193 Birthday winners today!

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       Happy Birthday to you.....
              Happy Birthday to all of us......
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Lets have a Birthday Party together!
It's going to be a wonderful day and I am sharing it with everyone that signed up for this give-away.
10 get 5 skeins of floss:
Faith(Faithfully Stitching), Pam in IL, Melissa (St. John's Stitcher), Laura (Flowers Of The Wind)Starry-eyed stitcher, Monica (the hoopless stitcher, Michele (Stitches), Merilde, Stitch Wizard and Anna (Woolie Mammoth).

8 will receive their choice of a trim bag. Halloween, Christmas or Patriotic.
Parsley, Anne (Doll's Musings), Simple Pleasure, Friendship Crossing, Wollylottrugs, Jacqueline, dq and Pumpkin.
2 will receive a sewing necessarie kit.
Robin in Virginia and Debbie Bauer
PLEASE email me and give me you address. I don't have time to track you down!

Now...check the original post. IF YOU SIGNED UP...email me and I will double check the list. I will email you a pdf surprise pattern (after all it is a Birthday party!). nbelgian@aol.com 
173 will receive the pdf pattern!
I will email patterns starting on Thursday and mail all other gifts out on Friday through Monday. These give-aways really take a lot of time to pack, mail and email pdf patterns. Please be patient.....it is a virtue!
I want to thank all of you for the participation in the give-aways, your kind thoughts, get well wishes and Birthday wishes. You are all very dear to me and you make my life much richer. I am truly blessed! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Love,
Nancy

FREE floss equal to your postage-world-wide!

    I have had more requests to run the free floss equal to your postage...and I am always glad to help when I can. Sooooo.......
Here is the sale, just as before. I have had a lot of International sales because this is such a terrific sale:


   I thought I would have a special sale to help with high (and ever increasing) postage costs. So....if you purchase the Complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection (80 (20 yard)skeins, 1600 yards, $156.00) , DIRECT FROM ME and not on ebay, I will send extra floss equal to your postage cost. If you are in the states I mail Priority mail, around $6-8. So you would get 3-4 extra skeins of floss (different from the 1795 collection/some nice antique shades made just for this offer).
I will run this sale through June 30th.

   Lets say you are in The Netherlands, UK  or Germany....postage on first class is $16.74. You would receive 8 extra skeins of floss! 160 yards of stitching treasure.

Remember that you must purchase this set direct from me and not through ebay. When I save the fees I pass that savings on to you!
I will run this special sale through the end of August.

Don't forget we have a very special give-away to be announced on the 14th.....I won't forget!!!!
Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

Patriotic grab bag of trims now available!

I have put together a mini grab bag of patriotic colored trims charms and buttons. It comes in a draw string muslin bag and each item is in a small zip lock bag. You get:
Red, white and blue buttons, 10 each color. One striped R-W-B
Brass charms, 2 shiny flags, 2 antique brass finish flags
2 God Bless America  and one Made in the USA silver tone heart.
Hand dyed wood buttons: 2 red hearts, 1 blue bird house, one blue flower, 2 red mini flowers and a red apple.
Trims: 2 shades of Red hand dyed 1/2" ric rac 2 yards each. Wide cluny red 3/4" ric rac 1 yard.
White: 2, 2 yard pieces 1/2" white ric rac. 2 yards 1/8" cotton tape, 2 yards, 1/4" tape and 2 yards 1/2" cotton tape. Great for needle books and ties.
Blue: 2 yards hand dyed ric rac, 2 yards 3/4" factory blue ric rac, 2 yards middy trim and 2 yards 1/2" cluny lace!

Quite a bit in this mini bag and all for $19.99. If you are interested email nbelgian@aol.com.

