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Are you Ready? The 2023 12 Days of Stitchmas is HERE.

This is where I will share two Featured Small Businesses in the stitching, knitting, quilting, and making communities with you in a daily YouTube video. Each day with daily Giveways, as well as a Grand Prize Giveaway.

To Enter in the Grand Prize – you must fill out the word of the day on the Crossword Puzzle – Get it HERE

I have created this Post as a ONE STOP SHOPPING place for you to get the Daily Featured Small Business Details.

Of course, the details are in the YouTube video description as well – but here it’s all in one place. All the business names, link and coupon codes. I hope this is helpful. I know these businesses would greatly appreciate your support whether it’s via purchases or even just following their shop on Instagram…..tell them Tiger Lily sent you!

Day 12

Business Name: Earth and Empress

The Person Behind it All: Carrie

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/earthandempress

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthandempress/

Coupon Code: STITCHMAS23 for 15% off until 1/14/24

 

Business Name: FabShabbyRose

The Person Behind it All: Carolyn

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FabShabbyRose

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mumsky43/

 

Day 11

Business Name: Norgrove Enterprises

The Person Behind it All: Jon & Julie

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/norgroveenterprises

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shopnorgrove/

 

Business Name: That Salty Stitch

The Person Behind it All: Jenna

Etsy Shop: https://thatsaltystitchshop.etsy.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatsaltystitch/

Coupon Code: SALTY 15% off until 12/18/23

Day 10

Business Name: Scarlet Sky Designs

The Person Behind it All: Shelby

Website: https://scarletskydesigns.com/

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScarletSkyDesignsTX

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletskydesignstx/

 

Business Name: Meadow Lark Ct

The Person Behind it All: Jenie

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/meadowlarkct

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meadowlarkcourt/

Coupon Code: JOLLY23 for 20% until 1/1/24

Day 9

Business Name: PK Yarns

The Person Behind it All: Pamela

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MsPamelaoriginals

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pk.yarn/

 

Business Name: What Can’t Brooke Do

The Person Behind it All: Brooke

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/whatcantbrookedo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatcantbrookedo/

Coupon Code: Stitchmas10 for 10%

Day 8

Business Name: Crossed in Stitches USA

The Person Behind it All: April

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrossedInStitchesUSA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/april.alameda/

 

Business Name: Patchwork & Poppies

The Person Behind it All: Jenni

Website: https://patchworkandpoppies.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patchworkandpoppies/

Coupon Code: STITCHMAS2023 for 10% (website only, not Etsy) valid until 12/12/23

Day 7

Business Name: Wild Poppy Yarns

The Person Behind it All: Jami

Website: https://wildpoppyyarns.patternbyetsy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildpoppyyarns/

Coupon Code: WILDYARN23 – 15% off

 

Business Name: Ginny’s Gem Minders

The Person Behind it All: Ginny

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GinnysGemMinders

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginnysgemminders/

Day 6

Business Name: A Sign of Interest

The Person Behind it All: Karen

Website: https://www.asignofinterest.com/

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/asignofinterest

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asignofinterest/

Day 5

Business Name: The Knitted Soiree

The Person Behind it All: JennaLee

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/theknittedsoiree

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theknittedsoiree

Coupon Code: Tigerlily15 for 15% off until 1/31/24

 

Business Name: The Stitching Gnome

The Person Behind it All: Shannon

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheStitchingGnome

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestitchinggnome/

Day 4

Business Name: Stitchin With Yarn

The Person Behind it All: Cristie

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/StitchinWithYarn

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stitchinwithyarn

Coupon Code: 12 DAYS for 10% until 12/31/23

 

Business Name: Freedom Studios

The Person Behind it All: Penny, Bath & Christin

Website: https://shopfreedomstudios.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomstudiossd

Coupon Code: FREEDOM20 for 20% off

 

Day 3

Business Name: As the Yoo Flies

The Person Behind it All: Christina, but her friends call her Chris :)

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AsTheYooFlies

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astheyooflies/

Coupon Code: TIGER10 for 10% until 1/5/24

 

Business Name: Sweet Autumn Stitch

The Person Behind it All: Karen

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetautumnstitch

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sweetstitch063/

Coupon Code: STITCHMAS23 for 10% off until 12/31/23

Day 2

Business Name: Pirate & Robin

The Person Behind it All: Robin

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PirateRobinDesigns

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piraterobindesigns/

 

