Today and every day I have so many things to be thankful for. I count all of you as one of my greatest blessings.
I hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy.
Happy Thanksgiving
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Yes, I know things are looking a little different around here. I can't begin to describe all the changes you can't see but I have to learn. It's a good thing, really it is! We've been talking about updating the web site for a long time now and a few weeks ago I decided what I really want to do with my time is to share my quilting with all of you. That is going to be my new full time job and I'm very excited about it. I know you have lots of questions and hopefully over the next few weeks I'll have all the answers. For now I'm going to try and look past the cosmetic things like block tables that aren't as wide as they should be or text that isn't aligned and focus on what's called 'content' in web site language. Trust me, everything is still here even though it might be a little harder to find for a week or two. If you get really stuck, email me and I'll direct you to what you're looking for.
If you're visiting again today I'm sure you've grumbled under your breath a few times waiting for the November block of the month patterns.
The hidden stitches in this month's Beyond The Cherry Trees block are really unique. It's a design I haven't seen so far in any other section of the quilt.
In this month's pattern I've given you a color scan of what the design looks like within the block. Our quilters had a great idea and only ended up with a couple of stray lines. Outside of the design she continued quilting with the little clamshells.
Other than the beautiful quilting design there isn't anything we haven't seen before in other blocks.
This one is similar to Block 12 with a few exceptions. I thought this one would stitch up quickly with most of us working on holiday and gift projects this time of year. You can get the pattern for Block 14 - HERE
The November block for the Sally Post Floral Sampler is also available. You can download it - HERE
Time for me to get back to work. I'll be back with an update as soon as I can to share some of the new things I'm working on.
Clutch is pouting because he know's I'll be in Shipshewana next week at the Dear Jane Retreat. You know what that means - retreat reports, photos and videos from one of my favorite places.
I had so much fun while we were working on Midget Blocks during the Midget Mania I couldn't resist opening a Zazzle store for Sentimental Stitches. The first things I started working on were based on Midget Blocks!
Most of them are pretty basic right now but I'll continue to add things. There will be more products and other designs too, all based on Sentimental Stitches quilts.
I gotta tell you the Midget Block shoes were the one thing I couldn't resist. I didn't want to tell you about them until I knew myself how things worked with ordering through Zazzle.
I was very impressed with Zazzle. Ordering was easy and even though they said it would take 4 weeks for delivery my shoes arrived in about 2 weeks. They are too cute for words. The shoes are grown up versions of the Keds I wore as a kid. As far as sizing, I was worried they might run small so I ordered a half size larger than normal. Mine are a half size too large so I'd order your usual shoe size. Not too worry, with thicker socks they're fine and now I can order another pair with cream color trim for summer.
All you need to do is click on the link below and it'll take you right to Sentimental Stitches @ Zazzle They have nice sales on things and I'll post that on Facebook or send out a Tweet when they tell me one is coming up. I don't want there to be any secrets, I do make a small percentage on each item that's ordered but it all helps keep the web site going.
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