2026 Embroidery Adventures - Patterns

July is the anniversary of when I incorporated my business, although I did spend the rest of summer building my website and officially opened in the fall, October 2019! Each year I celebrate with giving (rather than receiving) gifts! This month save 20% off all my IN STOCK Hand Dyed Fabrics: This started during Covid when there were delays of upwards of 13 months for Picture This Plus fabrics, they are now happily back to their normal 15+ weeks dye schedule and I am still ordering new colours each month. Look for Aida 20 count being added this summer! There are...

Happy Summer Everyone! I'm excited to be able to do some summer stitching outside and with the bright sunshine, this time of year its the best time to tackle projects with Black fabric. This newsletter is all about fabric, fabric and fabric ... plus some hints about my July Anniversary Sale starting on Canada Day! It's been 7 years since I started my business and its been wonderful. I also past 1 year in my warehouse space at Shedpoint and I am loving having monthly Drop in Stitching Afternoons! I have expanded my open hours for the summer, Tuesday 10-4pm and now...

May is all about spring cleaning ... my home, NO of course not!!! It's inventory time at the store and we are doing some clean up tasks with fabric, threads and discontinued items. Each Spring the fabric companies release new colours and we have found that some were missed last year. Look for new colours from Permin being added this month. There are also some discontinued fabric colours and companies that are no longer available, here is the new Collection. Fabric - Discontinued Colours – Embroidery Marketplace - Calgary On some of the Thread-lines we are adding new notes on...

Spring arrived here in Calgary with a snow storm today so a perfect excuse to stay inside and stitch! A big thank you to everyone who has ordered this winter and for your patience while I have had to pivot to new suppliers and extended timelines for ordering. Embroidery, Cross Stitch and Needlepoint has seen a huge growth recently and some of the ordering timelines are longer than the used to be. I am excited to reach my one year anniversary in my warehouse space! The Drop-in Stitching events continue to be free and open to anyone wanting to connect...

Wow! A new year has rolled around again and some of you may have noticed I forgot a December newsletter ... More like super busy! Thank you everyone for that, it has been great getting new projects organized and fun gifts ordered for so many people. This year will have some new items and brands along with continuations of some changes started in 2025. Metric Fabric - I will be able to switch all my Zweigart Fabrics to metric cuts this year as I have more options to import this brand directly into Canada from Germany! Cottage Garden Threads -...