The Sweetest Little Nine Patch

The Sweetest Little Nine Patch

 Who doesn't love a cute little mini? 

I just love making little quilts and the smaller the better,

this one is slightly larger than a piece of paper 10" x 12."

 I had so much fun making this!

Stop on over to our website, www.chickadeehollowdesigns. I will give away a free kit to one lucky person.for making this mini if you enter by making a comment on this post. 

While you are at it, drop on over to facebook,

 Chickadee Hollow Designs and give us a Like.

Pattern will be available for purchase 

later today on our Miniature Page

                                  Happy Stitching! Carol

Two New Patriotic Ornaments.....POW-WOW!

Patriotic Hat

Patriotic Feathered Star

 These are the two new Patriotic Ornaments that went out this week for our Patriotic Ornament of the Week....and WOW....Winner of the week is Amy, so next week Amy will get one of her ornaments free. Congratulations Any!!!
Each week we send out two Patriotic Ornaments and we choose one winner to receive a free ornament each week. Program runs until right before July 4th!
Happy Stitching! Carol

 

Made this to honor my husband who served in Viet Nam

Thinking about Memorial Day today,

 after my husband commented how busy the highway

 was on his way home from town. 

Everybody is going somewhere this weekend 

to celebrate Memorial Day. 

We typically don't do any celebrating as such. 

It is more a quiet day....a day of thinking about Memorial Day

 and those who have gone before us. 

We have had many family members who have served,

 on both sides of the family, including my husband who 

was in Viet Nam. They have all come home 

after their service, pretty much unharmed. Makes me

 wonder why some are chosen to die, and others are not, 

I have heard of some families who have lost more 

than one family member,

 some even 3 and 4 members of the same family. 

What is their Memorial Day like?

 How do they spend this holiday? 

Freedom is not free.

 It is impossible to put a price on it or measure it in any way, 

other than by counting the ones who lost their life 

in defending that freedom. Other things are hard to measure too........the pain that soldiers and their families

 have been through,physical,emotional,spiritual,

missed opportunities for those who had plans, 

dreams of coming home and building a family,

 a home or a career.

 The one thing I find IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPRESS IS THE AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE 

I have for those who lost their lives, 

the families who waited for them,

 to those who are having to serve as we speak.

 War is Hell......Freedom isn't Free!

 That's what I will be thinking about

Happy Stitching! Carol

Sign Up Today for our first POW-WOW!!

                                                   

Patriotic Ornaments

 

 

POW-WOW!   Sign up by May 8th!
Patriotic Ornament of the Week-Winner of the Week!
Our newest program, here are the details!
1.There are sixteen ornaments in the complete line. These have been revised since we had our fire. We think these are better than our previous ornaments. Same technique, pre-printed and pre-colored, same size, same price, just better than ever.
2. There are 11 weeks between now and the 4th of July. Each week, for eight weeks we will automatically ship you two ornaments, that are ready to stitch.
3. Each week we will select one person in the club, and that person will receive one of their ornaments free for the next week.
4. They will be shipped First Class every Monday to minimize shipping cost. Cost is the same, $7.00 per ornament so that will be $14.00 each week. If your name is selected as a winner, the next week you will receive one of your ornaments free. You have until May 8th to sign up. Sign up by selecting the sign up area below for $14.00 and that will include your first week of two ornaments. Postage is
additional at approximately 1.50. each week.
You will need Warm-N-Natural and Tea Dye Backing for this project. We have it available on our Notions page.
Fat Quarter of Warm-N-Natural and a Fat Quarter of Tea Dye backing fabric, each $3.00 
 Sign Up Today by going to Chickadee Hollow Designs
Happy Stitching! Carol

Millicent

Carol Louise's Hand Embroidery Designs

Today Millicent joined our group of Bag Lady embroideries. She is a bit eccentric in her clothing, but a bag lady has to wear whatever she finds to wear. She checks out the local thrift store every week and puts together these amazing outfits. I love the colors she chose! She is a sweetheart of a gal, but just a little bit timid. She loves her Friday nights at the Bag Lady Club at the local quilt shop, remember Fat Quarters are only .99 cents on Friday nights.
Wouldn't you just love to stitch her? I forgot to mention she carries her cat Thimble in her jumper pocket, she is kind of scraggly but she is good company for Millicent.
You can join our Bag Ladies of the Fat Quarter Club anytime. Just go to www,chickadeehollowdesigns.com and click on the Category to the left.
Happy Stitching! Carol

Reminder: Club Sign Ups Still Available!

