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Grab Your Bread Bowl!

January 21, 2017 By Cathy Habermann 6 Comments

That title probably has you scratching your head…

I have watched a few Floss Tube videos & have seen quite a few Facebook/Instagram posts about how stitchers are striving to fill their bread bowls with seasonal smalls. What a cool idea (I will confess, I have umm…several containers – not all bread bowls – around my house that are filled with smalls. (some my designs & some not – I used to have a non-HOD stitching life!)

Now we get to the subject of this post…my Valentine’s complimentary charts! I started what has become this annual tradition a few years ago to give as a gift to my husband on our anniversary (Feb 6th). I started with the Love You More pillow (I place it on his side of the bed when I have to leave town for teaching…sniff, sniff) – I’ve done 4 now (yes, 5th on its way soon) – this year we celebrate 29 years…but I’ll bore you with the mushy stuff next time!!

Here’s the problem: my old website has gone away but my old blog has not (I don’t post there anymore but I kept it for those that have ‘pinned’ from it to their boards) – so now those links take you into the www’s version of a black hole otherwise know as Error 404:page does not exist.

 

Here ya’ go: links to the previous designs..

Last year: 201628 Years Blog_Be Mine

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2015 ( I may have a few of those hearts left…)

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2014 (those were his baby shoes, my china set & we met at Va Tech – the VPI belt buckle)

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2013Happy 25th Anniversary_2013_1love_you_more

These are great ‘use your scraps’ kind of stitches! Some of what I used may not be available anymore.

Please sign up on the newsletter or check next week for a blogpost for the new design. I don’t post complimentary charts permanently on my website…these take time to design, stitch, finish, photograph, etc… & I feel like it’s a small thing to ask you to follow, like, or sign-up – my gift to you! You are welcome to share these, I just ask that you keep them in the original format & include my information. (Yes, addresses & blogs may have changed over the year…I love chatting with stitchers when they email me about ‘where is your blog now’ kind of questions.

enjoy the stitch,

cathy

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  1. Vickie says

    January 21, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    I remember each of these. 🙂 I loved learning the story behind the props in the 2014 picture!

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  2. Drusilla Pendlebury says

    January 23, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    Thank you so very much !

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  3. kATE says

    February 7, 2017 at 6:52 am

    i’VE ONLY JUST DISCOVERED YOU. tHANK YOU FOR THESE LOVELY CHARTS.
    a BREAD BOWL OF vALENTINE/lOVE PIECES IS IN MY FUTURE. 🙂

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  4. Mare says

    February 11, 2017 at 8:25 am

    Your desiGns are charming. Your gifts are sweet and I signed up for your newsletter. i have no idea why this is printing in caps…. but thank you. your designs make me smile and feel good. Their simplicity is elegant, heartfelt and charming. modern yet timeless and the perfect size so they are achievable in a reasonable amount of time for us working women. kudos to you!

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  5. Jill says

    January 29, 2018 at 10:47 am

    I love these DEsigns! Thank you sO much For sharing these beautiful charts!! ?

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  6. Ann says

    January 15, 2021 at 1:21 pm

    I love your desIgnS but haVe Only just found your blog. Thank you so much fOr tHe cHarts – i know my daughter will love to stitcH a ‘Valentine bowL’. Thank you, Ann

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