DECEMBER 2011

As this year draws to a close I would like to THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for your support and friendship this past year!   You have so many choices these days of where to get your stitching supplies and I'm honored that you have chosen my shop!  Stitchers like you are why I got into this business and stitchers like you are why I stay!  All of us here at Stitches N Things wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  May your days be filled with the love of family and friends, the peace and joy found in this Holiday season, and of course... the time to Stitch Happy!

CAMP STITCHALOT

MARCH 16 - 18, 2012

Our eagerly awaited for yearly stitcher's retreat where we take over a local hotel, have designers come in to teach classes (classes are optional), and just stitch and have fun with other stitchers who love to have fun just like we do!

There will even be a special stitcher's shop boutique packed with stitching goodies, as well as 2, count em ... 2 Designer Trunk Shows on display for your oohing and ahhing pleasure ...

1 one from Erica Michaels Designs, the other from Summer House Stitch Works

And of course, as always, there are more fun things planned just with you in mind!

Click Here for Camp Stitchalot Reservation Form

Will There Be Any Classes??  Why, YES, Of Course WE HAVE CLASSES planned!

ELIZABETH TALLEDO of DAMES OF THE NEEDLE will be teaching two!!

Elizabeth has a BFA of Fine Arts from Old Dominion University, where she majored in Photography and Painting. She has been stitching and sewing since she was 5 years old. In 1989 she started teaching needlepoint finishing for a local shop and in 1996 she formed Finger Work and started designing counted thread designs. During this period, Elizabeth also started developing teaching pieces in counted work, needlepoint, wool appliqué, rug hooking and fabrication of construction pieces. In 2001 Elizabeth and Lori Vermillion formed Dames of the Needle. Elizabeth and Lori taught and designed together till 2003 when Lori decided to stop designing and to start spending more time with her family. Elizabeth kept Dames of the Needle and Finger Work and has developed and expanded the companies into hand painted needlepoint, counted work, surface embroidery, construction work, appliqué, punch needle and rug hooking. Currently Elizabeth has started to mix mediums with her designs to expand her textile designs. Elizabeth has been teaching since 1989 for local and national shops, TNNA Tradeshows, EGA National/Regional, ANG National, Sampler Guilds and small groups.

       (1) THE BIRD CAGE NEEDLE BOOK

Mix the ease of wool finishing with linen.  Stitch this simple, but elegant design on linen and then finish it into a primitive and useful needle book. This project mixes counted work with wool and simple finishing techniques.  Learn how to work with wool, finish linen and raw edged fabric. This is a quick and fun project that you could keep it for yourself or stitch for a best friend.

Your kit will include everything needed to stitch and complete this project -  ribbon, linen fabric, wool, linen, thread, vintage buttons, interfacing and all finishing instructions.   It will be possible to complete this during class, but if the actual stitching part is not complete, you will learn how to do the full assembly and then, later that evening when you've finished your stitching, Elizabeth will be present to help you with any finishing questions you may have as you complete the project!

  CLASS FEE:   $70.00  

Stitching Level .. For All   Bring Scissors, and maybe an extra needle and any magnification if needed

       (2) SHABBY CHIC MIX MEDIA BRACELET

Do you have charms and bits and bobs that you just do not know what do with them? Well, here is wonderful project to help you get rid of those bits and bobs. This project mixes sections of leather belts, charms, fabric, buttons, beads and more. Learn how to create these bracelets and expand your talents and skills with this primitive/cottage style jewelry. You will get hooked! Once you do one, you will be out to the thrift stores to find the materials to make more.

Your kit will cover the leather, fabric and buttons, instructions and use of tools to make the base.

Additional beads, trinkets, charms will be provided and will range in cost from $1.00 to $15.00 (the high end is silver charms) .. BUT .. you are welcome to bring in your own add on items. (Any 5mm beads, bracelets that you may want to take apart and add to the bracelet are welcome.)

The best part of this class? Each complete bracelet will be totally different from others in class!   Pictures shown are for example only and are not necessarily what your creation will look like.

  CLASS FEE:   $48.00  

Stitching Level .. For All    Bring Scissors, and maybe an extra needle and any magnification if needed

DENISE ARCHER

Denise has taught at Camp in prior years .. some of you may have her previous design - a biscornu tuffet - already in your stitching room!

  -  FINISHING TECHNIQUES FOB

You've asked and we've listened .. This Camp, it's all about Construction and Finishing Techniques! You'll have Hands On Finishing with this simple scissor fob design stitched up on 25ct White Lugana using "happy" colors (from The Gentle Art, Weeks Dye Works, and ThreadworX).   Learn assembly techniques and cording in class to compete this project. You'll also be learning addditional embellishing/finishing techniques for fobs, tuffets, pincushions, ornaments, etc. as well as receiving a design for an accompanying piece!

  CLASS FEE:   $38.00  

Stitching Level .. For All    Bring Scissors, and maybe an extra needle and any magnification if needed                

Click Here for CLASS Reservation Form

You say you cannot come to Camp but that you WANT TO TAKE A CLASS?

We would love to have you join us in the classroom ... just fill out a Class Reservation Form and get it to us at the shop .. we'll make sure you have a 'seat'!

USPS Mailing CHANGES that affect us AND you!!

