tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20408952298947781262024-03-13T13:42:15.989-05:00Widgets & Wool PrimitivesWidgets & Wool PrimitivesWidgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-1525883585865619252013-07-12T20:42:00.001-05:002013-07-12T20:42:39.398-05:00On Pins and Needles....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">Two new cross-stitch <b>patterns</b> designed by Nancy Pritchard for Widgets & Wool Primitives!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Both are fast to work up and enjoy!</span></div>
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<b>Santa's New Elves</b>....</div>
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Completed stitched area is 5 x 5 on 28ct. linen Bonus ornie needs only a small scrap of linen (~Never throw your scraps away! You never know when you might need them~)</div>
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<b>Needles Pins and My Stitching Things...</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">I think it was finished very lovely as a needle case by Carol and Mary Ann at the Crafty Ewe in Broadview Heights, OHIO (stop in and see their amazing selection!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/156590545/needles-and-pins-my-sttching-things-prim?" target="_blank">BUY HERE</a></span></div>
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Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-47861453395097338352013-04-07T10:22:00.002-05:002013-04-07T10:22:54.706-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FRIENDS (6x6)</h3>
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Sheep on the ground</div>
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The children of one of my best friends raise sheep as part of their FFA (Future Farmers of America). They have about 60 ewes, all were pregnant and all were due to lamb within a few weeks. It's been so fun to watch the fluffy little balls be born, learn to walk, jump, run and turn into their own little sheep selfs!</div>
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This little guy is my favorite</div>
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See the little heart below his head? How sweet is he? </div>
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I think he might have been the inspiration of Nancy Pritchard as she created the new pattern, Friends.</div>
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Happy Spring! Enjoy the change of weather. </h3>
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Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-44123475746654073572013-02-09T16:51:00.004-06:002013-02-09T18:02:56.934-06:00BOY or a Girl??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Are you wondering like we are what color Princess Kate will be choosing for her nursery?</span></h3>
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<b>I thought there was going to be more hoopla about the whole event. Maybe overseas there is, but here...not so much!</b></div>
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Nancy designed this sweet new design to welcome a new baby. So, will it be a Prince or a Princess??</b></div>
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<b>Brand New</b> pattern designed by Nancy Pritchard for Widgets & Wool can be purchased <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WidgetsandWool?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-72863505966301691482013-01-29T20:57:00.004-06:002013-01-29T20:57:53.832-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nice Sampler pattern designed by Nancy Pritchard for Widgets & Wool Primitives. </div>
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Click <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/97006495/cross-stitch-pattern-victoria-sampler" target="_blank">HERE</a> to order!</div>
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Christmas is coming the sheep is getting fat... Or was that the goose???</div>
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New pattern now available from Nancy Pritchard for Widgets & Wool!</div>
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WARM WOOL FOR THE NEWBORN KING</div>
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Stitched on 28 ct linen, finished design measures about 6.5" x 6.5"</div>
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Pattern can be purchased <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/117581921/prim-cross-stitch-pattern-warm-wool" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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We've started to decorate for Christmas. It's been so nice and warm here, we haven't been in the "Christmas Spirit" The lights of the Christmas tree and the music we're hearing at our craft shows is starting to get us in the mood, so maybe by Monday our house will be ore festive.</div>
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Blessings to you and your family this Christmas season!!</div>
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Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-72993541985837933842012-10-14T18:48:00.000-05:002012-10-14T18:59:55.150-05:00October Offerings from Widgets & Wool Primitives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange;">Nancy's been busy designing this month!</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Looking ahead as we have to for the next season, we offer</span></div>
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My Garden</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Perfect for the upcoming Christmas holidays! Very sweet and the thought of children at Christmas simply warms your heart!</span><br />
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Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-10561188816343283892012-07-31T21:10:00.002-05:002012-07-31T21:11:16.983-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>One of the best parts of having a business is meeting all the people that help with our success.</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.thecraftyewe.net/index.html" target="_blank">The Crafty Ewe</a></b></div>
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<b>I mean, look at all that linen!!! It makes me drool. </b></div>
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<b>Seriously, is this Broadview Heights, Ohio shop heaven, or what?</b></div>
