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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.**

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 November 29, 2014 at 1:00 am Comments (2)
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A Velvet Hood

This is likely the last hood for a bit. I sorta hit a wall working on it the last few days.

When the velvet arrived, I knew it wanted to be a hood. It is an incredibly soft silk and rayon blend. (It also turned out to be a nightmare to cut because it is so slippery and has such a soft drape.) The lining is brown polished cotton. Inside, I added two layers of wool for warmth and a layer of cotton to firm up the body. The ties are a vintage silk/rayon single faced satin.

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on November 28, 2014 at 5:51 pm Comments (1)

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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The Coziest one Yet

This green plaid silk hood is the fluffiest I’ve made. With 4 layers of wool quilted in, it is uber-cozy!

To keep it soft enough to curl up in, I did not wire this one.

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on November 25, 2014 at 9:40 pm Leave a Comment

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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Keeping Snug and Warm

With the incredible early snow and cold this past week, I felt I should have more winter millinery ready for people. So, I’ve been sewing in over-drive. Here are a few of the results:

I’ve been on a ‘pretty inside’ kick. Mind you, only about a quarter of the interiors of the original hoods I’ve been studying have the interior finished with neatness in mind.

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on November 24, 2014 at 7:33 pm Leave a Comment
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“I Just Had to Have It” Swap

Maybe I should have done a snow themed swap this month. The last of the swap fabrics (along with some other packages) were stuck in the depths of snow the Buffalo area got hit with. Waiting for these to arrive really made me think about all the people waiting for medications and other essentials.
Here they are, the widest array of fabrics swapped yet.

The assortment we ended up swapping is really quite amazing. The fabrics really highlight the tastes of the swappers. We are quite the group.
Next month, we are having a little fun swapping Christmas/holiday fabrics. I can’t wait to see what we come up with.

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A Year in Millinery Fashion – 1864

Violet purple silk bonnet, trimmed with white lace, black feathers, and pink roses.

Bonnet of white pressed silk, trimmed with a scarf of black lace and a tuft of scarlet feathers and black grasses. The inside trimming is of black lace and scarlet roses. The strings are of scarlet ribbon.

The short veils, of which we have before spoken as mask veils, but more appropriately termed by the Parisians muzzles, are now universally worn on both hats and bonnets. They are of thread or guipure lace, or else of tulle or spotted net, trimmed with chenille or bugle fringe, or else are hemmed over a colored ribbon.

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