December tea towel is ready

 

We hope your Thanksgiving was as nice as ours.  Like many of you, we celebrated very low key but it was still nice to pause and reflect on our blessings.   We're starting our newsletter this week with the monthly tea towel.  We meant to share it several weeks ago but it dropped through the cracks.  Your $11.95 "Oh What Fun" kit includes the tea towel and pattern.  We'll be happy to put together a thread kit of Valdani perle cotton size 12 - just let us know when you order.   Who can resist that sweet face! Kits for Winter Wonderland are also ready.  Your $27.95 kit includes the pattern, background cotton, wool for applique, border, binding and backing fabric.  It finishes 12" x 12" so is the perfect size for display on an Ackfeld table or to tuck in a small spot in your home.   The designer includes instructions for how to insert the red wool flange.  We think that little addition adds a lot of interest to this sweet piece.   Kay recently finished some super darling ornaments.  As you can see by the photo below, she chose to finish hers by stitching them to a piece of black wool and framed them.  These would also make nice hostess gifts or package decorations.  You could also mount them on a wooden dowel and arrange several with greenery as a table centerpiece.  We have two pattern sets available.  Each pattern includes instructions to make 5 ornaments.  Inside a Snowflake includes patterns for the owl, lamb, santa, snowman and reindeer.  $10 Winter's Tale includes patterns for a whale (in the upper left corner), sleeping mouse, owl with skates, lion and lamb and rabbit.  $10 We have a few copies left of Brigitte Giblin's latest book, Feathering the Nest 3.  It features 19 projects ranging from small to large.  If you're a fan of Brigitte's unique look, this book is a must have for your library. 232 pages $53.95  Another very nice Quiltmania book is "Cowslip Country" by Jo Colwill.  This book contains 16 projects for all experience levels and includes carefully detailed and illustrated instructions.  As an added bonus, the author has included a guided tour of her country farm.  200 pages $50.95 This week for our "when it's gone, it's gone" section, we are featuring a pillow with a saying that will make many of you chuckle.  Kit includes the pattern, fabrics for front and back of pillow, and wool for applique.  $26.95 12" x 16 1/2" Please e-mail info@sewgracefulquilting.com to reserve.

See you soon! Darlene and Debby