Needlework Retailer News

Yarn Organizer

Rewritable Yarn Palette Organizers from Puffin & Company are hardwood alder with a lovely soft honey color finish. Simply loop your yarns through the holes and label with a pencil. Your markings won’t smudge off and when you are ready, just erase your labels and your palette is ready to reuse. Available in four handmade designs! Contact Diane Zielinsky, Puffin & Company.

Silver Unicorn

The newest fantasy design from Stephanie Seabrook Hedgepath. Stitch count of 133 wide by 135 high. Contact Pegasus Originals, Inc.,

 

Hugo’s Amazing Tape

This tape is truly amazing! Use Hugo’s Amazing Tape anywhere you would use rubber bands, tape, or duct tape. This super strong, reusable clear tape is glueless, just overlap the ends to secure it. Keep thread spools from unwinding, hold projects while glues dries, and stop a ruler from sliding while cutting. It’s not just for crafters! Works for gardening ties, sealing freezer packages, and securing hot dish lids during travel. Each roll is 1" by 50 feet long. Retail $12.25. Contact Nordic Needle.

 

P is for Pear

The Alphabet Baubles series from SamSarah Design Studio continues with "P" is for Pear. Eight pears, each stitched in a box, with a button "P" for the center. Stitched on Zweigart Newport Linen. Contact Norden Crafts.

 

Three Basket Set

A unique collaboration design with Giulia Manfredini of GPA Giulia Punti Antichi. It’s a format of 3 Basket "Fryken", scissor fob, needlebook, pinkeep. In the large and medium basket is an inside pocket for scissor fob and thread winder. In the small there is a pincushion. Giulia Manfredini has designed a similar set, with another stitched design, but the same finishing process. Contact Marinella Paoletti.

Schoolroom Primer

In the past, many children learned their ABC’s using hornbooks. Stitch up this heirloom sampler hornbook for yourself or a special friend. The kit includes 40 count Buttercream Linen from Lakeside Linens, Splendor Silks from Rainbow Gallery, a hornbook from Images Stitchery Designs and a parchment alphabet for mounting on the back of the hornbook. Contact Milady’s Needle.

Sarah Nutting

Sarah Nutting, 1807 (Ackworth Scholar No. 2547) was the daughter of James Nutting and Agnes Nutting, who were married in 1788. Sarah stitched a simple Marking sampler using bold Quaker Alphabets. Her sampler is a unique shape – long and narrow. A genealogy for Sarah Nutting as well as a history of Ackworth School is included with the chart. The model was stitched with Needlepoint Silk on 40 count Abecedarian Blend from R&R Reproductions. A conversion is given for DMC embroidery thread. The stitch count for this sampler is 353 stitches wide by 137 stitches high. Contact The Marking Samplar.

Rotonda Coaster

This series of coasters includes eight designs, and each is 6" by 6". These coasters were introduced as companions to the larger "Guadalajara" series. "Rotonda Coaster" features a beautiful and bright flower motif on 18 count Turquoise mono canvas. Contact Leigh Designs.

Needlepoint Ornament Kits

"Tree Jewels" are perfectly packaged, ready to stitch, inexpensive to finish: Beautiful, classic holiday ornaments, designed by Anna-Marie Winter featuring Kreinik threads in charted needlepoint. No expensive finishing costs with these needlepoint projects; instructions show you how to finish them easily, at home. Kits include instructions, threads, beads, needle, canvas, styrofoam ball, all in a reusable storage box. Now available: classic red/green color combination in three different designs. More color combinations to come! Contact Kreinik Mfg. Co. Inc.,

 

Teaspoon Collection

Just Another Button Company previews the third installment of The Teaspoon Collection. "March Teaspoon" button pack includes the buttons pictured above complete with a complimentary chart for counted cross stitch, or an alternate version for other creative media. Contact Just Another Button Co.