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July 24Santa's Great Book An Oldie-but-Goodie arrived back in the shop this week... an old (1996) --
but freshly printed -- 144-page softcover book stuffed full of 40 different
Santa designs previously published by Leisure Arts PRIOR to 1996! The
finishing options are a little dated, but the designs are timeless. You've
got Olde Worlde Santas, whimsical, stockings, samplers, and scenes all
stuffed into one book. Quite a bit in here, some of these old designs are
just the best! All charted for DMC flosses. Christmas Collection Another of Leisure Art's classic Oldies Books... I LOVE these vintage-inspired designs that are so hard to find anymore. This leaflet contains 6 awesome designs (stitched on 14 or 28ct, that are pairs. Finishing approx 3 x 6, 4 x 7 and 5 x 8, each pair has a FEATURED 9 x 12 paper mat that is included in the book, so you can use it in your framing process. See the holly berries on the two cover designs? THAT paper is included IN THIS BOOK for your finishing. Very well done, very traditional, all are coded for DMC floss. Absolutely charming designs! | ||||
 October Witch Hats!from Sam Sarah This month's Baubles design by Sam Sarah is so cute! A tiny 9-patch of witches' hats, each one has a different band pattern, but all the orange, purple and green colors make your eyes dance around the piece. Offered as a single chart, the fabric this is stitched on comes with those white lines already woven through it. Counting is a breeze, and since each block is only a bit over an inch in size... you feel instant gratification with each hat you finish! October is just one month of the year in Baubles... we have all the previous designs available. They are all fun, colorful, stitched with overdyeds and garnished with a bunch of cute clay buttons. Our Mona has been finishing these TWO months at a time, into stand-up cubes. This month's shares a cube with September... I think we have a pic of our January/February piece for you! Offered as the chart with clay... fabric, too... there's still time to join the auto-ship so you don't miss November and December! | ||||
 July 22Reading from Little House Needleworks and Crescent Colours The second in this tiny 4-part set of designs called The Little Women series is here. Six different shades of Crescent Colours flosses are included with the chart , so all you'll need is a bit of
fabric. Joining 'Quilting'... this is an on-going set of 'hobbies
and loves!' Finishes approx 5 x 5 on 32ct. | ||||
 All in a Moonfrom Sharon Crescent We present a fun Halloween design by Sharon Crescent... the gal who has been dying your Crescent Colours flosses and Belle Soie Silks for several years! Her funky moon is stitched on a bright green hand-dyed linen in 5 of her Crescent Colours threads... Queen Bee, Blackbird, Bean Sprout, Pansy Purple and Colonial Copper. 5 Strong colors, the package also contains a few clay star buttons and a little spider. Finishing approx 5 x 5 on 30ct, the entire alphabet is in there, its swirled around in a clockwise direction! Contains chart, 5 complete skeins of hand-dyed floss and 4 clay buttons. I think it'd look good on Weeks linen of Scuppernong, Guacamole, or Chartreuse... an 11 x 11 cut will run you $8.47. | ||||
 Sweet Treats #6 The Cake!from Country Cottage Needleworks and Crescent Colours Country Cottage has finished her set of Sweet Treat deserts... the 6th design arrived to complete this darling piece! You can stitch each desert individually, but the first pattern -- the middle top one -- contains the master border chart to tie them all together. What a fun way to treat yourself to deserts -- with NO calories! Each 'part' contains a chart, a few clay embellishments, and a skein or two of a featured Crescent Colours floss needed for that 'part.' You'll need fabric, and some flosses from your stash. Don't miss her other new design... The Needlework Shop. | ||||
July 21 Vera Bradley Beach Towels... Down from $32 to $20... Just this Morning!!! Perfect News, especially if swimming and water are in your Summer plans! A cross-stitch shop doesn't usually sell towels, but we do have the luscious terry towels by Vera Bradley that match all our totes and bags. Absolutely TOP quality towels ( I own several!), they do not bleed, shrivel or fade in the laundery, they don't 'fuzz' all over everything, and really hold their shape and color! My linen closet is a colorful place because of my Vera Towels! Vera Bradley has announced Special Summer Pricing on them, beginning today -- July 21. Just wanted you to know! | ||||
 July 19Backgrounds -- The CD! Brought to you by the gals who've done the Stitches CD set of stitch diagrams, Ruth Schmuff and Janice McGuire has compiled a WHOPPING 481 repeat patterns to use as background options for both linen and canvas work! Mac/PC compatible, it uses Adobe Acrobat Reader, and opens to offer you printable pages of each pattern. Not lots of 'wording' to bog you down... this is *Down and Dirty Stitching Meat!* So much more portable than a big, fat, heavy book... the patterns are wonderful when you need just a little something extra in the way of interest or texture for a particular area of stitching. Even though the title suggests only Backgrounds... the stitches are applicable anywhere! Fresh and new, introduced at the 2008 Summer Trade Show! | ||||
July 182009's Keepsake Calendar from Cross-Stitch & Needleworks 13 months of charts to celebrate the months of 2009... Craftways brings us
their annual wall calendar full of all of next year's important dates...
