Shakespeare's Peddler - needlework on the net since 1997

Monthly Specials -- February

The Kit of the Month Sergei by Plum Street Samplers. I love this little red bird! We get cardinals outside our kitchen window a good chunk of the year, and they so enjoy the black sunflower seeds I put out for them. This kit comes with 32, 36 OR 40 count Buttercream linen by Lakeside Linens (your choice), the over-dyed cottons and silk and the graph. Just $36.50 this month. The frames are available for $65.00.

The Fabric of the Month is Cinnamon Twist by Silkweaver. It's a brand new color by Silkweaver...Cinnamon Twist! Sign up now for the Fabric of the Month Club -- they'll all be by Silkweaver this year, and if you get them every month, your 12th month is FREE! Quarter yard cuts are $21.00 -- half yards are $42.00. You do not have to be in the club to get the colors you like...you just won't get a free piece at the end, darn it.

The Free Chart of the Month for the next six months is the Elizabeth Milner 1848 Sampler that I own! I am reproducing it in six parts and handing those pieces out from now until June with each order. You must order something once a month to collect all six parts. Then in a year's time, I will be releasing this graph to shops and my distributors. I am not showing a picture of the entire sampler now...you can see just part of it. I will tell you there are owls and squirrels and strawberries below, and a verse about how women should be modest...ha! Here are the supplies you'll need to complete the sampler, which is 175 by 350 stitches:

1/4 yard of 32, 36 or 40 count Navy Bean Linen - Lakeside Linens $26 ($28 for 40 count)
OR 1/2 yard 28 count Navy Bean Linen - Lakeside Linens ($52.00)
Gloriana Silks Olive Grove, Hazelnut, Honey Bronze, Fawn $7.50 each
Silk 'n' Colours Bronze Age Green $7.50

One skein of each silk will be enough to stitch on the finer counts; the original sampler was stitched on a 42-ish count linen. The only specialty stitches are some eyelets for some of the alphabets (but you could stitch those in cross stitch.) I thought this would be a fun way to give you guys something from me to you...and you can have fun recreating an antique. You do not have to buy the supplies for the sampler to get the graphs for free, but you must purchase something each month to collect the parts.

Did you miss a month? No worries! For a $2.00 donation to our local animal shelter (I will add it to your bill), I will send you the month that you missed with any order.

Other Specials/Noteworthy Items:

Sampler Threads Fun Pack: Just $15.00 for sixteen limited edition colors that I've put together into one pack. They are labeled, and they make great sampler colors for those primitive projects you are working on. Colors are: Snowflake, Ginger Cake, Bronze, Mixed Berry, Milk Chocolate, Cheesecake, Brown Bear, Twig, Apple Strudel, Embers & Ashes, Toasted Almond, Cookie Crumb, Indian Corn, Chocolate Pudding, Summer Fields and Grass Seed. No limit on how many packs you can get, but when these are gone, I can't make more of this set up.

Check me out on eBay at myworld.ebay.com/theresa_venette. I'm clearing out some old/forgotten/dusty/discontinued/hard-to-find items right now. I always panic around this time of year, because I know I'm going to have TONS of new stuff in a month in the shop...and I have to make room! Good luck bidding!

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