                                             Ernestine Bag Lady #1

Reminders!

It is not late to join either our Bag Ladies of the Fat Quarter

 Club at $12.00 a month or our Merry Mini Mondays 

Miniature Quilt Program. Either one of these clubs can 

still take members. We have good responses from both

 programs and our participants say they are having fun,

 which is what it is all about. Just go to www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com   and sign up.

 Happy Stitching! Carol

Merry Mini Mondays Miniature Group Reminder

Reminder: we will be starting our Merry Mini Mondays on the 30th of March. I have started a Facebook page for our Group. It is called the Merry Mini Monday Miniature Group. Persons who are  taking part in this group may go there and select Join. It will be our place to share pictures, ask question, chit chat about our projects
and just have fun. You may also share other things you are working on. I am sharing a picture of our first project. If you want to sign up just go to Chickadee Hollow Designs  and  go to the Merry Mini Monday Miniature Group and by purchasing the the first kit pictured there, you will automatically be signed up.
Happy Stitching! Carol

                                                                      " Ernestine"
Ernestine is our first Bag Lady of The Fat Quarter Club and has already been posted on our website,
so she is ready if you want to start stitching these. The stitching adds so much to these characters; they kind of come to life, Look for The Bag Ladies of the Fat Quarter Club. This is where you can purchase them. www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com

                                                                 "Charlotte"
Sneak peek of another Bag Lady of The Fat Quarter Club soon to be released. I wanted you to see them before the stitching,because I think the stitching adds so much. Here is Charlotte. She looks a little tattered, with holes in her sleeves, her big toe sticking out of her shoe; she is on the way to the park to feed the birds...one has already found her and has landed on her shoulder. Oh, and she has a donut for herself in her pocket.
Come on over and take a peak at our website, www,chickadeehollowdesigns.com    We have another club we just started and it is called Merry Mini Mondays Miniature Quitls, that one will start the lasy Monday of the month. however you can sign up for it alreadty. Just purchase the first kit and you will automatically be signed up. Here is a picture of the first kit, sign up for $25.00, and that includes the first kit.
                                                                   

Happy Stitching! Carol

Two New Programs at Chickadee Hollow Designs

                                                                         

We are starting two new programs at Chickadee Hollow Designs. Here is the information on the first program . It is called a Merry Mini Monday!Read the following information to find out the details.
You can start signing up now, on our website. I will be back later with details about the second program

  Announcing

Merry Mini Mondays

   Join us as we began our journey of “Merry Mini Mondays.” 
One of three mini’s

   are showcased above, and reflect the theme of the mini’s 
 we have planned for you.   

   We will   launch our program on the last Monday of the month. 
  We will be using 

   reproduction fabrics both from the Civil War Era and from the 1930’s. 
Each quarter   

   we will rotate  between Civil War and 1930’s. 
There are a limited spots available in 

   this program; we need  to know how many for making kits
 Persons who sign up for 

   the program will get 10% of their kits. 
The mini’s will be presented each quarter at a 

   time, but will be shipped prior to the last Monday of the month. 
We are setting up a 

   Facebook group for this program,
 so that customers can ask questions, showcase 

   their work, and join others in conversation who are in the program

  The FB group not will be accessible before the last Monday.   You may sign

  up for this program by going to our website,   www.chickadeehollowdesigns.com    

  starting today. Remember there is a limited number of spots available.  These 

  patterns are  designed for beginners to intermediate. 
They have very easy, understandable instructions.

