Monday, December 24, 2007

Winter Offerings

Kid’s Chair
Amish children don’t watch television. If they did, they would sit on one of these chairs. Hand crafted and stuffed to the exacting needs of the rambunctious preschooler, this chair will provide seating and entertainment for years to come. Its deep seat suitable for long winter naps under a favorite blanky, this chair will please the most discriminating lounger. Fabric selected at order from a multitude of patterns and colors. Character fabrics at extra charge.

Hats with Flaps
I used to pause atop suicide hill before tightening the clips on my mittens and pointing my toboggan down the quarter-mile woodcutter’s track. It was a moment of peace before the torrent of snow and frenzy of stumps that would claim many sleds and a few bones along the way. Silence, pierced by a winter’s gale that blew in my four-year-old ears and made my ears hurt. If I only had the perfect hat to guard my tender lobes against that wind.

Polar fleece with tied ear flaps. Tassel optional. Hand crafted from two cuts of the finest poly-cotton fleece blend available. Vivid colors to suit childhood daredevil fantasies. Snow bank not included. Please provide head diameter upon order.

Fleece Blanket
I remember sleeping next to the Franklin stove in my grandparent’s house as Nor’easters banged the shutters against the windows. My belly full of fresh cocoa, I would retreat to the corner by the stove and doze off as the adults whiled into the night with talk of politics and plant closings. Grandmom gave me a “floor blanky” and a pillow for those naps, and to this day I can smell the hickory smoke from the stove blended with the whisky spilled on the table.

Reversible fleece blanket with hand-knotted tassles. Large sizes extra charge. A wide array of colors available, but my floor blanky was blue on the top and red underneath.

Hand Knotted Quilts
Antiquing in Ephrata, I came upon my first one. “Sunshine and Shadow” it was called and it was love at first sight. With names like “Nine Patch”, “Log Cabin” and “Diamond in the Square”, who can but enjoy the elegant simplicity. Ours is simply “Rag Quilt”. Backed by fleece, you will soon have a snoozing partner you’ll never part with. As with everything we make, colors to suit. Snuggling at no extra charge.

T-shirt Blankets
Nothing says America like the classic t-shirt. My t-shirt drawer was a veritable roadmap through my high-school and college years. Let us craft a quilted roadmap from nine shirts that tell your story or the story of a loved one. Will it be “rock and roll forever” or “nothing but sports”? Only your shirts can tell the story.

Please contact us for shipping details and to customize placement of the shirts on the quilt. A wide array of fabrics available for backing.

Scarves & Mittens
Late February. The words alone send chills down my spine. Hair freezing at the bus stop, wind whipping at the school door, every exhale freezing before your every eyes. Were you cold? Not a bit. Protected by a scarf and mittens, the hawk of winter never had a chance.

Hand crafted from fleece with several finishing options available. Sure, we sell them separately, but with every item made with “custom love”, everyone wants the set. Colors and sizes to suit.