Chickadee Hollow Designs

We are so glad that spring is finally here, and we can get out and do a little flower planting. We have
been busy planting some of own flowers,
and we would love to share
them with you.


Carol's Secret Garden

This is a 12 month BOM that is available in a couple of variations.

You may purchase blocks individually each month, and they will be sent

out the first of the month, or you may

purchase them 3 at a time and they will automatically

get sent out each quarter starting with June.

You may also choose the background color in either a

 natural (off white) or a tea dyed background;

And finally you may choose them

with or without the words.
$11.00 per block
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Select from the Category...... Carols Secret Garden

These are pre-printed, pre-colored, blocks that measure 8" x 10"

and square up to about 7" x 9 inches"

Pattern for making into a throw or wall hanging is available free.
Floss Kits Available

All orders during this time period, get a Free copy of book:

"A Guide to Image Transferring"

Spring Is Finally Here!

Carol, Vickie, Amanda, Ruth 

Rob and Jamie  

Happy Stitching! Carol

Chickadee Hollow Designs
Happy Valentines Day!

           
                          Our Valentines Special for you is
                      with every purchase of $20.00 or more,
               you will receive a FREE bag of Red Heart Buttons.
                                     

This year is our 10 Year Anniversary and we are 
planning on something special every month.

so this month, we are doing a special on

                                                Buttons.
                                                                                 The deal is: 

Buy 3 get one free! 

Buy 6 get two free! 

Buy 9 get three free! 

Drop us an email and let us know which ones

 you want free,
 sorry

Grab Bags do not apply

unless you Buy 3, 6, or 9.

 

Four Seasons Redwork Kits

Reg. Price $59.00

now $49.00!

Birthday Special 

  *If your birthday is in February,

 let us know! 

*You must be on our list to claim your 20% off.

If you have not signed up for our Birthday Program, all 
you have to do is be on our Newsletter List so if you have
 signed up for our Newsletter and are still an active

member, you are eligible to claim your Birthday 20% off.

To claim your 20% off, for your birthday, drop us an email,
 or call us, 320-354-2456 with your birthdate, name, and 
your order.

Fat Quarter Bundles have all been marked down 30-35%,
 the price you see reflects the mark down.

"The Love in your heart

 wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love until you give it away"

So give a little Love away today!!

Happy Stitching! Carol

Happy New Year 

 everybody!

I don't know about you, but I am definitely ready for a 

           New Year.! didn't especially like 2012.

But we are ready to ring in the new, and we

ready with a new line of ornaments.

 We had a couple of these last year and they were really popular

so we decided to make a line of 14 of them

you can see them all at:

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com 

Obviously the names are reflective of my family, but

you can put whatever names you like on them. 

The pattern comes with an alphabet so the you can easily

trace any name onto them.

These socks are actually made as socks.I designed them 

so that they are a perfect fit for Cash or a Gift card,

The stitching is easy so they

stitch up rather quickly.

But, we have decided to do a BOM with them.

The program will ship out on January 15th, with the first two socks.

We will ship out two a month  for January, February, and March, 

and then we will slow things down a bit and 

only ship one a month. That will give you

time to finish all of them before next Christmas.

The cost for this BOM is $12.00 a month,for the first three months,

 this includes the ornaments, Warm N Natural and a yards of Tea Dyed

fabric for the backs, and a floss pack for all 14 ornaments.

The total cost is is $129.00, plus postage, 

 or $12.00 per month times

12 months.

The buttons are not included in the cost,

 however, are available for purchase

at: www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com 

Our family had a lot of fun with them at Christmas, instead of 

Gift Cards,I put a number inside every bodys  stocking and then

we used the numbers in what order to open gifts. 

I also pulled a couple of numbers to see who had to do 

dishes and clean up the kitchen.

Then I pulled one last number for the person for the winner

 of the envelope on the tree that said, "Jackpot" You should have seen my 

oldest grandsons eyes.They went from jubilation when he realized the 

Jackpot was a $100.00 dollars, to downcast when he realized his number 

had been pulled again to do dishes!!! We had fun with that!

The other thing I wanted to mention is that 2013 is our Anniversary here

at CHICKADEE HOLLOW DESIGNS

WE ARE 10 YEARS OLD!!

So watch for some fun things that we will be doing throughout the year

and we celebrate in many ways.

Ten years, can you believe it? I can't but the calendar says it's true.

I couldn't have done it alone, and I have had great staff helping me along the way.

My family has helped me all the way, and I have an excellent

 Printing, Marketing Company that works with me.

Thanks to all of you for the help!

Last, but not least, our customers have been the greatest. 

