February 26, 2010 - Part 2 - What's New?
Stitchers! Good news, new products!
I ordered two of the four new colors of Congress cloth. I’ve put pictures of the new colors here but it’s best to tell you in a language we all understand what color they really are in case our screens lie to us! These new colors are called Country Blue, Khaki, Powder Spice and Vintage. Now get out your DMC floss. I’d call them 3839, 371, 3778 and 902. That’s as close as I could match them. I sure wouldn’t call them the names THEY chose but hey! I’m not in the naming business am I? Anyway, I have the blue and khaki in stock but will be happy to order the others for you if you want at least one-half of a yard. I wish I could stock them all but honestly I’ve run out of canvas space in the cupboard! Mike would build me another if I had room for it. No, hanging it from the ceiling is NOT an option for those of you who have suggested this.
Next up, Bello Lusso the 100% Merino Wool has 12 beautiful new colors in. The order I have them in here are pinks 269, 145, blues 234, 229, purples 288, 287, 105, 809 and greens 732, 253, 651 and 650. I’ve ordered 12 of each color so if you want one or more of each new color, just go to our website and order ‘em up!
ThreadworX has new colors that came in too…they are
10401, 10061, 10362, 10340, 11213, 10721, 10242, 11583, 11383, 10131, 10091, 10581
What’s neat about these numbers is that you can go to number 1040 and number 10401 is related colorwise to it. 10362 would be in line after 1036 and 10361. Make sense? It’s a nightmare when you have to change the racks of course! But it looks great hanging together!
Next, Gloriana came out with four more beautiful silks! Colors are 189, 197, 205 and 206 and are right here for your viewing pleasure!
Remember on ANY of these threads always buy enough for your project so you have the same dye lot. I can not stress this enough. Many of us start a project and put it away for months (or years!) and then run out of a thread only to find that we need more and the new dye lot is nothing like what we have. Better to be safe than sorry.
Sudberry has new mini boxes out in four colors – red, whitewash, mahogany and black. These darling boxes would make a great gift for anybody and I’m SURE you have a chart or a canvas in your stash that would be perfect. The design area is 1-3/4” square. Think of an initial of your good friend! What about a miniature masterpiece on Congress cloth or one of the silk gauze miniature count fabrics? We have 40 ct. in stock but can order tinier ones if you like. Just $21.50 for these adorable mini boxes.
Hope that’s enough to keep you going for a while. I have to get back to looking at these new village painted canvases I just got in. Watch for those coming up on my website!
Theresa
Homestead Needle Arts LLC
Grand Blanc, MI
810-694-3040, 888-694-3040
shop@homesteadneedlearts.com
www.homesteadneedlearst.com
blog: www.homesteadneedlearts.blogspot.com
February 26, 2010
You know her! You love her! Now it’s time to…
VOTE FOR STAR!
This is your chance to tell the world what a great dog our shop greeter is. Just push this button here, follow the directions and Star will get a vote towards winning the Bissell contest for the week. VOTING ENDS MIDNIGHT MARCH 4!
You will have to create a Bissell account and login but you can opt out of receiving newsletters from Bissell. If Star wins for the week, she’ll receive a $25 Visa card that we’ll use towards buying her toys and treats! If she wins anything after that, I think we will both faint! Star and I THANK YOU for your support.
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After you receive this newsletter, I’m going to run a program that removes email addresses that have not had their newsletters received by the recipients in the past 2 weeks. That means it will KILL any email addresses it deems non-deliverable. Later today, I will send you another newsletter telling you “WHAT’S NEW IN THE SHOP” this week. If you don’t get that second newsletter, here is how to add yourself back into the newsletter lineup.
THIS WORKS ANY TIME YOU THINK YOU HAVE FALLEN OFF THE EMAIL LIST. That means you can do this ANY time! The system will tell you if you’re on the list or if it added you back in!
Go to our website at www.homesteadneedlearts.com. Pick any page! At the bottom of every page is a box where you can add your email address. Add it and hit return. You will receive a response that either you’re already on the mailing list or that your email address has been added. Please! Help me out by doing this yourself. If your email address changes, simply add your new one. The software runs a program to delete non-deliverable email addresses itself so you don’t have to worry about telling me your old one has disappeared.
Thanks SO MUCH for helping me out with this.