Business Name: Starry Owl Stitchery

The Person Behind it All: Tara

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/starryowlstitchery

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starryowlstitchery/

Coupon Code: TIGER12 for 12% off until 12/31/23

 

Day 1 

 

Business Name: The Ginger Quilter

The Person Behind it All: Natalie

Website: https://gingerquilterbox.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginger_quilter/

Coupon Code: STITCH for 15% off

 

Business Name: Siggy’s Closet

The Person Behind it All: Christina

Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SiggysCloset

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siggyscloset/

Coupon Code: STITCHMAS2023 for 15% off

Are you ready for the first ever Tiger Lily Quilt a Long?

We are starting with a super manageable table-runner made up of 5 –  12″ quilt blocks. These blocks are the perfect adventurous beginner block as I will show you my favorite HST (half square triangle) cheater block method. That means no sewing on the diagonal, and no pre-marking the backs of the fabrics with sew lines.

This will be a 4 week QAL with very easy goals per week. And the best part of starting with a table-runner project is that we can finish the entire thing on a home sewing machine. From blocks, to top quilting to binding…..in 4 weeks you will have a completely finished table-runner to enjoy.

More details will be added soon, but in the mean time here is the Materials & Supply Lists so you can start gathering and getting ready to join the fun with our March 13th start date!

Happy Sewing Friends!

Kari

aka Tiger Lily

The day is finally here, Miss Mary is complete and framed and hanging on my wall.

I wanted to share all the details about this “Big Girl” all in one place so that you could reference everything at once.

I did film YouTube video showing these changes up close and personal if you want to see:

Here are all the details:

Pattern: Mary Morgans

Designer: Fox & Rabbit  (Pattern available via pdf on their website)

Fabric: 16 ct LFA Aida Norester Gray available from Treehouse Fiber Arts (www.thknits.com)

Floss: Called for DMC, stitched 2 strands over 1

 

Tiger Lily Changes Made:

1. Border was stitched symetrically. There are 2 areas in the chart where Miss Mary stitch count were off a bit, but I didn’t catch these stitches during my border stitching.
2. I’m missing 4 birds – this was another counting error on my part with the upper teal/green motifs. I didn’t leave enough space for the second set of birds.
3. I charted and added the letter Y and I. See graph paper charting if you want to stitch the letters.
4. I changed the colors of the letters a bit. The white DMC floss wasn’t really showing up on my fabric, so when white was called for in the letters, I swapped the colors around so that the white was on the interior and not the exteriors.
5. I didn’t stitch the 2 cats and 2 wolfs??? in the bottom band. Instead I took one of the motifs from the upper letter band area and stitched it below.
6. I removed Mary’s name stitch and added another rainbow ribbon along the bottom band.
7. I removed the biblical Welsh quote and instead charted an Oscar Wilde quote “Color can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways”

Link to PDF – Custom Quote Chart: Color Speak Stitch

I framed this myself using a 19×19 inch custom frame purchased from

https://arttoframe.go2cloud.org/SH16

 

 

It was time to plan a new start, and adding to my funky floral wall in my home is ALWAYS a good idea!

When I saw Miss Margaret Felicia Dyson released at market last spring from Fox and Rabbit designs, I couldn’t add her to my pre-order list fast enough. She patiently waited her turn until this month when I decided it was time to kit her up. A Tiger Lily kit up usually doesn’t follow the called for much……sometimes yes, but usually no. And this pattern was no exception. With only 11 colors of floss called for I though this was the perfect chart to try my first Aurifil Floss custom color conversion. I broke out my Aurifil color charts, my DMC color charts and then the pattern cover sheet……a couple hours later, and a few Floss toss with color chips, the custom color conversion was FINAL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a picture of the floss toss on my gorgeous 20 ct LFA Linens Popover Aida, (available at www.thknits.com) and my Project Information card detailing the custom floss conversion from DMC to Aurifil Floss. Aurifil Floss can be purchased by the spool at various online retailers.

