Always Remember motto

I was asked by a friend to design a small motto with the quote from A. A. Milne:
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
She wanted to give it as a gift when her grandson graduates this year. She wanted a masculine design so I did a simple border. Shown in blue, green and brown.....but if you changed it to cranberry, pink and green it would be nice for a girl. Chart is $9.99. Color blocks and symbols pages. 7 pages total. Pattern size is 143 x 114 stitches. 16ct (32ct linen) finished size is 8.9" x 7.1". Fits any 8x10 frame. If you would like one, email me at nbelgian@aol.com.

I have had a very busy week and now need to get to my next sampler pattern.....and cram another 25 hours into this week if possible! Wish me luck.....
Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

Is it time for a Spring floss give-away? YES!!! 10 winners!

I hear everyone wishing for this very cold and snowy winter to be over....I love the snow...but understand those who don't. I love spring...I just dread our hot and humid summers that we have here...so I enjoy winter!
Spring will be here before we know it....and of course we have to have a Spring floss give-away! So lets try to hurry it in with anticipation.......and lets give some floss away!!!!

Lets do some new spring colors.....lets give 5 skeins (100Yards!)  to 10 lucky winners! 50 skeins (1,000 yards!) is a nice give-away. Rules...you must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 25 more entries. Send a friend and get 25 more entries.
Drawing to be......how about March 10th? Sounds good to me. The first day of spring is the 20th.....but that's a little too long to wait. This will give lots of stitchers time to enter.
Good luck....and be sure to check back to see if you are a winner. I truly don't have time to track you down and after all....you must follow!
Nancy

Youths Flowery Season new Sampler design

It was another busy week and another sampler pattern completed. I wanted to show the difference when you change the background color on the stitching program....it really changes the look of the sampler just like clicking on a color and changing it...it can go from bright and new colors to old and faded with a click.....talk about easy!
This new design is called Youths Flowery season. Another quote from a very early sampler.
Youths flowery Season soon will pass
And Beauty's Bloom decay
But Knowledge, Wisdom, Virtue, Grace
Will never fade away.
In the fair regions of the Blest
External roses Bloom
No Storms nor Blights can enter there,
No Pain, no Death, no Tomb

I liked the flowing border I had just done on the Patience sampler so I did a vine and added rose buds and leaves. A nice spring sampler.....birds, flowers, butterflies, bees...all wrapped in one sentiment. I just keep drawing until it is filled...talk about fun!
Charted for DMC. I like to make it easy on everyone. You can always change the colors if you wish. Pattern size is 267 x 331. 16.7" x 20.7" finished size.
I send 10 pages with each chart. Four color blocks pages, 4 symbols pages (use the one you prefer) pattern information and color key. Chart is $14.99. I will put the chart in my ebay store today. I will be sending this out to a model stitcher but that will take a while to stitch. Email nbelgian@aol.com if you would like a chart.
I have several verses I want to use and now to decide which one for the next sampler......
Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!
Nancy

Happy Valentine's Day and some winners!!

Happy Valentine's Day!! I hope each and every one of you will have a wonderful day.....with the loved ones that make our life so worthwhile.

I am happy to announce the winners of the give-away....lots of goodies in red going out of here. The winners are....... and  yes I picked a few more!!!!!
Tara
Vickie (A Stitcher's Story)
Monica (hoopless stitcher)
Mary B
Wichitastitcher
Nan (Nan's Needlework Notions)

Congratulations!!! I have some wonderful packages ready to go out to you. Please email me and give me your addresses. nbelgian@aol.com

I better get busy and think of what to give away for a spring give-away....we can't let too much time go by around here without sharing!
Have a wonderful day.....thinking of you.
Nancy

Another busy week,another new sampler

It's been another very busy week around here...and another new sampler pattern emerges....An Almighty Friend.
Everyone seems to be anxiously awaiting spring and warm weather...and I thought a sampler with flowers....birds...bees and butterflies...and roses on the gate would be fitting. Lots of color in this design.....and a flowing leaf border. Charted for DMC to make it easy for all. Design size is 174 x 174 stitches. Finished size is 10.9 x 10.9 inches. Pattern is $12.99 plus postage. Color blocks plus symbols charts included.. Email nbelgian@aol.com if you would like one.

