July 9, 2019 Tuesday

The First Day of My New Website

You will find a different look, but in reality much the same website as before:

Home Page, News&Views, For Sale, Gallery, Lessons, For Groups and My Book Shelf.

A week ago I started over again on new software. I had planned to spend all of July and August and then I would move toward the end of August.

Life had different plans: I woke up on July 7 and started work. My computer went all wonky from new downloads and when the dust finally cleared, I could no longer publish my existing website.

Immediately I called Apple and a sweet young thing told me 'sorry, no longer possible.' I won't go into the details, but it is finished.

I moved my domain name, www.GayAnnRogers.com and it now opens this site. From now on, this is the only website I will be able to update: I can no longer do anything with my other sites.

This move at this time was totally unexpected, so my website is barely started. I hope you will stay with me and watch as it grows. Eventually everything will be here.

If you have any suggestions for me, do write to me GayAnnRogers@icloud.com

Sale Details for E-Week, 2020

In Referernce to Shipping

This is an explanation of my shipping policies for E-Week 2020, beginning on October 15, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. California time.

Notes about Kit Limitations

and  Mail Jail during the Pandemic

I am back to doing my own shipping which is wretchedly time consuming. And given the pandemic, even more so.

I will send out the first wave of kits before or by November 19, 2020 .

I will stop then and work on sending the second wave before or on December 19, 2020.

Depending on the status of the post office during Christmas this year, if I need the time, I will extend shipping into time after Christmas and into January. If I need to do this, I will post deadlines for January.

I will try and keep the sale open as long as the number of kits is feasible. It comes down to this: I will try and have kits for everyone who wishes them, but it may take a long time.

If it is too long or I am mired too much in Kit Production Shipping, I will close the sale and say 'enough'.

As long as you are willing to wait, I will try my best.

Shipping: WHERE ARE YOU in the Shipping Queue

If you look at your invoice from PayPal, you will see a time and a date of your order. I will post by time and date approximately when I will ship your order, whether it will be before or on November 19, or before or on December 19.

I will not necessarily ship exactly the order of the quene

Orders paid by personal check and by Drip come later because of the exchanges of invoices and travel time for checks.

It is going to take cooperation on everybody's part to make this work. Please refrain from writing me and asking about your order. I don't blame you at all for this impulse, but every email I have to answer slows down my time for packing and shipping.

There will come a time when I will ask you to write to me if you haven't heard from me. I will post that notice here in News&Views. At that point, please write to me.

Shipping Outside the U.S.

I can't imagine this will be a concern for this sale, since many of these are American Patriotica.

But in case...

I no longer ship packages outside the U.S. but I can help with a couple of solutions.

There is Shipitto.com.

Questions

Please email me any questions:

GayAnnRogers@icloud.com

If you wish to buy designs, you will have three options:

Click on the PayPal Button. Even if you do not have a PayPal account, PayPal will allow you to pay by your credit card. It's very easy.

If you would like to pay by personal check, please email me for an invoice.

If you would like to shop till you drop, on each page click on the button called 'My Finance Program'

A detail from my American Patriot: A Candle in a Window.

October 12, 2020 Monday

I am late this morning! I had a ton of email to answer, and I have learned, if I don't answer it as soon as I find it, I lose track of it and don't find it till way later.

Four days to go and E-Week will be here. I'm in a bit of a rush this morning, so will post Winslows' Heart tomorrow morning. It is America America from my Anthem Hearts.

Yesterday I finished my geometrics and snapped photos of them as it is always telling to see a photo. They are wonderful and sparkly and lively in person, but I can't capture the sparkle in a photo.

You will find this true of my designs in E-Week also. You wouldn't know there was a yard of Kreinik braid in any of the designs. Arlene who is my photo guru tells me it is possible but I need the right lights.

Maybe in the future. For now, no sparkle.

Enjoy the day! Proof

October 11, 2020 Sunday

I have a small amount of work to do; I hope to finish by today and celebrate by also finishing my geometrics. Both may take till the end of tomorrow, but the light at the end of the tunnel is shining in. Whew!

Watch for a surprise tomorrow morning: Winslow stitched America America and sent it to a finisher I heartd about, Sue Parsons. She has it back now and sent me a photo. Can't wait to post it! Thanks, Winslow!

On with the day: I'm sitting here looking at my suite of geometrics and they're SO close to finished. My fingers twitch to pick up my needle.

Incentive to get on with work.

October 10, 2020 Saturday

Newsletters! I hope to send them out this morning.

If by afternoon, you don't receive yours, email me and I will send it to you.

Meanwhile, if you need a tiny bit of entertainment you might visit Queendom Website's Home Page and click on Surprise Windows Practice.

Also a reminder that I have posted the real Surprise Windows so that you can read the hints and the tips about Surprise Window Saturday. It's a week from today.

I am almost finished. As luck would have it I'm having a series of small computer hiccups this morning. If I could say one thing that has dominated my life during the pandemic, it has been computer problems, these days not large ones, just small ones. Sigh...

I'm going to finish work this morning and sew beads on a design this afternoon. Something to look forward to.

October 9, 2020 Friday

This morning on Queendom Website's Home Page:

Surprise Window Practice is here.

Click on either of the SurpriseWindows and you will see how they work AND you will have a peek at a treasure from Carolyn and at the details about my original Patriotic Hearts. I promised to bring them back and so here they are, in Surprise Window #5.

In addition I have posted the real Surprise Windows so that you can read all of the information ahead of time. Mind you, they won't open until October 17, but you can enjoy reading the hints if you wish.

October 8, 2020 Thursday

E-Week is all but finished and those of you who watched Gary's program last night now know who my Patriot is. I'll not say anything more about her -- you will be able to read about her when E-Week opens a week from today.