Back to putting trim bags together.....thanks for stopping by.
Have a great day!
Nancy

New Christmas mini bag of trims

This is my new Christmas mini grab bag of trims. It is one of the gifts for the Birthday give-away too. It has:

A hand dyed muslin draw string bag 5"x7" AND a gold mesh draw string bag!
20 hand dyed cranberry red buttons
10 hand dyed deep red buttons
15 hand dyed green buttons
10 antique bronze charms (3 made with love, 2 snow flakes and 1 rocking horse charm and 4 made for an angel)
An assortment of small bells in colors and antique brass finish.
The ric rac is from rolls of vintage cotton I purchased a while back.
2 yards hand dyed 1/2" dark pine ric rac
2 yards factory 1/2" red ric rac
2 yards factory 1/2" (another shade) red ric rac
5 yards hand dyed antique red 1/8" mini chenille
2 yards hand dyed dark pine chenille
And if you purchase directly from me and not through ebay, I will include a free yard of cluny ric rac in red or green as a thank you.

Chenille is wound on plastic bobbins for you. Each trim is in a small zip lock bag.

And all for $16.99! Available from me or in my ebay store. nbelgian@aol.com. A great assortment of finishing trims for those special Christmas projects. Makes a great gift too.

I was just asked to show the Christmas bag  since I just listed the Halloween bag a little while ago for someone to purchase.

Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

New Halloween Mini grab bag of trims

This is my new Halloween mini grab bag of trims. It is one of the gifts for the Birthday give-away too. It has:
A hand dyed muslin draw string bag 5"x7"
15 hand dyed black buttons
15 hand dyed pumpkin buttons
15 hand dyed grey buttons
4 antique bronze charms
2 yards 1/4" black cotton twill tape.
The ric rac is from rolls of vintage cotton I purchased a while back.
2 yards hand dyed 1/2" pastel pumpkin cotton ric rac
2 yards factory 1/2" brown cotton ric rac
3 yards factory 1/2" black cotton ric rac
2 yards factory 1/2" golden cotton ric rac
2 yards factory 1/4" mini orange ric rac
2 yards hand dyed black 1/8" mini chenille
2 yards hand dyed  1/8" spice mini chenille
2 yards hand dyed dark orange 1/8" mini chenille
Chenille is wound on plastic bobbins for you. Each trim is in a small zip lock bag.

And all for $16.99! Available from me or in my ebay store. nbelgian@aol.com. A great assortment of finishing trims for those special Halloween projects. Makes a great gift too.

I will be doing a Christmas and a Patriotic bag too.
Always so much to do............
Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

My Birthday Give-away! 100 winners, enter now!

Another year has passed so I guess I am still getting older!
Of course I have to share my Birthday with you....and I wish I could share it with everyone.....but how about if I share it with 100 of you!
Lets give 10 stitchers 5 of my 20 yard skeins of floss.
Lets give 8 of you a small bag of trims. You will get to choose from Patriotic, Halloween or Christmas. Trims, buttons, chenille, etc. I will post pictures on the announcement day.
2 of you will receive a sewing necessarie kit.
And I will have a special pattern in pdf format for 80 of you!

 

                                             Roses are red
                                           Violets are blue
                                       When it's my Birthday
                                        I will share with you!

So come celebrate with me! You must be a follower. You must post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 10 more entries. Send a friend to follow and get 10 more entries. So spread the word and lets celebrate together!

Drawing to be on my Birthday, August 14th. Hurry and enter now.....let the comments begin!
Always sharing lots of love with you.......Nancy

We have 5 floss Winners today!

I get to have a little fun today as I love to announce winners for give-aways! I am always so busy working and this is such a nice break for me to spread some cheer.

Lets get to the winners. These are the great stitchers who entered to give some of my floss from the 1795 Sampler collection to a stitching friend. I will send 5 skeins.
Jeanne entered for Ann
Judy in Kansas entered for Lee
Terri P entered for Sheri
Dede entered for Julie
Vickie entered for Peggy Lee

Congratulations! Please email me nbelgian@aol.com and give me your friend's name and address and I will have their gift in the mail right away.
Thank you all for taking the time to enter your friends in the give-away. I promise we will do this one on a regular basis. I truly love to share with all of you....have a great day!
Nancy

Special Christmas in July Sale!

