmother's Flower Garden. Lots of beautiful flower colors in this larger gift box, 28 skeins! 20 yards each to stitch lots of beautiful Roses, Carnations, Violets, Sunflowers, Forget-Me-Nots, Lavender and Pansies! 4 colors to each flower.


Gift boxed with a gold stretch loop and a bow. These will be $56 plus postage. nbelgian@aol.com if you are interested.

Next I will be doing Auntie's Flower Garden so stay tuned. I may do some smaller gift boxes of flowers....haven't decided it. I still need to do the Christmas gift boxes too. Halloween? Is that too limited? Tell me what you think. I always appreciate your opinions. I don't do a lot of Halloween stitching but I know several friends that love that holiday. I tend to skip over it now that the grandsons are grown and I go right to Christmas decorating November 1st. Ok, sometimes a few days before Halloween.

I have been dyeing lots of floss.....LOTS! I found a local Embroidery guild and asked if they wanted to earn money by carding my floss....they said yes! (thank you Judy for suggesting that) I am thrilled as I can get thousands of skeins done in one day. I will be dropping off 30 colors, 2400 yards of each color, 3600 skeins! I would do a happy dance...but remember, I have the bad knee and ankle. OK....a little happy dance!

Back to the dye pot....I have to have all the floss dyed by the 1st for the guild.
Thanks for stopping by!
Nancy
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33 comments:

  1. Jacqueline MorrisAugust 17, 2015 at 1:08 PM

    Oh Nancy, so sorry your knee is still playing up. I love your floss sets... the colours a wonderful. And gosh yes indeed you have been rather busy dyeing, and awesome now that you have extra help too :)
    Off to browse your lovely threads!!
    Smiles :)

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  2. Robin in VirginiaAugust 17, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    I love your Grandmother's Flower Garden thread set. The colors are so beautiful. Glad you have some help with carding floss.

    Robin in Virginia

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  3. TinaAugust 17, 2015 at 1:26 PM

    Those are beautiful!!!! The colors are perfect! Nice that you have help with your floss...I wouldn't be able to card them and then give them back! They're just too pretty.

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    1. NancyAugust 17, 2015 at 5:26 PM

      Yes I will be adding smaller boxes of flower collections shortly.

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  4. SnoodlesAugust 17, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    Those are so pretty! Glad that you have some help now!

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  5. HeatherAugust 17, 2015 at 3:05 PM

    These are pretty :)

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  6. Natasha August 17, 2015 at 4:21 PM

    Oh Nancy, those are beautiful colors. I would be interested in a smaller gift box if/when you do that. I am not a Halloween stitcher either but I do like Autumn/Fall colors.

    I hope you are feeling better after that knee injury. ((HUGS)) and again beautiful colors!!

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  7. StitchinByTheLakeAugust 17, 2015 at 4:52 PM

    What beautiful colors! I love autumn colors, including the Halloween ones. :) blessings, marlene

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  8. Needled MomAugust 17, 2015 at 5:12 PM

    That is great that you found help with the carding. That is a lot of floss. Love the colors of the new collection.

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  9. SherriAugust 17, 2015 at 6:09 PM

    Love those colors! I like the idea of different sets, small and large. Can't wait to see them all. Glad you got some help with carding.

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  10. DedeAugust 17, 2015 at 7:12 PM

    Wow--what great color combinations! LOVE them! Look forward to seeing them. Guess there will be another order soon......

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  11. DedeAugust 17, 2015 at 7:13 PM

    Wow--what great color combinations! LOVE them! Look forward to seeing them. Guess there will be another order soon......

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  12. rosey175August 17, 2015 at 8:12 PM

    I love this color combination very much but I have always liked lots of bright color! I think smaller boxes would be good for the holidays since they seem to have a smaller color palette. That way you could even do a Valentines or Patriotic 4th one! Glad you have some helpers now. Do a happy wiggle, they're safe! :D

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  13. AliAugust 17, 2015 at 11:43 PM

    I like the idea of smaller gift box sets and like yourself don't really do Halloween but then it's not as big over here in the UK as it is in the U.S. X

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  14. ChristineAugust 18, 2015 at 1:59 AM

    What a lovely selection of colours. I'd definitely be more interested in smaller sets though, probably in floral colours similar to these, or perhaps ocean colours. I did like the autumn themed ones you posted the other day, for me they would have more appeal than a specifically Hallowe'en set

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  15. UnknownAugust 18, 2015 at 3:47 AM

    Your colors are amazing - thanks for sharing them.
    I'm sorry to hear your knee is giving you trouble but glad you got the extra help - and they're probably glad for the extra $.

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  16. Rina MasonAugust 18, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    Such beautiful colors! I guess I'm one of the few who loves Halloween and am currently stitching away on a project. I think my favorite colors are Autumn colors and Halloween colors. So glad you found a way to get your floss carded quickly while helping out a local guild. Sounds like a win for both of you. Hope your knee feels better soon. - Rina

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  17. Pam KoontzAugust 18, 2015 at 7:14 AM

    Oh these are beautiful!!! I'm sorry your knee is still giving you so much trouble.

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  18. UnknownAugust 18, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    The flower garden colors are super -- just gorgeous! And what a clever idea to get your floss all carded, with minimum work for you. Hope you find their help really useful to you.

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  19. RitaAugust 18, 2015 at 8:02 AM

    Beautiful floss!

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  20. CarmAugust 18, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    Looks so pretty boxed one would almost hate to use them ,LOL! Love the colors!

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  21. KätheAugust 18, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    So schöne Farben, ich muß unbedingt auch mal wieder sticken, aber im Moment habe ich noch so viel Gartenarbeit...
    Liebe Grüße
    Käthe

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  22. FlickenstichlerinAugust 19, 2015 at 5:34 AM

    Dear Nancy,
    wonderful colors, but most important best wishes for your knee.
    Greetings,
    Sylvia

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  23. UnknownAugust 20, 2015 at 12:09 AM

    really lovely collection Nancy!!!!

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  24. Will a stitchAugust 20, 2015 at 4:03 PM

    Wow, another collection of lovely colors. Thanks you so much for the opportunity.

    Judy Heartland stitcher

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  25. mcddissAugust 21, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    me encantan sus sedas teñidas , son una preciosidad y los colores son una maravilla , a mi particularmente me gusta mucho halloween

    besitos

    Mari

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  26. UnknownAugust 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    such pretty colors you are dyeing. Love them

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  27. UnknownAugust 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    such pretty colors you are dyeing. Love them

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  28. zenuwpeesAugust 23, 2015 at 3:50 AM

    Nice Floss i like the colors Marie-Claire

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  29. AnonymousAugust 23, 2015 at 7:55 PM

    Great colors.......so vibrant.

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  30. Pam in ILAugust 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM

    Love all these great colors and I love the names you are giving these sets too. Please don't over do it by working too much!

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  31. SharonAugust 25, 2015 at 9:14 AM

    What's not to like! All the colors are terrific.

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  32. JustineSeptember 13, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    I'm catching up on blog reading this evening - I think this has to be my favourite of all your floss boxes so far but being in the UK I think smaller boxes would be better for postage. I might have to treat myself though!

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