Summer is officially
here! (Sorry to those of you who live in the southern hemisphere of our world!)
Time just keeps moving along at a faster and faster pace. I guess that means we
need to take more time to stitch. And coincidentally, we have some suggestions
about what to stitch on our recently updated What’s New page: http://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm. If you like to stitch
projects that are in season, there are a number of summer/patriotic charts this
time. (I guess the designers like to design in season, too!) And for all of you
who are great at planning ahead, there are new Christmas designs. Much to our
surprise we have a 2017 Prairie Schooler Santa! Even though Prairie Schooler
officially retired, there must still be a little creative bug that needs
expression. We are happy that it has taken the form of another of Santa! Mill
Hill brings us the Might Oak Quartet; a series of four kits that depict an oak
tree in each of the four seasons of the year. The designs fit their 6 x 6 inch
frames so you could stitch all four and change them with the time of year.
Stacy Nash Primitives has
a new design called Summer House Pinkeep. And, we are excited to tell you that
Stacy has agreed to teach a class for us on October 7, 2017! We are working on
all of the details and I will get them to you as soon as I have them. As I
understand it, she will be designing a project just for our class! Like I said,
details will be forthcoming!
Lizzie Kate brings us
three new designs. One is the fifth part of her seven part series, Celebrate
With Charm. Red White and Beach has three cute summer designs and Be Still is
the latest in her series of inspiration kits. Erica Michaels concludes her cute
series called the 12 Berries of Christmas. These little strawberries would be
so cute in a basket or wooden bowl on your Christmas coffee table! People have
been asking us for new Native American designs and Joan Elliott has two new
ones. She also has two new stylish ladies, one on New York and one in Rome.
Heart in Hand finishes the Glad and Sincere Hearts design with part three.
Libby is her cute rendition of the Statue of Liberty.
I’m going to stop
describing the new things and let you see them for yourself! (The link is above
or you can always just go to our website and click on the What’s New button.)
Remember to mark your calendar for the Midwest Stash Exchange on August 19,
2017. Bring your dull scissors and knives for the professional sharpener to
make like new. We want to raise a nice amount of money for the Riley Children’s
Hospital Foundation.
