Freebie Friday- Dolls

This is a cute page from a very old catalog.....I will take a "Tousle Head" please!  Click on the picture to see it larger!  I love cloth dolls, but these are so cute too.

New 2010 Halloween party pin & ornament pattern!

This is my newest pattern, ready for fall shows.

These are so easy to make and take so little in supplies!

They look great hanging from a lil tree.

I love sayings...I can't help but to put them to use.

Celebrate autumn with these super easy pins and ornaments. There are 37 different Halloween sayings that come with the pattern. These make great gifts, friendship swaps, party favors, ornaments for a tree, and magnets.  It is available on my etsy or my patternmart.

Monday sale pattern!! Santa mannequin pattern

Santa Mannequin dressform pattern...Only $3.99 on My patternmart! 

This Christmas pin keep is made to look like a vintage mannequin dress form & it keeps all your pins. Santa hat , scarf, & skirt are so sweet! The stand is grubbied & aged using a special method. This is super easy & comes with Santa picture for top of pins and artwork for "Ho Ho Ho". Great for your decor. Measures: 17 1/2" tall x 5" wide.   It's never too early to work on Christmas projects!

FREEBIE FRIDAY - jack in the box

This guy is fun to stitch up using your favorite colors.  You can use this to embroider or as a design for wool...like a penny rug, wool pillow, hooked rug, or needle punch.  I had this published years ago in Country Marketplace (one of my favorite mags that went under :(   ....boooooo!) 

Black Hat Society

These are from 2 of my Halloween badge patterns...the badges sell out at all my shows!  These are so inexpensive....great for these economic times.  It takes old papers, party streamers, glitter, and scraps of ribbons.  I plan to have some at the Two Women barn show in September.  Info about the barn show is on the left.   These are available on my patternmart, etsy, and my website.  I also have badges for every holiday as well.

Monday sale collage sheet- Halloween tickets

This was the Monday sale of the week....remember to check back often to take advantage of these deals.

Studio Sewing & Crafting supply tags

These are my supply tags made from Graphics by The Graphic Fairy.  From her wonderful site....I used the images for dress forms, sewing machines, thimble, and scissors.  I added the words for supplies in my studio and a border around each image.  I printed out and added to my pretty papers I had.  I used buttons, rickrack, and beads for embellishments.  I also added my stamps in brown ink.  I love to use scrunched seam binding for the tag strings.

My basket of stamps is now labeled and I know what is in the basket now!

I love having my favorite patterns at hand (even if some of them are my own).  The dress form image is so much like my own mannequin pin cushion pattern.

I have millions of buttons!

I also have tons of thread on tons of colors. 

You can never have enough scissors.

This shows how many I made....I was having so much fun!

I stuck with a blue/tan/green color scheme.

Thanks for stopping by!

photos

 I love buying old photos....it is so fun finding an interesting person.  I usually go for woman....I guess I relate to them better...but I have some really funny men pictures where I am wondering....what woman would have kissed that face.  Then I remember....oh yeah, they had to marry guys that they didn't love....alot of the time. 
Have a great weekend...I am going to garage sales and see the new Will Ferrel movie!

Pumpkin people

Someone is looking at you!

This guy has a super long stem!

I love making pumpkin people...it is fun creating different faces with wool roving and then turning them into creatures or people. Since I love badges, these two got one each.  I have made some scarier, spooky ones that I will post later...including a cat. 
On another note....it is hot in Washington state.....enough already....I am a wimp.  I am going to a baseball game and will probably be HOT the whole time. I like the mid 80's....no higher.  Anyone hooked to "Big Brother" the tv show.....I sadly am addicted to it...I should be watching "Good" tv programs....but I am drawn like a moth to the flame. :(

I won a giveaway! & Monday pattern sale- Turkey

I won a FABULOUS giveaway (I have never won before) from

Jenny Doh....she is so inspirational...check out her blog! 

 She has been editor to all those wonderful Somerset magazines (The ones I have to buy no matter what!)  I won two original works of art from Lynn Whipple and Lynne Perrella. They are the most beautiful tags....I have them happily displayed in my studio.  I also received a gorgeous book called...

Masters collage from Lark Books.  I have been enjoying this to no end!  It has all kinds of collage art from tons of well known artists.  It makes you want to start a collage immediately.  I want to thank them all for the great giveaway...so kind of them. 

This is an e pattern of: Happy Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern, #208.  He is on sale on my patternmart for only $3.49...until August 8th. 

Here is a great way to decorate for Thanksgiving! This Muslin turkey is easy to make and fast. Very Simple painting adds color to Turkey. He has bell eyes and muslin eyelids, and a cheesecloth comb and waddle. This comes with banner (both Happy thanksgiving and Give thanks), how to make stand, and lil acorns. Measures: 9" wide, 14" tall including base. The stand is a candlestick and plate...it doesn't matter what they look like...you transform it with my techniques