FREE ALPHABET LETTER

  • This  "Thug" alphabet continues this week with the letter B, free in 2" size until 2 May2024. I will keep this one going if I can once the online store feature is disabled. If not I will see that it's available for everyone who would like one. 

NOTICE


TO ALL MY EMBROIDERING FRIENDS

I regret to announce that the on-line store portion of my site will be closing as of the end of this month (April 2024). 

The closure has been a difficult decision, but a change to Yola's terms of service, coming on top of some ongoing health issues, has made it impractical for me to continue the store portion of the site. 

My plan at the moment is to continue to post free designs and projects, but -- unless I can find some other alternative -- I will no longer be offering  designs for sale.  If there are designs you've been meaning to purchase but have been putting it off, you may want to do that before the end of the month. 

On a personal note, I've met some truly wonderful people through the site over the past decade, and I'm grateful for the support and friendship I've found here. I hope that I've been able to return these in some measure through my shared designs and projects. 

with all good wishes,

Jen


LATEST FREE DESIGN

JEN'S PROJECTS

  • This little piggy may not be going to market, but he will be around for Christmas . . . as he has been for 50 years! To learn more about the tradition of the little piggies, and to see the latest one I've made,  click here to find my PDF. While you're there, you can also check out the PDFs of my previous projects from this year and former years.




NEWS & DOINGS

  • At 17, poor old Moggie seems to be hungry all the time. Problem is, every time she gets a bite,  Scampers thinks he needs something to eat too. He's much too heavy, but it's difficult to keep him from stealing her food if he doesn't get something of his own. Cats!
  • This little mailbox is actually a dispenser for a roll of postage stamps, but I'm thinking of making it into a Christmas ornament for my nephew, who's a huge Riders fan.  Either way, Santa will be putting it into his Christmas stocking come December 24th.
  • Last week I mentioned that I hoped to get staples for this vintage stapler; unfortunately, the ones now sold as "H30" size, which I ordered last week, are made for a different machine and don't fit. We may have found an alternative, though, so I'll try those next. Maybe I can get this old thing going yet!
  • I was getting just a bit too old to play with dolls when Marx's "Best of the West" doll series appeared on the market, but I was still young enough to be fascinated by the nifty accessories.
  • Marx Toys is no longer, and Western themes have been out of vogue for decades now, but the dolls are still prized by collectors, and kind of pricey to buy -- if you can find them. 
  • A few years back, I bought several of these vintage dolls to give to my young nephew, but I couldn't resist keeping a Jane and Johnny West for my own collection of vintage toys.
  • It's spring here now, the snow is all gone, and daytime highs are in the mid-teens (C). Glorious! 

My tomato seedlings are thriving and will be ready for planting during the first couple of weeks of May. Meanwhile, my brother's turning the garden soil in readiness.

  • My embroidery machine is still out of commission while I try to figure out what to do about its unresponsive touch screen. We have no tech here anymore, and the closest repair place is a 7-hour drive away. Not that it will help if they can't get the part . . . 
  • At the moment the touch screens seem to be out of stock everywhere I've looked, and one source I saw said they have been discontinued by Brother (!). I'm worried that I won't be able to get it repaired, and I'm not sure what to do about that!! 
  • Sofka wrote to tell me about the beautiful accessories she made for her Featherweight  using my designs. They are just gorgeous!  Find some more inspiration in other client projects by clicking here.
  • Check the bottom of each site page to find additional freebies, or click here to find some Potter-related free designs!

Look for more freebies throughout the site!