Almost September!

More new projects are vying for our attention at www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm.  In a fun coincidence, we have Part 8 in two different series-Little House Needleworks Farmhouse Christmas and Blackbird Designs For the Birds!  If you like Hardanger, be sure to see the four new designs from Satin Stitches. They are breathtaking!  Autumn Blessing from Waxing Moon has a wonderful border of leaves around the verse in the center.  It would be a great fall project!  Jardin Prive has cute Halloween design with a skeleton lounging on top of the word Halloween. In the center a white pumpkin replaces the letter O with bats, spiders, orange pumpkins and a crow rounding out the design.  I’ll let you look at all of the latest arrivals for yourself; words never do as well as a photo!

Judy Whitman from JBW Designs has informed us that her recently released chart, Williamsburg Christmas has some errors in the color key. We have stickers with the corrected color key that can be placed over the incorrect one. Or, you can find the corrections on her website jbwdesigns.com and the Friends of JBW Designs Facebook page. Judy sends her apologies for the error.

If you have been undecided about signing up for our October 5-7 Weekend of Stitches, now is the time!  We have a few spaces left and I have the pre-stitching kits on hand so you can get started stitching right away. It is going to be a great weekend!

This is a photo of a sweet little pincushion ttht was stitched by our friend Donna. It is called Down in the Valley by Blackbird Designs. She used a Sudberry House pincushion to finish it. Good job, Donna!

Thank you for your continued interest!  We have noticed a definite increase in people who want to learn to stitch or are returning to stitching after a hiatus.  Thank you for your part in letting others know about our shop!

Feeling autumnal?

Are you ready for a new project?  We have some suggestions on our What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . There are many autumn themed designs to put you in the proper frame of mind for the upcoming season. Are your scissors adorned for fall?  The "Pumpkin Kitty Scissor Fob" is a quick little project to properly outfit them for fall and Halloween! (There are a few things for those of you who are approaching spring in the southern hemisphere.)  And, just to help us remember how fast the year is going, we have the annual "Heart in Hand Wee Santa"!  He’s a funky guy with a striped hat, polka dot pants and a bird perched on his wide mustache! See all the new arrivals and let us know which ones you would like to have in your mailbox. 
This week I finally took a few minutes to finish a project that has been patiently waiting for my attention. It is "Acorn Stitching Box" from Jeannette Douglas Designs. It is in a six inch round Shaker Box from  Lone Elm Lane.  

If you have been thinking about joining us for our Weekend of Stitches (October 5-7, 2018), we have a few spaces still available. You do not want to miss out on a relaxing stitching weekend away from your everyday stresses!  More information is available here: https://www.houseofstitches.com/events.html . I hope you can join us!

Lindy Stitches Trunk Show!

This is our Lindy Stitches Trunk Show display!  I hope you can visit us to see it in person!

Happy August!

 I’m not sure how we landed in the eighth month of the year; but here we are.  It has been a fun week here at the shop.  We started the week with a visit from some young people who are in LaPorte to take part in a summer songwriting camp called The Emerging Sound.  It is hosted by People & Songs to equip the next generation of musicians, songwriters and leaders.  They came into the shop to ask if they could put up a poster for a concert taking place in November.  (“Turn Up the Lights”, November 2-3, 2018 at the Civic Auditorium in LaPorte.) They were intrigued by the needlework on display and we assured them that they would be capable of stitching, too. The next day four of them came back and we gave them an impromptu stitching lesson. The day after that they brought a fifth person who wanted to learn to stitch!  It was so much fun to share our love of needlework with such enthusiastic students. They even serenaded us with one of the songs written during their camp!  When they go home to their respective states they will be taking a skill that can be shared with their friends there.

Yesterday we had a visit from a new designer who lives in Plymouth, Indiana. Stephanie Webb produces charts under the name of Lindy Stitches.  Her designs use fun, fresh colors in a variety of subjects. She brought us a trunk show with 10 of her best-selling designs. You can see them on our newly updated What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm.  It is very exciting to be able to showcase the work of a talented young designer!

You will also want to see the latest Farmhouse Christmas design, Cock-a-doodle-do, from  Little House Needleworks.  Mill Hill has a new quartet of kits called A Visit from St. Nick. A cute Baby Racoon is the latest from TechScribes.  Mermaids are the subject of new charts from Lila’s Studio and Tiny Modernist. Cottage Garden Samplings is beginning a new series called The Songbird’s Garden. The first chart features Northern Cardinals and Christmas Roses. There are many more designs; I will let you see them for yourself. Then just let us know which ones need to be added to your personal stash! We appreciate your continued interest and patronage!