Congratulations to ….Pam Surface and Angela Haney! They are the random winners for the July Giveaway. Thanks to everyone that entered our giveaway. Stay tuned for the next one!
(Pam and Angela–please send your addresses to the email address on our Contact Page, so the Fat Quarters can be mailed out)
This time we are giving away TWO Fat Quarters of Americana Blend. This a wonderful blue color that has been aged. We were looking for a color like this when we designed our Star Spangled Banners. It is perfect for any patriotic piece that you want to look old.
To enter, leave a comment on this post only by July 24th, and the winners will be randomly drawn on July 25th. Good luck!
The TWO winners this month are: Meghan C. in KY and Kim Bowman. Congratulations!
Be sure to come back next Friday, July 2nd, for information about our next Giveaway!
Thanks to everyone for entering!
We are ready to begin the next Fabric Giveaway. Our first giveaway was a great success with the winners from England and Serbia! The color this month is Garden State Java. This is a wonderful old-looking green color. We named this fabric in honor of all of our friends in New Jersey (The Garden State). We have taught numerous times in shops there and have made many terrific friends, so this color was named for them. We will add pictures of some projects using this fabric this coming weekend, so be sure to come back to see how beautiful this fabric is!
There will be TWO separate Fat Quarters of Garden State Java given to TWO random winners to be picked on Friday, June 25th. To enter the Giveaway, please leave a comment on this post only. Good luck!
Sample of project using Garden State Java fabric
I know summer is not here officially but it seems like summer here in Virginia. It’s starting to get HOT! I think everyone has slaved in their gardens, and prepped their yards for the season and now its time to go inside and stitch!
I hope everyone had a nice Mothers Day. Mine was extra special this year as my youngest daughter and grandson came home for a visit. I am so grateful to have two wonderful daughters and a terrific grandson.
Lots of new models are in the shop- Cricket Collections new “Summer” is absolutely darling. This is a MUST stitch. Pat is finishing up “One Nation” and that should be in the shop very shortly. What a great patriotic piece, the designer, Gail outdid herself with this one. Wait until you see the frame we found for it- incredible…….. Shakespeares Peddler has a new garden piece- Magic Garden. Oh so different but so delightful. One of our customers just completed Garden of Eerie and loaned it to the shop .She changed the fabric color and some of the floss colors. This is really fabulous. Thanks Shannon!
May was a very busy month. We managed to add a member to our household. Winnie- a four month old Scottie puppy. She is full of personality and makes us laugh. She is making short visits to the shop- you just might meet her when you stop by.
Due to circumstances beyond our control (well, actually, our Webmistress is going on vacation!!), we will have the next fabric giveaway starting June 1st. We will post the next color and facts about it at that time. Be sure to enter then!
Congratulations to Eva and CarolR–the TWO winners of Fat Quarters of our ‘Stitching Queen Blend’–our First Fabric Giveaway! Emails have been sent to you–please contact us as soon as you can, so we can send out your fabric.
Be sure to come back for our 2nd Giveaway, to be held during the month of May! The next fabric will be announced by this weekend.
(and Susie–your comment came too late and was not entered, but please come back next month!)
Part of the Randomized List of Commenters for the Fabric Giveaway
It’s FINALLY here! Our FIRST Giveaway! TWO separate winners will be selected to receive a Fat Quarter of the Fabric of the Month, Stitching Queen Blend (Ann described the background of how this fabric came to be named in the previous post). The picture below shows The Traveling Stitcher and Accessories by Little House Needleworks stitched in this lovely fabric.
To enter for a chance to win a Fat Quarter of this delicious fabric, all you need to do is leave a comment, (with your name and email address) telling us that you would like to be entered in the drawing, by April 25th! On April 26th, TWO names will be randomly selected and contacted. If you do not leave an email address, we will not be able to contact you, so you will not be chosen–so DON”T FORGET! And Good Luck!
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Happy Spring! Hasn’t this been the longest winter ever? I usually love the snow and cold weather but this year I am OVER it. Everyone I know is ready for spring- spring weather, spring flowers, spring clothes and some new stitching projects for spring.
2010 has brought some changes to Dyeing to Stitch. As many of you know Bindy left DTS at the end of 2009. She wanted to move back to Maryland and pursue something else. We wish her well.
We have been busy cooking up lots of new things for this web site. We plan on making major changes and improvements in the coming months.
We are starting a new section on the website- All about R & R. We will post current information for consumers and shop owners alike. We hope to answer any questions you might have and keep everyone updated on color and fabric availability. With that in mind, we are starting a fabric giveaway for each month. Two lucky people will win 1/4 yards of the featured fabric of the month. Our web mistress has a random generator and she will be monitoring these giveaways for us. We will feature a different color each month and tell you how that color got its name. The first color is Stitching Queen Blend. Our dear friend Cheryl Ann ( aka Sybil) rewrote the lyrics to Dancing Queen- Stitching Queen. ( Lyrics on retreat page) We had this new buttery yellow overdyed color so we called it Stitching Queen Blend in honor of Cheryl and her talents. We had to use it immediately and stitched the Traveling Stitcher on it- simply gorgeous.
In the next week or so we will be posting new photos on the Home of the Needleworker section. I will be showing my home and some of my stash. ( it would be criminal to show all of my stash) I haven’t counted lately but I know I have at least 500 stitched piece in this house. I hope some of you will volunteer to share photos of your stitched things and stash at home. You don’t have to live here to be featured. Email for more details.
I hope many of you have had a chance to visit the shop in the last few weeks. We have 25 stitched models done from Nnashville . Pat has done most of them of course as I seem to be starting something new every other day- I can’t help it – there are just so many great new things coming in all the time. Market was a blast- spending lots of time with friends and finding incredible things to bring home.
Be sure and check DTS out on Facebook. We will be posting new arrivals and special events there for everyone.
Many many thanks to all of you who sent condolences upon hearing of my Scottie’s death. Duncan was a special dog- a real charmer and he will be missed. You KNOW what dog lovers we are here!
Hope to see you or to hear from you all soon. ………………
Thanks so much to all of you who attended our Retreat. Wasn’t it fun? I saw old friends, and made lots of new friends. It was just great putting names to faces after months and months of writing and talking to all of the attendees. My one regret is that I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to talk to everyone.
The projects were incredible as were the teachers. They did a fabulous job. Thanks so much to all of them. ( you too Sydney ) They are all so much fun- don’t you wish they lived near by so you could stitch with them all the time?
The time flew by and it seemed it was over before we could turn around. We are already planning and plotting for the retreat in 2011. Details will post on the web site in 2010. It will definitely be at the Cavalier again- didn’t you love that hotel? I know LOTS of you loved the rugs. Yes, we heard about all of those rug tours on the elevators!
All of the special orders have been placed and some have begun arriving. As soon as all the things you ordered are here we will ship them right out. Can you hardly wait? Not that you don’t have plenty to stitch but still- you need to have it all in your possession!
We still have the 2 exclusive stockings from Blackbird in the shop . These will only be sold at Dyeing to Stitch so if you are looking for a special gift for a stitching friend who could not attend the retreat- this might be the perfect thing. Hopefully we will have photos of them on the web site shortly.
We really appreciate all the thank-you’s and kind words we received about the retreat. That means so much after months and months pf prep. We wanted everyone to have fun, learn, stitch, meet new friends and relax. Hopefully those goals were met.
Many many thanks to all of the girls from Dyeing to Stitch. They worked long, long hours and pitched in doing anything and everything we needed. You guys are the best. We love you!
I am feeling very fortunate and blessed to have added so many of you to my Friends Circle. Thanks for coming. Hope to hear from you or see you soon.