New New New!!

Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday Sale!!

Starting NOW everything in my Etsy Shop is on sale!

25% off!!!

Just use coupon code ANNIEBEEZ25

Sale ends at midnight on Monday, December 1st!

Have a wonderful Holiday Season!!

{{Warm huggz}}

To all of you!!!

Annie

A Funny Thing Happened...

on the way through this artful journey.

 I had pretty much set aside painting, since spending all of my time doing so was NOT paying off.

 I have not been able to market my paintings much at all,

 and after all, I have bills to pay.

 So I went back to publishing craft patterns, mostly sewing, and making primitive dolls.

Then out of the blue came a quiet little convo on my Etsy shop. A local shop owner had seen my work on there and loved it! She wanted to carry my paintings on consignment in her shop. And she pays well!! 

I eagerly took all of my work in to her shop, and there they all are.

 All of my paintings, cards and even a pumpkin head (which I threw in for good measure! LOL!)

So this has given me the excuse to pull out all of my art journal supplies and splash around! The water seems a little warmer and there is a faint little stripe of "hope" on the horizon!

Maybe something will sell.

Ha! 

We'll see.

This is called White Winter

And my beloved whimsy characters!

Primitive Santa with Star

This guy is available this month on PFATT Marketplace!

I had so much fun making him! Santas are not historically my thing. I usually go for the dolls with the girly dresses; where I can add lots of vintage lace, pintucks and embroidered embellishments!

 But this guy was in there just wanting to come out! LOL!

He comes with a prim candy cane, and holds a star cookie! Lots of rusty tin jingle bells adorn his coat!

His beard is made of raw sheep's wool and has been needle felted.

Primitive Hanging Santa is available on PFATT Marketplace this month.

Click here to order!

Happy Holidays!

Annie

Orders will remain open until October 31,2014, Thank you!

Hello folks! I will only be taking orders on this doll until October 31.

Thank you so much!

~Annie

I am so excited to be able to offer a limited number of Hester dolls made to order!

To order a doll just use the Paypal button below to either pay the deposit($42.50) or pay in full($85.00). The price includes shipping in the US.

Hester a 30" folk doll (small pumpkinhead not included)

Hester Deposit ($42.50):

Hester Paid in Full ($85.00):

If you are interested in a doll and are outside the US please email me for a price quote.

If you would like to pay by personal check please email me.

Email me:

anniebeezfolkart28@yahoo.com

Here are a few more pictures of Hester, just for fun!

Thank you so much!

~Annie

New Doll for Sale

If you follow this blog, then you know that when you come here you don't always know what to expect!

I am a lover of art, and so often my head is turned by lots of different styles! I enjoy lots of different crafts and a couple of different styles. But when Fall hits, my heart always turns back to primitives. I also really enjoy prim and vintage styles for Christmas. So here I am, presenting a primitive doll for the Fall season!

Meet Hester

 Hester is approximately 30” tall, including her stem.

 She is made of muslin, painted and aged with a mixture of stains and sanding. 

Her face has been hand painted and she has wired movable fingers.

 She has painted boots and stockings.

 Her dress is made of cotton and is adorned with cotton lace and 3 rusty tin buttons down the front.

 

I had so much fun making this doll! It has been a while, but I don't think I'l l ever really stop making folk dolls.

Hester is for sale at PFATT Marketplace.

Click here for more details!

Needles and Pins

Last week I was fortunate to hear a lecture and slide show by the wonderful quilter, Sue Garman. 

She is a fantastic quilt designer, prolific quilter, 

 (completing no less than 20 quilts a year on average-and they are not easy panel quilts! LOL!),

 and an amazing hand quilter, and even does beautiful longarm quilting! She does it all!.

I found these pics on Pinterest. If you simply type Sue Garman Quilts into the Pinterest search you will have a feast for the eyes!

 I especially love her green and red quilts.

But what really struck me was her focus and organization-which is what allows her to finish so many quilts. She talked a lot about getting as much prep work done on a quilt ahead of time as she could. So for example, on an applique quilt, she preps every single block, making all of the vines, circles and pattern pieces, for every single block.

 She then separates all the pieces by block and before she begins the applique, bastes down as much as possible on each block before beginning.  I think this is a more efficient way to get it all done.

I was so inspired by her beautiful intricate quilts. Each one looked like it would take me a lifetime to make, yet here they all were, quilt after quilt!

So I went home to look at all of my UFO's. I fully admit that I am a serial starter!

I have no less than 10 QUILTS IN PROGRESS!!

This is my oldest one,the civil war quilt; War and Pieces. I decided to focus on this quilt and try to finish it to give to my brother for Christmas.

I pulled it out, and realized I have all the blocks done, so all I have left is to set the center blocks and finish the border. I began trimming all of the blocks and OH! I foumd that one of the blocks was supposed to be set on point, but I had appliqued it as a straight set! Grrr! So I have to re-do the entire block! Luckily there was plenty of extra fabric with this BOM, (I purchased it through Keepsake Quilting). I just had to purchase more backing fabric which was easy to find.

So I prepped it and began again. I took Sue's advice and basted everything down. It does make it easier as there are no pins for the thread to get caught up in, and it makes the block completely mobile. I appliqued most of this while waiting for my mother at the eye doctor!

 I also began prepping everything for the border.

This civil war quilt is really a learning piece for me. I have used just about every type of applique on it, from needle turn to machine! What is your favorite method of applique? I still haven't settled on a particular technique!

Happy Stitching!

~Annie