Dear Cross Stitcher,
We had a lovely time at the NEC - Birmingham and met so many lovely people,
one being Leslie Giles. Leslie was delighted with her name sampler for 'Fisherman Ray' and as we had a stitched sample of 'Ray' on the wall she agreed (with a little persuasion) to have her photo taken.
Leslie said that as soon as she had finished 'Ray' she would be ordering another - so come on Leslie get stitching! |
Leslie Giles at NEC Birmingham UK
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We also met Ginny Hickmott's Mum, she told us how Ginny had broken her arm since ordering her name for 'WILLIAM'. Apparently she was so delighted when her name sampler arrived she asked a neighbour to rewrap it for her so her Mum could have the pleasure of opening it again!
The nights are drawing in, an ideal time to get that cross stitch out and curl up in front of the fire. There is still plenty of time to plan that unique cross stitch gift and get it stitched in time for Christmas. This is our Christmas list and what we would stitch.
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My Christmas List
MUM - Medium Tote Bag 'A mother is a special part,of all that's cherished in the heart' .
DAD - Name Sampler, with additional message to suit.
Sister & Family - (now living in Sydney Australia) 'Happy Xmas Tote' bag personalised with family name filled with individual gifts.
Grandparents - Our new design out this month - see below - 'Grandchildren are special' - £27 with 7 children
Auntie Mary & Uncle John - ( just moved house) - House Name Sampler - 'Churchway - Home Sweet Home'
Neice - Sarah-Jane aged 7yrs- drawstring Ballet bag.
Neice - Fay aged 4yrs - Small tote bag - Filled with colouring book and crayons.
Nephew - Joshua aged 2yrs - small drawstring bag- filled with a colourful building bricks.
Baby TOD- Name Sampler with date of birth, weight & time.
Margaret - Cross stitching best friend - Large Tote bag kit with her own name on ready for her to sew.
Total Cost of Christmas Presents |
£28.00
£20.20
£26.75
£27.00
£22.30
£24.25
£18.00
£23.75
£21.60
£25.25
£237.10 |
and not forgetting me of course - a Santas Sack with my name on, in the hope that someone will have it filled by Christmas Morning!!!!
Of course, to stitch all these projects would take a whole year !!!!!
New Design this month - 'Grandchildren are special'
Last month we mentioned Anne from Cheadle who asked us to design a kit for her friend who had seven grandaughters. We have charted it in such a way that we can adapt this design to suit any number or combination of grandchildren.
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If you have Grandchildren this sampler is just for you. As you know Grandchildren are special and we will design a sampler for you with as many children as you wish, boys or girls and chart their names & dates of birth.
We think it's a lovely idea we hope you do too. |
Christmas Bags
As we have not been able to get our web designer to put the Christmas bags on our website yet we have left them on our newsletter for this month. You can't purchase them through Paypal but you can send a cheque or money order to Cottage Needlecrafts.
Christmas Bag Kit's Contain - Full Colour Chart, Key, Instructions, Silks threaded on to thread organiser, Needle.
Natural Cotton Calico Bag - (either drawstring or tote depending on kit ordered)- the lower side and bottom seams are left open so that the border can be easily applied. All you have to do then is finish off the seams.
Cross Stitch Alphabet Chart & Silks -to add a name of your choice. |