I love the man that scorns to bend
beneath afflictions blast
Who trusts in an almighty friend
for his reward at last

The next sampler will be another large one....just getting the rough draft done on the pattern....and it looks like another 25 hours or more to chart this one. You can see why I send these out to model stitchers.

We still have lots of snow on the ground here...but I do love winter. I like spring...but our hot and humid summers follow....so I will enjoy winter for a while yet.

Make sure you have signed up for the Valentine's Day drawing that is quickly approaching.

Thanks for stopping by.......back to the drawing board.
Nancy

Forget Me Not Sampler Completed

My Forget Me Not Sampler is finished and I will be taking more photos and printing charts on Monday. Charted for DMC but chart is available with my over dyed floss as shown in the photo or just the chart alone.
 I need to frame this.....It's going to take a lot of stretching as ironing wouldn't take out the creases....it was mailed back to me in a flat envelope and folded. You can imagine how flat the envelope was smashed by the time I got it. These crease lines are so hard to remove when you can't use steam on over dyed floss...that's why I always mail in a small box. Wish me luck on this one.

I am working on the sampler pattern with the delicate leaf border...I am pleased with how it is coming along. I have to decide on a verse to use...I have quite a few verses I have found over the years and I am always looking for others. Do you have a unique verse you would like see on a pattern? I would love to see any you might have.

I need to take a break and go bake a birthday cake for my son who will be 43 tomorrow....where did the time go! My son is the joy in my life....and a Mother couldn't ask for a more caring and loving son. We are the best of friends....I love to spend time with him and his sons....all great guys if I may say so and I am so lucky to have them. Am I proud or what?!!

Thanks for stopping by....the chocolate cake is calling me....
Have a great weekend.
Nancy

New Patience Sampler!

It has been a long week and another sampler pattern is done. I love old samplers...but I prefer to design my own. These will be the future heirlooms and antiques a hundred years from now. I like to look at the pictures of the old ones... and then take the drawing wand and go for it. This border is similar to one I had seen from an 1827 sampler. There were a couple from that same area that did similar borders and then I wanted to add birds...one of my favorites....and a house of course.....and on and on and on......and I left a space above the roof if you wanted to put in your family name, initials, a date, etc. Your family name would be nice.

Patience
Patience will wipe away the streaming tear
And hope will paint the palid cheek of fear
Content will always happiness supply
And virtue calls a blessing from on high

This chart is 249 x 314 stitches. The finished size on 32ct linen will be 15.6 x 19.6 inches. This will take my model stitcher a while to do....so I am printing charts from the stitching program picture on linen. It is charted for DMC floss and I am blending a few colors together. The actual sampler will be stitched on some very antiqued linen....a dark caramel....and then I may over dye the whole thing once it is stitched! Since it will be DMC and color fast I may have a go at it and dip and dunk it into some dye wash to age it further. I have done that with other samplers and love the finished result.
Charts will be $14.99. Six pages of color blocks that are easy to follow. Not a lot of colors so it is not too confusing. I have had many stitchers tell me they like my charts simply for this reason. Easy to follow. Symbol blocks chart also included for reference.
If you would like a chart email nbelgian@aol.com. Postage is extra. Charts will be ready to mail tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by....back to the drawing board. I am working on a sampler with a leaf border that is stunning.....hope to have that one to show next week and then it will be off to a model stitcher. Have to keep those needles busy! Mine have been busy in the evenings stitching mottoes for customers....my goodness are these hands sore. Chart all day and stitch all evening. My break time is do the laundry...cook dinner....iron trims for ebay orders...pack kits.....after 9 years of 7 days a week with my ebay business I am ready for a vacation. Maybe later this year....if I last that long!
Have a great day.
Nancy

First Sampler Completed

Some lightening needles have completed one of my first sampler patterns, Mary Long. I just received this in the mail an hour ago and I can hardly wait to frame it. She did a beautiful job stitching...front and back look perfect.

