New floss collections, colors, lots of news

Lots of new collections are in the works...being selected, dyed, sent to be carded....so much to do in August.

Before I start on the new collections I want to say that Paypal is sending out invoices today....I see a dozen have gone out....and I still don't know why they do that when they are scheduled for the 1st. Simply ignore them for a few days unless you want to pay early.

Collections...The new all blue and all green will be shown here in a few days. Now that my thumb is healing I can do a lot more.......it sure slowed me down with just one hand!

I will be doing another Autumn Colors collection with all new shades of beautiful reds, oranges, golds, greens, etc. Beautiful shades of Autumn. I am selecting those colors now.
All the new collections will have great variations in them with a couple extreme variegated.

I am selecting colors for a new Christmas Collection. I have done those in years past and they are popular. I would love your input.....I have done all reds, greens (medium to dark) and a couple golds....even a blue one year. What are your traditional Christmas favorites? The first two collections I dyed were the brighter reds and a cranberry red, and greens with variations in them. Holly, Ivy, evergreens.....
 The Victorian Christmas is always different....muted reds, cranberry, golds, and soft greens.

My question is: what colors do you like for a traditional Christmas collection.....AND do you want just a set of 6 available or the regular box of 12? One time I did two skeins of the same nicest red in the box of 12....I thought others might like that so they could have extra of that red. Not sure if I will do that or just one skein of each.
I would love to hear from you. You can post here...but an email to me is always the way to get a quick reply. nbelgian@aol.com

Then I will dye an all red collection....my favorite of course.

Next I think I will do an all browns from light to dark and lots of variegations.
Maybe a set of Primitive Tans with cream, ivory, etc.? Or maybe just Rustic Primitives? What do you like for Primitives?

I always appreciate it when you tell me what you are looking for in colors.

I currently have the purple set, pinks, the Halloween Return to Sleepy Hollow with lots of oranges and the Bewitching spells gray set......in the spring I will do yellows.

When I show the blue and green collections this coming week I will have a new give-away for a set so be sure to check back.

Thanks for listening...have a great day!
Nancy

Would you like a job carding floss?

Would you like to card floss? You need to live in Illinois,  Missouri or Indiana.....close to me here in Illinois ( I am 20 minutes from Saint Louis)....then we can talk.

I need new helpers to card floss. I need responsible people who can commit to a time schedule and keep with it. I need someone who has no pets and is non-smoking. I need a reference from someone you have worked for if I don't already know you. Shall I go on?

You receive hanks of floss. You count twenty yards, pull the ends together and trim them 1/4". Fold in half and put that through the card and tie with string on the back with a square knot. That takes me about 45 seconds but I am very fast. I pay .20 per card. That would be $12 per hour if you can do one a minute. Not bad for sitting at home, no travel expenses or wear and tear on a vehicle. You receive a check monthly. You would need to work just a few hours a day to card the floss I need right now.

Are you interested? I need someone through December for now and maybe all of next year. After you do a sample bunch for me, and if all is done correctly, we can go from there. Send me an email if you are seriously interested. nbelgian@aol.com.

UPDATE: I have three ladies who applied so far!
POISITION IS FILLED WITH 3 LADIES HIRED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY!

Thank you for your time......I always appreciate my followers!

Have a great week.
Nancy

Christmas in July winners today!!!!

I LOVE Christmas! Thank you for joining in the celebration for my Christmas in July give-aways.  I appreciate all of you and thank you for supporting my business. It is my pleasure to share with you and give back. Remember.....All you can take with you is that which you've given away!

We have lots of winners today!!!!
Lets start with the first give-away which was a custom box of your favorite colors. There were two names drawn.
stoker stitches and Carolyn Zook. Congratulations! Please send me an email with your address and favorite colors.

Next we had the linen or aida give-away. 1/2 yard of stitching happiness goes to Christina Marie in NM who follows by email. Congratulations!

Next we have the newest collection of More Treasures in the Attic Trunk. All different colors from the first collection. The name drawn was Sandra. Congratulations!

Next we have the big Drawing for the 4th of July. First we have 4 winners for my newest chart called America the Beautiful. The names drawn were  Purple24, Tammy, KrissyB and Patricia Geary. I also drew a 5th winner and the name was Carol Royce. Congratulations!
Then we had two names drawn for the America the Beautiful Collection. Connie Bechtold and Becky Godby. Congratulations!

Next we have the $50 Gift Certificate drawing. Remember I had said you don't need to be a club member to enter the drawings but you do need to be current in your payments. When you are finished with the club simply send me an email to be removed. The first name drawn was someone who had not paid the club invoices for several months and had to be disqualified. The second name drawn was Jacqueline Campbell. Congratulations!

