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The May Kit of the Month celebrates one of my favorite yearly hallmarks: the arrival of strawberry season. Over the last month or so here in Hattiesburg, we've been eating the most delicious Louisiana strawberries. And all year I've been having fun opening the new SamSarah Baubles. If you haven't tried one yet, this will be a great introduction to the series (it's June Baubles, by the way.) Nine strawberries in lovely shades of Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works are embellished with little blossoms. It stitches up lickety-split on Newport linen which has got its own little dividing lines built right in (so little counting involved!) With the kit, you get: |
![]() | The Fabric of the Month is Mocha 30 count hand-dyed linen by Weeks Dye Works. This is a great shade of fabric if you like to stitch samplers, although I can also see this working really well for a lot of things, as a light chocolate brown is a practical base fabric color. Quarter yards are $17.00 this month (you can get a half yard for $34.00 and a whole yard for $68.00). |
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The Free Chart of the Month (with any order) is the next in the Teapot Series (also by Patti of SamSarah/Just Another Button Company fame.) The June Teapot is very bee skep like and has got big cabbage roses on it, too. Decorated with buttons, it's a sweet addition to your stitching pile. If you would like the supplies, they are: |
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