Shopping in Comfort

The Fall Online Needlework Show is now open and we are there!

Here's an opportunity to shop without ever leaving your home.  While this is a wholesale, 'for the trade only' show, stitchers can shop and place orders through their local needlework shops.   The show runs from October 21st through October 26th for the shops.  However, the general viewing page links will close at midnight Sunday October 24th to give shops an opportunity to place their orders. 

Our latest design in the German Sampler Series, The Queen's Garden, is only available at this time through this show.

So put on your jammies, pour a glass of wine, settle into your favorite comfy spot, fire up your laptop and start shopping!

Theresa

Another Welcome!

We loved meeting Sherril Marlow of Stitching Cottage in Beavercreek, OH (near Dayton)when she stopped by the suite in St. Charles to purchase our German Sampler Series designs. Our philosophy is that there can never be too many shops carrying our designs!

Hmmm - we pass through Dayton on our way home tomorrow. Wonder just how far off I70 Stitching Cottage is? Time to download Googlemaps! Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could simply type in 'I70', 'Ohio' and 'needlework shop', and all the nearby shops would be displayed with directions?

Theresa

Curtain

The Fall Needlecraft Show in St. Charles/St. Louis has ended. We packed up the Jeep Cherokee and are about halfway home, spending the night in Zanesville, OH. We arrive back in NYC tomorrow evening.

We are tired, but happy. It's always exciting to visit with other vendors and our customers. Also, since we are first and foremost stitchers, we also love discovering the latest designs and finding new shops to explore ourselves!

We especially had fun laughing and chatting with our shop owner customers. Naming just a very few who stopped by our suite:

Lois of Nedlewerkes in Copperas Cove, TX. Lois told us about the group of German ladies who are stitching our German Sampler Series. We'd love to see pictures!


The ladies from Chris's Collection in Southwick, MA. This is a shop I've spent many a dollar at, even before I became a designer. They were intent on finding new projects for their sampler group. We were happy to provide some suggesitons.


Cathy from Inspired Needle in Lemont, IL gave us the opportunity to try out our new credit card processing. It worked like a charm, thank goodness.


It was a good show and we want to thank all the shops that came, saw and shopped!


Theresa

Welcome!

We are delighted to welcome three new shops as customers:

Gypsy Wools of Boulder, CO is adding cross stitch to her shop. We are pleased that some of our designs are helping this expansion!

Cross Stitch & Crafts from Johnson City, TN stocked up on Sarah Rogers 1803 Sampler.

Two The Point Needlearts from Overland, KS couldn't resist our German Sampler Series.

Should you find yourself near any of these shops, stop in for a little stash enhancement!

Theresa and Cynthia

A Stroll With The Queen

This is our newest design in our German Sampler Series: The Queen's Garden. It features many floral and bird motifs such as carnations, iris, primroses and storks that are reminiscent of what a queen would have in her private garden.


I stitched the model using Pearsall's Silks on Lakeside Linen 32 Ct. Meadow Rue, although conversions to DMC, Soie D'Alger and Needlepoint Silks are provided. The water in the fountain is stitched with the herringbone stitch, but all the rest is cross stitched over two.

We already have the next three designs in this series charted. Our goal is to release them during the next year. While you wait, enjoy stitching your way through The Queen's Garden.


Theresa

Going Public

Our local stitching group, the Metrostitchers, take 'stitching in public' to a new level. Most stitching groups stitch in public at local baseball games, known as 'Stitch & Pitch' events. The Metrostitchers head to the local racetrack!

Crafty Gem, Winner of the 4th Race

Last Sunday the group headed out to Belmont Park Raceway for a day of stitching, horses and betting stash amongst ourselves (a Metrostitcher specialty!). Were we all thrilled when Crafty Gem came from behind to win the 4th Race! No doubt our stitching inspired Crafty Gem's final push to win by a nose!

The racing form (used to record stash bets) and Theresa's stitching

The stitching I brought with me is the next German Sampler Series release: The Queen's Garden. It was the first 'public viewing' of this new design-in-progress, seeming to be the perfect match for a day enjoying the Sport of Queens. I stitched a lot between races, and even expected to finish the model this week.

Unfortunately, I'm now frogging everything that I stitched that day! Somehow I made a huge counting error, compounded by not catching it for several days. Some designs just seem to attract more frogs in the initial stages than others.

Or maybe I was simply paying more attention to the horses and the stash bets than to my stitching?

Theresa