Last of all we have the Surprise Package of 30 skeins! The lucky name drawn was Roger Morales. Congratulations!

Thank you for sharing my July celebration of Christmas and the 4th of July. It was lots of fun!

I will have another give-away next week. All the gifts will be sent out this week. Be sure to send me your address if your name was drawn.

I will be dyeing a new all blue collection and all green collection later this month. I will have lots of sets available and remember you can preorder with payment.

Have a great week!

              Santa Nancy

Severe storm and our power is out

Due to a severe storm today we are without power. Trees and power lines down all over our road. We were very lucky. Using our generators and I will have email access.

I packed over 200 orders and they went out today but there will be  a delay in the club shipments for the next few days,

Nancy

Great news for club members with the DMC price hike

DMC is having a huge price increase for the wholesale cones only, coming soon. I always do my best to help all of my customers save money and I will keep the current pricing for the club members and still offer the free skein. Nothing will change there.
DMC also changed their minimum from $1,000 to $10,000 per order for best shipping prices. These increases are huge this year.

The collections will increase from the current price of $29.99 to $33. I am already increasing the Ebay set prices as I was going to do that any ways with their high fees. Buying direct is the best way to go right now as I will wait to increase the direct sale prices until next month.

I will also increase the individual skein price shortly....probably to $2.75 each in September. All individual skein orders placed before September 1st will be $2.45 prices. If you have been waiting to order...now is the time to do it.

Always doing my best to bring you the best value for your money.
                                               Nancy

Christmas in July surprise package of floss!

I LOVE Christmas! Thank you for joining in the celebration this week.  I appreciate all of you and thank you for supporting my business. It is my pleasure to share with you and give back. Remember.....All you can take with you is that which you've given away!

I was thinking I would give away a surprise package of floss for this last give-away. You will choose if you would like primitives or regular brighter colors...and I will send a 30 skein package!
 I ship world-wide so everyone can enter.

RULES: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.   Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group, etc. and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.   The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol  Remember that you don't have to be a club member to enter...but you must be current in your payments. Good luck to all.                                       Santa Nancy

$50 Gift Certificate for Christmas in July!

I LOVE Christmas! And here at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe we like to celebrate Christmas in July. It is my way of saying thank you and giving back to the stitching community with all of the give-aways I have each month. I appreciate all of you and thank you for supporting my business.

Lets give a $50 Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! You can browse the blog and the Ebay store and then send me an email with your selections.
 I ship world-wide so everyone can enter.

RULES: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.   Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group, etc. and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.   The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol  Remember that you don't have to be a club member to enter...but you must be current in your payments. Good luck to all. Stay tuned for more Christmas in July fun!                                       Santa Nancy

America the Beautiful give-away! Happy 4th of July!

Christmas in July is even better when we get to celebrate another holiday.   Happy 4th of July!
A great holiday because we are able to celebrate our freedom and independence!
For this give-away it is fitting and appropriate to give away my floss set called America the Beautiful.

Independence Red, Glory of America, New Flag Red, Let Freedom Wave, America the Beautiful, Antique Flag, Glory Stars, Betsy Ross Flag, Sea to Shining Sea, Mountain Majesties, Amber Waves of Grain and Golden Eagle.
These sets are $29.99 and available. Lets give away two sets!

Lets also give away a copy of my newest design God Bless America

The design is motto size on 14 or 28ct and will fit most antique frames...or the frame you select. 18.6" x 6.4".
16ct is 16.3" x 5.6"
18ct is 14.5" x 5.0
Charted for DMC but you could substitute my America the Beautiful floss for most of the chart. Add a little green and brown and you'd be all set. These charts are $9.99.
Lets give away 4 charts! Six lucky names will be drawn for this give-away of floss and charts.

RULES:

You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.

You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.
 

Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group, etc. and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.

 

The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol 
Remember that you don't have to be a club member to enter...but you must be current in your payments/invoices.

Good luck to all. Stay tuned for more Christmas in July fun!

 

                                    Santa Nancy

Christmas in July and more Treasures in the Attic Trunk give-away, enter now!

I LOVE Christmas! And here at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe we like to celebrate Christmas in July. It is my way of saying thank you and giving back to the stitching community with all of the give-aways I have each month. I appreciate all of you and thank you for supporting my business.

