Valentine gift with each floss club shipment this month

You can imagine how busy I am since I added three floss clubs. But I am never too busy to send a little Valentine gift......so with each order that goes out this month (shipments for the Limited Editions and Ultimate Collection go out on the 5th and the Primitive Limited Editions go out on the 16th) I am adding a little something for Valentine's Day for you. A hint........of course it is red and shaped like a heart. What else would it be for Valentine's Day?!

I will be sending invoices for the first two clubs on the 1st. Remember you can join at any time to receive the current month's shipment. And if you like a certain color in the shipment please contact me right away if you want more of that color. These are limited editions and I don't have a lot of extras.

I am still very busy dyeing floss....what else......I sent the 45,000 yards to the Kansas guild to card for their fund raiser and I have dyed more than that for my other clubs. The dye pot is never finished around here. 24 new colors each month for two clubs plus a few new colors for projects and my ebay store.

I hope to find a couple days real soon so I can "play" with the new fabrics I bought and make a couple fabric covered sewing boxes. I simply love the antique ones but can never catch up with them or find ones in good shape. I need a day here and there to go antique shopping. Believe it or not everything isn't on the internet just yet.....but these poor stores are closing left and right. The internet has killed so many businesses and it is such a shame. Many years ago we would take off for a week and travel three or four states and come home with a truck load of goodies. I wish I had time to do that now....but I don't. Maybe in retirement years from now.

I finished stitching the motto for the traveling museum for It's a Wonderful Life. Now for framing and then send it to them. I will show a picture when it is framed. I simply love the motto.......and have tried to live my life this way.

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Have a great day!
                                                    Nancy

Another Primitive Floss Club give-away, enter now!

It's always fun to share with my followers and I know how much you all love the give-aways....who doesn't like presents? LOL

I just gave one month free to one of my three floss clubs. You can join at any time during the month.
Lets give another month free in the Primitive Floss Club Limited Editions (dyed special each month for this club and available no where else) to one lucky winner. A box of 12 skeins, 20 yards each, lots of soft antique colors to do samplers or primitive stitching. A $29.00 value.

I will be dyeing all new colors each month for these limited editions. Shown below are some samples of previous colors I have dyed (available in the regular complete Primitive collection).



Rules: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends at the right.
You must post a comment here.
Post on your Facebook, stitching group or blog and get 100 extra entries. Send a friend and get 50 more entries!

Drawing to be February 15th so hurry and enter. You will receive the current colors I dye for this month's club that ships on the 15th. You must check back to see if you are a winner. I don't have time to hunt you down! lol

Good luck to all who enter.
                                                      Nancy

Primitive Floss Club winner today

We have a winner drawn today for one month free in the Primitive Floss Club. These are limited editions that I will be dyeing each month, all new colors, perfect for samplers and primitive stitching....or any stitching!
This new line will also have the DMC conversion on each tag if it is possible. I list the closest match. There are times there are too many shades in a skein to match it to a color. 

The winner will receive a box of 12 skeins, 20 yards each.
The name drawn was Jeanne Hammell. Congratulations Jeanne! Please email me and give me your address. nbelgian@aol.com.

Stay tuned for the next give-away! You all know how much I love to share......remember....It's only what you've given away that you can take with you.
                                                     Nancy

Primitive Floss Club invoices go out today

The invoices for the Primitive Floss Club will go out today. You can join any of the three clubs at any time during the month. I had a gal join yesterday for the Ultimate Collection of 135 skeins. This is a great way to add to your floss at a reasonable price. With 5 skeins you get 1 free and with the box of 12 you get one free skein.

Next week I will post a picture of the floss for these new clubs so you can see what the members are receiving. It is dark and rainy today so it isn't possible to take pictures.

I was asked by a follower what have I been up to.....floss of course! Dyeing all new colors for the Primitive and Limited Editions.
After I get a couple months ahead on these new colors I can get back to a couple of patterns I want to do. And experiment on a couple of fabric covered boxes I will be making out of heavy chipboard and mat board. I am amazed at the strength of the box after putting two fabric covered layers together. And I am dyeing some great cluny lace trims to go on and in the box. I will show pictures when it is completed. I think I will do one with a stitched top and the other with a fabric covered top and a few embellishments on it.

I am also working on a custom pattern for the traveling museum for the It's  a Wonderful Life movie. I will do two patterns for that one. A simple pattern like the one in the movie and a fancier one for me to hang on my wall. It is my favorite saying:
You can only take with you that which you've given away.
I like to hang things on my walls that mean something to me. Favorite antique mottoes, my own stitched sampler patterns and quotes and sayings that are a part of who I am and hope to be.
I am a bit eccentric....ok, if you have been to my house I am very eccentric! lol    Gotta love who you are.

