Status Thimble NOT Passing into History

UPDATE (also via Facebook--thanks, Deborah):

Hooray! We were able to find a new home, so we will be able to move – not close. I can’t begin to tell you how pleased – and relieved – we are.

Our new address will be 4220 Olympic Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403. This is just off El Camino and 42nd Avenue, up from Mollie Stone’s grocery store and fronting on the same building as Always Quilting. We will be just three minutes south of the Hillsdale Shopping Center and 12 minutes south of our present location in Burlingame.

We are excited about our new location. The parking is free and the lot is immediately in front of us. We will have fresh paint, new carpeting and even heating! We hope you will come to visit us from Monday, April 16th – onwards, although I’m sure we will still be rearranging and be rather messy. We’ll also do a new schedule of classes as soon as possible.

Our store hours will stay the same: Mondays through Saturdays 10 – 5, with Thursdays open until 7:30pm. We have a very congenial stitching group on Thursday evenings from 5 to 7:30 and you are welcome to join us (no charge).

We look forward to seeing you.

Susan Bryant

Phone (650) 344-1737


Via Facebook--Status Thimble in Burlingame, CA will be closing April 5.  Because the shop is in California and I'm in rural Virginia, I never got a chance to visit, but I always loved her shop newsletters which were fascinating excursions into history and stitching.
http://www.thestatusthimble.com/

On the other hand, some landmark shops just keep hanging on.  Needle in a Haystack is 14 today and is having a sale to celebrate.
http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_new/2012/03/its-time-for-the-2012-eggcellent-anniversay-sale.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

A Stars Finish

Donna posted more progress photos of her beautiful version of Tony Mineiri's Stars for the New Millennium.
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2012/03/behind-scenes-with-stars.html

Then she settled down and finished the piece.  Isn't it lovely?
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2012/03/now-showing-at-bijou.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Common Sense Color

Color theory and the color wheel are tools I find confusing. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but Bargello Needlepoint has done something about the confusion--explained color theory terms in an understandable way!
http://bargelloneedlepoint.com/using-colors-in-bargello-needlepoint/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com