I will print charts tomorrow and list this in my ebay store as soon as I have it framed for photos for the cover. I will also be selling charts with or without floss. Charted for DMC but model is shown with my over dyed floss.

Chart only will be $12.99 With my floss $19.99.

Shown stitched on my hand tinted 32ct linen. Finished size is 10 x 11". 177x164 stitches.

 

Back to patterns....I am going to have a hard time keeping 23 model stitchers busy....especially when one is as fast as this one!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

P.S. To answer a few questions...the walkway and fence are my medium taupe, a rose brown and the photo looks more pink than it really is. The flowers are faded pink and the berry border is a dark rose. Hand dyed looks so much nicer than regular DMC.

Waiting for the Angels Sampler

Another week....another sampler pattern done. I especially like this one for the verse. I took several elements from antique samplers, the verse, the birds and a few motifs and designed this one. Waiting for the Angels. The verse reads:
    Only waiting till the angels open wide the mystic gate
At whose feet I have lingered weary poor and desolate
Even now I hear their footsteps and their voices far away
If they call me I am waiting only waiting to obey

The smaller verses in the boxes are:
Call up on the angels
heed their voices call

Listen to thy savior
follow submit to all

The stitching program picture never does justice to a design....so I can hardly wait to see this one stitched. I may show the chart in other colors too....it is amazing how it changes the whole look.
I will be sending this off to a model stitcher tomorrow. This is a 16 x 20 inch  (249 x 317 stitch count) sampler on 32ct linen. After the model is stitched the chart will be available. Full cross stitches in my charts. Charted for DMC but I may offer over dyed floss for the chart too.

I will get started on another pattern......by the time I am done I will have my 23 model stitchers very busy! Oh yes...one of the first models I sent out is almost done! I will have it in a few days and show it to you.
Thanks for stopping by. Be sure you have signed up for the Valentine's Day give-away in a previous post. Lots of goodies to be given away.
Nancy

New Sampler pattern preview

I have another sampler pattern done and it will be off to a model stitcher tomorrow. This is The Charm of Friendship....and is 11 x 14 inches. Using the stitching program it is shown on cream linen as I will be using my antique champagne linen...a mottled antique cream. I have some nice over dyed floss for these patterns. The charts will be available with or without floss. Charted for DMC....but will be so much nicer with over dyed floss.

I have so many verses that I have seen on antique samplers and I hope to design a sampler for every one of them. It will take me a while...it's a good thing I have 22 model stitchers this year! Sometimes the only thing I like about an antique sampler is the verse...or a motif or a border....so I will be combining these elements into my own designs. And then there are times that I just let the imagination go.....and dabble with the motifs and experiment as I did on this one. I love the soft rose colors.....especially on cream. It is 11"x17"
I just thought I would give you a sneak peak at this one. Back to the drawing board......

And be sure to sign up for the Valentine's Day give-away.
Thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

Shall we have a Valentines's Day give-away? Yes! Enter now!

I have been busy....busy...busy these past couple weeks. Business and personal....and there is never enough time in the day. Do we have time for a Valentine's Day give-away? ALWAYS!!!!!

Lets see....it has to be mostly red........so how about red floss....and red trims(and some cream colored trims....cluny lace!)....and red heart buttons...I have wood and plastic hand dyed red buttons.....and I have several heart charms....yes those would be great!!!!! Lets add an Alphabet Ornament chart with your initial.....and the Treasured Friend red heart pattern.

Lets draw 3 names.
Rules: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 25 more entries. Send a friend and get 25 more entries.
Drawing to be Valentine's Day....of course!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.....good luck in the drawing!!
Nancy

Sneak preview of a few new samplers

I have had a couple friends ask for a sneak preview of the new sampler patterns that I am working on.....impatient souls........and I always hesitate to show something from the stitching program because it doesn't do it justice. It does show it on linen...but not the beautiful over dyed linen that I have...or the over dyed floss that I will be using....but I will show a preview of the few that I have finished and they are off to model stitchers. Some are my adaptations of antiques and some will be my own designs. So here you are:

 I love designing birds and Forget Me Not Flowers together.

