A sign and a banner!

Today we hung a sign on our building! Hand made by my husband, Olivia, Victoria, and Jonah.

A little back story..we have a sign at the road, which has been helpful, but there was confusion as to whether our shop was in the barn or our outbuilding. We had wanted a sign for the building, but it was very pricey.  So,  mom  (I)  got  the  great  idea “we  can  make  our  own!!”  So,  we  got  a full  size  copy  of  our  sign  at  our  local  printer  and Olivia  traced  and  they,  painted  it  together!  My  sons,  Chaim,  Gabriel,  and  Samuel hung  it  for  us  this  morning!  So  instead  of  over  $900.00  we  spent  around  $100.00!  Thank  you  family!  So  thankful  that  you  all  shared  your  talents!!!

A couple months ago, a helpful friend suggested a barn quilt, to help people to know what we are doing here..another helpful friend suggested painting our barn..Well…the quilt is made from nylon by Victoria and the barn isn’t painted, again for cost reasons..but it is roofed by my dear husband and boys..my husband paid dearly for this roof as he fell from the back, 3 stories and broke both his feet.  He is mending now thankfully, and so we have a roof, a barn sign, an Ohio centennial sign and a chippy barn :-)…

One step at a time, Thankful.

 

Just a Hello..

We are in some strange times here. I need to keep my political opinions to myself. But I do feel a little cramped.

Mind you I am getting older, just had my 57th birthday and that is only 3 years from 60 for those of you who are like me and can’t believe you are this old!!

The year or number doesn’t really matter.  We are just ourselves right?

Enjoying this beautiful spring weather in Northeastern Ohio.

Enjoying the Thankfulness this pandemic, and all its changes have caused me to reflect on..

Time with my children, don’t take it for granted!

God’s provision for our small businesses through this time.  We are so thankful that we haven’t had to use the government money at this time.  That is amazing!  We did use our stimulus check, but I mean other agencies and services.  With what happened to my husband, my brain has resembled overcooked oatmeal, I couldn’t imagine all the forms I would have had to fill out.

My husband is alive after a fall from a three story barn roof on April 9, 2020 (the day of infamy!)  He actually slid from the third story down and off at ONLY 2 stories..sailed 20 feet from the barn and landed on his feet! Which promptly both broke.

The outcome of that fall could have been very different, extremely thankful for his life being spared.

Yesterday I had two private sewing lessons, and my little 10 year old student was so fun! She talked more than she sewed, it was so cute!!

The riots that are breaking out all over our country are very sad, shameful how we are capable of treating each other, but a bright spot was today at the Ohio BMV we stood in line and just chatted around with all the others waiting for services..one on one we look at each other, we are also equally capable with God’s love to love each other. Share a smile, a laugh, a joke.  All walks of life can be found at a BMV we all bleed the same color, and we all need to follow the rules to drive our cars in Ohio.

Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God, he that loveth not knoweth not God for God IS love …God is love..God is love..if we want to imitate God..let us love.. I could talk about how love isn’t always gushy..but I think I may just say that love does include respect for our neighbor and their property. One last wise truth from God’s Word..

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you..Some know it as the golden rule..But it is originally from our Creator.

Just musing, just full of thankfulness for the light of the sun and the light of the Son..

 

Holiday Sales!

Just wanted to let all know this month we have 3 holiday sales lined up!

Black Friday, or for us..Fabric Friday..all our in stock fabric will be 25% off!

Our hours are extended for Fabric Friday only… 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.!!

Small Business Saturday or Supply Saturday for us 🙂 all supplies and notions, i.e. rulers, thread, cutting tools and mats, patterns… 20% off.

And Cyber Monday or Maker Monday!       all our pre made, hand made items on sale for 15% off!    Note cards, embroidered items, Hand sewn items, and crocheted items! Wonderful!!!

We would love to see you!

Podcast about our shop! Fun!

These girls are our new friends! we met over talking with Maureen about longarm quilting some of my quilt tops.

Her daughter Steph and her husband are piloting a quilting community on line called Quilt Swag, check it out!  And enjoy the interview!

Dress a girl with Hope

This past Tuesday we had the privilege of having a Dress a girl with Hope sew in..Dress a girl is an organization in the United States that serves women and little children mostly girls with dresses and other things that are helpful to them. The dresses are sent to your dress a girl ambassador, usually one per state. The ambassador recieves requests from missionaries stateside that are going back over seas and want to take some dresses to bless little girls..many of these girls have never had a brand new dress! Fun! Wonderful!! The Ohio Ambassador is Michelle Berkes, pronounced Berk – es..