I had an email from a follower......she was a "little" irate with me......she missed the sale I had on the 1795 Sampler Floss Collection.....she missed it by one day......and she said she thought I should have had the sale posted for a longer period of time because a lot of people don't get to read all the blogs they follow on a regular basis....and you know I try to help all I can.....so here is my apology to anyone who missed the sale....by one day or not.....

So......if you want to purchase the 1795 Sampler Floss Collection, I will send ****DOUBLE**** free floss equal to your postage. So if you are in the states you would receive 6-7 free skeins (my choice) instead of 3-4. If you are International you would receive 16-18 skeins instead of 8-10. All depends on your postage. So how's that for an apology??
Lets run the sale for the rest of July. An early Christmas present to those of you who want to purchase the set. You must purchase direct and not through ebay to get this offer.

Original post:

 

   I thought I would have a special sale to help with high (and ever increasing) postage costs. So....if you purchase the Complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection (80 (20 yard)skeins, 1600 yards, $156.00) , DIRECT FROM ME and not on ebay, I will send extra floss equal to your postage cost. If you are in the states I mail Priority mail, around $6-8. So you would get 3-4 extra skeins of floss (different from the 1795 collection/some nice antique shades made just for this offer).
I will run this sale through June 30th.

   Lets say you are in The Netherlands, UK  or Germany....postage on first class is $16.74. You would receive 8 extra skeins of floss! 160 yards of stitching treasure.


Email me at nbelgian@aol.com if you are interested in this sale I have right now. I try to help all I can.

I don't like to have anyone mad at me! lol
Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!
Nancy

Have a Happy 4th!

Independence and Freedom.......both are priceless and we are so very blessed. I want to wish all of you a very Happy 4th of July!!

Long may that glorious flag wave.

Nancy

Special (floss) Give-away Winners and a new give-away!

It's time to announce the winners in the Special Floss Give-away.
It was so nice of so many of you to enter to give a floss gift to a friend. I personally think that sharing is one of the best parts of life. I would rather give something to a friend than to get something for myself....it is such a nice feeling to show someone they are special.

Lets get to the winners. Amy from OK entered Billie Kaye.
Babs in Alabama entered Tami.
Kevin entered Debby L
and lets add one more. Marla&#39's crafts entered Connie.
Email me at nbelgian@aol.com to give me your friend's name and address.

I must do this give-away on a regular basis....this was fun!
Sooooo........lets do it again!! Yes you must put a comment on this post and give the name of your friend you would like to give a gift to. Post on your blog and get 10 more entries. Same drawing....lets give some floss to a deserving friend.
Drawing to be July 30 so you have lots of time to enter and spread the word. Lets give 5 stitchers a gift of 5 skeins of floss from the 1795 Sampler Collection. That's 100 yards of stitching pleasure. Post a comment and enter now.

I have been busy for the past few weeks counting and putting floss on 10,000 cards. 20 yards per card....200,000 yards of floss! I was not happy with the gal doing my floss so I am back to doing it myself. It takes up a lot of my time but until I can find someone to do it for me I will be a busy bee.

The sale ends today on the 1795 Sampler Collection.....free floss equal to your postage any where in the world if you buy direct from me and not through ebay. I am passing the savings on to you.

Have a great day and be sure to enter a special friend.
Nancy

1795 Sampler Floss Collection Sale-ending soon

   

This sale is ending soon....don't miss out on the free floss equal to your postage. Several people have taken advantage of this great savings.

 

   I thought I would have a special sale to help with high (and ever increasing) postage costs. So....if you purchase the Complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection (80 (20 yard)skeins, 1600 yards, $156.00) , DIRECT FROM ME and not on ebay, I will send extra floss equal to your postage cost. If you are in the states I mail Priority mail, around $6-8. So you would get 3-4 extra skeins of floss (different from the 1795 collection/some nice antique shades made just for this offer).
I will run this sale through June 30th.