  The kits will be pre-cut and available for club members first, 
if there are others who 

  want them, we will post any extras
 that we have available on our Miniature Quilt 

  Page. If you  want to sign up you must do so on the MERRY MINI MONDAY 

  Category The kit price will range from $16.95 to $25.00, and includes the pattern. 

  If you want to join us and use you own fabric, you  may do so, the patterns will 

  be available for $8.00. If you have questions,

  you may email us at csteff46@tds.net or call us at 320-354-2456.

  Sign up fee, $25.00, this includes your pre-cut first kit and pattern.  

  Tune in  tomorrow for the details of our second program.

Spring Patterns On Sale

These Spring patterns now on sale until March 1st

 
Redwork Patterns
Regular Price $11.00
On Sale $8.00

My Crazy Stitchery Patterns
Regular Price $11.00
On Sale $8.00

Quilt Patterns
Regular Price $8.00
On Sale $6.00

Quilt Patterns
Pre-printed, Pre-colored designs included
Regular Price $12.00
On Sale $9.00

Quilt Patterns
Regular Price $8.00
On Sale $6.00

Embroidery Patterns
Pre-Printed, Pre-colored Designs included
Regular Price $12.00
On Sale $9.00     

   
Wool Patterns 

 Regular $8.00 

On Sale $6.00

Happy Stitching! Carol

Chickadee Chatter: We Are Back, Finally!

Chickadee Chatter: We Are Back, Finally!

Happy Stitching! Carol

We Are Back, Finally!

 We have pretty much settled into our new studio and home. I have a little bit left to unpack, but I am eager to get started on something fun.It has been a long 14 months since our fire, and even though I had a lot of time to think, I wasn't able to accomplish a lot. There just wasn't room and not a lot of time. Designing a home, shopping for furnishing and building supplies, making a inventory of our previous home and dealing with the insurance company, pretty much took all of my time. But, I am willing to put all of that behind me and start fresh, as there is no point in dwelling on the facts. I was lucky enough to have seven pieces of my quilting out on a trunk show at the time of the fire, so that was all I salvaged. So, I need to make some new samples. I have a plan for the first sample that I am going to re-do and I will tell you about it in a minute. 
But first of all I feel like I need to say these things, thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who have given me fabric, scraps, quilting supplies, books, etc. It was definitely enough to get me started again. I am very grateful to all of you. To those of you who were in BOM's that w had to discontinue, (because we lost all of our supplies), we will work toward restoring what you have missed, however, I can not make any promises as to time, etc. For those of you who had your orders lost or burned in the fire, we hope that we have replaced or refunded anything that you did not receive. Most recently with being closed, to make the move, we hope that you can understand any delays, mistakes etc. We lost a large bunch (in the thousands) of emails that we had in different files etc that we were saving for various reasons. Your email may have been one that we did not respond to, because it was lost. Coincidentally, our email service made a switch over to a new system right about the time we were moving into our new building, and we lost many email files that we were never able to recover.. To say these past 14 months have been a challenge is an understatement, but I ask for no sympathy. It is what it was! Notice the past tense. It is over and I am on to my new life. I thank God for our lives  and our new home, and a chance to start over.To my faithful customers, 
you have remained true and been very supportive. You are the best! OK, so here is a little blurb about the first thing I am going to do and I have decided to ask any of you who might be interested to join me on this short journey. One of the quilts that I lost in the fire was one of my favorites, and it is the one that reminds me most of Spring. It is also a interesting technique that some of you may be interested in. It is called "Sunshine & Stars." The technique for this one is called "pot holder quilting." Here is a picture of it:

                                  Sunshine & Stars
If you are interested in doing a Quilt Along with  me, please drop me an email, csteff46@tds.net. We are planing on allowing 3 months to do it, we will make kits
if you are interested. It is a great Take A Long project.

Happy Stitching! Carol