THE ATTIC › Newsletters › 2010 › 20100527_Newslett… · latest boxer kits in the Giggle Boxer Series, each $16, include 27c creamy linen, the pattern and a tiny button ~ “ABC’s

Where Samplers Rule

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THE ATTIC Late May 2010

2010 SILENT AUCTION FOR

BREAST CANCER

RECIPE BOOK PROJECT

DETAILS ON PAGE 2.

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SPECIAL SUMMER HOURS beginning June 1: 10 AM-4 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday (After 4 PM by appointment) Thursdays ~ 10 AM - 9 PM Mondays By Appointment

Several more days remain for this charming sampler: as our Sampler of the Month, HandWork Sampler’s “Eliza Hills” ~ Save 15% on your favorite pairing: • chart ($14)+linen ($11)+Belle Soie ($91)Discounted

price $97.75• chart ($14)+linen ($11)+AVAS ($58.50)Discounted

price $70.12• chart ($14)+linen ($11)+NPI ($60)Discounted price

$71.40Linen prices on other than 40c and with larger margins are higher.

“From Every Mountainside” ($10).

Don’t you just love her, proudly waving her flag from the hilltop?! Both models are on Lakeside’s Vintage Sea Storm, for the hornbook ($24) stitched on 40c and on 32c in the star-studded

hand-grained frame ($44).

NEW FROM PRISCILLA’S POCKET

Both models are stitched in Belle Soie with the girl and her flag stitched over 1 and the hilltop and lettering stitched over 2.

The difficulty capturing the true color of the CamoFudge linen from Stitches & Spice is demonstrated below by the photographs taken in sunlight and shade.

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Share your favorite recipe for a delicious fund-raising project!

Please email your favorite recipe to Paula: [email protected] and in the subject area state “Recipe for A Cure.” Type your recipe into t h e e m a i l ( n o a t t a c h m e n t s , p l e a s e ) and proofread/double-check your recipe for accuracy. At the bottom of the recipe, please include your first name and either the state you are from (if you are in the USA) or the country you are from. The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2010. We look forward to your contributions to share in this book for such a great cause!

Memorial Day is here, and that means summer’s almost over and our annual November Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research is fast approaching. This year there’s another way for you to participate. We know many of you have tried-and-true recipes, some family favorites for decades, that you enjoy

serving and would like to contribute? The Attic is going to publish a recipe book this fall, and the net proceeds from the sale of the recipe book will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

LAKESIDE LINENS LIMITED RUN We have a very limited supply of 40c ($54) and 36c + 32c ($50) stitchers’ halves in a color I tried desperately to capture, first in fluorescent light inside the shop and then outside in natural light. Neither one is very good, unfortunately. The color is darker than shown and not

yellow at all. If I had to say which color it comes closest to, I would say Vintage Meadow Rue, but it’s not that either. Anyway, phone-call orders only, please, because these

are so limited. (1.888.942.8842)

Anniversaries of the Heart #4 is here, and below is the 40c/36c fabric we’ve chosen and the Belle

Soie colors.



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May at The Attic

NEW IN THE SHOP

If you are a member of our Attic Addicts club, you may save 15% on your purchase of the following for the few more days remaining in May, until the June specials are announced:• All Handwork Samplers Charts

• All Essamplaire Kits• All Other Sampler Charts & Books

Saturday, May 29, Hawk Run Hollow Stitch Group, 10:30 - 12:30 If you’re stitching any in this series, please join us and get reinspired to complete this beautiful sampler. Please call to register. Fee $5.

Monday, May 31, Memorial Day ~ The Attic will be closed, as we are on all Mondays (except by appointment) to celebrate America and honor those who have served in our military.

On Its Way from Homespun Elegance

“Live in Harmony” ($10.50) says it perfectly for today’s world. The leaflet includes the design for the prefinished Pin Poke (which is available in several color choices), shown stitched over 1 using the continental stitch. I LOVE this! “Blessings Heart” ($7) is the fourth and final heart in this series. The ornament was stitched over 2 threads, and the emery/scissors fob over 1 using the continental stitch. This is a versatile design, a gift for a friend or good neighbor at any time of the year.

N o t n e w b u t s o appropriate in today’s busy life, “Tis a Gift To Be Simple” ($8) features a compelling verse so fitting for our lives in 2010 surrounded by a l ov e l y b o r d e r w i t h charming scenes above and below the verse.

