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Happy May Day, Mother's Day and other May greetings. Do you ever have a couple of weeks where you think perhaps you should have never left the bed? It started out with replacing the disk drives in two of my computers, then I had two of the planters in front of the store stolen (kind of compliment but really a bummer). Next was the final demise of our 20 year fridge at home (which had a water leak and now we're dealing with the mold problem it caused) to be follwed by a fender bender my husband was in the morning the fridge was taken away. We now understand what the crumple zone is for - he's fine but the car needs quite a bit of work. Fortunately I had several needlework projects and copious amounts of tea to help me de-stress. Although I'm thinking I might need a lot more chocolate before it all gets resolved...Or perhaps I need to spend more time fondling my silk threads (I've already been saying many thanks that he wasn't hurt)! |
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May Events
Laura will be at the shop for a Meet-n-Greet on Saturday, May 16th from 1-4pm. There is no charge for this, just come, meet Laura and check our her amazing designs! If you've stitched one of her pieces and want to show it off, bring it with you. Don't forget we are continuing our late Tuesday hours through the end of May so if you have one evening we're open until 8pm. More time to shop or to come stitch for a bit. And we have free Wi-Fi for when you or your non-stitcher companion need to use it. |
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Weekly SpecialOur current Weekly Special is Zweigart Pastel Linen which is 50% off with a mininum purchase of a quarter yard. We purchased some of this linen from Zweigart at a special price and are enhancing the already great price of $16/yd with the additional savings.The Pastel Linen Weekly Special will be good through May 17th. The Sales page contains an item you can add to your shopping cart if you are ordering on-line that will include a note about that particular Weekly Special. Be sure to mention it when you place your phone order or pay at the register. Remember, Weekly Specials are good on for what we have in-stock and unless otherwise noted, do not earn Rewards points. I update the Sales page, blog and send a Tweet for each Weekly Special. |
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Gumnuts Grab BagsWe have bagged up all our remaining Gumnuts threads and they are now available as Grab Bags. While you can't specify colors we did try to keep color families together in the grab bags so you should get a couple of color families with 2-4 shades in most grab bags. You'll find them on our Sales page along with a way to order them. Or you can give us a call or e-mail us. |
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Maker FaireMaker Faire is where craft, art and technology seem to meet. It's a once a year event held at the San Mateo Fairgrounds and is for those who like things a bit outside of the box. Our trade association TNNA, will be having a booth at the event and wants to feature the traditional needlearts (with a twist) at the event. We're looking for volunteers to help demonstrate cross-stitch during the 2-day event. Maker Faire is on May 30, 31 and they expect between 80,000-100,000 people during the two days. We would like to get 6-8 volunteers each day – May 30, (10am-8pm) and May 31 (10am-5pm) in perhaps two shifts. Each volunteer will receive a free ticket where they can enjoy the Maker Faire for the time they are not volunteering. There is free parking for volunteers. I'm working on a simple project to be stitched on window screening to show those interested at the event, how to cross-stitch and what fun it can be. This won't be a charted design, just a simple free-form cross-stitch piece on a non-traditional "fabric". If you are interested in volunteering for either day please contact me at the shop. It should be a really fun event. |
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What's NewAs usual we have quite a few new things in the shop. Here's a snippet...
Zweigart has re-introduced two colors of 18 count Mono Canvas they discontinued some time ago. Available again are Apricot and Butter Cream. You'll find the Apricot and Butter Cream in our online catalog. Their newest color, released in January is a black and white canvas, with black on the warp and white on the weft. From a distance it looks grey. It works best when the design has been painted on the canvas since reading the canvas to stitch is hard otherwise. But it's certainly a new unique look. Linens by Design, who dye what most people still refer to as Birds of a Feather Linen, have released 40 count linen. It comes in the same colors as the 28, 32 and 36 count linens. You'll find the 40 count BOF linens in our online catalog. Fleur de Paris, who is a needlework distributor has released a new wool thread that many are using as a replacement for DMC's discontinued Medici. Bellalusso is a 100% merino wool thread, about the same thickness as Medici but much, much softer. It comes in quite a few colors and for now we've picked up a few of them (white, black, navy, some greens, etc.). A 45 yard skein is $3.00. |
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Starting Saturday May 16th the Farmer's Market we have on Tuesday expands to Saturday and is relocating to the parking lot near us on Haight. To help with parking on Saturday the management at the Hawthorne Suites at Pacific and Webster (1 block from the shop) is allowing NIAH customers to park there. We're not sure how much of an impact the market will be for parking, but this way we've got the bases covered, especially on those days we have an event or class. The Farmer's Market is open from 9:30am - 1pm Tuesday and Saturday and if you want to do a little market shopping when you visit the shop you can stash your market purchases in our kitchen. Great food and great stitching - what fun! Happy Stitching, Remember our Grab Bag for Food Donations offer - bring in non-perishable food items for donation and get a chart grab bag! |
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For the entire month of May we are featuring a
trunkshow from 
By Gone Stitches -
Quaker Virtures, Quaker Christmas, Each Day