   Lets say you are in The Netherlands, UK  or Germany....postage on first class is $16.74. You would receive 8 extra skeins of floss! 160 yards of stitching treasure.


Email me at nbelgian@aol.com if you are interested in this sale I have right now. I try to help all I can.

Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

Special sale 1795 Sampler Floss Collection with free floss

   I thought I would have a special sale to help with high (and ever increasing) postage costs. So....if you purchase the Complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection (80 (20 yard)skeins, 1600 yards, $156.00) , DIRECT FROM ME and not on ebay, I will send extra floss equal to your postage cost. If you are in the states I mail Priority mail, around $6-8. So you would get 3-4 extra skeins of floss (different from the 1795 collection/some nice antique shades made just for this offer).
I will run this sale through June 30th.

   Lets say you are in The Netherlands, UK  or Germany....postage on first class is $16.74. You would receive 8 extra skeins of floss! 160 yards of stitching treasure.


Email me at nbelgian@aol.com if you are interested in this sale I have right now. I try to help all I can.

Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

10 Floss winners today!!!

Congratulations winners! It's time to announce the 10 lucky stitchers who get to pick 5 skeins of floss from the 1795 Sampler Collection.
Inga (Gerda),  Fay and Charlette,  Monica Silva, Pamela Nunnysstitches, Cathy from Kentucky, Amy (crosses and flosses), Mindi, Penni I, and Janet/OK. Lets add one more! Marie (P). Have fun selecting your favorite 5 colors. Browse in my ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe
and email and tell me what colors you would like and give me your address. nbelgian@aol.com


I want to thank all who entered and I wish I could send all of you some floss. Keep entering the give-aways....I always have one going on or at least I try to.

Have a great day!
Nancy

A SPECIAL give-away, please enter now.

I was thinking I would like to have a different give-away, a special give-away. This time I want you to tell me what friend you would like me to give a gift to! I want to give 10 skeins of floss to a few people....so enter now and tell me your friend's name. Lets not go into personal details as to hardships, etc....just a special friend you would like to enter in the give-away.
PLEASE make sure I have your email address to notify you and then you can give me your friend's address. I mail world-wide. The post office loves me!
I will pick 10 skeins of floss from the new 1795 Collection.

Or you can tell me your friend's favorite colors. Lets pick three winners. Enter now....tell me your friend's name and I will draw three names on June 30th. Please check back on the 30th if you don't post your email address.
RULES: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 10 more entries.

Thanks for stopping by and joining in the "giving" fun! I love to share.
Nancy

The complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection

I think I have completed the 1795 Sampler Floss Collection.....at least for now! I have 78 colors! I just added a few and I am giving two additional skeins free with this set. Free colors only available with  this set.

I have had a couple requests from customers to purchase the whole collection....so I thought I would show you what it looks like when you look at all of it. Actually I sit in the middle of a mountain of floss after I dye this much......I could roll around in it! I just love looking at all the colors.

It is now in containers from floor to ceiling....but it would have been more fun to roll around in it! I have many floss-a-holic friends (you know who you are!) who can identify with this. Don't try to deny it....

So now I can FINALLY get back to  patterns and such. I hope to have some great new things to show you over the next couple weeks so stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Nancy
P.S. I was just asked for a link for ordering this set. You can email me nbelgian@aol.com to buy direct or click on the photo at the right to go to my ebay store.  The set is $156. 1600 yards and about 1/4 the price of some of the other floss companies if I may say so. Thanks for the inquiry.

Summer Floss Give-away-enter now!!

I am adding 18 more colors to the 1795 collection today. Lots of golden yellows, golds, copper, russet, peaches, lilacs, Christmas red and green and a few others. There are now 73 colors in the 1795 Collection. Lets give some away!

How about if I let 10 stitchers pick their favorite 5 colors! They will receive 5 skeins, 20 yards each of their favorite colors.

