Stitchtastic: March 10 Newsletter

Is it Spring yet?

I know last month I really went on about the snow, but it's still
here! Well, it went and then it came back, so lots of people are
still not venturing outside and hopefully, keeping themselves busy
with some stitching!

We got caught out travelling to the Craft, Hobby and Stitch Trade
only show in Birmingham a week or so ago, let's hope that's the last
snow we'll see for a while. To our American friends, who've had it
far worse than us - sorry. We'll get over it soon.

Only a few weeks left now until the Stitch and Craft show at
Olympia in London, 18th - 21st March. I hope we'll see you there,
it's a brilliant show with lots of exciting crafting companies
exhibiting. It's probably the best show of the year for stitchers,
although Alexandra Palace in October comes a very close second.

2 designs just finished - the Fiat Vintage Car from 1915 and the
Lambretta Scooter, both of which look fabulous. I'm trying to get a
third vintage car finished before Olympia but it's not looking
likely, if you see me there it will be a work in progress!

Just stitched, the Lambretta Scooter and the 1915 Fiat

Smaller Designs

Isn't it great when you finish a design? Those last few days when
you're marking off the final bits of stitching on your chart,
staying up late and wondering if you'll get it done tonight, then
planning where to display it, or how the recipient will react when
you give it to them.

Well, if you stitch some of our smaller designs, you'll have this
feeling far more often! Smaller designs are fantastic for newer and
more experienced stitchers alike and are much less likely to become
UFOs (unfinished objects)!

But where should you put your smaller designs? You can't really
put them on the wall, unless you leave a pair of binoculars nearby
to look at them with.

Here at Stitchtastic, we offer a range of smaller designs with
presentation options already provided, in the some of keyrings,
coasters and cards. Later, I'll talk about some more of our acrylic
range, but for now have a look at our minitastics range.

Minitastics come as either a luggage tag keyring, a coaster or a
card. They are available in a range of designs and the VW camper
design is also available in a wide range of colours. Both the green
British bike design and the Blue Harley Bike design are very
detailed and colourful.

Our musical instrument range has also proved to be very popular,
comprising of a flute, keyboard, guitar, violin, trumpet and
saxophone. All 6 are available as a pack if you happen to stitch for
a band!
So why not try stitching a couple of minitastics for a
break from a bigger design, or perhaps help a friend to start out
stitching by giving them one for their birthday. Then why not move
on to a slightly bigger design such as our Harley Davidson Sportster
stitch, shown above.

Harley Bike square coaster

A bit bigger than our Minitastics but this Harley
Sportster is a real easy stitch that produces a fabulous
looking result, measuring just 7.1” by 4.1”

VW Camper van, available in lots of colours

British Bike round coaster

A couple of our musical instrument keyrings

Acrylic

We sell a wide range of acrylic without the stitching to go with,
for crafters to use for stitching or any other craft pastime.

Our blank acrylic coasters are very popular and are the most
competitively priced we've found. Let us know if you can find them
cheaper at such good quality! They come in round and square types
and have plenty of space inside for your stitching and backing card
if you like to use it.

You might also like our luggage tags and rulers in acrylic too.
Again, they have plenty of space inside to fit our stitching and
could also be a great way to display the family's artwork.

The smallest acrylic we stock is a smaller keyring, perfect for
your everyday keys - you'll never lose them again! See all of our
acrylic at

http://www.stitchtastic.com/catalog/accessories_keyrings.aspx.
If you use a lot of acrylic, look out for our bulk buy packs and bag
yourself a bargain!