Some of you I have met in person, others on the Internet,

 and many of you over the phone. 

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

                                                                               

"I sing because I am happy, I sing because I am free,

for His eye is on the sparrow and I know he watches me."

Happy Stitching! Carol

*******It's A Blizzard Out There!!*******

And so the wind blows! 

We are having our first blizzard here in Minnesota; 

the landscape is beautiful, with at least a foot of new snow

 to make a beautiful white blanket just in time for Christmas. 

This afternoon, a lot of the roads are shut down,

 and we are being told to stay home unless it is an emergency.

 I sure hope no one is out there stuck,

 as the temps are dropping and the winds are increasing making it

 whiteout conditions.

 Temp is suppose to be around 10 below in the morning.

 Have I said how thankful I am that I don't have to go out in it?

 So happy to stay inside when the weather is like that.

I have not been very good about keeping up my blog

 these past few months and maybe most of this year.

 This year has brought some challenges to me and my family.

 It has been one of those where you have to shift your 

priorities a bit to get through it, but things are looking up, 

and we have a few new things to share with you today.

Jingle Socks, I made a few of these last year and 

customers liked them so we have added some new ones this year,

 so there is 14 in all.

 These were made and sized specifically to hold a Gift card or Cash. 

So they have the instructions to make them into little stockings,

 however, they can be made just like the Vintage ornaments and used in that way.

 I think they would look really cute all strung out on a garland over the fireplace.

We will have to see if we can get a picture like that for all of you.

These work up really fast, some can be done in an evening, 

some take a little longer..

Lots of time to get some done for Christmas yet this year.

I hope you like them, there are more on the website!

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

Go to the Ornaments and select, Jingle Socks

Happy Stitching! Carol

            

                                         Autumn Cherish It!

Oh Happy Day! I love fall! 

It is my favorite time of the year!

The Indian Summer days, the cool nights, a harvest 

moon,hay rides, football games, raking leaves, frost on the 

pumpkins, awesome recipies that we seem to crave especially

 in the fall. 

One of my favorite being the one that brings closure to our 

Autumn season.

The traditional Thanksgiving dinner is the best!

What is not to love about a Baked Turkey, mashed potatoes, 

gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberries, 

and all the other trimmings. My mouth is watering just

 thinking about it.

But, what's best of all is the tradition itself in getting all of 

the family together to eat, say a prayer of Thanksgiving, 

watch some football,reminisce and laugh.

With a little luck, we can watch some soft, falling 

snowflakes too.

It is also time to get going on those last minute
Christmas presents!

We have lots of patterns and ideas for Christmas gifts.

 We have ornaments, table runners, table centers, throws, 

towels, wall hangings and lots, lots more.

Check out our website for lots of ideas.

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

Happy Stitching! Carol

 

Chickadee Hollow Designs

 

Christmas In July Sale


25% off storewide!!


Now through July 15th

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

Happy Stitching! Carol

WILDFLOWERS
Wildflowers is our newest stitchery, it measures approximately 8" x 10" and it comes either as just a pattern, in Redwork, or as a pre-printed, pre-colored design that is stitch ready. We also have available the buttons that were used in this sample. They are Hands Full of Happiness, Hands Full of Happiness Country, Cheerful Bouquets Country,

Dream, Believe, Celebrate in Redwork

Receive all four pre-printed, pre-colored designs in one pattern.

Stitchery Patterns

For those of you who don't mind the tracing and are less expensive, we have lots of stitchery patterns.

Happy Halloween is 8" x 10" inches approximately and comes as just a pattern, (you trace and add color if you like) or
it comes as a pre-printed, pre-colored design. This is really a cute design that would look great as a center panel of a larger Halloween wall hanging or a cute Halloween pillow for your couch.

Roses For Mom
This stitchery is approximate 8" x 8" and also comes as just a pattern, or as a pre-printed, pre-colored design that is stitch ready. The actual design also includes the word Mother
in a pretty script font, and you can either leave it on the design or you can remove it and not usethat portion.
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25% off all Buttons!!!!!
We are overstocked on buttons and we are having a 25% off sale on all buttons through the end of this sale. We also have lots of new buttons coming and we need to make room for the new!

Go To the Button Category on the left, and don't miss the page numbers at the bottom, there are three pages full of buttons.
25% off all Quilting Patterns!!!
All quilting patterns from CDH101-140 are 25% off.
Lots of good deals here.

 Happy Stitching! Carol

 

                    Remember Our Troops

Introducing our newest series of ornaments, there are 16 ornaments in our Patriotic Line

They retail for the same $7.00 as all our other ornaments. These are pre-printed, precolored, and

are ready to stitch. NO TRACING!

