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Dutch Treat
Designs September 13, 2001
Update |
I hope you and your
family are well. This year has been one of anticipation. We are all
anticipating and watching for something, and hopefully that something is
good. In this newsletter I have lots of new tabletopper and motto designs
to share with you, including new Halloween and Christmas tabletopper
designs. I even have a new unofficial color of Anne Cloth to share with
you. In fact, there are too many new topper pictures to include here
in this newsletter. After reading this newsletter, you can follow the
links below to my website to see all that is new from Dutch Treat. This
time of year is stitching time, and I think you will see something here that is
worth your time to stitch.
As always, let's start with a
personal update. This year for me has been a busy one. I have done
lots of traveling for family and for work. I took on the ambitious task of
stitching the Simple Gifts set, which is a set of 12 tabletopper designs, one
for each month of the year, and completed the designing and the stitching in
less than a year. I am still leading music and the worship team at the
traditional service at our church. I am still cat herding. We lost
one old cat this last week (Bootsie - age 16) and gained
the neighbors old cat (Zip -
age 17) with their permission. If you have been reading my cat
updates over the years, you know that all the neighborhood cats end up at my
house sooner or later. My son also has the cat whisperer gene.
For the moment, at our house, the mix is Bruce and the girls.
The girls are each very much their own cat. I have mostly had male kitties
and this new mix is an adjustment. If I weren't quite so busy I would
really miss not having a mellow orange tabby who adored me. As it is, I am
the scoop and feed person and Bruce gets most of their affection. It's
okay, you can't stitch really well with a cat in your lap unless their fur color
matches your project.
Read on and see what is
new. If you are on Facebook you can connect with me under Dutch Treat
Designs to see what's new. I don't post there often enough, but you can
get updated a little more often than this newsletter. I'd love to hear
from you with an update or a project report. We are a community who
stitches, a stitching community. Stitching is the common thread, and each
of us brings something unique to the mix when we interact. Keep stitching
and sharing.
Claudia
Now
in stock, an Anne Cloth fabric color you will love - Antique
White
Those of you who shopped at my store might
remember that great one-time-only shipment of a special dyelot of antique white
we had. We only got it in once, and it sold out in a little over a
month. We were never able to get it again, until now. This fabric
run was supposed to be white but it's actually antique white. This
dye-lot is listed on my website as Antique White. We have enough to last
for a while but if you like stitching on Antique White, now is the time to stock
up.
Tabletoppers and
more
The Simple Gifts
Series
This set is a series of 12
tabletopper designs, one for each month of the year. In each chart there
is a tabletopper and a hang up design for the months
listed. These months are available as charts. Each chart is $8.00
077 Simple Spring (May) & Summer
(August)
078 Simple Halloween (October) &
Christmas (December) - shown
below 079 Simple Fall (November) &
Winter (January)
Not yet
available - 080 The complete set Cost
- $48.00
The full set includes a tabletopper and a hang up design for all 12
months, plus a bonus afghan using all 12 monthly designs. The release
date of the full set has been changed to the end of 2011. I am still
stitching the afghan model! Once the afghan is done the full set will be
released.
Simple Halloween &
Christmas
These months are available in chart
078 listed above or as a chart/fabric pack detailed
below.
 
Clicking on any
picture will take you to our info page about these
designs
Currently not all of the Simple Gifts months are
available as chart-only, but they are all available as an
individual chart/fabric pack.
Simple Gifts
Chart/fabric pack and thread sets If you are interested in stitching
only a tabletopper from this set then consider purchasing the
months you want to stitch as a chart/fabric pack. A separate thread set
is also available from us if needed. This combination is
our "kit" option for the Simple Gifts set. Most packs retail for $24 -
$26. The price of each thread set varies. This is
where you follow a link to our website to see what is available:
Dutch
Treat Designs website
Each chart/fabric
pack contains: a single tabletopper chart, 9 SQ Anne cloth fabric, size 12
pearl cotton for the Nun stitch, needles, and a thread card.
Each thread set
contains: the DMC size 5 pearl cotton and Caron Watercolours threads needed to
stitch one tabletopper.
Here are some
of our current Simple months you might want to stitch:
  
Clicking on any picture will take you to our info page about
these designs
A new tabletopper that is not part of our Simple
Gifts set
#082 Seahorse
Chart -$7.00 Kit price - $40
Released in August
2011. Suggested fabric colors - Natural or Ivory (cream) Anne
Cloth

Clicking on the picture will take you to our info page about
this design.
New Motto
Designs
#816 Long May It Wave
Chart $8.00 Kit price - TBD
Stitched on 9" x 12" Blue
Starlight paper from Wichelt Imports. The finished design fits in a 9"x12"
frame. This design is an adaptation of an 1876 Centennial
motto.

Clicking on the picture will take you to our info page about
this design
#817 Learn To Do
Good Chart $8.00 Kit price -
TBD
Stitched on
12" x 21" brown custom cut paper from Dutch Treat. The finished
design fits in an 8"x20" frame. There are two different stitching color
options offered in this chart. This one is the more traditional
version.

Clicking on the picture will take you to our info page about
this design
Questions? Here's our contact
information:
Dutch
Treat Designs P.O. Box 161,
Livermore, CA 94551-0161 Please use the P.O. box for payments, requests, flyers, etc.
Phone number: 925-294-8621
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