Last day for the Cyber Special!

Good Day!

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day for the Cyber Special. I won't bore you with the details again so just scroll down and see the past few posts about it! Thanks for your business! I appreciate each of you!

Today I plan on working on my DD and SIL's stockings for Christmas. I do hope they like them! I also hope to hang my wall of small and miniature quilts today. I am going to do this in my sewing room to make it a bit more attractive...I hope! Here they are waiting to be hung....

Wanna come help?!

Take care,

Missie

 

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The Trimmings Are Up! Cyber Special Still On!

Here's a reminder that the Cyber Special is still happening at TRADITIONALPRIMITIVES.COM until Saturday night! Go check it out! One FREE EPP pincushion pattern for each pattern you purchase, up to 7 free! Thanks so much to those of you who have made pattern purchases! Feel free to use the contact form and send me your wish list for Christmas. Then send your loved ones my way and I will pass along the list so they can surprise you with a gift...

 

We've found time to complete our Christmas decorating in this household. This year it's minimal decorations as we are lucky to have found a few minutes to get things pulled out and put up! It's always so wonderful to hang out in a room that is lit up for Christmas. I wish we could leave it all there till the Easter Bunny comes! Haha!

 

We've put the tree in a new spot this year to make room for another chair in the family room. When the family is all here, we have too many sitting on the floor! Hopefully this will help the situation. I am standing near the dining table so it's nice we can see the tree from most parts of this main living area. ( along with the backs of our chairs! LOL

 

FINALLY! Pennies In My Garden is up on the wall. I'm so excited to have it there, even if it is only for a few weeks. I will be vending at the Oklahoma City Winter Quilt Show January 9-11, so it will come down during that time. Please come see me if you live nearby! I think this may be my favorite quilt that I have designed. Perhaps it is the warm colors. It was exciting to see it on the wall after a long wait. This quilt has traveled quite a bit in it's young life, from being on display in a quilt show, to being on display in vending booths, to being on display in a store also. I'm happy it is home for a while! You can see that we also moved the quilt ladder to a new spot during the holidays. It looks crooked in this picture, but it is as straight as it can be! It's a mystery why it looks cockeyed in the picture! Haha!

 

And to the left of that blue chair above is the fireplace. We have the old fashioned felt and sequin stockings. One of my first stitching projects was my own stocking similar to these back when I was in Jr. High. When I saw these I knew they were going to be a family heirloom...even if they are full of plain old felt and sequins and beads. They sparkle wonderfully in the evening light! I have one more kit waiting to be made for the next son in law, when ever he arrives. I will need to find one more before they stop making these kits! And then, I wonder if they will still make them when the grandkids start to come...oh, the worries! Haha!

 

Here is the candle mat that I gave my secret pal Tuesday night! It was so fun to give it. The recipient was genuinely excited about it and it just made my week to see her smile. Such a sweetheart! I forgot to get a picture with the antique ball I made so she sent me a picture. It is below. These are made from the pattern, Josie's Petals that you can find on my website.

 

It was also a wonderful evening because we shared fabrics and gift cards with one of the small group members who had a house fire a few months ago. She is living in a spare room of her daughter's boyfriend's home and has lost most all of her belongings, including fabrics. She has one block she works on occasionally and the fabrics we gave will keep her going for a while and start up her stash again. We gave gift cards so she can replace household items once she gets back into her home again. Tis the season for giving and it was so wonderful to be touched by the joy of giving.

Merry Christmas to you all during this wonderful season!

Take care,

Missie

 

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Wow! You Want To Add This To Your Christmas List! And More Sale!

Do you have a light box? I had a little one from many years ago that I used for scrap booking. A few years ago, the light burnt out and I can't find a bulb that works in it! I have replaced it twice and the bulbs explode, so I have mostly used my front door window when it comes to tracing things. Sometimes I lay a light under my glass table for larger drawings and that works pretty well.

