You’ll find lots of new products here in threads, canvases, and finishing supplies. Plenty of opportunity for stash enhancement.
New perforated paper kits from Mill Hill include a quartet of Mandalas, three old-fashioned keys, and several fun-loving snowmen. Kreinik has made their lovely stranded silks, Silk Mori, available in color collections. Eight collections are currently available. Patricia Sone has a line of coaster squares with toasts in many languages on colorful backgrounds, all of 13 mesh. With ten in all, it’s easy to create your own set.
The Meredith Collection has introduced new gift tags plus new leather casters in square and octagonal shapes. The octagon holds a round canvas. Both shapes are available in blue, saddle, dark brown, and black. Another new design is perfect for a housewarming gift. A key has a decorative top of a house and the words “First Christmas.” Meredith also has an adorable design with a white kitten stepping out of a Christmas wreath.
New canvases from Judi & Co. include a great 60’s classic bug in psychedelic colors and a bold evil eye canvas on a striking red background. j. child has a lovely new full-sized stocking of a sand dune. Also new from this designer is a baby’s sleeping sign featuring two cute dinosaurs. Olympus, a Japanese thread company, has introduced cards of floss with 2 meters each of ten colors in coordinated sets. JP Needlepoint has a fun beach scene featuring a penguin and a walrus ready for summer fun.
A new sampler from Kelly Clark features a pineapple and Welcome on a black background. A second sampler from Kelly features the heart in hand motif. The Point of It All has a charming clutch purse canvas with blue tulips and a pretty red gingham ribbon. Love You More has a new canvas of a haunted birdhouse and matching tower with crows all around. Pepperberry has a new series of full-size stockings of simple designs, all on 13 mesh. They also have a New England elf with his hands full of iconic items from the area. Pippin has a new series of five playful sweater-clad polar bears available as single canvases. Stitch guides are available for them.
Strictly Christmas has a wreath full of cookies, candies, and gingerbread treats that can also be finished as a mini tree skirt. Another lovely canvas is a beautifully trimmed Christmas tree that is 14″ tall. A new company to me, Stitchy Shelly, makes covers for scroll frames that tie onto protect your work. The company also makes grime guards, light bags, and project bags. A lovely canvas from Jean Smith features a close-up of one of my favorite flowers, impatiens. Edie & Ginger has a new southern welcome sign.
Kate Dickerson has new tic-tac-tie boards to stitch. One had a nautical theme in red, white, and blue. The other had Lily-inspired colors and featured sea life. Kate is also making glasses cases in two sizes, including a narrower one for readers. Painted Pony has a stunning canvas of a white swan on black that is almost too pretty to stitch. It’s part of Holi Huser’s farm animal series. Michele Ink, a company making lovely needleminders from reclaimed silver, also makes scissor fobs, thread winders, and other tools, all from the same kind of silver.
Alice Peterson has introduced three Christmas stockings from Ashley Dillon-Davis. Done in a charming folk art style, choose Santa, a snowman, or birdhouses. If you stitch charted canvas or create your own designs, you’ll love the new tool from Joseph’s Workshop. The tombstone corner square is 3″ square and has markings at 1″ And 2″ allowing you to place your corner easily. Gone Stitching has introduced seven new colors to their Twinkle metallic thread. Kristine Kingston has new hastags proclaiming summer living.
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Carol Schroeder says
Links inside the message would be wonderful.
Janet M Perry says
It’s my policy not to include links for new products in the blog articles. The reason for this is simple: quite often designers and manufacturers have not updated their sites to show new products. Sometimes the sites are several years out of date. In order to be fair to everyone, I do not include links in these posts. The manufacturer is always listed and you can contact them directly or through your local shop for more information.
Although this has been my policy for many years, I do check regularly to see if this situation has changed.
Keep stitching,
Janet