Rules: You must be a follower of my blog and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 20 MORE ENTRIES! Yes....20! For every friend you send to join my blog you get another 20 entries!

Drawing to be June 15th so we have lots of time for people to enter. After this give-away we will do another with different goodies. We have to keep the stitchers motivated during these summer months and free gifts always help.

I truly love to share with all of you. Let the comments begin!

Nancy

18 more colors for the 1795 Floss Collection

Busy....busy...busy bee indeed. I got another 18 colors done for the 1795 floss collection. This is what I dyed yesterday and I have the drying rack full of floss from today's dye pot adventure so stay tuned.

Lots of Russets, Halloween oranges, lots of greens from Faded Parsley to Mint, Lime, Olde Sage, etc. Then we have Berry Pie, Claret and a few more blues.

I will list these in my ebay store this afternoon and after I show you the next round of colors we will have a great give-away. You KNEW that would be next!

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!
Nancy

New floss colors for the 1795 Collection

I have just wrapped up a very busy 2 months stitching mottoes and making hand carved frames for each. To say that it took up most of my time is an understatement. It takes 12 hours on average to stitch a motto and I was doing 3 a week and then the frames. It truly doesn't leave much time for other projects let alone stitching for me.

We have had a tremendous amount of rain like a lot of you here in the states. It was hard to get a sunny day to do photos but I managed to get some taken this morning before the clouds returned. I have dyed another 15 colors for the 1795 Collection. I did a lot of blue shades since I have had many requests for these. From Powder Blue to Aged Pewter to Blue Green which is one of my favorites. The Berry Wine, Peach/Pink, Faded Green Leaves and Aged Coral.

I have also been dyeing the linen for the faded roses kits I am working on....and dyed the floss, trims, floss rings, buttons, lace....
Then I bought lots of bells in assorted shapes and sizes.....and antiqued them for some Christmas kits I am working on....not too rusty as I don't like rusty items on my linen! We were always taught to take out a straight pin so it wouldn't rust on fabrics.....so I can't understand why anyone would put very rusty items on linen. That's just me....

I will have more photos soon...and a GREAT give-away.....so stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

SAL with Stitcheranon and my charts

Gaynor (Stitcheranon) has asked me to post her SAL for any Victorian Motto Sampler charts. It will run April-June and you can check it out here:

We are having a Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe SAL over at http://2013salblog.blogspot.ie/. Any one of Nancys Charts is all you need to join in xxxx If you want to join in just leave me a comment at the bottom of the blog (not this post) and as soon as I remember how, I will give you rights to post etc xx

And if you have not sponsored Gaynor on her Trek for the Irish Cancer Society, I ask you to help her now :

http://www.mycharity.ie/event/sponsorgaynor/

Gaynor is truly an inspiration and an amazing woman. Her battle with breast cancer has been quite a challenge and her strength and determination are amazing to say the least.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.
Nancy

Spring Fling Give-away winners!

Another month has passed and here we are and it is time to announce more winners. I have been unbelievably busy.....and I have a dozen projects in the works for this summer. So much linen to dye for some new kits.....I have 65 yard rolls just waiting to be dyed......stay tuned as I will be giving away some more linen next month and some new kits.

Lets get to the winners! Lets start with a chart winner. Pick your favorite letter from A-Z in my Alphabet Ornament Collection. The winner is: Marilyn (no blog)
Browse my store for your selection:
http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe

Trims. Pick Chenille or ric rac. Tell me your favorite colors and I will send a few. The winners are: Denise Buchanan and Deb(debzdoodles)

Floss: Winner to receive 7 skeins of my 1795 Sampler Collection., The winner is: Vickie (A Stitcher's Story).

Fabric. Pick linen (I have Sage, Caramel or Spice 32ct or Aida, 18ct, Christmas Red, Spice, or Pastel Pumpkin. Tell me which one you would like. The winners are: Terri P and Melody (Bookwoman Stitches)

Surprise gifts go to: Solstitches, Miss LindaLee and Sharee.

