Smokey Hollow Creations

01/10/2022

I’ve been having fun, making bookmarks. Several styles & sizes available. Sizes are 5 inches, 6 inches, & 7 inches long. These are a few examples. I can make them in colors of your choosing. I’m selling them for $8.00 each or 2 for $15. Message me if you’re interested.

12/02/2021

Last chance to order a holiday gift for the canines in your life. Personalized bandanas are $15 each. Snuffle mats are $25 each.

Message me with order requests & questions.

Here are a few pictures of bandanas & mats I’ve made.

11/12/2021

SOLD: Snuffle mat for dogs. $25 plus postage.

11/12/2021

Update: this one is sold but I’m making more. Message me if you’d like one.

For sale: snuffle mat for your canine friends & family. Hide treats in the fluffy fleece & watch your pup go crazy, snuffling out the treats. This one measures about 21 in by 21 in. The cost is $25 (postage extra). See the video in the comments of Tommy, a very satisfied customer.

11/10/2021

Here’s a picture of my smallest customer so far. Little Chloe weighs in at about 6 lbs. Doesn’t she look stylish, sporting her new bandana?

11/08/2021

For sale: tap on photos for info about each item:

11/08/2021

Here are a few of the personalized dog bandanas I’ve been working on. The bandanas are $15 each. Just message me with the size of your dog, the color fabric, what you’d like embroidered on it. I’ll pick the actual fabric but upon request, I will be happy to message you a picture before I actually start embroidering.

I’m including free shipping as part of this introductory offer.

If you buy a bandana, please send me a picture so I can share it.

Right now, I can accept PayPal & Facebook Pay. I may start taking other payment methods later if there is a need.

Just message me if you’d like one (or two or three).

08/07/2021

I haven’t posted here in a while but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy.

Here’s a baby quilt I recently made for a friend.

02/27/2021

Fun with scraps. The pattern is called Plaid-ish.

10/30/2019

Very interesting.

Harriet Powers, the folk artist known as the "mother of African-American quilting," was born on this day in 1839. Powers was born into slavery near Athens, Georgia, and spent her early life on a plantation where she first learned how to sew. Her quilts are considered among the finest examples of 19th century Southern quilting, although only two of her quilts, both of which were made after the Civil War, survive today. Her quilts are a unique blend of both European quilting traditions and African textile arts, and were made using both appliqué and piecework. The two surviving quilts, the Bible Quilt from 1886 and the Pictorial Quilt from 1898, contain numerous pictorial squares that depict either biblical scenes or celestial events. Powers also created a key for both quilts, explaining the meaning behind each panel. Today, her quilts are displayed in the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

For an inspiring picture book about Harriet Powers, we highly recommend "Sewing Stories" for ages 5 to 8 at https://www.amightygirl.com/sewing-stories-harriet-powers

For a fascinating book for book for adults about her work, we recommend "This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilt and Other Pieces" at http://amzn.to/2zNl0QQ

For more books about the significance of quilts to enslaved African Americans, we recommend "Show Way" (https://www.amightygirl.com/show-way) and "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" (https://www.amightygirl.com/sweet-clara-and-the-freedom-quilt), both for ages 5 to 9

For a fun no-sew quilting set for kids ages 5 and up, visit https://www.amightygirl.com/created-by-me-quilt-set -- or discover more options for children in our "Fabric Crafts" section at http://amgrl.co/2loxL1T

10/19/2019

Here’s my latest. It’s a Doctor Seuss-themed baby quilt. It’s being donated to the the Ronald McDonald House at the Mayo Clinic. I hope it brings comfort to a sick child and family. Cathy Cesaro Beach.