Layers......

Greetings this wonderful Sunday evening.....

~~~Veterans Day Eve~~~

 

Living very near Ft Bragg Army base, and having many children in  my classroom whose dads or moms or both dads and moms in the  military, we are almost always in an "honoring" frame of mind...Whether its the extra hug a child needs because its confusing to try to understand why dad is gone so long.....Or, knowing mom is on the phone constantly comforting a fellow Army wife who is enduring a hard time.... Or, those fantastic moments when they come to school to let everyone know that "Mom is home from her deployment and she's getting to stay two whole months"!!!...

 

Like I say, my community is deeply entrenched in honoring and supporting our military families...

Families of past heroes, those who are currently serving and those who have fought and now have daily struggles....

 

Yes, tomorrow is Veterans Day...

~~~Honor tomorrow and always~~~

 

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I would love to share many of my customers finishes, but tonight I'd rather highlight what I like to do best when creating finishes.....layers... I love layering  fabrics, buttons, laces....whatever!

So, I will let you have a picture walk of a few creations I have made of late...

 

..bells with twine...

 

 

...bells with wool felt and custom cording...

 

...vintage buttons with lace....

 

...buttons with the right theme in mind...

 

...antique buttons with cotton lace and hand made pins...

 

..layered buttons...yes! I love buttons as embellishments...

 

...layers....and more layers....

 

...wool felt with chenille...with more wool felt...hand stitched...

 

...ahhh, chenilles....

 

...co-ordinating piping...just the right touch....

 

...lined and cuffed diddie bags....layers....

 

Get the picture?.... I just had to share peeks of some of the finishing I have been doing for my fellow stitchers...you guys...out there in blog world.... YOUR fantastic stitches that I have been able to lend my creativity to.....

 

with  just a few more weeks until Christmas, I would be happy to help any of you guys with your finishes....just drop me a line....my cut-off date be Nov 21 with a ship date of Dec 14 or earlier...With that being said, April~Margaret~Tanya, your orders are on my sewing table for this week...

 

I haven't forgotton about  my "Giving Back Giveaway"...

I will be announcing more about it this week~~~~

 

Hoping everyone has a fantastic week.....

 

Blessings,

 

Faye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Gifts, finishes and the heat~~~

First off, "Thanks" for all the well wishes for Linda P....She reads my blog and knows that each of you have said a prayer for her...She is progressing after her surgery nicely...soon, she be up shakin' a leg~~~

Speaking of Miss Linda, I had a chance to have a  "girls" Saturday with her recently and gave her a little early birthday present...Like me, she loves her some red...Hence this Friendship pillow by

 Jardin Prive was gifted to her...

I personalized this little pillow with our initials...The fabrics, I bought in January, when she and I attended a quilt expo...I thought it was fitting to use those fabrics in her pillow plus they were a perfect match~~~  Happy early Birthday Linda~~~~

Next, I couldn't rest until I made and mailed a little Thank you gift to Janet of HomeSweetHome for the beautiful Summer Prairie Schooler exchange bellpull she had sent me last month seen here...It is truly striking and I thought one of my small traveling pincushions might be something she could use....

I also included a few of my handmade pins....Janet received it a few days ago and was surprised...

I hope as surprised as I was to receive her beautiful exchange piece....

Thanks again Janet~

Lastly, I want to show a couple snaps of finishes I have completed for a customer of mine...She is getting a jump on Christmas finishes....

I was happy to help her out and would be glad to do the same for you...

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I just noticed the words in these ornaments....

"Peace", "Love", "Joy" and "All is Calm"

Just think how wonderful this world would be if we all lived by words like this....

something to think about....

Well, that's it for now...I promise to not be so long between posts from now on....Between starting back to work (Yes! Year Round school calendar has resumed...), this intense heat and basically being a lazy bone....Well, let me just say I will try  my best to post a little more regularly!~

Take care,

Faye