Merry Christmas!!

In case you need to take a break from your holiday preparations, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and visit our What’s New Page: www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . It seems that most of the designs have holiday themes so if you like to stitch projects that are “in season”, you are in luck!  Please remember our holiday hours as you plan your in-person visits.  Online, you may shop 24/7!

Closed December 24-27.  Be sure to pick up any Christmas gifts by the 23rd!!  

December 31 10:00-3:00

Closed January 1, 2021

Have a wonderful Christmas!  We look forward to serving your cross stitch needs in 2021.

Holiday Hours & New Releases

 Our latest What’s New page (www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm ) has a couple of charts that reflect signs of the times we are living through. Stay Calm and Stitch On comes from Imaginating. Nebby Needle brings us 2020-Sew Over It. It looks like a traditional sampler but on closer inspection it contains words like quarantine, social distancing, sanitize and shelter in place. Plum Street Samplers has six new charts! Two of them feature Paulette’s famous wiener dogs. We have the first chart in Waxing Moon’s new Monthly Trio series.  It has a cute deign for each of the first three months of the year. (I have never stitched a Valentine groundhog! Come to think of it, I have never stitched any groundhog!)  The latest reprint from Prairie Schooler is Songs of the Season. It has six designs based on Christmas carols. Country Cottage Needleworks has started a new Sampler of the Month series with a chart for January Sampler.

 As you make your plans for shop visits, please remember that we will be closed from December 24-27.  Be sure to pick up any Christmas gifts by the 23rd!!  Our December 31 hours will be 10:00-3:00 and we will be closed on January 1. We wish each of you the best holidays possible and pray for a better 2021!  Merry Christmas!

Thankful, Grateful, Blessed!

 
We continue to receive many new projects for your stitching pleasure!  You can see them at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm.  Or, if you like to see all the pictures at once you can go our website (www.houseofstitches.com), click on catalog and type Nov20b in the key word box.  There are new charts from Hands Across the Sea, Just Nan (a new mouse!), Little House Needleworks (Geppetto’s), Joan Elliott and Heart in Hand. We have Early Christmas Morning from Blackbird Designs, Starlet by Mirabilia, Sir Thomas from Glendon Place and the 2020 Book of Days by NeedleWork Press. If you don’t have a project to stitch; you are just not trying!  LOL

Please remember to mark your calendars! We will be closed November 26 and from December 24 through December 27. Our hours on December 31 will be 10:00-3:00 and we will be closed January 1. Be sure to pick up your Christmas gifts by December 23!
For the time being, we are open regular hours and will continue unless closing is mandated by the government. We are limited to 5 customers at a time in the shop (with masks). It may be necessary for us to put a sign on the door and ask you to wait until someone leaves before you come in.

If you would like to know how we are feeling about you, our customers, take a look at this new design from Mani di Dona: https://www.houseofstitches.com/detail.cfm?ID=40234.  Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Holiday Hours

 Are all of your old stash projects finished? We are seeing many of them completed and ready to frame. So, I am sure you need new ones and we have just the solution for you on our What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . There are so many great designs from your favorite artists: Cricket Collection, Teresa Kogut, With Thy Needle and Thread, Rosewood Manor, Sue Hillis, Homespun Elegance and Summer House Stitche Workes. I am sure you will find some “must have” charts!

Please mark your calendars! We will be closed from December 24 through December 27. Our hours on December 31 will be 10:00-3:00 and we will be closed January 1. Be sure to pick up your Christmas gifts by December 23!

This photo is of a piece I finished some time ago but just put in a box lid today. It is called "Quaker Carnations Pinwheel" from Threadwork Primitives.

Holiday projects abound!

Holiday projects abound on our What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/aboutus.html! From Mill Hill we have six new beaded snowflake ornaments and Hands On Design brings us three flamingo ornaments.  (Have you ever seen flamingos in Santa hats?!  Too cute!)  Stoney Creek brings us two designs stitched all in white and a Christmas book with three designs filled with cardinals, bells and poinsettias.  Imaginating has started producing charts with designs from Mary Engelbreit!  Teeny Witch is taken from one of her illustrations. The annual Gingher designer scissors have arrived!  We have the 4-inch Evelyn Embroidery Scissors in stock and can order the matching 8-inch Dressmaker Shears if you would like a matched set.

