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Don't forget to sign up for our very
informative article on choosing the right needlework
lamp for you. The signup link is right on our home
page! If you sign up via email, you'll get a
coupon for a super-low price on a Daylight Portable Lamp
(these coupons don't apply to other lamps, just the
little portable design). These lamps are now in stock for immediate
shipment.
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We always have several closeout cross
stitch or needlepoint kits at reduced prices. Click on our New
Items link on the top menu bar of any catalog page.
Searching for Sales!
If
you don't needlepoint, you may be tired of scrolling through 6 pages
of canvas designs to find the cross stitch sale items. To
narrow your search, visit the Search page and select
Advanced Search, then select Needlepoint as the Category, then go to
the bottom of the page and check the box for Sale prices only.
Voila! This works for any category!
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Previous Issues |
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05 - needlepoint basics
December
04 - gift
ideas, items for less than $15
Fall 04
- technology update, cross-stitch clearance needlepoint
stockings
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Better late than never! Our new spring newsletter is
finally ready with lots of great updates. Here's a
summary of what's inside:
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Our
new website -
Floss
Organizer Systems -
New
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We were definitely slow getting this issue out the door.
But its for a good reason. We finally have our redesigned
website up and running. You'll enjoy the fast, error-free
secure online ordering. Our site had gotten so much
traffic and so many orders that our shopping cart software was
just not up to the task. This spring, we upgraded to a
completely new version which, we hope, kept the best parts of
the old system while adding some new, more robust functionality.
We've also made some changes in how you type in the
color numbers for large orders of yarn or floss. For
Paternayan yarn and DMC floss (and the 4mm silk ribbon) we now
have the box for you to type in all your colors on the page
where you add the product to your shopping cart. That way
you don't get caught up in the ordering process and forget to
type your colors in. Look for the box on the right hand
side of the detail page, in the area labeled "Ordering
options.
We did lose somewhat the ability to quickly search for new
items. It's still there, but buried on the Advanced Search
page. If you want to see what we've added recently, go to
the Search page, click on Advanced
Search and all the way at the bottom is the menu box for
"Added to Inventory" and then you select how new you
are looking for - last month, last 3 months, etc.
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It's always a challenge to find places to put your thread.
I have tried a number of systems with mixed success.
Currently, I wind my DMC floss on plastic bobbins and store them
all in color order in a plastic divided organizer with a
lid. Not bad. But the fancy threads would be damaged
if I wound them on a bobbin, so I put these in File-a-Floss
baggies and put them in my sewing basket. I'm OK with that
solution, but the floss bobbins haven't really been all that
satisfactory.
DMC has introduced a new organizing system that is pretty
neat. It's called the Stitchbow, and you've probably seen
it in all the stitching magazines. It's designed to handle
skeined floss, like the DMC embroidery floss we carry. But
it will also hold Anchor and any of the overdyed flosses that
are skeined the same as DMC. Rather than unwinding
and rewinding your thread, you just slide it onto the Stitchbow
holder and put the tubular thread label on a special tab where
it will tell you what color is on the holder at the
moment. By themselves, the stitchbows are great, but they
can get tangled up if you just toss them in a drawer. Not
to fear, there are lots of great add-on products to help you
organize the Stitchbow Floss Holders.
I've handled them all, and they definitely get the job done
at a fair price. There are plastic cases designed mostly
for floss storage in the home, and there are various travel bags
that you can carry your floss and supplies for projects.
Go to our site and type Stitchbow in the search box on any page
and you'll see the floss holders and a couple of
organizers. I'm so excited about organization, I'm
thinking about doing another informative article - this time
about your organizing options. Stay tuned.
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We all like to see new things. In addition to the
Stitchbow organizing system, we have added some fun new
needlepoint canvases from the recent Dallas needlework
market. I especially like "Frank," the dog who
stole the frankfurters. He's too funny!
For one lucky shopper, there is a full nativity set, and a
partial one by Tapestry Tent, both at greatly reduced
prices. The full set was a sample that was not ordered,
and would normally retail for several hundred dollars.
You'll find it here for about 75% off. Keep watching the
new items - we have to get the scan complete.
To find new stuff, follow the directions in the first
section about our new website to find everything we added in
the last several months.
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