New Stuff

More woven labels are here! The first two designs were so popular, I've created more: Made With #%*&!? and "Made With Love" in Japanese. (There are a lot of Sublime Stitchers in Japan, but I also think it just looks cool.) Thanks to PinkuRocks for the sweet and thoughtful translation:

She said the first character is actually Chinese, but it's incorporated into the Japanese "Made With Love" because it resembles a heart. As for this one...

...no translation needed.

x - x - x

 Here they are! Made With #%*&!? and "Made With Love" in Japanese

Don't miss the arrival of these little guys. 

I don't care that it's not even Thanksgiving yet. I'm starting to feel all Christmas-y and no one is gonna stop my warm fuzzies from firing up. Besides, you'll need some extra time to stitch things up with these: a while-they-last metallic palette in Christmas Colors!

And, not to be insensitive to the rest of us who celebrate Festivus, the grayscale palette should be just perfect for you. That is, if you're going to decorate anything at all.

"So, I spent aalll this time making a gift for (insert soon-to-be ex-friend's name here) and they just tossed it aside like 'whatever' and didn't even seem to appreciate it! Grrrr..." I've come across such plaintive blog entries and comments more than a few times in my DIY days. Since Christmas is approaching, and since I know lots of you are gonna be stitching up gifts (HINT), I thought these might come in handy. You won't have to say a word. Just bat your eyes innocently, exuding nothing but the spirit of giving-givy-ness and let the label say what you want to (but probably shouldn't). 

And by the way...

Remember the ribbon I brought back from Paris? You should, since it sold out before I could even hit "send" on the newsletter (I'm not really exaggerating). Here is more "Fait Avec Amour" (Made With Love) ribbon for you!

This Took Forever - Woven Label

Fait Avec Amour - Woven Label

The La Petite Kit (the smaller, more compact version of the Ultimate Embroidery Kit) has a new look! It also now has five floss colors instead of four...and um...if you want to compare it to the old packaging before I find a moment to update the web graphic, go here!

It's been time to give things a face-lift around here...

Pay attention, because a lot is going on here all at once. You have been so very patient with me on making these color guides and some of the patterns being temporarily out of stock. I appreciate that. The past few months have been very busy for me: I moved Sublime Stitching to Los Angeles, took a trip to Paris for my show of drawings, stopped in D.C. on the way back to speak at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for Etsy...came home, collapsed in a heap...then came down with the flu. A flu that's held on for three weeks (just the nagging coughing part). Don't worry about me. I'm fine. In fact, I'm more than fine -I have new stuff for you! Now, pay close attention 'cause this isn't some streamlined marketing plan I have worked out or anything...

1. Several of the most popular patterns were out of stock for a wee bit. They are now back in stock! Which ones? These:

Chi-Chi Fever - Gnomes & Fairies - Gothic Grandeur - Chinatown are all back and better than ever! Better how?

2. Some of these sheets got a face-lift, which means they have new designs on them! Can you tell which ones? Nevermind, I'll just tell you:

Chinatown - now sports chopsticks, dim sum (gimme some) and a bigger and better dragon!

Gnomes & Fairies - Now with more mushroom houses! Dude! Mushroom houses! Dude! Mushroo...(ok, you get it.)

Gothic Grandeur - This is one of my earliest (no pun intended) sheets. I've spruced it up with a Victorian hand and a winged skull. Yes, I know it came in too late for Halloween to get the transfer - but that's why I gave you the hand pattern fo' free, and registered users can buy the PDF now to download instantanemously!

I decided Beefcake Beach and Chi-Chi Fever were already awesome and didn't need any updates or changes. Cool by you?

Oh, oh- and! ALL OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE NOW AS PDFS WITH COLOR GUIDES! xo Enjoy, boys and girls.

WHOAH. It's like...it came from outer space or...SOMETHING! What is it? (It's a "keytar", mom.) A few weeks back, I put a call out o the facebook page for requests to the soon-to-be-revamped Rock and Roll sheet. I, uh, didn't realize so many of you (I'm mainly looking at you, Kathy B.) were fond of the melodius sounds of the...keytar. But, your wish is my command, so here it is! A keytar has been added to the newly released Rock and Roll pattern sheet! And, I also added some more guitars and a mix tape to it, too.

Psst - I stitched this with 4 strands in a back stitch. For the keys, I stripped down to three strands.

I made you a mix tape. I hope you like it. I stayed up really late last night making it after my parents went to bed which meant I had to keep the stereo super quiet. Let me know what you think after you listen to it.

If you don't want to wait for me to send out links to new playlists, you can just click on my name (sublimestitching) when in Spotify and then click +Add sublimestitching to your people list! I know, I know. I'm figuring out how to use it, too. Either way, I'll post links to new playlists when they come up on twitter or facebook.

Here's the first playlist I made, in case you'd like that one, too:
Sublime Stitching STSB - beta
I'm terribly, awful soory that it's not available in Canada.

STSB = "Songs to Stitch By" People are always asking me
what I listen to when I embroider (I usually watch TV, truth be told)
so I thought, "why not make an hour-long playlist for YOU to listen to
while you're embroidering? Or sewing, or cooking, or cleaning...or
whatever. But, it's really kind of aimed at embroidering, meaning: songs
that are good to listen to while sitting still and stitching. Then I
put a super jump-out-of-your-seat song at the end when it's time to get
up and move around again. This does not mean that I won't be doing a
glam-rock mix, since it has been requested...enjoy!

Hey there! You new in town? I don't remember seeing you around here before. You need something? (Silence.) You all sure do look nice and I really like your colors. (Silence.) Ahem. Yeah, well, I like to embroider stuff and you know, maybe all you need is some gussying up? You know, if you're in town looking for a good time or something? (Silence.) Gosh...I...uh... (Silence.) Why aren't you saying anything? How come you're just staring at me like that? Stop staring at me! Can't you say anything? I know how to make you talk...

Stitch up these cocktail napkins so they'll make a statement. BA DUMP BUMP!

~ AVAILABLE NOW ~

★ New Cocktail Napkins ★

White - Black - Pink - Blue

They look kinda plain now (that's the idea), but I'm going to stitch each of them up and report back over the next several days with some ideas, and FREE DESIGNS for you! Brb. I've got embroidering to do.

Remember this ribbon I brought back from Paris last year? I have more now! Not a ton! Just a little!
Limited supply: Fait Avec Amour Ribbon