Remember that the holiday framing deadline is October 31.  With so many people rediscovering the joys of stitching and the difficulty in getting supplies, we need to have plenty of lead time in order to get your gifts finished and ready to give.

Framing deadline!

Are you as shocked as I am to find yourself a week into the month of October?!  Our trees are turning pretty fall colors and so are our stitching projects.  Our What’s New page, https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm , has several fall designs and even more Christmas ones!  And speaking of Christmas, we have set October 31 as our Christmas framing deadline.  Our frames and supplies are taking much longer than usual to come in so we need to get them ordered in plenty of time to get your pieces ready for holiday gift giving.

We continue to be open our regular hours for your shopping fun!  We ask that you wear a mask (over your mouth AND nose!) and of course, please stay home if you do not feel well.  We also continue to send out supplies to those who cannot visit in person whether hampered by distance, illness or an abundance of caution. We will do our best to keep you stitching!

More Fall Projects!

Our What’s New Page has been updated at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . Fall designs play a big part in the latest arrivals.  Several designers have brought popular charts out of retirement and are offering them again! Once more we have a popular Halloween chart and all twelve of the little stocking designs from Blackbird Designs. You no longer need to pay exorbitant prices on eBay! Tree lovers will want to see the three new trees from Liz Mathews. There are also new charts from Kathy Barrick and Rosewood Manor. Find your next projects and we will get them on the way to you. We appreciate your continued business!

 Are you feeling the need for a fall project?  We have a number of suggestions for you on our latest What’s New page:  https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  Also making an appearance are several winter/Christmas designs, including the 2020 Wee Santa.  If you missed getting it, we have a few, very few, "Coming to America-Women of the Mayflower" kits left.  When they are gone, that is it! We cannot order more.

It has been fun to see all the projects you have finished during the quarantine and subsequent time spent staying safely at home. Our framing cabinet is filled with projects that were brought out of your half-finished stashes and completed.  What a good feeling that must give you!  Many people are destined to receive wonderful Christmas gifts!

We continue to be open our regular hours (10-5:30 weekdays, 10-3 Saturday CENTRAL time) with mandatory mask wearing.  We are doing our best to get you the supplies that you need, and we thank you for your continued patience.  For whatever reasons, some of our main suppliers are incredibly behind in their shipment of our orders. Instead of a two-day turnaround, one company is now taking four or more weeks to process orders. Fabric from one hand-dyer is taking twelve weeks and they are “getting further behind every day”! Perhaps the best way to look at it is that you now have a reason to broaden your horizons and substitute fabrics and fibers. Make your project truly one-of-a-kind! 

The world took a crazy turn about a week after we returned from the Nashville Needlework Market.  If you were distracted during that time, you might want to revisit all the wonderful things that we brought home from Nashville. Just go to our catalog, https://www.houseofstitches.com/search.cfm , and type nash20 in the keyword box.  There are 334 items to pique your interest. I enjoyed looking through all of them again!

Thank you for your continued support; we genuinely appreciate you! 

Ornament Magazine!

New projects are in your future!  We have updated our What’s New page with the latest arrivals: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . One of the most exciting new things is the 2020 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Magazine! It is packed with more than 70 ornaments as well as favorite holiday recipes and memories from the designers. Autumn designs are also making a good showing with projects in traditional warm fall colors. If you like flamingos, be sure to see the new Pink Flamingo scissors. They are the brightest pink scissors I have ever seen! (The color on my computer monitor looks purple-ish but trust me on this, they are PINK!)

We have a few of the limited edition “Coming to America-the Women of the Mayflower” designs from With Thy Needle and Thread.  If you want this design; don’t delay-order today!

Thank you for continuing to stitch during these crazy days!

More new designs!

Your favorite designers have been designing in overdrive! We have new charts from Country Cottage Needleworks, Joan Elliott, Liz Mathews, Heart in Hand, Hands on Design, Annie Beez, Mill Hill and Kathy Barrick.  I do not know how you will choose which ones to stitch first!  Make your selections at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .

Here is another recent finish. It is a market release called "I Collect" from With Thy Needle and Thread.

We are standing by to refill your stitching stash!  

Trying again!

