Shorttakes

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UPDATE!!

I hope you are planning to join us here at the shop on Saturday August 3rd!  Our Sidewalk Sale is shaping up to be epic!  Sherri & Tracy spent a whole Saturday sorting & organizing TONS of great stuff & then we had to re-do a bunch of it because we got in MORE!

 

* This time around the emphasis seems to be on kits ~ who knew?  We have loads of kits (and by kits I mean things that have a chart & fabric; a chart, fabric & floss; a chart, fabric, floss & embeliishments; and even a few that have frames! 

* We have another small group of things that the stitching is started (!), and a few that the stitching is complete! 

* We have loads of Christmas things! 

* We have tons (& they weigh a ton) of hardback books ~ "Christmas Remembered" from Leisure Arts, anyone?  How about a whole series of the Vanessa Ann annual hardback book?  There are several sampler hardbacks ~ some with charts & some that are beautifully photographed & detailed histories & information.

* There are lots of Lavender & Lace/Mirabilia designs (sorry, no Lady of the Flag...we looked).  There are also a significant number of P Buckley Moss designs & Teresa Wentzler, so for those masochistic stitchers out there, we gotcha!

 

In addition, we will also have 3 Trunk Shows INSIDE!  So after you've found treasures galore outside at the Sidewalk Sale, go stash those in your car & join us inside for even more amazing things from Lila's Studio, Kathy Barrick & Grace Notes Fabrics.

For more info on the Trunk Shows, click the trunk below!

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Woohoo!

Just around the corner ~ on Saturday August 3rd ~ is our next Sidewalk Sale!  This has been such a fun thing (thank you Ellen R. for suggesting this over & over until we finally did it!), that we now are adding to the event.

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First, the details for that Saturday.

We will have tables set up in the lawn out in front of the shop.  When you come by, you will come over (or inside ~ either one) & buy a bag. 

This time around we are using our new TSS shopping bags.  You can buy a bag for $15.00 (the bags themselves sell for $5.95).  Then head on over to the tables. We will have loads of charts, kits, books & more sorted by category ~ Halloween, family, samplers, Christmas, places...you get the idea.  Anything that fits in your bag is yours to bring home!  That's all. 

What will we have?  That depends on what you bring us. From now until August 1st, bring in your charts, kits, magazines, books...anything you'd like to have "rehomed"!  We will be sorting them into categories.  So far, this bunch will include several complete series of magazines ~ including a big group we just got in that are British (I can't wait to dig into those!).  So bring in things you've already stitched, or those things you got that you look at & think, "Yeah, I know I liked it at the time, but now...".  Someone out there is looking for that!

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But wait, there's more fun!  We've worked it out so we are hosting 3 (!) Trunk Shows as well.  We will have yards & yards of fabrics from Grace Notes fabrics; we'll have new treats & old favorites from Kathy Barrick; and we will have gorgeous things from a local that y'all know & love: Lila's Studio!  If you've been in the shop, you have definitely seen several of Lila's designs as we have quite a few of her things stitched ~ from the Spring Parade blocks we have by the register to the Christmas ornaments that everyone loves to the 4 Seasons designs of birds & baskets.  And several of y'all have stitched her "Let Freedom Ring", which, in my opinion, is really the best rendition I've seen yet of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. 

In addition to having all these goodies to tempt us, Lila will also pop in for a meet & greet afternoon on Friday August 2nd, in the early afternoon!  To say we are excited is to understate it WILDLY! 

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So mark your calendars!  Lots of new things to see in the Trunk Shows!  Lots of treasures ~ both old & not so old! ~ to find at the Sidewalk Sale!  And no worries about parking.  We planned this for the week that the Salon next door is closed.  If you've ever visited us on a Saturday, you probably thought to yourself, "Holy cow!  What is going on here?  And why wasn't I invited??".  Saturdays are crazy days at the salon & all the stylists park along the side by our side & back door so it looks like a huge party!  But the good news is that leaves the parking lot wide open.  No worries though on the 3rd!  They are closed for a week for vacation.  So all the room is for us!  YAY!

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And now is the time to dig into your cross stitch closet & bring us your neglected designs looking for a new home!  Bring them to the shop & we'll get them ready for the Sidewalk Sale.  Please only bring us cross stitch items ~ much as we all love doing WAY TO MANY things, we're trying to be good & only tempt you with cross stitch.

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Hugs & stitches ~

Beth & all the Sidewalk Stitchers at TSS

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