And know that even after Gary's podcast last night, I held back a couple of secrets so there are a couple of Surprises too.

It is a nice feeling to have all that behind me now. I'm going to let my sale sit and settle for a couple of days, then I'll go back through it and check it all.

On Saturday morning I will post the Surprise Windows so that you can them and read how they work. I will set up a practice window so that newbies can try it all and those of you who aren't new will have a refresher.

And Newsletters: I will send out Newsletters likely on Sunday, after I set up the Surprise Windows.

It's all coming together now and I'm almost finished. Yay!

Enjoy the day! I will for certain.

One more note: My Patriotica Hearts have a new name (to distinquish them from my original Patriotic Heart).

They are now my Anthem Hearts.

October 7, 2020 Wednesday

Gary has emailed me to hook myself up at 4:45 California time and our reveal will start at 5:00. I'll be ready.

I don't have my American Patriot. I haven't seen her since last January when she took up residence with Val Reece. I don't know when I will see her again, I guess when the pandemic is under control and Val and her friends will drive down from Los Angeles to San Diego and bring her home again. I look forward to their company when it is possible again.

A part of the Kit for my American Patriot is an informal Stitchalong Class at Shining Needle Society and Arlene Sheras will be my Teaching Assistant (Reader, as DH would call her). Happily Arlene is stitching diligently and making lists of bits to point out. We decided that Arlene would get a head start, but basically stitch along with the group.

So today belongs to my American Patriot. Soon you will know who she is. Soon you will hear my stories about her. And E-Week will be here in a week.

October 6, 2020 Tuesday

It is the time of year when I have stacks of everything everywhere. Right around E-Week time DH sets up two more tables to hold kits and patterns and all around me are the trappings of E-Week.

A week to go and it will be E-Week Eve.

Today? Some organization, a couple of computer issues, and cutting canvas, but I should end up with time to stitch. Kick back and stitch.

Tomorrow? I meet up with Gary Parr and if you tune in, you will know who my American Patriot is.

Then for a couple of days I will let the sale sit before I go back through and tweak it.

When I was in college I was the queen of last minute everything, I stayed up all night to finish papers, I never started aything before I had to. In the last semester of my senior year, when I handed my senior thesis to my adviser, a light bulb went off:  I could have done so much a better job if I had started earlier and had some time to reflect on my work. Duh. It took me four years to figure that out, and I have never been a good last-minute person since.

October 5, 2020 Monday

After today, 9 days to go. 2 days till I join Gary Parr to reveal my American Patriot. Time is passing so quickly!

I am busy, but happy to report that everything is more or less under control, and happily I will be ready in time to open E-Week 2020 at 8:00 a.m. California time on Thursday, October 15.

Good news indeed!

I keep glancing around hoping for a little stitching time. Maybe. I have some computer issues to solve and some corrections to make and then maybe.

Maybe indeed.

Enjoy Monday as we head into the fall, and try to find a little stitching time.

October 4, 2020 Sunday

A very productive day yesterday!

Do you remember that I promised last year a new Geometric for my Downton Abbey Series, to celebrate the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith)? I finished correcting the master yesterday and I also took photos, wrote about it and posted it all in one of my Surprise Windows. Yes, for fans of E-Week's Surprise Windows, you will find the pattern on Saturday morning, October 17. I will start opening Surprise Windows at 8:00 a.m. California Time.

So what is it like? I told you where you will find it, I will keep secret for a while longer what it looks like. After all, a girl has to have some mystery.

I also posted photos of Carolyn's offerings this year and then I began to be excited about E-Week and look forward to it.

Still no stitching time, it's true, but now I'm excited enough about E-Week that I am focused on doing the best I can!

October 3, 2020 Saturday

No stitching this weekend, but I am catching up a bit and am feeling easier about being ready for E-Week on October 15.

For those of you puzzled about Surprise Windows, watch in the next week, I will post some practice windows and they should explain the process for newbies. More about Surprise Windows later on.

I'm still at work on the general sale which will include the return of my four Patriotica Hearts: Amber Waves, Purple Mountains, Sea to Shining Sea and America America.

You can see the four Patritoica Hearts now, if you want to check them out and decide pre-sale by clicking on 'Patriotica Heart Sale' on my yellow navigation bar. You can't buy them yet but you can read about them.

Next week will be exciting for me: I will be on Gary Parr's podcast and will reveal my American Patriot. Meanwhile it is on with webwork and cutting canvas, my chores for the weekend ahead.

I hope some of you will pick up your needles and stitch in my place. Sure wish I could while away a few hours with my needle in my hand.

October 2, 2020 Friday

Yesterday afternoon I divulged a secret: my original two Patriotic Hearts are returning to E-Week, not in the general sale, but in the Surprise Windows on Saturday morning October 17 at 8:00 a.m. They are returning in the company of a new Red, White and Blue Heart.

I am making progress! More work today on the Surprise Windows today.

It's coming together!

Exactly 2 weeks to go.

October 1, 2020 Thursday

I had a late start this morning, I was wrapping up a set of kits for E-Week.

Welcome to October on Queendom Website, traditionally my busiest month of the year.

In 15 days E-Week will open and we will be off and running.

I will do my best this year but I hope you will remember that we are still in the middle of a pandemic and it will take me a long time to ship orders. As long as you are OK with the wait, I will do my best.

I have two decisions left to make about E-Week and today is the day I am making those two decisions. I waffle too much and I've been back and forth, but no more. Today is October 1 and I need to move on. Wish me luck.

Off I go to a sea of webwork, I hope you have a good day and can build in some stitching time. I wish it for myself too, depends on how forthcoming I am with making decisions.  Enjoy the day.