Find them on the Ornaments Patriotic Page

CDH140

God Bless America

12" x 55" Banner

This banner is perfect for above the fire place, over a patio door, or as a runner.

Check it out on the Quilting Patterns Page

Introducing our Four Seasons of Redwork

This is a Redwork Kit, that is
pre-printed, pre-colored featuring each season.
Winter, Autumn, Spring and Summer.
It can be made into a four block wall hanging

or framed individually or hung as a small wall hanging or made
into a pillow. The directions include the use of red buttons to add
dimension to the stitcheries, and are included in the kit. The
buttons will be available on our website also.

Purchase 3 different ways:

1. Redwork Seasons Kit

Contains the four pre-printed, pre-colored designs,
instructions, buttons, floss, and one yard of red fabric
for borders. $59.00

2. Redwork Seasons Pattern

Contains all four design ready for you to trace,
color if desired, and stitch

as well as instructions for stitching. $10.00

3. Individual Seasons
Contains the season of your choice and one pre-printed, pre-colored design

ready for you to start stitching. $11.00 each

Check them out on the Redwork page at

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

w.chickadeehollowdesigns.co

Happy Stitching! Carol

Patriotic Ornaments for Veterans Day

       Before I show you some new items,
 I just want to say, take some time in the coming        
   weekend  to honor our veterans. 
Being married to a veteran helps me to remember how   
   thankful I am to have him here, and to think of those who are not as fortunate,
 and will have   to honor their veterans  without them present. 
I have the utmost respect  for all the men and  
   women who so selflessly  serve our country and ensure that we 
 remain free citizens.I can't  
   thank you enough and you are in my prayers always.

  To those of you that follow my blog, you may know by now
 that I love patriotic things, and I 
   have a lot of patriotic decorations in my house. I started working 
on these little  ornaments  a while ago and then ended up being kind of rushed 
in order to get them  done for Spring 
   Market. Rushing before market, I understand is pretty common, 
as I read the blogs and FB  
   from a lot of fellow quilters.
 No matter how much time you plan,   
it always seems that    
   something comes along that totally turns your plan upside down.

   But  nevertheless, I have some pictures to show you of the 
16 ornament line that will   look awesome hanging from whereever.

I will be uploading all of them to our website in the next day or so.
They were a lot of fun to stitch.I will also be adding some other patterns this week,
so come back often and take a look.

Happy Stitching! Carol

It's Carols Birthday! Let's Celebrate!

We are having a big sale in honor of Carol's birthday. This is her birthday week, so we are celebrating by offering all of you, our customers 15% off store wide. This is for both retail and wholesale customers. To be eligible for a chance to win a $50.00 Gift Certificate, you must purchase at least $20.00. Sorry Gift Certificate is for retail customers only. Sale goes through the 29th of April at 12:00 midnight..Go check it out.
www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com
Happy Stitching!
Chickadee Hollow Designs Staff

Celebrate!

Dream, Believe, Celebrate! 

Everyday, there is something to celebrate. 

Today I am celebrating our youngest childs birthday, 

she is 30 years old. Tomorrow there will be something else to 
celebrate, I don't  know what it will be, but I am sure something 
will come along.

 Yes I do know what I am celebrating, it is a new pattern!.

 It is called Dream, Believe, Celebrate! 

We have all seen the words before, but how many actually really
 look at the words and decide what they mean to you.

 To me they mean that we 

all have Dreams. 

When we have a dream to do something or become
 something. we have to Believe in ourselves to accomplish it. 

And, once we have accomplished it, we Celebrate it.

There are many things we celebrate

 in very elaborate ways like weddings, graduations, 
ordinations, and special days. We celebrate those things
 because we accomplished it.

It is like the pat on the back that says. "I did it," or "We did it."  

 So today I am celebrating this pattern because I finally
 accomplished it, not because it was hard, or took a lot of time, 
but the idea has been in my sketch pad for several years,

 and I finally dit it!

These three little shelf pillows just boast cheerfulness with their bright 

yellow colors and beautiful roses. I have had that piece of fabric
 in my stash  for a looooong time. I was just waiting to use it on this pattern.
 It  is available as a pattern you can trace and stitch, or you can order the kit 
 which contains the pre-printed, pre-colored designs, that are ready to start
 stitching. Easy stitching too! Sorry, but I only had about a half yard of that fabric.

 I am sure you can find something equally as pretty with all of the lovely 

designs out there these days. By the way, it is also available as a PDF download.

 If you want buttons to decorate it like I did, go to our Button Page on our website

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com 

 and pick from that selection. The Micro Mini Round Flirt 

and the Grandmas Grab Bag have some buttons that would work well,

 or choose ahy others that you wish.

