Handmade Spotlight - Down on the Farm

Farm Fresh Sign - made it to... creeksidecreat... $22.00	Primitive Nest Bird Eggs Ha... SweetLibertyPr... $6.00
Reproduction Feed Flour Sack... wvluckygirl $12.99	Sunflower Ornie - Peg hanger... tinsandtreasur... $5.00
Feedsack Pillow French Count... HandmadeByBett... $17.50	Primitive Handpainted Sheep ... Primgal $11.99
SPRING SALE Old barnwood Sh... CreationsinBar... $39.99	Felt Country Heart Cream Sim... primitiveseaso... $3.00
Handpainted QUILTS Wood Sign... oldecountrycup... $16.00	French Country Apples Bag Ke... misseskwittys $12.00
Farmhouse Kitchen Soap MasonJarPrimit... $5.50	Primitive Stack o'Sheep ... CountryAcres $9.00
Primitive Rolling Pin Wooden... firecrackerkid $35.00	Brown Farmhouse paper mache ... ameliasparlor $7.00
PriMiTiVe FarMhOuSE VinTagE ... catnapinnprimi... $13.99	Printable Farmhouse Labels -... ewenmeprintabl... $2.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Tuesday Tutorial ---- Rag Quilted Mug Mats

Since I need to make myself some new mug mats,   I thought I would share this tutorial with you today.

If you have never done any rag quilting,   this is a super easy way to start.

Supplies For One Mat:

Two 6 inch squares of fabric
One 5 inch square of warm n' natural batting
Matching thread

Lay your first fabric square down with wrong side facing up.  Center the batting on the fabric square.

Lay the second fabric square on top of the batting with the right side facing up.   Pin together in a couple of places to hold it together.
Now stitch from corner to corner,  sewing an X on the mat.   I used a light thread so you can see the stitching.

Now you need to stitch a square 3/4 inch in from the edges.

Clip a square out of each corner.

Now just clip the outer seams in 1/4 inch increments to make fringe and you are done.

Hope you enjoy making some of these.

Thanks for visiting today.

Bette

Transform a Closet into an Office

Bette and I found this article on how to give an overlooked storage spot a major makeover in one weekend at www.countryliving.com

Imagine going from this...

to this...

... in one short weekend. You can find all the details at... www.countryliving.com

Thanks for joining us.
Deena Davis
www.byyourhands.blogspot.com

Blog Party Sunday --- Share Your Handmades

 It's blog party time.   It's your chance to show off what you are making for yourself,  for gifts, or to sell.   We want to see it all.


The rules are simple:

1. Follow our blog

2. Handmade items only.

3. You may list up to 3 items.

4. Family friendly items only.

The success of this link party depends on the participants so spread the word to your friends, visit the shops, post about it on your blog, in a forum or on your favorite social networking site, grab the button and put it on your blog or website.

Just click on the Add Your Link button at the end of this post and add your items.

And if you would like to add a link to the party you can grab this button below.

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Today's Featured Shop --- Primitive Season

Today's featured shop is Primitive Season.      Though Maria does a lot of other hand-stitched items,  I thought I would feature her popular wedding favors since it is the most popular month for weddings.



Bird Nest Ring Pillow Wedding Accessory

Chunky Primitive Country Love Bird Pair

Primitive Country Felt Wedding Heart Decorations - I Do

Flower Girl Wand Chunky Primitive Country Love Bird

Primitive Mr and Mrs Wooden Wedding Sign

Be sure and visit Maria's shop to see all her beautiful hand-stitched and painted items.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/primitiveseason