New Location

Hi All,
I seem to be apologising again for not having posted anything for a while, this time a have a really, really good excuse.  At the end of February we closed our bricks and mortar Needlework shop which we have had for the last 19 years, as you can imagine it was a huge shift.  Not only all the threads and other stock but selling or shifting the fixtures and of course all the reference magazines and books we had collected over the years.  Let me tell you fitting a 180 square meter shop into a normal house and garage takes some doing.

We are now selling only via our web shop and by Mail order and in the future we will be attending some of the Quilt and Stitch shows around the country, maybe we will see you there.  I will keep you posted.

Well we are just about back to normal, still finding it hard sometimes to remember were we put stuff, but we are getting better at it.  Have finally picked up my needle again to stitch and maybe that Hardanger bell pull will finally get finished.

So that all for now, happy Stitching

Gumnut Yarns new colours 2012

We have just heard from Gumnut Yarns that she is adding new colour families to her range of Blossom 2 ply wool threads, she has deleted some colour families that used to have similar numbers.

Autumn Rose

Previous Coral Sunset colours 033, 035, 038 deleted
039 has been re numbered 019 in all weights of thread, while the old 019 which was Blossoms only has been deleted.



Dusky Pink

Previous Heather colours 133, 135, 137 have been deleted







Sarsparilla

Previous Charcoal Blue colours 305, 307, 308 have been deleted

Sage

Previous Peacock colours 485, 486, 488 have been deleted






Kiwifruit

Previous Fern colours 564, 566, 567 have been deleted




Thyme

Previous Pistachio colours 594, 595, 596, 597, 598 have been deleted







Mushroom

Previous Terracotta colours 883, 885, 887 have been deleted






All the deleted colours have other families that are very close to them in shade, and most come in all Gumnut Thread weights instead of just Blossoms.  I will post some conversion ideas directly.

Primke projects as PDF files

We are please to let you know that we are now able to sell our Primke Designs projects as PDF files.  At the moment it is only the latest projects that are available, but we are slowly changing all our notes over.
If you have a look on the Christinascraft  website, you will see the ones that are available, we can offer these at a much reduced price, compared to the hard copy ones and of course there is no postage involved.

Crewel Embroidery Cyber class

I am running another Cyber class for the Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia, this time it is a Beginner's Crewel Embroidery workshop.
If you have always wanted to try Traditional Crewel Embroidery but did not have the time to go to a class this could be for you.  The class runs over 8 weeks and takes you step by step thru a range of crewel stitches and of course you can ask lots of questions from the tutor as they arise, unlike when you just buy a kit.

If you think this could be for you check it out at  www.embguildsa.org.au

Good stitching until next time from Rosemarie

Primke Hand-dyed Linens and evenweaves

Because we in Australia are having more and more problems getting coloured linens and even weave fabrics, we have come up with some of our own.  Below are the photos of just 2, but there are more on the web site and we are going to add to them as time goes on.  So if you have a colour that you would really like let us know.


For instance the Monet Blue, Monika dyed for someone who is stitching one of Monet's gardens and the cross stitch pattern had no sky in stitching, therefore he really needed a sky blue.