It's July 2 and it's been raining every day for weeks on end.  At least it seems like it has.  I do know that it has been raining for 10 days straight.  And, it isn't just rain - it's severe thunderstorms, 1" hail, gigantic lightning bolts.  Well, you get the picture!    Despite the weather, I have to tell you that I'm in a terrific mood. 

Now you might wonder why that is.  Well, it's because I'm making tremendous progress on my new patterns and have close to a third of them done.  I can hardly wait for all of them to be done.  I'm just so excited about them and know that you're all going to LOVE them. 

So, I decided that because my new patterns are almost done that we should celebrate until they are ready.    I'm hoping to have my new patterns all finished and completed by the end of August.  So, between now and there I thought we should have an extra special celebration to encompass July and August and then, come September, our Twelve Months of Sewing Featured E-Pattern will be one of my brand new ones.

And, what could be better for a two month celebration then a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE* deal.

For the months of July and August we're going to have a "BUY ONE GET ONE* FREE E-Pattern (*of equal or lessor value) deal.  There will be no featured e-pattern for the months of July 2008 or August 2008.  Instead, you buy whatever E-Pattern you want and you'll get an e-pattern* (of equal of lessor value) emailed to you. 

All you have to do is tell us which FREE* E-Pattern (*of lessor or equal value) you would like in the comments field of your PayPal checkout.  We will then email your FREE* E-Pattern (* of lessor or equal value) to you.

Our "Buy One Get One Free*" deal applies to instant e-patterns you buy from our Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website and e-patterns you buy from our main Linda Walsh Originals website.

I'm so excited that my new patterns are almost down.  Not even a little rain can get me down.  Now 1" hail - YIKES!  That's another story.



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Something has happened to the weather in New England since I was a child.

We used to have 4 wonderful seasons, each with their own distinctive weather patterns. The Fall was crisp and breezy. The Winter was cold and snow filled. The Spring was lovely and beautiful. Summer was hot and humid.

Now the seasons are all jumbled up. Winter can be snow-filled, but warm and rainy. Sometimes there's no snow and sometimes it snows just about every day.

Spring is rainy and hot or cold. It can be downright cold until May and sometimes we can even get snow the end of April. One day you have the heat on and the next you have the air conditioning on.

Fall used to be my favorite time of year. I just love the cool crispness of the Fall air. Raking leaves with the wind blowing and the smell of cinnamon candles burning inside. Heaven! Now it can be downright HOT or cold and rainy filled with hurricanes, snow, and thunderstorms.
 
And, Summer is rainy, humid and filled with thunderstorms, then hurricanes.

Nowadays if you live in New England you have to be prepared for any type of weather anytime of the year.  And, there will be plenty of rain.

Now, I hope you don't get the idea I don't like rain.  I don't mind a rainy day as I get a LOT of sewing done on rainy days.  It's just that my little 'Cairn" terrier doesn't like the rain.  He will not go out and do his business if it's rainy and if there's a thunderstorm or lightning he spends the whole day shaking.  It's gradually gotten worse as he's gotten older.  So, on rainy days we try to comfort him as much as we can.

He doesn't like rain, but there is one group of individuals who love rain - farmers.  They LOVE it.  Without it there would be no crops, no flowers, and no growth. 

So, I decided that the Twelve Months of Sewing Featured Pattern for the month of June 2008 should be in honor of all the wonderful farmers out there and will be LW144 Peter, The Primitive Farmer.


 
So, how does the featured pattern deal work?  Well, if you buy the "Featured Instant Download E-Pattern" you will get a FREE Linda Walsh Originals E-Pattern* (*of equal or lessor value) emailed to you.  So, if you buy "Peter, The Primitive Farmer" you can choose another e-pattern*  for FREE.

All you have to do is enter the SPECIAL Code of "Peter#1"  in the comments field of your PayPal checkout and tell us which FREE E-Pattern* (*of lessor or equal value) you would like. We will then email your FREE E-Pattern to you.



This month's featured instant download e-pattern is: LW144LWOEP "Peter, The Primitive Farmer" - “Peter - The Primitive Farmer”, 7” Primitive Doll E-Pattern - Stout Series - Pattern Category - Skill Level - Beginner

Peter The Primitive Farmer believes that every day should be spent working hard and providing for your family. There is nothing like a good hard day of labor.

He gets up in the wee hours of the morning to start working on his farm. Margaret, being the dutiful farmer's wife that she is, gets up even earlier than her husband.

Why?

Because she has to prepare his breakfast so he has plenty of energy for working all day.

He is a free standing primitive doll with a cloth body. Peter has an embroidered face and a few strands of straight brown hair. He is wearing his grungiest denims with button decorated pockets and straps, fringed flannel shirt with buttons, flannel lined hat, and red bandanna for all the sweat. He is coffee stained throughout and is carrying a flour sack.



Peter, The Primitive Farmer

Just CLICK this link to "Buy Peter, The Primitive Farmer Instant Download E-Pattern Now."
You'll be brought to the page "Peter" is on in our BRAND NEW Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website where you can add "Peter" to your shopping basket and then checkout.

Don't forget to tell us which Linda Walsh Originals E-Pattern* (*of equal or lessor value) you want emailed to you. Since Peter is priced at $5.50 this means you can select any one of our e-patterns valued at $5.50 or less for FREE and have that emailed to you. 

Just tell us in the comments field of your PayPal checkout which one of our Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns that you would like emailed to you for FREE.

PLUS, we have even more exciting news for you. If you just want our "Peter" e-pattern you can get him for FREE by purchasing one or more items from our BRAND NEW Linda Walsh Originals Dolls "Handmade Dolls & Crafts" website this month. If you do we will email LW144 "Peter, The Primitive Farmer" to you for FREE.

We hope you enjoy making Peter.

        

It seems like I've been working on my new handmade dolls & crafts and their respective e-patterns for quite some time now. The truth is it has been a long, slow process as I decided to create 183 new dolls and patterns all at once.

That's a LOT of dolls at once. My rationale is that there's always a learning curve when you start the creative process, make the doll, and then write-up the pattern so it's better to do several at once to save time. Once you're in design and pattern creation mode and have your mind thinking sewing terminology it's easy to do multiple numbers at once.

But, I underestimated the time required to draw all the diagrams sheets for 183 different patterns. It would have been easier if I didn't re-invent the wheel with each pattern and make it unique. However, that's me. I like all my dolls to be different.

The good news is that all of the diagrams and pattern piece sheets are done. Now I'm just writing up the text. After that, everything has to be scanned in, my complete pattern file created, and my .pdf e-pattern file created. After that everything gets added to my Linda Walsh Originals, Linda Walsh Originals Dolls, Linda Walsh Originals DOLLS NEW Website, and Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns websites.

Then, of course, all the promoting has to be done. I'll be in blogging heaven for that as I just LOVE to post on all my blogs.

In any event, I hope to finish all of my patterns up within the next few months and hope to start rolling them all out over the summer. It'll be hot fun in the summertime.

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