Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our U.S. friends. I am thankful for all of you reading this!  You make it possible for us to stay in business and we appreciate having so many “friends in stitches”.  We have an updated What’s  New page for you at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  Included are new designs from Erica Michaels, Just Nan, La-D-Da and Victoria Sampler.  Have you started planning your projects for 2019?  Me neither!  Maybe inspiration will hit as we scroll through the newest arrivals.

Just so you are aware of our holiday hours, here is a list of the days that will be other than the normal Monday-Friday 10-5:30 and Saturday 10-3 hours.  And, remember that we are on Central (Chicago) time.

November 22 (Thanksgiving)   CLOSED
December 24  (Christmas Eve)   CLOSED
December 25   (Christmas Day)   CLOSED
December 31  (New Year’s Eve)   10:00-3:00
January 1   (New Year’s Day)  CLOSED

Have a wonderful holiday weekend. I hope you have extra time to stitch and browse through our website.

Projects for Long Evenings

Have you adjusted to the end of daylight saving time?  It seems crazy to have it get dark so early in the afternoon.  Maybe it will translate into more evening hours to stitch!  We can certainly hope so.  I know many of you are feverishly stitching on holiday projects.  If you need them for holiday gift giving, please bring them in by Thanksgiving weekend. 

Our What’s new page has a long list of new charts…and a fun pair of scissors… for your stitching enjoyment.  See them at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  We have the new releases from Plum Street Samplers, With Thy Needle and Thread and Carriage House along with many others.  Two new (to us) designers are Shannon Christine and Twin Peak Primitives.  We are going to need those extra evening hours to get all of these stitched! 

We are encouraged by the increasing interest in cross stitch.  Young and old are rediscovering the joys of using needle and thread to make beautiful things.  Keep on stitching and share your love with your friends and relatives.  We appreciate your continued patronage!