From Olde Colonial Designs, “Waste Knot Want Knot”($20) The chartpack includes the chart, template boards for the basket lid, floral lining material to match the basket, charm, ribbon, needle page scissor pocket and finishing instructions. (Basket $70)

COMING IN MAY ~ TRUNK SHOW JBW DESIGNS



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PAGES OF CHARMING DESIGNS FOR YOUR STITCHING BASKET

Top row from the left, Lynne Nicoletti’s very clever “Read-Me-A-Rhyme Teddy Bear” ($17 w/charms) includes 12 classic rhymes displayed across the front and back sides of Teddy’s body ~ primitivebetty’s “Blessed” ($10) ~ Ink C i r c l e s ’ “ Q u a k e r Q u i l t s : M o n k e y Wrench” ($10)Right, A Mon Ami Pierre’s “Renouveau” ($28) features fabulous alphabets.Across the bottom from left to right, “Old Brick House,” “Old South Church” and “Old Sea Captain’s House” (each $11), all from By the Bay Needleart. This series of three designs can be stitched individually or as a triptych Left, No. 1 in a Series of Kits from Nora Corbett that she calls The Stitching Fairies, this one called “The Floss Fairy” ($70) includes everything you need to stitch this charming fairy, who is here to help you sort your beautiful threads and unknot any tangles (32c linen, full skeins of Crescent Colours hand-dyed floss, Mill Hill beads, Kreinik #4 braid + needle.)



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Clockwise from upper left: Two from Beehive Needleworks, “Tabithy Eaton Pin Pillow” ($9) and “Zabeth Cottingill Sampler” ($10) ~ two from Stickideen von der Wiehenburg, both $24, “Christmas Quaker Bellpull and “Dragons” ~ “Little Mermaid Sampler” ($12) from Willowhill Samplings ~ and from The Victoria Sampler, this beautiful 15-sided biscornu and biscornu scissors fob ($40 for the kit that includes 25c Lugana, needle, threads an beads, and extra buttons ... scissors and pearl cotton for cording not included.)



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Clockwise from upper right: 4 from The Prairie Schooler, each $9, “June” ~ “Signs of Spring” ~ “Tortoise & The Hare” ~ “February” ~ and 3 from The Sampler Girl: “A Sweet View” ($9), “The Prudence B. Sampler Hanging” ($10), and “On Any Shore With You” ($9).



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Clockwise from above, 2 from Heartstring Samplery, each $10, “The Parting Hour” and “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” ~ more adorable sheep from Cedar Hill, “Sophia’s Sampler” ($8) ~ from Country Stitches/With thy Needle & Thread, a very charming pinkeep, “Love & Be Loved” ($9) ~Ink Circles’ Monkey Wrench” ($10)~ and 3 from All Through the Night: “Blackbirds” ($8), “A Sheltering Tree” ($8) and “Merry Christmas” ($4), which Sandy stitched over 1 on 36c linen to mount in the base available from Family Tree, division of Crescent Colours.



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FROM LIZZIE KATE

Clockwise from above, “Green” is the word for this new 6-part Flip-It Series and each part ($4.50) includes a butter yellow flower button; the border is a downloadable PDF file ~ the two latest boxer kits in the Giggle Boxer Series, each $16, include 27c creamy linen, the pattern and a tiny button ~ “ABC’s of Aging Artfully” ($32) comes as a threadpack that includes a vibrant palette of overdyed threads and DMC to stitch this very humorous perspective on aging that can be stitched on your choice of linen ~ “Dog Lessons for People” ($8), a companion design to the previous “Cat Lessons for People” (our model is shown on the left) ~ “Prayer Connection” ($4)AND you will want to reserve yours now: the Summer Fab Fob Limited Edition Kit ($20) that will include the tiny two-tone red-and-blue patriotic scissors as well as light blue fabric, mother-of-pearl star embellishment, and pattern. The 1000 Spring Fab Fobs sold out quickly, so don’t be disappointed. Reserve one now; our order will ship to us on June 15.

Pretend the scissors i s r e d - a n d - b l u e patr io t ic and the design is also patriotic with a mother-of-pearl embellishment! Reserve yours today!!!

Buy all 6 and

receive a 20% discount on the

set for $21.60,

regularly $27.



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CORRECTION: THIS NEW DESIGN FROM REFLETS DE SOIE IS NOT A REPRODUCTION

Left, the beautiful “Sous le Soleil de la Lune” ($16) is a new design from Reflets de Soie. This was shown in the last edition ~ this is simply to correct the r e c o r d , a g o o d excuse to show it to you one more time.

Left, “Deer Hornbook and Scissor C a s e ” ( $ 2 2 ) , d e s i g n e d by Elizabeth Talledo/Dames of the Needle for MTV Designs, includes two small earth magnets to close the needlebook.

