*Ladies' Prim Society Design* Acorn House Pin Drum

You may or may not know that I've been designing for the Dyeing to Stitch Ladies' Prim Society Club for a few years now. I still have a hard time believing that I get to do this and that their faithful subscribers are excited to get my designs two times a year. I have so much admiration for all of you stitchers that are able to place blind faith in a designer's inspiration. They keep asking me back each year, so I keep on designing for them!

I haven't been very good about posting my club designs here, and I'm not sure why. The titles that I create for the club are exclusive for one year, at which point I'm able to release them to the public if I so choose. You are probably aware of some of them. Past club designs that have since been released to the public are Handprint on my Heart, Once Upon a Summer Huswife, and All the Pretty Flowers:

Coming up in a few months, I'll be able to release Winter Snow Stocking:

My designs for 2017 were another stocking, Stars and Stripes Forever:

And finally, my most recent club design is called, Acorn House Pin Drum, which started shipping to club members at the beginning of August:

If you've never considered joining a stitching club put on by your local needlework shop or any of the other fabulous shops scattered across the country, you should!

I'm blessed to share this particular club with Blackbird Designs, which still knocks my socks off. Four times a year, the club members receive in the mail an exclusive chart with all of the kit materials needed to make it.

It's too late to join this year, but please think about contacting Ann or Pat at Dyeing to Stitch to get yourself signed up for next year's club.

They also run another club called Colonial Gatherings, which features designs by Plum Street Samplers and The Scarlett House.

*NEW* Once Upon a Summer

I have long wanted to try my hand at making a basic huswife to better transport my thread and scissors when taking my stitching away from home.

From there, it was just a matter of calculating stitch area and then filling the alotted area with happy growing things, a tiny house, an alphabet, and some little creatures. Once Upon a Summer just seemed like the right name for it. I don’t know about you, but I plan on putting this huswife to good use.

I don’t know exactly how they came to be called huswifes, but there are documents labeling them such that date back as early as the middle of the 18th century. During the American Civil War, they were often sent off with soldiers containing essential sewing implements so that they could maintain their wardrobe.

"I suppose you all know what a housewife is? It is a long piece of cloth with a number of small pockets sewed along one side, and made to fold up like a pocket-book, having separate places for buttons, thread, needles, pins, &c., such as some of you may have seen your mothers or grandmothers use." - The Reformed Presbyterian magazine. September. 1, 1864.

This design was originally released exclusively through the Dyeing to Stitch Ladies' Prim Society club, but is now available for everyone.


Stitch Count: 247 x 71

Model stitched with one thread over two
on R&R Reproductions’ 35ct. Heartstring Blend

Classic Colorworks:
Hazelnut, Poblano Pepper, Tennessee Red Clay

The Gentle Art:
Piney Woods, Pecan Pie, Ruby Slipper

Weeks Dye Works:
Dirt Road, Oscar, Whiskey

Recommended Additional Materials:
3 fat quarters of different co-ordinating cotton fabrics
2 feet of ½” Hug Snug Seam Binding “Havana”



This design is now available in my etsy shop, and will soon be in the hands of my distributors and the shops on my auto ship list. If you prefer to bypass etsy and order directly through me, you can send me an email: beth@heartstringsamplery.com

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As I edited these photos, I had the Curious George theme song stuck in my head (if you've had children in the past dozen years, you just started singing it too, didn't you?)...

"When everyday (everyday!) is so glorious (glorious!)
then everything (everything!) is so wonderous (wonderous!)
There's more to explore when you open your door
and meet friends like this, you just can't miss (whooooa)
Get curious (curious!) that's marvelous (marvelous!) 
And that's your reward 
You'll never be bored 
If you ask yourself, what is this? 
Like curious, like curious, like Curious George"

I think this should be my theme song for the rest of my life, don't you?

Don't Ask, Because I Don't Know :: Sweet Columbine :: Here, Kitty, Kitty :: One Poppy on Memorial Day :: Coming Soon :: First Homegrown Salad of the Season :: Flowering Currant :: Ready to Start :: Wild Rose :: Home Sweet Home :: I Want to Wear These in My Hair :: Rain = Green :: Waiting for Laundry Day :: Upward Climb :: Last Blaze of Glory