Easy Stitching Kits from Kristin Nicholas
July News from
Kristin Nicholas Designs
Good Morning Knitting and Stitching Friends -
I hope you are enjoying this summer season. Here on the farm, our garden is growing, our lambs are growing and our daughter Julia turned 16 yesterday. Man oh man, where does the time go? Every time Julia's birthday rolls around, I become a bit nostalgic. I think about her birth and how she has changed our lives, about the struggles we have had and the successes. Last night we celebrated her birthday with friends with a picnic at a local pond and it was one of the nicest evenings this year. The humidity had broken, the brook was gurgling and we had a lovely meal.
I hope you are able to share some lovely evenings with friends and family this summer. Make time to take a picnic to a park and visit. It is sometimes so difficult to make this happen but it is worth it.
I have a lot going on here at the Studio. I hosted my first Crewel Embroidery Retreat with a small group of students. It was a lovely day full of color and stitches. They learned 18 different crewel embroidery stitches and left with a project to begin working on. Here is part of the stitching that one of the students did.
I am changing the format of my newsletter a bit. Below you will find new products and news that I think you will find both helpful and interesting. Let me know how you like the format if you would. Email kristinnicholas@gmail.com
I have one more class scheduled here at the farm this summer - Simple Fabric Printing on August 16. This will be a small and intimate class and you will learn and accomplish a lot.
Read on through below to see more that is happening.
That's it from here on the farm. Follow along with me on my blog Getting Stitched on the Farm here.
I wish you a wonderful August full of color, creativity, friendship and fun.
My best,
Kristin Nicholas
Introducing Vintage Country Embroidery Kits for Beginning Stitchers and Kids
These kits come with a pre-printed colorful fabric panel for adding embroidery. They also include an 8 page instruction booklet. This is a fabulous project for learning to stitch or for helping a child learn to enjoy the craft of embroidery.
There are 4 designs - Sunflower Blossom, Little Yellow House, Flowers in Vase, and Bird on Nest. $9.95 each or $35.00 for all three. Hours of stitching fun.
Hop on over to my website to see what I have made with each panel.
If you are a foreign customer, check these out on my Etsy site which handles Overseas Shipping.
Simple Fabric Printing Class
Come to our Farm and learn how to print fabric using simple tools. Class includes some yardage, use of fabric paints, materials to build printing blocks which you will take home. Snacks and full farm lunch served.
9:30 to 4:30
$225/person
A great way to spend a beautiful summer day. Click here for more information.
COLOR BY KRISTIN, my signature Wool/Mohair/Alpaca knitting worsted yarn is now on sale at WEBS/America's Yarn Store.
$5.49/skein including 2 new shades - Coral and Ultramarine Blue for 2014.
Check it out here.
Don't forget about my On-line classes:
Stitch It with Wool on Craftsy.com -
CLICK HERE TO GET $15 OFF THE REGULAR PRICE OF $29.99
Creativebug - 5 different classes on knitting and color
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CLASSES