I started this last night but could not stay awake to accomplish the task! So, I will try again today .  Our What’s New page has been updated at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . There are new charts from Erica Michaels, Lindy Stitches and Samplers Not Forgotten. We have three new autumn designs from With Thy Needle And Thread, a new Hometown Holiday (Post Office) from Little House Needleworks, O Holy Night is a new design in the Simple Gifts series from Praiseworthy Stitches and What’s Your Superpower is new from Puntini Puntini. At the rate all of you seem to be stitching, I am sure your stitching baskets need refilling!  Our framing cabinet is bulging with projects that you have finished while you were safely at home.

We have been open for walk-in shoppers for several weeks and it seems to be working well.  Only once have we had to ask people to wait outside until other shoppers finished. We are still requiring masks and hope to keep both shoppers and staff safe. I am sure you realize that if any one of us gets sick, the shop will be closed/quarantined without even mail orders or curbside pick-up!!  So……continue to do your part; stay a safe distance from others and wear your mask over your mouth AND nose! And remember, stitching preserves sanity! We appreciate your continued business!

47 Options for Stress Relief

How are you surviving the new normal? We hope it is by spending extra time stitching!  In light of having almost fifty new items  on our What’s New Page, https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm , we can see that the designers have made use of their time by providing us with many new stitching options.  We have the 2020 Prairie Schooler Santa, a patriotic sampler from Teresa Kogut, two more Secret Santas from Hands on Design, two more trees from Hello from Liz Mathews, and the next installment in the CCN Snow Village.  The much anticipated Just Cross Stitch 2020 Halloween Collector’s issue is here!  If you liked Rabbits in the Round from JBW, be sure to see Kitties in the Round and Puppies in the Round along with three other new designs. Plum Street is equally prolific with five new designs!  Take a look and see for yourself; I know you will find something just begging you to stitch it!

Here is a photo of a little project that I recently completed. It is called Button Posies by Scarlett House. The chart also includes a scissor weight. Both designs offer the option of using buttons as the flower centers. It’s a great way to use some of your button collection!

Until next time, stay safe, keep stitching and plan your next projects!

Trying no appointments!

I hope you have had a good weekend! It has been very summery here in northern Indiana.  And, like I always say, it is good stitching weather! If you have finished all the projects from your stash, we have new suggestions for you on our What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . There is a new sampler from Blackbird Designs, another Feed Sack design from Carriage House, two new samplers from Victoria Samplers and two Halloween Trio charts from Waxing Moon.


This week we want to try being open without appointments but still wearing masks.  If things get crazy, we may have to go back to taking appointments, but we want to try “business as usual” and see how it goes. We still do not want to have too many customers at one time in our small space, so please understand if we have to ask you to wait a few minutes to come in.


 It has been fun to see all of the projects that have been finished while people were stuck at home.  Many of you have your Christmas stitching well underway and, in some cases, finished!  Keep up the good work!

More new projects!

We have been hearing again and again about the sanity saving effects of stitching!  It has helped many of us as we go through the long ordeal of the pandemic.  The designers have kept busy with new projects for us. Our latest arrivals can be seen here: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . There are projects from Just Nan, My Big Toe, Scattered Seed and Thistles. And! We have the Christmas Mill Hill kits and the 2020 Prairie Schooler Santa!  (Somehow, we missed getting his photo on the list but will get him added next time.)
 
My deadline to order Coming to America-Women of the Mayflower from With Thy Needle and Thread is fast approaching. (https://www.houseofstitches.com/detail.cfm?ID=39853 ) You can pre-order it through our website or give us a call or email to reserve your copy.  The designer says this is a one time thing and it will not be reprinted in the future. So, do not wait to get it ordered if you want it!!

We continue to be open for walk-in customers but we would like you to make an appointment. It will help us maintain a safe amount of people in the store at any given time. We do not want to have to ask anyone to wait outside until other customers finish.  And, we ask that you wear a face mask. I know, they are hot and uncomfortable and we have heard all the stories and excuses. But, if you want to shop at our store, put on a mask. We are working hard to juggle the mail orders, phone calls and in person shoppers. Some days we do better than others! LOL Thank you for your patience with us! It is a continued struggle to get in the merchandise that we need to fill orders. For example, we received an order from one of our most dependable suppliers today. There were 8 items in the package and 24 things that we did not get!

