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Tomorrow (March 27th) is our 10th Anniversary here at the shop. I can't believe it's been that long now. I still remember moving into our original space and spending a month unpacking boxes and setting up the store with Ada, Chris and lots of helpers. Then 4 years ago we moved and did that part again (spending 4 days doing the unpacking and setup that time). I've been very blessed with fabulous staff, most especially Ada and Debi. Ada was my shop manager during the years I still worked full-time in high-tech and was only here on the weekends (and late nights). Debi has been here since 1999, first as a staff member and then taking over as shop manager when Ada moved back east. Anne, who owns Gloriana Threads worked for me for quite some time before her own company captured her full attention. Let's see...there's been (in no particular order) Ada, Chris, Katy, Anne, Barbara, Debi, Caroline, Sharon, Joy, Laura G., Laura D., Linda, Phyllis, Rachele, Anastasia, Sherry, Rebecca, Tamara, Cheryl, Mary, Susan, Margaret and Ali. The cast changes from time-to-time but every one of them has played their part in us reaching our 10 year milestone.

A lot has changed over the 10 years. The industry has grown and changed, designers have come and gone, there are a lot more threads and fabrics on the market, and of course how everyone shops a bit different now. About 40% of our business comes from mail order (to over 30 different countries), most of it through our on-line catalog. So for many of you, we've never had the pleasure of meeting you in person and sharing a cup of tea or even talking to you on the phone. While you may not have the fun of visiting the shop in person we hope our little packages bring pleasure to your stitching life. And we hope those of you that visit us in person enjoy our little oasis from the rush of daily life.

Classes

Mike Swan will be doing 2 Embroidery Clinics on April 23 and May 17. It's a great opportunity for Mike to help you with your specific project or get you started on a new one.

Sherry will be teaching Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Temari classes in April and May, as well as her Temari Time clinics. If you've not done a Temari ball before the Beginning class is the place to start as she'll teach you how to create the ball (it uses Rice hulls) in addition to the basic wrapping. The Intermediate and Advanced classes require that you have a wrapped ball to do your decorative wrapping in class.

We are also planning to have June McKnight come teach a Bargello class in the next couple of months and we'll let you know when we've settled on a date with her.

Visit our Classes page to sign up for any of these classes.

News

Be sure to check out our What's New Blog!

We have a handful left of our March shipment of the Just Nan limited edition kits Barnabee's Bride. We will be getting another shipment in June. You can sign up for either date as long as we still have room on the list. You can order it through our on-line catalog. We have sold out of last year's Lady Scarlet's Secret Garden as well as our allotment of the soon-to-be-released Over The Top tins.

Blackbird Designs - We have finally become part of the Blackbird Loose Feathers Club and have the first chart for 2008 - there will be 6 in all. I've not had time to add this to the on-line catalog but should be doing that next week some time. If you're interested in signing up for the 2008 series, just give us a call or drop us an e-mail. A short write up on the series can be found here.

"Egg"cellent Anniversary Sale

We will be holding our annual "Egg"cellent Anniversary sale Thursday - Sunday this week. We put discounts in plastic Easter Eggs and you pick an egg when you check out. Inside will be your discount - from 10% to 30% off fabric and threads. All other regularly priced merchandise will earn double rewards points! The sale is limited to in-stock items only and excludes items already on hold. Double rewards points will be earned for in-stock items that we normally give points on.

Mail order customers will have an egg drawn for you when we pull your order and that will be the discount for appropriate items from that order. Orders placed between March 27th and March 30th will have an "Egg"cellent egg pulled for them. The discount will be applied when we ship the order so it will not show up in your shopping cart. Stop by and visit us during the sale, either in person or on-line.

Whether you are a customer we see regularly in the store, talk to on the phone or only visit via the on-line world, we very much appreciate your business and look forward to another 10 years after this (and perhaps even longer)!

I do plan to have a party before summer begins so if you're in the SF Bay Area, stay tuned for a party date and hopefully you can come party with us!

Happy Stitching

Cathe
...and the current cast of: Debi, Caroline, Mary, Ali, Cheryl, Sherry, Susan and Margaret

510-522-0404 * 877-HAYSTAC * 877-429-7822

Shop Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm, Sun 1pm - 4pm
Monday By Appointment

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