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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 05:48:37 AM
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Lorie...your Farmgirl Badge looks really cute. Sooooo COLORFUL!
Kathryn...love your chickie pin cushions.
I am working on YoYo's for a Swap.
blessings,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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atkinst2
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Theresa
Canal Winchester
OH
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 08:21:15 AM
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Haven't been working on much of anything this week. Just returned from White Water Rafting. Did buy a really awesome shawl pattern and am going to a fiber show tomorrow so I hope to get started on it this weekend.
Love the chickie pin cushions and the farmgirl badge is the bomb!!!!!
The road to success is not straight. There is a curb called Failure, a loop called Confusion; speed bumps called Friends; red lights called Enemies;caution lights called Family. You will have flats called jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination; an engine called Perseverance; insurance called Faith, and a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success!! Or as my Grandpa use to say "There is never a road so long that there isn't a curve in it"
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17023 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 11:32:02 AM
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I re-purposed a cabinet door that I bought at the 'Habitat-4-Humanity store...for $1.00
painted it, added forks for handles & cast off drawer knobs for feet...
now I am thinking I might change out the white knobs for the clear (crystle type) ones...to give it that added bling! So off to Hobby Lobby I go! lol!
oops! the framed mini quilt piece is not attached,,, but it was a Thrift find,,,I changed out the frame and like the red much better. as for the 'Genie' decanter,,, that's for a friends, 'Aladdin trailer' that she dubbed, "Jeannie" as in 'I Dream of Jeannie'..lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
1874 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 12:18:50 PM
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Working on learning counted cross stitch. Going to begin knitting some Christmas projects soon too!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Country at Heart |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 11:47:20 PM
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Grace...that tray is soooooo c.u.t.e.!!! I like the idea of the crystal nobs for the
feet...it would give it that added "Bling!"...
blessings,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17023 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 10:17:15 AM
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Thanx Diane & Peggy...
I think I may have to go back to the 'Habitat-4-Humanity' store & buy another one,, a tad bit larger...and turn it into a chaulk board...chaulk board paint the center and then paint the 'frame' in red....for my kitchen... or I can take it with me when I am Glamping in my trailer...and use it as a message board outside my trailer...
Oh the things we can create with money & paint! lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 10:31:56 AM
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Grace,your tray is adorable!
I've been working on that cherry doily for my Mom,unfortunately today is her birthday and I am nowhere near having it done but I'm going to give her one of the chicken pincushions,a rose print terry towel apron and I made her some creampuffs so I think she came out alright.
This cherry doily has alot of bits and pieces but it's working up so cute,I think it's the happiest doily I have ever made,I only have a coule of the branches made so far but I have to show you gals.
 
"Today's Mighty Oak is just Yesterday's Nut" |
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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 11:30:51 AM
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Grace, what a super idea!
A Friend is Someone who Reaches for your Hand, But Touches your Heart!
Farmgirl #3842 |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 1:59:47 PM
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Grace, I just love your ideas for those trays!
Kathryn, Your doily looks just stunning. Hope we can see a pic when its
finished. Lucky Mom!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
7501 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
7501 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 3:29:26 PM
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Oh Sheri
That hat box is beautiful. really nice pattern and work.
wow.
darlene
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer |
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Emily Anna
True Blue Farmgirl
863 Posts
Emily
Fort Atkinson
WI
USA
863 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 4:00:31 PM
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Kathryn, your doily is so cute!!! I love it! Do you sell your items at all? Your mom will love this!
Emily |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 8:52:26 PM
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Wow! Kathryn! That is gorgeous! What work you must have put into it!! I'd love to see a pic when it is all done too!
hugs
Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
Farmgirl Sister #235 |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 01:24:40 AM
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Kathryn...I agree...your doily is a Happy, Cheery, and Bright Creation! I really like it.
hugs,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13564 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13564 Posts |
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 4:31:13 PM
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Thank you ladies for the compliments on the doily,I am enjoying making this one,I have been planning on making this one for awhile,it's in an old vintage needlework book I have but I always saw how many little cherries and leaves it required and set it aside but now I'm glad to be doing it,now I have about seven cherry clusters done so I'm getting closer.
Emily I'm thinking about opening up a little Etsy shop to sell my doilies,I just wasn't sure if there would be a demand for them,my Husband always teases me that I spend so much time making such a "useless" thing (I just roll my eyes,men just don't understand) so I wasn't sure if many people would want to buy them,I guess I won't know until I try so I'm going to give it a shot.
