I am pretty much stuck at home under 18-24 inches of snow, depending on where I measure. Some of us love snow! We eat it, we lay in it, we run around like a maniac in it.
But some of us don't! (Especially when it is still falling. The white streaks above are snowflakes coming down hard.) I'm one of the latter group. So what's a threadaholic to do when they are stuck at home four days before Christmas? Why, do Internet shopping, of course!
Fireside Stitchery sent an email this morning reminding me of their yearly clubs which are about to start up again. My favorite is their unique Thread Collectors Club. Have a thread you adore that you can't get locally? For a monthly fee, have a selection of colors sent to your door. You collect your favorite brand at a discount a month at a time. Here are all the thread brands they offer this way.
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/clubs/index.cfm?fuseaction=getClubList&CategoryId=2&showStart=1&groupNo=1
Nordic Needle also emailed me this morning. Their weekly newsletter has specials, including a pages and pages of threads on sale. There is a lot of Kreinik metallics available, mostly in Cord and the larger 12, 16 and 24 sizes, and they have selected colors of Silk Mori and Silk Serica also on sale. Check out the selection here.
http://www.nordicneedle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NN&Offset=0&Category_Code=L06-00-00&ph=&pl=&CpField=&CpValue=&show=&SortBy=&Search=
If you are more interested in monthly canvas clubs, how about the feathers and fur group, the nature set, or the Getting Ready for Christmas club What's the Point offers? Click on the photo of the stitched example to see the entire set. By the way, if you are a Buckeye fan, click on the Buckeye Corner link on the left side of the page to see Ohio-specific canvases.
http://www.whatsthepoint.biz/clubs.php
That ought to keep us busy until all the snow melts!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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5 comments:
Glad to see that you still have the internet with all the snow. It was 27 deg C here today and we need rain desperately. I have also done internet shopping. i have downloaded Jonah by James Christensen from Heaven and Earth Designs. Although it is xstitch I intend to do it on canvas and use many different stitches.
We have wireless Internet and the signal is always on as long as the repeater tower is up. So that's not a problem, but phones and electricity can be. We're fine, though. Just snowed in.
Glad you are doing a XS piece on NP canvas. There are some wonderful XS designs that would look great as NP!
Odette, I looked up the Jonah design and it is magnificent! What a fish! It'll look great with fancy stitches, too.
That is one big lot of shoveling girl! Whew, that just made me tired! Off to check out the fish!
Odette's fish is wonderful! My snow isn't.
I will fight my way to the mailbox tomorrow. Then eat fudge. LOTS of fudge.
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