Today I am giving away a set from my newest collection
More Treasures in the Attic Trunk.
 Soft, antique sampler colors....treasures! Great variations in each color.
I had a lot of requests to do another set in this series so here they are:

Wedding Flowers, Prairie Souvenir, Sweetheart Dance, Baby Booties, Indigo Blossom, World's Fair, Grandma's Hollyhocks, Farmhouse Memory, Golden Anniversary, Victory Garden, Wishing Well and Faded Bonnet.

The collection of 12 skeins is $29.99 plus postage. I had a lot of preorders....and if you would like a set please send me an email. nbelgian@aol.com.
 I ship world-wide so everyone can enter.

RULES: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.   Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group, etc. and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.   The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol  Remember that you don't have to be a club member to enter...but you must be current in your payments/invoices. Good luck to all. Stay tuned for more Christmas in July fun!                                       Santa Nancy

More Treasures in the Attic Trunk collection

More Treasures in the Attic Trunk is my newest collection. Different colors than the first collection.
Soft, antique sampler colors....treasures! Great variations in each color.
I had a lot of requests to do another set in this series so here they are:

Wedding Flowers, Prairie Souvenir, Sweetheart Dance, Baby Booties, Indigo Blossom, World's Fair, Grandma's Hollyhocks, Farmhouse Memory, Golden Anniversary, Victory Garden, Wishing Well and Faded Bonnet.

The collection of 12 skeins is $29.99 plus postage. I had a lot of preorders....and if you would like a set please send me an email. nbelgian@aol.com.

I will also give a set away in the next post.

Nancy

God Bless America new pattern and chart

My newest chart is one I adapted from my God Bless America pattern I did years ago for a perforated paper kit. My own copyright protected design.
This one is charted for cross stitch....cover shows pattern on linen with the stitching program. I will need to send mine out to a model stitcher as I am simply swamped this summer with dyeing floss.

The design is motto size on 14 or 28ct and will fit most antique frames...or the frame you select. 18.6" x 6.4".
16ct is 16.3" x 5.6"
18ct is 14.5" x 5.0
Charted for DMC but you could substitute my America the Beautiful floss for most of the chart. Add a little green and brown and you'd be all set.

I will give a couple  charts away on the 4th for the give-away. I will list the chart in the Ebay store and they are available direct from me. $9.99 plus postage.
My charts include the chart cover, pattern information page for the above listed 3 fabric counts, chart pages are 2 sets. One set of symbols pages and one set of color block pages so you can use the chart type you prefer.

I love this country...and it really was blessed!
                                              Nancy

Christmas in July, linen or aida give-away

I LOVE Christmas! And here at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe we like to celebrate Christmas in July. It is my way of saying thank you and giving back to the stitching community with all of the give-aways I have each month. I appreciate all of you and thank you for supporting my business.

Lets give away fabric today! Your choice of linen ( I have 28ct linen, Monaco or Lugana, 32, 36, 40 and 46ct linen) or Aida 14, 16 or 18ct. Lets give away 1/2 yard to one lucky person.
 I ship world-wide so everyone can enter.

RULES: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.   Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group, etc. and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.   The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol  Remember that you don't have to be a club member to enter...but you must be current in your payments. Good luck to all. Stay tuned for more Christmas in July fun!                                       Santa Nancy

Christmas in July! Enter and join in the fun!

I LOVE Christmas! And here at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe we like to celebrate Christmas in July. Come join me in some fun and some great give-aways over the next few days. If you have been a follower for a while, then you know how I love to share with everyone.

Lets start with a custom gift box of floss....you tell me your favorite colors! Blues? Reds? Greens? I will send a beautiful gift box with 12 skeins of floss. I ship world-wide so everyone can enter.
Lets pick two winners!

 

RULES: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends. You must post a comment here to enter. A few of you email me with your entries.   Post on your blog, Facebook, Flosstube, or stitching group and get 100 more entries! We want to give your friends a chance to enter.   The drawing will be  July 15th and you must check back to see if you are a winner. You have 30 days to claim a prize after a drawing. You must follow! lol  Good luck to all. Stay tuned for more Christmas in July fun!                                       Santa Nancy

Birthday Club winner for July!

We have a winner today for the Birthday Club drawing. We all want to wish Lorie Sutphin  a very Happy Birthday!!! Her Birthday is on the 16th.
 Please send me an email Lorie so I can put a nice gift in the mail for you. nbelgian@aol.com  And to all of you who have July birthdays I want to say Happy Birthday and I hope your day is wonderful and surrounded by loved ones.

Be sure you have joined the Birthday Club. Send me your name with the month and day of your Birthday.
                                                Nancy