A very warm welcome to our December 2018 newsletter!
In this issue ...
Just for a change we decided to tell you about new patterns first this month ...
- New Patterns from Nora Corbett and Blackbird Designs
- New Kits from Anchor and Bothy Threads, and Diamond Painting kits from Vervaco
- New stranded cottons from DMC
- Canada postal problems and our Christmas Holidays
- Mike Vickery kits in the Basement
Patterns
Nora Corbett has a new series. The
Intriguing Insects released this month are
Merrily, Merrily We Welcome Spring is based on an antique sampler and has four alphabet sets, house, birds and flower motifs.
(It's out of stock today but we have more coming and they should be in next week.)
Kits
We're pleased to see some
Bothy Threads Winter Collection has a baker's dozen of new kits -
Henry VIII sampler, a lovely
12 Days of Christmas and more dotty and spotty designs from
Hannah Dale of Wrendale Designs. Anne's favourite from the collection is called
Parasols. There's also a new set of long stitch designs from
Rose Swalwell of Derwentwater designs -
Long Stitch Seasons has hedgerow flowers in close-up in a set of four.
On a different tack entirely,
here and if you are interested in any of the diamond painting projects please let us know.
Stranded Cotton
DMC have a released a new stranded cotton called
see her review here.
Other News
If you are in Canada ... we have seen serious delays with post to Canada over the past month or more - on top of the long standing Customs delays in Vancouver. The postal strike has apparently been resolved but there will still be considerable delays because of the backlog. We hope that customers whose packages are already in the system won't have too much longer to wait.
We are having an extended break over the festive season partly because we want to have the chance to be festive ourselves and partly because we have to change the way we label your packages due to new postal requirements (nothing to do with the Br**** thing). This change needs a lot of new software and we want to be sure it's all working properly before we 'go live'. We'll be doing this over the Christmas and New Year period (and enjoying the holidays too!).
Bargains in the Basement
We have put some
Vickery Collection kits in the
Bargain Basement for the month of December, as usual at half previous price. These have some Celtic design and some brightly coloured fun samplers.
And Finally ...
Our title is drawn from the poem
A Christmas Carol by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (US, 1807-1882)
«In December ring
Every day the chimes;
Loud the gleemen sing
In the streets their merry rhymes.
Let us by the fire
Ever higher
Sing them till the night expire!»
Well, we don't see many gleemen singing carols nowadays and it's our loss as it would bring some much-needed feelings of society back to our streets. Maybe in this cynical, commercial age we should remember our rich, warm and vibrant culture - and even bring some of it back to life.
We hope you have the opportunity for family and social gatherings over the Christmas period.
Whether you're in a cold or a hot climate we wish you the very best for the Christmas season!