StitchyBox is the New Owner of Needleprint charts

I am delighted to tell you that as from today, StitchyBox in Vancouver, Washington, USA is the new owner of Needleprint charts.

Liz Westlake, the owner of StitchyBox is currently putting her new web page together and will look forward to meeting you there. Liz will be working creative wonders with charts ready for early spring. Do stop by to say Hello to Liz for me. Here is the link for you now : http://shop.stitchybox.com/collections/stitchybox-samplers

NEEDLEPRINT IS NOW CLOSED - BUT TRANSFER PENDING

Needleprint is now closed but I shall be posting exciting details of the transfer of our intellectual property towards the end of February - so do watch this space for news and new links.

Once again thank you, thank you for your companionship, support and custom since 2004. I wish you all many happy years of stitching and textile and creative endeavour.

LAST DAY TO CLOSING

Only 1 day to go before Needleprint closes. I just want to take a moment together to remember all the astonishing projects you, yes you, inspired. There was no way I could ever have begun this journey without your support and many kindnesses. Let's remember that amazing, world-wide Mary Wigham Stitchalong, the books and charts you bought which raised money for sampler conservation at Ackworth School, the 2 world-wide gatherings at Ackworth School in 2006 and 2008, the encouragement to keep going which resulted in the full colour complete catalogue of The Goodhart Samplers, The Judith Hayle Samplers - and as a final hurrah the magnificent and unsurpassed Feller Collection - the precious early works now gifted to the Ashmolean Museum for all to visit.

All SOLD - Pack of 3 Quaker Charts + Download of your choice $30 (Shipping included)

Only 1 left - A pack of 3 lovely quality printed charts - see the images PLUS a digital download of your choice - all for $30 to include airmail shipping of the printed charts to wherever you are.

The printed charts are: Rebecca Blake, Mary Peacock and Hannah Westcombe. PLUS make your own choice from one of the following $20 digital downloads: Beatrix Potter Companion, Deborah Cockin, Elizabeth Pim, Hannah Gilpin, York Quaker, Ann Trump, Sarah Harris, Sarah Moon or 2 Irish Samplers.

ALL SOLD The Lovely Rebecca Blake - Pack of 5 for $30 (including shipping) saving $70

We have just 4 packs of the lovely Rebecca Blake Quaker sampler - 5 charts in one pack. If you are a shop or group of friends you might like to take advantage of this offer which is half retail price.

ALL SOLD Save $70 - Pack of 5 Amager Panel 1799 Charts $30 including shipping

So we are almost through now. Today we are selling packs of 5 Amager 1799 Panel charts for $30. If you are a shop or a group of friends who would like to club together you have a great offer at half wholesale price. The normal retail price of these charts is $100. In addition to the Panel, there is a history of the Dutch community in Denmark's Amager, beautiful illustrations of the women in their traditional dress and 6 mini-projects for you to work through the year.

Needleprint Licences Sold

I am delighted to say that all Needleprint licences have been sold to a single store. I am so happy they will remain together and all the years of our work will be transferred to the care of excellent and capable ownership. This means you will be able to continue purchases after Needleprint closes. I'll be sharing more about the future in later posts.

NOW SOLD Sale of Needleprint Chart Licences

Yes, it's time to hand over the baton. Over the next few days I shall be selling licences for the sampler charts we have created at Needleprint.

Each licence comes with image and drafted chart with stitching details in pdf format together with permission to sell under your own name from 1st February 2017. The charts normally retail at $20 each. The price for a licence is $80 - meaning you simply need to sell 4 charts to make a profit.

ONLY 2 LEFT - Pack of 3 Quaker Charts + Download of your choice $30 (Shipping included)

Only 2 left - A pack of 3 lovely quality printed charts - see the images PLUS a digital download of your choice - all for $30 to include airmail shipping of the printed charts to wherever you are.

