March, 2024
Happy March. Spring is right around the corner. With our Nashville Market over - over 550 new releases were presented as well as new floss colors from The Gentle Art, Weeks Dye Works, Dinky Dyes, Gloriana Silks, and Classic Colorworks. Now the new is arriving in droves. This year I was not able to attend the market due to my husband's medical issue and felt it was not safe to fly. No matter, I made arrangements with many designers just to ship me the new releases rather than bring them back with me on a plane. So have no fear, we already have some of the flosses and patterns in stock as I write this, and other are on the way.
As I state each and every month nothing has changed on the business front. Yes, we are getting Mill Hill kits, and shipping in piece meal as they arrive. We always had a wonderful stock of all the Button & Bead kits, still do, but many are ordering kits that we too are waiting on - please be patient, all will arrive. They are just taking time to replace the buttons with JAB buttons and a few bead colors that are now discontinued. We receive some back orders each week, just not enough or as many as we would like. We will continue to ship as the kits are received. On the fabric front - Picture This Plus is making progress and is only 8 months behind. Lakeside Linens are still backed up with no end in sight. This is why we have started putting our stock of hand-dyed fabrics in red on each fabric color, and blue of you want to place an order and wait until the fabric arrives. Between dye issues and fabric supply issues this is the reason for all the delays. No one can predict when everything will get back to normal, but we can hope and pray by the end of this year all these issues will be like a bad dream and be gone.
Only time will tell. Everyone's patience is greatly appreciated and as they say - "Patience is a virtue".
Now on to some of the new releases that arrived in February
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EASTER GNOME 2024 is from LES PETITES CROIX DE LUCIE who also released During Winter, Cherish Cupcake, Easter Cupcake,
and Happy Easter Rabbit
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DIVINE BOUQUET is from RONNIE ROWE DESIGNS and
also released Orleans
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WHITE HART is from HERITAGE CRAFTS who also released Little Friends - Chocolate Lab and an Otter; NEW Higgley Piggledies - Pigs Might Fly, Hog & Kisses, Hogwash, and Higgledy PiggledY; and Little Foxes - I love You, and Golden Years - Happy Place
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BLOOM ALL YEAR is from AMY BUECKEN DESIGNS as well as and Summer Smalls, Coffee, and Red, White, and Bloom plus a new
stitch-a-long called Happy Place
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SPRING HARE is from YASMIN'S MADE WITH LOVE as well as Strawberry Seasons, Summer Fish, Strawberry Harvest, Folk Art Trio, Highland Drum, and Koguty - Fraktur Birds
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SPRING CHICKS is by QUAINT ROSE NEEDLEARTS as well Winter Birds, Peppermint Urn, Independence, American Bird, Tetelestal, Carrot Patch Rabbits, and an array of Antique Sampler Reproductions
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100,000 WELCOMES is presented by JOAN ELLIOT DESIGNS plus The Celtic Wheel, Celtic Reflections, Soccer, Fairy of the Wind, Iris Fairy, Miss Bunnys Garden, Spring Has Sprung, and an array of more
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ARTFUL OWLS KITS BY MILL HILL presents SPRING OWLS KIT as well as Winter Owls Kit, Autumn Owls Kit, and Summer Owls Kit
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RAINBOW SQUARE is by NEEDLE DELIGHT ORIGINALS plus Lovestruck, and Christmas Rounds 9
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DUTCH RED FLOWER SAMPLER is by FROM THE HEART NEEDLEART BY WENDY who also Little Dutch Red Flower Sampler,
February Cottage, March Cottage, and Susannah Evans
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ALL IN A ROW is by C. M. DESIGNS as well as Full Sun, and Leaf Love
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HAPPY B-DAY is by LILA'S STUDIO as well as Bee Your Best Self,
and Hetty Person
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TINY MODERNIST presents SPRING RABBIT PILLOWS as well as Alice In Wonderland, We Should Bee Friends, and Tarot or Stitchers 2
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NEW DMC Eco Vista Thread is coming in an array of 60colors -
a 1-ply skein of 16.4 yards. Durable, colorfast, fade and sweat resistant.100% organic non-mulesed wood - 100% natural dyed
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CRAFTY BLUEBONNET released LUCKY CLOVER SPOOL plus New York Spool, South Carolina Spool, Bunny Spool, and Winter Love
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COTTONTAIL CROSS STITCH are from STITCHING WITH THE HOUSEWIVES who also released Welcome Home Spring,
and April Monthly Weigh In
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FOTO DI GRUPPO is from SERENITA DI CAMPAGNA as well as
Easter Egg Hunt, Spring Set Cuscinetti, and Pulccino Pasquale
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BUTTERFLY OF FLOWERS is by ALESSANDRA ADELAIDE who also released Mosaico #3, Eagle Portrait, Damask and Hare. Woman Soul, Erbario #1, Follia Di Primavera, and Majoina & Lemons
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MARCH BARN is presented by ALABELLA'S as well as Spring Bouquet, Mini Motifs Spring, Ollie the Owl, Maggie the Mouse, and more in this series, plus a new Tiny House monthly series
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HEARTSTRING SAMPLERY released FOR THE LOVE OF STITCHING plus Ship for Mary, and Lady Columbia - Americana Mamas 1
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IRIS ORIGINALS released HOME IS WHERE MY CAT IS as well as Home Is Where My Dog Is
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PERFECT KISSES is by THE PROPER STITCH who also
released LOVE STORY
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HEART SMILES is by IMAGINATING who also released Spooky, Ghosties Pumpkin Soup. and My Cottage Kitchen
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FLOWERS SIGN is by SHANNON CHRISTINE DESIGNS who also released Berry Much, Love You a Latte, Love and Chocolate, Cozy Mug, Warm Wishes Mug, Rainbow Band Sampler, and Snow Day Mug
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**LYDIA A PHELPS is from CROSSING CENTURIES who also released HMF 1836, Mary R Williams, Marie K Barton, Sarah Ann Williams,
Jane Mary Crall, and Susanna H Harnish 1835
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GLENDON PLACE presents CARDINALS APPEAR as well as Angel Voices, Elphabet Elegance, and Tulips
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SALTY STITCHER DESIGNS presents SUNFLOWER, as well
as Nautical Snowflake
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** See our THE "NASHVILLE SHOW" tab for all releases
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