Michelle is very friendly and helpful.  She came Tuesday to give a little talk and show us the ropes of having a sew in.

We made these “kits” that include everything you need but thread for making the dress.Then you just bring your machine and sew up a dress with a little instruction or help from a friend if you need it.  We put a tag from Dress a girl on the dress and it is ready to go to Michelle, who will then forward it to missionaries..She has two requests in right now for 400 dresses each!!!!

The dresses we made were the sundress style, but you can make other dresses, ideas on their site

The girls made snacks for the hard workers!! We had fun making friends and sewing together! Plus I just love to live out the truth that it is more blessed to give than receive…It just kept going through my mind as I was sewing. And when my machine was acting up on me! 🙂

We post our sew ins on our facebook page and if you would like to make a dress one dress is fine! We would be happy to send you a kit, or if you are local, you can come in and pick one up!..We don’t have any on hand we gave them to Michelle, we would just need a couple of days to make one up for you!

Also if you would like to attend a sew in closer to you just consult the Dress a girl site, or Ohio Dress a girl’s facebook page.

Lastly if you would like to attend a sew in and just hang out that is fine! You don’t have to sew, you can just come..there are other things to do besides sew!

We are hoping to do a sew in in January 2020…stay tuned!

Our first quilt class

Just wanted to share our first class, technically Victoria taught a table runner class but this jelly roll race class was our first quilt class!

We had the ladies bring their sewing machines and scissors and their jelly roll..(a.k.a. 2.5 inch wide strips of fabric 44 inches long.)  

Each one was racing  to get a quilt top done.

And everyone save 2 finished their top.  The two ladies that wanted a larger top, ran out of time..Here are some of the ladies finished tops! We are so happy for them!

Aren’t these beautiful???

 

 

We had a good time and we hope to have more fun classes coming up.  We have a list of classes on our website 

 

Grand Opening!!

We have been working at getting acclimated in our new shop.  We have set our Grand opening date for next weekend!

The girls have figured out some make and takes for anyone who would like to do that. And we have door prizes and 2 themed raffle baskets. Both will have sewing goodies and other fun things in their theme!  We will draw winners Monday morning and you can pick up your basket any time after that during business hours!

There will be snacks, water, coffee and tea.

Sign ups for classes.. and 10% off everything in the store..

So bring a friend and come see us! We are looking forward to a fun weekend!

Pomegranate Place at work

Walked around this  morning after  doing  some  book-work  with  Olivia  and  this  is  what  was  happening!

Today our shop is closed..Hmmm… 🙂

Victoria is working on our friend’s wedding dress…bustling…let it be known every time we do this type of alteration we say…we are Not doing this again…Hmmm.

Olivia is doing books with me…mind you..Daddy’s books, Sewing books, and family books…

Kezia is taking care of our on line fabric sales..getting them ready to ship.. so thankful for our Etsy shop and the orders from our Etsy friends..

And here I am, I thought I was going to get out of this post, but the girls took a picture of my sleepy self being up since 3:30 this morning. We took some of our roosters to a farmer today and were there bright and early! I love farmers! They understand my time clock, early to bed, early to rise! Now 3:30 is terribly early, but 5:00 or 5:30 is nice..

So just a peek into what we do on the days the shop is closed!! 🙂 I am also so thankful for these young women who are happy to work with us in all our endeavors..They are such a blessing from God! May He bless them for their servant hearts!!

First days of brick and mortar business..

We had some good first days of our store being open.

We met new people, some from nearby and others from farther away.

Supportive friends stopped in for a visit..and even an opening gift! Sew sweet!

We had technical difficulties from our card reader. But we got some internet help and hope that is fixed!

We will be open again this Friday, Saturday, and Monday.. Having our Christmas in July Sale!

We have a google business page with our hours… Look up Pomegranate Place Ltd. ….it feels more and more real each day.

Still stocking our shelves and working out kinks before our grand opening..

Date to be announced!

A little sneak peak of our shop!
I am so thankful to my Father for this miracle!

Come in and see us! We would love to chat a little!

Opening our door tomorrow

We have been working all week to set up our quilt shop. It is an undertaking. Selling on line doesn’t require pricing on each bolt of fabric since we always have the price in our online listing… Wow, we have been pricing for 3 days!

So, we are taking the plunge. Tomorrow we will open at 10:00 a.m. and be open until 4:30 p.m.

We haven’t cleared our sign with zoning yet, so just look for the white building with a brick front and a pink door! 🙂

We have fabric, pre-cuts, some wool pieces, quilts, and children’s clothing pieces to start…modest beginning.

We will also be open Saturday 10:00 to 3:00 and Mondays  10:00-4:30!