SOME PICS OF THE SHOP.............

in Benton, PA.

Better grab some coffee....this is picture overload.

The herb wall.....about 175 jars of wild-crafted medicinal herbs.

I use these to make my herb blends.

Amber bottles used to store herb tinctures.

This is the kitchen and culinary herb and spice corner.

My herbs and spices are half the cost of buying them in the grocery store.

A close-up of some of my herbal blends

and some books to help you on your herbal journey.

That is only a small portion of the inventory in the shop.

Here are some pics of the quilt and stitching side of things.

Quilts on the walls.

Lots of seasonal quilt patterns and books.

Fat quarters and coordinated fabric packs

.

Some civil war quilt patterns.

 Fall and Christmas fabrics and applique pattern books.

Lots of bright wool pieces for penny rugs and rughooking.

I like the look of the traditional brown and black wools that were used in the old days. 

Sorry about the picture overload.

 I have a selection of perle cotton and floss to match the wools.

This wool pumpkin wagon was adapted from a "Country Threads" pattern.

I also have a lot of seasonal doll patterns.

Thanks for taking the time to peek into my shop.

SOME PICS OF THE SHOP.............

in Benton, PA.

Better grab some coffee....this is picture overload.

The herb wall.....about 175 jars of wild-crafted medicinal herbs.

I use these to make my herb blends.

Amber bottles used to store herb tinctures.

This is the kitchen and culinary herb and spice corner.

My herbs and spices are half the cost of buying them in the grocery store.

A close-up of some of my herbal blends

and some books to help you on your herbal journey.

That is only a small portion of the inventory in the shop.

Here are some pics of the quilt and stitching side of things.

Quilts on the walls.

Lots of seasonal quilt patterns and books.

Fat quarters and coordinated fabric packs

.

Some civil war quilt patterns.

 Fall and Christmas fabrics and applique pattern books.

Lots of bright wool pieces for penny rugs and rughooking.

I like the look of the traditional brown and black wools that were used in the old days. 

Sorry about the picture overload.

 I have a selection of perle cotton and floss to match the wools.

This wool pumpkin wagon was adapted from a "Country Threads" pattern.

I also have a lot of seasonal doll patterns.

Thanks for taking the time to peek into my shop.

POST HERITAGE FESTIVAL PICS

Here are a few pics of my stand when I participated in the Heritage Festival of our little town of Benton, PA.














I used my collection of traditional quilts that I have made over the years and covered all the tables. These are baskets of fat quarters all in small calico-like prints. I only brought things that looked like they were from that time period. I also had some enamelware buckets filled with rolled up wool, but I didn't get a picture of those.



The top shelf here is redwork patterns and supplies and the lower shelves are enamelware pans filled with an assortment of tea.




























I travelled the back roads around our farm and gathered about 24 fresh herb bunches and displayed them in old blue mason jars lined up on the tables. This seemed a fitting sign.
























Here are the herbs that were used during the Civil War in our area. I used wooden clothespins and attached tags with the herb name and what they were used for. Everybody thought it was pretty neat.



























I also clipped lavender, chamomile, bee balm and mints from
my garden. My stand was very colorful and smelled heavenly.

HERITAGE FESTIVAL

On Sat. July 25 from 9am-10pm and Sun. July 26 from 9am-4pm the Fishing Creek Confederacy Heritage Festival will be going on in the town of Benton. There will be civil war reenactments, a theatrical production, 1860's activities, professional musicians playing civil war music and period crafts and demonstrations. I will be there to showcase herbs used during the civil war. I will gather fresh herb bouquets and display them with a card with the then and now of herbal lore. I am also bringing some books on civil war quilts with fat quarters to sell and traditional rughooking and wool for pennyrugs. Everyone will be in period costumes and I am making a working day dress for one of the leaders of the group and my costume will be a little more fancy (because I am a merchant whose husband has died in the war and I took over his business as the village druggist) with a hoop skirt and zoave jacket with undersleeves and a reticule (which is a small purse hung from the waistband) and bonnets, of course. So........my shop will be closed on Sat. the 25 of July. Come visit at the festival.