Where does the time go..?

It has been a busy summer – lots of baseball (even during those rainy months..)Besides our league games, which take us to the interior and the island, we traveled to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for a tournament, and finished the season off in early August with Provincials in Kamloops.  Now it is off to fall ball…

With the gorgeous weather we have been having, it is hard to believe fall and Christmas are around the corner!  At this time of year, there is always that certain ‘itch’ to start a new project for the upcoming season. However, I still have to finish the stocking for my oldest son that has been (quite a few) years in the making.  For the past couple of Christmases it has been ‘hanging’ up, with lots of pins and just for decoration, so this year it should definitely be number one on the list to finish!  It would be nice to get it done before he moves out….he will be in Grade 12 this year.

(Rooftop Santa by Dimensions)

I have been busy the past few months since my last blog, sorting out fabric and books and posting a lot of them on the website.  There are some Christmas specials posted, with more to come real soon, mostly Christmas afghans and tablecloths.  Start now, and you will get a lot done by the time December rolls around!

Also, I try to make the site as easy to navigate as possible, and make changes from time to time, which don’t always work out.  Just the other day, I decided to change the fabric listings and just add in the colour name, since it already has a heading of which fabric you are choosing from.  No sooner was all that completed, an order came in and showed me why I had it like that to begin with.  The order only showed the colour and size, not the type of fabric.  Oops, that did not work, so I changed it again and now just put in the count behind the colour name.  It is a trial and error process sometimes – please let me know any time if something on our site or in the web-store needs ‘help’…

There are now new categories for Halloween books as well as Christmas books, under the ‘cross stitch charts’ heading.  Now you can see all the books in these categories under one heading.

The Stitching Studio has published a new Sue Coleman chart in the ‘Native Animals’ series Native Raven is now available! The previous chart, ‘Native Bear’( aka Black Bear), has been selling very well.  There are a few more to come in the series – these were t-shirt designs and they are trying to stitch them on the original colour as well as on antique white so you get a vision of what both look like. Get a head-start on the series today!

Keep checking back to the site for updates on fabrics and books.  Also, I still have DMC & Anchor Floss, as well as wool in stock and a large selection of pearl cotton in #5, 8 & 12.  Email for details.