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Greetings, If you read the newsletter last week you'll know of my tribulations with all things hardware related recently. I'm still dealing with the aftermath of re-installing XP on to new drives but the car is at the repair place awaiting new parts (hood, bumper, etc.) so things are on the mend. Hopefully we can get the fridge cabinet replaced this next week so the new fridge can get delivered (the joys of mold are not to be mentioned). Thank heaven for tea and stitching time!!! |
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May EventsPlease remember that Laura J. Perin will be at the shop for a Meet-n-Greet this Saturday the 16th from 1-4pm. We hope you'll come, meet Laura and check our her amazing designs! If you've stitched one of her pieces and want to show it off, do bring it with you. If you have chart you'd like her to sign, bring that as well. We'll have some tea and treats for everyone.
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 companions need to use it. |
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Weekly SpecialWe sold out of our Weekly Special this week and it's time for another one. Through May 24th we'll be featuring more fabric (things we'd like to help find a home for outside of the shop). All of our Wichelt Betsy Ross Linen (aka Linen Hardanger), Wichelt Heatherfield, Wichelt Linen Silk and Zweigart Lincoln are on sale for 30% off their normal price. Wichelt has been paring down many of their fabrics so many of these will no longer be available once our inventory is gone. You'll find these fabrics in our on line catalog or you can give us a call to place an order. Minimum purchase is a quarter yard (if we have only a bit of something we'll let you know). 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. You MUST MENTION the Weekly Special 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 still have some of our Gumnuts Grab Bags. 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 FaireWe have a few volunteers for Maker Faire and are looking for a few more. Maker Faire is where craft, art and technology meet, sometimes into really intriguing pieces. Held at the San Mateo Fairgrounds it's 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 May 30 (10am-8pm) and 31 (10am-6pm) and they expect between 80,000-100,000 people during the two days. You can come for all or part of the day. Each volunteer will receive a free ticket where they can enjoy the Maker Faire for the time they are not volunteering and there is free parking for volunteers. You'll be showing interested attendees how to cross-stitch using simple project stitched on window screening. We'd like to show people not familiar with needlework 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 and one I think many of you would enjoy. |
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What's New & UpdatesAs usual we have quite a few new things in the shop. Here's a snippet...
We have had several customers looking for Lavender & Lace Needlepaints and we're unable to get them at the moment. There was apparently some kind of production problem with them and we do not have an ETA for when we will be receiving more of them. If you're looking to do a L&L piece just know you might have to either hunt a bit to find them, or be patient. If you ever wonder why you sometimes wait quite a bit for hand-dyed items please remember that most of the companies who create these lovely pieces are very small. In many cases there is only one dyer and perhaps a staff or 1 or 2 to help with shipping and such. For fabric dyers, most have had trouble getting fabric from Zweigart for the past several months so if they don't have fabric, they can't dye it for us. We think that might improve by fall due to some production changes - at least that's the hope. Be sure to allow plenty of time for your project if you're set on a particular thread or fabric. It's not always a problem getting these items, but just know that planning ahead can be most helpful. |
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Starting this weekend the Farmer's Market expands to Saturday in the parking lot near us on Haight. On Saturdays you can park at the Hawthorne Suites at Pacific and Webster (1 block from the shop). They have kindly extended this offer only to our customers (not all the other businesses). The Farmer's Market runs 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. And come visit Laura J. Perin this Saturday as well for a complete day of great 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 rest of May we are featuring a trunkshow from
Blackbird Designs - 2009
Loose Feathers Club -- The first two designs have been released and we have
them at the shop. If you've not signed up for the 2009 Club you can do so by
calling the shop or
Just Nan's second release in the
Over The Top Tin Club has been shipped. We still have room on our
sign-up list for the 2009 series so if you missed signing up earlier, you can
still do so. Just call us or go to the