I hope you like the preview. The charts will be $12. I will also offer them with over dyed floss and 32ct linen. These are also charted for DMC. All my designs are full cross stitches.
Some of the colors shown on the charts above are darker than they actually are. I need to show them darker on the stitching program for the colors blocks on the charts. I don't know about you....but I like color blocks to follow when stitching. I will also include a symbols chart with each pattern. So you have the option to use the chart you prefer.
Thanks for stopping by and viewing my work.
Nancy

A great response from model stitchers!

Thank you for the great response to my add for model stitchers.....I had two...now I have 22! I appreciate each of you contacting me to work on these samplers. All I can say is I better get busy! It takes me about 20 hours to do a sampler....if I stick with it a little bit less time. I must say that sitting for 10 hour days really gets to me so I may drop it back to 8 hours at a time. Either way I should have lots of samplers being stitched this year and I appreciate the great response. You stitchers are the best!!

Hugs from Nancy

I need a model stitcher in the US

     I have been very busy since I recovered from the holidays. I have completed 3 sampler patterns and two will be in the mail to model stitchers shortly. Now....I will be needing more model stitchers. I have a few requirements.....I need you to be in the US. With high postal costs and shipping time I think you can understand my position. For the samplers...they will be on 32ct linen and they will be around 11 x 11 inches or 12 x 12 inches. The going rate was a penny per stitch....and I am looking for someone who wants to trade for floss. An average sampler would be around $150.00 for you....and I would be happy to send my $156 Sampler Floss Collection (1600 yards and would be over $600 from other companies) and pay all postage. Or linen. Or you could select floss from any in my store. Some samplers will be $200 in pay.....and I would pay half cash and half floss or linen.
These are all full cross stitches. The sayings on some will be over 1 but most are over 2.
    MOST IMPORTANT! I need someone who has the time to stitch. And stitch quickly. And has very nice stitches and neat on the back.  I can't wait 6 months for you to complete this. I am looking for someone who will quickly stitch for me, say within 1 month. I know that would leave out the part time stitchers but I think you can understand my position. I could show the pattern stitched with the stitching program...but the linen colors they offer just don't satisfy me....or make the sampler look as good as it should. I may do that on one here and there....
    So if you think you might be interested....please email me at nbelgian@aol.com. I am looking forward to hearing from you!

Thank you for listening.....
Nancy
P.S. Several emails have come in...I now have 4 stitchers and still wanting to line  up more.

Happy New Year!

Our year is quickly coming to and end.......and time to ring in the new. I am wishing each and every one of you a very Happy New Year! Filled with love, happiness and hopefully lots of stitching!

Nancy

Free shipping on the 1795 Sampler Floss Collection once again

I hope all of you had a nice Christmas and are relaxing a bit...I know I am. I finished the new sampler pattern and am now in the process of selecting floss for it. I decided to dye some more colors to choose from....I just love playing with all the colors. These will be even more antiqued that the floss in the 1795 collection. I will use them for patterns with optional floss available.

I have had another request (someone spending her Christmas money!) to offer the complete 1795 Sampler Floss Collection with free postage. I am happy to offer this. The set is 80 skeins (20 yards each) and is $156.00. You are getting a couple free skeins with the set as you are just paying for 78 skeins. This set is about 1/4 the price of most of the other companies. It is 1600 yards!
The savings will be around $6-8 if you are in the states as I mail priority mail. If you are International. I mail first class and this will save you around $18. Nice savings.

The free postage is only offered if you purchase direct and not on ebay as I am passing the savings on to you. If you are interested email me at nbelgian@aol.com.

