Heaven and Nature Sing

Heaven and Nature Sing

Last Sneak Peek until June!

Take a glimpse into the Cottonwood House Meadow and

you will find the Woodland Folk Gathering to Celebrate.  

All have come in their finest Christmas Attire.

Even the Cottonwood Crow is helping the Snowman with his Christmas Scarf.

Pure and Precious.

Available May 1

                                                                

Marvelous Michigan!

Marvelous Michigan!

We had the privilege and blessing to be in Michigan this week!  

What is the best thing about Michigan?

Being with Family...Teaching and Learning...

But #2 is always our visit to Greenfield Village in Dearborn.

Greenfield Village is a vast outdoor museum spread across more than 80 acres.  

There are 83 authentic historic structures, from the lab where Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb,

to the workshop where the Wright Brothers worked, to the building where Abraham Lincoln practiced

law, to the home that Noah Webster wrote the first American Dictionary to the farmhouse and school that Henry Ford grew up in.

I could go on and on...

If you are ever close to Detroit you HAVE to stop by the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village!

Here are a few of the pictures I took...

                                                                                            

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                        

Snowflakes and Peppermint

Snowflakes and Peppermint

Very Long Ago in a small German town, there lived a Poor Man and his Three Daughters.

The Man worried about what would happen to his Daughters after he died.

One Christmas Eve, Saint Nicholas was passing through and heard the villagers talking about

this Poor Man and his Daughters.  When Saint Nicholas arrived at the Poor Man's Cottage he tossed Three

Gold Coins through an open window, each landing in one of the Daughter's Stockings

that were Hung by the Fireplace to dry.

The Poor Man and His Daughters were over joyed as they awoke on Christmas Morning.

Thus, the Tradition of Hanging Christmas Stockings by the Fireplace began.

 

At the Cottonwood House, as each Stocking is hung, it is filled with Hope, Wonder and Excitement.

You will find THREE designs in this pattern...

All done in the Dreamy Colors of Snowflakes and Peppermint!

Sneak Peak # 7

Pattern Release Date:  May 1

  

 

                                                                   

Thank You Very Kindly!

THANK YOU VERY KINDLY!

We would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to each and Everyone of You that

takes the Time to Check out our Website, Blog, Facebook and Instagram.  

We truly appreciate all the Kind Comments and Encouraging Words

we receive Via all Social Media and even by Snail Mail!

 It is ALWAYS a good day when we hear from YOU.

Please keep Spreading the Word as our Lil Olde Family Business continues to Grow!

We feel we are Kindred Spirits to You All.

If there is Anything we can do for YOU, Please let us know.

With Sincere Gratitude,

All of Us Here at the Cottonwood House

                                                          

Autumn Grace

Autumn Grace

My Great Great Grandparents crossed the Plains with the First Handcart Company in 1856.

I am Blessed to have their Journals that tell of their many Struggles and Pain

as they Walked those 1300 miles West for a Better Life.

Their only Child at the time Died along the way.

But they also Speak of Great Joy, Hope and Grace that filled their Hearts as they Walked and Walked.

I can only Imagine the Gratitude that filled their Hearts that Autumn

when they had at last Reached their New Home in their Lovely Deseret. 

The last in our Old Bread Board Series.

Sneak Peek #6

Autumn Grace

Available May 1

                                                                  

Moon Dance

Moon Dance

"Late in the Eve, When All are Asleep

The Sky turns Purple, the Goblins Creep

The Witches Fly and Laugh with Glee

To Dance on the Moon Until Half Past Three"

You are going to LOVE Sneak Peek #5!

Made from the Frightful Colors of Halloween

Our Pumpkin Witch Dances on the Moon

with Her Very Own Wickedly Striped Cane!

Three Different Shades of Purple come together to create the Sky. . . 

WATCH OUT for the Frankenstein Stitches!

Fun Use of Your Scraps!

Release Date:  April 15

                                                                  

                                                                 

Van Tassel's Pumpkins

Van Tassel's Pumpkins

"The Van Tassel stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson,

in one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks which

the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling...

Ichabod rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadowlands,

the rich fields of wheat, rye, Indian corn...pumpkins of every size..."

Van Tassel's Pumpkins is FOURTH in our series of "Sneak Peeks"!

This pattern will feature THREE separate Designs

to Applique on Three Different Sizes of Pumpkins!

The Appliqué Designs are on Two Sides of the Pumpkins 

and the Numbers "1, 2, and 3" are Appliquéd on the

other Two Sides.

They are topped off with Moss and olde Dried Pumpkin Stems!

Release Date:   April 15