but better yet... fun cross stitch charts for each month's pic! The two December designs by Donna Vermillion Giampa are just awesome, and the September Schoolhouse scene is just charming! Colored charts, all coded for DMC flosses. Click here to see an example. | ||||
July 17Tea Shop -- The Cut-Thru Peek from Bothy Threads Here is one of three new Cut-Thru designs by Bothy Threads Amanda Loverseed... it has released along with The Gypsy Wagon and Toy Shop. Always super-duper in color, complexity, and quaint charm... you can just keep looking at these pictures and find new little details every time! In this one, the hens are nesting in the thatched roof, the little mice below the tea shop have stolen a frosted cupcake for their afternoon snack, and the little kitty is being fed from the table! Offered as the chart, this finishes approx 15 x 15, and features a bit of green overdyed floss and some thin, plastic sequin flower embellishments. Make sure to see the other two -- just as fun! | ||||
Announcing Magic By Mona's Fall Finishing Frenzy 
Saturday, September 20th, 20089:00 am to 4:00 pm Theme: Fall and Christmas! Mona has outdone herself this season to bring you a Single Whole Day Class *A Crash Course* in learning easy finishing techniques, so you'll be able to turn little stitched gifts into awesome works of art!! You may be worn out by the time you leave us to go home Saturday afternoon... but come December 23rd... you'll be ever so grateful to Ms Mona!!! Basically, upon registration, you'll receive stitching homework (little charts) to stitch and bring to class. You'll spend the day assembling 6 *SIX* things into little Stand-up Cubes, Quick 'n Easy Easel Stand-ups, a Wedge, Padded Picture Frame, Biscornu and Ruffled Ribbon-Edged Ornament. The frosting on the cake is Mona's last presentation of the day -- a demonstration of her 'Ravioli Pillow' technique. You'll leave with 6 FINISHED pieces, a notebook FULL of Mona's instructions (that's so that you can forget all you learned during the day, because you've been laughing, chatting, nibbling a little, pinning and gluing... and still have the back-up notes to use later on!) We have all 6 projects pictured for you... so click the pic for the rest of the details! | ||||
July 15 2008 Ornament Trio from Homespun Elegance Every year, Homespun Elegance brings us ornament designs... one is always a Santa, one always a snowman, and the third is always a house or sampler. Offered as charts, each comes with a small brass embellishment of some sort. This year's set is CHARMING! 'Santa, Please Bring Me' features a scissor charm on the Santa, Rainbow Gallery Wisper threads for his beard and fur trim, and the list he's reading asks for 'linen, floss and TIME TO STITCH!!!' The snowman piece is worked on Weeks hand-dyed Aztec Red 30ct linen, and the 'ABC Noel House' is worked on Weeks 30ct Dolphin. All finish in the neighborhood of 3 x 4-ish, and use some overdyed flosses, as well as DMCs. We have quite a few of the previous year's designs available... I checked my shop stash, and we have some back to 1999! So check out the Homespun Elegance pages and see if you can find some of the rest in these cute sets... they are popular every year! | ||||
Back In Stock!The Buckingham Scissor from WASA of Solingen, Germany. Oh gosh, these are some of my favorite scissors! We'd removed these from our scissor pages last year, because we simply couldn't get them anymore. I kept trying to order them every chance I could get... and HERE they are!!! Very delicate, nice sharp blades and tips, these are so, so pretty... especially to showcase in a stitched needlework case. They feel 'thin' in your hand, but do cut very nicely. NOT for heavy-duty threads or perforated paper... NOT for the kitchen 'junk drawer'... I warn you that these are incredibly attractive to 'casual scissor thieves' who just need them for an instant to cut something out of the paper, or the plastic thingy off a price-tag, or to open the mail! | ||||
 July 14 Amethyst Sewing Collection from Cherished Stitches Cherished Stitches has brought us a 5-piece set of sewing accessories that is charming! Offered as charts... the first is the main Sewing Bag. It is a 5 x 5-ish inch 'box' that is stitched on all four sides. Simple lavender and green stylized floral borders all around, the stitching on this set is a breeze! We DO include Louise's lovely purple Silk Dupioni, silk ribbon, and lavender cotton print fabrics with this chart... so yours will look just like the model pictured, and complete finishing instructions are in
here, too!  Then, the pieces that tuck into your Sewing Box... First is the Scissor Case and Pin Keep Set... both finish in the 3-inch range. Next
are the Needlebook and Biscornu Scissor Fob. A fun set of pieces... we
have only 12 sets of charts, with the finishing fabric, so are bundling all
together to offer as the complete set. (Since I am not a seamstress... I
can't really tell you if there is enough silk in there to line the scissor
case or needlebook, or back the fob or biscornu, but if not, I'm sure
something lovely won't be hard to find!) | ||||
 
