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Nancy's Samplers - Sampler comes from the Latin exemplum meaning 'an example to be followed, a pattern, model or example'.
Today, Artist Nancy Turner has recreated these fabulous patterns, making them in easy to follow kits. Enhancing these samplers is Nancy’s own over dyed shades of wool, adding to the authenticating of her kits even more. Only have these 3 kits left and 2 frames. |
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These beautiful motto kits are printed on antique brown punched paper. No counting .. Just fill in the design with the satin stitch and finish it a few evenings. 8— 12 hours is average.
Kit only price: $64.95 Kit with Frame: $175.00
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Cross-stitching can be a very rewarding & fun pastime.
It`s one of the few crafts one can enjoy & feel confident about the finished results. Puzzles are both brain teasing & relaxing. We have both featuring the images of Canadian Artist Shelley McVittie |
the ADVENTURERS Stitch Count = 155 W x 192 H |
AFTERNOON DELIGHT Stitch Count = 155 W x 192 H |
SEWING LESSON Stitch Count = 224 W x 285 H |
WILL YOU? Stitch Count = 92 W x 170 H |
HIS STORY Stitch Count = 112 W x 124 H |
the BOOKENDS Stitch Count = 300 W x 140 H |
HER STORY Stitch Count = 112 W x 124 H |
Cross Stitch Charts
$12.00 each or 2 for $20! Take your needle my child,
and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time
taken patiently and as in life, all will come out all right, just as your embroidery. Oliver Wendell Holmes |
LINE GALLERY Stitch Count = 280 W x 154 H |
AND SEW ON Stitch Count = 273 W x 120 H |
QUILTED DREAMS I Stitch Count = 69 W x 95 H |
QUILTED DREAMS II Stitch Count = 69 W x 95 H $12.00 |
SLICKER PARADE Stitch Count = 315 W x 119 H |
ALL THE WORLD SEEMED YOUNG Stitch Count = 304 W x 118 H |
PICCADILLY LANE Stitch Count = 280 W x 110 H |
TWAS TWILIGHT ON MAIN Stitch Count = 262 W x 90 H |
the INSIDE STORY Stitch Count = 262 W x 228 H |
HIS SWING Stitch Count = 117 W x 161 H |
HER SWING Stitch Count = 117 W x 161 H |
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Unleash Your
Creative Side With Cross Stitch Patterns by Shelley McVittie $12 each or 2 / $20 be sure to send along the names of the chart(s) you would like to order! Thank you!! |
Over 100 years have passed since the sterling era when women sat in a parlour creating such graceful handiwork while sharing thoughts only those in the same room could truly appreciate!
Today a collection of vintage images grace the pages of this little booklet of monthly projects just waiting for a mind to cultivate its creativity Contains 12 images to create over the next year into: 12 uniquely stitched cards • 12 lovely napkins or tea towels • 12 little pillows • or scrapbook with the finished results and leave your own historical mark to last generations. Recommended for age 10+ ............ $11.95 |
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Jigsaw Puzzles & Puzzle Parlay
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Both brain-teasing and curiously relaxing, a good jigsaw puzzle is still one of folk’s favorite ways to while away a rainy afternoon or a summer’s day in the park or cottage, or back yard.
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With my re-found interest in puzzling again I became curious about it all ...so upon some research I found some quite interesting lore about jigsaw puzzles - some you will know but some I may surprise you.
.....wooden puzzles were sold for $1.00 and that was so much more than a card board one that sold for 25 cents.
.. ..puzzles have been around for over 250 years! John Spilsbury, an English Map Maker & Engraver made the first jigsaw puzzle in 1767 when he chopped up a wooden map of Britain and challenged the public to
re-assemble it. ......'Dissections' what they first were called however the introduction of the treadle saw in 1880 changed them to be referred to as Jigsaw puzzles ~ even though it really was not a jigsaw they were cut with - it was a fretsaw! ... while puzzles were originally created for children, adult puzzles started to emerge by the 1900's and they were an extreme challenge as they had no picture on the box - so all remained a mystery till the puzzle was fully assembled. ....this meant the dozens of weekly series puzzles were going to be released today and folks would run out to buy them so they could be the first among their friends to solve them 
MORE PUZZLE FACTS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
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Tea Leaf Reading, known as the gentle art or practice of Tasseomancy or Tasseography, is a lovely social ritual.
As in order to read the tea leaves, one must be served tea and one cannot be rushed. The tea is served steaming hot, as it is sipped, one tends to slow down and nicely relax. For hundreds of years, tea leaf readings have been practiced in home parlours. Yes, tea leaf reading is one of those pleasant pastimes that we are losing. Some say it’s the invention of the commercial tea bag that sealed its fate. This intriguing custom is great fun for your guests, leaving them to ponder the patterns on the bottom of the cup and to relax and enjoy life.. |
the Gentle Art of Tasseorgraphy or
Reading Tea Leafs & Coffee Grounds $11.95 |
Someone Bored?
20 games of Solitaire and more. $11.95 |
Someone Bored? 20 Games of Solitaire!
Playing Cards may have been used in China as early as the 7th century and perhaps were known in India around this time as well. By the 13th century, the entire continent enjoyed card-playing; the British card-makers petitioned for protection from imported cards, and German printers were block-printing rather than hand-painting cards by the late 1400's. Dutch, French and British settlers in the New World brought the playing cards with them. Americans and others use the 52 card deck based on the French deck, and include the medieval motifs of the spade, club, diamond and heart. For less than a price of a store bought card, send a fun game booklet. Add a deck of cards and these make wonderful gifts for someone in hospital, traveling or just for fun. |
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More Puzzle Parlay
...the world's largest jigsaw puzzle is 17 feet + made up of over 32,000 pieces + weighs over 40 lbs + and would take an average puzzler 400 hours to complete. oh and it only cost $300. The artist - Keith Haring The puzzle - "Double Retrospect" the Golden Age! ....around the 1920's and 1930's proved to be the golden age for puzzling, thanks to the Great Depression! During this time, there were tons of bored, down-on-their-luck folks, looking for ways to pass the time. ....during the 30's - magazines were giving puzzles away every week. You could even RENT them for a few cents in restaurants and diners ....this was actually a wonderful time for puzzlers as the stores offered FREE puzzles with purchases of toothbrushes, shampoo or soap etc - the retailers by doing this were doing it as a form of advertising. |
