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Perhaps summers were better when Burns wrote the poem whose first line forms our title this month. Or perhaps a poet just sees the world differently!
In this month's issue ...
Bothy Threads new kits
Lavender and Lace stranded cottons
LanArte kits
Vervaco kits
Nora Corbett patterns
Blackbird pattern set
and more from Imaginating and Heritage
Firstly, our website has experienced several technical problems over the summer so please accept our apologies if you have been inconvenienced.
Bothy Threads have introduced lots of Paddington or Needlepaints which were specially commissioned for some of their earlier designs. It has taken some time to collect them all but we now have all those that are in production: 2001 2011. Another set 2101 to 2106 are no longer manufactured but DMC 500 504 can be used in combinations instead.
third 2015 collection which can be viewed on our online catalogues as many of you already know. We're just waiting for them to arrive at the UK supplier and we'll order all the requested kits and a few more. Thank you for your patience.
Following a customer request, we discovered that there is a whole range of Blackbird traditional sampler designs have been very popular since a customer requested one. When we ordered one of their new patterns recently, we found that it was the last in a series of twelve which can shown as a single display, so we now have all twelve in stock - but of course they are still attractive individually!
There's yet another Let's design from Imaginating. Cats Rule Collection by Heritage Crafts. There are also two new 'silhouettes' of sepia scenes from days gone by.
Anne has been trying out and reviewing several smaller kits by various designers. There is a lot to talk about and you can read her reviews in our https://www.scotlandstapestry.com/ for the details.
We snapped the picture at Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran. The 'flowers' are in fact made of wool and other materials. Being summer, it had been raining heavily and you may be able to make out the drips!
On a bank of flowers is a poem by Robert Burns. Perhaps Willie in the poem is Burns himself.
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