BRINGING STANLEY HOME!!!

Well....no stitching for me tonight! We will be at our favorite hangout with the family and lots of friends cheering on our hometown team...THE DETROIT RED WINGS!! Hockey town may get a bad rap most of the time, but this is one time of year that it makes us proud to live near Detroit! We love our Red Wings (and our Detroit Tigers)and are hoping to cheer them on to victory!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite....Chris Draper..

HERE WE GO RED WINGS...HERE WE GO!!! BRINGING STANLEY HOME!!!!!!!!

This month, the BLESTB group on Ebay, are having a Patriotic Pincushion offering. I am proud to be able to participate in an event with these wonderfully talented folk artists. Please type BLESTB into the search bar to view their offerings. You will not be dissappointed!

Finally, I finished my pinkeep to list on Ebay this evening. It is a sweet little needle book, inspired by Blackbird Designs. It is made of reproduction farmhouse blue, Civil War era fabric lightly stained with tea. Just enough to age it just a bit. I cross stitched the front on prairie cloth.

The six little strawberry pinkeeps are made of wool and reproduction fabric as well. I stuffed them with walnut shells, strung them on some vintage, red floss and then again aged lightly with tea. I love these little strawberries...there's just something about them that are so charming.

My favorite part! These are my spool holders. I just purchased the larger, wooden one last Sunday at a favorite antique shop in Allegan MI. It is already stocked full of threads, flosses, and needle packs. It looks like a lot of stuff...but I know where everything is. I find that I spend more time organizing and re-organizing than I actually spend on sewing!!

This is the other end of my sewing room. I just love the "Mercantile" sign. I bought it about 8 years ago at a wonderful country store in Newport MI that is now closed. The old wingback chair has seen better days...I bought is back in 1984 and just couldn't bear to part with it. It is still so comfy..I love sitting in it to do my stitching or watch TV.

After the demolition of my sewing room. I should have taken pictures of the "before'! It's amazing how much stuff one person can accumulate! Whoops...forgot to move my flip flops!