Watch for other new patterns to be released soon!

I also have some tips for making pillows that I am including here.

 Pillows are easy but some people shy away from them,

 and I have a certain way I make them without having to buy

 expensive pre-made forms. I always fill my pillows myself, 

as you know they only make certain sizes.

Pillow Making Tips

1. Use a good quality fiber-fill, that isn't lumpy and hard.

Hobbs is a good brand.

2. Always make a lining for your pillow, I make the lining right with

 the pillow as I am making it. I line mine with Warm-N-Natural, 

I love that stuff, I use it in so many ways. 

3. Sew all the way around your layers and leave a opening large

 enough to get your hand into, so you will have a place to stuff it.

4. Stuff, your corners first. Grab a hand full of stuffing, and leave

 it loose as you stuff, don't ball it up, that makes lumps.

5. Then continue to fill in the pillow, smooothing it as you go.

6. Hand stitch the opening on the bottoms with hiddens stitches.

Shape and mold your pillow when you are done,

 just work it gently with your hands.

Happy Stitching! Carol

Well Hello.....New Products

Well Hello! I bet you thought that I lost my typing fingers! I have said before I get real introverted when I am designing. You know, it is kind of like little kids, if they are quiet, you know they are up to something! Well, that would be me this past couple of months.

We do have some new things to share with you. First we have some new product discoveries that I would like to share. Have any of you tried the new Clover Black Gold needles. I tried them and I am hooked! They are awesome, and we purchased the whole line to have for you to purchase. They are for quilting betweens, applique, sharps, embroidery or any other project. The only drawback that I have seen is that they are a little more spendy. But, let me tell you, they slip through your fabric like "greased lightning." No more sore finger tips from pushing. I absolutely love them! This is what the package looks like, and we have the full line of them available on our website. www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com  Just go to the Notions Page, and select whichever you like.

 We also now stock the Jenkins Freezer Paper Sheets. They come in 100 sheet packs, and are so

handy to just pull a sheet from and use for your applique projects. No pulling out a roll and hacking off a piece, just slip one from the package and you are all set. From regular applique to wool applique, these work great. They also work great for ironing onto the back of fabric that you want to print on. They will go through your printer without any problems. This are also available on the Notions Page.

The next thing I want to mention is that we have had a little trouble with how our Home Page on the website was working, everything was functional, but we lost some of the graphics we had there so if it looks different that may be why. We continue to work on it.

Another new product we have is for you appliquers, Print & Fuse. This stuff works great, you can copy your applique pattern directly onto the sheets in your printer and it eliminates the tracing. The back side has fusing on it. Go to the Notions Page at www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

Last but not least, we have added the 24 count set of Derwent Inktense Coloured Pencils sets to our notions. This set has 24 of the most popular colors and it comes with a carrying case and liner pencil.These are to add color to hand embroidered pieces or stitchery. Once the color is dry and it is heat set with an iron it is permanent with the right care of the fabric. Check these out on our Hand Embroidery Notions Page at

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

Well, that is all for today, but watch for some new patterns that will be available very soon!

Happy Stitching! Carol

LOVE Is In The Air...!

Ten Ways To Show Love

1. Listen without interrupting. (Proverbs 18)

2. Speak without accusing. (James 1:19)

3. Give without sparing. (Proverbs 21:26)

4. Pray without ceasing. (Colossians 1:9)

5. Answer without arguing. (Proverbs 17:1)

6. Share without pretending. (Ephesians 4:15)

7. Enjoy without complaint.(Philippians 2:14)

8. Trust without wavering. (Corinthians 13:7)

9. Forgive without punishing. (Colossians 3:13)

10. Promise without forgetting. (Proverbs 13:12)

There are so many ways to show our loved ones that we

love them, most often we feel like we have to give them 

some tangible object however, some of the best ways to show

love are listed above.

But, it is still fun to make some little things for those special to us.

                                                                                        

Love is in the air here at Chickadee Hollow Designs. 

We put together some charm packs and FQ bundles of red fabric for you to use.

The fabrics we have chosen are from Judy Rothermel and Paula Barnes

  lines, and there is exactly a dozen, so with a little pretending,
they can be your

dozen roses for Valentines Day.

Here is a picture of the fabrics:

It is also Customer Appreciation Week, and we are having a 15% off sale

that goes through February 15th. It is a store wide sale  so go check it out!

 

www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

info@chickadeehollowdesigns.com

We also have lots of buttons for you to use to embellish with, 

check out our Buttons page for lots of different Buttons. 

Here are some of the red heart buttons.

         

         

Happy Stitching! Carol