2024 - Adventures in Embroidery - Featured Designer

Fall lingered here in Calgary and we had wonderful bright days and then the Daylight Savings time-change happened and Bam! dark at 5pm ... I have been having a fun and busy Fall with back to back Pop Up Events and retreats from August all the way up to November! Finishing up this coming weekend where I have my last 2024 Pop Up Store in Calgary. This weekend's event is also a Stitching Retreat, Amy and I are excited to host 30 stitchers and welcome 2 other vendors! Natalia from Beaver's Stash.com and Kathy from Starry Village Stitcher! Everyone is...

September has crept up on me and summer has shifted to crisp mornings and falling leaves. "Sampler September" and "Spooky September" are well underway but you can still get in on all the fun with my two IN STOCK collections below. Both of these collections contain patterns that are in stock and ready to ship, most will have only one copy but do check the currently in stock amounts noted on each listing. I will be featuring some "oldie but goodie" patterns on my Instagram and Facebook pages later this month. These will be patterns that are also in stock...

Happy Summer! ... and let the Games begin!! I love watching the Olympic Games and spending the day stitching while I follow along and cheer on Canada! My first memory was watching the Torch relay for the 1988 Calgary Games travel through my hometown of Saskatoon and my first "Olympic Project" was during the 1996 Atlanta Games. Below is Jardin Privé's Les Olympiades des Gnomes which celebrates her hometown of Paris, can you spot all the different sports! Happy Stitching Everyone Jennifer Care Les Olympiades Des Gnomes $14.99 "To celebrate the Paris Olympics, I asked the gnomes to get into sports....

Wow, May was a month that flew by too fast!

This month I wanted to add some brightness to everyone's stitching lives by featuring the fun stitching designs of Hannah Dale of Wrendale Designs and "spotlight" the pattern fabrics featured in her kits

No, you are not missing anything ... I had no newsletter for April ... I was a bit busy with 2 Pop Up Events and welcoming my new Shop Assistant, Amy! This month's featured technique is Hardanger and is one of the many stitching styles that Amy is very knowledgeable about. Hardanger is a stitching tradition from Northern Europe and features geometric designs and cut work. Historical examples are stitched in White or Cream, but modern interpretations include all the colours of the rainbow! Many stitching traditions include a version of whitework and cutwork and this newsletter is meant as...