New Stuff

You wished reeaal hard for the wonderful sinewy, sensuous (and sometimes sinister) work of Molly Crabapple to be added to the Sublime Stitching Artist Series and now, your wish has come true! (Mine, too.) 

★ MOLLY CRABAPPLE ★ Embroidery Transfers

In celebration of this new release, I'm also having a HUGE semi-annual (last one for 2010) PATTERN SALE! Go embroidery nuts! It's okay. 

I am really excited about this: Dream Garden is now available as a large-format design printed directly on fabric for you to stitch (or paint) and frame! I've added some birds and additional embellishments for extra dreaminess. See? I've been busy x-x-x'ing.

Dream Garden Stamped Textile

Floss Colors here

NEW & RE-INCARNATED PATTERNS! I have been spending weeks re-vamping 7 of the most popular sheets with new and updated designs for you. Boy, are my stitching fingers tired (but happy). Don't miss all the new patterns I've added:

Fantasy Flowers - All New Sheet!

Pinups & Panthers is now - Pinups by Gil Elvgren - All New Sheet!

Om Sweet Om - Now includes a chubby Buddha!

Under the Sea - Now includes an Octopus, Squid, Jellyfish, Coral (and more!)

Spaced Out - Now includes an Evil Robot Head, Flaming Meteor, Ray Gun, UFO (and more!)

Tattoo Your Towels - Now includes a Tribal Tattoo, old-school Anchor (and more!)

Viva Las Vegas - All New Sheet!

I'll be highlighting closeups of the stitched examples here on the blog in the coming weeks and also having a contest, so check back here  soon! Now, go get the new patterns, you. G'wan!

Surely to go out of stock instantly like the other 'uns...I give you (for as long as I can keep them in stock) a WHITE tool case!

Thanks to the folks at Uncommon, you can get a selection of my artwork emblazoned on your iPhone (other options available) case. 

Link

Okay, okay: "uncle". I will now begin pre-conditioning my floss with this stuff. Typically used by beaders, Thread Heaven will work wonders for us embroiderers, too! I'm really impressed by this seemingly magical balm and all that it does! It's petroleum free (that's cool), it won't break down and ruin fibers, it's UV protective, was invented by a beader for people like us, it will walk the dog for you and give you a massage (okay, I made that last part up)...But, it will make separating your floss easier and keep those stitches playing nice. Link

Related: Kiss Your Floss

New tools for stitchin' fools! These supercute, polka-dot cases keep emergency embroidery tools (we all want to avoid an embroidery emergency) in your purse, coat pocket, suitcase or what-have-you. And, don't think this is just some cute case I'm dubbing a "tool case" -the insides are thoughtfully lined with magnets so your needles don't fly around all willy-nilly and there are elastic bands to keep your scissors (Yes! They fit inside!) from falling out when you open it. For stylish stitchers only, please (that means all of you). Cool Tool Case here!

And, I am SUPER excited about these scissors! Just look at them! While they won't take the place of your everyday scissors, they are definitely useful for doing the tiny snipping and uprooting that embroidery (sometimes) requires. That is why I am calling them: Wicked Step Scissors!

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