Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries

ONE DOWN AND ONE TO GO

Well it has certainly been a busy summer for me so far. As you all know I had been doing two local markets a week. I must say it definitely kept me hopping trying to keep up with replenishing what we had sold. The Wednesday market is now over so I am down to only the Saturday market. It is nice not to be so pushed all week long. I did pretty well at the Wednesday market and since this was my first year doing it I can say it was worth doing. The biggest seller was my husband’s cutting boards and my potholders. What is really nice is to think that people are willing to spend their hard earned money on something that we make. Makes us feel pretty good. My Alaska potholders have been doing really well and I also embroider Alaska designs on denim shirts that the tourists really buy. These are the fabric prints of a couple of the potholder designs I have done. I hand stitch Alaska on them. People seem to like it that they are handmade and hand stitched.  

     

My husband’s boards have really sold well. There have been several days that I sell every one that I took with me. Kept him really busy trying to make more.

 

 Well now that I have a little more time before the fall and holiday crunch I can get busy on doing some quilts that I have been wanting to get to, but just haven’t had the time. I have sooooooo many ideas rattling around in this empty head of mine that I want to do. I was reading an article the other day and came across the “Ten Commandments of Quilting” that I thought I would share with you.

Thou shalt not do buttons

Thou shalt sew quarter inch seams

Thou shalt leave no bolt unturned

Thou shalt not rip – only unsew

Thou shalt not envy thy neighbor’s stitches

Thou shalt never pass a quilt shop

Thou shalt cook and clean but once a week

  Thou shalt never quilt tomorrow what you can quilt today

Thou shalt not covert they neighbor’s stash

Thou shalt not reveal funds spent on quilting supplies.

I think I should live by this. What do you think? I especially like the one that I should never pass a quilt shop…….ya……that sounds good. J

Now that I am not so crunched for time I will get back on track with my blog here. Or at least that is my plan.

I have several new recipes that I have been storing up to share with you so please take a look at them.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of the week. J