Back home from PA....(updated Friday evening...)

Well....we made it home safe and sound....back from PA! When we couldn't fit another thing in the cargo van, we figured it was time to come home!

We found lots of great stuff...some will be coming in with us this weekend to the shop...some will go to our new location!  (No pictures...you'll have to come see what we got in person!!)

While I have the new shop on my brain...I've had several people ask for the address already...so here it is:

Lone Star Mercantile

Quilting * Stitchery * Rug Hooking

Punchneedle * American Antiques

* Simple Country Living *

1501 N. Main

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

(919) 557-0202

More details to come!! And a class schedule is just about ready to debut!! (And it's going to be AWESOME!!)

Now...on to some of the new things coming in this weekend!

Back in stock...from Goos Nest..."Sweet Summer Time" wool applique. $8.95 (WOW price $8.05)
We'll have the wool dyed for this next weekend!

The July Wordplay pattern from Country Stitches is finally in! If you need one..let me know! $8.95 for the pattern (WOW price $8.05)

From Primitive Pieces...a fun wool runner called "Cold Days"...pattern price is $9.95 (WOW price is $8.95). We'll be doing a class on this and kits will be available a little later on!

From Stacy Nash..."Blackwater Hollow Sampler". Pattern price $13.95 (WOW price is $12.55)

Malabar Farm Pinkeep...pattern price $9.95 (WOW price is $8.95)

Pins, Needles and Scissors...pattern price $11.95 (WOW price is $10.75)

We did just get in more great yardage of Weeks Dye Work's 40 ct. linen in Confederate Gray....which would be spectacular for any of these projects!

Based on 3 historical quilts, each with a different skill level, this book gives you 150 different 6" blocks and the history behind them! $27.99 for the book (WOW price $25.15)

New from Buggy Barn..."Undeniably Crazy"....I will admit, the front cover is a bit "bright" for my taste...but some fun quilts all throughout the book! $23.95 (WOW price $21.55)

New from Kansas City Star..."Away from Home"...a wonderful historical book about the Lowell Factory Girls of the Watkins Woolen Mill in Northwest Missouri. Wonderful reading about the women in this woolen mill and fantastic quilting projects. $24.95 (WOW price $22.45)

Folk Branches...JoAnn Mullaly's new book finally arrived! It is a great one! We'll be offering the quilt (shown on the front cover) as a BOM after our new shop opens...along with some of the smaller projects as classes! You will definitely want to sign up for this one!! Book price $25.95 (WOW price $23.35)

The August issue of Early American Life arrived yesterday. Great issue....and this is the one with the Directory of traditional craftsmen! $5.99 for the issue...(WOW price is $5.39).

Whew...I think that's it for this week! Before I forget...if you are needing a copy of A Primitive Place Magazine, we reordered a few more and they should be here next week. Let me know if we need to put one back for you...the first 36 copies we had flew out the door within a week and this is the last time I will re-order this issue!

(Friday evening...)

One last quick note tonight...

Well it's about time! The summer issue of Mercantile Gatherings finally arrived today in the mail...it's at the shop for this weekend!

Weather looks to be beautiful for the weekend...we'll have lots of show and tell at the shop...and the Capital City Gun Show is going on for the men out there! Hope yall come on by!

Lisa

We're having a Happy Dance Thursday!

You know what that means...fabric must have come in! It's hard to think Christmas in June..but that's what we got yesterday...some of Marcus Brother's new line..."Spirit of Christmas" by Judy Rothermel.

Pictures will have to be on next week's update...but they will be at the shop this weekend!

Judy Condon's newest book arrived yesterday as well..."The Place We Call Home". Again, an awesome group of homes featured in here...nine in all...$24.95 for the book (wow price $22.45).

Several of these books are already spoken for...if you need one, let me know quick! They'll be at the shop this weekend!

 (And if anyone needs her latest gardening book, "Just Country Gardens", I still have a couple of copies at the shop!)

 NEW from JoAnn Mullaly! "Folk Branches" is on order and has been shipped! I'm not sure what all the projects are...but I'm lovin' the front cover and we're all thinking kit/class/ bom possibly???

Anywhoooo....the book is $25 (wow price is $22.50). If you know you need one...let me know!

(Right now, it won't be in for the weekend...but if it shows up in time, I'll let you know...)

(Friday morning...early!)

Last post for this week....here are a few more fun things that just came in...

