PENNSYLVANIA & THE PSS MERCHANT'S MALL

What a great three days I had!  My friend, Chris and I, at the spur of the moment decided to travel to Harrisburg PA for the Primitive Stitcher's Society Merchant Mall....and what fun we had!  The first night we did some antiquing in Ligonier PA and stayed the night in their hotel.  It is such a quaint little town!  The next morning, we started our journey to Harrisburg for the main event.  On the way, one of my favorite antique malls, Laughlintown Antiques just happened to be open nice and early...so of course we had to stop and shop.  I bought these sweet little early, blue calico doll dresses...

They were so beautiful and in such good shape and for an awesome price!

And....they fit my old bears to a tee....they're not naked anymore!

We then happened to spot this absolutely beautiful log cabin house on RT 30 in Laughlintown...Chris and I were practically salivating at the site of it....such a beauty!

So, onto Harrisburg we went...we arrived late and only had two hours to shop...but boy did we do some damage!!  I don't think my pocket book could have stood more than two hours!  The best part, however, was getting to see some old pals.  Teresa Kogut was vending with her beautiful designs...Lori Brechlin and her BFF Joan were there....always fun seeing them!   I met some new designers,  a super sweet couple of Willow Hill Samplings (love their samplers), and Nicoletta Farrauto of Niki's Creations (all the way from Italy),  the Carolina Stitcher, Faye Riggsbee, Becky Noland of Lucy Beam.  And then my  favorite cross stitch shop on the planet....The Craft Gallery of Findlay Ohio....owners Paula and Carlton Fruth.  The gals from the PSS did a fantastic job of getting this retreat all pulled together....

Here is my haul from the show...patterns by Lori, Becky, Niki, and Willow Hill....then...a sweet little vintage pincushion, with some luscious linens......

This sweet little wall box with pincushion was made by Miss Joan....It's beautiful!  She does such a wonderful job on her handmade items!  I think the little bear is loving it too!

Then of course, you buy one little thing, and that one little treasure enables you to rearrange everything....(this hoarding collection of sewing stuff is in my sewing room).  The little nurse bear was given to me by daughter when I was in nursing school over 35 years ago...The little cloth sewing boxes were made by my friend Melissa.  The calico needle book, hanging to the side of the shelf, is an early one from the 1800's.  I bought it years ago at a junky antique shop in the bottom of a bin filled with old crummy tools....I paid $2 for it.  And the "Use It Up" sampler was made by Lori in 2005...

Luckily, there was too much raining for me to do any gardening this morning so I just stayed in  and played with my new stuff!

Have a wonderful week and, as always, thank you for reading my blog!