2 for two hundred ...

Thank you

to all who stopped by to participate in my little giveaway ...

it was entirely lovely to hear from some of you who are normally

so

very

quiet,

and equally as lovely to have old

[and some not so old]

pals stopping by to join the celebration.

Alrighty then, shall we have a  {{{{{ drumroll }}}}}  for the names

pulled out of the hat?!

Here we go .....

Scraps in any colorway or combo of your choosing goes to

Debbie, from Tapestry @Sand Studio

Beads in any colorway or combo of your choosing goes to

Jennifer S., from true companion

So gals, please send me an email [link in the sidebar] with your

slow-mail addresses ... don't forget to tell me your color choices.

And just because I want to ....

I'm giving a special shout-out, hip-hip, and a BIG THANK YOU VERY MUCH!  to

 onepieceofstring

who was the  ONLY  participant who actually followed my directions, which read,

Simply leave a comment below with one word,

"scraps"  OR   "beads"

I tend to be a direction-follower myself so I wholeheartedly appreciate

her  one word  response.  (And as it happens

she lives on an island, too  HERE).

:::

Anyone remember this charming fellow?

I'll leave you with this ... seems appropriate for the occasion ...

Happiness runs in a circular motion

Thought is like a little boat upon the sea

Everybody is a part of everything anyway

You can have everything if you let yourself be.

~ Donovan Leitch ~

Thanks again.  See you later.

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Marking two hundred ...

Can hardly believe it.  This is my 200th blog post.

Will you join me in a giveaway to celebrate?

Not too fancy ... just a couple of small tokens

to let you know how much I appreciate your visits here.

I probably wouldn't have kept at it this so long if it hadn't been for

all of you stopping by to read and take the time to leave kind comments & such.

Your good suggestions, commiseration, pieces of advice, gentle observations, helpful tips

 ... oh, and the humor! the camaraderie!  the friendships from afar ... well, it's been grand.

Every bit of it

and I've loved it all.

So let's keep going on together for a while longer

since it appears [rolling eyes upward] I have not yet run out of things to say ...

nor have I run out of pictures to share ... 

[Autumn has arrived and the leafage has embarked on 

its miraculous dance tour again!]

Anyhoo, let's get down to it, shall we?

Here's how it shall go:  I've decided we should have 

TWO

giveaway items

(it is the  two  hundredth post after all) ...

One person will receive a small stash of cloth  scraps  in the color combo of

their choice, ripped & torn from my collection of lovelies in the cupboard,

mainly from old clothing and assorted textile items;

A second person will receive a small stash of  beads  in the color combo of

their choice, chosen especially for them from my [embarrassingly] good-sized

hoard  HOARD  collection of beads.

Simply leave a comment below with one word,

"scraps"  OR   "beads"

(no, no, you cannot have both, stop twitching)

and come this Saturday night, one name will be chosen out of each hat.

The recipients will be announced Sunday, sometime after morning coffee ~

that means sometime before noon.

Are you in?  All are welcome, 

even those who have never left a comment before.

If you are not signed in to Blogger, feel free to use the email link in the sidebar.

Deadline to enter:  Saturday, October 26th, 10pm, Pacific Time USA

I'll ship anywhere in the world

because we're all in this together.

And for that, I give you my deepest thanks.

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This little ditty

Punchneedle embroidery has been referred to as thread painting because of

its ability to create intricate designs...

...the concept is simple ~ thread or yarn is punched through a fabric with a pencil-shaped hollow needle,

leaving tufted loops on the top of the fabric.

Viewed this close, don't the loops look large, akin to a hooked rug?

They're not.  They're itty-bitty.  And I wish you could feel the texture of

this.

So fine!

It is embroidery thread...masses and masses of embroidery thread
and much softer than I had imagined...

A thousand  THANK YOUs  to Penny for creating this little ditty bag
and for hosting such a delightful Spring Giveaway over on her blog, Art Journey
(where my name jumped out of the winner's hat.)

Truth be told, I couldn't wait to pull out the contents to see what Penny
had hidden inside...

...that's when I discovered how meticulously lined it was,

with delicate hand stitches all around the top edge

and circumnavigating the entire wee handle.

One awesome ditty bag, wouldn't you say?

Penny has been working on punchneedle pieces for some time now.

I have been fascinated by her blog posts describing her process

and progress through experimentation with loop heights, design choices and color mixing of threads.

If you'd like to see more of what she's up to, hop on over to Art Journey

and do a keyword search on "punchneedle."

Two of my very faves are this one (love the button)

and this (love this button even more!)

With much gratitude,

this little ditty has found a good home...

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