The printed charts are: Rebecca Blake, Mary Peacock and Hannah Westcombe. PLUS make your own choice from one of the following $20 digital downloads: Beatrix Potter Companion, Deborah Cockin, Elizabeth Pim, Hannah Gilpin, York Quaker, Ann Trump, Sarah Harris, Sarah Moon or 2 Irish Samplers. (Scroll to the bottom of this blog page for images of those samplers.) Simply click on the flying angel below to purchase your special deal.

SOLD Pack of 5 Mary Peacock charts - $30 including airmail shipping - save $70

Today the offer is for a pack of 5 lovely quality printed charts of the same design - Mary Peacock - one of the loveliest polychrome medallion samplers in Ackworth School. This is a great offer for a stitching group or Guild, or if you have a small shop and sell charts. These charts are less than half the wholesale price - $30 to include airmail shipping to wherever you are. (The charts normally retail at around $20 each.)

I am sorry these are all sold.

SOLD 5 Needleprint Charts and shipping $30 - save $70 - 2 packs remaining

I have been retired for over a year now and though I miss everyone greatly, your kindnesses are always in my thoughts. Today is an auspicious day when I start to close Needleprint down forever - a big step (deep breath). So in the next week or so I shall be clearing the small stock remaining. Today the offer is for a pack of 5 lovely quality printed charts - see the images - all for $30 to include airmail shipping to wherever you are. The charts are: Amager Panel 1797, Marken, Rebecca Blake, Mary Peacock and Hannah Westcombe. The normal price of these charts together was $100. I am sorry these are all sold now.

Sarah Lechner - Embroidery Workshops * Austria * September-October 2015

Austria is one of my favourite places and Sarah Lechner's studio where you will stitch is just off the main Salzburg to Vienna railway line with free pickups included in course costs.

This is a lovely opportunity to learn new needlework and textile skills with a great practitioner. Courses are for two days and cost €350 including simple B&B accommodation on Sarah's farm - two courses back to back cost €650. The exchange rate for the Euro is the best it has been for years - what is to stop you?

Click here for more details in English, French, German and Spanish.

2 Embroidery Frames Free to Good Homes - Glasgow Area

Janice in Glasgow has 2 embroidery frames both in good condition that she is happy to give to an appreciative embroiderer if you can collect. The standing frame above is dismantled for ease of storage but has all the components and is easily rebuilt. It measures 77cm high at the side leg height, the frame is 75 cm x 42 cms. The total height when built is around 1 metre. The hand held frame below measures 28cm x 75 cm. Just click on the angel below to contact Janice direct.

SOLD 3 Cotton Mouchoirs from Musée Etoffes Mulhouse * £8 €18 $30 Shipping Included

I fell in love with the Musée de l'Impression sur Etoffes in Mulhouse - do visit if you are going to see the DMC factory.

I grabbed these pretty cotton mouchoirs as a light souvenir of the old printed cottons to take home in a very heavy bag

and I have them still in their new condition - I have opened the box simply to scan them for you. Each one is about 12" square (30cm square)

and they are accompanied by a little explanatory leaflet in French, English and German

SOLD 1914-1915 Journal of Manchester Municipal School of Technology Textile Society * £16 €40 $72 Shipping Included

Over 100 years' old, this full sized softback journal of over 100 pages is, apart from its cover, in very good condition.

The style of the time is still reflecting the Arts & Crafts movement though this is definitely a journal of technology from the commencement of the First World War.

There is always a poignancy in hindsight, since one of the articles talks optimistically about plans for after the war (they thought then it would be a short war.... ) without ever imagining for one moment that millions of workers would be killed by the war and the Spanish flu pandemic that followed in its train.

There is actually one colour page in the journal showing designs for printed cotton.

The several articles are very interesting documents and are good reads with many facts I hadn't come across before.

The article on the cotton print is particular fascinating, postulating that early print designs were from Persia.

Here you can see some other articles looking at the Labour Problem - they had no inkling of the millions that would be killed in the war and the enormous challenges that would pose for labour in the industry - that was still all the future...

There are about 60 pages of articles - but equally of interest are the wonderful graphic advertisements at the beginning and end of the journal

yes, I really love bobbins and spindles and all the pictures of the mills now long gone.... aah.