Our lovely Chocolate and Vanilla lip balms are only $1.00!!!!  Lip Flops are a stunning $0.50!!!

This elegant modest skirt made with love by miss Antoinette for $29.99!

So we hope you will stop by our shop and see what else we have for sale this week!  Oh, and if you wish to purchase more than you see in our shop, please contact us as we tend to have more than we add to our shop at a time so we just might have more of something you might enjoy!

*Also, don’t forget to enter our 2nd giveaway this week!!!

Blessings in Christ,

I am happy to share three very neat giveaways and a pillow swap with y’all this week!

The first giveaway is over at Marie Madeline Studio!  They are giving away one of their lovely Happy Scrappy quilts!!!!

You can head on over to their blog HERE to enter and don’t forget to mention that I “Miss Antoinette” sent you over!

Entries close on the 15th and the winner chosen on the 16th of this month (2010)!!!

Next, a very dear friend of mine is celebrating her 2nd hear of blogging by giving away some note cards hand made by her!  Stop by her blog HERE to enter and read her other very encouraging and uplifting articles she has written!

The next one is over at another dear friend’s blog “Pioneer Beauty” is giving away a copy if  “Nourishing Traditions”!!!

I know I already have my very own copy for my hope chest, but would love to give one to a friend!

Enter this giveaway HERE by the 11th of this month (2010) !!!

Next is a wonderful pillow swap over at Dutch Sisters  that you can join HERE!

It must fit a 16×16″ inch pillow and you can decorate it as much as you like! I thought these where some neat ideas below:

I also joined an apron swap over at “Practically Pink”

Unfortunately, entries closed last night, but if you contact her by leaving a quick comment, she just might let you in!

I will post a photo of both the apron and pillow swap so y’all can see what I made!

I pray everyone is having a most blessed week resting in our Lord!

Much love and blessings,

Even though my dear mother does not sew, she knows when she finds some fabric that would make a lovely skirt or blouse that I (miss Antoinette) will be happy to make it for her!

We found a lovely giveaway through our dear friend’s blog “Country Hearts At Home” that “Warehouse Fabrics Inc.”

is having a giveaway!!!!

This lovely store is giving away a $50 shopping spree to the providential winner of this lovely giveaway, so head on over and make sure to enter this giveaway!  They have such lovely fabrics, it will be hard to spend only $50 if we win!

Here are a couple samples of my work

( you can also see more photos HERE and HERE!):

I am selling these lovely hankies for $20 and I make sure lots of love and care goes into each one!

So head on over to my Etsy Shop (which is also located on the side of our blog) and look around! if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment and I would be happy to answer!

Have a blessed Lord’s Day tomorrow!

Love in Christ,

This is the lovely hankie that was sent to our winner Miss Lindsay over at Content in Christ!   The colors she picked out are so lovely, it turned out beautifully!

I also have some wonderful news!  I will be changing some things around in my shop and will be selling some of these lovely hankies and even some pillow cases soon!  My love and passion is sewing and so I will no longer be making the scrubs and focusing more on doing what I love…..sewing!   I hope to start selling skirts in the near future too!  You can still buy my lip balm though, that will still be in my shop!

Leave a comment letting me know what you think about the hankie and the up and coming changes to my shop, I just LOVE comments from my dear readers!

Have a blessed week everyone!

I was blessed to have come across the Long ladies wonderful web-site last year. The Lord surprised me by allowing me to meet them in person at the S.O.S. conference in December (read more about the conference HERE, and HERE)! Since then, I have wanted to interview these lovely ladies for this blog and they have graciously accepted my request! YAY, as you can tell I am quite excited! These ladies have a God given talent for sewing and pattern making as well! I hope you will be encouraged by this interview, and enjoy getting to know these lovely ladies as well! So without further adieu………

Miss Antoinette: First off, how long have ya’ll been sewing? Who taught you?

Long Ladies: Kristie~ I’ve been sewing actively since I made my first quilt top at age 18. I was taught by my mom, who is an excellent seamstress.

