October 2021

Autumn has arrived! The trees are now starting to turn their lovely Autumn colors and the weather is getting cooler. So now is the time to think about your holiday projects. For those of you who live locally and enjoy our finishing services, Donna, our finisher, is going to retire at the end of this year. So we will need any item that you want finished for Christmas before Thanksgiving. I know we will all miss Donna, and wish her well - she has been finishing items for our shop for over 25 years.

        As all of you aware, the supply chain for many products such as getting a new car, perhaps you needed a new large appliance or needed to order furniture, it is taking months to arrive. When Covid first hit, and everything was shut down, so it was understandable, but now the slowdown is due to cargo ships stuck in the ocean. Why am I saying this - well it is hitting our industry. Fabric has been coming into our country by cargo ship, so now hand-dye companies are being impacted with delays in receiving base fabric for them to dye. As of this writing, both Lakeside Linens and Picture This Plus are out of 40 Ct. Linen. Picture This Plus is also out of 32 Ct. Linen and 28 Ct. Lugana. As their fabric runs out, they are just sitting tight waiting for more to arrive. Neither company has any idea when that will happen, so the 6 to 9 months wait could take much, much longer. As we tell everyone, plan ahead or pick a different fabric. Both of these companies are dying 6 days a week, yet cannot seem to get caught up. Once fabric arrives in our shop, we ship the same days unless there are credit card issues where we need to contact the customer. If you decide that you do not want to wait for a fabric or other back ordered item, a simple e-mail or phone call works. Then we can give the item to the next person on the list.

         Regarding shipping - we use USPS as our exclusive shipper. Again, I want to state, once we ship a package, any issues need to be directed to USPS. If a package gets stuck, there is no way we can go to that post office and move it along. Call you local postmaster - they have a way of looking up the package and contacting the location where it is stuck to move it along. Also, you can file a complaint on the

USPS website as well as set up e-mail wit updates daily once they scan your package. So between removing mail boxes and sorting equipment from many locations across our country, the USPS has recently changed how they handle all first class mail and are changing delivery time to 5 days. The reason I am stating this is beau se the holidays are fast approaching, and last year December deliveries were a disaster as they sat in post offices for weeks waiting to be sorted. Again, plan ahead to avoid any disappointment or stuck deliveries. We all need to work together to wether this storm.

Lastly, for those of you who are waiting for patterns from Annie Beez Folk Art - the designer's husband passed recently from Covid. She will be sending in our orders once she handles her affairs. Please keep her family in your prayers. We have had other designers who lost family members as well as had the disease themselves. Please get vaccinated, if not for your self, for others that you care about. Life is too short!

Now on to some of the new releases that arrived this past month:

Butternut House Pinkeep is from STACY NASH PRIMITIVES- also released is Jack-o-Lantern Sewing Pocket & Chatelaine, Boo to You Pinkeep, and First Snowfall Sampler Pinkeep

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From SERENITA DI CAMPAGNA comes these releases - Un Cuore In Fattoria (A Heart on the Farm), as well as Halloween Labels, Giochi D' Autunno ( Autumn Games), and Halloween Life

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Gnome Stregone (Witch Gnome) is by Alessandra Adelaide - also released is Compass, Fiore Della Sopresa, Storm, Gli Angeli Dannon La Coda, Halloween Gallery - Landscape, and Echo of the Mind

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STITCHING WITH THE HOUSEWIVES presents November Calendar Crate, as well as Mrs.. Claus Bakery, and Silent Night

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Happiest Halloween is from THISTLES, also released are 12 Weeks to X-mas, Broom Keeps, The Snowmen Wish You, Give Thanks,

and Cool Wishes

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Tiny Mittens 1 is by FRONY RITTER DESIGNS, other releases include Tiny Mittens 2, Tiny Mittens 3, Bright Book Lover's Santa,

and Rustic Book Lover's Santa

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Christmas Ornament Blue Silver Ball is presented by ARTMISHKA CROSS STITCH, also released was Hydrangea, and Happiness

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2021 Halloween Club 3 is presented by SHANNON CHRISTINE DESIGNS, also released was 2021 Halloween Club 1, and Halloween Club 2, as well as 2021 Christmas Club 1

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  Gatekeeper by LITTLE STITCH GIRL, as well as Simply Sayin' September

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Lady Halloween is from JARDIN PRIVE, other releases include Composition Florals 2 and Composition Florals 3

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NEW MILL HILL BEADED HOLIDAY KITS presents Gingerbread Chalet, Gingerbread Lad, Gingerbread Stocking, Gingerbread Lass, Gingerbread Tree, and Gingerbread Cabin

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PUTINI PUTINI released Sweet Holidays,

Halloween Trio, Halloween Alphabet - E/F,

Do Not Open "Til Christmas, and

When I Think of October, November, and December

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