~ DRIZZLE & SIZZLE ~

Hi there!  Maybe you vaguely recall my last post about HDF 10 for $12.50?  Here's my selection of 10 silks, came yesterday on a cold and very wet day.  Stitchy mail makes even a drizzly day sunny, don't you think?

 

 A snap of today's newly acquired stash:

Weeks 35 ct. linen *Straw* ~ lovely *go to often* color,

would have very happily taken a whole yard but.... yikes!

GAST ~ Heirloom Gold

Prim Scissors ~ patiently waited for a free ship offer,

now they're mine ~ yay!

And now the sizzle...  last stop today was the framers, my first sampler finish on linen:

This closeup is the true color of  the linen.

Like the frame?

A pretty good match for that folky look.

Welcome Home GH Sparrow's Song

Wouldn't it be oh so nice if every day was a stash day!!!  Well, a girl can dream...

Wishing each of you a sweet stitchy evening!  My always grateful thanks for visiting dear friends:)

Tootles, Sue

~ CALLING HDF FANS ~

Hi there!

If you're maybe like me and have been planning to add more Vikki Clayton's SILK flosses to your stash, check out her site!

Half way down home page on right side see her offer of 10 flosses for $12.50 called * YOU PICK TEN *.  Follow the instructions carefully cause you *must* list your colors in the comments when you place your order.

This is an oh~so~nice way for Vikki to offer us a savings, on top of her offering silks for $1.25 and $1.65 per 5 yard skein.  

Yep, placed my order today, saved about $4.00 and you just know it wasn't at all difficult to pick 10 colors~lol!  Anyone want to join me?  I'll be watching for your silk floss pics on your blogs:)

Thanks Vikki!

If you already know about this offer, well.... just never you mind:)

HAND DYED FIBERS

Tootles and Sweet Stitchin, Sue

~ POLL RESULTS ~

Hi there!  We had 46 sweet participants who voted and shared their skill level with the sewing machine.  It was lovely to chat with those of you who commented or emailed privately, I'm thrilled and honored to have made a few new friends during this poll, such a delightful bonus!  Thank you one and all!


It's good to see that only a scant few of us are lacking any sewing machine skills.  Seems the majority of us muddle along, with a few who've acquired advanced skills.

Here's our poll results:

~ The Sewing Machine and You ~

never learned ~ 4%
basic skills ~ 47%
some machine finishing of my pieces ~ 19%
advanced skills ~ 28%




My dear nieces are 9 and 7 and live an hour away.  We share *Craft Day* every so often, it's been such a pleasurable and loving experience over the years.  They've been nurtured to learn, desire and appreciate arts of all genres and to create from hand for the mere joy of it and also to realize the possibility of *needing skills* in their future.  After all, one day they'll have a dorm or their first apartment and might want a simple little valance for their odd sized window:)  I believe if we encourage the young ones to at least try different arts, they will be more likely to experiment on their own as they mature, and hopefully find a passion that will last them a lifetime.  I'm pretty sure most of you feel the same way too.

Do any of you ever wonder as I do?  Did the daughters of soccer Mom's learn to sew on a machine?  Is sewing still taught in Home Ec?  Is Home Ec even offered anymore?  Maybe you're a soccer Mom with daughters and can share?

If you're still reading, thx for hangin in there...

Tootles, Sue

SUBWAY CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY

Today, one day only, Saturday 4/10.  Buy one~get one foot long subs! Not sure if any locations are excluded from this event, you can check it out near you.

What has this to do with stitching you wonder?  Well... nothing, but if you've ever had their toasted tuna sub piled high with your fav toppings, you know what I'm talking about:)

Share the love, tell your friends! They'll tell their friends and so on and so on...

Tootles, Sue

PS:   Plz don't forget to cast your vote on my poll to the right, only 1 day left, thx!

~ THE SEWING MACHINE ~

You know, that thing some of us have a love/hate relationship with ~ lol!  I recently discovered there are a  number of stitchers whose stitching is exemplary, yet they never learned how to use a sewing machine.  Silly Dilly me, assuming that if one can stitch, one can sew.

So... I added a 5 day poll to my toolbar, will you please share your feedback with the rest of us?  It might be fun to see the results, not for any particular reason, just for the heck of it. 


Thx for popping in dear readers:)

Tootles, Sue

~ STITCHY BREAD ON EASTER SUNDAY ~

Hi there dear friends and a glorious Easter Sunday to you!  Can I just share that it's been my profound pleasure to befriend each of you over the last year or so,  I am profoundly grateful for your kinship and I thank you...

Easter decorating ~ When possible I try to focus on selecting prim collectibles and antiques we have in home, rather than purchasing new.  Here's my WIP ~ likely to change as does the wind.  Sorry for the poor lighting.  It's a bit barren, lacks a few grubby carrots, but happily I discovered a couple of great tutorials for prim carrots.  I'll enjoy the project and get them done for next year:)

Baked a few loaves of Choc Chunk Banana Bread ~ several for hostess gifts and for our freezer. 

 

And of course, a special stitchy friend deserves nothing less than a stitchy loaf ~ lol!

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit, wishing you a day filled with Easter love, family and sweet stitchin....

Tootles, Sue