FROM MTV DESIGNS

Top row from the middle, both $9, “Amour” and “Autumn in Love”Left, also $9, “Winter in Love” ~Right, “Noel,” a wonderful chartpack with charts for four mittens and four stockings, $22.



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FROM PASSION DES CROIX

Clockwise from above, “Bonjour” ($13) ~ “Perle Marquoir” ($16) ~ “ABC Bobines” ($13) ~ “Brodeuse rethaise” ($16) ~ “ABC topiaire” ($13) ~ “Sampler Noel” ($13), for which our in-stock supply is already very limited, so more will come with our next order ~ “Atelier Passion” ($16), which loosely translates to “My workshop shows that my passion for embroidery is without reason,” something many of us can relate to ~ “Cache cache” ($13) ~ “Framboise et chocolat” ($13), which translated is “Raspberry and Chocolate,” a great combination in needlework as well!



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TWO PAGES OF OUR CUSTOMERS’ BEAUTIFUL NEEDLEWORKBelow, I misidentified the needleworkers for these last time. On the left, Jennifer’s and on the right, Loretta’s “Bird in Hand” ($7) from the talented duo of Alma & Barb/aka Blackbird.

Above, Tamami’s “It’s Berry Time,” Blackbird’s LF#37, in red, of course ~ right above, Linda D’s “1854 Isabella Johnstone” from SANQ #59 on 40c vintage Lakeside and, below it, Tanya’s on 45c vintage Lakeside, both stitched with the charted Belle Soie colors

Left, Jennifer’s beautiful and inspiring finish of her fabric-covered box using “Bird in Hand.” Below left, Molly’s finish of S t i c k i d e e n v o n d e r Wiehenburg’s exquisite “Rose Quaker” ($24), arguably the most popular sampler chart in our shop for 2010, stitched on ?? 40c V. Misty Rain over 1 ~ and, below, Amy’s very beauti ful “Rose Quaker” stitched with her choice of Belle Soie.Below right, Loretta’s progress on her “Tis the Season” from Blackbird’s very popular “Joyeux Noel” ($24).



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Top row left to right, Linda’s framed “Peaceful Garden” from Moira Blackburn and insets of two favorite motifs ~ Andrea’s start on 45c of the new “Spirit of Marken”($27) from Long Dog Samplers ~ Middle row left, Janet’s “Houses of Hawk Run Hollow” and Sheri’s progress on With My Needle’s “Multiplication Table”($11) in its perfect Valley House Primitives frame ($80) ~ Bottom row left, Betsy’s “Quaker Samplings III” ($12) also from With My Needle ~ Victoria’s “ABC Pinkeep” ($9) from Country Stitches ~ the oil can for this adorable piece is $16 ~ Tamami’s “Salome Kriebel” from The Essamplaire (kit $49 w/silk).



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Clockwise from upper left: Dames of t h e N e e d l e ’ s “ M a r y l a n d Hornbook” ($14 - hornbook $14)~ Little House Needleworks’ “Merry Skater” ($6), “Simple Joys” ($8), “The Mercantile ($8) ~ Country Cottage Needleworks’ “Jack & Jill” ($6) and “A Bee C Sampler” ($8) ~ from La-D-Da, “Bubble Gum” ($8) and “The Totin’ Hare” ($9)

FROM MANY OF YOUR FAVORITES: DAMES OF THE NEEDLE, LITTLE HOUSE NEEDLEWORKS, COUNTRY COTTAGE NEEDLEWORKS, AND LA-D-DA



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MORE FROM VARIOUS DESIGNERS

Tyler turned 13 this week! And Hannah couldn’t wait for him to open her present, a bag of his favorite kettle corn and a six pack of Mountain Dew. I love that! Our son and daughter-in-law Ralph and Amy have done a grand job with our grandchildren.If you live in the Phoenix area and need a competent, professional, trustworthy electrician, I am pleased to recommend Ralph’s company and his services. Make an a p p o i n t m e n t a t 6 2 3 . 7 4 8 . 8 1 5 0 . www.azcentralelectric.com

Clockwise from the right: Milady’s Needle’s “A Schoolroom Primer” ($32 for a fabulously complete kit that includes everything ~ 40c Lakeside linen, silk, hornbook & 4 printed choices for your ABC’s lesson) ~ “My Little Bees Ruler Pocket” ($16 w/brass ruler) ~ and t o c o m p l e t e t h e s e t , “ M y L i t t l e B e e s Accoutrements” ($11) ~ “Milady’s Quaker Pendants II” ($23 kit that again includes everything, linen, silk, and 1 pendant) ~ Shakespeare’s Peddler’s “Magic Garden Sampler” ($10) ~ Donna Kooler’s “Stocking Collection” ($22.95)



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