July 12Mexican Garden from Queenstown Sampler Designs A true reproduction of an 1860 Mexican Sampler, this was stitched over 3 threads on 45ct in mainly Long-Armed Cross and Backstitch variations. The goal was to create a reversible sampler, so sometimes, you'll be ending threads on the FRONT side! Stitch count is 375 x 128, coded for DMC and silks, offered as a chart. Queen's Garden Sampler Double Running Stitches -- at least 5 miles of them -- decorate this 9-1/2 x 19 inch vertical piece! Queens and Montenegrins scattered in here, too, only 7 colors! (Put your cursor over the designs to help you determine which is which!) | ||||
 The Mermaid Box from Chatelaine Designs Classic Martina Weber, this piece is amazing, complicated, and quite stunning! Offered as the chart -- you get pages and pages -- the main box, shell needle keeper, mermaid scissor keeper, and gold fish scissor fob, along with piece placement on main fabric cut! | ||||
 Where Stitching Leads... from Chessie & Me My heart gladly follows! Chessie & Me's newest sampler design, this has a summer flavor to it, I think, because of the flag and all the stars, the black birds and the beehive. Offered as the chart, this is worked on 30ct Cream Assisi Linen -- which is included in the package. A super-heavy quality fabric, you will be using only ONE strand of floss and Tent Stitches (1/2 of the cross stitch) to get the desired weathered effect on the house. Worked in DMC and overdyed flosses, there are lots of satin and scotch stitches in here -- roof and beeskep. Lazy Daisies form the leaves, and you can make some of them overlap the roof, if you want! There are Smryna and Eyelet stitches scattered throughout, and the flag is worked one over one! Finishing approx 6 x 8, I just love Linda's things, because little Chessie the Cat is always tucked in somewhere, and while you're looking for him, you find all the stitch details! Charming! | ||||
 July 11 Flower Bouquet in Green from Jan Houtman Stitch Count of 465 x 625, that's 29 x 39 on 32ct! 37 Pages of the chart, coded for 22 DMC flosses, all simple cross stitch... everything about this piece is stunning! | ||||
 Strawberry Pin Keep from Dames of the Needle Weeks Wool appliqued onto 32ct Lambswool Linen, and embellished with Mill Hill beads! NO Cross Stitching! Cute, finishes approx 3 inches. | ||||
July 10Flower Patch from Papillon Creations Papillon has released a fun new pattern inspired by patchwork
quilts. Stitch the entire piece, or make little biscornu cushions and fobs
out of the design's various motifs. Charted for 6 colors, you are encouraged to use YOUR choice of colors, but suggestions are provided. Finishing approx 19 x 19 on 28ct, there are lots of special stitched incorporated into this, so there is lots of room for creativity! The corner details and biscornu finishing is included, as well as a separate chart for the little fob. Very pretty! | ||||
 July 9 Into The Night from Shepherd's Bush Just one of the new kits that have just arrived today... Into the Night features a little sheep dressed for the holiday in a green floral cape! He's visiting a little graveyard that is actually full of happy pumpkins, striped and swirled squashes, a few bats, a lovely wrought iron fence, and another little sheep hiding behind a crooked tombstone! Offered as a kit, this is stitched on 32ct hand-dyed clay linen, and finishes approx 3 x 9-1/2. It's stitched in LUSCIOUS shades of Gloriana, Belle Soie and Thread Gatherer's hand-dyed silks. Pumpkin-y and mossy, the colors are just awesome! A few special stitches in here, too, Smyrnas, Herringbones, a few Cross variations... just bits here and there for a bit of texture and interest! REAL, real cute! | ||||
July 7Little Stitchies from Bareroots Oh... more darling little felt candlemats... Bareroots brings us these petite patterns for 9 x 9-ish wool mats that are perfect to showcase a votive candle or something small-ish like that. Offered as a line drawing -- these would be perfect for Punch Needle Embroidery -- just as is! To make the candlemats, just cut out the shapes from the pattern, and whip-stitch them onto the background wool. We have tons of 8 x 8 Schnigglet Cuts of Weeks Wools available, a perfect size for all the little pieces in these patterns. These 7 new patterns join our collection -- they are the cutest things! Only the Log Cabin Block design finishes square - all the rest are round. All the wools are available separately, in case you have some in your stash already! | ||||
July 6Christmas Tree from JBW Designs Judy Whitman has released 6 new small card designs... Christmas Tree is just one of them! One summer sailboat, two autumn pumpkin and acorn designs, and three Christmas pieces... this one intrigues me the
most. LOOK at the tree... what you DO NOT SEE in there are the hearts,
trees, reindeer, holly leaves and a bow! I think there are tiny trees and
cardinals in there, too... that *aren't stitched!* Your clues are the star
at the tree's top, and that leaping reindeer -- can you find his shape
