Needful Things ~

As a Needlewoman,

I like to show my love of handwork 

by wearing jewelry that reflects my interests ~

problem is, it's sometimes hard to find things that are 'me'…

so I make them instead.

for me AND you!

{ain't I sweet? ;)}

here are a few finished items that I've been working on

 in-between processing orders and designing ~

...these needful little things will accompany me to CT next week,

where they will be available EXCLUSIVELY at my book signing at 

The Country Mill

located at 5 Glen Road, Sandy Hook, CT ~

on Friday, June 27th from 11:00 ~ 2:00

these are my

 'Sewing Reliquaries' 

below ~

3" tall glass bottles filled with antique shell & bone baby-buttons, rusty pins, vintage hook & eyes, bits of thread….

 each Reliquary holds memories of days long ago ~

I have hand-picked the contents for each one from my collections of sewing tidbits.

silver capped w/matching bottoms

I've added tiny silver charms to each one ~

small thread spools, needle-charms, teeny strawberries and little bumbler-bees…

all things I love dearly!

I added a length of waxed flax cord so you can wear yours from your neck ~

 Here are those tiny little houses I've been stitching!

…now turned into pendants to show your love of cross stitch ~

2" square, stitched onto my hand dyed cupboard cloth & backed with hand dyed velvets ~

I had so much fun making these…

I think you'll love them!

I added antique brass thimbles to the bottom, then added brass charms...

...they make a sweet 'tinkling' sound when you move :)

these also have waxed flax cord to wear around your neck...

teeny brass skeleton key & scissor charms

~AND~

remember these?

remember I found a bunch of 

vintage crocheted window-shade pulls

 a couple of weeks ago?

well this is what they have become ~

fobs for your scissors!!

miniature skeleton keys stitch 1 over 1 on my hand dyed 40ct Old Farmhouse Linen….

 …backed with hand dyed velvets, too…

I am working on more at the moment as well,

stitching tiny spools of thread and miniature scissors for the remaining pulls :)

I will shorten the cords then attach them to my small primitive scissors ~
I may even add a few charms to these also ~

Oh I hope you can join me

 at The Country Mill!

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I wanted to also say

WOW!!!!

to the response I'm getting for my little witch giveaway!!

I love sharing things with you all SO much…

...you are the reason I love to do what I do !

* Blessed be *

 Lori