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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:
- Chart
- 28 count Newport in Natural/Cream
- Sampler Threads Bayberry, Green Pasture, Holly Berry, Old Red Paint and Raspberry Parfait
- Weeks Dye Works Aztec Red, Guacamole, Honeysuckle, and Scuppernong
- NINE blossom buttons from Just Another Button Company
And, of course there are SIX other Baubles out so far (just got July). The charts are $5.00 each, and button pack prices vary. I also run this series as an auto, so you can get these as they come out (in fact, you could start with this one, and then just get one a month for the next year...I can just wrap you around.) Anyway, the Kit of the Month this month is $38.00. And if you'd like the frame, it's $24.25 (in fact, you could get just the one frame, and pop each month's Baubles in and out, if you like.) Very cute series, and really excited about this one.
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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:
- 30 count Guacamole Linen cut 11 by 11 $8.47
- Sampler Threads Antique Rose, Autumn, Dried Thyme, and Sweet Pea $1.90 each
- Weeks Dye Works Hibiscus, Molasses, Pecan, and Purple Haze $2.00 each
- Button Pack $10.25
Total kit price is $34.32. If you'd like past months' charts and supplies, I still have them here. If you are going to request a past graph, though, you will need to purchase at least one item needed to complete that design (like the button pack or the fabric), as the charts are handed out free one per month. Get on the auto -- again, this is something I can wrap you around on (and start now, finishing in April of next year), if you haven't joined yet.
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