Monday Muse
Ongoing organization: Last night I was very busy stitching on several projects – and I ran into problems with each one. The first was quite successful – quite a while ago I took on a “commission” from a customer – she had received a...
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Monday Muse
Wow – I can’t believe it’s Monday again already! And not even the next Monday – but the second one – but wait, today is Tuesday. Sigh. Better late than never… I’ve been on an organizing kick lately – unfortunately it is taking a...
Monday Muse
Today’s Muse will be about finishing – to follow on from last week’s UFO topic. Last weekend I finished 2 projects. One was technically not a UFO, since I only started it a few months ago. I sewed the buttons onto a sweater...
Monday Muse
I’ve been thinking about starting a weekly blog post about my thoughts and observations about needlework. I’ve been intending to do this for many months, but haven’t actually started. I’ll talk a little about what I’m currently stitching, what’s new at the shop, what...
New Stock!
We’ve received several shipments this week, including new JBW designs, new quilting strip blocks and several books (and restocked a few Crabapple Hill designs), and restocked Woodland Threads (needle-painted mice) and Q-Snaps and YLI silk ribbons. New books include the new Royal School of...
Class List Brochure and latest print Newsletter
Our Autumn 2012 Class Brochure and paper Newsletter have been sent out both by email and regular mail. If you’ve misplaced yours, or you learned about us too late to receive your copy, I have uploaded them to our Documents folder. Please click on...
A Needle Pulling Thread magazine
After some searching and investigating, we have finally received our Summer 2012 issue of A Needle Pulling Thread magazine! Our previous supplier shut its doors rather suddenly last month, so we have lost a major supplier of books and magazines. I am actively seeking...
Edmar Threads, books, patterns, and more!
The shipment from P & G Enterprises has arrived, and wow, is there a lot of great stuff! Most of the Edmar rayon embroidery threads – Bouclé, Iris, Frost, Ciré, Lola, Nova, and Glory – in most of the colours. It will take weeks...
EAC Seminar 2012
I’m just back from the Embroiderers’ Guild of Canada Seminar 2012, which was held in Victoria, BC, this year. Carol and I were there as a vendor, so unfortunately we did not get to take any classes, but we had a great time anyway!...