Back to work.......floss is calling me.....
Nancy

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas one and all!!!
I hope all of you have received the gift you wanted the most!
Today I am happy to announce a big winner...for 25 skeins of my floss from the 1795 Sampler Collection. Pick your favorite colors!!!
The winner is Kevin!
Email me (nbelgian@aol.com) after you browse through my store:
http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe

Thank you....one and all......for participating in the Christmas give-aways. I truly love to share with you. Now Santa Nancy needs to rest for a day.....I am almost done with the antique sampler pattern and will shortly select hand dyed threads and it will be off to my model stitcher. After spending 20 hours on a pattern.....I will be sending this one out to be stitched. I can then start on another pattern and hopefully find some time for me to do some stitching....arthritic hands permitting. I am pleased with this antique sampler and will show you as soon as it is available so stay tuned.
Next year looks like it is going to be a good year....I hope it is for all of us!

Love,
Nancy

We have a $50 gift certificate winner today!!

Santa will be very busy tonight.....and Santa Nancy has been very busy too! Today we have a very lucky winner of a $50 gift certificate to shop in my store. The name drawn was:
EvalinaMaria. Congratulations!!! Browse my ebay store and then email me, nbelgian@aol.com, and tell me your selections.

Tomorrow is the big drawing for the 25 skeins of floss....

The rest of you still need to be real good....as Santa will be making his rounds tonight and I hope each and every one of you receives the gift you would like the most.  I know that gifts come in all sizes....and I hope your present is just the right size and what you want. Or it may be what you need. I hope you are all blessed this Christmas as I have been blessed. I have so much to be thankful for. And thank you for being such good friends.
 Love from Santa Nancy

We have a fabric winner today!

I wish Santa would bring me a new camera....I am having trouble with it today with the memory card. I can't show a photo of the fabrics today.....but the lucky winner today can choose from 18ct Aida or 32ct Belgian linen that I have dyed. The Aida is red, pastel pumpkin(light pastel orange), or spice. The linen I have in Antique Champagne, Sage or Light Carmel Brown.
The lucky winner is Lillian Carol. Congratulations!
Please email me, nbelgian@aol.com, and tell me what fabric and color you would like and send me your address.

The big day is almost here and tomorrow and on Christmas day I have two great give-aways. The $50 gift certificate and the 25 skeins of floss. You can still enter on the original posts. Good luck to all!
               Love from Santa Nancy

Pick your present today!

You get to pick your present today! Why get a present you don't use....pick one you like! Tell me if you want floss......or trims....or buttons and charms....or a chart!

I drew two names today........stitcheranon and Judy in Kansas.
Congratulations! Please email Santa Nancy and tell me what you would like.

Christmas is just a few days away.....I can hardly wait! Christmas is for giving....of love...of gifts...of yourself. I love sharing with my friends and I hope you have had as much fun with these drawings as I have.
          Love from Santa Nancy

A Gift for you and a friend!

Today we have a fun drawing....a gift for you and a gift for the friend of your choice. Surprise gifts from me....to you. Thank you all for entering.......today's lucky winner is Deborah. Please check the original post if you think it is you.....I have had mix-ups before. I didn't see a blog for Deborah....or an email address...
email nbelgian@aol.com. And Deborah....you don't have to post your friend's name if you want it to be a surprise. Just tell me in an email.

Santa Nancy is still very busy.....and looking forward to a day of rest on the 26th!! And maybe 27th..................
Nancy

$25 Gift Certificate winner today!

Santa Nancy has lots of goodies for one lucky winner today. A $25 Gift Certificate to shop in my store.
stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe
Browse the store (don't purchase on ebay, just email me what you would like)  and pick out some goodies and I will pay the postage.

The lucky winner today is Shirlee. Email me with your selections. nbelgian@aol.com

Congratulations Shirlee!
I truly love giving....especially at Christmas.

Love from Santa Nancy

Pick your present today!!!!!

Today you get to pick your own present!!!
I have several trim bags to choose from if you do your own finishing. Patriotic trims....Christmas or Gingerbread!

If you don't want a trim bag I will send you 5 skeins of floss, 20yards per skein as usual. 100 yards of stitching heaven.

I said I would pick a winner...how about two?!!
Elizabeth Ann    and    Terri P.
Please email me nbelgian@aol.com with your choice and your address.

Congratulations.....and Merry Christmas early!
Love from Santa Nancy

Surprise Gift winners today!

