May 2019

May is the month that we hold our Annual Needlework Exhibit. We have a variety of pieces to display this year, all done by customers of A Stitcher’s Garden. Anyone coming into the barn can vote for their favorite and the stitcher with the most votes will receive a gift certificate to the shop. We also have gifts for the second and third top votes stitcher. Be sure to stop in to see the show and vote. It will be hung throughout the month. May is also known for a phenomenon called Stitch Maynia. Stitchers commit to starting, finishing, or working a certain number of days, hours, or whatever makes them happy. There is a Facebook group for those of you who would like to join in, share your stitching and connect with other stitchers. Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Memorial Day, and Happy Stitching, Jan

IMPORTANT DATES

• Annual Needlework Exhibit — month of May
• Stitch Maynia — happening all month
• Exhibitors Pick-Up — first week of June
• SHOP CLOSED Memorial Day — Monday, May 27th
• Stitch-In — Friday, June 7th $10/stitcher
• #24HoursOfCrossStitch — Friday June 7th-Sunday June 9th (to participate join the Facebook group). The next one will be held in early August.
• SHOP CLOSED Independence Day — Thursday, July 4th

WHAT’S NEW

• Madame Chantilly — Flowers & Love, New Born, Samplers: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
• With Thy Needle & Thread — Spring Fling, Holiday Hoopla-Easter, Mrs. Bunn E. Tail, Where Liberty Dwells
• Plum Street Samplers — Fox Few, Yellow Polka Dot Bikweenie, Fraktur Friends, A Gentleman’s Daughter, The Wool & Flax Co.
• Thistles — My Soul Is Feed
• Jardin Prive’ — Carrot Market, Less Is More
• Tra La La — Petits Lapinou, Histoire de Printemp, Poule et Lapin
• Scattered Seed Samplers — Spring Delivery
• Fox And Rabbit Designs — Jane Johanna Wilkins 1884, Botany Bay
• Twin Peaks Primitives — Mythical Summer, Queen Bee Sampler, Freedom Lane, Poinsettia Farm, Woodland Santa With Lantern, Christmas Lantern
• Heartstring Samplery — Festive Little Fobs: Barnyard Edition, Teatime Edition; Philip Foster Farmhouse
• Hands On Designs — More Chocolate Bunnies, You Had Me At Flamingo
• Little House Needleworks — Jack Frost&s Tree Farm: Part Three-Family Fun
• Always In Stitches — Uncle Sam (canvaswork)
• Prairie Schooler — Woodland Santas
• Lili Points — Christmas Starts, Roses Syrup, Lavender Jelly, Giraffe (birth sampler)
• Kathy Barrick — Needle Work
• Imaginating — Jungle Family Birth Record
• The Primitive Hare — Hare’s Seasons: Spring; A Sampler Study