Yet Another Shop is Closing

Margaret wrote me last night that yet another shop is closing.  This time it is Exclamation Point! in Saratoga, CA.  The owner Dee wants to retire--and at her age!  (80)
http://www.exclamationpoint.org/home

Dee is going to celebrate her 81st birthday next September 17 with a wild closing celebration and sale from 1-5 p.m. that day.  The final day the shop will be open is September 30th.  But Dee promises a great new adventure at her website (under construction as we speak) as a Needlepoint Consultant.  She's going to figure out what that is later in the year.  So bookmark the shop and check occasionally to see what adventures she is up to.  And don't forget to check in with the shop before the end of September if you can to thank Dee for her years of service as a shop owner catering to our every stitching need.
http://www.whyknotstitch.com/

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

Donna Goes on a Road Trip, Jane Scores Master Enabler Points

Donna heard about the big sale this month at Canvases Be Gone and scored a few delights.  (Five enabling points to me!).  She's also been on a road trip to visit Bedecked and Beaddazzled, which is Ruth Schmuff's shop in the northern Baltimore suburbs.
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2011/07/road-trip-tuesday.html

Wait a minute?  The shop has a leopard print rug?!

Then Donna and friends headed to Threads and Needles of Ruxton and then they continued on to the Stitching Post.  It sounds like a fabulous day.
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2011/07/road-trip-part-ii.html

Someday I may do a road trip of my own....

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

Christmas in October?

Today it is Christmas in October!  Waste Knot (Arlington, VA, which is a D.C. suburb) is having a special Christmas class in October taught by the Stitches for Effect ladies, Suzanne Howren and Beth Robertson.  They are going to teach an all day class October 9 (10-5 p.m.) about twelve stitches for Christmas needlepoint designs.  You'll stitch swatches of various stitches and see all the possibilities to enhance that Christmas stocking/ornament/picture you have hidden away in a closet.
http://www.wasteknotneedlepoint.com/

To read more, click on Classes and Events, then use the blue directional arrows at the top of the calendar to change the month to October.  Then click on 10/9 and read all about it.

By the way, currently there's a Rebecca Wood trunk show going on at the shop with 15% off a huge selection of her wonderful designs!  The trunk show is over next Saturday so act fast if you are interested.  That happens to be the same day as the Xmas in July 25% off sale at Needlewoman East, which is about a 12-15 minute drive from Waste Knot, so you can make a day of it.
http://www.theneedlewomaneast.com/Welcome.html

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

Cat Topiary Garden Colors

Fans of the blues and greens in my cat topiary garden will be interested to see the Birds of a Feather piece one of the Pocket Full of Stitches folks is currently stitching.  This piece has the same cool blue-green mix of colors and the same large blocks of space to fill with various stitches.  Click and enjoy!
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/07/devons-project.html

(By the way, I've seen this same piece in a pink and orange version with navy blue birds.)

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

Lee's eBook Cover Review

Janet Perry reviews the new Lee eBook reader cover.  She uses a Kindle so I am not sure if this works well for other brands or not.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/self-finishing-ebook-reader-cover-from-lee-product-review

Here's what Colonial Needle (the owner of Lee Needle Arts) says about their eBook reader covers.
http://needlemenow.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-and-white-and-red-everywhere.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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