With these gorgeous wooden spools versus bobbins or floss drops, my creative mind started to imagine all different ways to organize the project. I love a good kit up, but I also love a beautifully organized project keeper. So this prompted a proto-type design couple days in the studio to create and design m  new spool keeper. It keeps all those gorgeous wooden spools of Aurifil floss all nice an tidy, and the “floss drop inspired” thread bed side of the keeper is working out wonderfully. Pulling just one thread out of the top works fantastic.⁠

I will be working on writing this spool keeper pattern in case you want to sew one up for your next Aurifil project. And of course it will come with an exclusive instructional video to give you step by step sewing guides so even a beginner can make this functional, yet gorgeous piece of organization.

Does Miss Felicia speak to you? Would love for you to join me in my #funkyfloralSAL on Instagram. I shared all the close up details on my most recent Flosstube video on Youtube. Here is the link – https://youtu.be/e2jq_4lGqqc

Happy Stitching & Sewing Friends!

XOXO,

Kari aka Tiger Lily

 

 

Let me set the stage here……nope this was not a “COVID made me do it” situation.

Luckily for me I pulled the dye free band-aid off 9 months prior to the first lockdown, so I was already in that awkward grow out stage and appreciating the silver lining of my all day. everyday “stay at home” messy bun.

I started dyeing my hair in high school, that’s when it was for fun. Add some red, add some highlights, all the things. I had a crazy time my junior year in college, when it was supposed to be a dark brown, but it came out Elvira black. So then came the color correction, which gave me the end result of almost orphan Annie orange…..college was fun! :)

Fast forward to my twenties, I’m married, working, trying to be a grown-up. And I’ve got silver hairs  popping up in my crown. So I returned to my trusty box dye to go back to my natural share of brown. Easy peezy! I could get by with a home box dye every 2-3 months. Remember, I’m a broke, just graduated, just married…..nobody has the $$ for salon hair color.

This became my life. But as the years went by, more and more gray roots started popping in. So my 2 months became 6 weeks, and then 4 weeks and come around 35 years old…..I had a full on gray skunk stripe just 2 weeks after my dye. So I would rock a pulled back bun for a week or two trying to hold out to the 4 week re-dye.

2017 (I’m 41 years old) was my year from “hell”. No need for the details……but there was lot of time for life reflection.

2018 – still dyeing my hair at home religiously at the 3-4 weeks mark. I’ve mastered the root dye only, looks great for a couple weeks. But OMG, my long hair is super crunchy. Years and years of box dye can’t be undone. No matter how many hair mask treatments you try.

2019 – I’ve got a Pinterest board FULL of silver hair transition inspiration. I’m thinking about doing it…..but really I’m only 43? Do I really want to be the mom with gray hair?

6/23/19 – My last box dye at home. I didn’t know at the time it was my last dye. I was going on vacation the next week

 I wanted fresh, no gray roots hair. After I came home from vacation, and the skunk grow out came yet again as it had hundred time before – this time I said NOPE! I’m DONE!  And so began the clock on growing out my silver.

Yup, I call it SILVER!

In Sept 2019, I did go to my salon (this was not a job for at home) and had some transition highlights put in. The super harsh line between old color & silver roots was intense. She didn’t touch my “virgin hair”, it was all about blending down the new silver into the old color. This looked good for awhile, but honestly for it to work correctly a gray toner needed to be put on those highlights every 2-3 months she said…..and I wasn’t down with that. So I took my softened grow out line and set-out to just grow it out!

Don’t get me wrong – there were MANY days this wasn’t easy. I had days I wanted to dye. I had days I wanted to bob cut, even pixie cut….but I had learned years ago those styles aren’t flattering to my round face.

Here’s a little timeline during the grow out. October 2019, Jan 2020, June 2020, Sept 2020.

 

Every month the SILVER got longer and longer.

It’s fascinating to see my natural color again after 25 years behind box dye.

This is my most recent gray hair transition photo. Taken just last week, June 2021, the morning before my son’s high school graduation party! Yup! I’m the SILVER mom! And a Clemson MOM to boot. GO TIGERS!

And I LOVE it!

The natural color is wild. Highlights and tones you could NEVER get at a salon. My crown is 27 shades of silver & pepper. And the bottom 1/2 of my hair is still my natural dark brown. It’s just crazy!

Funny story -I’m at a birthday BBQ a few weeks back…..tons of people I don’t know. Lots of 20 somethings there. Two different occasions, a 20 something came up and told me they love my dye job & color. HA! If you are a slave to the box dye and looking for a silver friend. I’m happy to be her!

Happy SILVER friends! Embrace the freedom.

XOXO,

Kari aka Tiger Lily