We DO appreciate your continued business. Keep on stitching and smiling (behind the mask).

Appointments continue!

It has been good to hear how stitching has helped you get through these last crazy weeks. We have heard how you are finishing projects and using up your accumulated stash.  So, you are probably in need of a few new projects.  We have some great suggestions on our What’s New page: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  There are new designs from Erica Michaels, Summer House Stitche Workes, Joan Elliott and Long Dog Samplers. From Dinky Dyes we have 2 cute scissors; Candy Corn and Snowmen.


Thank you for your help in our effort to reopen House of Stitches to in person customers.  Making appointments is working well to minimize your waiting time and keep you safe.  Just phone us at 219-326-0544 or 800-455-8517.  Please continue to wear a mask and leave extra family members at home.  Of course, we continue to do mail orders and curbside pick-ups. We want everyone to have the stitching supplies that they need. Just let us know how we may serve your stitching needs!

Open by appointment!

At long last we are going to take a baby step toward getting back to “normal”, whatever that is!  Beginning Monday, May 18, we are going to be open by appointment only. Phone us at 219-326-0544 or 800-455-8517. That is the only way I can think of to stay within the social distancing guidelines and not make anyone wait outside while others shop.  I also ask that you wear a mask when you come in and don’t plan to come as a group.  It is going to be a balancing act on our part as we are still receiving many mail orders.  I have to thank you for your patience through the past weeks and months!  Many supplies have been slow to arrive and we are still waiting for others. It makes double work for us when we have to backorder things and I know it also impedes your progress.  Thank you for your support through these unprecedented times.  Stay well!

Thank you!

Wow! Our customers (that’s you!) are the best! You are going out of your way to keep us in business. This weekend we received four times the number of online orders that we would usually have over a weekend! We will do our best to get your supplies on the way to your mailboxes soon.


Thank you for your continued patience with us as we struggle to decide the best, safest way to reopen the shop. For a few more days we are going to continue with mail orders and curbside pick-up.  Then we are going to follow the example of other businesses and be open to customers by appointment and with masks in place.  That should allow us to comply with a safe number of customers at one time in the shop.


Now, on to the fun stuff! We have updated our What’s New page at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  Country Cottage Needleworks and Little House Needleworks have both re-released charts that were originally only available as chartpacks. There are three new reprints from Prairie Schooler and a dozen new designs from Diane Graebner!  Other designers with new offerings include Heart in Hand, Plum Street, Lindy Stitches and Rosewood Manor.  As always, we look forward to serving your cross stitch needs!

Spring news!

I am so glad that nature has not been put on shut down!  It is so uplifting to see trees blooming and leafing out and flowers springing up everywhere. I hope you are able to take time to enjoy the spring sights and scents.  We have updated our What’s New page at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  It features 4 newly reprinted titles from Blackbird designs. You can also see the next two Santas in the Secret Santa series from Hands on Design. If you need a smile (and who doesn’t right now?) be sure to see Receding Hare Line!


I have been asked when we are going to reopen for walk in shoppers and I do not have a definite answer. I can say that it will be at least another week. Stay tuned! I will let you know. As much as I hate to admit it, I am in the high-risk category so I am trying to be especially careful. So, for now, continue to place your orders by phone, email and through our website. We want to keep everyone contentedly busy with stitching projects! 


You may be hearing about a new sampler from Brenda Gervais of With Thy Needle and Thread.  It is called Coming to America, the Women of the Mayflower. We are taking reservations as it is a limited-edition item.  We will not be able to reorder so do not hesitate if you want to participate! You can see a photo and place your pre-order here: https://www.houseofstitches.com/detail.cfm?ID=39853 .

Thank you for your support during these crazy days!

Stay home & stitch!

I hope you had a good holiday weekend! It was certainly different from any previous ones!  If you are spending extra time stitching, you may be ready for a few new projects.  We have some suggestions at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  The Autumn Mill Hill kits are here! The other big news is newly reprinted charts. Be sure to see Sweet Land of Liberty from Blackbird Designs and two classic samplers from Just Nan.  And, the seventh design in the Snow Village series by Country Cottage Needleworks is here! 


Be sure to watch our Facebook page for the complimentary #Be Well and Stitch charts that the designers are providing. Jenni is doing a great job getting them posted for your stitching enjoyment!  


