~ Something Wooly this way Comes ~

a sneak-peek of the design I have submitted for the Fall Issue of 

Wool Works Magazine

{https://woolworksmagazine.com}

I really should design more wool applique...

I do love it's simplicity!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Thursday Morning Musings ~

Hey Howdy Friends & Folk!

a beautiful, sparkler of a day here at the farm...

laundry is hung, windows are open and I am ready to get my day started :)

I finished hooking "Corny Pete" ~ 

and have steamed/blocked him but now need to bind his edges... 

today is a good day for that!

 

LOOK! 

my Lily of the Valley are almost bloomed ~

cannot wait for their scent to fill the herb garden in front of the shop.

 

 I am working model for a wool applique class 

~ that I will be offering here at the Farm Shop very soon... 

look how bright our classroom is now!

Peter hung these fabulous farm lamps over each table for us when we are working ~

whether at class or just playing hooky on Saturdays lol...

 Speaking of wool applique, 

here is a sneak peek at the project that will be shared with you all

in the upcoming Fall issue of Wool Works Magazine ~

I'm using beautiful rich mellow primitive wools from 

Jan at the Wool'n Gardener  for my project model...

we carry Jan's wool here in our Farm Shop now!

and ~

Peter has made Extension Legs for our Standing Floor Frame©

so it can now tilt if you prefer to hook in that position ~

you can find our Standing Floor Frame© HERE

and 

our new Extension Legs for the frame HERE

 So that's our news for today...

I will be heading outside to work on my projects ~

have a beautifully creative day my sweet friends!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ A Giveaway ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

Have you received your new issue of

Wool Works Magazine?

it is chock full of beautiful projects for you ~

including one from me!

a small project for cross stitch entitled

"Tulip Cottage"

here is my actual finished project 

above the beautiful full-spread photo in the magazine;

 now here is the fun part ~

 the Giveaway!

~ as a token of Friendship, and to help usher in Spring ~

 I will be giving the actual model for the Tulip Cottage project {shown below}.

For your chance to win it,

all you have to do is leave a comment below this post, 

~ telling me what your favorite part of Spring is !

**Please Make Sure you leave your name in your comment**

I will use the Random Number Generator pick a number from the comments left, 

and announce the winner here on this blog ~ on Monday!

 You may kindly share this giveaway on FB, 

~ but comments on this blog only will be used to choose the winner :)

Best of Luck and Happy Stitching my sweet friends!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Wool Works ~

I'm SO excited!!!

...not only to be included in the Premier issue of

Wool Works Magazine

{{ http://www.woolworksmagazine.com}}

I am just as excited to receive my copy in the mail!

... just look at this beautiful cover ~

featuring the sweet design for rug hooking by 

Yvonne Buus of Vintage Heart Rug Designs

{{http://www.vintageheartrugdesign.com}}

 I'm honored to be amongst these talented artisans:

Artist Lori Ann Corelis - The Spotted Hare
www.thespottedhare.com

Karen Hahn of Horse and Buggy Country
Horse and Buggy Country on Etsy

Phyllis Jackson of Winterberry Cabin
www.winterberrycabin.com

Laurie Lausen of LJ Fibers at The Wooly Red Rug
www.woolyredrug.com

Folk Artist Rebekah L. Smith
www.rebekahlsmith.com

Cathy Wagner of Cath's Pennies Designs
www.cathspenniesdesigns.com

Here is my project included in the first issue for you...

a combination of dimensional punch needle and primitive rug hooking, 

... and a design I named

"Waiting"

{as in;  waiting for the magazine to get here, 

waiting for those robin's eggs to hatch, waiting for Spring!}

i hope you love it :)

If you haven't already subscribed to Wool Works Magazine, 

well, what are you waiting for?

{pun intended}

And

here is my Day Eleven finish for the

1 Year of Stitches Project ~

I added a teeny little sheep!

 

I thought it would be apropos for the 'wool works' theme of this posting today ~

just look at those minuscule french knots!  

 I spent the majority of yesterday on the sofa ~

have been hit with a cold that has me coughing and feeling under the weather.

hot tea with ginger, lemon & honey

lots of water

tissues

heating pad {read: CAT!}

and surrounded with magazines and piles of wool, threads & linen.