Santa Nancy has been digging in the gift bag this morning and has found a gift for 2 lucky winners!
rosek1870
and Joy!
    Remember...it is a surprise! Now I need you to email me your addresses. nbelgian@aol.com
Santa Nancy is having fun once again this year!!! Thank you for entering......
               Merry Christmas!

Lots of trim winners today!

I am wishing an early Merry Christmas to several trim winners today!! Actually....you get your choice of trims (tell me your favorite colors).....the cluny crocheted ric rac is very nice, regular ric rac, seam ribbons, or if you would rather have buttons and charms.....tell me your favorite colors for buttons. I was going to show pictures...I have far too many pictures of dozens of colors of trims, buttons  & charms (heart charms, sewing machine, stork scissors, etc)....the post would be 20 feet long! LOL

I was going to pick 3.....how about.......6!!!!!!!!!!!
Julie
Nataly K
Faye
Maggee
Joyce Clark Frank
and.....dixiesamplar!

Please email me, nbelgian@aol.com, and tell me which you prefer. I will need your address too.

I just love this Santa decoration....when you plug in the cord the candle light actually lights up and he waves his arm! He is almost 2 feet tall....and one of my favorites. I love the vintage decorations. I bought him quite a few years ago...I found him in an antique mall that had a vintage Christmas booth. I didn't get out of that one cheap............it's a good thing the house is full and I don't go antique shopping any more. Maybe I need a new and bigger house!

Congratulations stitchers....enjoy your trims.
Santa Nancy

We have floss winners today!

We have 2 lucky winners today....and they will each receive 10 skeins, that's 200 yards!, of my hand dyed floss. We have some special colors going out today.....two special winners. They are:

Annette California and Tedra. Congratulations ladies!!!!

Please email me, nbelgian@aol.com, and give me your addresses.

Merry Christmas early!!

Love from Santa Nancy

Lots of give-away winners today!

We have lots of give-away winners today! There are two drawings that have winners for today:
The Pick your chart from 84 charts in my store:
Deb-Paxton Valley Folk Art
Penny I
Kaisievic
and lets give another to Musicwoman!
Browse my ebay store charts http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe/CHARTS-FOR-CROSS-STITCH-/_i.html?_fsub=2117248014&_sid=182293904&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

and then email me nbelgian@aol.com and tell me which chart you would like.

Next we have QUAKER winners!!!! Pick your chart from Be True in Heart, Harmony (with birds), To Thine Own Self be True and Forget Me Not.

You get to pick the chart you would like and then browse my store and tell me the color floss you would like me to include!
http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Motto-Sampler-Shoppe/HAND-DYED-EMBROIDERY-FLOSS-/_i.html?_fsub=13596290&_sid=182293904&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Winners: trillium,  Pam Lacey and Kimstitch 3. Please email me, nbelgian@aol.com, and tell me your choices.
Congratulations everyone! Be sure to check back each day until Christmas to see if you are a winner.
Santa Nancy

A Stitching Marathon Completed

    Christmas is always a busy time of the year around here with all the give-aways and all the last minute motto orders. A gentleman asked me to stitch and frame this motto as he wants to give it to his Mother for Christmas (what a guy!). So I quickly, 12 hours later, completed No Place Like Home. This is definitely my hardest motto to stitch....and I keep saying these arthritic hands are never going to stitch this one again(I have stitched it 9 times)....never say never....

I have the antique motto that I fashioned this reproduction from.....but the newly stitched ones look almost as good as the antiques. And there is no place like home!

Thanks for stopping by. Back to work........
Nancy

Gift Certificates now available

I was asked to provide Gift Certificates for my shop and I am pleased to announce that they are ready. I custom designed this using an antique background.

You can get any dollar amount...but keep in mind that they will have to pay the postage (deduct it from the gift certificate). Paid through paypal. Then I will email your friend the filled in Gift Certificate from you. ***All Gift Certificates will be numbered and signed by me to be authentic. Email nbelgian@aol.com if you would like to send one to a friend.

 

Back to work..........I need to start dyeing the floss for the antique sampler patterns.....sooooo much work to do around here......where are those elves...............