Apphia~ I sewed my first garment at age 10, but did lots of handwork when I was younger.

Achaia~ I sewed my first garment when I was 8 1/2, but loved doing little handwork before that!

Nanny (our maternal grandmother) helped us sew our first big projects. We were always doing something with our hands in our earlier years, wanting to do exactly what Mommy was doing!

Abigail~ I got my first sewing machine when I was 7. I basically taught myself by watching Mom, Nanny, and the older girls.

Abiah~ I learned most of my sewing from Mom and Apphia mainly. Apphia and I are a lot alike when we work, so it’s good when we can work together!

Miss Antoinette: For those who do not know about you or your business, could you give your story about how Marie Madeline Studio came about?

Long Ladies: “The idea for our family business was hatched in the winter of 2006, when we girls began sewing one-of-a-kind handbags for friends and family. We officially launched marie-madeline studio in December 2007.” (from our website) Everything has just built on that! We now have a growing line of sewing patterns for ladies and girls apparel, aprons, and bags.

Miss Antoinette: What has the Lord taught (or is teaching) you in your business?

Long Ladies: He’s teaching us to work together all the better and how to work with lots of different personalities! He’s also teaching us to wait– so many things we want to do take time and we have to be patient.

Miss Antoinette: Do each of you have a favorite item you are selling? How about a favorite fabric line?

Long Ladies: Kristie~ I love fabrics and trims– I always have (a trait I’ve passed on to the girls completely!). But, I do have a weakness for Tanya Whelan and Jennifer Paganelli fabrics (Darla, So St. Croix, Dance With Me). Oh, and Flower Sugar!

Apphia~ I love everything we carry, but I especially love the fabrics by Tanya Whelan and Jennifer Paganelli. Dolce and Darla! I also love the new Nashville cottons. Fabrics with a vintage feel really appeal to my style!

Achaia~ Anything by Anna Maria Horner— Good Folks, Garden Party, and Little Folks! Love, Nicey Jane, Darla, and So St. Croix too!

Abigail~ LOVE by Amy Butler– definitely!  I also love Jennifer Paganelli and Anna Maria Horner’s fabrics.

Abiah~ Jennifer Paganelli and Anna Maria Horner fabrics are probably my favorites.

We try only to buy lines or pieces of lines we really love!

Miss Antoinette: Would you have any recommendations for us avid sewers and beginners on a certain pattern you sell? Maybe a fabric line that works great with the pattern as well?

Long Ladies: For beginners our pleated cottage apron or girls emerson skirts patterns are probably the best place to start. Virtually any of the fabrics we sell are great for the patterns we’ve designed!

Miss Antoinette: Do any of you have other hobbies you enjoy?

Long Ladies: We all love sewing related things… collecting old fabric, etc!

Apphia~sketching, designing new patterns

Achaia~ making quilts, vintage fashion

Abigail~ making things up– whether it be baking or sewing!

Abiah~ photography

Miss Antoinette: Most businesses have a mission/vision statement, do you have one? Do you have a Bible verse that goes with it?

Long Ladies: Our mission is to encourage ladies in their God-given role as wives, mothers, and daughters. We want to encourage creativity in ladies and we love providing beautiful and feminine fabrics and clothing for ladies and girls! We love helping others. Proverbs 31:10-31

Miss Antoinette : If any of you are to marry in the future will the business still be around? Do ya’ll have assigned tasks that you would still be able to continue in the business?

Long Ladies: Only The Lord knows what He will call us to do, but we’d love to be able to continue with marie-madeline! Of course, things would change as any one of the girls moved away, but there would still be plenty of jobs we could do long distance (if need be). For instance, Apphia could still draft patterns for us if she moved away. The main base of operation would stay in the family home though. more questions below! J

Miss Antoinette: Would you like to share some encouraging words to someone who is considering taking on sewing?

Long Ladies: Don’t lose heart! It’s not as hard as it may seem. We’ve made plenty of mistakes in our years of sewing— don’t be afraid of failure at first. Sewing is very rewarding and it can be a tremendous blessing to so many.

