Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Holiday Greetings

Here is our shop schedule for 2018

CLOSED: Monday, December 24
                  Tuesday, December 25
                       Wednesday, December 26

ANNUAL 20% OFF EVERYTHING SALE
Thursday, December 27
Friday, December 28

Once again, some designers are busy working on wonderful new things to keep us happily stitching next year. Jack Frost’s Tree Farm is a darling series from Little House. This series contains a central design with six small individual coordinating pieces. These designs can be stitched individually or stitched to create one large project. We are taking pre-orders to prepare for the February release.  

Mary Clayton is the latest beautiful sampler to come from Hands Across The Sea. Here is a photo for your enjoyment. We expect these samplers soon.

Plum Street Samplers has added to her wonderful collection with Noah’s Christmas Ark VI, Llama Lump and Goodbye Fall. These should arrive before the holiday. Please let us know if you would like any of the above.

Wishing you and yours a Joyous Holiday Season.

See you Wednesday, January 2, 2019






Monday, November 19, 2018

Christmas Is Coming! Christmas Is Coming!

Christmas Is Coming! Christmas Is Coming! and the goose is getting fat. Are you ready? Maybe we can help you with some quick holiday projects.  Also, we are again having our 15% off everything Black Friday Sale and the hours are 10:00 until 5:30. Thanksgiving Holiday Hours:  Closed Thanksgiving Day, regular hours on Friday and Saturday. Enjoy your holiday.

You are cordially invited to our Annual Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Please join us for the traditional party of cookies and hot punch. Saturday hours are 10:00-2:00. See you there.

From the department of new designs, here is a collection of some new charts in the shop. Country Stitches has a holiday group of 5 Winter/Christmas designs which includes Basketful of Winter Time. Check out the photo. Hands on Design has I Hear the Bells embellished with darling pins from Just Another Button. Also a photo. 

Christmas Cabin, from Chessie & me, is stitched on linen using Gloriana silk. The kit includes everything you need to produce this beautiful design. Cute and quick stitch from Country Cottage is Santa’s List, one your children will love.

Another Hands On Design is a chart of small designs featuring one for each month. We show you photos showing the entire set on one piece and some ideas on how to use a few months at a time.

Glitter Village, from Country Cottage, is an ongoing collection of 9 small village houses (one a month) stitched on Raw/Silver linen. What fun to see this village appear!

We wish you a peaceful Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you soon. 









Friday, October 19, 2018

October Newsletter - Upcoming Trick or Treat Sale

We are thrilled October weather has arrived, even if it is a bit late and we must scurry to catch up. It is almost time for our TRICK OR TREAT SALE. Come by on Friday, October 26, or Saturday, October 27. Make your selections, draw a ticket from our pumpkin and enjoy a surprise discount on your entire purchase. We have a good number of wonderful autumn and holiday designs to show you.

Please mark your calendar: November 1 is the last day to bring Christmas finishing to be delivered before the holiday.

Coming soon: Glitter Village by Country Cottage is a series of 9 designs to be released one per month, beginning late October. The designs are charming village houses in shades of pastels. Wonderful collection. Sign up now to receive all 9. See photo.

Here are some of the latest newbies we have in the shop: Bats in the Belfry, from The Drawn Thread, takes you to a quiet and semi-spooky Halloween scene. See photo. Chessie & Me has two new kits: Halloween Mini, which shows a pumpkin stack topped with a black cat. This kit includes fabric and Gloriana fibers. Christmas Cabin includes deer, trees and a cozy cabin as well as fabric and Gloriana fibers. See photo.

Moving on to Christmas is Merry Christmas created by Country Cottage. This is very simple but brings the feeling of home and comfort to mind. Search the Sky, Waxing Moon, incorporates Santa and his sleigh flying over a home and a complimentary verse to complete the scene.

Cottage Garden has a series of 4 bird designs and we have just received #4. This series has beautiful color selections and features different birds on each chart. See photo of #4.

Soon to arrive: two new Ink Circles designs: Horse Play and Castle Walls. These designs are unique beyond words. Photos. New Christmas cuties are expected any day from Heart in Hand - anxious for these to come.

Hope to see you at The Touch soon. Happy Stitching – Have a safe and scary Halloween!














Monday, September 17, 2018

What a difference a day makes!

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday we were enjoying early Autumn and today Summer has returned. Luckily, needlework designers keep moving at their impossible pace to bring us projects and ideas to cover all seasons. We have a number of these new designs in the shop and more on the way.

AUTUMN PREVIEW SALE

Join us for a 2-day sale to celebrate the upcoming season. Take 20% off your total order on Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22. This sale covers all inventory in the shop on those two days. Come join the fun!