hidden in the tree? Offered as a small card, this piece is shown finished onto a Trail Creek Farm Giant Gingham Tree-Shaped pillow. Beautifully sewn, and stuffed FIRMLY -- very plump -- the 10 x 12 pillow is topped with a lavish organza bow. Very nicely done! MAKE SURE to see the rest of Judy's new things! | ||||
July 5Land That I Love & Jumbled Summer from Pine Mountain Designs Pine Mountain Designs has introduced a pillow style that we've loved for years at The Silver Needle! We affectionately call these 'Ravioli Pillows,' because they look like giant pasta -- only in color!!! Overall size measures a nice 12 x 14, several bands of fabric surround your 10ct stitching inset... and an optional 7 x 9 pillow form stuffer 'shoves in there' to plump your pillow to perfection! The first two kits of this new style are featured here... Land That I Love features Faded Glory colors of denim and brick red. Jumbled Summer is full of bright aqua, orange, yellow and crisp white. I like the new style, because your needlework is centered at the puffiest part of the pillow -- showcased for all to see! That flat flange edge treatment gives the illusion of a much larger piece that you have actually created... lots of *bang for your talent!* | ||||
July 3Little Monsters Preemies from Sajou These scissors are named 'Little Monsters' because of the disproportion between the handles and the blades. They were used to garnish antique miniature French sewing kits, which explains why the blades are so short. Offered by Sajou of Paris, they are pricey, but really cute and very unique. Packaged in a small, pink floral box, their finish is a gold that already has an 'aged patina' to it. Measuring approx 1-3/4 inches wide by 2-1/4 inches long, the tiny blades are 5/8 of an inch long, and feature a small tip, that is pointy, but not ultra sharp. Lovely little scissors! | ||||
Vintage French Sewing Postcards from SajouOh my gosh... this is a 5 x 6-1/4 x 2 inch decorated box that holds a collection of heavy, coated card-stock note and postcards -- 90 in all!!! There are some duplicates of the gorgeous antique needle card packages and ads, but most are singles of antique sewing album pages, old photographs of button, tin, scissor and sewing card collections. Spools, tape measures, thimbles, snaps, laces, trims... every card is prettier than the last, and paging through the box is such a treat! Each card features the Sajou brand name on the front in some fashion, and a French copyright on the back... so they are authentic.  Now... you could USE these as stationery, as informational cards to attach to the backs of framed pieces to record fabrics, threads, etc. You could scrapbook with them, you could frame them with needlework tools and such in shadowboxes... you could just frame them as they are! They'd make a wonderful door prize for a stitch group -- remember you have 90 pieces in here... so each card costs only $1.56... a really nice gift for a friend, or meeting attendees... OR... you could just *keep them* and savour... till something strikes your fancy! I just love this kind of stuff... a personal weakness that I'm really happy about! Simply elegant and lovely! | ||||
Mystic Needlework Smalls from The Victoria SamplerThe Victoria Sampler brings us a really fun little set of 'fixtures' for our stitching 'Power Tools!!!' Mystic Needlework Smalls is a 6-piece set consisting of a Stitcher's Pocket, Scissor Fob, Scissor Case, Biscornu and 2 Needlebooks. All inspired by the nautical flavor of Mystic, CT... each piece features lighthouses or tall ships, and repeats motifs from each other. The Biscornu is worked in a beginner-level Hardanger Embroidery, and in reading the instructions, I find that it is made first, THEN the Hardanger top piece is *added on!* Stitched on 28ct Confederate Gray Cashel Linen in an awesome array of exotic silks, ribbons and metallics, the main case folds to a 3 x 5 size, fob is a mere 1 x 1!... scissor case just 2-1/2 x 4, books are bigger at 3 x 5, and the Biscornu an impressive 5 x 5 before finishing! Cute seaside motifs all over, do one part of this, or the whole set! All are offered together in one leaflet, and the accessory pack allows enough thread to stitch EVERYTHING! As always, beautiful stitch diagrams and great instructions! Note: This month's Alphabet Sampler is in, too! | ||||
 July 2 Santa: 2008 Chef Of The Year! ... This month's Secret Needle Night Kit Design by Brooke Nolan Stitching and Finishing by Mona Bost  Doesn't this tray of goodies look enchanting??? Our Santa has been busy in the kitchen, dressed in his red Silk and Wool PJ's and glitzy Fyrewerks apron and hat! 10ct Natural Betsy Ross Linen, lots of Fuzzy Stuff for his beard, cute buttons by Just Another Button Co... and Mona's delightful little Quick 'n Easy Easel finishing... we're all about 'Christmas in July!!!' Our featured recipe makes peppermint meringue kisses... something extra-pretty for the upcoming cookie exchanges! | ||||
