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News of Note:

Shop Hours:

Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat 10-4

Tuesday 10-8p

Save the date! Count Me

Inspired Needlework Re-

treat will be October 7,8,9,

2011

Market Review Tuesday,

August 16 from noon to

9pm

Milady’s Needle Trunk

Show

2

A Schoolgirl’s Work 2

Weeks Dye Works An-

nounces Price Increase

2

Market Preview 3

More Fun Stuff 3

What’s New At The Shop 4

Inside this issue:

Summer_fun [suhm-er fuhn] A period of hot, usually sunny weather_something that provides amusement. Yep, that sums up our summer so far!! It’s been really hot and sunny and having needle-work nearby always provides hours of enjoy-ment. There are so many great new de-signs out there to celebrate the warm weather. Also, many fun project ideas. Take for instance, JabCo’s new-est pincushion. Roll up some wool, tuck it into a cute miniature pail, stick

in some JabCo pins and you have a use-ful stitching acces-sory that will re-mind you of family times at the beach.

Another sum-mertime fa-vorite for many peo-ple are Sun-flowers. The tall, proud stalks are simple reminders of lazy days and roasting the seeds extends

the pleasure. Country Cottage Needleworks has

just released “Sunflowers In Summer” for a breezy, quick stitch.

No matter what your plans en-tail this summer, you will find many fun pro-jects to enjoy for

a free few hours some

afternoon or evening. We hope you will have a friend-filled slice of sum-mer, whether you spend it at home or enjoy a few days out of town. It’s a short season and one we look forward to all year. Make the most of it while it’s still around.

Summertime Memories

August 1, 2011

Baltimore Needlework Market

Baltimore? Yes! Formerly

St. Charles, MO and for-

merly held in September,

the Baltimore location is a

new venue for the counted

thread designers.

Since it‟s not within a rea-

sonable driving distance, we

will be flying into Baltimore

this week to attend the Fall

Needlework event. Starting

slow but quickly building

momentum, this market is

beginning to look like a

great, new location! Many

designers will be attending

and we hope to bring home

wonderful samplers, fabrics,

threads and gadgets.

If you have

seen some-

thing as a preview from

Market and would like to

pre-order, please let us

know!

Join us August 16 at the

shop from noon to 9pm for

the Market review.

“Sunflowers In Summer” by Country Cottage Needleworks

Just Another Button Co’s latest pincushion for Summer, “Shell Seeker”

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ples of twenty-four schoolgirl‟s

needlework, spanning the years

1710 through 1841, are included

in the book. Figures stroll-

ing through gardens, bas-

kets of flowers, huge blos-

soms, houses...all these

and more are depicted.

These are lovely works of art

skillfully stitched by

young girls. What a trib-

ute to the hard work and dedica-

tion of these students.

Blackbird Designs will do-

nate half the profits from the

sale of these books to the

Spencer Museum.

To pre-order your book to-

day, email or call Cathy at

the shop!

Barb and Alma of Black-

bird Designs will be re-

leasing a labor of love at

the upcoming Baltimore

Needlework market. Ti-

tled “A Schoolgirl‟s

Work”, this 104 page

book includes 11 projects

inspired by the historical

samplers of the Spencer

Museum of Art. Exam-

Now at the shop through

early September is a trunk

show of samplers and

smalls from Milady‟s Nee-

dle. Not familiar with Mi-

lady‟s Needle? One look at

the model line-up and you

will want to be! There are

many wonderful

samplers, both

adaptation and

original. Pictured

to the right is

“Winter Is Past”,

an ode to the

flowers and birds

that come with

the warmer

weather.

Quaker Pincushions are

quick-to-stitch elegant

designs that can be

swiftly finished by stuff-

ing lightly and popping

into a wooden pincushion

base.

Adam & Eve fans will love

the small treasure box

which keeps a tiny pair of

scissors and a needle

minder handy.

Christmas gift giving is

made so simple with Yule-

tide Hornbooks. Stitched

with one color floss

or silk on a linen

ground, then

mounted on a

small, wooden

hornbook, this

makes a special

gift for yourself or a friend.

There are many other lovely

models; needle books, scissor

fobs, ruler cases and Christ-

mas ornaments on display in

the shop. Take a few mo-

ments to stop by and see the

elegant designs. They are

truly a source of inspira-

tion!

fect on September 2, 2011,

with the exception of 40

count linen. The linen

increase will be effective

immediately.

The folks at

Weeks Dye Works

do not take these price in-

Affected with price fluctuations

just like other suppliers, Weeks

Dye Works has absorbed price

increases on their end for the last

13 years. However, the time has

come for Weeks to pass along

new pricing for 6-strand embroi-

dery floss and their over-dyed

linens. The increase goes into ef-

creases lightly and have done eve-

rything they could over the years

to keep prices stable.

We join them in their hopes

that you will understand the

decision. Should you have

questions, please feel free to

ask Cathy at the shop.

A Schoolgirl’s Work

Milady’s Needle Trunk Show

Weeks Dye Works Announces Price Increase

Weeks Dye Works overdyed cotton floss

Inspired by the work of young schoolgirls

A new, 104-page book from Blackbird De-

signs

“In The Garden” - a tiny pair of

scissors and Adam & Eve needle

“Yuletide Hornbooks”

“Quaker Pincushions” wooden base is

hand-crafted by Milady‟s Needle

“Winter Is Past” - a beautiful

sampler. Stitch as charted or change

Weeks Dye Works overdyed linen

Lizzie*Kate A

new Tiny

Tidings filled

with 7 de-

signs.