Ceejay how did your weekend market turn out? I love your aprons!
"Today's Mighty Oak is just Yesterday's Nut" |
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atkinst2
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Theresa
Canal Winchester
OH
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 07:12:38 AM
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Wow ladies, everyone's projects are wonderful. Love the tray idea, and the doily is darling. Not doing much in the way of sewing. Am working on another "girlie tool belt". Almost done with it and will post a photo when complete. Want to start a hat tomorrow with the sewing girls. Shall see.
My quilt is coming along. It is a very slow project when you quilt by hand. Will be glad when I can start the next one. (getting tired of looking at this one! hahaha)
Hope everyone has a great day!
The road to success is not straight. There is a curb called Failure, a loop called Confusion; speed bumps called Friends; red lights called Enemies;caution lights called Family. You will have flats called jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination; an engine called Perseverance; insurance called Faith, and a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success!! Or as my Grandpa use to say "There is never a road so long that there isn't a curve in it"
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bobbinrobin
True Blue Farmgirl
590 Posts
Sharon
Newman Lake
WA
USA
590 Posts |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 07:36:48 AM
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Todays my sons birthday. I am working on a birthday cake for him.
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13564 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13564 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 07:46:33 AM
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Kathryn . . thanks for asking about market and for your compliments on my aprons!
Last Saturday was another GREAT sales day! They almost cleaned me out! What is the most fun is when I have ONE apron in a certain style and color combination that gets sold and then 2-3 other people come by wanting that one. They had seen it previously, walked by thinking they'd come back for it. It happens often . . . I take it as a compliment. Usually it will lead to an order! Sometimes the customer will find something else they like.
And then there are the times when more than one person is interested in the same apron and the 2nd person is watching and waiting for the 1st one to make a decision. Watch what happens when 1st person puts it back on the rack and 2nd person is watching closely!
I love a lively apron sales day!
I won't be at market the next two Saturdays which gives me a bit of a break, BUT I have a lot of sewing to do before the next market day!
Yesterday, finished making a tablecloth for a customer who collects my aprons too. And, today I make an apron for another vendor, finish some ATCs and more preparations for our next "tent glamping" adventure (with my daughter) over Labor Day weekend.
Thanks for sharing all your creativity everyone!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
the "Purple Thistle" http://www.ceejay48.etsy.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17023 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 11:11:54 AM
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Kathryn,,, your doily is ab-sew-lutly beautiful! I wish I had your talent to crochet.
Isn't it amazing how we each have our 'talents'... I sometimes find myself overwhelmed at all the creativeness you ladies have and wish I could 'do it all'... but sadly I don't think there is enough years in my lifetime to master everything... lol! so I will just admire your work and dream of how fun it would be to create your lovely handi-work... in the mean time... I'll go play with my can of spray paint! lolol!
hugz to you all....
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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bobbinrobin
True Blue Farmgirl
590 Posts
Sharon
Newman Lake
WA
USA
590 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13564 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13564 Posts |
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RedHoopWoman
True Blue Farmgirl
513 Posts
Kathryn
Yoder
Colorado
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2012 : 2:08:23 PM
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Sharon your doll and dress are so cute,thank you for the encouraging words about opening an Etsy shop,I'm going to give that a shot soon,I have a few of the chicken pincushions sewed up so I think I'm going to list those and a few doilies and see what happens.
Grace,thank you for your compliments on my cherry doily,I've got about five more branch clusters to do and then I can get them all sewn on and done,it's turning out cute,I think I'm going to make another one of the same soon.
Ceejay,I'm so glad your market went well,I think your aprons and your set-up are so nice from the pictures I've seen and I can imagine the ladies hovering at your stand,I would be!
I took a little break from the doily to work with my Daughter Raven on assembling some nine patch blocks,she's starting her own quilt project,it's been off and on for her but I'm not pushing it,I just help her when she gets into the mood to sew,my dang machine keeps having troubles with the bobbin thread getting tangled,it's frustrating all the start and stop and I don't want it to discourage her from sewing,she's doing such a good job on these quilt blocks.
I'm now about thirty weeks along into this pregnancy,getting uncomfortably big and so it seems all I do is sit on my butt and sew or crochet with the occsional break to cook,do dishes or laundry,I think though that if I didn't have my crafts I would come unraveled very quickly!
"Today's Mighty Oak is just Yesterday's Nut" |
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