Cardinal Ornament

If you've ordered fabric since the end of August you know that there was a " fabric crisis ". One source had major flood damage, and a widely used brand of linen was on backorder everywhere. We eventually found alternative sources, but by that time, orders were piled high.

It is now the beginning of November and the to-do list is finally back to normal. I enjoy being busy, but that was a scrambling and harried busy, an unsettling busy, so it's good to have it past us. I am so looking forward to Thanksgiving and all that turkey and dressing and gravy - loaded with one of nature's great mellowing agents - tryptophan. By the end of that weekend I'll have completely forgotten about the " crisis ". What crisis ???

You would think that with little fabric to dye we would have had lots of design time. Instead, with two shows in September, Louisville and Hershey, our stitching stands collected dust. New designs are still pending.

We do have a contribution to this year's Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue. It is done on a new color fabric, Redbird ( see fabric page ), and the design is appropriately - a Cardinal.

On the show scene, the Pennsylvania consumer show, held under various titles in Valley Forge, Lancaster, and Hershey, was always extremely well attended. Both exhibitors and attendees were disappointed to hear that '07 Hershey was the end of the line. We all hoped that someone would keep a show in that area, and sure enough, someone did. A note from Marilyn at Stoney Creek announced that a show would be held Oct.1 through Oct.4 in '08 at the Valley Forge Convention Center under the title " Stitching Jubilee ". Contact Stoney Creek for information.

Celebration of Needlework will again be held in Nashua, NH and Louisville, KY. Contact Celebration for details. We hope to attend all three shows. When contracts are signed we will note a " for sure " on this page.

If the hand-dyed fabric interests you, check out that page on this site. We've added three new colors, and though we have yet to do specific designs for all of them, there are many other designs out there just crying out for that special piece of fabric.