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<b>Our two latest designs have been finished at her shop.</b></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/103041620/pattern-woolie-family-holiday-card" target="_blank">The Woolie Family Holiday Card</a> was finished at Carol's Shop</div>
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Here is Carol's website: <a href="http://www.thecraftyewe.net/index.html" style="text-align: left;">http://www.thecraftyewe.net/index.html</a><br />
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Short story...<br />
Usually I use overdyed floss in my cross-stitch projects. I live in a very small<br />
rural community without a stitching store in sight (or anywhere near on the map-<br />
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I ran (actually drove- remember we live in the country) to Wally World, hopeful they<br />
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I was one disappointed customer. I was so sad that a major store with craft projects<br />
and supplies wouldn't carry DMC Floss. And you know how you get when you're working<br />
on a project, you have the passion and focus and then BOOM...you have to set it<br />
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So, I complained. First I called the manager. Nice lady, out of her control...said when<br />
they carried the DMC floss, it sold well at their store and she wasn't certain why they<br />
would discontinue it. She advised me to write a letter to corporate office- the craft buyer<br />
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So I did.<br />
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Never heard back.<br />
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But today...it's BACK!! THEY HAD DMC FLOSS AGAIN. Yay!!<br />
You can all thank ME!! (hahaha, probably not, but I am so glad they carry it again!)<br />
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I had a wonderful e-mail from a sweet lady in the Ohio area who wanted to<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">We usually hear about a Shepherd tending his flock. In this case, Nancy Pritchard designed a strong woman- a ShepherdESS- tending to her woolie friends.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Finished large design (on 28ct linen) is 5"x7.5" with a smaller BONUS sheep design also included. Threads used were Gentle Arts, Crescent Colors and DMC (purchased elsewhere)</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;" /></div>
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Sighs... we moved from the farm, where we never in FIVE years had a mouse in the house, to this lovely new home, and not a month into our stay, we have a nightly scratcher...<br />
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We've tried the usual traps....<br />
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ODE TO JOHNNY CARSON</h2>
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How many remember Johnny Carson?? He'd do something like....<br />
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"It's Hot Outside...."<br />
"How hot is it?" (someone else would ask)<br />
"It's so HOT that I ran into the Devil at Ace Hardware buying an Air Conditioner"<br />
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That's how we're feeling here in Nebraska (Johnny's home state). They said it could be 110 degrees today!! YIKES! Hope everyone has a cool drink and a lovely oscillating fan!<br />
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One good thing about today??? It's the Update for PRIMITIVE HANDMADES MERCANTILE!!!<br />
Go here: <a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/p/widgets-wool-primitives.html">http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/p/widgets-wool-primitives.html</a><br />
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Hand hooked at created by Nancy Pritchard~~ using a Bird in The Hand pattern :)</div>
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Please do go visit the lovely artists at <a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/2011/12/our-artists.html" style="text-align: left;">http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/2011/12/our-artists.html</a> Well worth your time!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I am not picky. I usually make decisions pretty quickly, yet this choice has me stumped! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I do A LOT of laundry. No one knows why. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I have a top loader now with a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Do you have one without that stick thingy? </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">HaPpY </span><span style="color: blue;">JuLy</span><span style="color: white;"> 4th</span><span style="color: red;">!</span><span style="color: blue;">!</span><span style="color: white;">!</span></b></div>
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To the families that sacrifice their time with their children, husbands, and wives so our country remains safe. THANK YOU!</div>
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My kids are young, so to them, the 4th is more about parades and fireworks. I think they got more candy at the Genoa parade than during the Halloween Trick or Treating!!! And as for fireworks? Spoiled there too!</div>
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I hope you enjoy your day and you're able to make memories with people you care about!</div>
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This month for <a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Primitive Handmades Mercantile</a> Nancy created a special pattern. I love how they turned out, don't you? The pattern is still available at the Primitive Handmade Mercantile site<a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> HERE</a> . How better to celebrate summer than with flags and the <span style="color: red;">RED</span> <span style="color: white;">WHITE</span> and <span style="color: blue;">BLUE</span>?<br />
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It's going to be mighty hot here the next few days. I found some great vintage seed bags that I'm turning into pillows this week. Our new studio for Widgets & Wool should be FINALLY done next week- ceiling and drywall needs to be finished. THEN, MAYBE we'll be back in the swing of things.<br />
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Happy Independence Day, Americans! God Bless the rest of you, too!!<br />
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Christmas in July anyone? Nancy has been busy designing new patterns for your holiday enjoyment! Nancy's designs are quick to stitch and easy to finish and embellish with your own special touches. </div>
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It's hard to even believe it's July already! What a great time to get started on your Holiday gifts and decor.</div>
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Widgets and Wool Primitives has plenty of <a href="http://widgetsandwool.com/store/WsDefault.asp?Cat=Winter" target="_blank">Christmas</a> and <a href="http://widgetsandwool.com/store/WsDefault.asp?Cat=Fall/Halloween" target="_blank">Fall/Halloween</a> designs you will love to stitch up.</div>
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Grab a cold glass of lemonade or tea and <a href="http://www.widgetsandwool.com/" target="_blank">come</a> visit us today! </div>
</div>Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-49775483001175350282012-03-09T10:41:00.002-06:002012-03-09T10:44:12.582-06:00The sun was up the spring breeze was blowing, so we took a short road trip to Valley, Nebraska to visit an amazing wool shop and lady Janice Lee. She runs Black Horse Antiques and the Wool Rug Hooking Shop.<br />
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You can view here website here: <a href="http://www.janicelee.biz/">http://www.janicelee.biz</a> Be sure to sign up for her newsletter, too.</div>
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Met another neat shopper lady/kindred spririt wool lover named Kathleen from Waterloo, NE.</div>
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It's so neat visiting these small local stores, it gives me a boost of inspiration to get back into the creative mode.</div>
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Valley is about 30 minutes from Omaha. Well worth a visit. We dropped some cash there, the wool selection and pattern choices are amazing.</div>
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In the fall, Janice is hosting a *hook in* at the lovely Lied Center in Nebraska City. See the website for details.</div>
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<br />Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-66801000197166267322012-02-06T16:59:00.000-06:002012-02-06T16:59:41.049-06:00<b>Widgets & Wool </b>is excited to announce a new partnership with <a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/">The Primitive Handmades Mercantile</a> !<br />
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Along with about 20 other artisans and designers, we'll be featuring new and exiting products each month.<br />
The updates occur regularly on the 3rd Friday of each month. In February, that is the 17th!<br />
For February, we are featuring items with a Sheep, Presidents or SPRING theme.<br />
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We are very excited to be a part of this new group of very talented people.<br />
Be sure to click on this <a href="http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/">LINK</a> and go see for yourself!!<br />
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~~Christina~~Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-69342927821571177332011-11-07T19:21:00.000-06:002011-11-07T19:21:55.483-06:00FOLK: FOLKlabel: Private Selection<a href="http://americanfolklife.blogspot.com/2011/11/folklabel-private-selection.html?spref=bl">FOLK: FOLKlabel: Private Selection</a>: With much pride I get to announce the debut of FOLKlabel: Private Selection . FOLKlabel is the newest venture from FOLK. Here at FOLK I ...Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-30921505740703396442011-09-18T17:53:00.000-05:002011-09-18T17:53:27.091-05:00StudioCherie: New Simplicity Pattern Coming<a href="http://studiocherie.blogspot.com/">StudioCherie: New Simplicity Pattern Coming</a>Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-88561663663696480252011-09-11T14:56:00.000-05:002011-09-11T14:56:14.191-05:00OOPS !!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>A bit of a clarification! When I mentioned our friend, Lori Brechlin, I forgot to mention her shop is Not Forgotten Farm. There are probably few of you who didn't know that but now </em><strong>I</strong><em> feel better.</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nancy</span></em>Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-67504018663194465672011-09-11T13:52:00.000-05:002011-09-11T13:52:48.933-05:00Greetings !<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello from the senior member of our little shop.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to all who would like to join our new blog, if you </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">enjoy our little chatter please tell your friends we are here!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This past week we added more new patterns and some finished items as </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">well---please take a peek.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also, a little bit of excitement has entered our lives, our patterns are on the Hoffman Distributing website and we can send a warm THANK YOU to Lori Brechlin for that. What a very special friend she has been to us.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Check back often, now that I have the hang of this 21st. century computer hocus pocus stuff I find it really isn't all that scary!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nancy</span></em>Widgets and Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07057069981334710530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040895229894778126.post-65060577410628068892011-09-09T19:44:00.000-05:002011-09-09T19:44:14.290-05:00Widgets and Wool Featured as New Designer for Hoffman Distributing!<a href="http://hoffmandis.com/indexwide.cfm?page=weekly#Widgets%20&%20Wool%20Primitives">Hoffman Distibuting Company</a><br />
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We're happy to announce that Widgets & Wool Primitives designs are now available at HDC! We were introduced to this talented designer a couple of weeks ago and fell in love with her needleart. Enjoy her selection in our Friday Update.</em></strong></span><br />
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