Two new great wool patterns from Primitive Gatherings...
Bluebird Pincushion...$5.95 (wow price $5.35) and Wool Alphabet Sampler...$9.95 (wow price $8.95). As soon as I get back from PA...we'll kit these both.....that little bluebird pincushion might have to be the first project in our upcoming pincushion club (more about that later!!)!

And finally, a great inspirational quilt book by Edyta Sitar for Laundry Basket Quilts. 126 pages of beautiful quilts plus a CD with 8 of the quilt patterns shown in the book...$27.85 (wow price $25.15)

That's it for the this week...have a great weekend and come out and see us if you can!!

Lisa

Yes! It's True!! (UPDATED FRIDAY EVENING)

Happy Thursday to all....

Is it just me, or does it seem that this year is flying by way tooooo fast! Tomorrow is June 1st....by the time I turn around twice, it will be Christmas already! Yikes!!

The cat's out of the bag on this next bit of info....we are opening a new shop spot! We finally found a cute little colonial styled house that has great potential for our new shop location....located in Fuquay-Varina right on Hwy. 401! It looks as though it will be very accessible to all of our customers and I can't wait for it to be finally open! We'll  have class space that we've been desperately needing and a cozy atmosphere for all of our customers to enjoy! More fabric, more stitchery, more wool, and more antiques and stuff! (In other words....just more!!!)
We're shooting for mid-July to be open...cross your fingers on that one!And, we'll be putting out a class schedule towards the end of June with some really fun classes and group information!

Before I forget...we just received the latest issue of Rug Hooking magazine...cost is $9.95. We only get a few issues in, so if you are needing one...give me a shout! (WOW discount applies!) There is a great article on hooking eyes...and the patriotic flag banner is a fun little project!

We also received a bunch of the older Threads books in by Need'lLove. The new one, Garden Gate Threads will be out in a few weeks. All of the older issues are $12.00 each (WOW price is $10) and there are some great titles still available! Summer Spirit Threads and Old Glory Threads are great for the upcoming summer months!

We are almost out of "A Primitive Place" magazine! Those 36 copies we ordered went fast. Let me know quick if you still need a copy! $9.95 for the issue...and it's a good one!

New books and patterns coming next week...fresh from market! More about those later....

(Friday night)

Just a real quick update....which will be the first QUICK thing I've done on this computer all day!

LOTS (and I mean lots!) of punchneedle patterns arrived today to help stock up back up! Some cute summer ones in the batch...you'll have to come in to see them all!

We are still waiting on Valdani 3 strand floss to arrive....guess patience will be a real virtue with this order!

Vickie was able to make some more of the eagles and there might be an Uncle Sam doll available...her 4th of July things are going like wildfire! Most of yall didn't get to see the first batch of goodies...they were gone in like 2 hours last weekend. (I keep telling her she can manage on just two hours of sleep a night...but she doesn't believe me!!)

That's it for me tonight! Beautiful weekend ahead...and lower temperatures to boot! Have a good one!  Lisa

Happy Memorial Day!!

A Day to Remember those who have fought...

Hello to all! Before this week gets away from me, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend!

We will be open both Saturday and Sunday...the weather looks to be a bit on the hot and muggy side (typical summer weather for these neck of the woods, ya know!), but we'll be nice and cool inside...so come out and visit us if you can!

The summer issue of A Primitive Place magazine arrived today...fantastic as always! If you need us to save you one...let me know...they usually go pretty fast! $9.95 for the issue (WOW discounts apply!)

And don't forget, we received the summer issue of A Simple Life last week...we only have about 1/2 of our order left...

Just in...Kim Diehl's newest quilt book..."Simple Charm"...$28.95 (wow price $26.05)

And...be sure and come in and see our new Garden Gate Quilt sample! Jan Richards put the shop model together for us...(this is what it looks like in a program from her computer...) As soon as I get a moment I'll take a picture of the real thing! You can't imagine how great it is in person...and fast and EASY to do! It's the perfect size for a summer picnic throw or cuddle up on the porch swing....our size is 46" x 77". We'll have kits available the first weekend of June...AND...we will most likely offer it as one of our summer classes when we move into our new location (more about that later!). Here's a link to Andover's website where you can find the free pattern download...

http://andoverfabrics.com/FreeQuiltPatterns.php

 (This link will take you to all of the free downloads...they are in alphabetical order..so just go to "Garden Gate Plaids"...

