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Welcome to our Easter 2018 newsletter
Easter is upon us again with its traffic jams, hot cross buns, chocolate eggs and all the other paraphernalia. We hope you can relax a little while browsing some new offerings from the world of needlecrafting.
In this month's newsletter ...
New Charts, Graphs and Leaflets
Every year in February there is a large cross stitch design fair at Nashville, Tennessee. This year's designs are beginning to filter through with historical samplers being the latest trend. Here are just a few of the new patterns with more arriving every week.
It's taken us several weeks to get the latest Mirabilia Design's lady, but Poison Pixies patterns: Thistle and Castor Bean. All of our first delivery has sold out but we're expecting another next week. There are only two more Letters from Mermaids to go now that W and X have arrived.
There are three new booklets by Blackbird Designs.
Free Pattern to Download
When DMC launched the new floss Coloris, it looked so exciting. However it doesn't work well in most cross stitch patterns so Anne thought she'd try it out in a line drawing. It was drawn by our granddaughter - in pink of course - and Anne used 4502 Camelia with its deep pink shades. Here's a Jobelan fabric pieces are available in fat quarters.
Bargain Basement
Anne found an Art Deco style Tatty Teddy and Tiny Tatty Teddy kits in the Bargain Basement at half price. Some are by Anchor and some by DMC. There are designs for all occasions with the cute grey teddy.
And Finally ...
If Easter means anything, it's rebirth and renewal. Of course, our cousins in the souther hemisphere have to wait six months but the sentiments are just the same!
Our title comes from an 1887 poem on the subject of renewal
See the land, her Easter keeping
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
by Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875, who was a clergyman and social reformer.
We hope you're able to enjoy some time off over the Easter weekend for a little "me-newal". It seems increasingly difficult to take a step to one side in this 24/7 world we've made for ourselves. We hope you manage it.
Happy Easter!
Easter is upon us again with its traffic jams, hot cross buns, chocolate eggs and all the other paraphernalia. We hope you can relax a little while browsing some new offerings from the world of needlecrafting.
In this month's newsletter ...
- New Charts from Nora C, Blackbird Designs and Heartstring Samplery
- New Kits from Janlynn, Coats Anchor, Riolis and Design Works
- Free chart and Bargain Basement offers
New Charts, Graphs and Leaflets
Every year in February there is a large cross stitch design fair at Nashville, Tennessee. This year's designs are beginning to filter through with historical samplers being the latest trend. Here are just a few of the new patterns with more arriving every week.
It's taken us several weeks to get the latest Mirabilia Design's lady, but Poison Pixies patterns: Thistle and Castor Bean. All of our first delivery has sold out but we're expecting another next week. There are only two more Letters from Mermaids to go now that W and X have arrived.
There are three new booklets by Blackbird Designs.
- Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer`s Day has a sampler and pincushions all taken from an antique Adam and Eve Sampler.
- Coffee Bean Sampler, is just out.
Anne has started a new collection of garden bird designs in blackwork and A New Beginning (see main picture). - Coats Anchor haven't produced any new needlecraft products since they closed their UK operation but this month they released some two pretty circular landscape designs each with a bird;
- Design Works cartoon baby penguins.
Free Pattern to Download
When DMC launched the new floss Coloris, it looked so exciting. However it doesn't work well in most cross stitch patterns so Anne thought she'd try it out in a line drawing. It was drawn by our granddaughter - in pink of course - and Anne used 4502 Camelia with its deep pink shades. Here's a Jobelan fabric pieces are available in fat quarters.
Bargain Basement
Anne found an Art Deco style Tatty Teddy and Tiny Tatty Teddy kits in the Bargain Basement at half price. Some are by Anchor and some by DMC. There are designs for all occasions with the cute grey teddy.
And Finally ...
If Easter means anything, it's rebirth and renewal. Of course, our cousins in the souther hemisphere have to wait six months but the sentiments are just the same!
Our title comes from an 1887 poem on the subject of renewal
See the land, her Easter keeping
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
by Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875, who was a clergyman and social reformer.
We hope you're able to enjoy some time off over the Easter weekend for a little "me-newal". It seems increasingly difficult to take a step to one side in this 24/7 world we've made for ourselves. We hope you manage it.
Happy Easter!
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