News and Notes From Cool Stitches

I am having such a great time with my Sparrow X Embroidery machine. I hope you are too. I have joined the facebook group, Eversewn Sparrow X Owners and Interest and find Marcia to be extremely responsive, knowledgable, and a great resource. I've seen where she has connected with people to work one-on-one to resolve their issues. She answers everyone's questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. It's a great resource and I highly recommend connecting there for an online resource.  If you're interested in embroidery workshops, we are in the planning stages for starting them soon. These will be in Fleming Island, Florida...

I have TWO winners to announce for our monthly GiveAways because I overlooked announcing January's, and February's just slipped through our fingers. Well, and here I am being all sneaky because I am actually announcing the winners in our Facebook group - The Coolest Sewing Club on the Planet. Of course, an email is headed out to our winners as well because I can't wait to ship these oh so lovely gifts out to them.  These are our newest items and I think you'll like them. The main attraction is of course, the Miyako leather handles which we've paired with...

It's been awhile since I've introduced myself and shared a bit about what makes me tick - which of course drives what's happening at Cool Stitches. So, following the trend in social media, here are 7 things about me:  I live in Florida now with my husband and we are surrounded by a good deal of our family as well. We aren't from here. I grew up in northwest Indiana and Stan grew up in central Georgia. We met in Washington state where we raised our two sons who are now adults with families of their own. They live here...

Happy Last Week in February my sewing enthusiast friends! This is our subscription box fulfillment week and it is busy. But I wanted to pop in and make sure you don't miss out on the Cricut deal at Michaels. It ends TODAY so order now! Save over 20% on Cricut Explore Air 2 or check out the Cricut Maker on sale for $299. Here's the original ad I received. Note as a Michaels affiliate I receive a small commission when you click and purchase through me. It never affects your price, and I do appreciate your choice!  Do you have a...

With the trend towards PDF delivery of patterns I've been researching options for printing them that doesn't include printing at home and tiling all those pages into a usable pattern. I don't like doing it this way, so we always include a printed pattern with our sewing subscription boxes for that reason. I only sell what I would use myself. In researching these options, I came across this list (updated and slightly edited for this post) from our friends at Cashmerette. It summarizes very well some attractive options for you to print your favorite PDF patterns - the same ones...