Please email me ( I don't have time to track you down!) nbelgian@aol.com and give me your address.

Thanks once again for following....for entering the contests....and being such great friends. I truly appreciate all of you!

Nancy

Have a Happy Easter!

Wishing all of my faithful followers a very Happy Easter!

I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful day with your families.
Nancy

Spring-Fling Give-away! Enter now!!

   Lets welcome the quickly approaching spring (here in the states)with a nice give away. I like to give several things, one to each person, so we can share the fun. I had hope to have another kit ready to show but I have been absolutely swamped with custom motto orders and hand carved frames that go with them. There are days I wonder if these arthritic hands are going to make it through. But enough of that....back to the fun part....

Lets give some more of the 1795 Sampler floss away. Lets give 1 stitcher 7 of my 20 yard skeins.

Lets give one stitcher one chart of my Alphabet Ornament Collection. Pick a letter  from a-z, your choice, there are 3 charts in each pack.

Lets give some trims.....lets give 2 stitchers their choice of ric rac or chenille trim. I will send several colors of each.

And last but not least, lets give 2 stitchers their choice of linen or aida. I have several colors of each......aida I have spice, red and antique champagne. Linen, 32ct, I have caramel, antique champagne, and sage. I will be dyeing antique rose soon to add to the mix.

The rules: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 10 more entries. For each friend you send to join you get 10 more entries. Have fun....spread the word so others will get a chance to win.....

Drawing to be April 15th so you have lots of time to enter and tell your friends. I will also have a surprise gift for one or two winners! Please....please check back to see if you have won. I really don't have time to track you down!

Good luck and let the comments begin! I truly love to share with all of you.

Nancy

We have floss winners today!

     It's sharing time again....my favorite time. Sharing with some of my devoted followers....stitching buddies....fellow floss-a-holics..........great friends!

      5 lucky winners today get to pick their favorite 5 colors from the two previous posts.....you have to work on this one friends.........pick from the 1795 Sampler Collection. There are 9 colors shown.

     The winners are: Jacqueline (jliebfried), Kevin, Ann (A hole in the basket primitives), Sweet Pepper Rose and SoCalDebbie. Congratulations stitchers!!! Please email me and give me your address.....I don't have time to hunt you down! nbelgian@aol.com


       Be sure to stay tuned for the Spring-Fling Give-away......you don't want to miss this one. Floss, Fabrics, trims, kits........lots of goodies. I will announce the details this weekend.

     Thank you for joining in the fun with me.....I LOVE to share with my friends!

Always,
Nancy

1795 Sampler Pinks

Lets add two faded pinks to the 1795 collection.....a soft creamy pink and a rose blush which is lighter than this photo, it is a tan with a rose blush through it......two more beautiful spring colors. It sounds like a lot of you are ready for spring.......I love the snow and should live in a colder climate but the lung doctor says no........I think spring is beautiful but we have such hot and humid summers that follow....and then I can hardly wait for fall and cold weather again. You can't win.

So here's the two new colors:

The 5 winners will be able to pick any 5 skeins from all of the colors in this collection.

Thanks for stopping by.....back to the dye pot!
Nancy

1795 Sampler Colors Preview

I thought I would show you a few of the new spring colors....for my 1795 Sampler Collection......since a few of you have begged me to show what I will be giving away on this give away round on the 15th. I will be adding more colors soon...and of course......another give-away!
I just listed these in my ebay store too. So here is a peek at what you will be able to pick from on the 15th if you are one of the lucky winners:

 

There is 1795 Tarnished Gold, Golden Straw, Golden Flax Brown, Faded Teal, Sky Blue, Faded Robin's Egg Blue, Faded Purple with Pink and the second photo shows Faded Celery and Faded Sage. All perfect for samplers. I will be using several of these in a few new designs I am working on.
So keep entering for the 15th drawing......I may add a couple more winners............it's so much fun to share!!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!
Nancy

Spring floss give-away enter now!

