Garden of Stitches

Monday, May 25, 2009

A little birthday gift for Karen

I sent a birthday package a while back to my friend Karen - I figure she has received it by now, although I cannot seem to reach her through any of my email accounts lately. I realized I have stitch a great many items for her, but had not yet stitched her an initial fob. So, I did this year. I sent her other treats, but here is the fob:

Farmer's Alphabet "K" Fob
Prairie Schooler
32 ct Antique Ivory Belfast Linen, DMC Floss

I do hope Karen did receive her package and that all is well for her. I am sure I will hear from her at some point ;-)

Stitched on lately: Stitching on a Christmas Ornament for Amy for Christmas Ornament Swap, and stitching on HoE Just Nan Exchange

Labels: gifts given

posted by Carol at 10:39 PM 20 comments

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

SBBC Gift for Rachel

I heard from Rachel today that she has received my birthday parcel. I was her partner for this year in the SBBC (Stitching Bloggers Birthday Club). I chose to stitch a scissor pocket for her and to send her matching scissors to go with it - I changed the colors up as I did not have the called for fibers:

Bianca Scissor Pocket
The Cat's Whiskers Design Studio
32 ct White Belfast Linen, Caron Waterlilies in Hyacinth and Moss

...And the rest of her goodies. Glad you like it Rachel - I had great fun making it for you!!

My DH still has plenty 4" Sarah, Freedom and Roberta Ginghers available - if interested, details are available in the posting below this one - and many, many thanks to the very many of you who have purchased already! We cannot thank you enough! If you can think of anything else he should carry in his online store, let me know!

Stitched on lately: Started Christmas ornament for Amy for Christmas Ornament Swap

Labels: exchanges sent

posted by Carol at 3:37 PM 23 comments

Friday, May 15, 2009

Awesome Retired Gingher Scissors - CHEAP!!

My DH has a nice stock right now of awesome retired Gingher 4" scissors available in his store... and they are nicely priced! Did you miss out on either of these when they were out in Joann Stores last year? No need at all to miss out now!

DH sells these for $22.99 a pair, but wants to offer you a special price of $21.99 for reading about them here in my blog ;-)

Available are:

Gingher 4" Freedom Scissors

Gingher 4" Sarah Scissors

He also still has the recently retired Gingher 4" Roberta Scissors available, same price

To obtain yours, simply visit his store at: Mike and Carol's Internet Store and use the shopping cart system - simple!

Thanks - we hope someone will find a treat there that they wanted ;-)

Labels: Gingher Scissors

posted by Carol at 7:00 PM 4 comments

Monday, May 04, 2009

Birthday Gift for Katrina

I heard from Katrina today that my little birthday parcel for her finally has arrived in NZ. I sent her a few goodies, and the stitched part of her gift was:

Garden Alphabet "K" Fob
Prairie Schooler
32 ct Putty Belfast Linen, DMC Floss

Happy Belated Birthday, Katrina!

Also... Mike wants you all to know that he is now down to his last two pair of Gingher 5" Roberta Scissors. These were retired some time ago, and unless he stumbles across more somewhere, this is it - so grab them now if you have been thinking about them: Mike and Carol's Internet Store :-)

Stitched on lately: Stitching on a gift

Labels: gifts given

posted by Carol at 7:53 PM 10 comments

Sunday, May 03, 2009

HoE Woodland Exchange for Maria, and a gift for a friend

I read today in the HoE II blog that Maria has received the HoE Woodland Exchange that I sent to her. I had a lot of fun making this - it is a tiny mattress pincushion, using a portion of LHN's Woodland Sampling chart...

Woodland Sampling Mattress Pincushion
Little House Needleworks
36 ct Flax Linen, DMC Floss

... And the rest of the goodies I chose to send to her - I hope she likes it!

I also got an email this morning that my old friend Brenda, who does not blog, has received a little gift that I sent to her too...