NEWEST HOOKED RUG

This is a design by my buddy Lori Brechlin,Notforgotten Farm. A few weeks ago I did a needle punch of this drawing and at the same time,I decided it would make a really neat hooked rug. So I enlarged it. I wanted the background to be kinda neutral,it's a brown & cream tweed so I could to the "cat's ears" in all the colors of Fall. My favorite time of year!!!!
BUT it may be Fall now and there's no difference from summer. It's STILL too HOT!!!!!
The heat has REALLY taken me down this summer!!!
If you'd like to check out my Witchy Cat in the Witchy Shoe it's on ebay right now. Just click on the ebay button on the right.
Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Sherry......OUT

WOOL WOOL WOOL

Here's a pillow that I have on ebay right now. It's really cool!!!! I hooked a Lumina pumpkin onto a vintage Army blanket,then I stuffed it with wool scraps for that olden lumpy feel and look.

I also am selling TONS of vintage wool on ebay!!! A long time ago an antique dealer friend brought me a truck load of wool that her partner had bought. The way lots of the pieces are cut I believe it must have been from an old factory where they made suits. I have made and sold so many things from this wool!!!! I'm selling it VERY cheap not because there's anything wrong with it,but because I STILL have so much of it!!!! I really have to clear out this house of everything that I can cause at some point they're prolly gonna make us get out of here!!!! So if you can keep a watch on my auctions I have lots of neat stuff to sell!!!!!!

The wool is in tweeds of browns and greys. And a solid grey. I'm packing it in Flat rate priorty boxes in medium and large and stuffing the boxes with as much wool as I can pack in there. There's all size pieces and parts so it would be great for hooking,penny rugs, stuffing and all kinds of crafts.

If your interested just click on my ebay button over there on the right or you can click on the little doll at the top right and contact me.

Thanks for stopping by my blog,I really appreciate it!!!!!

Sherry......OUT

TODAY IS

my birthday. No big deal, no Happy Birthday, just birthday.

NO it's NOT Obama's BD, It's MINE and the dead Queen Mum's. That's one reason why I've been called The Queen,since the early 90's when she died.

Well 2 more years and Medicare can start payin' some of the medical bills. This is me being optimistic that I'll make it 2 more years!!!!!

So this is what I did today,finished this needle punch and listed it on ebay. It's a design from my buddy Lori Brechlin's newer pattern books. I even decided that I was not going to take my nap today. I was determined to get it finished,cause it seemed like I've been working on it forever. I aged it yesterday,but it just didn't want to dry. So I started stitchin' one of Lori's newer patterns last nite. Got pretty far along on it too. I thought maybe I'd finish the stitchin today,but I see it's almost 9:00 already,so I guess it'll be tomorrow Scarlet.

Well thanks for stopping by. I DO appreciate it!!!!
GOOD NIGHT MOON
Sherry.....OUT

NEW STUFF on eBAY

I just listed these items on ebay last nite. If you'd like to get a closer look,you can click on the eBay button over on the right,and iffin' you do check my auctions,I Thank You VERY much!!!!

"Smilin' Jack" was difficult to get really good pictures of because of it's size. It's 5" wide X 25" long,which makes it a really cool size to hang anyplace. It's especially neat to hang on a cupboard door!!!! For a little bit more whimsy,I stitched a primitive rusty tin JOL on the top.
Also those handstiched wool JOLS are really much neater in person than my pictures. The wood handle box they're in is reversible and can be used for anything your imagination can come up with to put in it. Since it says TOOLS on one side,I think it would be great to put your sewing tools in it,to carry around to your favorite stitchin' chair.

Well let's talk about the weather,since it's a BIG topic of conversation all over the country now!!!!
IT'S TOO HOT!!!!!

Here in OHIO we used to get our hottest days in August and THAT'S when we'd say it's the dog days of summer. Holy Moly since we've been SOOOO hot,I wonder what August will be like!!!!! Heat and MS DO NOT go together at all!!!! I don't mind so much cause I seldom go any place anyhoo. BUT I do love to have the windows all open and that's so not possible now. That's why Fall is my favorite time,sweater weather!!!!

I feel so sorry for people who don't have AC. If you can stand the mess in this house,you're all very welcome to come here and cool off for awhile!!!!!

Well,I guess it's naptime,though I'd rather keep working on the Hallowe'en large needle punch that I've got going. It's a pattern by my buddy Lori Brechlin. I don't know if any of you are like me,but while I'm workin' on one thing, my mind is full of all the other things I want to make!!!!

Thanks for stoppin' in to visit with me!!!! I sure do appreciate it!!!!!

Sherry aka:The Queen......OUT

TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL

This is the latest rug I finished. I spent over a week and a half on it,with a couple Dr. appts. and lots of naps thrown in. The design is by my buddy Marte of Boggy Creek Primitives. It's a needle punch design,that I decided to enlarge to hook. Marte sells this needle punch pattern on her selling blog,if you're interested in it. Just go over on the right of this blog and you'll find Marte's selling blog.

Now here's the problem. I REALLY like this rug. BUT my job is to make things TO SELL NOT TO KEEP!!!!! So that is the problem!!!!! I only have 2 rugs that I've made that I actually have everything else has been sold so I just can't decide!!!!

BTW does anybody know of a place where we can live?????

Sherry......OUT

MY LATEST HAND DIDS

These are my sawdust cats. I made the 1st one in 1991 and guess what,I STILL have it!!! I was making them for shows and I just couldn't part with it. So he still holds a place of honor on my red shelf!!!! These sawdust filled cats are based on a design by folk artist Kay Cloud. I used to make a lot of sawdust dolls during my show days. I have 2 that I kept. I also have a black sawdust doll that's been waiting for quite sometime to not be nekked anymore. She wants clothes and to be listed on ebay!!!!!

My sawdust cats are all handsewn using 100% vintage wool.

Then there's the "HERBS" pocket pillow that I finally finished. The needle punch pattern is my Buddy Lori Brechlin's design. TWO days of stitchin' to get this pillow finished!!! It's kinda hard to get the pocket stitched in the center of the vintage wool army blanket just right!!!! I'm pretty fussy with my work. And of course there is all those hours spent sleeping LOL!!!!!! I've got another pocket punched and I really should finish it the way I finished this one cuz I love how this one turned out. The other pocket says "POSIES".

BUT today I started workin' on a design of my own,some punched strawberries that I have a special idea of how to display them. AND there's a punched pocket that's all sewn,sittin' on the deck drying after being aged. So lots to do This isn't even the half of the things waiting for me!!!!!

If you like to take a closer look at these items,they're listed on ebay right now. You can just click on the button over on the right.

Thanks for visiting me!!!!!
Time for lunch and As The World Turns THEN a long nap!!!!!

Sherry.......OUT

FLOWERS FOR ME AND THEE

This is a pattern Anne Nichols,Anne-Tiques, gave me. Her red dot pattern slipped while she was drawing it out for a customer,so she couldn't sell it. Hope I did it justice!!!! It's listed on eBay right now.

Also,I FINALLY have beautiful hollyhocks blooming!!!!! No matter that they're in amongst all the weeds,they're blooming and I'm enjoying them out the window!!!!! And even better,I've got a humming bird coming to enjoy them too!!!!!

Get to WORK Sherry!!!!!!

OK Sherry.....OUT