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July 1 Vera Bradley's Fall 2008 Classic Collection has arrived! Four new colors and 10 new pieces... we have an amazing display of EVERYTHING!!! Frankly Scarlet is a great new red... Night Owl is a deep navy, Caffe Latte is a brown/black combo and Puccini is a colorful medley of browns, reds and some green. We've updated all our Vera Bradley pages now to describe all of these new delights. Start at our first page, and just meander your way through all of them! The gals in the shop are really liking the new Weekender and the new Morgan handbag. All is available NOW for shipment, or a tantalizing visit into the shop! So many good pieces for needlework organizers... not just pretty handbags! | ||||
 Rococo Strawberry EmeryThis is an exquisite little berry... hand-made by YOU! It comes as a little kit with all the necessary pieces and diagrams (actually very simple and clear!!), and is designed to be sewn by hand. Filed with pure Turkish Emery to clean and sharpen needles, inside the red Rococo fabric is an inner sleeve of cotton twill that stores the emery. Sewn with silk thread and topped with a silvery scroll cap and loop of silk ribbon... the kit ingredients are quite top-notch! The finished berry feels heavy, and so elegant in your hand. All is beautifully packaged in a 2 x 2 x 3 clear plastic box, emery is packaged in a glass vial, so it presents well. | ||||
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Lots of New Lizzie*Kate!  Lizzie Kate has announced the winner of her Crazy Caption Contest she held earlier this Spring! She was looking for fun, original sayings that brought a smile to your face. Thousands of stitchers voted between 10 or 12 of the favorite entries, and 'Normal' was the hands-down favorite!!! It is new along with a fun trio of RETIREMENT designs, two new Fall and Halloween SNIPPETS, and the first two cards in the new CHRISTMAS DOUBLE FLIP series! Lots of cute things... we ran out of space on our Just Arrived Page to showcase them all... so click over to the various pages to see everything! Pay attention to that darling mesh tote bag on the Retirement Crazy pack, and the neat hand-dyed gingham linen on Boo Squared! | ||||
Christmas Double Flips! from Lizzie*Kate 
The first 2 Christmas Flip-Its are here... Cookies, Santa, Holly and
Stockings! Stitch them individually, or as one gigantic decoration banner!Lizzie Kate's Christmas Double Flips are serving as your *Official Notification* that Christmas 2008 is scheduled for December 25th! This is giving you over 6 month's notice... in case you don't have that date reserved as *VERY SPECIAL* on your calendar! Just like LK's Living With Charm set of Flip-It designs... Christmas 2008 is a set of 6 cards that each feature 2 'Thoughts & Things' of the Season... along with a tiny brass charm embellishment. Cheerful reminders of the reasons for the upcoming season! You can stitch each thought or thing individually... or you can save them up, and stitch them into one gigantic celebration of our favorite time of the year! Specifics: Auto-Ship begins with first release of two cards (Holly, Stockings, Cookies, Santa) -- June 30th. (Freebie overall border chart to tie all 12 designs together will be posted after June 30th. We'll make it available here as soon as it is published.) Individual sentiments are worked on Weeks 30ct hand-dyed Straw linen -- 2 x 4-1/2. Entire piece is worked on 32ct Light Mocha Belfast -- 5 x 21-1/2. Fun overdyeds (11 skeins) of Weeks, Gentle Art (1), and solids (2) from DMC... Get all the sentiments, or choose your favorite! Our Auto-Ship program lets you register, then kind of forget about us... while your patterns magically appear in your mailbox every few weeks! | ||||
 Tis the Season from Teresa KogutTeresa Kogut has released 5 new punch needle designs that are really cute! I chose my personal favorite to show here... we highlighted the rest of them on her Designer Page. Look at this plump little Santa! Doesn't he look like he's made from a whiskey barrel??? (or an eggplant, or even an egg???!) I think he's precious, and he's even giving his reindeer a present! All of Teresa's designs come pre-stamped onto the weaver's cloth, and are punched with Weeks Dye Works flosses. Finishing approx 4 x 5, this one will look great finished into a pillow... kind of 'frame it' with fabric to reach a decent pillow size... the colors are great! | ||||
 Patriotic Line Up from The TrilogyThe Trilogy's newest square band sampler is here! Joining quite a fun collection of Line-Ups... you get lots of small bands of the featured subject or holiday. Celebrating the USA this time around, you get fireworks, the flag, an eagle, Uncle Sam himself, and that darling USA train! Stitched on 32ct over two, this finishes approx 5-1/2 inches square. It's embellished with Trilogy's sterling Circle Star Trinket, and is stitched with Weeks and Gentle Art overdyeds. All the Line-Ups sell really well... the shop models are SO cute, especially stitched over one thread -- on ANY count! | ||||