Colossians 3:23 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to The Lord, and not unto men.”

Well, this was very neat to read myself and I hope you enjoyed it too!

Blessings and have a blessed weekend!

Over at “Life In A Shoe” they are having a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to Marie Madeline Studio!  It goes till this coming Friday, or Saturday,  so head on over and enter before it is too late!

Blessings in Christ,

I just LOVE the colors, and (believe it or not) this used to be a plain man’s hankie, I just hand sewed lace around the edge and this lovely monogram in one of the corners! The embroidery was very simple and easy! You can find the whole alphabet in this lovely pattern HERE and it is FREE!!!!  YAY!

I think the back looks quite well too!

I hope you enjoyed the photos of my project!  Let me know how you liked it, I LOVE hearing what ya’ll have to say! Hope ya’ll have a blessed Lord’s day tomorrow!

Blessings in Christ,

The first one is a giveaway of Marie Madeline Studio’s new Rout 66 skirt pattern!!! Enter HERE, this giveaway ends on the 8th (Monday) so enter soon!

The next one is another M.M.S item, and this one is a custom apron of your choice!!!!  This giveaway ends on the 10th and you can enter HERE!!!

Have a blessed day in the Lord dear readers!

Love in Christ,

Miss Antoinette

I thought that this week we would look at one thing that all young ladies should put into their hope chest but even be wearing it now and that is an apron!   I know at first when the thought of aprons came to me at the age of about 13 I thought it was so silly and only moms and grandma’s wore those, but not someone young like me (I was not too fond of cooking and baking at the time either)!  Our culture has not just downgraded the usefulness of the hope chest, but even aprons to an extent!  Now, they are starting to come back and almost everyone now wants to own one, but how many of those ladies actually wear it for what it is truly used for or just want to have it as long as it is “in” fashion?  In the prairie days, they were worn practically all day as they were constantly working on things in the kitchen and they would even use them while doing outside work as well such as gardening, collecting eggs, and such and would have special aprons for all the different kinds of work around the home (inside, and outside)!   To keep the clothes that they had (normally only one or two outfits) from getting stained and dirty,  the apron was the best item to keep them clean.  I have now come to understand the importance of aprons and have even come to appreciate them so much as I am now the owner of a few myself and wear them every time I am working in the kitchen (which is very often now), and I try to remember to use it in the garden as well!  This is one item I would encourage all you young ladies to use often, and to even put one or two in your hope chest for your future home!  You can never have too many aprons!  I am so blessed that I will be able to pass this special item down to my future daughters (Lord willing).

A neat tip if making an heirloom apron: Make the ties (or the whole thing) with an old sheet from an old relative (Great grandmother, etc) this gives a wonderful heirloom twist to an apron!

Here is one I did for my cousin’s new bride with the heirloom twist for the ties, and neck! You can see photos, and read more about it HERE!

Here is a couple photos of an apron I finished for myself not too long ago! next time I think I will add pockets, as I always seem to need them when I am cooking/baking! 

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Side #2

To end my post I would like to share a neat poem I found a few days ago that I thought fit so well with my topic for today…..

Grandma’s Apron
by Tina Trivett

The strings were tied, It was freshly washed, and maybe even pressed.
For Grandma, it was everyday to choose one when she dressed.
The simple apron that it was, you would never think about;
the things she used it for, that made it look worn out.

She may have used it to hold, some wildflowers that she’d found.
Or to hide a crying child’s face, when a stranger came around.
Imagine all the little tears that were wiped with just that cloth.
Or it became a potholder to serve some chicken broth.

She probably carried kindling to stoke the kitchen fire.
To hold a load of laundry, or to wipe the clothesline wire.
When canning all her vegetables, it was used to wipe her brow.
You never know, she might have used it to shoo flies from the cow.

She might have carried eggs in from the chicken coop outside.
Whatever chore she used it for, she did them all with pride.
When Grandma went to heaven, God said she now could rest.
I’m sure the apron that she chose, was her Sunday best.

God bless,

Miss. Antoinette K.