We continue to provide supplies for your stitching needs. You can receive them as mail orders or pick up your supplies curbside. We truly appreciate your continued support!

Update!

I have an update for you on our shop operations.  We have transitioned our shop to mail order and curbside pick-up and it seems to be working well.  We are also going to be a five day a week business for the duration of travel restrictions.  (Our post office closes at noon on Saturday so we can’t get very many orders out.)  So, do not panic if you try to call today and do not get an answer! I will be back on Monday to take your calls, emails and website orders.

I hope you are staying well and stitching much! Have a good weekend!

Stitching for sanity...

I hope this finds you stitching away the stress of our current situation!  We have some new options for your next projects.  You may see them at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  Along with new designs, we are happy to reintroduce the Lift ‘N Snip Scissors! They had been discontinued due to quality issues but those have been resolved and they are back with pretty gold handles.  If you need to remove stitches, they help keep you from snipping the wrong thread or even worse, your fabric!  The Lucky 13 series from Amy Bruecken concludes with the last three charts. Two more Prairie Schooler charts have been reprinted.  Our model of Garden Alphabet is going to make its way back to the shop from my dining room wall. It is nice to see these classic designs make an encore appearance!  The Spring 2020 issue of Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher is here.  It is filled with so many great projects!

Thank you so much for your continued support! We are mailing orders as fast as we can get them ready. We do not want you to have idle hands! Many of you have told us you are using this time to get a big head start on your Christmas and holiday projects. What a great idea!  Let us know if we can provide supplies to keep your projects going. 
Stay well and happy stitching,

Communications restored!

Good news! (And we can all use some of that right now!) Our phone lines and internet connections that were cut Tuesday afternoon are now working. Thank you, Chris from Frontier!  Late yesterday he was able to reconnect the lines that were cut. It feels great to be able to communicate again. We were feeling quite cut off from the rest of the world. Let us know if you need supplies to keep stitching.  I’m pretty sure that a record number of projects are being completed. Our framer is taking extra vitamins to be ready for an influx of projects when we are able to move about freely again.


Thank you for your words of encouragement and well wishes! We appreciate your continued support and business!

New ways to aquire stash!

I thought I should update you with our plans for House of Stitches.  We are open today but starting tomorrow (to comply with the governor’s orders) we will have to be mail order and curbside pick-up only. Not ideal but at least we can still get supplies out to our faithful customers.  It might save the life of a child or spouse!  LOL


Jenni, our newest employee is working to reach you through social media.  You will see posts from her on Facebook and Instagram. This is an opportunity to make online stitching friends. There are many stitch-a-longs being organized.  Floss Tube (You Tube) videos are another way to fill your time at home  with stitching fun.


If you haven’t looked at the new things form the Nashville Market, now is a great time to do it!  Just go to our website www.houseofstitches.com , click on the Our Catalog button and type nash20 in the keyword box. That should provide several hours of blissful relief from news reports!


We have many mail orders to fill and we anticipate many more.  With our reduced staff it may take a little longer to get things out to you but we will do our best to keep you happily stitching.  You can order online, by phone or email. (Facebook Messenger is NOT the best way to reach us. There are times that I can see that there is a message but I can’t access it.)

Keep stitching and stay well!

Nashville Market madness!

I am writing from Nashville where the Needlework Market is getting underway today. The fun begins in earnest this evening with Early Bird shopping.  We updated the What’s New page earlier this week with new things (some are market releases) that have already arrived at the shop. You may see them here: https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  We will start putting the new things that I am buying at market online tomorrow.  You can watch as they are uploaded by clicking on our catalog https://www.houseofstitches.com/search.cfm  and type nash20 in the keyword box. Check back frequently as my husband will be putting the new thing online as fast as possible.  It promises to be a great market with TONS of new designs. Pray for strength! 

Plan Your Market List!

How are your winter projects coming along? Ready for a new one or two? We have some possibilities for you at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm .  Even as the designers are gearing up for the Nashville Needlework Market, they are releasing new designs to keep us stitching until then.  Gnomes continue to be popular with new charts from Carolyn Manning and Imaginating. Samplers never go out of style and there’s a new one from Blackbird Designs.  Noteworthy Needle has six more darling little thimble boxes and Waxing Moon brings us two more of their popular Trio charts.  If you need a smile, read a stitcher’s version of the serenity prayer by My Big Toe.  Hardanger lovers need to see the latest from Satin Stitches.  If you wondered when Little House Needleworks was going to add to their Tumbleweeds series, wonder no more!  Number five in the series, Old west Dry Goods is here!


