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Volume 3, Issue 5 www.inspiredneedle.com
Inspired Needle News
Inspired Needle Ltd
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
PAGE 3 INSP IRED NEEDLE NEWS VOLUME 3 , I SSUE 5
L*K Six Fat Men
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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
315 East Illinois Street Suite B
Lemont, IL 60439
MICROSOFT
Little House Needleworks Sum-
mer Splendor
Country Cottage Needle-
works Sunflowers In Sum-
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
Phone: 630-243-9620 Fax: 630-243-9621
E-mail: [email protected]
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