wool stockings and more......

my wool sock measures 8" from top to toe......picture prints out 2&1/4" from top to toe, needs to be enlarged 350% and it will be just a slight bit smaller than mine or you could go 400% just a little bit larger......now if you are a math wizard, you could find a number in between that's perfect...... if it were me i'd just pick and go for it or go the larger of the two......





and i'm giving away the snowman wool sock to hang on your tree, who needs another ornament?...... was so discomboobalated yesterday forgot to put that tidbit in the blog post.....



Amy Loar is the recipient of this sparkled little primitive quilt.......will go off in today's mail Amy

enjoy your day, mine will spent unpacking, grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning......not necessarily fun but definitely needed

p.s. forgot to mention rusty bells......i rusted my own
if you have access to swimming pool acid, dangerous be Careful! takes coating off or you can soak in vinegar, then put outside in a metal container where they can be wet and leave to rust......and i know there's probably several places that sell them online......

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A Primitive Christmas

okay ladies here's the scoop...... my sweet hubby, being as patient as he can be has tried to figure out how to get a Portable Document Format "PDF" inserted into my blog post with the stocking templates, actually i believe PDF means PRETTY DARN FINICKY!!!  
he had no luck.....so he did a JPG picture which you can print...... it's in the next post below, now it will print off smaller though, will need to enlarge to fit on an 8&1/2" x 11" page, not sure how much but somewhat more than 50%.......tomorrow when i have a chance i'll run to Kinko's and figure it out as best i can......
why..... oh why do my posts have to be so darn backward and difficult sometimes.....
you know i do know that whatever size your stockings turn out to be, it will all be fine......remember this is PriMiTiVe......
cheri

A Primitive Christmas

A Primitive Christmas

it's my A Primitive Christmas Day blog post day......in true "cheri" fashion in will be basic, elementary & original......as some of you know i've been vacationing in Hawaii for the past week and true to who i am was stitching the last stitches before bed, dunked them in tea, laid them out to dry while gone, vacationed, had a wonderful time, picked up a tree on our way home from airport yesterday, hung them & now my tree is decorated......








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mine were made from wool...... simply cut out stocking shape, stitched designs to stocking front, added buttons & rusty bells, stitched back to front tacking in a strip of wool for hanger, using a primitive overcast stitch......
primitive candy canes are just a red & white pipe cleaners twisted together and tea dyed......

here's a couple of pictures of my recent decorating purchases of primitive Santas and thrift store finds, that will be used in decorating my home after i play with Lucy, fill orders, clean my house, do laundry, etc. ahhhh....the pleasures of returning home after spending a week in paradise......




cookies...... well really candy
made this so easy Christmas Bark to share......




now in staying true to who i am, there will be a post below which will have the PDF file with stocking template pieces and candy recipe.......because you already know these are the types of computer knowledge necessary tasks that i'm not equipped to do on my own and insert where necessary in this post......so when done enjoying the pictures, go down to the post to enjoying some stitching & baking time......

Happy Holidays to all........

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wool and sandy toes......

what!?!
well the wool toes belong to my A Primitive Christmas Ornaments and the sandy ones, are so lucky to be mine, heading off tomorrow morning for Hawaii......oh my gosh, so excited......
won't be back till December 9th, oooops!!!! that's after my blog post date of December 7th, sweetly Stacy Nash has switched with me......oh me! now i just realized i am having to follow after her, what i'm sure is to be "too die for" ornament...... stressed, a little, but i'm sure relaxing in the sun, sand & surf will melt away any worries.......
take care and enjoy all the primitive ornaments yet to come..... xoxoxo cheri
p.s. will pick the little primitive quilt winner when i return......

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A Primitive Christmas......

A Primitive Christmas Handwork Blog Hop was started off today by Sew Unique Creations....... she designed these Wool Woodland Christmas Ornaments to share.......






link to her blog and all other designers is on my sidebar......posting Wednesday is Wooden Spool Designs and Friday is Wool Crazy......we are going to have the best decorated trees around with our twelve or more new primitive ornaments made from all designers......
enjoy cheri

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