13 September 2010 Issue No. Twenty-One

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1 Where Samplers Rule Just 15 minutes from the Airport at the NE CORNER OF CENTER & MCKELLIPS 106 E. McKellips Rd, Suite 111 Mesa, AZ THE ATTIC 13 September 2010 Issue No. Twenty-One TELEPHONE (480) FACSIMILE (480) St. Charles Market Preview We are pleased to give you a preview of some of the exciting new things we will be bringing home from the St. Charles, MO Market in two weeks. If we know the price, it will be listed ~ if there s no price given, it means we don t yet have that information. Having this opportunity to preview with you a few of the new things will help me a great deal. Your orders and interest will give me invaluable guidelines in making difficult choices in the great shopping frenzy... five floors of exhibitors at the Embassy Suites, with their suites brimming with wonderful needlework treasures. How do I choose? With your help. So here we go! Above, top, from Kelmscott Designs: the latest needle minder, Saltbox Hill $9.50, with a black base and ecru design ~ and, above, Cat Snips scissors $11.50, in the black primitive matte finish, 3.75 long, with the right finger hole replicating the cat s tail. Right, from S a m p l e r s Remembered (Linda Danielson): Silver Sewing Etui The $34 chartpack includes the chart and the lovely silver case. This is an exquisite and elegant accessory for your needlework basket stitched on Lakeside s 40c V. Maritime White with Belle Soie s Red Fox, embellished with Gloriana s 7mm Vanilla Silk Ribbon rouched around the inside edges. We are making kits that include the supplies needed to stitch this beautiful ensemble: the Lakeside linen, the Belle Soie, and 2 packages of Gloriana 7mm ribbon.you may pre-order and reserve one of these as well for $26. Other Kelmscott accessories available and shown in the top image: Lace scissors $11.50 Mother of Pearl Ruler $10.50 Strawberry Hat Pins $10 We will have a finishing class with Linda for this piece on Nov. 6.

2 THE ATTIC! PAGE 2 Designs from Mother and Daughter!... Mother, Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers... and her daughter Breanna of Hodgepodge Cottage Left, Halloween Flags $8 from Hodgepodge Cottage Right, Boris $9 from Plum S t r e e t S a m p l e r s ~ companion piece to the very popular Olga. Two more from Plum Street Samplers: Left, Sea Hag $10, with its original verse (which I can t quite completely make out): Red sky at night... Tis the sea hag s delight. For she sings hoary sailors from bed In their sleeping trance. They are lost in her dance Yet her crowns are the skulls of the dead. Right, Dust of Snow $10 with a wonderful Robert Frost quote: The way a crow shook down on me The dust of snow from a hemlock tree Has given my heart a change of mood And saved some part of a day I had rued. I love the redbird-topped trees... and the snowflakes... and the umbrella d young lady... and, of course, the verse!

3 THE ATTIC! PAGE 3 Right, from Lady Dot Creations, Sampler Smooshie Cushion with Hat Pins $18, with very limited quantities available. This 3 x 7 sampler pincushion in everyone s favorite Blackbird/Moda, sampler fabric on the top and coordinating fabric underneath, comes with two lovely pins. Pre-order yours now so you won t be disappointed because these will be gone in a heartbeat! Clockwise from left: Three from Carolina House Designs: Colonial Coverlet 1 $10, a reintroduction of the first of a lovely four-part series by Carolyn Standing Webb ~ Gillyflower Bag with Smalls $14, stitched on 30c Legacy linen with Belle Soie silks ~ above right, Happy Christmas $12, stitched on 40c with NPI silks ~ a gorgeous reproduction by L i n d a D a n i e l s o n / S a m p l e r s Remembered, On Christmas Day $15, stitched on 40c, charted for Soie d Alger and DMC. We ve been privileged to display Linda s model for several years, and in a future enewsletter I ll show you Gary s beautiful rendition of this sampler (he s working on the verse now).

4 THE ATTIC! PAGE 4 From Embellishing Bits: Below left, two scissors fobs, Pumpkin Harvest and Bee in Flowers, each $10 ~ and above left, three sets of Hat Pins, Meow Hat Pins, Witchy Woo Hat Pins, and Strawberry Hat Pins, each $10. From Kelmscott Designs: left, Trois Buttons $5/pkg of 10 ~ above, two samplers, She Doth Work $9, with an original verse: She doth work with her hands, in the comfort of her stitch and A Magnolia Doth Blossom $8, with its original verse, a bit of a take on love: A magnolia, it doth blossom for, oh, such a short time But thy love will be forever as the beauty of the bloom. Right, Purse Frames $11/pkg of 2, which can also be used as the top+bottom of a bellpull ~ Below right, Hare Threadwinders 2.75 x.75 $8/pkg of 2. Below, Tombstone Angel wooden folk art kit $10 with wooden tombstone, sampler chart, trim, and finishing instructions.

