So Sad

Another U.S. Company has been sold. The makers of the Peaches & Creme yarn (Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co) have sold out to Spinrite. So now Spinrite will own both the Sugar'n Cream and the Peaches & Creme labels.

The sale will not take effect until the end of Feb though. Until the sale is final though Pisgah has all of their products on sale. 50% off everything except the worsted weight cotton. the dishcloth cotton. All of the crochet threads and fashion cottons are 50% off though!!
Here's a link for you; Pisgah Yarns

We will continue to carry the Peaches & Creme Cottons though. The sale is supposed to take effect the end of Feb. So sometime after that I should know what lines Spinrite will keep and what lines they will cut. I will keep all of you posted as I find out more info.

Now for the subject of Sugar'n Cream...they are going to raise their prices. I received a letter from Spinrite (the parent company for Bernat, Lily & Patons). All of their cotton yarns will incur a price increase of 11% effective March 1st. I will hold off as long as I can to raise my prices. But the cottons move quickly so look for the prices to go shortly after the first. Unfortunately since they will own Peaches & Creme by then you can expect that price to up too.

From what I understand all cottons will be going up because of a cotton shortage.

DMC Cotton Threads

Hi All,
Greetings from the really chilly Midwest!!
Well, it's only chilly when I'm inside..it's flat cold outside!!

Real quick...I know you are all very busy!!

I received word that the DMC Cotton prices will be going up a bit. My sales rep did not specify how much for each line. To be honest my brain kind of shorted out after the words price increase though. Another price that is going up!! It seems like every time we turn around the cost on something is going up!! I did hear that it was going to be in February. So my prices will not go up until March 1st.

As always I will keep my prices as low as I can. But I did want to warn you on the price increase.
This increase will effect the;
DMC Baroque,
DMC Brilliant Tatting Cotton,

DMC Cebelia Crochet Thread,

DMC Cordonnet Cotton,
and the DMC Embroidery Floss

As always, thank you very much for your continued patronage!!

Happy Holidays

I just wanted to take a minute to wish all of you a very happy and festive holiday season. Regardless of what holiday you are celebrating this time of year I hope you enjoy spending time with family and friends!!

I've been busy knitting & crocheting kitchen sets for customers. That seems to be the hot item for us this year. They are so practical it makes perfect sense to me!! And I love making them. Making handmade gifts are always fun for me though.

The crocheted sets I have posted at the web site, Crochet Kitchen Set. I wish I had a picture of the Knitted Sets. Unfortunately I can not find the cord to my digital camera so I can down load the picture to my computer!! I use the Peaches & Creme cotton yarn and let the customer pick their colors. They have been moving like wild this year!! Hopefully I'll get more made up for the store!! I'm almost completely out of them now!!

Thank you all for your continued patronage. And, I pray all of you have a wonderful holiday season.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING and a Sale!!

I wanted to take a minute to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
I hope all of you have a wonderful day with your family and friends.

We are taking a 4 day weekend this year for Thanksgiving. Since UPS does not run on Thursday or Friday we figured it would be a good time to take a bit of a break. You are still welcome to shop online and we will be scrambling on Monday to catch up. But we just need a bit of time off.

AND we are running a sale. Most of you know we do not do this very often!! We do everything we can to keep our everyday prices as low as possible. But I wanted to say thank you to all of you. I've said it before and I can not say it enough, without all of you our business would not be here. So....Thank you!! And here's the info for the sale

4 Days Only - everything in stock 10% off.
Just use coupon code
HappyThanksgiving
during checkout.
Sale runs 12:00AM November 25th - 12:00AM November 29th
Thursday - Sunday

Don't forget to take a look at our What's on Sale Page too!!

The discount applies to everything in stock!!

If you are a local customer you are welcome to shop online and pick your order up on Monday when we open. The shipping you are charged will be refunded.

What's New

Hi All,

We've added a few new items to our website so I thought I would give you an update.

For those of you that tat we have added the DMC Brillinat Tatting Cotton.

Bernat has brought out some new colors in the Boa. And they are larger skeins now!! It only takes one skein to make a scarf now!! You can find the new colors listed on our regular Bernat Boa page.

The ladies and I have been busy little bees!! We've added some items to the Gift Shop.

So remember if you want to give handmade, but you don't have time to make it yourself make sure you check out our Gift Shop. We try to keep the prices on our handmade items very reasonable. We make these items because we enjoy the craft. Getting reimbursed for the materials and a bit for our time is just an added bonus. I even have several ladies that resell our items to add to their inventory at craft shows without adding to their work load.

Thank you all for your continued patronage. I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Thank you,
Lisa

Embroidery & Quilting Patterns and Booklets

For all of our embroidery and quilting customers we've added a few new items!! You asked and we listened!!

We've added Iron On Transfer Books - These are booklets that have the several patterns with all the same theme.

Quilt Pattern Books - These are pattern booklets for cut quilts. Several of the booklets have some of those old heirloom patterns that are hard to find now!!

Hot Iron Transfer Collection - These are collections of hot iron transfers for quilts with a single theme. Like the 50 States or the State Birds.

And Jack Dempsey has come out with some new stamped items. You can find the new patterns by watching the Jack Dempsey New Items Page. I still have more items to add to this page. I'm adding them as I can so you may want to check back because there are more than I have listed there.

Peaches & Creme Calendar for Charity

***2011 Sticks, Hooks and Shuttles Calendar***

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THEIR GOAL IS $15,000! EVERY CALENDAR SALE HELPS THEM TO REACH IT!

The Cost of the Calendar and shipping by First Class Mail in the USA is $17.73. Please not this does not include insurance, etc.

They are also offering international shipping.

Click here for more details and to order.