English Garden and EEEK!from Teresa Layman Teresa Layman has released 12 new designs... here are two of my personal favorites!!! *Exquisite* miniature knotted rugs, pendants, or tiny framed artwork, her designs are charming and so full of details, you can't help but be enchanted! NOT cross stitch, these are stitched entirely in French and Colonial Knots with one strand of DMC or overdyed floss, and a tiny, sharp #10 needle. Design outlines come stamped on the fabric, and you 'paint-by-number' with your needle and thread! They look *OVER THE TOP* hard, but honestly, you hold these in a little 5 or 6-inch hoop, filling the smallest areas first, then the background. Knots just fill in the area -- no counting on your part! Lovely as doll house rugs, awesome as little framed things... we have a learning 'Class-in-a-Box' DVD that Teresa has done, that shows you the whole process in less than 20 minutes!Click the pic to see the other 10 new releases!!! | ||||
  Announcing a Trio of Just Cross Stitch Magazine Special Issues for 2008!We have received our July/August Issue of Just Cross Stitch Magazine, and what makes it special is that it is the 'Official Preview Issue' to the 'Annual Ornament Issue!' Included in this regular issue are 8 designs that have companions coming out in the upcoming Main Orn. Issue. Jeannette Douglas, Cathy Jean, Cat's Whiskers, Monsterbubbles, Raise the Roof, Sue Hillis, Blue Ribbon and Country Cottage Needleworks are the contributing artists this time. NEXT... the September/October issue is being TOTALLY devoted to Halloween/AUTUMN!!!!! Nan Caldera of Just Nan has *bugged* them for years to do this... so... you guessed it... Nan has contributed a little design! They really haven't released much more info than this... but I love Halloween, so it's gonna be great! NEXT... comes the Annual Ornament Issue that everyone loves. The 11th Annual release, it always includes 75 freebie ornament charts by lots of great designers! We're sending the Ornament Preview Issue NOW and taking reservations for the upcoming two! (I understand that regular subscribers will get the Halloween Issue, but not necessarily the Ornament one.) | ||||
 Snapperbets from Bent CreekOK... here's the next new set of Snapper designs! This one's pretty cool, different from the rest, and is scheduled to run this June till the end of 2008. A 7-part set of designs... part one is already HERE! It's a trifold leaflet thingy, that features a charted and embellished border (brown buttons and black snaps) that will surround a scattering of tiny motifs and
letters of the alphabet! A, B, J and R are featured in this first piece -- you can see them in the pic. Due are 6 more CHARTS... (with a few snap embellishments) -- 1 chart each month -- for the next 6 months. (The first one is the main border; rest of charts won't cost as much... we expect $6.50.) Mike stressed to me that the entire piece IS designed... so they *think* they really can adhere to this 'rigorous' release schedule!!! The piece is stitched on the awesome 30ct Straw hand-dyed linen by Weeks Dye Works, and uses 13 different Weeks, Gentle Art and Crescent Colours overdyed flosses. The border embellishment pack COMES with the first design, and each chart has a few more snaps included inside... so we are pretty excited about this one!!! Finished size is a huge 29 x 7-1/2... so you'll see this baby on the wall! If your 'couch potatoes' are gentle... this would look lovely as a bolster pillow, too. Auto starts NOW! (If you aren't a linen stitcher... 14ct aida will work well for this, too, and actually, 10ct Tula would make this 11 x 43!!!) | ||||
 And a Garden Grew from Rosewood ManorRosewood Manor's Karen Kluba has designed another awesome medley of flora and fauna! A companion of sorts to 'And a Forest Grew' this piece celebrates everything that grows and lives in your garden!!! In paging through the book, I found 12 different little creatures -- birds, bunnies, bugs, even a hedgehog -- all hidden among the pots, urns, and vases of blooming flowers. Finishing an impressive 18 x 18 on 32ct, this is coded for DMC or Anchor floss, and uses crosses, back stitch and a few Algerian Eyelets. Stuffed full of detail, color and charm, the book also offers lots of smaller 'out-takes' from the main design to create pin cushions, fobs, needlebooks, smaller samplers, just all kinds of things. There is so much you can do with a pattern like this... it's just so much fun paging through it! A complete alphabet is also provided to personalize anything you want. The featured verse is from Henry Ward Beecher; 'Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.' So... check that thread stash... you'll need 120 different colors for this one! | ||||
She Tends from Shepherd's BushShepherd's Bush has released a charming pastoral quartet of shepherdess designs... all presented together in one leaflet. 'She Tends, Garden Fair, His Flock, Tender Care.' Each tiny 2-3/4 inch block features part of the verse... each is stitched in overdyeds and includes all the same pretty flowers, tiny sheep and graceful hills. Such pretty pinks, lavenders, moss greens and sunny buttermilks, you're treated to a lovely scene of the shepherd and shepherdess tending their flocks! Each block also features one of Tina and Terry's sterling charms -- a standing lamb, a leaping lamb, and the shepherd and garden girl. Stitch them individually, and then tuck each into the Jill Rensel hand cut and painted mat... it doesn't get any better than this! Offered as the leaflet, fabric (30ct hand-dyed) is offered separately, as well as the charms and overdyeds. | ||||