So this should answer the question of what have I been doing lately. I don't post as often as I should but I put in such long days trying to get everything done and time gets away from me. I promise to post more frequently and add more pictures of my current projects.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
                                                   Nancy

Valentine's Day Floss give-away, enter now!

                     Wilt Thou Be My Valentine?
I was looking at floss this morning and trying to decide which box of floss to give away for Valentine's Day. Reds are perfect....of course.....but I am sure there are others who don't use a lot of red.

Then I thought I would give the winner their choice......perfect solution.

If you like Red and Cream then this set is perfect for you.
Four different cream colors and 8 reds in a gift box with a bow and a card.

But if you like softer primitive sampler colors...then this set is perfect for you.
Grandmother's Favorite Quilts. Each color has the name of an old fashioned quilt pattern.


So lets get to the give-away!
Rules: Always the same. You MUST be a follower at the right. Click to follow by Faithful Friends.
You must post a comment here.
Post on Facebook, your blog or stitching group and get 100 more entries.
We will have one lucky winner who will get to select which box they want.
Drawing to be February 14th and you must check back to see if you are a winner.

Good luck everyone!
                                                Nancy

Primitive Floss Club give-away, enter now!

 


Lets start the New Year with a give-away! Is there any better way to start than with some Primitive Limited Edition floss????
Lets give one month free in the Primitive Floss Club to one lucky winner. A box of 12 skeins, 20 yards each, lots of soft antique colors to do samplers or primitive stitching. A $29.00 value.

I will be dyeing all new colors each month for these limited editions. Shown below are some samples of previous colors I have dyed (available in the regular complete Primitive collection).



Rules: You must be a follower. Click to follow by Faithful Friends at the right.
You must post a comment here.
Post on your Facebook, stitching group or blog and get 100 extra entries. Send a friend and get 50 more entries!

Drawing to be January 21st so hurry and enter. You will receive the current colors I dye for this month's club that ships on the 15th. You must check back to see if you are a winner. I don't have time to hunt you down! lol

Good luck to all who enter.
                                                      Nancy

Did you receive your floss club invoice?

Paypal has been having trouble for 4 days. It won't let me print shipping labels and gives me an error code. After talking with Paypal they told me they are aware of the problem and will get it ironed out soon.

A customer sent me an email this morning as she has not received her floss club invoice. When I tried to resend it I get another error and try again later. If you did not receive your invoice please email me. Most of the members have paid so there are just a few left.
As for shipping....if they don't get it ironed out by the 5th I will hand write labels and take them to the post office so I can get tracking numbers on each one. What a pain.....

So please let me know if you did not receive your invoice. Thank you.
                                           Nancy

A New Year, new projects, new Floss Club

The first day of the new year........a fresh start for all of us. Lots of projects planned as I am sure you all do the same. No resolutions really, just projects, fun things to do, and lots of floss!

I will be sending out the invoices for the Floss Clubs today. Remember you can join at any time during the month and receive the current selections.

I will be sending the invoices for the new Primitive Floss Club on the 15th if you missed that post. Scroll back a few posts, same details apply as the other floss clubs.

I will try to post some pictures after everyone receives their floss. First I like them to have the surprise of opening their new colors.
And speaking of new colors, I think my dye pot will be busy all this month. I will be dyeing the limited editions for next month, primitive colors for the new club, and I have a huge amount of floss to be dyed for the Kansas gals to card for me. I should take a minute to tell you how much I appreciate all their hard work carding all these boxes of floss for me. I now have Eves!!! I send out boxes of huge hanks of floss and the elves card it and send it back in neat little bundles of cards. This has helped me tremendously and I am so thankful for all the work they do. Way to go girls! Just think...if I move to Kansas I can drop off the boxes....and get to visit too. Doesn't get any better than that.

I hope we all have a great year...filled with good things, lots of stitching, surrounded with good friends and loved ones.

                                  Happy New Year!

                                             Nancy

January Birthday Club Winner

We have a Birthday Club winner drawn today, Peggi Anneken.  We want to all wish her a very Happy Birthday! Her Birthday is on the 11th.  Please email me Peggi and give me your address so I can send you a nice gift.  nbelgian@aol.com

I hope all of you that have birthdays this month have a wonderful day and celebrate.
Happy Birthday to all of you!

                                                           Nancy