I thought it was time to give away some new floss colors for spring....surprise colors and you have to win them to see them! Aren't I mean..............these are beautiful antique looking colors.......you will love them.

Lets give 5 stitchers 5 skeins of floss to start. After this give away I will show some more spring colors and give away some more. Maybe some trims in new spring colors too.....

Rules: Be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 10 more entries. Send a friend and get 10 more entries.
Drawing to be March 15th.

Let the comments begin!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

Happy Valentine's Day and we have 5 winners today!

Happy Valentine's Day to all! It is a day of sharing love....showing love....and I am happy to share with 5 lucky winners today. You will have your choice of one of 4 kits.
They are Votes for Women, Time to spare said the hare, Hope and Treasured Friend heart.

The lucky winners for today are: Frances(fnelson), wichitastitcher,  Judy heartland stitcher,  Hillcrest Prims,  and dianecally.
Please email me nbelgian@aol.com and give me your address.

I hope you all have a very special day with loved ones.

Thank you for stopping by.
Love,
Nancy

Flower Seeds 1899 wall pocket for spring

I have been busy once again. This design was easy....but dyeing the right floss in beautiful variegated shades took me a while....and the linen I will call Garden Sage (it is darker than this photo) as well as the matching ragged-edge ribbon bows and hanger. The backing fabric I over dyed a beautiful sage to match. This is a wall hanging, and it comes with the little antique reproduction seed packs that you see in the photo.  The seed packets sit in a 1-1/2" pouch of the lining fabric. Six little packs that are about 2x3". No seeds in them, just display packets. They look a little more antique than the lighting in this photo shows....maybe I need a new camera. The Garden Sage linen....I have it lying on natural linen so you can get an idea of the color but it is darker than this photo.

The kit will include everything you need to complete this as shown. And although this is a little tricky to assemble (I am still working on some easy instructions for the kits), I sewed a  strip of backing fabric on the bottom of the linen and I sewed the linen at the top to the folded back and the pouch on the front. So then I just had to sew side seams and turn it right side out. It didn't even wrinkle the linen like it usually does...and are you ready for this? No need to sew an opening closed! It has an envelope style on the back with a flap. I also used heavy weight interfacing to give this pouch lots of body. There is a loop by each bow to hang it on the wall.

 

I am pleased with these little seed packets too. I found just the right antique packets, reduced the size and printed lots of them. I antiqued the card stock, a few cuts, fold and glue and they were just perfect for this design.

You will receive the dyed 32ct Irish linen, sage backing fabric, interfacing, dyed ragged-edge ribbon bows, six seed packets, my hand dyed floss in 2 shades of green, variegated light rose, medium rose and sage and a needle. The finished size is 8 x 10 inches, a nice size wall hanging. I was looking at kits from other companies that are currently out there for $35-$45 and I priced this in the middle at $39.99 plus postage. Email nbelgian@aol.com to place orders. I will also list this in my ebay store in a week when the kits will be put together and ready to mail.



Thank you for stopping by to see my latest design.
Nancy

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

A good start to a new year-

A few friends have asked me how the new kits are coming along....well.....as fast as I can with a couple delays I have had. I don't have any pictures yet but I will soon. I had a  delay with merchandise that I ordered to dye....some is still on back order and they don't know when it will be in...gotta love that.....so then I was back to dyeing new wood buttons that I FINALLY got from China. I dyed some beautiful dark blue, pumpkin spice, gingerbread, red, black....and then I came to the olive green ( I HATE dyeing that color and I think it is the hardest to do) but I needed it for the little wood turtles for a new pattern.  Then back to the dye pot for trims....and ribbon for the new kits because the bows will already be made for these kits.....and then I was thinking I started way too many designs at once.  But I am guilty of doing that on a regular basis.
    I am still waiting on the package of gold plated sewing needles from England for the kits.....I wish people would ship as quickly as I do.
    Then the model stitching.....most of the time I just start stitching for a small pattern that I have in my head and then I make a chart for it after it is done. It just works out better that way for me. I would rather have a model stitcher helping me but unless I had the stitcher right next to me to make changes....it just wouldn't work. So these darn arthritic hands are slowly sewing a little design each evening and I hope to be done with at least one color for each of the kits soon. I want to do several for each color....the navy blue and cream/tan, the antique red and cream, and the black and tan. Can't forget the gingerbread....and the red brick for little houses....and the TURTLES! Those go with the hare.....
    So I think I am off to a good start for this new year....and if the rain and dark clouds clear up soon I will be able to start taking a few pictures. I would love to show you this mountain of fabrics, trims, buttons and patterns.
     I will also be having a fund raiser for a friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Please stay tuned for that and as soon as I have the first kits available I will announce the details. I will also have a give-away for a few of the new kits. You knew I was going to do that, didn't you?!
    Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

