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The 8th Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Eighth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. You will want a Bundle of Silks as well

For the Seventh Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. Now that your sewing box is full…. You might want to make something of your own. In that case, you will need some Pretty Period Cottons.

For the Sixth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Wooden Needle-Case

For the Fifth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. Add a Pin Ball to hold your pins

For the Fourth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Decorative Sewing Wax for in your sewing box

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

3. Share a photo of yourself with something you previously purchase, such as a bonnet, a sewing case, a winter hood or a book. Share your photo in a comment below, on Facebook, or Twitter. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on December 2, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (2)
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7th Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Sixth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Wooden Needle-Case

For the Fifth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. Add a Pin Ball to hold your pins

For the Fourth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Decorative Sewing Wax for in your sewing box

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on December 1, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (1)
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6th Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Sixth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Wooden Needle-Case

For the Fifth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. Add a Pin Ball to hold your pins

For the Fourth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Decorative Sewing Wax for in your sewing box

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 30, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (1)
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5th Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Fifth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. Add a Pin Ball to hold your pins

For the Fourth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Decorative Sewing Wax for in your sewing box

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 29, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (2)
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4th Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Fourth Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Decorative Sewing Wax for in your sewing box

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 28, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (1)
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3rd Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Third Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Thread Winder to go in your sewing box

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 27, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (4)
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2nd Day of the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the Second Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A Bodkin to go in your sewing box

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 26, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (4)
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Announcing the 12 Days Of “Christmas” Give-Away

In past years, I’ve enjoyed offering 12 Gifts for Christmas with ideas of goodies to make for gifts. This year, I’ve decided to do a 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away.

While the 12 Days of Christmas starts on December 25th, I’m holding my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away a month early, on November 25th.

Each day, through the 6th of December, I will add an item to a the give away. That evening, the winner will be drawn.

The Give-Away:

For the First Day of the the 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away….. A blue paisley sewing box

How to enter:

There are several ways to enter. These include:

1. Share my 12 Days of Christmas Give-Away on your blog, your Facebook or your Twitter account. Be sure to tag me @AnnaWBauersmith and use #12DaysFanUGiveAway .

2. Buy something from my Etsy Store or buy Fanciful Utility. *You’ll need to tell me if you bought Fanciful Utility. **This Counts as 2 entries.**

4. Add something from my Etsy Store or Fanciful Utility to your Gift list on Etsy Treasuries or Pinterest. Tell me you did so in the comments below with a link.

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on November 25, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (21)
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Where do I find Fanciful Utility?

This is a question I love to hear and I love to answer.

You can find and purchase my book, Fanciful Utility: Victorian Sewing Cases and Needle-books, at The Sewing Academy.

Fanciful Utility makes an excellent gift for reenactors, museum friends, seamstresses, quilters, and anyone crafty with a needle and thread.

Fanciful Utility is packed full of projects, complete with directions and templates, for rolled sewing cases, sewing boxes and needle-books.

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on November 13, 2014 at 4:02 pm Leave a Comment
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Workshops at the Domestic Skills Symposium

This past weekend was the Genesee Country Village & Museum’s first Domestic Skills Symposium. Saturday was filled with 4 exceptional presentations and an incredible period lunch, while Friday and Sunday held workshops throughout the day. Attendees came from approx 6 states and Canada to participate. I really enjoyed meeting new people and catching up with old friends during our sewing.

While Saturday was a drizzly chilly day suited to being inside for the presentations, Sunday was bright. The sun made all the fall colors sparkle. You can see the beautiful colors out the window of Foster, where I taught a rolled sewing case workshop in the morning and a sewing box workshop in the afternoon.

The kitchen of Foster was toasty warm and very welcoming after the morning’s chill. Here is our work table all ready for the first workshop. Attendees were able to choose from an assortment of pre-cut 19th century reproduction fabrics selected at the local Chestnut Bay. In the center, you can see the projects of the day along with the free Fanciful Utility templates available on this blog (a button-keep aka “balloon-bag”, a boot needle-book, and a shell needle-book)

Here are a couple photos from the morning class. Everyone was so focused on their work there were times the room was silent. It was so quiet actually, we learned we really could hear a pin drop. In fact, a pin makes quite the ding noise as it hits a painted floor cloth.