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.
2008 Double Flip-It's by Lizzie Kate
The first two sets of words are now here (as of 12-28-07 -- Dream/Love and Remember/Give). They're $8.00 per graph (two words per graph). So, this year will be CHEAPER than previous years, where each single pattern was $4.50 (so, $9.00 for two). The frame is by Eastside Moulding and is $59.40. You will also need a special cut of 32 ct. Lambswool for $12.00. You will need multiple skeins of a few colors of threads, so make sure you've got enough: Sampler Threads Tea Rose (3), Huckleberry (2); Weeks Dye Works Begonia, Chestnut (2), Collards (3), Guacamole (4), Moss, Navy (2), Teal Frost (2), Williamsburg Red. Join the auto, and get a 2008 Lizzie Kate Annual Santa graph for free at the end!
Cedar Hill Monthly Bouquets
These did not all come out in 2007, so the club continues in 2008. 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!
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.
Pine Mtn. Designs Top Ties: 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 Top Tie pillow with organza ties, floss, needle and chart. Stuffing pillows sold separately. And the kits are just $19.90. Join for the year, and get December's kit for free.
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?
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.) If you're starting late, don't worry -- I can start you with A and just get you going with one a month or every other month (or a few a month, or whatever you like!)
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.
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