You select which clubs you want to participate in, and you even have some flexibility within some clubs about how you receive those (see individual clubs for descriptions.) If your club is a 12-month club, your 12th shipment will be free. (If at any time you cancel your shipments, you forfeit your free shipment at the end of the year.) I will also put you on an e-mail mailing list, so when the shipments are ready to go out for that month, you will get a reminder, and have the opportunity to add other supplies or charts you might need that month to your shipment (and save a little postage in the process). If you have questions about how the autos work, let me know.

IF YOU JOIN LATE: that's OK! Catch up by purchasing the ones you've missed with an invoice or two, and I'll get you into the auto program along with everyone else.

Cedar Hill Monthly Bouquets

These graphs are charted for DMC, but I've converted them to Crescent Colours -- the conversion is free with the purchase of the fibers. They're so much prettier done in over-dyeds! The conversions run around $24.00 each (full skeins of Crescent Colours/Weeks). The frame (as pictured) is $50.00. You can sign up for the year, and your 12th shipment is free!

Quaker Calendar series by Plum Street Samplers. As the months of the year are named for pagan gods, the Quakers call the months of the year "First Month," "Second Month," and so on. Lovely motifs in a unique monthly series. I can also send the Needlepoint Silks and hand-dyed linen.

GET CRABBY! An off-kilter take on the monthly series we've grown to love. As much as there is to love each month, there is just as much to be crabby about. All 12 months will fit on 1/4 yard of 32 ct. linen. The entire series is stitched in DMC, but you've got to have the button packs -- they just make the jokes in each little square. The overhead banner is provided with the first graph. Get on the auto, so you can laugh at the frustrations in your day. (July is not an American/Patriotic piece, and December is also general -- not Christmas.)

Sampler of Stitches by the Drawn Thread -- there will be 9 parts to this series, and a layout grid is provided in ABC, so you can stitch them all as one group. Challenge yourself with specialty stitches that are clearly diagrammed in each graph. Stitch in silk! I'll send you only one skein of each color required, which should be enough to do the entire piece. You only need 1/8th of the Custard Cream Dower Linen. This will be a beautiful set! (The first two graphs are $12.00 each.)

Collect Silk n Colours a few at a time -- I'll send a few a month, you decide how many, and get you on the path to receiving them all. If you have a small collection already, e-mail me what you already have, and I'll cross those off my list, and keep track of the ones that I send you. A fun pick-me-up each month that lasts much longer than flowers. Silk n Colours are $6.80/skein.

Lizzie Kate's Flip-it Bits: NEW AUTO ALERT! Monthly bits can be on the way to your door as soon as you give the word. You can get just the graphs ($4.50 each), or add fabric ($4.80 each), fibers (vary per month), and/or frames (just $13.90 each!) The charts come with the buttons for each piece. Participate all 12 months, and you'll get your 12th shipment free PLUS an exclusive chart by Lizzie Kate. I can send these one/month, or as they're available. If you want to stitch them all together (as shown on top), the frame is $50.00, and you'll need a special cut of 32 ct. Natural Belfast for $12.40. I also have a conversion to Needlepoint Silks! I'll only send one of each skein (so if you use the same color in multiple charts you won't end up with duplicates.)

Pine Mtn. Designs All Tied Up: In a year, you could have 12 pillows all stitched and finished, no problem. There's no sewing required with these darling kits. Each kit comes with a pre-finished tied-up pillow with organza ties, floss, needle and chart. 12 by 12 stuffing pillows (just tuck 'em in) are $5.00 each. And the kits are just $19.90. Join for the year, and get December's kit for free.

Join the Little House/Crescent Colors Pattern Packs Club. (See above.) You can buy these as they come out, or you can commit to buying the series of 12. With each single purchase, you get that month's graph and five skeins of Crescent Colors for $12.00. If you commit to the club, you get a free Just Another Button Company button to embellish each month's graph, AND your 12th shipment is free. I can send you a square of fabric each month to stitch these, as well.

And, if you like the Crescent Colour Fruit packs, you may also like this 12-part series of scripture passages -- they're all Old Testament, and sound advice for any room. They'd make a lovely set of ornaments for a tree. With each pack, you get the 5 skeins of Crescent Colours (every one different from the next) and the graph. You can add a 9 by 9 square of the hand-dyed Lakeside Linen for $5.67. Again, your 12th shipment is FREE!

Blackbird Designs Family History Series There will be 12 in this series, and I can send you one a month, or I can send them as they come out. Charts are $8.00 each. If you get all 12, your 12th shipment is free (including supplies, if you received those for the series.) ***note -- there are still just the four in this series for the time being -- no word on when the next ones will be out. 3/21/07.

Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers Series Another year is just beginning for the Loose Feathers club. It's terribly popular, and the graphs are only available to shops who join the club, and only for the period of one year (after which time, they are discontinued). Don't miss out, or you'll pay top dollar on ebay in the future for these graphs. I can automatically send you fibers and fabric, as well as the charts, which are $8.00 each. Fabric and fiber prices vary per pattern. You do not have to belong to the club to buy the ones you like, but don't you think you'll like them all? This year's theme is BIRDS!

Victoria Sampler Alphabet Sampler Series Auto: These alphabet charts will come out every other month. A placement chart is included in the A graph, so you can put all of the samplers on one big piece, if you like. Or you can finish these as you see fit. There will be 24 charts total -- XYZ are on the final installment. With this auto, you will receive L and XYZ for free. You can automatically receive fabric and the accessory packs with this series as well (and your fabric and accessory packs for L and XYZ will also be free, then.)

Shakespeare's Peddler Kit of the Month Club: You can join the Kit of the Month Club ANY MONTH YOU LIKE. Your 12th month is FREE. So, for example, if you start receiving the Kit of the Month in March, the following year's February Kit of the Month will be FREE. You can always find the current Kit of the Month on my Specials Page.

Shakespeare's Peddler Fabric of the Month Club: There are two clubs for 2007 -- the new one is Fabric of the Month by Lakeside Linens. Join the monthly auto, and your 12th month is FREE! The year will include one month of an exclusive color. These fabrics are perfect for samplers and your favorite needlework projects. You can get as small as an eighth, and as much as a yard, for $10/eighth (so, a quarter is $20.00, a half is $40.00 and so on). Pictured above are the first two selections for the year: Basketweave and Quicksilver.

You can also participate in the "On the Sly" Picture This Plus auto. I won't be advertising it or promoting it on my site, but each month, you can receive the featured Picture This Plus fabric color (contact me to discuss count/type). And your 12th month is free! The colors will be all different from the ones offered in 2006. Give me a call or e-mail to get into the (on the sly) fabric club.

Create Your Own Auto: Is there a designer you LOVE! A series you can't live without? Tell me what you'd like to get automatically; I'll send that company's charts/kits as soon as they arrive. I can also automatically send you the newest Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, Crescent Colors, Silk N Colors by The Thread Gatherer and/or Olde Willow fibers.

© 2007 Theresa Venette. Articles on this site may be reproduced in needlework group newsletters or other handouts with permission of author and proper attribution. Send questions, comments and suggestions to: xspeddler@yahoo.com