My husband (who had the lovely flowers delivered to me a few days ago) accepted a promotion with his job and has been working full-time in the Kansas City area since the middle of November (actually, for more than a year)...and I have been in Iowa packing up our home and my business and getting everything stored in PODS, while we prepare our home for sale and search for a new home in Kansas. The interior painting, carpet and minor fixes are finally complete and our home is now on the market...so I am living in our finished basement with our two German Shepherds while we search for our new living quarters and sell our current house. It has been a whirlwind for this born and raised Iowa girl and all these changes are bittersweet.
So, until we are settled, my Etsy shop is on vacation and my website shopping cart is disabled...and I have temporarily stopped taking custom orders. You can still explore both websites, but shopping is turned off until I have things unpacked. Rest assured, I will be taking your orders again soon! In fact, I can't wait to get back to work...I am going CRAZY without my creative outlets....and GREAT news - I picked up my fancy sewing machine from the service shop last week after four months of living without it...I can't wait to get it set back up and sew to my heart's content! We are hoping to be in a new house by the end of February...fingers crossed...
For now, I am going to share what I was working on up until the packing...I completed tons of needlework finishing and custom sewing/quilting before I had to pack up my studio, but just didn't have time to share it. I have photos of many of the pieces, so over the next couple weeks, I'll be sharing those with you! Today, here is a bit of needlework finishing I completed for clients...not my stitching, just my finishing work...designers are listed...
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| Designer: Little House Needleworks Potted Poinsettia from The Sampler Tree Ornament Series |
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| Designer: Misty Hill Studio Blue & Silver Christmas Twinkle, Glow and Flower |
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| Ornament Backs |
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| Designer: Misty Hill Studio Blue & Silver Christmas Snowfall, Silver Bells, Mitten |
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| Ornament Backs |
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| Designer: Blue Ribbon Designs (hey, that's me!) Countdown to Christmas |
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| Prairie Schooler 2003 Schooler Santa (L) 2004 Schooler Santa (R) Finished to sit on easels. |
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This is a touch of what I have been up to the last couple months...more to follow in the next few days!
For now, I am back to boxing up all my charts/patterns - the "warehouse" is last thing I have to finish up (except daily living essentials)...I'm packing them in numerical order and I still have quite a few to put in boxes. Writing this blog post gave me a nice break, but now I have to get back to work...I'll visit with you again soon....
Oh my gosh how exciting to buy a new home, I wish you luck its rather fun seeing what is for sale, making a decision is sometimes hard, I hope you post photos of your new home.
ReplyDeleteI am loving your ornaments, they are lovely.
Catherine
wishing you every good fortune on your relocation belinda, happy stitchy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, it's going to be a lovely new start for you for 2019.
ReplyDeleteHave fun don't stress , look forward to your return with your lovely charts. Best Wishes.
Great finishes.
ReplyDeleteWishing you the best of luck selling & finding a new home quickly so that you can get your studio up & running again.
Safe travels for you when you do finally move.
Marilyn
What a task you have! Sending good wishes for a quick sale and a new found home.
ReplyDeleteYou have been on my mind and in my prayers. I am glad the painting, carpeting, and few fixes are out of the way. Praying for your house to sell quickly. xoxoxo
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