Flowers for Sale!

I am having a flower sale, yes its true! Just in time for Mother's Day too!

So honor the women who have made a difference in your life with a beautiful handmade Ribbon Flower Pin! The corsage that never fades away and just gets better with time, just like she does!

Flower pins will be 20% off for the month of April

Stop by The Patchwork Heart, Co. website there are lots still to choose from.

Victorian Valentine Card Freebie with Purchase

Hey there...I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the Victorian Valentine Card gift I designed. I am giving this gift to my wonderful customers who purchase something from my Attic Sale or elsewhere on the site in the month of February.

I have decided that I actually like the Attic Sale category on my website. I have gotten wonderful notes from some of you expressing your gratitude for the treasure you have found. I wanted to say thank you and share the love.

Download includes: 4 Victorian Valentines and additional clip are to make more!

Happy Valentines Day!

Love and Joy Come to You...

I have been a busy little elf in my workshop studio! I am so delighted to bring some new things to you this holiday season.

I have 2 new E-patterns: Salvage Savvy Pincushions and Jeweled Heritage Ornaments and one new E-booklet: The Gingerbread Cottage of Faith Study and How-To, isn’t that exciting? I am filled with smiles these days. I love it when the Lord in His loving kindness brings it all together, it is always amazing to me!

I hope these get you in the gift giving mood. I have worked to make a quality product at an affordable price. Here is a what is new on the website.

Another exciting announcement is that the New Christmas edition of Girlhood Home Companions are being sent out the day after Thanksgiving.

Don’t forget that there is still time to participate in my first ever blog give away! All you have to do is comment on my blog, tell a friend to comment on my blog and finally, go over to Remembrance Press and leave a comment there too. I will then collect all the names and draw one lucky winner on....oooppps! Due to technical difficulties on Remembrance Press' site we are extending the give away Yiiipppeee-I-ay! So I won't draw until Monday Dec.7th, hurry tell all your friends there is still time to enter!

First Blog Give Away Ever!

This is my Mimi and Papa and my jeweled ornament collection

I have a wonderful opportunity for all Patchwork Heart fans and Girlhood Home Companions. I am having my first-ever blog give away! In the spirit of the giving season, I want to give a big thank you to all my friends, patrons, and family members who encourage and pray for me and my family as we continue to grow our business!

One of my favorite things to do is to give gifts, so here is the really fun part! Not only will you get a gift from me, but you will also get one from my dear friend and editor of the Girlhood Home Companion Jill Novak.

In honor of the project I made for the Christmas edition of Girlhood Hood Companion, I am giving away a Jeweled ornament, similar to the Jeweled Heritage Ornament featured in the Girlhood Home Companion(the only difference will be the jewel on top. I can't give away my Mimi's jewels, I'm sure you can understand). You will also get a copy of the Holiday Girlhood Home Companion. Are you giggling with excitement yet?

Here is what you do, it is so easy: comment on my blog, then tell a friend and have them comment on my blog, just send them this link: www.thepatchworkheartcomblogspot.com and finally, go to Jill's site, Remembrance Press, and leave a comment there, as well.

Easy as one- two- three! I will then collect all the names and draw one lucky winner, Wednesday, Dec. 2 to start your Christmas season off right!

**Please make sure if you don't have a blog to leave an email, so that if you win, I am able to contact you. You may email me directly with this info just go to my profile page.

Salvage Savvy Pincushion

Repurposing at its finest! Well here is the other project for the LOC Fall Release, its called Salvage Savvy Pincushion! Isn't it so cute? I just love how it turned out! I will have this available on the website as an e-pattern too. If you would like the pattern head go here: wwwthepatchworkheart.com

details of the edges

details of the top using LOC Flowering Gems Stamps

Gifts For You- Freebies on the Website!

I have added a new category to the website that I hope will bless and inspire you. You will find them under Free Gifts for You. I hope you enjoy these downloads. They are free and will be changed randomly, perhaps seasonally. If you enjoy this part of my website I would love to hear from you. If you have an idea I would love to hear it too! Contact me at:
www.heather@thepatchworkheart.com

Coming In Mid-March E~Patterns

I am really excited. I will be launching a new category on the website- e~patterns! This spring towards the middle of March this category should be up and running with the first e-pattern. I have been hard at work writing, sketching, photographing and of course sewing, cutting and making these fun patterns for you to enjoy at home.

I wanted to give you a sneak peek.... This will be a great addition to my website because it will allow you, my beloved customers, to easily purchase and download patterns and instructions right to you own computer at home~ISN'T THAT COOL? I think so! I love not having to pay for shipping, but even better is getting started right away on that project I am dying to do!

The first series called: The Cottage Posy Patch E-Pattern Series. This series of patterns will give instructions on how to make some really fun cut felt flowers. Each pattern consists of pattern pieces, instruction and lovely photos giving you step-by step examples of the finished project.

I sure hope you will check out the websitehttp://www.thepatchworkheart.com/ and go to E~Pattern category. Once online payment is made you will be emailed a link to access and download PDF file and save to your computer. It is that easy!

Something New for Easter

I have created a new catagory at The Patchwork Heart, Co. called "In the Attic". Here you will find one-of-a-kind items, some new, some old, but all are treasured! I will be adding more all the time. Just know that what I have listed is what is there.

I just put up this lovely Easter Egg Centerpiece there. I made this for our Easter Celebration table last year. I just love it but you know how the attic is... when it is time to get rid of it -it has to go!

