Good Grief!

Those who know me know I am a HUGE Peanuts fan. I especially love Charlie Brown. Today I went to the swap meet and found two very nice Peanuts items. The first one is a "garden statue" which, I found online, is selling for $120. I bought it for $15. I am sure I could've gotten it cheaper but it was definitely worth that much to me. He won't be going outside though. The second, I found, was a quilted pillow. There were quite a few pillows, all hand-made. The man selling them said his wife makes them and his kids stuff them. I love crafty people and especially crafty families. Here are a couple of pictures of my finds. If you have any Peanuts stitching you've done, or seen, please post some links or pictures. I would love to see them!

Happy Birthday! Free Design!

Ship’s Manor celebrates its 1 year Birthday with a free design for you!  For a limited time (Aug 13-14) a free Attic Treasures download will be available on the “Freebie” page.

Tell all your friends, send them to this website but please don’t share the pattern with anyone. This is a freebie only for you, thanking you for supporting me this past year.

The freebie will be ‘October Birdhouse’. It’s a cute birdhouse design ,that is the perfect size, to make into an ornament for your Halloween tree. Thank you everyone!

Deja Boo

Deja Boo and The Fortune Teller will be released this Friday!  I really enjoyed stitching these and working on the Gingham linen from weeks. I used a Chartreuse metallic from Kreinik to make 'The Fortune Teller' sparkle. The crystal ball was stitched with DMC's variegated threads which was a first for me. Here is a picture of Deja Boo!