Scarlet Quince News February 2022
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Scarlet Quince News
February 2022
Hello stitching friends,

It has been a while since we sent a newsletter so this will be a longish one!

We have a bunch of new patterns (shown below) and most of them are by suggestion! Karen Morrison suggested "Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - Thomas Gainsborough". Rebecca Lever suggested "Hummingbirds - Ernst Haeckel". We now have a winner for "Madame Monet Embroidering - Claude Monet" (introduced in the last newsletter) — Janey, B, Indiana. Nhu Chi Ho, Sweden, suggested "The Danaides - John William Waterhouse". And "The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner - Sir Edwin Landseer" was an anonymous suggestion. All have received a PDF of their suggested patterns in their choice of print sizes.

We also have lots and lots of new pictures in the gallery! Be sure to check them out if you haven't visited the gallery in a while.

Announcing Our Clearance Page

We've added a clearance page to try to reduce our excess inventory a bit. These are deeply discounted patterns or floss labels in NEW condition that were either printed by mistake or returned. The selection varies over time so before you order, check whether what you want is there! For the most part, there is only one copy of each item, and when it's gone, it's gone (as a discounted item). None of the clearance items have been discontinued, so you can always get them at list price.

A Cautionary Tale

We heard the following "strange, but true" story from a stitcher:

"I came into my stitching area and was horrified to find a burned hole in my canvas. The morning sun shone through my magnifying lamp (which was off) and burned a hole into a stitched area. We were lucky it didn't catch on fire! With my husband's help, we were able to repair the area. I have sent you a picture of the finished Renoir and you have to look hard to find the burned hole.

"I cut an inch square of Aida cloth, placed it under the burned area and traced an outline of the hole. Then, I found the spot in the pattern and stitched the patch. The next part was tricky. The stitched patch was placed behind the burned hole and trimmed and glued with fabric glue into the spot. Then I single stitched any spots that needed covering. Fortunately, the burn was not in an intricate part of the design. We know where the burn occurred, but no one else has noticed in the finished picture. Whew!!!"

The moral is: be careful with your magnifier, especially if you work near a window! You can buy a "sunbonnet" to fit the magnifier, or just put a towel over the lens when you're not stitching. Here are before-and-after pictures:

stitching with burned holerepaired and finished stitching

Stay well and keep stitching,
Meredith

New patterns! Clink any picture for a closer look.

Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Thomas Gainsborough 
Entrance of the Port at Honfleur (detail) - Georges Seurat
Entrance of the Port at Honfleur (detail)
Georges Seurat
The Danaides - John William Waterhouse
The Danaides
John William Waterhouse
 
Hummingbirds - Ernst Haeckel
Hummingbirds
Ernst Haeckel
 
 
The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner - Sir Edwin Landseer
The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner
Sir Edwin Landseer
Entrance of the Port at Honfleur - Georges Seurat
Entrance of the Port at Honfleur
Georges Seurat

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