Have you seen the fancy light boxes for sale at the quilt shows? They are pretty nice, and they have a hefty price tag! But if you do lots of tracing, it might be just what you need.

While shopping for my niece and nephew in the big box toy department, I ran across this toy tracing light box! As you can hopefully see on the box, it is from Crayola and is called the Light Up Tracing Pad. It came in pink and blue...it was a tough decision which color I wanted because blue is one of my favorite colors, but I chose pink!

For $19.99 I thought I would give it a try! It has been waiting patiently in my basement for me to find some double AA batteries. I finally found them and gave it a try! I was very happily surprised that this light box will work great for my needs!

It is nice and flat and won't take up much room. I've left my hand in the picture so you can see the size...it's a nice size! A bit larger than a piece of paper...

You can see in this picture that it shows the drawing very nicely. Most of what you are seeing is the light surface and then I've shown you the picture, which has fine lines for Punchneedle, and then a bit of paper on top of a portion of the picture so you can see how strongly it works. I was pretty impressed for a toy!

If your family is asking you what you want for Christmas, this might be a fun thing to put on your list! It's been a long time since I've had a real toy! Let me know if Santa brings you one and if so, let me know how you like it!

Speaking of Christmas lists, feel free to send me your wish list of items on my website by email and I will keep it on hand for the special people in your life to refer to if you want them to choose something for you. Just make a wish list in the contact area of my website and be sure to give me your name. Send your shoppers my way by email and I will let them know what's on your wish list. If you'd like to give me their email address I would be happy to send a note and let them know you've made a wish list! Just be sure you let them know it's coming so they won't think it is spam from me! There is still plenty of time to order before Christmas arrives!

I've been working on a present for a quilter friend in my small group. Who we get the gift from is a secret for now, so I can give you a peak!

I hope she likes it! I'm doing a candle mat from my pattern called Josie's Petals that I designed this spring. I have yet to make one for myself, so this has gotten me in the mood! These black wool petals are sewn in brown wool thread to give an old feel to go along with the deep red and pink fabric colors. I will show the rest of the gift after the party! Are you making some handcrafted gifts this year? I'd love to hear about them! If so, enjoy the process of making them and putting a bit of love into each little goodie you make!

I've had my AFTER THE RUSH CYBER SPECIAL going on the last few days, as some of you may know. Thanks to those of you who have purchased! I think I will keep it going a few more days because I have been having trouble getting my newsletter to go out. I want to be sure all of my customers are offered the sale and so far, you bloggers are the only ones who have known about it! I will keep the sale going until Wednesday Night at Midnight. Surely by then the email problems will be solved! So as a recap, you will recieve a FREE English Paper Piecing Pincushion Pattern with the purchase of any pattern on my website. One freebie for each pattern purchased! (Up to 7 free)

 

I will add in the instructions for doing EPP by machine! Add this little freebie detail to your wish list as you tell your shoppers about it! They have till Wednesday this week at midnight to get you some extra goodies for Christmas at no extra cost! :-) www.traditionalprimitives.com

Aren't sales fun!?!

I better get back to my stitching...only a little bit left and I'll be done.

Take care!

Missie

 

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Small Business Saturday!

It's Small Business Saturday tomorrow and my business fits into this category for sure!! I would love to pass on some savings to you! If you place an order anytime from now through Saturday, November 30th I would love to send you a free English Paper Piecing Pincushion Pattern! These are great gift ideas for your special crafty friends. With the holidays fast approaching, you can make many of these pincushions in no time! I will even include an extra instruction about how to make these English Paper Pieced Pincushions by MACHINE, yes machine...and you have to look closely to notice the stitches are made by machine! It's a fast way to do English Paper Piecing!

 

So hop on over to my store, Traditional Primitives , and place your order from now through midnight Saturday November 30th and get yourself an early Christmas present! When you do, I'll send you a little Christmas Present too, the free English Paper Piecing Pincushion Pattern.

Thanks for supporting the small businesses like mine...I appreciate each and every one of you!

Take care,

Missie

 

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