Summer is almost here!

The Memorial Day holiday is this weekend and the heat has decided to come and help celebrate. This is great for those who enjoy being outside in the 90+ degree heat. I will spend some time outside but I really dislike hot and humid weather so I will spend more time inside trying to catch up on my stitching. For those of you who also want a break from the heat and need something new to stitch, check out some of the most recent designs that have come in and a few that are on the way.


From Abby Rose Designs:

Live Simply

From Heartstring Samplery:

Sweet Summer Pin Square

From Imaginating:

Summer Season

Let's Do Coffee

Bee Joyful

Mermaid Myrna



From The Sunflower Seed:

Floral Ornaments

Got Buttons?



From Widgets & Wool Primitives:

Better Not Pout

From Mirabilia:

Red Ladies Collection: Red Sugar

Pixie Couture: Cherry Blossom

From By the Bay Needleart:

Birds of a Funky Feather #2

From Lizzie Kate:

Little Liberty Kit

From Mill Hill:

2012 Button & Bead Kits - Winter Series

Home for the Holidays                          Barber Shoppe    

 

Tapestry Noel                                    World Peace

    

Book Seller                                    Santa's Treats

2012 Winter Holiday Pin Series

  Pear Tree Partridge                      Santa & Rudolph

Joy Tree                              Paisley Tree

Oli Elf                         I Love Christmas   

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The Stitch and Frame Shop will be

CLOSED on Monday May 28, 2012 (Memorial Day) 

Have a fun and safe Holiday weekend!

The "MYSTERY" continues!

In the last blog, I posted lots of information about the new mystery sampler from Lizzie Kate. At the time however, I had no idea about the pricing....but I do now! So for those who are interested, here's the deal......

The total cost is $94.00 this includes:

• 3 charts
• a piece of linen for the main design
• 3 smaller pieces of linen for the bonus designs
• Weeks Dye Works thread pack (which has 19 skeins of floss including a mystery color)

IF you sign up for the entire sampler (all 3 charts, fabric and thread pack), you will receive a 10% discount which would make the total $84.60. If you want to have it mailed, shipping and handling will be $3.75 for the first shipment and $2.75 each for the 2nd and 3rd shipments. Also, when you order, please specify what count fabric you would prefer... 30ct. or 35ct. (price is the same for either).

If you have any questions, please call or email the shop and they will be glad to help you.

Here are some new designs coming soon to the shop!

From Just Another Button Company:

        Bumble-Ewe                       Cherry Limeade

       Pincushion Kit                         Pincushion Kit

                      

Button Buddies:                    Button Buddies:

Fiona Frog                          Lily Ladybug

     Love Awaits                                       Fa La La        

From SamSarah Design Studio:

The Flock: Striped Bird

#4 in The Flock series

Daily Life: Take Naps

#10 in the Garden Life series

From Island Cottage Needlearts:

A Schoolgirl's Book of Needleworke - May



From Heart in Hand:

Happily Ever After

Mr. & Mrs.

From Little House Needleworks:

2012 Ornament of the Month #5

Ding Dong Merrily on High

Hill House

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FYI

The Stitch and Frame Shop will have a

Graduation/Wedding Invitation Framing Special

May 26 2012, - June 12, 2012

20% off any graduation or wedding invitation

50% deposit is required

This special will include graduation and wedding invitations, diplomas, wedding portraits, and other memorabilia that is graduation or wedding related.

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Do you like a good MYSTERY?

Remember when With Thy Needle created a 3-part mystery sampler? Well, Lizzie Kate has teamed up with Norden Crafts and created their own "Mystery". This mysterious sampler will have a Halloween theme featuring favorite fall motifs such as; pumpkins, candy corn, sunflowers, blackbird, black cat, acorns, haunted house and leaves. It will be revealed in 3 parts (the 1st part in June, the 2nd in July and the 3rd in August). All three designs will fit together to form a tall, spooky piece. Each chart will come with it's own embellishments and a bonus design. To keep the mystery, there will not be a project photo on the cover.

Weeks Dye Works is even releasing a new floss color exclusively for the mystery sampler. In order to receive this color (and finish the mystery), you must order the thread pack for the sampler. The pack includes 19 skeins of Weeks Dye Works threads (one is the new color). The fabric being used is a 30ct. Weeks Dye Works linen. The color is unknown and will remain a mystery until the first part releases. However, we have heard that the color is bright and easy to stitch on. The stitch count for the main design is 95w x 238h and each bonus design will have a stitch count of 50w x 50h.

check out the small snippet of the "mystery sampler"

This sounds like a really fun project and there should be enough time to have it ready for Halloween. Let the shop know if you would like to sign up for this mystery sampler and also let us know if you would like the thread pack and fabric for it. Remember, one color in the thread pack is only available in the pack and will not be available individually until September. To help with ordering, please let us know if you are interested by June 1st. Thanks!


Wow, that is a lot of info. But guess what? I have more new designs to share.

From SEBA Designs

Pop

From Rosewood Manor

Nosalgia III

One Dozen Quakers

From Pineberry Lane

Home Sweet Home

From Scarlett House

Coverlet Houses

From Needle's Notion



Window Box Welcome

From The Vickery Collection

Halloweentown

From Primitivebettys

Stawberry Sampler

From Pine Mountain Designs

Flange Pillow Kit (June) - Father Knows Best

Medium Pillow Kit (June) - Live Simply

Liberty Typography

kit includes: pre-sewn pillow sham, floss, needle and pattern

From With Thy Needle

June Word Play

COMING SOON (middle or end of May)

From The Drawn Thread

The Herb Garden

In My Life - Photo Album cover

The Memory Garden - Scrapbook Album Cover

From Country Cottage Needleworks

Star Spangled Garden and July Cottage



From The Victoria Sampler

Oldfield Orchard

From Little House Needleworks  (just a sneak peek)

Two Yellow Houses

This is not the entire design - just a little peek!

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RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW!!

Just Cross Stitch will be releasing the 2012 Special Collector's Halloween Issue at the end of July. It features over 40 whimsical and spooky projects that range from ornaments, framed pieces, hangings and pillows. If you love Halloween, then this is the magazine for you. However, quantities are limited, so please let the shop know if you would like one.

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New stitching accessory from

Just Another Button Company

Just Needle, Just Rippitt

This cute needle is great for picking out stitches when you make a mistake

 (of course, stitchers never make mistakes).

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Remember:

If you need a last minute gift for MOM,

a Stitch and Frame Shop gift certificate would be a great idea!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mom's