Nashville New Releases & Update

Hello Sampler Friends,

Well, a lot has happened since I last posted.  We are finally getting settled into our new home.  Does that mean that all the boxes are unpacked?  Nope...but our downstairs is pretty settled.  The Kitchen, Den, Living Room, Dining Room and Library are set up and liveable without boxes.  So, that feels a bit more settled.  The guest room and bath is ready for visitors, but the garage is still full and my office is still quite a mess.  Our neighbors told us it took them a year to get all their boxes out of the garage, so I don't feel so bad still having boxes around.  I just hope we get things in order sooner than a year!!

After a year of sabbatical, I am back in gear and designing again.  For the first time I flew to the market and it was quite an adventure.  Everything cost more than I thought it would, but I hope I learned some things for next time to cut down on that expense.  Which reminds me...does anyone know what the going tipping rate is for bellmen and skycaps?  It's been awhile since I had to tip someone.  For all the previous markets we drove, so we didn't use their services.  I am sure I over did it.

We forgot to take pictures of the suite, so I don't have any pictures to show, but lets get down to the really important information...the new releases.  I am excited to share the new releases and I have worked hard to bring you more of what you have said you like in the way of designs.  So here are the new items released at the Nashville Needlework Market.

Queen Anne's Pin Chest and Needle Book

Sweet Bird's Pin Nest and Needle Book

These hideaway pin cushions are stitched on Weeks Dye Works 40 Count Confederate Gray Linen using Belle Soie Silks from Crescent Colours.  Instructions for finishing are included and the pin cushion when removed from the wooden base reveals an area in which to put pins or the matching needle book. 

Queen Anne's Pin Chest and Needle Book

Sweet Bird's Pin Nest and Needle Book

Milady's Sampler Pendants I

(Market Special)

These cute sampler pendants are stitched on 36 Count Pecan Butter by Lakeside Linens using Gentle Arts Threads over one linen thread.  The fabric and fibers to do all four designs are included in the kit along with one pendant.  Extra pendants are available at your local needlework store.

Milady's Sampler Pendants II

(Market Special)

Another cute set of sampler pendants are stitched on 36 Count Pecan Butter by Lakeside Linens using Glorianna Luminescence over one linen thread. Again the fabric and fibers to do all four designs are included in the kit along with one pendant. 

And Finally....The new reproduction of  

Ann Smith Blockley 1834

Ann is stitched on 45 Count Vintage Meadow Rue from Lakeside Linens using Au Ver A Soie 100/3 silks from Access Commodities.  I loved working on this count with this silk.  Ann was great fun to stitch.  Almost everything on her sampler is asymetrical.  It could be by one or two stitches, but most motifs are not exactly the same on both sides.   The lack of symetry just adds to the charm of this sampler.  So, if you pick this piece up from your local needlework store, be sure to follow the chart carefully. 

That's all the news for this time.  I hope you like the new designs and will let me know what you think.  The next show will probably be the Online Show in April, so stay tuned.

Until next time,

Gloria

                                                                                                                                                                   

 Holiday Greetings Friends,

Well, the boxes are slowly getting unpacked and it's beginning to look more like home.  We still have a ways to go, but there is light ahead in that long tunnel of boxes.   Thanks to all for hanging in here with me and being patient with orders and drawing prize deliveries.  I am grateful to have such wonderful stitching friends.

Christmas is just a day away and I am not going to Minnesota this year.  With all the hubbub of the move and the need to look ahead to the market in February, I was feeling on the fence anyway.  I fly on passes since my husband used to work for the airlines and the lack of availability of flights made the decision for me.  So, I will be at home for our first Christmas in Arizona.

Since most rooms are in disarray, we will not be having a tree this year, but will hang the stockings on the fireplace and have a fire instead.  On Christmas Eve we usually have a nice dinner, watch a Christmas movie and drive around to look at the lights in the neighborhood.  Then we unwrap presents.  Our new home is our present this year, but since we can't wrap that. :) ..there will be a couple of books and DVD's by the fire place too.  I plan to stitch as much as I can over the holidays and enjoy time with family here.  My aunt and uncle are here for the winter, so Christmas day we will be having dinner with them.  It won't be the same without the company of my four sisters, but we decided to SKYPE during the holidays and that will be fun.

I am wishing all of you a wonderful time with family and friends, peaceful cozy nights and lots of stitching time during the holidays.  Merry Christmas to all of you and I will see you in the New Year!

Blessings,

Gloria