Sarah Elliott, The Sewing Chest of a Nantucket Sister Sailor from Primitive Traditions  A STUNNING piece... a sewing chest inspired by the diaries of women who went whaling with their husbands in the early 1800's. Called 'Sailing Sisters,' they endured years at sea away from their families accompanying their husbands on the long, arduous voyages of whale hunting around Cape Horn, into the South Pacific, around the Hawaiian Islands, up to Alaska and on to China! Although Sarah Elliott is a fictional lady... her chest is steeped in rich history of the day. Offered charts, Sarah's sewing chest consists of an exquisite harbor scene on the chest top -- you can see the checkerboard water and the tall ship. (Lovely blues, teals, bricks, greys and whitewashed sands...) It speaks of the sailor leaving his home, remembering family 'with a tear.' Next, there is a lining to the interior top of the chest -- 'Forget Me Not.' Each of the four interior sides features stitching -- the two longer sides feature pockets with stitched fronts that hold precious locks of hair or needlework tools. (I think one of our pics shows the pockets very well.) There are coordinating needle pages, a Biscornu pin cushion -- inspired by Sarah's Quaker upbringing -- a scissor fob and case -- all decorated with mermaids and seaside motifs to match the box top. 
All the stitched pieces are assembled either into the accessories or actual
lining and topping pieces for the handpainted 9 x 6 x 5-1/2 matte black
box. Decorated with charming metal loop-rings on the sides, and a faux
lock on the front, the top piece comes off. So you can 'fit' the interior
of the box, and line both the top and underside of the lid. (There is even
a piece of felt included to glue onto the underside of the box!) Notice
the engraved Olde Colonial Brass Ruler -- 6 inches -- included, as well as
the EXQUISITE scrimshaw piece -- A Busk Bookmark -- that is decorated with
a scallop shell, ropes, tall ships, the sun, a mermaid, sea monsters,
Nantucket baskets and a mariner's star. There is so much detail in
here... that even on the scissor pocket piece, the three sailors all have
different haircuts!!! (French Knots and little Straight Stitches!!!) There are finishing instructions throughout... I love the page telling the
story of the piece... you get the placement guide for all the stitched
pieces on the main linen cut, and since everything is stitched in DMC,
Crescent Colours and Sampler Threads... your stash is waiting with the
threads!!! Lots of chart enlargements, great finishing steps and hints...
we are even treated to a bibliography of resource and historical reading
about whaling!!!Package includes the charts and finishing instructions, the hand-painted chest, the scrimshaw piece (the size of a tongue depressor!), the engraved brass ruler, a sterling whale charm, button (an antique circa 1850 bone button!) and felt for the trunk bottom. Available separately is the 1/2 yard cut of Lakeside Linens 36ct Mourning Dove Linen, and any flosses you don't already own.  This piece is simply stunning! I have a hard time
describing its charm! The colors are what you'd expect from a seaside,
distressed and weathered scenario... and together with the antiqued loops
on either side of the trunk... it presents itself as a miniature, historic
picture -- preserved through your needlework -- a glimpse into the past --
a glimpse into the life of another needlewoman. (Although the linen is
listed as a reservation... we expect most of our shipments to arrive within
these first 3 weeks of pattern release.)Note: these have sold like hotcakes, and our first shipment has sold out. We're now taking reservations for early September shipment. | ||||
 The Christmas Needlework Shop and Holiday Carols! from Mill Hill Mill Hill has released the 2008 set of Christmas Button & Bead kits... we've been treated to these for years and years, and this set is one of the BEST! We have two new additions to the 12-pc Christmas Village Series -- Carolers and the Needlework Shop! The four new Carols are stunning!!! Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, Silent Night and Joy to the World are very eye-catching, and so full of bold design element. Wonderful color, the words are plain, each design is full of pretty stitch and bead detail... and I think you could even stitch the middles of each design as individual ornaments! Always offered as complete kits of 14ct perforated paper, the chart, flosses, lots of beads and a Mill Hill hand-made button, each finishes approx 5 x 5. Our shop models will be presented on 28ct linen, like always, so we've chosen fabric colors that match the original paper background colors. You're going to need all of these!!! | ||||
