Saturday Afternoon Musings ~

Hello Friends & Folk!

and a pleasant Saturday aft it is ~

a bit on the chill-side, overcast & a slight breeze in the air…

perfect day to sit & stitch!

(but then again when is it not?)

I've been working on new finished goods for our 

Christmas Open House 

which is now officially only

one week away…

here are a couple of appliqué mats that I finished 

(2 more to go)

that I mentioned in my previous posting 

using the ticking I purchased last weekend :

wool & ticking & calico

I'm trying not to go too "Christmas-y" this year,

I want you to be able to enjoy my handwork all year through :)

...so I'm opting for more of a primitive palette instead of the usual red & greens ~

blues, browns, whites...

ok, maybe one "Winter-y" thing….

a simple tree from my scrap-basket

 I am also working on my project for 

Buttermilk Basin's

A Primitive Christmas Handwork Blog Hop

my 'day' on this fun Hop is

Wednesday, December 10th

I'll be sharing a free pattern for my little 

Candy-Cane Santa Ornament

{{sneak peek shown below}}

and a recipe for Apple Cake ~

You can see the participants for the blog hop, on my sidebar…

beginning December 1st, visit those blogs in accordance to the days listed, 

and treat yourself to something 

...Merry!!

Candy Cane Santa
2014 ©Notforgotten Farm

 I have been punching with those beautiful Valdani threads again,

the project above was punched using them…

I prefer to use the size #8 balls of variegated pearl cotton in my primitive color palette…

I'm loving them SO much, in fact ~

 that I will be now carrying my color pallete in my shop here at the farm! ~

(not available in my Etsy shop….yet)

I will be working with Valdani to design my own color collections,

and cannot wait to display them in our shop ~ 

...amongst our primitives & such.

just loverly ~

and I'm even more excited to share the news 

...that I will be offering these precious little 

Thread Pots 

{{from The Clay Monkey on Facebook}}

here in the farm shop as well!!

you just drop your ball of Valdani thread into the pot, thread it through the curved opening,

and thread your punch needle ~ the thread ball stays safe in the pot…

~ no more chasing the cat to get your thread ball back!

and just-plain

 Oh. How. Pretty.

their jewel-like colors, handmade quality and uniqueness are wonderful ~

Valdani Threads & Thread Pots will be available at our open house ~

along with all kinds of new wools, more Oxford rug punch needles, 

beautiful rug hooks from Larry Ault, 

rug patterns on linen from Cammie Bruce & Lanna Omlor, 

finished goods from Misi Axel & Theresa Miller ~ 

AND

we are also happy to say that we are offering brand-spanking-new & shiny

Bliss Model A Wool Cutters

 in our farm shop !!!

{perfect for Peters new Bliss Cutter Boards :)}

well, that's enough excitement for today me thinks ~

Off to thread my needle!

Wishing you a creative & peaceful remainder of the weekend!

* Blessed be * 

Lori