Holidazzzzze

Oh yes, as lovely as they are, I think most of us

feel a bit under pressure.

Cleaning, decorating our homes, shopping,

cooking, eating-too-much!

I try to keep it simple with food and gifts, but I love decorating
my house and table with greens, pine cones, gourds, candles.......
and of course fabrics.

My go-to source for last minute sprucing up is
our Home Decorating remnant tables (how convenient).
 Perfect for covering
anything less than beautiful in my house.

No matter how simple the gift, it's always nice
to wrap it well.  I'm a big fan of our sheer ribbons

(the ones we tie around customers bags).

They just look sooo yummy in a bow...layered...

mixed with several different colors and widths.

Makes even a gift of coal appreciated! 

So many new things have been coming into the store.

Here are a few of my faves:

"Pin Up" from Alexander Henry.

Snazzy pj's or a pillow case for your sweet heart.

From Joel Dewberry 54" home decorating weight cotton sateen.

Think cushions, valances or freshen up an old chair.  

"Cherry Christmas" from Aneela Hoey

very sweet 

Fantastic new Collections from Art Gallery:

"Splendor 1920"

"Floressence"

Great clutch from Indygo Junction.

This one made with 2 sqaures of wool felt.

 Elegant Winter from Moda.

Perfect for a quick tablecloth. 

Banners are quick to make and very festive.

The most simple can be made with felt, scissors and glue,

but it's not too tricky to take it up a notch either.

Gotta have one of these...

Feed The Animals coin purse.

Cute, easy...

fill it with money - great gift!

 Fun Dots

 Gorgeous new wool from designer

Derek Lam.

No time to make anything?

Give a Franklin Mill Store gift certificate!

See you soon!

Mary

Autumn awesomeness

 The mill is abuzz with activity!

Co-workers, students, customers are creating up a storm.

Fabulous fabrics and yarns are rolling in.

 Lots of pics/few words are my

 plan of action (once again) to share the news.
 

Check it out!

  

Sweet new collection from Renaissance Ribbons

 by Dena Designs

From Alexander Henry "Midnight Snack" 

We've had it in quilting cotton, but now

it's in a super soft flannel.

Perfect for pj's!!! 

       More fabulous fabrics from Riley Blake

(Yeah!)

 and it is...

 Huck Finn meets Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm.

Our co-worker Lindell made the cutest baby quilt using a
panel from Riley Blake's "Woodland Trails" collection.

This is a very quick and easy quilt to make and works
well for either a girl's or boy's room.

Lindell did her own (unbelievably quilted!) thing,
but there is a pattern on the Riley Blake website.

Woodland Creatures Quilt

She made a very huggable owl too!

 McCalls # M6415

Lots o fab leather remnants in the store.
Yummy colors and textures.  Great for making
 handbags, media covers, belts, hats,
cool bookends...  Don't be afraid, it's not that hard to 
work with.  For larger projects, we have full hides as well.


 New prints from Kaffe Fassett, Philip Jacobs and Brandon Mably:

I fell in love (love, love, love...) with the grey colorway.
You really have to see them in person to appreciate the colors.

In particular, I'm crazy about this one:
"Foxgloves" by Philip Jacobs.
  Come check them out.  You'll be drooling.

"Odds and Ends" by Cosmo Cricket.
Darling.
 

If you're like most people, you're probably well on your way
into several projects intended for holiday gifts.
If you are like me, however, you might be looking for something
fabulous to whip up at the almost last minute 
(let it go, let it go, we all can't be perfect).
So, for those of you who have that disease, or if you just want to
keep it simple, we have some really fun yarn to
make fabulous scarves with.

"Glee" from Berroco has great colors and knits or
crochets up quickly and easily into a fun spiral scarf. 

 

Berroco "Glee" instructions

For something a bit more frilly there's

"Scandalicious!" from Plymouth Yarns.

Maureen has been knitting up the cutest baby

sweater and hat sets using Sirdar "Crofter" and "Snuggly".

These are great yarns for baby knits, extremely soft

and washable.  The "Crofter" knits up in a Fair Isle pattern

without having to deal with multiple yarns.  Hooray!

Peruvia Quick...

I love this yarn, it's so soft and the colors are scrumptious!

Jennifer made a sweet hat pattern using just one skein

of this beautiful Grandiosa Hand-Dyed yarn.

The pattern is free with purchase of any chunky yarn.

Need help making all these things?

Take one of our classes or workshops. 

Come in and see us.  

Let us know what you're doing and how we can help.

See you soon!

 (I just can't resist cute pups: )