Needlework Retailer News

A Schoolgirl’s Work by Blackbird Designs available from Hoffman Distributing Company

A Schoolgirl’s Work from Blackbird Designs is an elegant collection of samplers from the Spencer Museum of Art. This 104 page booklet is a must have for your collection and includes 11 projects. Wholesale contact Hoffman Distributing Company, Inc.

 

 

Regal Coneflower handpainted needlepoint canvas by Jean Smith Designs

Handpainted needlepoint canvas. 15" square on 13mesh. Wholesale contact Jean Smith Designs.

 

Autumn OFFICALLY Begins Today

Start your Autumn needlework with one of these great new fall-themed projects.

Autumn Bouquet, a beautiful cross stitch design by Cross-Point Designs. Available wholesale from ICG Crafts.

 
 
Little Autum Fairy by Passione Ricamo. Available wholesale from European Crossstitch Company.

 
Button Up Birdies by Cathy Jean is a set of twelve tiny birds, one for each month. Shown here are September Golden Crowned Kinglet and October Nuthatch, both in lovely fall colors. Available wholesale from The Victoria Sampler.

 
Diamond Delight 9 from DebBee's Designs. A counted canvas design stitched with bright shades of orange, purple and green. Complete the background with DMC Memory Thread for a fast finish. Available wholesale from DebBee's Designs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween Candy Apples, one of four in a new series of needlepoint canvas candy apples from Kelly Clark Needlepoint. Wholesale contact Kelly Clark Needlepoint.

 

Witch with Pumpkin Candy Bucket frame from The Sweetheart Company

Welcome little goblins to your home with Witch w/ Pumpkin Candy Bucket frame. Finish as suggested in the photo and she will be the cutest halloween decoration on your block. Wreath not included. Your stitched piece is 56 stitches by 46 stitches on 10 count fabric and is top mounted to the witch using the enclosed wooden cutout. The pattern Welcome Goblins includes wooden buttons shaped as a bat, a moon, and four candy corns. There’s a little bonus pattern inside too! Contact Sweetheart Company.

 

by Mindy Christmas Flowers needlepoint canvas from Dream House Ventures

8" x 8" design By Mindy on 18 mesh. Button embellishments included. Contact Dream House Ventures.

 

 

EKSuccess Brands to Collect 25,000 Holiday Cards for our Troops

EKSuccess Brands is teaming up with Operation Christmas Cards to send holiday cards to our troops deployed overseas.

Sadly, for about half of the recipients, this will be the only correspondence they receive over the Christmas season. This statistic became an important incentive for EKSuccess Brands to offer to boost card collection by 25,000 cards through a multi-level approach that includes online instruction, partnerships with retailers, class opportunities, and community and marketing initiatives. The Operation Christmas Cards organization, which sends cards to bases in Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, Egypt and Germany, has a goal to send 175,000 cards for the 2011 season.

As part of the collection efforts, EKSuccess Brands sponsored a Block Party booth at Chicago’s Wrigley Field during the Cubs vs. Cardinals game last month. Guests made more than 1400 cards at the booth, which was open Friday Aug. 19^th to Sunday Aug. 21^st. EKSuccess Brands provided K&Company paper and embellishments and EK Tools pens and adhesive.

The EKSuccess Brands’ education program, Spotted Canary School™ will also provide participating Spotted Canary School independent retailers with card-making classes featuring K&Company™ and Sticko® brand products.

The company will utilize in-store marketing, email blasts, print and online advertising, blogs, direct mail and social media to bring attention to the cause.

If you wish to participate, please feel free to register for classes both in-store and online at www.spottedcanaryschool.com/classes and send holiday cards with encouraging and supportive messages by November 11^th to EKSuccess Brands, C/O Operation Christmas Cards, 100 Delawanna Ave. Suite 700, Clifton, NJ, 07014. Please do not seal the envelopes, or put individual postage on them. Anyone wishing to contribute monetarily or for any cards sent after November 11^th should coordinate directly through Operation Christmas Cards at www.operationchristmascards.org.

Celebrate International Peace Day with needlework

Celebrate International Peace Day with needlework! Here is a new needlepoint canvas featuring a Peace Dove. This 4¼" peace dove on 18ct. will be a lovely ornament or can be inserted into a wooden box lid. It is available in silver as shown or in gold tones. Available wholesale from Melissa Prince Designs.

New Thread Colors available from The Gentle Art

The Gentle Art has new hand-dyed, over-dyed wool thread colors available in Forest Glade, Summer Meadow and Tea Rose. They also have new Shaker Threads available in Wheat Fields, Antique Lace and Otter Creek. Wholesale contact The Gentle Art.

Contest!!! Win a copy of Ink Circle's new Norsk Fairytale

And they lived happily ever after.

Needlework Retailer is holding a giveaway for the new cross stitch chart, Norsk Fairytale from Ink Circles.

The model is cross stitched using 22 colors of The Gentle Art Sampler Threads.

You can also find the contest on Needlework Retailer's Facebook Page. Just click on the contest link on the left-hand side. The contest ends Friday. Good Luck!

 

Special Delivery counted thread design by Periwinkle Promises

Special Delivery is a new counted thread design from the Celebration series in time for Christmas. Wholesale contact Periwinkle Promies.