“Coming To

Town” Santa

2011. Fat

Men Flip-It is a

series of 6 different

leaflets, each with

a unique shape and design and a

snowflake button. All six designs will

fit into a wintry puzzle. If you‟d like to

sign up for the auto on the “6 Fat

Men”, just send a quick email to let us

know!

Samplers Revisited Two beautiful new

samplers will be shown at market.

Catharine Parker 1841 is an English

reproduction sam-

pler, 255 x 293,

shown stitched on

36 count fabric.

Emma Richardson

1845 is another

English reproduc-

tion sampler, 156 x

120.

Chessie & Me Those of you that have

stitched Chessie‟s “Pear Row” will be

excited to see the new “Pumpkin

Row”. Stitched as a pillow or

framed, these au-

tumnal pumpkins

will make you

smile. Next is

“Breath of Au-

tumn”. Similar in

style to “The

Mighty Oak Sam-

pler”, Fall season

lovers will want

this sampler. And

lastly, so

“Chessie”, the “All

Hallow‟s Eve” hornbook shows a

pumpkin patch

and crows, sur-

rounded by a zig-

zag border.

Dinky Dyes Six

new silk shades:

187 Halloween,

188 Toni‟s Texas

T, 189 Ever-

green, 190

Quicksilver, 191

Stringy Bark and

192 Mocha

Mauve, a new

sampler, “Bats

and Cats” and

Christmas Holly

Sampler. From

Filigram is

L‟Hermione, a

beautiful tribute

to the immi-

grant. I could see this changed a bit to

personalize for the ancestor that came

to America.

From Cherry-

Wood Design

Studio is

“Thanks Clip”.

This is an exclu-

sive for Market

attendees using

Dinky Dyes

silks. From Seba

Designs is a new Blackwork piece,

“Flower Mosque” and “Whirly”.

For a pre-order of these or any others

from the upcoming Baltimore Market,

please just let us know.

bon Designs has

three new releases.

The first is Moonlit

Midnight. This is a

fun Halloween

piece that can be

stitched as charted

or you can make cute little orna-

ments to hang on a spooky Hallow-

een tree. Quilted Garden is

chock full of tiny quilt pat-

terns, sur-

rounded on

three sides by a

viney, floral border.

Belinda also shows

how to make a pin

The new Lizzie*Kate de-

sign, “Wine A Bit” is not

only a fun stitch, it makes

a great gift for those sum-

mer parties. Pair it up

with this awesome wine

bag from Stitch A Gift and

you‟ll have your dinner

hosts gushing over the spectacular

gift you gave.

Also by Stitch A

Gift is a little

autumn banner in which

fits the new “French

Country Squirrel” by

JBW Designs. Blue Rib-

pillow and a scissor

fob. Pocketful of Pep-

permint is another

window pane design

which makes a pretty

wall hanging. You

can also stitch each

design separately to

make ornaments, scis-

sor fobs or small pin

cushions. These new

designs are just the tip

of the iceberg of what

will be out within the

next two weeks. Pick

your favorites and then get busy

with your holiday stitching!

Market Previews

More Fun Stuff

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Catharine Parker 1841

Pumpkin Row

Breath of Autumn

All Hallow‟s Eve

All Hallow‟s Eve

“Wine A Bit” by Lizzie*Kate in a Stitch A Gift wine bag

„French Country Squirrel‟ by JBW

Designs

“Moonlit Midnight” by Blue Ribbon

Designs

“Quilted Garden” by Blue Ribbon Designs

“Pocketful of Pepper-mint” by Blue Ribbon

Designs

“Pocketful of Pepper-mint” by Blue Ribbon

Designs

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Lemont, IL 60439

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Little House Needleworks Sum-

mer Splendor

Country Cottage Needle-

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mer

Glendon Place Batalpha-

bet, Halloween Luck,

Come Sit A Spell, Witch

Parking Only

Homespun Elegance Crows A

Plenty, Spooky, Not I, Haunted

Hill House, Snowman 2011 Or-

nament „Snow Babies‟, Sampler

2011 Ornament „Jingle Jingle‟,

Santa 2011 Ornament „Peace &

Cheer‟

Sam Sarah Fresh Apple

Little House Needleworks

Sunflower Seed America

The Primitive Jewel A Patriot

Carolina House Designs Believe

Christ, Colonial Coverlet 3

Country Stitches~With Thy Nee-

dle Birds of A Feather Mystery

Sampler Part III, Witch Hazel

Sampler, Autumn Splendor

Sajou Blue Onyx Sewing Set, Cis

Bois Rose Scissors, Ciseaux Lan-

gres Scissors

Cathy Jean Button Up

Birdies 5

Rosewood Manor Christ-

mas Blues

Kelmscott Designs

Daisy Scissors

Thirteen Colonies, Deck The

Halls, Liberty-1776

La-D-Da The Raven

Prairie Schooler

Christmas Favorites,

September, Cats Bats &

Witches, Santa‟s Night,

2011 Schooler Santa

Waxing Moon Decem-

ber

Queenstown Sampler Designs

Harriot Redfearn 1830

Chessie & Me All Hallow‟s Eve,

Breath of Autumn, Pumpkin Row

Pincushion

Jeannette Douglas Designs

One Daffodil, One Swan

What’s New At the Shop

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