Merry Christmas

May you all be truly blessed this holiday season. God has granted me a gift of creating and sewing and I have been truly blessed to be able to fulfill my calling. My dear husband supports me in my endeavor and you as customers give me an outlet to create and be challenged. One dear sweat lady I have sewn for many years, gives me a challenge each year. Last year I created a village with a church in the middle. She wanted a gold star in the sky to her right. This year she once again gave me a challenge. She ordered her family room at Christmas time. The applique was the family fireplace, the large Christmas tree on the left decorated with a large red bow on the top with long streamers and gold ornaments. Presents were under the tree with a teddy bear and a smaller tree on the right. The stocking hung from the mantle.

With the busy holiday season, I always have ideas roughly sketched on paper but am unable to create the finished item. I am trying to get ready for shows and keep inventory in stock at Farmer's Country Store. The week before Christmas when I am finally winding down, I sometimes add a new item or two. I created two new sweatshirts this past week. A new snowflake sweatshirt and an retro Ohio jacket.

Merry Christmas to all.

Custom Jackets Welcome

I've been too busy to blog. I held a sweatshirt jacket class last month and will be having another class on Monday, December 3, at Farmer's Country Store in Lancaster, Ohio. Many students are making a scarlet and grey jacket with a big "O" on the back.

I got an order for an Angel Sweatshirt Jacket. Since many of the jackets are one of a kind, I asked the lady if she would prefer a different color. This was a Christmas gift for her mother. She requested navy and tan, with an accent of pink. Thought you might like to see how the jacket turned out. Your color selection can totally change the look of a jacket.

New Christmas/Winter sweatshirts

New snowman sweatshirts have just been added to the web site. I really like the snowman trio jacket on navy blue. With wool applique being so popular, I also designed a sweatshirt for winter. I pre-washed the wool to make it a machine washable sweatshirt. Hope you like the new designs.

This is the back of the snowmand jacket trio. I need to learn how to rotate my pictures.

November Jacket Class

I had two classes this past Thursday, both full. Several of the ladies made a Scarlet & Grey Quilted Sweatshirt Jacket supporting their favorite team and two ladies made a jacket for every day use. You can imaging that the Scarlet & Grey jacket was the most popular design.



Due to popular demand, the Sweatshirt Jacket Class will be repeated November 12. I have scheduled an afternoon class at 12:30 and an evening class beginning at 6:00. The jacket class is $25. To register, give me an e-mail or contact Farmer's Country Store at

(740)654-4853.

Sunflower sweatshirt

Hattie's Workshop has recently updated my website adding new sweatshirts for fall. There is a "Boo Scary Cat" sweatshirt with scalloped trim bottom and a checkerboard/sunflower sweatshirt. I'm working on a jacket and of course making more Ohio State quilted jackets. Visit my web page, http://www.handmadebymargo.com/ to view the new sweatshirts.

Fall Designing

It's late July and I'm busy designing new sweatshirts, denim shirts and jackets for the Fall line. Sunflowers and crows and still popular. I see a lot of witch's hats and primitive pumpkins. So many ideas sometimes it's hard to get the look I want. Watch for what's new for this fall. I'm having a sale at Farmer's Country Store. There are summer denim shirts with partriotic flip-flops half price. E-mail me if you aren't local for pictures and sale pricing.

English Cottage Postcard Jacket

It's interesting where we receive our inspirations to create. I've been seeing the T-shirts in the ladies' department that are tye-dyed with the city or country scenes. I work part-time in a quilt shop and I had bought a panel of an English Cottage. It had been in my stash of fabric waiting for me to create a quilt. After seeing these T-shirts and owning several for myself, I was inspired to take my panel back to the shop and start laying it on some beautiful batiks. I just finished the jacket and am well pleased. I'll be posting the pattern and jacket for sale on my web page, http://www.handmadebymargo.com/ . I will now be on the lookout for other fabric panels I can use. This is the back of the jacket. It might have looked great on a bright pink but I was more cautious in my color selection and went with the green and tan.