A warm Spring welcome to the May 2017 newsletter!
There's lots to say this month as many new kits and patterns have been released this Spring.
In this issue ...
- Mickey and Minnie are back - new kits and collections from Vervaco, John Clayton, Permin, Luca-S and Bothy Threads
- New ranges from European makers - Nimue Fee Main (France) and Haandarbejdets Fremme (Denmark)
- Yet more from Nora Corbett and Mirabilia
- Special offer on the new Lanarte collection
- Bargains for early birds
New Kits and Collections
Vervaco's Disney
Mickey Mouse and
Minnie Mouse are back in stock. Disney's
Frozen has also arrived with
Elsa, Anna and
Olaf in cushions and rug format. It's been a few years since we had new
Rose is another lovely lady from
John Clayton's fabulous
Elegance series by
Heritage Crafts. She's wearing a pink evening gown and is standing in front of a white grand piano.
We are delighted to have some unusual and charming fantasy fairies by
cross stitch kits by Haandarbejdets Fremme,
The Danish Handcraft Guild which has been creating counted cross stitch designs and making cross stitch kits for nearly 90 years. The guild was first established in 1928, as a national association for preserving the best of traditional Danish embroidery and for promoting innovations in design, technique and application. Their latest kits, stitched on linen and with Danish Flower Thread, are stylish and refreshingly different.
Permin - also of Denmark! - has a
New in from Luca-S are two very pretty bird and flower pictures and the cutest owl with a patterned breast.
Lanarte`s Second 2017 Collection is now in stock with lots of pretty flowers, teddy bears, ladies and traditional flower design by Marjolein Bastin. These are all
reduced by 15% for the month of May as an introductory offer.
New Charts
Mirabilia Designs' latest pattern
bird kits at half price in our Bargain Basement. But be quick as some were snapped up as soon as they emerged (or should that be hatched?)
And Finally ...
Our title is a proverb that is common to many European countries - we have used the Scottish version. It means "don't stop wearing your winter clothes until the end of May". Some people think that the word 'May' in the proverb refers to the Hawthorn which flowers early in May and therefore that the proverb means at the start of May and not its end. These are people who have not experienced May in Scotland. As with all proverbs ths one has to be taken with a pinch of salt (which we're not going to explain).
We hope your climate allows the casting of at least some of your 'cloots' and your May is happy and productive.