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

Free shipping on the 1795 Sampler Floss Collection

I was asked to extend the free shipping offer on the 80 skein, 1600 yards, 1795 Sampler Floss Collection. It is $156.00. This would run over $600.00 from other companies. I do all I can to  help my stitching friends. You get 2 skeins free so you are just paying for 78 skeins. Postage in the US runs $6-8 and International this saves you $16-18. This offer is to buy direct from me and not through Ebay. I am passing on the saving to you. This makes a nice Christmas gift to a stitching friend or yourself. Email nbelgian@aol.com if you are interested. I will even include a couple extra free skeins since it is Christmas.
      I will be dyeing new floss colors for the antique style samplers I will be doing next year for the charts with floss. It is always fun to create new colors and a challenge to get the "old" looking colors. Of course I will have some give-aways after the new designs are ready.........don't we always??

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Nancy

The Twelve Days of Christmas $50 Gift Certificate Give-away!

The Twelve Days of Christmas have come to an end and I wanted to thank all of you for entering....and you can continue to enter up until the day of each of the drawings that will start on the 15th and run through the 25th.
   I thought I would give a $50 Gift Certificate to one lucky winner. You can browse my Ebay store and pick what you would like and I will pay the postage.
   Rules: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 25 more entries.
  
   This has been a lot of fun.......but just wait until I start announcing the winners each day! Be sure to check and see if you are a winner. You  must follow! 
     This drawing to be December 24th.
     I hope each and every one of you are having a wonderful holiday season surrounded by loved ones.
    Thank you for following....thank you for being the great group of stitchers that I have come to know. I am blessed to have so many friends.

Love from Santa Nancy

Eleventh Day of Christmas Give-away.....Fabric!

   We are nearing the end of the 12 Days of Christmas...so lets give away some fabric! What stitcher doesn't want fabric????
I have 32ct Belgian linen that I dye. I have several shades available....the antique champagne I used for the Christmas wall hanging and ornament......I have some antique sage....antique caramel....I also have some aida in 18ct in red....I will have to look and see what other colors I have in dyed aida. I have 18ct rustico overdyed.......you can tell me what kind of fabric you prefer when you win.
Rules: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get 25 more entries.
Drawing to be December 23rd. Remember that after I announce the last give-away tomorrow  you will need to check back every day to see if you are a winner. Drawings will start on the 15th-25th.
***********You don't want to miss tomorrow's give-away!*****

Back to work.....I am selecting floss colors to dye for some new antique sampler designs for next year. I will be offering charts with or without over dyed floss. Maybe fabric too.....maybe frames.....who knows!

Love from Santa Nancy

Tenth Day of Christmas Give-away!

 Santa has lots of goodies left in the bag......so lets see what we can give away today. I think we need to make this one easy(for me too!) so lets do another pick your present day! Tell me if you want some floss, trims, buttons or ric rac. Lets not forget the cluny ric rac. Or would you like a chart? On your comment tell me what you would like. Lets really make it easy for me.
Rules: You must be a follower and post a comment here. Post on your blog and get another 25 entries. Remember that you must check back to see if you are a winner....you must follow!
Drawing to be December 22nd.

Good luck everyone!
Santa Nancy

Floss winners today!!!!

Santa and I have been busy drawing names of the winners of 3 skeins of floss from the 1795 Sampler Collection. Here are the 11, not 10, 11 winners!
And I saw that you each put down what colors you would like so that made it easier.
lanybleu,     SoCal Debbie,    nkleubs,   Sherri,   Mary Joan,   Kathy A.,    Kim Reid,   Wilma,   Monica(hoopless stitcher),   Pam in Il,  and........Lija Broka!
Please email me, nbelgian@aol.com to give me your addresses.

 

I just put some simple greenery in front of my regular collections.....kids things they made when they were little...I love the antique candles of Santa and Mrs Clause(in rocking chairs) on top of the cabinet,  and the large vintage Santa and snowman candles. I have had these for over 30 years....boy am I getting old!
Congratulations winners....have a great day!
Santa Nancy