I love this centerpiece because it has the look and feel of the classic unglazed stoneware called Jasperware by Wedgewood. The color is a traditional Wedgewood color. It was perfect in my blue and white kitchen! It is available at The Patchwork Heart, Co.

What is new for Christmas at The Patchwork Heart,Co.

Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat,

please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny a half penny will do,
if you haven't got a half penny, then God Bless you!

When I was a girl and we started pulling out Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations I remember singing this little childhood rhyme. I can remember such excitement filled the air. There was something special about the holidays! I don't know exactly where this little jingle comes from I imagine it to be Old English...anyway, I feel the holidays coming don't you?

The smell of wood burning in the hearth, the changing of leaves and the temperature, pulling out warm sweaters, mittens, scarves, hats and cozy slippers. Soon we will be preparing for our Thanksgiving Feast and start ramping up our efforts to get Christmas gifts done. In a effort to practice what I preach I have come up with some wonderful crafting projects for the holidays this year, so you and your favorite girl can get to crafting special gifts too! I am so excited I am bursting at the seams!

These are available now at The Patchwork Heart, Co. Grab a cup of hot Harvest Time Cider and come sit for a visit. I look forward to hearing from you.

Here is a peak.... Gingerberry Apron Pattern for Girls,

Molasses Pup Plushie Kit

Also available, Ginger and Lil' Spice Dolly Apron Kit and Lil' Spice Pin Kit. You can find these and more wonderful gifts for Christmas under Seasonal Fun on my website:

The Patchwork Heart, Co.

Girl Time Tidbit #3

Well, I have promised a project to do together to enhance your Girl Time so here it is: "The Cozy Candle Lamp Shade." In our Girl Time spot on the table is a candle that we like to burn for its scent and also that warm and cozy glow that it gives to the room. My daughter and I thought that it would be fun to have a paper shade to go on our lamp to change with the seasons.

Our version here is used over a wine goblet and a very sweet size to have on your Girl Time Table! Here is how to make one for yourself:

This project is to be used

ONLY WITH A TEA LIGHT CANDLE!!!!

1. Take a wine goblet (I have found inexpensive ones at the dollar store) and place your tea light candle inside at the bottom, trim the wick to 1/4 in so the flame is not too high.


2. Now you are going to print out the pattern found on the website below. This website http://www.warner-criv.com/tools/lampbuilder.aspx allows you to put in your goblet dimensions and it will calculate and draw up a pattern for you according to your goblet size. If you would like a round shade like ours make sure to put in 1 side. I think this is a great little gadget! Thanks Warner Stained Glass!
   
3. Cut out your pattern, trace and cut shade out. Then decorate to your liking. You can simply use beautiful papers(as we did), or get really fancy and add lace and trims, buttons, even some antique costume jewelry for a little bling! Use your imagination and make it to match your decor. Or follow our example, made with two kinds of patterned color paper in pink and ivory and a heart graphic cut from some old wall paper.


4. Using double stick tape or glue, adhere edges together and place the shade on the goblet. The top of the shade should be slightly smaller so that your shade will not slip over the goblet but just rest on top. To light the tea light make sure you remove the paper shade first and then light the candle.

Now you will have that cozy warm feeling when you spend your Girl Time together. I hope that you will enjoy each other as you do this project. My daughter decorated this lamp shade-didn't she do a great job!

In My Garden

My goodness...I have been having a very successful season with my roses this year and I thought you might enjoy seeing this years blessing. Boy, do I love roses! There is something about them. Maybe it is the old fashioned nature of this flower or that it is considered by many to be the queen of all flowers! It is the sweet luscious scent some would argue, I would say, "Yes!" It is for all of those reasons that I love the rose.

This flower also represents life to me and I would like to share my thoughts with you on this. Life is filled with beauty and things that are pleasing to our senses! It is easy to be caught up in the sweet aroma of a rose, isn't it? To many the smell of a rose will take them captive and fill their mind's eye with lovely memories of places and people, and of love. It can represent friendship and congratulations. It often fills our churches and places of worship during weddings and funerals. It's oils have been used for centuries to beautify many a Lady and Queens.

However, there is also a dark side to the rose. If you have been pricked by it's thorns you know what I am talking about. Life too is thorny. We get prick and poked all the time and sometimes we even...bleed. There are seasons in life where we feel like we are bleeding sometimes physically, other times emotionally, even sometimes spiritually. The thorns of a rose are a caution, slow down, please handle me with care. I have felt the need at times to be 'handled with care'.

My roses are a great reminder that in order to enjoy the sweetness of life and all its loveliness we also have to be willing to take the thorns, to get pricked and poked on this journey. But most importantly, my roses remind me of a scripture from the Word of God:

2 Corinthians 2:14-16

14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?

Spring Sale

Spring is Bursting into Bloom with some great sales!

I have been a busy bee trying to get all things ready to burst forth alongside of spring and I am really excited to bring to all some New items available at my website The Patchwork Heat Co. I hope you will grab a cup of tea and come on over for a visit. But in case you are short on time here is a sneak peak at what is New for Spring.

Wouldn't it be lovely to give your Mom a special corsage for Mother's Day that would last for years to come? Well, you can! For the month of April in plenty of time for Mother's Day, all my Ribbon Rose Pins are 20% off!


Here is another great sale beautiful reproduction vintage needle cases for the special Mom that sews or quilts! Vintage needle cases will be on sale for the month of April at 10% off. Happy Spring! I hope you will come by for a visit leave a comment! Happy Spring Blessings!