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Events & Reminders
Hours
Tue-Fri 11am
- 5pm
Sat 11am -
4pm
First Sun 12
- 4pm
Sun/Mon -
Closed
Next
Open Sundays
April 8
May 6
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Happy
Easter,
I have the best of
intentions in doing a
monthly newsletter but so
far this year I'm 2 for 4,
so not great odds. March was
a whirlwind with our annual
Nashville Needlework Market
the first weekend. The lead
up to it is always busy,
just trying to get ahead
before I leave town. Then
being gone for 5 days seems
like 5 weeks when I get
back. I did bring back a lot
of goodies including some
new hand-dyed embroidery
fabrics from Fiber on a Whim
and some new colors of
Picture This Plus and Black
Cauldron Dyeworks linens.
For those of you who've
wondered what it's like for
us to visit so many vendor's
rooms in 2.5 days, I created
a 28 minute Nashville
video that I posted to
our YouTube Channel
(youtube.com/NeedleInAHaystack)
for you to watch. There's
also a short interview at
the end with Barb & Alma
of Blackbird Designs on why
they come to the show.
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As this
Sunday is Easter, we will
be doing our Open Sunday
for April on the 8th.
Cymone will be on duty and
I might be here as well.
Come by and enjoy a cup of
tea and some shopping.
News &
New Things
The big
news is - the shop turned
20 this week on Tuesday,
March 27th! There
will be several fun things
throughout the year to
celebrate as I'm calling
this the year of "My
Favorite Things", with the
"my" being me! I'm working
with a few vendors on some
special items we'll offer
during the year and once I
get the first couple of
them ready, I'll announce
them. So stayed tuned for
some fun things!
Other shop news is we are
expanding a little. When
we moved into this space I
had told my landlord that
if the space next to us
ever became available I
wanted be on the list for
it. Well that happened
last week and on our 20th
anniversary we added a 400
square foot space next
door to our lease. A 4'
opening has been cut into
one of the common walls
and we'll be painting and
getting new carpet next
week. Then on the 9th
we're moving all of our
office/cube furniture into
this space, which will be
home to my office,
shipping (Marissa &
Jen) and receiving (Deb
and all of us). Then I'll
turn my attention to
re-arranging the store
space as we'll gain about
300 square feet by moving
the cubes. We're doing so
much shipping these days
that we needed a bit more
room for shipping and
having some extra store
space is good too! We'll
post photos once it's all
done.
 Just Nan's
 Cloverly's
Bunny Bungalow shipped
to us today. I've been so
busy with everything that
I haven't even had time to
create an order page for
this cute little bunny
until today. The chart
pack is $26.50 and it uses
2 colors of linen for the
cottage and the bunny.
I've not yet added the
fabric to the order page,
but the chart pack is
there as well as the list
of DMC colors and the
fabric colors. You can
make a note in Comments if
you order this weekend and
want the fabric. I will
try to get it updated with
the fabric before the
charts show up on Tuesday!
Lizzie*Kate
is closing and our last
day to order is March
31st. We have ordered
copies of some of the
multi-part projects
they've done since 2015
and we're expecting those
to come in April. If
there's something you
need, let us know ASAP and
we'll add it to the last
order we're submitting
Saturday March 31st. We're
so sad to see them retire.
 Elisabetta
Sforza's monogram
book, A Flower
Alphabet, has been
so popular we're on our
3rd shipment from
Elisabetta in Italy. We
had a bit of a hiccup with
receiving some damaged
boxes (the joys of
international shipping)
but replacements have
arrived. We've still got a
few slots open in this
shipment so if you have
not already ordered one,
you can do so by ordering
online or
calling us at the shop.
Be sure
to check out our YouTube
channel where
you'll find videos on
Elisabetta's new book,
examples of dyelot
differences, a needle
threader how-to, etc. I
have plans for a lot of
how-to videos so perhaps
by late April I'll have to
get back to doing them on
a regular basis.
Happy
Stitching!
Cathe
...and
Jennifer, Debi, Cymone,
Marissa
cathe@needlestack.com
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