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A very warm welcome to our July newsletter, the newsletter that nearly wasn't.
We have to apologise for being 'off air' for so long. Our hosting elves did a software 'upgrade' which went horribly wrong and it took us a lot of time and effort to get back to a working website. Over the past week we've been checking that it's all come back and we'll be back on air again next week (from Monday 1st July).
We appreciate your patience.
Next time we'll ask for more senior elves.
This month we have new kits from a newcomer, Abris Arts, and old favourites Bothy and Permin. We've also some new patterns and bead and floss packs.
Kits
They've been busy at the Bothy. Their wine bottle aprons in 22 count hardanger to complement our range of cross stitch wine bottle aprons.
Permin have also released their chosen a few for stock. There are two quirky poster designs from the 1960s by Danish illustrator Ib Antoni which we think are really cute!
New in from Ukrainian company Abris Arts is a The Doll House. We expect this will be as successful as her previous collections.
Bead and Floss Packs
Following a large delivery of Mill Hill beads that have been on order for a while, we've been able to make up more Bella Filipina bead packs with plenty to spare for more packs.
The Bella Filipina charts which are currently out of stock should arrive on Monday. If you've registered to receive a notification, they should appear in your mailbox then.
If you have been waiting for a Mirabilia or Nora Corbett embellishment pack they may now be available. However the Christmas Courier designs which contain Magnifica beads still haven't come.
Happily, one thing that has shown up is the Valdani floss pack for the recent design by Rosewood Manor called Flowers of Quaker.
EU Customers
As well as our technical gremlins EU regulations have been giving us some problems recently. We haven't been able to get a definitive resolution to these yet so we are temporarily suspending the sale of patterns to EU countries. We hope this will be sorted soon!
And Finally
Our title comes from a poem by Tennyson
«Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?»
From The Mermaid by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In the poem the mermaid hopes to marry the king of the mermen and become the object of admiration of all the creatures of the sea.
Whatever you aspire to, we wish you every success and a pleasant and productive July.
We have to apologise for being 'off air' for so long. Our hosting elves did a software 'upgrade' which went horribly wrong and it took us a lot of time and effort to get back to a working website. Over the past week we've been checking that it's all come back and we'll be back on air again next week (from Monday 1st July).
We appreciate your patience.
Next time we'll ask for more senior elves.
This month we have new kits from a newcomer, Abris Arts, and old favourites Bothy and Permin. We've also some new patterns and bead and floss packs.
Kits
They've been busy at the Bothy. Their wine bottle aprons in 22 count hardanger to complement our range of cross stitch wine bottle aprons.
Permin have also released their chosen a few for stock. There are two quirky poster designs from the 1960s by Danish illustrator Ib Antoni which we think are really cute!
New in from Ukrainian company Abris Arts is a The Doll House. We expect this will be as successful as her previous collections.
Bead and Floss Packs
Following a large delivery of Mill Hill beads that have been on order for a while, we've been able to make up more Bella Filipina bead packs with plenty to spare for more packs.
The Bella Filipina charts which are currently out of stock should arrive on Monday. If you've registered to receive a notification, they should appear in your mailbox then.
If you have been waiting for a Mirabilia or Nora Corbett embellishment pack they may now be available. However the Christmas Courier designs which contain Magnifica beads still haven't come.
Happily, one thing that has shown up is the Valdani floss pack for the recent design by Rosewood Manor called Flowers of Quaker.
EU Customers
As well as our technical gremlins EU regulations have been giving us some problems recently. We haven't been able to get a definitive resolution to these yet so we are temporarily suspending the sale of patterns to EU countries. We hope this will be sorted soon!
And Finally
Our title comes from a poem by Tennyson
«Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?»
From The Mermaid by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In the poem the mermaid hopes to marry the king of the mermen and become the object of admiration of all the creatures of the sea.
Whatever you aspire to, we wish you every success and a pleasant and productive July.
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