        It would appear that NOW .. if an envelope - manila OR padded - is less than 3/4" thick AND less than 15" long, it HAS to be considered a 'flat envelope' and cannot be sent with delivery confirmation.  If under 3/4" thick the ONLY way delivery confirmation can be applied is IF that item is sent Priority Mail.  (In order to make sure that WE understand thickness, the post office also sent us a template with slots 'cut out' so we can see IF that item passes through the 3/4" opening or not.)    

     Since we try to save you postal costs whenever we can, we have always sent your orders via First

Class if your order weighted less than 14 ounces and were able to - in the recent past - to send everything marked for delivery confirmation so we could trace your order for you.

       This means we can no longer provide tracking info on the majority of the items we are sending out to you. YOU have the option, if you want delivery confirmation and your order is less than 3/4" thick and under 14 ounces, to have your item sent via the more expensive Priority Mail price.  

     IF we send a chart with charms or buttons, or a skein of floss, in a flat envelope, the post office is now applying a 20 cent surcharge ... as that envelope is now considered 'non-machinable'.  We try 'never' to send anything like this in anything other than a padded envelope .. but if you should insist we just drop your purchase in a regular envelope, there will be the additional charge applied as per post office rules.

NOTE:  Since we have not 'weighed every item in our catalog', when you place your order, a shipping charge is automatically "guesstimated" and added on to your order by our catalog system,    Since we charge shipping based on postal costs according  to postal weight, in the vast majority of cases, this will be NOT be your actual shipping charge and that 'guesstimated' cost WILL BE REDUCED!   Your CC is NOT charged automatically when you place your order - we manually charge your CC when we are ready to ship your  order!   Plus, NO High & Crazy Handling Fees are Applied!

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Fiber CONVERSION CHARTS

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FREE GRAPHS

Making photocopies. Legally you can not ever make a copy without the permission of the copyright owner.

It doesn't matter what form the copy takes--photocopy, electronic copy, photographic, etc.

It also doesn't matter if you sell the copies or give the copies away for free--you can not make copies. The copyright owner has the exclusive right to make copies.

This even applies to out of print patterns or patterns in magazines. The copyright owner still has the exclusive rights to the design--even if they choose not to offer the design for sale at this time.

• You can sell, give away or trade the original pattern you purchased.
• It IS against the law to scan and upload needlework patterns to the internet.
• You cannot make a copy of a friend's chart so that you can stitch the design yourself.

Educating the public (aka your friends and fellow members of e-groups) is paramount to putting an end to the illegal practice of "sharing" charts on the internet. Please help the industry by helping designers protect what is legally theirs. Notify the copyright holder when you see charts illegally uploaded to the internet or being "shared" in web based groups. "Sharing" a purchase with others has both a short and long term negative effect on the industry. Please be a part of the solution. Be an advocate for your needle art!

COPYRIGHTS & COPYWRONGS

                                                click on the above link for very down to earth information

Have You Checked Out Our Discount Sale Site yet??

     SNT Classics is a branch of Stitches N Things and is our eBay store site. 

Click on the sheep

image above to see!

    IF you see a chart there that you want (or many charts that you may want), you can purchase them directly through our SNT Classics ebay site.  QUANTITES ARE VERY LIMITED .. and if you order through that catalog, you can be assured of getting it.              

          ~ Ordering DISCLAIMER  Below ~
    You can email us here at the shop and tell us which ones you want to purchase OR you can also add them in the Comments Section of your order form.  The only problem with ordering SNT Classics either of these two ways is this: QUANTITES ARE VERY LIMITED and it's very possible that while you are emailing your requests to us that someone else has purchased that same item directly through our SNT Classics store .. which means, first come, first served.  We will do everything in our limited power to ensure that you get your items, but cannot guarantee if not purchased directly through our SNT Classics site.

    IF you do email your requests to us, just make sure you give us the full title AND designer name AND tell us that these are from the SNT Classics Store .... or else we won't have a clue what you're talking, er typing, about!

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  Tough Economy?  Sure is, but have you sat down yet to figure out the VALUE you receive

when you choose to purchase needlework over other entertainment activities?

A Night At The Movies For Two:
Tickets to your favorite show - $25.00

Refreshments - $15.00

Gas to get there - $5.00

TOTAL = $45.00 for 90 minutes  

that breaks down to $2.00 per minute

Dinner Out On The Town For Two:

Drinks - $15.00

Appetizers - $10.00

Dinner - $25.00

Gas to get there - $5.00

TOTAL = $55.00 for 90 minutes

that breaks down to $1.64 per minute

Stitching With A Friend:

Fabric (linen) - $20.00

Fibers - $12.00

Chart - $10.00

Gas to get there - $5.00

TOTAL = $47.00 for 300 minutes

that breaks down to $0.16 per minute

  Frank Bielec Says...You'll know Frank as the design company Mosey N Me and also from his appearances on "Trading Spaces". 

Click here to watch Frank's video and download your free Flaming Red Heart" graph!  Use it to teach someone how to cross stitch!  Need the supplies for it, just let us know!

We'd be honored to supply you with what you need for this graph so you can pass along our wondrous needle art!

In Remembrance of September 11, 2001      

We Will Never Forget.    
God Bless America!