'Peter has been taking good care of me, and today I am making chicken soup.

 It's warmer out 'there' today, melting the snow & ice a bit....

~ but I'll opt to stay put by the wood stove.

 

Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori

~ Looking Ahead ~

 Good Wednesday Morning

 Friends & Folk!

a beatifully-overcast day is on tap for us...

a perfect day to fire-up the slow cooker with some lamb stew 

~ and I think I'll bake some apple hand pies for dessert...

I love when the farmhouse is filled with wonderful scents from the kitchen, don't you?

As the month of September winds down, and with the first full day of Autumn being tomorrow,

I have been sketching ideas & creating for the upcoming Winter shows & events on my schedule...

by far the most exciting event on my schedule each year is the imitable:

 From Our Hands & Hearts Show

November 11 & 12 ~ 2016

The Boston Twp. Hall

1775 Main St. ~ Peninsula, Ohio

Friday Preview 

4pm ~ 7pm

$15.00 per person

Saturday Show

 10am ~ 3pm

$6.00 at the door

($1.00 off with any ad, printed web page or post card!)

From Our Hands & Hearts Show

 I look so forward to seeing my artisan friends there, and greeting friends old & new who come to spend the day shopping with us ~ this is a not-to-miss event and you will never regret going!

I am working on wonderful one of a kind finished goods for this show

~ and am in full throttle creative mode!

this year is my third year as a participating artist with them...

I am so very thankful to Lori Ann & Rebekah for their gracious invitation ~

in other news:

The Winter issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine is out

and includes another of my 'primsical' punch needle designs for you.

I have been blessed to be a part of this fine publication since it's inception...

and if you don't subscribe, you can find it at any bookseller :)

If you are any kind of primitive needleworker, you'll love this issue!

Primitive Quilts & Projects

and here is my design in the current Winter issue ~

{isn't he dapper?}

 I used wonderful Valdani threads for this design 

and finished it off with sweet mini pompom trim from

Dames of the Needle

And ~

Look for another of my punch/wool applique design in the NEW publication:

Wool Works Magazine due out in January 2017...

I am SUPER EXCITED to be a part of this new magazine for lovers of wool!!!

 Also ~

 in between this & that,

~ I'm almost finished designing the next model for the October/November/December 2016

Little Stitches Handwork Club 

and will send that off to my model stitcher ~ 

member's kits will begin shipping about October 10th.

 so there you have it ~ 

my heart is full and my hands are busy!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori

~ Punching Pumpkin Folk & Exciting News ~

* Good Morning Friends & Folk *

'tis the last day of August 2016 ~ So yeah… buh-bye now!

{{ I'm sure by now you all know how I feel about this miserable heat! }}

so while I'm cooped up in the farmhouse breathing artificial air and using unnatural lighting because I have to block out the hot sun, I'm busily stitching away on finished goods that will be offered at our

8th annual Gathering of Primitive Friends Show on Saturday September 17th…

{holy moly it is less than 3 weeks away now!}

here are a couple of punched dolls that I've finished…

they crack me up.

this little kitten-witch looks like she is standing guard over her pumpkin-folk friend…

perhaps she's making sure no one chooses him for a pie?

and this little pumpkin-witch is all ready for some serious trick or treating 

… with her black cat goodie-bag ~

these are a new design for me, as they are stuffed but freestanding ~

I LOVE how they look on my shelves!

I'll be making more of these for our show, and for the upcoming

From our Hands & Hearts show in November ~

think i need to fill up ALL of my shelves with these folks!

and 

I was recently contacted by the publisher of a brand new magazine 

that will be coming out in early 2017 ~ 

just to say I am humbled to be asked to submit a project for the premier issue of

"Wool Works"™ Magazine

http://www.woolworksmagazine.com/index.html

click on the sweet sheep above to take you to the Wool Works website 

where you can read more & subscribe now!

well, I'd better get busy around here, 

~ there are a few more punched-folk that are vying for my attention!

Wishing for you a beautiful end-of-August day my sweet friends ~

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori