May Offerings

We interrupt the From Our Hands and Hearts travelogue to bring you my belated May Offerings.

Spring is here and summer isn’t far behind! One day soon I will be planting the garden… My inspiration this month is that lovely fragrant flower that symbolizes purity, silence and devotion. That purple flower that promotes calm, rest and happiness and may even help alleviate headaches ~ LAVENDER…

My first offering is a windowsill pillow based on a sweet design by Sub Rosa. This cross-stitched piece features hand-dyed linen and hand-dyed floss. It is accented with a coordinating cotton and is backed with the same fabric. 

Along the seam I have added some embroidered lavender details. As with all of my creations, it is completely hand stitched. It measures approximately 3 inches tall by 12 inches long. This windowsill pillow is stuffed with a combination of natural cotton batting and dried lavender. Perfect sitting on a windowsill or tucked in a cupboard. 

Lavender Windowsill Pillow is offered at $35. 

The next in the series “Lavender Flower Pillow” features yet another coordinating design by Sub Rosa. It measures approximately 4 by 5 inches. It is accented with a coordinating cotton and is backed with the same fabric. 

Along the seam I have added some embroidered lavender details. 

Completely hand stitched, this pillow is stuffed with a combination of sawdust and dried lavender giving it a firm feel and soothing fragrance.

~*Sold. Thank you ever so much!*~

“Lavender Girl Pinkeep” features a coordinating design by Sub Rosa. It measures approximately 4 by 4 inches. Completely hand stitched, it is stuffed with a combination of crushed walnut shells and dried lavender giving it a nice weight and soothing fragrance.

~*Sold. Thank you ever so much!*~

My final offering in this series is “Key to the Garden Gate”. This fob has a firm wooden base inside and is backed with wool. It is based on a design by The Primitive Jewel. It measures approximately 2 by 3.5 inches and features a lovely hand-dyed lavender perle cotton edging stitch. The key can be removed if you prefer to attach it to your favorite sewing scissors. 

“Key to the Garden Gate” is offered at $20.

If you are interested in purchasing anything, just send me an email at:

pgagliardi9@hotmail.com

I can send a PayPal invoice or I accept checks and money orders.

**Please note that I will be unable to ship purchases until Friday, May 15th.** 

(I have a quick business trip this week.)

We will resume our regular programming on the From Our Hands & Hearts travelogue as soon as I return :) 

Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom, all of the other Moms, Furbaby Moms and “Like a Mom”s!

Blessings, Patti

June Offerings

Greetings!

The bees are buzzing here on Winding Vine and summer is almost here! My offerings this month are in honor of those busy bees working hard in my strawberry patch and heading to the raspberry bramble. (BTW, I just picked my first strawberries of the season today!)

My first offerings this month are two pillows inspired by a sweet design by Eszter of Sub Rosa Design from Budapest, Hungary. These cross-stitched pillows feature a soft green flannel and a wool appliqué bee with tiny glass seed bead eyes. They are backed with a gold and brown plaid flannel. As with all of my creations, they are completely hand stitched. 

The Early Bee finds the Bee Skep measures approximately 3 ½ by 5 ½ inches. 

The Early Bee finds the Flowers measures approximately 4 by 6 inches. 

Pillows are offered at $22 each plus shipping. Please specify design when ordering.

My next offering is Bee Garden Pillow Tuck based on a Jenny Hoffman design for Country Rustic Primitives. I changed the colors on this design to match those I used on the other two pillows – I think they all look so sweet together in a large wooden bowl. This pillow features the same fabrics and little wool appliquéd bumble bee. Bee Garden Pillow Tuck measures approximately 4 by 8 inches and is completely hand stitched. 

~*Sold. Thank you ever so much!*~

My final offering this month is Bizzy Bee Pincushion based on a design by The Little Red Hen. Hand dyed wools are appliquéd to a soft flannel base and the little bumble bee faces are hand stitched. The backing is a coordinating brown and gold windowpane flannel. I love the honeycomb shape of this pincushion! Filled with crushed walnut shells for a nice weight & feel. 

~*Sold. Thank you ever so much!*~

To purchase any of the items above, please email me at

pgagliardi9@hotmail.com

I can send a PayPal invoice or I also accept checks and money orders.

Hoping that you are enjoying sunny days in the garden watching the busy bumble bees!

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

~Revelations 21:3-4

Blessings, Patti