5 THE ATTIC! PAGE 5 Clockwise from the upper left: four from A u r y T M D e s i g n s : Heritage Sampler $15, a lovely Spanish sampler dedicated to the designer s grandmother, stitched over 1 on 28c (but can be changed to any count over 2) ~ A Wicked Accident $8 and A Gobble Couple $10 ~ Medallion 1 $12, stitched over 1 again on 28c ~ and four from Lady K Needlearts: A Sampling of Stitches $16, containing 16 specialty stitches with detailed images and stitch explanations, all accomplished with only 2 colors of overdyed silk ~ Tulip Garden Tapestry $14 ~ Just Give Me Diamonds $12, a lovely ensemble of needlework accessories ~ Daffodil Garden Tapestry $14, another stunning tapestry.

6 THE ATTIC! PAGE 6 Clockwise from above: Two from Acorn House Design, That s One Gorgeous Bag! $15 using the new purse frame shown on page 4, stitched on Lakeside s 36c Sienna Night, includes a tiny wallet design with scissors fob attached ~ Elf in a Box $15, another amazing three-dimensional design from Susan. Look for her companion design in the December issue of Just CrossStitch, Santa in a Box ~ Two from Wendy KC Designs: Prrrr-fect Partners $14, a great set of smalls which include a cat bed for the Cat Snip scissors, an emery pillow, a mouse scissors fob, and a needlebook, and Monthly Musings 2 $12 ~ and two from Island Cottage Needlearts: Quilted Shaker House $7 and Boo Boo Kitty Thread Palette Prim Kit $25, a witch s boot that minds your threads for you.

7 THE ATTIC! PAGE 7 From The Primitive Needle No pricing information for these yet, nor supplies information; just wonderful photos. Clockwise from upper left: The Olde Settlement ~ Flatheads Embrace ~ Halloween Garden, an exclusive St. Charles kit that comes with either 30c or 35c Weeks hand-dyed Putty linen for $14 ~ Annie Hyssop s Harvest Moon Annie is a friend of Jenny Bean, introduced at last year s St. Charles Market ~ and she will have many, many friends this year!

8 THE ATTIC! PAGE 8 More From The Primitive Needle Clockwise from above: Halloween ~ Old Game Board ~ Witch and 1612 From CherryWood Design Studios Clockwise from right: Pumpkin Tree, 2 different versions ~ Witch s Checklist ~ Needle ~ Curly Q Witch ~ Halloween Ribbon, a Limited Edition Chartpack that includes buttons & ribbon ~ and A Baby, A Manger ~ I love this one!

9 THE ATTIC! PAGE 9 From Raise the Roof/Shakespeare s Peddler Left, Halloween Towne, available as a chartpack with the silks $28. A buttonpack will also be avaiable. The model is stitched on Lakeside s 32c V. Pearled Barley and it is framed in a Family Tree frame. Left and below, sneak peeks at This is Christmas ~ a Spanish sampler reproduction that looks very intriguing ~ and Jenny Bean s Friendship Sampler.

10 THE ATTIC! PAGE 10 Left to right: 5 Little Pumpkins $16 from Janie/The Cat s Whiskers ~ and two from Stickideen von der Wiehenburg, with Dinky Dyes silk packs for both: Autumn Quaker Bellpull $24 + silk pack $76 (we ve already shown you this a week or so ago but it fit in the space today) and Halloween Quaker Bellpull $20 + silk pack $50.

11 THE ATTIC! PAGE 10 Clockwise from upper left: Two great new contemporary blackwork collections from Seba Designs, The Ornament Collection $16 features the 9 ornaments pictured above; a Dinky Dyes silk pack for all is $26 ~ and Biscornu Too Collection $16, its Dinky Dyes silk pack is $20 ~ Diamonds for Christmas from Janie/The Cat s Whiskers $18 chartpack that includes both designs + the silks and ribbons for both ~ from Tracy/Ink Circles, publishing this design for her mother, Cindy, who also designs fabulous Scandinavian-style sweaters, hats, and mittens (visit her site ), this one is called Fjord Pansies ~ I don t have its price yet ~ and from Diane Williams/Little House Needleworks, Belle Pepper - Be Merry was designed in the Jenny Bean s Friends series. I love this one.

12 THE ATTIC! PAGE 12 Coming from Blue Ribbon Designs I love all of these. Which to stitch first? Help me decide. Above, Halloween with a Y $14, stitched on Lakeside s 40c Tundra with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, also includes finishing instructions for flat-finish ornament and treat bag. Right and below, Blessed Beyond Measure $14, a very useful tool, a Stitch Starter Ruler, + several design choices for the sleeve to hold your Stitch Starter. Stitched on Lakeside s 32c Strawflower with WDW floss. Left and below, Frolic in the Foliage $12, stitched on Weeks 40c Beige with WDW floss. Finishing instructions included for the smalls.