 Presenting the Nutcracker Ballet! from Mill Hill Mill Hill has released a wonderful set of 6 small ornament-sized beaded and stitched decorations for Christmas! Celebrating the Nutcracker Ballet... each 3 x 4-1/2 ornament is stitched on 14ct perforated paper with DMC flosses and Mill Hill beads. Offered as individual kits, we have Uncle Drosselmayer, Clara, The Mouse King, The Nutcracker, Sugar Plum Fairy and The Prince. Stitch just one or two, or all six for your tree.. they'd be kind of fun hanging in the same general area. They don't use any metallic threads, and I personally think there are lots of places that you could add some -- just for fun. See what threads you have in your stash, and get to work! Think about stitching a whole army of Nutcrackers -- you could change uniform colors. Think about stitching the Sugar Plum Fairy for all the little girls in a dance class! This is a timeless set of great little ornaments! Offered as complete kits of chart, perforated paper, flosses, beads and glass Treasure embellishment! | ||||
 Winter Greetings Kits from Mill Hill The third new set of 2008 winter designs to join the Mill Hill line, these tiny words of wisdom will look great on your tree... or pinned to a bulletin board at work... or hanging over a cabinet knob... or as gift tags... greeting cards...or scrapbook decor! Each 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 piece is full of glisteny glass beads, and brilliant color. Offered as complete kits of chart, 14ct perforated paper, all the necessary beads and flosses... there are bells and whatnots embellishing them, too! Very different from Mill Hill's previous Holiday offerings... these are a pleasant addition to our collection! | ||||
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Christmas Eve Couriersfrom Mirabilia May we present a most charming set of Santa's Reindeer??? By Mirabilia's Nora Corbett, this is an exquisite set of 6 charts -- each of one of Santa's devoted reindeer -- dressed and ready for Christmas Eve's Special Deliveries!!! 'On Dasher, On Dancer, On Prancer and Vixen... On Comet, On Cupid, On Donner and Blitzen...' We are missing three of the set -- Comet, Prancer and Rudolph!!! (No, we have no news about future releases!) Anyway, Nora has designed this lovely set of reindeer, that each share the same stitch count, so therefore, the same finished size of approx 5 x 6-1/4 on 32ct. Beautiful DMC colors, each features some Rainbow Gallery Wisper thread -- presumably for deer tails, bits of metallic, and Mill Hill glass beads and treasure embellishments for some extra sparkle! Choose Twilight Blue as your fabric... we have it in several counts. The little reindeer are colorful and charming... very festive! In my minds eye, I see Dasher and Donner as a set, Dancer and Blitzen as a pair -- because of their trees, and Vixen and Cupid together. Of course, you can choose any that you want, and certainly all 6! They are elegant... wouldn't they be pretty pillows on your chairs this year? Offered as charts. Embellishments (the beads and treasures) are offered separately. Just put your cursor over each image to see its name. | ||||
The Mighty Bright Floor LampWell... this is quite the little gem!!! Even before I tell you how great it is... you need to know its incredibly affordable price -- only $105.00!!!! A new floor-standing magnifying lamp, brought to us by the Mighty Bright people... this lamp features 12 teeny-weeny LED lights that surround a 5-inch glass (note glass -- vs plastic) 2X magnifying lens. The lens features a small 5X bi-focal area, for viewing extra-small stuff!!! It is powerful, very lightweight (I bet it isn't even 8 pounds), and so simple! Designed to be plugged into the wall, 6-foot AC power cord included, ***OR run on 3 size D batteries*** it has a flexible gooseneck so you can direct the light anywhere you want it.  It stands a mere 53 inches high, (27 inches is the stick, gooseneck is 18 inches, weighted base), so when you bend the neck, it really stands approx 36 inches high. It weighs almost nothing, so it BEGS to travel with you! It comes in a box that is only 16 x 16 x 5 inches -- so it ships to you as a regular-weight item!! (No oversize-box shipping charges!) If you're enjoying our teeny personal Mighty Bright Lights -- the $5.99 ones, or the $30 clip-on lights, you'll understand the intensity of the LED lights this piece offers! They are astonishing! The LED bulbs never need replacing, either! Next to my incandescent desk lamp, the light from this looks 'purple-ish' to me. It is VERY bright directly in the area that my needlework fabric is... and since the lights are in the lens casing... there is no light glare that will show up on the TV screen across a dark room! Lots of info here... remember the key info; Small and simple; lightweight, battery or wall powered, LED bulbs, 5-inch glass lens. It is smaller than the Daylight floor lamps... so don't expect a huge fixture. It is fabulous, and you'll LOVE it! Definitely a Definite!!!!! (you might want two... because when your family sees it, it's going to 'disappear!') Wow... Late Breaking News from the MB People... The US is sold out! We are getting our last shipment of 12 lights later this week. None will be available again, until 'August-ish', at which point the new retail price will be $105.00! So... We are taking Reservations for Late Summer 2008 delivery! | ||||
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