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Stitching Greetings!

We had a great time at the SF Giants game last week. There were about 1,000 stitchers enjoying the game, many of whom were stitching and knitting during the game - even with the usual cold temperatures.

If you missed the Giants game, don't forget we have the Oakland A's game coming up in September (Sunday September 14th) at the Coliseum vs. the Texas Rangers (1:05pm). Tickets are $24/person and we're taking sign-ups, we'll purchase the tickets when we have a total for the order.

This will be a short newsletter so I can be sure you to remind you all about Giulia's visit this week (see below). I plan to do another one later this week with new items.

Giulia Punti Antichi Visit - Wed. July 30th

We're really excited that Giulia of Giulia Punti Antichi Designs will be visiting the shop this Wednesday. Giulia is visiting the states this month from Italy and will be out in California for a bit. We're expecting her around noon and she'll be here for a couple of hours. Come by and visit with Giulia, perhaps get her to sign your charts and enjoy some time with a very lovely designer.

News

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BoINKTracy from Ink Circles has released a very unique multi-part project that's available for free from her website. It's called the Book of Ink Circles - more commonly called BoInk. If you like Celtic designs this is a fabulous piece you should check out. The charts will be released only on her website and you pick the fabric and thread colors. We're looking at setting up a stitch group for the project so those interested can get together and work on it in a group setting. Be sure to check out the Ink Circles website and download your copy today. We have lots of fabric and threads to choose from for this unique piece.

Gilded DragonflyWe have a few of the Just Nan limited edition kits Barnabee's Bride and the Gilded Dragonfly. We have more of the silk threadpacks for the Gilded Dragonfly on order. You can order the kit or the extra dragonfly charms 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 Over The Top tin series.

We are taking pre-orders for the Just Cross-Stitch September/October 2008 issue, which features a new Halloween segment as well as the Christmas Issue which will be out in September. You can pre-order these issues (or any current ones) through our on-line catalog.

Loose Feathers #31Blackbird Designs - We still have a few open slots for the 2008 Loose Feathers Club . Booklets #29 - 31 are out now and there will be 3 more this year. We are doing an auto for this and you can sign-up for the auto either through the on-line catalog or by giving us a call. We also do fabric and thread for the designs as well so you can purchase a silk or cotton thread pack. We'll hand match the silk colors to the cotton ones the design calls for. Signing up will start you with the first booklet (#29) and will continue for all six booklets.

My stitching weekend with my Maffia cohorts was great. The Portland weather was fabulous - I'm not sure how Roz manages to arrange it every year but she does. Jeannine invited us to her Sampler Club where we got to see some amazing pieces her customers were stitching, including several BoInk pieces in progess The weekend was full of fun, great food and a lot of stitching - one entire day of just stitching. We can't wait to do it again next year!

I hope you're finding some time to stitch. I'm still behind on working on the last Rachele's bears but I'd better get cracking since she's due in about a week! I'm hoping to start BoInk soon but that would require me to figure out what I'm going to stitch it on and what threads I'm using. You'd think with all the choices I have at the shop that would be easy but sometimes even I have a hard time deciding what the right choice is :-).

Happy Stitching,

Cathe
...and Debi, Caroline, Lelia, Mary, Ali, Jennifer, Cheryl, Sherry, Susan and Margaret

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