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Time To Garden

My garden is calling me to come and play in the dirt today and throughout the weekend....I just love enjoying all the flowers and even yanking out those pesky weeks.

In case you want to garden and NOT GET DIRTY, sit by a window and look at your garden while you embroider a garden design.  My Heart is in My Garden and yours maybe too.  Stitch in GreenWork and make a pretty fabric framed sampler.

Garden Sampler GreenWork

Spring Garden RedWork

It still feels like spring in some parts of the country and our Spring Garden RedWork collection of embroidery designs is a great way to do your gardening in comfort - inside!  Make some lovely gifts for your garden gal pals and for you too.  Wouldn't the pillow look great on a porch swing all summer long!

Spring Garden RedWork

Silk Lined Baskets

It feels like summer is here - our weather is beautiful!  We have a  NEW trio of really pretty sewing baskets from Vietnam to hold your stitching accessories.  They are completely lined with an iridescent silk and the top has a draw string of matching silk cord ending in a charming crocheted ball (my favorite part!).

The baskets are produced by an education and income generating project by family owned enterprises to revive the traditional cultural handicrafts of Vietnam.  Beautiful and useful, too.

As an introduction to our Stitching Accessories, enjoy a special price to own one, two or all three of these beauties.  We have a limited number of the baskets so don't get left out! 

Silk Lined Baskets

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