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2023 CS GIRL CLUBS CREATED FOR YOU:
 
 We want to take this time to tell you how grateful we are for the support you give us by being members of our CS Girl Clubs.  I am excited to say and share  many creative new ideas which are sprouting for the 2022 New Year. 
 
It is our pleasure to share our creative, imaginative and inspirational design team with our club members.  
 
2023 Girl Clubs you can join: 
 
The clubs all will be on going and new ones will be added or old clubs will be switched up!  I will continue to post details as soon as we get updates from our designers and that will be helpful for you as you choose your handwork preferences.
 
 ***Please try and keep this in mind.  We do not drop you off a club at the end of the year that is something you must tell us to do.  Thank you for your understanding.  This has always been our policy and has always been posted and reminders are given often.

Our “Girl Clubs” are fun to belong to because they are a way of gifting yourself with a unique new and exciting handwork project that most people don’t have from a wonderful imaginative design team   It will most likely pertain to the upcoming season or holiday.   We try to keep our projects exclusive and partner  with our favorite designers so you know you will have something that is one of a kind.

You may think that some projects seem high priced but when you think of a designer only designing for at the most 400 people she has to be paid for her time and if it is a reproduction and we keep it an exclusive design for club it all makes sense.  Returns will be charged a 15% restocking fee and no credits will be offered. When you make a club commitment it is for a year.   You must call us if you decide not to continue for the next year. 

I hope you will find your new clubs very enjoyable and if you have not tried one I hope you will give us a call 608-588-2510.

For anyone joining clubs please read carefully:

It is your responsibility to call us if you change your credit card number or have had it compromised or have a new address.  Please , if we call you once, call us back to let us know if you have any changes or wish to be taken off the club. We do not want to make call after call and never hear from you. If we have to call you more than twice and not hear from you, you will be taken out of the club.  I’m sure you can understand that this can become a problem for us and we must figure out when enough is enough. Thank you for being mindful.

The 133 Family,

 

Designers we are working with in clubs and events in 2023

 

   *Paula Barns, *Vickie Jennett, *Stacy Nash, *Mary Boldt, *Barbara Voss, and *Gwen Mertens, Kathleen Littleton, Slyvia Stecker,  Birgit Tolman, Paulette Stewart 

What a great lineup of talented star power and you can all be a part of it by joining our clubs or attending our events.

 

  

” 2023 Schoolgirl Sampler “Threads of History” a year of celebrating tributes and triumphs in needlework Registration  will open in February for the 2022 projects.  ****Remember you are in the club until you tell us different, please keep your card updated and that keeps us all more efficient.

 

Welcome to my “obsession and passion”.  Samplers!  I love a great old sampler with an interesting border, an amazing house,  motifs that speak to you, trees, bands of alphabet there are so many factors that make up a great sampler in my mind and most of all one that keeps your interest.  So hang on ladies and get ready for another year to remember.  We will stitch on 36 count linen  unless you pre-arrange a different count such as 32 or 40, we will use overdyed threads with colors that are pleasing and remind you of our recognizable style.  The samplers will be dated around the 18th and 19th century and from our designers own private collections.

Now to accomplish this feat we have amassed an unforgettable design team I am sure you will love.   Dream Team 2022:

     Vickie Jennett from Needlework Press, Kathleen Littleton from Cross Stitch Antiques, Birgit Tolman from  The Wishing Thorn, and Sylvia Stecker from Running with Needles & Scissors 

This is your invitation to explore and experience a world of sampler knowledge from four very knowledgeable sampler designers. Your projects could be a whole sampler, a pinkeep with elements of an old sampler, it may use two different linens but again our count of choice will be 32, 36, or 40 you can choose your comfort zone. There will be one surprise after another you won’t want to miss.  

If this sounds intriguing and something you would enjoy our 2023-2024 Registration for new members is NOW Open for business June 1,2023.

  2023 – 2024 Club will begin in July of 2023 with three new designers.   

Sylvia Stecker from Running with Needles & Scissors, next new designer is Birgit Tolman from The Wishing Thorn and Kathleen Littleton from Cross Stitch Antiques.  Needlework Press will be your fourth and most seasoned club designer, Vickie Jennett has been the anchor of this amazing club for several years.

We will roll you over into the new club unless you tell us different or start you from scratch. 

FYI:   Call us if you need changes made or want to join us @ 608-588-2510 or email us at stchgirl@yahoo.com 

 

We are just getting ready to ship our new 2023 club rotation next week September 17th 2023. Sylvia Stecker is our first designer from Running with Needles and Scissors.  You will enjoy her antique reproduction of “Milady’s Courting Conundrum”.  Her little necessaries will be fun to stitch too. Lots to look forward to this new club rotation.  New designers, new ideas and hours of pleasure.  Heirloom linen from Needle Bling will be our linen of choice for this sampler.  It is splendid to look at and stitch on.

Our last sampler for this 2022- 2023 year has shipped, it is from The Scarlet House.  Meet Jane Williams 1838 This is a wonderful antique reproduction by Tanya Brockmeyer.  Jane is stitched on baked clay linen from  Fox and Rabbit

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Jane Williams 1838 from The Scarlet House

 and uses overdyed threads. She had me with the lady and her umbrella.  We are thrilled you joined us and know each new year will continue to bring you endless hours of joy. 

Thank you so much.  Please remember to call us to register, update us if you address 

changes so your shipment arrives to the proper address.  Also keeping your credit card currant is something we need you to do.  608-588-2510 

 

Let’s make quilts:

“Smalls, Toppers, Runners, pieced and appliqued      

 

So here is the idea, you will get a quilt kit and pattern from Mary four times a year. 1777 Flag Quilt

 We will keep in mind the seasons and how you all like to change things up and keep your home fresh.  Some will playful and fun and some may be traditional but all will do able sizes,  projects that you can finish relatively quickly.  Most will have front, backing and binding included so you can complete the project. Fall has just shipped and is called “Fall Formation”. 

I hope this is  sounding fun and a  Girl Club idea we can make happen. Quilt sizes will vary from season to season.  We are only projecting four per year.  

Registration is always open so we can’t wait to hear from you. Let’s get back into some quilting.  

 
 
Welcome Back:  Stacy Nash 
 

 

 We are all thrilled at the shop to host a club with Stacy and know all of our peeps will be so excited to have one of their favorite designers join our girl clubs again.
 
2022’s club has grown into 494 participants.   We are anticipating on this number will grow and we are prepared to take 525 for this project. “Big Blue” is what is shipping right now.  
 
I found a great pedestal and that was all I needed to come up with a drum club idea that also sparked Stacy’s interest.  Our plan is to have four different holiday or seasonal drums that will be designed specifically for your pedistal. This is drum number three.  The next season to come your way is fall.
There will be extra needfuls incorporated from

 time to time too.  How can this get any better?  I don’t think it can.  We are all thrilled to add Stacy to our great 

team of designers for 2022. 
 
The pedestal will be shipped as it becomes available. available.