Theresa
Homestead Needle Arts LLC
Grand Blanc, MI
810-694-3040, 888-694-3040
shop@homesteadneedlearts.com
www.homesteadneedlearst.com
blogging: www.homesteadneedlearts.blogspot.com
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The Latest - February 4, 2010
While we wait for the Petei Trunk Show which was a little late in shipping, here are some more NEW items in our doors.
First, I don’t think I showed you the pictures of all the new Rainbow Gallery threads…here they are! Any questions, just email me.
Watercolors – the nineteen new colors are here. Eighteen of them are here as they’re having a problem with the dyeing on one of them. They are shown in the following order:
260 Sticks and Stones
261 Karakum
262 Sandalwood (on back order – not pictured)
263 Salt and Pepper
264 Oyster
265 Quicksilver
266 Smoky Mountains
267 Wisteria
268 Sahara Sunrise
269 Bubblegum
270 Easter Egg
271 Wasabi
272 Mint
273 Blonde
274 Summer Blonde
275 Daffodil
276 Tequila Sunrise
277 Hot Peppers
278 Chianti
If you collect them all, we’d be happy to send them out to you. Watercolors has had a slight increase in price from $3.65 to $3.85. They are still 10 yard skeins, and are as beautiful as ever.
Baroque Silk – I know I’ve told you that I love this silk for its “fat” texture. It’s a 3 strand silk and you use 2 of them on 18 ct. canvas, and all three on 13/14 ct. These new colors are BEAUTIFUL together or ask us for a palette for your newest canvas. Three new colors came out in January and they are:
1048 Visla
1098 Corazon
1238 Just Navy
Need a new pair of snips? These snips were recommended to us by a happy customer and are by Heritage Cutlery. Featuring a lanyard so you can wear them, they luckily also have a rubber tip to encase the blades in while you aren’t using them. Overall length is 5” and these are SHARP so are great for snipping out mistakes or just cutting your threads when stitching.
Julia’s Needleworks – sent us a special canvas on consignment – here for just a month, the Grand Hotel Box…a great view of the Grand Hotel with the American flag flying on the top cupola, the red geraniums dotting the long front porch, lilac bushes in the foreground, two horse-drawn carriages on the front flower-lined drive all to be topped with a lid of lilacs. Oh, if I only had more stitching time! This is a perfect piece to do for a Michigan lover, you included. The Grand Hotel is certainly one of our treasures. How many of you remember when Kitty had stitching getaways at the Grand Hotel? How many of you would like to return there for a getaway? See if you like this box AND let me know your feelings on a Grand Hotel Autumn Getaway. Remember the box is only here for a month so don’t delay!
Maggie just advised that she has her new items up on her website and on Ewe and Eye’s website. Check them out here:
Maggie Co four pages of NEW canvases
Ewe and Eye three pages of NEW canvases
Upcoming Classes –
Canvas Embellishment with Kathy Fenchel
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010.
Deadline for sign up and teaching fee deposit: February 17, 2010.
Teaching Fee: $45 for half day, $75 for full day (half day is 10-1 or 2-5)
Materials Fee: None. Bring your painted canvas, any threads you wish to use, regular stitching supplies, etc. You may wish to purchase suggested threads during the class. You may bring a canvas from your stash or purchase a new one in advance or that day.
Beginner Sampler Class – Have you been wanting to learn needlepoint and have no knowledge other than what a needle is? Or have you learned the tent stitch but want to go beyond that? This Beginner Sampler class is for anybody! Come and learn the easiest way to thread your needle, start your stitching, learn new stitches and have fun. Needlepoint IS fun – let me show you! We run our classes in a relaxed atmosphere with no pressure other than you should enjoy what you’re doing.
Dates: Thursdays, March 18, April 1, April 22, April 29 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. OR
Fridays 11:00 to noon, March 19, April 9, April 16, April 30
Deadline for Sign up and Deposit: February 18, 2010
Teaching Fee: $25.00
Materials Fee: $50.00 SPECIAL PRICING (items retail at $72)! Includes hand painted canvas, threads, stretcher bars, and needles. Student should bring embroidery scissors.
SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY! What? I’ve been here for six years? Whatever shall we do? Usually we have a PARTY on the anniversary date which we’ll proclaim to be SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 this year. As usual I’ll have:
Refreshments,
Hourly door prizes for purchasing customers INCLUDING website customers who place orders on 2/13 from 12:01 a.m. to 3:59 p.m. (you may continue to place orders after 4:00 and obtain sale prices but door prizes will be finished by 4:00 p.m.),
All canvases with any hearts on them will be 20% off (not including Trunk Show)
All floral canvases will be 20% off (not including Trunk Show).
All canvases with ANY pink on it will be 15% off (not including Trunk Show).
All red, pink and white threads, beads and embellishments will be 15% off.
Remember Loyal Canvas Customer key tags are NOT punched for sale canvases. They WILL be punched for all Trunk Show purchases (Petei Designs Trunk Show will be here.)
All pink and red (or with pink or red on it) purses, totes, leather goods etc., will be 15% off.
I hope that sounds like enough FUN for you. If it doesn’t, please consider that chocolate will be readily available!
If there is an awful snowstorm or other unforeseen event, I will announce a MAKE-UP DAY for these fun times and sit at home and eat all the refreshments myself until I have to go buy another pair of jeans.
I hope to see you here celebrating another year with Homestead Needle Arts and thank you for your continued support!
Theresa
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January 23, 2010
Hello Stitchers,
With the New Year, you’ll want to join one of our Thread Clubs…
Thread Color Club…Expand your thread stash and always have the thread you need without an extra trip to the shop. Each month you’ll receive approximately 8 to 10 new vibrant threads in different types in the same color family. You’ll be able to sort and store them any way YOU choose. For example, last year members received Oranges in October, Purples in November and Whites and Creams in December. Who can’t use these colors? The cost is always kept under $35 plus shipping AND this month they’re receiving Periwinkle including one of the NEW Silk Lame’ colors of Periwinkle from Rainbow Gallery’s LATEST. You’ll be excited every time you approach your mailbox!
You can join our Splendor Club and receive 10 beautiful different Splendor silks every month. We’ll send you a sheet so you can keep track of them and their wonderful names. At current prices on silk, that’s just $37.50 a month plus shipping AND in the 12th month, you’ll receive your shipment for FREE plus shipping. Imagine being able to choose from 360 beautiful SILKS for your projects. Start collecting today! Splendor is a wonderful 12 ply silk made by Rainbow Gallery and have 8 yards on cards. The best value in silk today, you WON’T regret joining this club. Don’t think you can collect them all? We just finished our first Splendor Club this past December. Yes you can!
Watercolors Club – Do you love working with threads that change color? The Caron Collection’s Watercolors series is for you. Get six beautiful threads a month at a reasonable cost. These threads are widely used in many charted designs including Debbee’s Designs, From Nancy’s Needle, Needle Delights Originals, Amybear Designs, etc. You’ll have nearly 300 to choose from if you collect them all! Watercolors are only $3.85 each so your monthly cost is only $23.10 plus shipping.
Want to collect Au Ver a Soie silk? Join our Au Ver a Soie Club and collect (10) 5 meter skeins every month for $40 plus shipping. Imagine the shading you can stitch with these skeins. Au Ver a Soie now has over 400 colors! In your twelfth month of membership, you’ll receive a $24 credit towards your cost for that month. Think of all the beautiful ornaments, geometrics, stockings, and family heirlooms YOU can create in silk.
And lastly, our newest favorite for non-plying silk…Vineyard Silks! This exquisite 100% merino silk has become a huge favorite here at Homestead Needle Arts. You’ll love stitching with it and you’ll love the impact it has on your piece. Collect all the colors including the Classic, Shimmer (has a touch of metallic) and Tone on Tone. Our current members are in love with this Club. Just $42.45 plus shipping per month brings you 5 Classic (solid) colors, two Shimmers and one Tone on Tone. This line continues to increase but currently there are over 200 Classic colors. These are the threads being featured in this year’s ANG Mystery Stitch of the Month! Just let me know if you want to join in the fun!
On all Clubs, price increases will be announced to you if we receive notice of increase of thread prices during the year. At that time, you decide if you want to continue.
Okay, that’s enough “clubbing” for now. I have some picture scans to get on so that you can see what was at Market and place all those orders for the latest, greatest. Happy stitching!
Theresa
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