Coming Soon from Country Cottage: Glitter Village is a series of 9 designs that will be released consecutively for 9 months. Each small house can be stitched to stand alone or put together to show the entire village. Thus far, we have seen only two houses but, as always, they are darling. A photo of the village is shown in the picture section.

Some of the other new things shown below include: Put On The Hat by Hands On Design. This Halloween design needs no explanation, as it says it all. All you need is a hat and a cat! Barbara Ana has an outstanding 3-part Halloween design titled Black Cat Hollow. Each section includes busy little witches and their black cat partners surrounded by pumpkins. See photo.

Heart in Hand has a new addition to her Bird Sampler Series. Tom Turkey Sampler is a folk art, handsome, monochromatic turkey. Great addition to your fall display. Cecilia also has two new Christmas designs:  Wee One: Christmas Night features stockings and a neat holiday verse. In addition, there is a sweet little ornament titled Wee One: Glad Tidings. A peaceful crèche sits atop a snowy hill, carefully guarded by three little animals. We also have the Wee Santa 2018 by Heart in Hand.

Two beautiful bird designs have just arrived from Cottage Garden. Merry and Bright features everyone’s favorite cardinal sitting in a surround of greenery and red berries. Also, Winter’s Wisdom which shows 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets and Conifers. Beautiful!

Watch for our Halloween specials in late October. Happy stitching while you enjoy this beautiful season.










Monday, August 6, 2018

New Autumn Designs

Seems only yesterday we were talking about the beginning of summer, but today the school buses are rolling and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a number of new autumn designs.

We are anticipating arrival of four newbies from Cecilia Turner at Heart in Hand. Everyone has been waiting for Bird in the Hand: Autumn, which is the final installment in the set of four seasonal Bird in Hand designs. These designs are great stitched alone or joined and finished using a free border available from our shop. Please see photo showing the entire set stitched together. Also from Cecilia is Harvest on Dahlia Ridge where a lovely maiden has yielded quite a harvest – super-sized dahlias and pumpkins galore to gather. Delightful wooden pumpkin buttons are included with each chart.  

Wee Santa 2018 is coming along in this shipment. The 23rd annual Santa celebrates the jolly old elf’s cold weather home as Santa is joined by a snowman, snowy owl and a tiny bird perched on Santa’s mustache. A must have!

Brenda Gervais has also been working on a number of new autumn creations: Bittersweet & Broomsticks features a darling little witch with her basket of pumpkins and, of course, bittersweet branches. Next comes Basketful of Autumn Time; the third in a four-part seasonal series. This chart shows another little witch carrying a BOO banner over a basket filled with pumpkins surrounded by flying bats. The Cat & the Moon is the 3rd basket in the gardener’s peat pot series. Cute, cute cat in this chart. A must see!

The designs mentioned above are just a drop in the bucket of new things in the shop and on the road here. Please stop to see for yourself. If you have not seen the latest Plum Street animal collection (Hen Peck, Cow Pile, Snort Stack and more), it is whimsical and just plain fun.

The 2018 Just Cross Stitch Halloween book is here and the Christmas book should be here shortly. Sounds like a very busy stitching season.







Thursday, June 28, 2018

Summer has arrived in Louisville!

Summer, with all its heat and humidity, has for sure made it to Louisville.  Time to collect a cool drink and new stitching projects to enjoy a quiet afternoon.  That’s where we come in! We have a list of new designs here and on the way, but first let me tell you about our July Specials.

Beginning July 5 through July 14, we are offering 10% off the following items:


Little House Hometown Holiday Series
All Blackbird designs in stock
Shepherd’s Bush Trifles Collection

Here are a few of the new designs for the summer season and beyond.  Scissortail Designs has a clever patriotic design named Rise and Shine; Country Cottage shares her darling sheep with a saying, “Every Heart,” for the 4th of July holiday; Knee High By the 4th of July is a new one by Hands On Design. There is something for everyone for the upcoming holiday.

Plum Street Designs has a set of three cute, cute animals.  Included are Goat Load, Sheep Heap and Snort Stack.  Check out the photos!

Brenda Gervais has four new designs: Betsy Snyder, 1822 is an antique reproduction sampler, faithfully reproduced.  Really darling is Queen Of The Needle – especially for those who love being a queen.  Farmyard Parade features the Woolsons (Ora and Ida) who are the Grand Marshalls for the 4th of July Parade.  Strawberries & Stripes is a small bluebird/strawberry design to fit on a peat pot basket (second in a series).

The Finishing Touch will be closed on July 4th.  Enjoy the holiday.  Happy Summer Stitching!