Happy anniversary to me and a deal for you!

by susan on March 14, 2013

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After months, no years, of planning and scheming and experimenting and stitching (so much stitching!), on March 14, 2012, I officially launched Red Gate Stitchery. The year that has passed since then has exceeded all expectation. It has been a truly amazing experience, and one for which I am so very grateful.

I’d like to thank all of you for your fantastic support by offering a fantastic sale! Now through Saturday in the shop, get 30% off everything. It’s the biggest sale I’ve ever done, so if you’ve been holding off buying that special kit for yourself, now is the time!

To get the discount, enter the coupon code ONEYEAR at checkout. Sale ends at midnight (EDT) on Saturday, March 16.

Please help me spread the word – pin, post, like, or otherwise share!

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A heart-full day

by susan on February 14, 2013

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. –Helen Keller

Wishing you all a day full of heart, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you again for all your wonderful support.

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A stitchy place to rest your drink

by susan on January 22, 2013

Since I launched Red Gate Stitchery last year, I’ve been offering up various ways for you to adorn yourself with stitches. Today I’m offering a way to adorn something else: your coffee table. Introducing new cross stitch coaster kits!

The kits are a fun way to add a little something stitchy to your decor. They also make a nifty gift.

The coaster kits are available in thick gray felt or in a nice substantial cork. Both come with precision-cut holes in a modern martini glass pattern, so they’re a breeze to stitch (no hurting your finger trying to force a needle through thick felt or cork – ouch!).

Find them now in the shop!

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Road trip stitching

by susan on January 13, 2013

One of the things I love about cross stitch is that it’s a portable craft. As you already know, I’ll stitch whenever and wherever I get the chance. Over the holidays that meant stitching in the car as we road tripped to visit family in surrounding states.

It may have been Christmastime, but I had a different holiday on the brain: Valentine’s Day. Some fun new patterns, perfect for the ones you love, are coming to the shop very soon, so stay tuned!

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Selling (at) the farm

December 6, 2012
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Last weekend I participated in a lovely little craft show held at a farm in my hometown. The setting was idyllic: a light-filled studio that was once a horse barn, snow drifting gently down outside leaving a dust of white on the old stone walls, and the cows watching from nearby. Inside friends mingled with [...]

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Ring becomes pendant

October 18, 2012
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Chevrons are all the rage these days, and I’m not complaining. I loved my stitched chevron ring so much, I decided to make a matching pendant. Even better, the necklace is a kit, so you can stitch one up too! I love the modern colors in the kit, but you could choose any color scheme [...]

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Madness

October 17, 2012
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In a wave of madness I applied for my first ever craft show. With the show less than four weeks away, I am madly making inventory at the same time I am madly working on getting some new items in the shop. All this stitching madness means my studio is in a constant – and [...]

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Doing the unexpected

October 10, 2012
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One of the joys of selling needlework kits as I do, is seeing what you creative folks do with those kits. Even when the patterns are reproduced exactly as I’ve designed them, somehow the pieces seem transformed simply because another hand stitched them. Other times, what you choose to do with the kits takes me [...]

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New cross stitch designs: A departure of sorts

October 8, 2012
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I enjoy stitching critters: elephants, bunnies, birds, butterflies, and even bees. I have a kitty who will soon find his way to the shop, and some special holiday creatures waiting in the wings. But not everything I stitch has a heartbeat. My latest collection of patterns is a bit of a departure. It’s all about [...]

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My first press!

September 24, 2012
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There’s little as exciting as having your work mentioned in the media, especially if that media happens to be one of your favorite cross stitch magazines. I’m thrilled to report that’s exactly what has happened. My little workhorse of an elephant made his way into the pages of Cross Stitcher Issue 254. I had no [...]

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