Hello there, here in Scotland the nights are drawing in fast. The one consolation about this is at least there is the opportunity to do more guilt free stitching!
Sandy and I are waiting on the keys to our very own new cross stitch design studio, here in Aberdeenshire. It's been a long time in the organising and we've been packed for weeks, waiting for the ink to dry on the paperwork. However, the end is in sight and we hope to be in and busy by the 1st of November.
The studio is part of an old disused Victorian railway station, abandoned when the trains stopped running to the village, sometime in the 1960's I believe. I could actually check this out as there is a small railway museum in the end of the building, although it will be closed for winter by now. Anyway, Unit 1 is now ours and we can't wait.
Coincidentally, just a few weeks after finding the station house studio, Catherine Hood (editor of Cross Stitch Collection) asked Sandy to design another of her famous three part designs, featuring a busy late Victorian / early Edwardian railway station scene. How extraordinary is that? So we took it as a sign that this will be a good move for us! with the chance to run the cross stitch workshops we have always wanted to do. Look out for this latest three part design in 2010.
October News 2009
Special Offer for October
30% off of the newly added Edwardian Household series
Full of the charm and detail of Sandy's larger pieces, but in four very manageable 7-8 inch square designs. These latest additions to the site under our own design range are priced at ã2.50 per chart or ã9.00 for the set. However, for our newsletter subscribers, we are offering them at the special price of ã6.00 for all four!
Other additions to the website include:
Christmas Star and Angels
Inspired by a quote from Christina Rossetti, this design makes a fabulous seasonal centre piece for Christmas. Alternatively, without the border and quote, these angels could be stitched and framed separately as an elegant pair for permanent display.
Victorian Christmas Eve
Straight from a dickens novel, this epic three part design measure approx 30 inches x 10 inches.
Cotswold Village
Another of Sandy's major three part designs, set in the late Victorian era in a little sleepy English Cotswold village. Again this design is approx. 30 inches x 10 inches so it's not for the faint hearted.
Sandy and I are now also on facebook! We woud be delighted if you would
join us and other like minded stitchers in our group - 'Sandy Littlejohns
Thats all for this month but we'll be updating the site regularly with new designs, news and special offers. If you know of anyone that would also enjoy our site, we hope that you will recommend us to them.
Happy Stitching,
Deb and Sandy
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