Whew! What a month May was! As we move into the month of June and the beginning of summer, don't forget your SUNSCREEN as you spend time in the beautiful outdoors! :) On the other hand, when that sun outside is blazing HOT, what better activity than to hunker down in your sewing studio or stitching chair and work on a project in the cool air conditioning? Or what about all of those kids' summer activities that we get to enjoy? I know I have time on my hands every time I take them to dance practice, baseball practice, music lessons, etc. Stitching is a GREAT take-along project! :)
Some of you have been asking about our magazines and I'd like to take just a brief minute to explain to you how they work. Currently, we carry Australian Homespun and Australian Country Threads. They are bulk shipped to our distributor in Canada ~ and then repackaged and sent here in the USA in the amount we've ordered. Sometimes, since we are dealing with two international shipments, things get delayed. From the manufacturer, in customs, from our distributor. These are all things outside of our control. A good example is our most recent shipment of Country Threads: one box arrived with one issue on Friday and a larger box with TWO issues arrived on Monday. All of the newest three issues of the magazine at one time. I don't like it when it happens that way ~ but it is a fact of our distribution system. :) We also received three boxes of new stock this week and we are trying to get everything checked in, pre-orders sent out and the website updated as quickly as we can. For those of you waiting on Australian Homespun Vol 10 No 4 ~ our distributor assures us we'll get our order ~ but maybe not before we receive Australian Homespun Vol 10 No 5. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens! :)
One last little "bookkeeping" item:
WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM MONDAY, JUNE 8th THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 21st. We will be vending at the Minnesota Quilter's Show in Duluth, Minnesota (show dates are Wednesday, June 10th through Saturday, June 13th). The girls and I are taking a much needed mini-vacation (girls only! LOL) and spending a few days in beautiful Duluth (home of Karen McTavish, the *amazing* long-armer) following the show. :)
Any orders placed and paid for between now and Sunday, June 7th at 5pm will ship out on Monday morning. As usual, we will make every attempt to answer emails while we're gone but there are no guarantees when we're on the road. :) Otherwise, we'll see you back here (with more new things by then, I would guess) on Monday, June 22nd!
NOW...onto the FUN stuff! Here are our newest arrivals:
Australian Country Threads Vol 9 No 5
Meet Stella Whittingham of Dolls on Parade Enjoy designs from: Therese Hylton of Patchwork Pumpkin Australian Country Threads Vol 9 No 6 ~ Patchwork Edition Featuring 10 Exciting Projects! Meet Kirsten Edwards of The Gift of Stitching Enjoy designs from: Katrina Hadjimichael Australian Country Threads Vol 9 No 7Featuring 10 Projects to Inspire!
Gail Pan of Gail Pan Designs
Jenelle Kent of Pieces to Treasure
Sharni Crossett of The Shabby Rose Collection
Tracy Wilson of Prim in Oz Designs
Stella Whittingham of Dolls on Parade
Linda Haigh of The Patchwork Cow
Leanne Siegert of Farm Gate Cottage
Cheryl Billing-Smith
Gail Pan of Gail Pan Designs
Leanne Siegert of Farm Gate Cottage
Carol Hughes of Molly Dooks Cottage
Judy Gray of Rose Patchwork
Kirsten Edwards of The Gift of Stitching
Ruth Buchanan
Karyn Herbert of Butterfly Quilts
Julie McKenzie of Material Possessions
Annalisa Contos of Busy Thimbles
Featuring 12 Inspiring Projects!
Meet Sharni Crossett of The Shabby Rose Collection
Enjoy designs from:
Gail Pan of Gail Pan Designs
Anne Nadge
Sally Giblin of The Rivendale Collection
Jacky Ayres
Sarah & Elizabeth of The Farm Studio
Sharni Crossett of The Shabby Rose Collection
Natalie Bird of The Birdhouse
Janet Rowe of Wildcraft Farm
Sonya Cormaux-Jones of Giggle Buttons
DMC
Elaine Ainsley
From Janet Rowe of Wildcraft Farm: Enjoy creating Janet's Made With Love Block-of-the-Month! Purchase all 15 patterns at once for $165 plus shipping or purchase on our monthly plan for only a $10 sign-up fee and $16 per month ppd for 13 months in the USA. Additional shipping charges may apply for our international customers. Check out a few of the gorgeous close-up block pictures below:
Also new this month from Janet at Wildcraft Farm:
Quilts are Pieces of Love Stitched Together Quilt Card
This is another of Janet's gorgeous patterns from her Quilt Card series.
For only $14, you get the pattern to make this lovely mini-quilt and a gorgeous card you can give as a gift! Be sure and check out Janet's other Quilt Cards that we carry!
Janet's new, smaller cards called "A Card Full of Stitchings" are cute as a button, too! Tea of Friendship is $10 plus shipping and includes the pattern
for the stitchery plus a cute gift card!
Another Card Full of Stitchings called Flutter By Butterfly!
$10 plus shipping
From Lynette Anderson Designs:
Lynette's newest gorgeous Block of the Month, Crazy Christmas,
features blocks that combine stitchery and applique surrounded by crazy patch. Each month, for 12 months, you get to stitch a crazy block and make a plain crazy block.
Purchase the entire set of 12 patterns for $192 OR purchase through our monthly plan! There is a one-time $10 sign-up fee and then each month's pattern is only $19 postage paid in the USA. International shipping will be slightly higher.
From Natalie Ross In Stitches:
Natalie's newest bag pattern, I See Stars, is a hoot! Keep stitching until you see stars...
$14 plus shipping
Cupcakes are all of the rave right now! Your kitchen will be adorable with this new set of Cupcake Cuties: Make a matching apron, oven mitt and trivet!
$14 plus shipping
Ahhh..the romance of Paris. Natalie captures it perfectly in this two bag set!
From Paris With Love is $14 plus shipping.
Lighten up your purse wardrobe this year with A Pocket Full of Sunshine Bag!
$14 plus shipping
From Melly & Me:
Clucky and her chicks are adorable!
$14 plus shipping
Claudine is the newest to join Melly & Me's fun softie line! Read Claudine and Clucky's story on Melly and Me's blog!
$14 plus shipping
Celebrate the holidays with this cute pair! "Merry" is sure to make your holiday season bright!
$14 plus shipping
From The Janelle Wind Collection:
"Flowers for Daisy Mae" includes the patterns for both this adorable bag and needlecase!
$14 plus shipping
Make up one (or more!) of these great 18" x 12" "Market Day" bags and "go green"!
$14 plus shipping
My girls have decided that this is one of their favorite new bag patterns!
$14 plus shipping
Janelle's newest quilt pattern, Candy Girl, is sure to please that girl in your life! 52" x 66 1/2" finished size
$14 plus shipping
From Gail Pan Designs:
Busy Little Christmas Elves is Gail's newest pattern! Because we are not doing kits with fabric at this time, this BOM will only be available as a single pattern. $50 plus shipping
From Cinderberry Stitches:
Natalie's adorable new Block-of-the-Month, Tail Feathers, is here! Purchase all 10 patterns at once for $130 plus shipping or purchase on our monthly plan for only a $10 sign-up fee and $16 per month ppd for 10 months in the USA. Additional shipping charges may apply for our international customers.
That's all that's new for now! If you're coming to the Minnesota Quilter's Show in Duluth next week, be sure and stop by to say HI and experience all of our gorgeous patterns in person!
Treasure Every Stitch ~
Shannon
