ETSY SHOP SALE

Visit the Thistle Handwerks Etsy shop for a SALE on anything with PURPLE or BLUE. Sale ends July 31st.

My gardens are overflowing with Penstemon, Clematis, Wisteria, Veronica, Allium, Pansies, and more- in every hue of purple/blue you can imagine. I just love it!

Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners Conference

Is where you'll find me, beginning this evening, through Sunday!
I'll be a vendor there, with my small but wonderfully fragrant sachets for stash protection.

There's alot of events, workshops, classes. As a fiber freak, I'm thrilled to be taking two classes after the market is over, from Jane Fournier.

If you're in the area, stop by- the market is open to the public.
More info at www.mawsonline.org/Conference.html

Roses for Springtime!

In my studio, there is a bank of 2 large windows that look out into the gardens. Watching the yard this time of year is so exciting, after spending the winter staring at white and brown. All I want to do is embroider with bright colors, and since that isn't what just everyone wants, my little sachet project gives me the chance to go WILD. Well, sort of.

Of course, there aren't any roses blooming in my garden yet(I'm just starting to see live stems and buds)- but I can dream, can't I? I'm a patient person, I can wait. These brilliantly colored Glasgow-esque satin stitch roses will probably go into the Etsy shop soon.

Merging Hearts

are on the next sachet design I'm listing in the Etsy shop. If you don't like the smell of lavender, you can always order one without it- and fill the mini-pillow with the fragrance of your choice!

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I've added some new sachets along with a pillow that is not a standard design- it's a Glasgow style floral applique motif in blues.

I don't know about where you live, but winter has absolutely arrived=snow + below freezing temps! Stay warm!

Squares of fragrance

Ok, I'm nuts. At least, some of the people closest to me think so.

For the past ten years, I've saved all the fabric scraps from my projects. No, I mean ALL THE FABRIC SCRAPS. Really. I just knew that one of these days I'd think of something practical yet fun to make with them. I did offer some to paper makers, but there's not a big demand around here. In my spare time, when my hands don't hurt too much, I knit. And spin. And I have quite a stash of fiber that needs protection. That's how I arrived at the decision to make sachets.

I wanted to make re-usable sachets, being the thrifty person that I am. Plus, if someone is going to spend money for a hand embroidered sachet, it should be reusable. I found a local source of lavender, and it's amazing stuff. Her family grows it in Washington state, in the Sequim area of the Olympic Peninsula. If you haven't been there, do it. Lots of lavender farms, and gorgeous scenery.

Anyway, I'm having a great time making little squares. Fragrant squares. They're just starting to get posted in the Etsy shop.

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I'm a slug, what can I say?

More of the new in the Etsy shop......