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I just wanted to let you know that my husband and I are camping in the mountains and will be out of cell phone and internet range for a while. The best way to contact me is through the website or by e-mail. I will be able to pick up e-mails twice a day, so if you need an answer please be patient. It will come.

For a while this morning the website was adding $10.00 shipping to the orders. If this happened to you I apologize. I think we have the problem fixed now.

It's almost time for the first chart of the Mystery Sampler to become available. In the US        A Stitching Shop  www.stitchingshop.com or AStitchingShop@gmail.com is carrying the charts and will have all the threads you need. In Canada  you will find charts and threads at Traditional Stitches www.traditionalstitches.com or Janice@traditionalstitches.com and at Stitching Corner in Cochrane, Alberta www.stitchingcorner.ca or nygabe@telus.net                 Of course, the charts will be available as a digital download on this website under the Designs page. It will appear on Friday, September 15th.

I am so excited to tell you about my newest design.   "The Banquet - A Veritable Feast of Stitches" It is a Mystery Sampler Stitch-along and the first part will be available in shops and here on the website on September 15th 2017. Subsequent parts will be issued on the 15th of each month for a total of eight months. The price of each chart will be 10 Canadian dollars. That translates to approximately 8 US dollars. This is a project on 18 count mono canvas with a stitch count of 164 x 232.            ...

Finally I can tell you that our website is up to date. Hallelujah!! Changing everything has been a huge job, but now all of my charts are available to you as Digital Downloads!  I am in the middle of designing my 80th chart and thought I would talk a bit about the process. Inspiration can come from anywhere. "Teardrops" started when I was playing on the computer, trying to graph "Pretty on Pink". I use PC Stitch for graphing and I drew a row of stitches, then rejected it for that particular pattern.....but I liked it so my mind went...