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Okay people! Get those orders in, so we can get them out! The last day to order from the website and reasonably expect to get your order in time for Christmas is this Thursday, December 15th (USA). Be aware that this is not guaranteed, because once we put orders in the hands of the USPS, frankly, there are no longer any "guarantees". (So, we err on the earlier side of things.) We do our very, very bestest to get them out as quickly as possible this time of year, and our track record has been rather impeccable ifIdosaysomyself. The last day of shipping for the month will be 12/23 (will arrive after the 25th). Then we kick back, and start sloggin' nog.

You know you've made it when your likeness appears on cardboard. Recently, a stitchy friend posted on the Sublime Stitching FB page that she had walked into a JoAnn Fabrics store and saw a display with my photo on it! I didn't know about this! Well, I mean I kinda did. Here's how it happened: I was asked by JoAnn Craft stores to contribute a project idea for their Spring 2011 press kit in conjunction with National Craft Month. Did you know that March is National Craft Month? (Did you know that February is National Embroidery Month?) Anywhoodles~ kudos to JoAnn for reaching out to several independent designers for project ideas and offering them as free in-store craft projects sheets that you can take with you! This display can be found in JoAnn stores across the country.

If you want to see the full press kit, and all the projects, you need but only to click right here:
JoAnn Spring Press Kit with Projects

Moi? I did a simple redwork project using the Camp Out transfers and this apron.

I have a humble history with JoAnn. When I first started this website in 2001, there was a JoAnn store very near where I was living. Because I didn't yet have wholesale accounts to buy floss and needles for putting together my embroidery kits, JoAnn Fabrics was the place I would raid for floss, extra needles and much of the fabric that I did my work on. I got to know those checkout ladies really, really well.

So it's pretty exciting to have this happen so many years later (I still keep running out of stuff, though). My plan to infiltrate these shops is working nicely...shhh. Be quiet and they won't notice that they're no longer stitching bunnies and teddy bears. Mwahahaha.

Thanks, JoAnn!

Okay people! Get those orders in, so we can get them out! The last day to order from the website and reasonably expect to get your order in time for Christmas is this Friday, December 10th (USA). Be aware that this is not guaranteed, because once we put orders in the hands of the USPS, frankly, there are no longer any "guarantees".
So, we err on the earlier side of things. We do our very, very bestest to get them out as quickly as possible this time of year, and our track record has been rather impeccable ifIdosaysomyself. The last day of shipping for the month will be 12/22 (will arrive after the 25th). Then we kick back, and start sloggin' nog.

Okay, it's not talk like a pirate day, and I am going to summon all my will to not type this post in pirate-speak. I just want to bring your attention to a new section of the website called "The Coupon Clipper" (geddit?). Think of it as the far corner of the shop that you head to first to see what's on sale. Linked at the bottom corner of every page on the site! Ye never know what treasure she holds...(argh, I couldn't help it). </piratetalk>

Win this bag! (all funds go to Grind For Life) 

Embroidering for a cause! There are two fundraisers going on right now to benefit worthy causes:

Grind For Life: Amy Bindel of Early Bird Special has (~beautifully~) embroidered my Floral Fantasy Tote Bag (above), and donated it for Bake and Destroy's auction to raise funds for Grind For Life, an organization founded by Mike Rogers to provide financial assistance to cancer patients and families when traveling long distances to doctors/hospitals.

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Gulf Restoration Fundraiser: Meighan of My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses is holding a seven-day only fundraiser to benefit the Gulf Restoration Network. I donated this piece. You can more info on the fundraiser is here, and all donated works are here.

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Maybe it's time to hold a Jerry-Lewis style embroidery-telethon? I need to get my velour tuxedo cleaned and I'm ready!

(sample examples I'm stitching up all over one of my aprons)

Do you believe in re-incarnation? Well, where some of my earlier pattern sheets are concerned, I certainly do.

I'm really excited to finally re-vamp some of my most popular sheets! It's like everything old was new, and then it got old again and now it will be new again! Whoop! Look for re-incarnations SOON TO COME (like mmmmaybe next week-ish) of...

Now, if you like the old versions just fine as they are, thankyouverymuch, get the PDFs now, before they go bye-bye 4-evar. Some of the older designs will remain, but not all. It will practically be like having six new sheets, so you can start getting excited about it...NOW!

You have been stitching me out of house and home! I've been running out of lots of patterns all at once, but fear not: they are now getting re-stocked. So, we now have back in the hizzy-houzzle: Beach Babes - Camp Out - Forest Friends - Garden Variety - Zombies & Monsters and also: Sushi Bar - Tiki Freak and Krazy Kitchen! I don't want you to go without....

You know, I'm always so rah-rah about everything around here, I thought I'd just fess up about one of my less stellar pattern attempts. "Word Balloons" went over like "Lead Word Balloons" when it came out, and I've never really understood why. It was a customer suggestion, and I thought it was a great one. Approved! Immediately put into production! I mean, aren't you just dying to put your own words into, over, around and across these balloons? I am! So, I broke 'em out and used this textile to make a sweet guest towel that says (I just wrote in pencil on it) "here." Like, "Here I am, a clean little towel for you to dry your hands on. Mind the embroidery. Thanks." Then you take a mint, leave a few coins in the tray on your way out and think "Well, that was extra nice."

Word Balloons Embroidery Patterns

For Sublime Stitching, she's been a Guest Artist! Tara's artwork is utterly dreamy and inspiring, all sweetness and spikes mixed together for your unusual embroidery: Tara McPherson Embroidery Patterns

Mixing rock and roll art with embroidery makes me very happy. Being able to get artists like Tara McPherson to collab with me to make their work available as embroidery patterns for crafters like you -makes me deliriously happy.

Other musically-related Artist Series Patterns I have for you:

Carson Ellis (The Decemberists)

Daniel Johnston

Stock Report: The MOST AWESOME TEA TOWEL is back in stock!