                                                                       Nancy

Happy New Year!

    It's the start of another new year....new projects, new patterns to design, new friends to meet. And I frequently find myself wishing for days long ago...when times were slower... and a safer place to be.....when children played simple outside games instead of being video addicts, and home was where Mom was  and usually making something delicious instead of being a working Mom these days. It was a great generation to be part of....I struggle to remain the same and hold the same values. That can be tough in these times but I am optimistic; and I am blessed enough to feel that my wealth is in these wonderful memories that I hold dear.
So here's to a great New Year for all of us! I wish you all good health, happiness and finding treasures that you hold dear to your heart, what ever they may be.

Nancy

A wonderful Christmas

    I hope all of you had a nice Christmas. We certainly did here.....my grandsons were happy with their gifts...as they always are...they are such great guys. They grow up way too fast....I got them when they were 5 and 8 and it seems like it was so long ago.....they are now 16 and 19 and such nice young men. I have so many memories from when they were little and some of my favorite times were when they still believed in Santa.

I hope Santa was good to all of you. Santa Nancy is still very busy sending out the Ornament Collection charts to the last day winners. The emails have eased up a bit and I can keep up with them today. Thank goodness!!

I will take off running on the 1st as I have so many new projects planned for next year. Lots of mini kits that will have the chart, fabrics, floss, buttons or charms. Everything included to make an ornament, pillow, etc.(and of course we will give some away each month!). I had dyed lots of new floss colors just before Christmas and will continue for the next couple weeks. I am dyeing fabrics for the kits and am buying backing fabrics and over dyeing them. The dye pot will be very busy in the new year! After I finish this next round of dyed floss, I will have dyed 330,000 yards of floss in the past few weeks.....and if you don't think that is a lot...take the time to tie it on cards 20 yards at a time!

I hope we all get a little rest before we start into this quickly approaching new year.....
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

250+ winners today for the Christmas Ornament Collection chart!

Ho! Ho! Ho!   Merry Christmas!!

We have over 250++ winners today!

Lets give each one my $9 Christmas Ornament Collection Chart.

I have revised this post about 6 times and have finally come to this conclusion. I wanted everyone to receive a nice gift this season from me. What I am doing today.... IF YOU POSTED ON THE ORIGINAL POST to enter the 25 days of Christmas give-away and IF YOU DIDN'T WIN ON ANY OTHER DAY in this drawing, I will send you my Christmas Ornament Collection in a pdf. I started listing names, got over 150...and then thought....you email me if you didn't win anything yet, nbelgian@aol.com, and I will check you off the list and  email you the chart. This will take a couple days for over 250 winners....so please be patient. I hope I haven't duplicated any names (some people entered twice; please check the original post to see if you entered)...this has been a lot of work to keep all these give-aways straight.
 I have tried very hard to give a lot of gifts to a lot of stitchers this holiday season and share my blessings with many of you.
Please email me and I will send a pdf to you. No sharing please, respect my copyright on my patterns. Thank you.
I have enjoyed giving to my friends each day of this glorious holiday season. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!
To each and every one of my faithful followers, I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Love from Santa Nancy