Day 12 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

The Chicken Farm Art Center‎'s

46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House

The season is only getting colder folks and what better way to warm your body and heart than with some beautifully made wearable art from our very own Sue McPeak.

 

Follow the chicken feet to the yellow "brick" road and look for the turquoise porch, that's where you'll find these beautiful handmade goodies this holiday season! https://www.facebook.com/SuesFiberFabricStudio.

(posted Nov. 8th...Promotional Ad)

Day 12!!! We made it...Thanks EVERYONE for the support with your Likes, Comments and Shares! Now it is time to come out to the

46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at The Chicken Farm Art Center

and enjoy 3 Days of Music, Food and Shopping.
*It will be your most ENJOYABLE shopping experience of the weekend with the

Studios and Vendors unique selection of gifts for You and Yours.
*OPEN Friday and Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 12-5.
*The STREET construction if FINISHED...Plenty of PARKing.
*Be sure to make the ENTIRE round of Studio's including those of us in the back parking lot...

#13 TREASURE BEYOND MEASURE

and ME...

#14 SUE'S MadeWith FABRIC&FIBER.

 I WILL be so GLAD to see YOU!!!

Day 11 of 12 Day Christmas Countdown

2 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Day 11 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*Happy Thanksgiving Day.

 See you tomorrow!  It's going to be a beautiful weather day at
 The Chicken Farm Art Center.
*The STREET construction if FINISHED...Plenty of PARKing.
*OPEN 10-5 on FRIDAY and SATURDAY...12-5 on SUNDAY!

 

Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours on this

Thanksgiving Day..November 23, 2017

For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,

For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,

For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,

For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --

Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

 

For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,

For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,

For the good that our artists and poets have taught,

For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --

Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the homes that with purest affection are blest,

For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,

For our country extending from sea unto sea;

The land that is known as the "Land of the Free" --

Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

~Author Unknown~

Day 10 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

3 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Day 10 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

 Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*You and Yours DoNot have to COOK to wear my SusieQ Apron/Smocks...just sayin'.

 

There is no getting around it....Aprons are in my DNA...I've been tested so I know it's true.

For sure I can trace my Apron-DNA to my Grandmother Minnie...she was an Apronista, too!

Here are some Apron Posts from the Past.

U is for Use...As In An Apron

A is for Apron...Sewing and Collecting

A Stitchers Apron Statement

Sewing In My Sleep...Dreamy!

I missed posting Day 9 of the 12 Days of The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House.  My excuse is...I had to sleep on it!  It's my way of solving a problem when the answer doesn't readily come to me...as in the closure on this jacket.  So, after sleeping on it, I got up this morning, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and mulled over my 'Sleep Solution'. 

 Here's what comes of sewing in your sleep.

Pretty dreamy, huh?

A typical closure of this type is called a frog.  I don't do typical.

I hope the Quilter in Heaven who made this 'Grandmother's Flower Garden' quilt top back in the 1930's isn't having a spell of 'The Vapors' seeing her handwork cut and stitched into this jacket.  It would be for the second time if so...the first time was when I cut the top in half and made two table toppers by adding reproduction borders, backing and machine quilting it with a meander stitch. 

 

Who needs two exactly alike table toppers?  Obviously, not me or anyone I've tried to sell them to at my shop.  Now one is this jacket and the other may be another jacket if it doesn't sell pretty soon.  I'm betting the jacket sells before the quilt.  Wanna bet?

Day 8 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

5 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Day 8 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*For You and Yours...from one Bead, Button & Bauble Jewelry lover to another.

 I've tried to explain this 'love of beads, buttons and baubles'...but I got nothin'.

Well, maybe just this one thing....it started at a young age!

Here I am in 1955 wearing a leaning to the left Medallion Necklace and a shoved up the arm Bangle Bracelet.  I can just hear my Mom saying, "Sue, for Pete's Sake, stand up straight, you are slumping to the left, again."  That explains the leaning left necklace.  As for the bangle bracelet...it would have been a saddle oxford ornament had it not been pushed up nearly to my elbow.

On my Birthday...January 20, 1955...I was 8 years old.

Day 7 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

6 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Todays 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*For the Knitter on your list...or...for You and Yours to Stay Warm In Knitted Style.

 'Life Is Short...Buy the Yarn'
Over the years I have taken that quote to heart...and not just YARN!
Really, how many Knitting Books and Magazines can one save for Patterns?
I LOVE Knitted LACE...but...I don't love knitting it!
So, here's 'A DEAL' for Lace Loving Knitters to Knit!
I do Love Knitting on my Knitting Machine Bonda..remember her?

Day 6 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

 6 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

 The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Day 6 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*For Your TREE and Your TODDLER!

HoHoHo...My Tree is Full...These are for Yours!

My Toddlers are Teens...and well, You get the picture...right?

 

Linking To

Beverly's How Sweet The Sound Pink Saturday

Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

8 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

 The Chicken Farm Art Center!
  Here is Day 5 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

 Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
For the 'Sewing Enthusiast or Fabric-A-holic' on your List...or...for your 'Stash'.

 You can never have too much Fabric and Trim.

I love shopping in my 'Shop Stash'!

Here's an example 'Trim' shopping...never would have found it in Home Studio!

Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas Countdown

9 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House at

The Chicken Farm Art Center!
*Here is Day 4 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from

Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
*Home, Hearth and Head for You and Yours!

Talk about 'Gottcha Covered'.

From Shoulder Bag to Table Centerpiece to Floor Covers!

Oh...and here's one for your Head...Stay Warm, my Friends!

DAY 3 of 12 Days of Christmas Count Down

10 More Days Til The 46th Annual Thanksgiving Open House
at The Chicken Farm Art Center!
  Here is Day 3 'Christmas Gift Shopping' preview from
Sue's MadeWith Fiber&Fabric Studio.
  It's a Shawl Show...For YOU and YOURS!

Just so you know...Overdo Sue has not OverDone herself in the last few days, weeks, months!

She OverDid herself last year!