Have you been reading about and watching Floss Tube videos about the fast approaching Nashville Needlework Market?  We are taking your market pre-orders and will do our best to bring back the things that you want.  You can phone us or email us with your orders. (Facebook messages do not reliably reach us so please do not send your order that way.)  It is also very helpful if you have the name of the design and the name of the designer. There are over 130 exhibitors and only two days and an evening of shopping so we need to know where to look for your requests.  And lastly, remember that your request is a commitment to purchase those items. Keep watching our Facebook page as we continue to post pictures from designers.  We appreciate your continued interest and business!

Market Previews

We have updated our What’s New Page at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm.  The latest Snow Village chart from Country Cottage is here along with a new Needleslide and Crystal Snowlady Mouse from Just Nan. There are 3 new charts from Kathy Barrick and a ditty bag design from Threadwork Primitives. The list of new items is a bit smaller than usual because the designers are gearing up for the Nashville Needlework Market. I have been receiving information from designers and I know you have been hearing from them, too. We are reposting pictures on our Facebook Page. Let us know which designs you would like us to get for you. I will be making my list and checking it twice!  Please remember that your order is a commitment to purchase the items that you request.

Keep your eye on our Facebook page! We look forward to hearing from you…please use email (mail@houseofstitches.com) for the most reliable delivery of your requests.
 

Cure winter blues!

January is almost over, and Valentine’s Day will be here soon!  Our What’s New Page at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm has several quick to stitch projects that would be perfect for your special loved one.  Look for Holiday Hooplas-Valentine’s Day from With Thy Needle and Thread and the three new designs from Heart in Hand.  I love stitching hearts; hope you do, too!  A much-requested leaflet from Prairie Schooler has been reprinted!  Barn Cats is Book 6 in the long line of Prairie Schooler designs. It is sure to be a big hit the second time around! Look over the new designs and let us know which ones are destined for your stitching stash.  A new project or two will cure the winter blues!

Spring Projects!

It’s the middle of January and the designers are ready for spring! Our updated What’s New Page, https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm , features many spring themed designs and kits.  Included are the new Mill Hill Spring Collections, a Valentine from ScissorTail Designs and a cute bunny from Artful Offerings.  Two new Hoopla Designs from With Thy Needle and Thread arrived too late to be pictured but you can put a note in the customer comments area of the order form and request Holiday Hoopla-Valentine’s and Holiday Hoopla-St. Patrick’s Day. The Hoopla designs are cute and quick to stitch. Just pop them in a little hoop with a ribbon bow and you are finished!

We have a weekend forecast for winter weather so get your projects lined up!  You don’t want to have to spend your bad weather time scrubbing floors or cleaning drawers and closets!! New projects with pretty spring colors are just what you need to combat the days of grey skies!

Keep up the good work! Your continued business and support are appreciated.

Happy New Stitching Year!

I hope you have been able to start 2020 with significant time to stitch!  For us at the shop it means it is time to take inventory of our stock. (Translated that means less time to stitch!)  Even as we count, new things continue to arrive and  you can see them at https://www.houseofstitches.com/whatsnew.cfm . New holiday designs are still appearing and if you are like me, January is my favorite time to stitch them.  You can congratulate yourself on planning ahead, way ahead, for Christmas 2020.  After all, it is less than a year away!  The new arrivals include series continuations from Amy Bruecken, Country Cottage Needleworks, Hands On Design and Little House Needleworks. Mirabilia Designs has a new mermaid called Lilith of Labrador.

Please continue to help me in the search for a new owner for House of Stitches.  I know the right person is looking for a shop like ours to make their own! Maybe you know that person and all that is needed is a little encouragement from you! It is time for me to spend more time with my family and my stitching (LOL).  And I have a few closets that that are about to explode from lack of attention.

It has been fun to hear about all of the projects that you are planning for this year.  Many of you are participating in stitch-a-longs and online stitching groups. Keep us posted on your progress.  We will be happy to cheer you on and encourage you toward your goals!