Still Stitchin',Stitchin', Stitchin'

I am still stitching away preparing for my holiday shows coming up, the first of which will be November 16th at the Holiday Inn in Rutland, Vermont.  Although I am known in our area as The Pincushion Lady, I am going to have new penny rug wool pins in addition to my pincushions, ornaments and other felted wool functional art.  I will also have my colorful and toasty fleece socks in all sizes (infant to adult). These same items are being posted in my Etsy Shop to start your holiday shopping early!  Don't hesitate to write to me if you would like an item and are intimidated by purchasing on Etsy and I would be glad to help you! Email: jmcvermont@comcast.net

Remember the days when we all had a seasonal pin for the holiday season. Here is a sneak peek of what is coming!

I have also expanded my wool flower pot pincushion choices as well. They make wonderful additions to sewing baskets, or simply sweet gifts as they are flowers that last year round, make no mess and take no care!

Meanwhile in My Studio...

Meanwhile in my studio I am crazily sewing.  Holiday shows are around the corner and I have only 43 sewing days to go to my first one, and after that only 14 more to go to my biggest show of the year following Thanksgiving!

Here is the rub, I am a person who lives for the holidays and so I really need to get organized.  Gone are the days when my Christmas cards were done before fall started.  Now I am more like everyone else and just try to squeeze it all in around holiday shows and hope to get them there before Christmas! There is something about the pressure that motivates me to work harder. I learned a long time ago that there is no rest for the wicked and realized that I have some serious wickedness issues!!

I have completed 280 pair of fleece socks and hope to cut out more, just in case there is a holiday rush on them!  We are also working hard to get everything ready for posting...I just sized hundreds of pictures of my wares for Etsy, and tonight will get back to doing needle-felting and embroidery work on pins and ornaments. I seem to thrive on the challenge of it all, but my blog writing seems to diminish.  So instead of writing I will offer a few sneak peaks of what is coming.