Tomorrow is "wisdom tooth day" at the dentist...one of them has to go! So this will probably be all the updating this week...(unless something wonderful comes in by Friday!)

Have a great holiday weekend...Lisa

Has it been that long?? (Updated Friday night)

Oh my gosh.....it has!! 

I'm not sure where the time has gone...but please forgive me for being a BAD blogger! First, it was Liberty....then it was Cameron....then the computer had to go in for service...and today we finally received the word that it's....well....."terminal" to put it mildly! Sooooo.....tomorrow it's "go get a new computer day"!
I'm posting this quick note on my laptop....but it doesn't have my email list installed on it....so hopefully yall will come looking for me and read this note!

Lots of new wonderful textured wools have come in and are now in the shop!  They will be on on the selling blog here soon!

The June word play pattern from Country Stitches is now in! $8.95 for the pattern (WOW discount applies!) And if you are needing the floss, we now carry the entire line of Gentle Arts floss at the shop!
(I know....it's about time!!)

WOW members....the May wool will be ready beginning this weekend!

The new summer issue of A Simple Life magazine will be arriving any day...cross your fingers that it gets here by this weekend! $9.95 for the issue...wow discounts apply! Let me know if we need to hold you one!

(Friday evening...)

Just a quick update...the new computer is up and running...but all of my stuff (which there is ALOT) has not all been totally loaded yet...so I can't send out an email tonight....hopefully yall will just come take a look to see what's going on!

SIMPLE LIFE Magazine did arrive today and will be in the shop for this weekend! Woohoo!

Also...Vickie just brought over a basket full of wonderful summer handmades...there is the coolest Uncle Sam and Betsy doll you've ever seen.....she's gonna have to make more of those for sure...Uncle Sam has been "talkin' to me" ever since he came in the door!

For you knitters out there especially....Fiberfest is going on over at the Jim Graham building this weekend...I've not had a chance to go see it first hand...but I did hear there are some awesome vendors with hand-dyed yarns for sale.  (I think I'm glad I'm not a knitter...that could be dangerous!)

We brought in some great antiques...circa 1840-1870 GA. blanket chest in it's orig. brown and blue paint...a huge trencher that would look great on someone's harvest table...plus a few small goodies...come and take a look!

Time to go and get the car packed for tomorrow! Have a great weekend!
Lisa

Who's that in this picture??? (updated Friday afternoon)

It's a wonder I get anything done sometimes! This week I dyed wool for two days straight...so I took a bunch of the wools out of one amoire and tossed them on the bed so that I could get a bunch of it cut for dying....and guess who decides to make it her bed! Of course...I didn't see her at first until I tried to move a piece of wool and out came the claws trying to stop me!

Ah ha! There she is! (And looking positively evil to boot!)

I'm not sure how much updating I'll get to do on the blog tomorrow...this dang computer is fixing to go back to the Geek Squad (per their suggestion) cuz it's running soooooo slow! So.....here's what I know so far:

Our big ol' order of all the Gentle Arts hand dyed flosses arrived today! So we are now officially carrying their line in the shop! Woohoo! (I will have to say though...for all the money I spent, it would have made me feel a whole lot better if it had arrived in a gigantic size box! Maybe good things really do come in small packages!)

30 ct. Confederate gray linen and 28 ct Cashel in "Dirty" came in today too!

The WOW wool is ready to go for April (and it's not even the end of the month yet!)!! So girls, come in quick for the best selection!

Shawn is busy working on a couple of antique buys he picked up...so hopefully they'll be in the shop in the next week or so...

And...the bolts we ordered of Primitive Gathering's line called "Seasonal Gatherings" are on their way and will be here next week! We do have fat quarters available on all 50 pcs in the line, but we only purchased about 12 of the bolts. They are now over on our selling site (see the right hand side bar)for viewing and pre-orders.


This is one of the new projects coming out in the Summer edition of Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine. Kerri Arthur (www.calicorabbit.blogspot.com)designed this darling little bag and asked me if we would like to kit it for the magazine. So....we are listed as the kit provider and are already getting calls from gals across the U.S. wanting a kit. There will be a limited number of kits made..if any of our regular customers are wanting one...please let me know! I will have some for sale this weekend in the shop!

And better late than never...


We had this runner in the shop for sale before Easter....so naturally we had several customers ask if there was a kit available. There is now! And...there are only 4 left! Soooo....if you're thinking you need one to do for next Easter...let me know!
Kit price is $32 (WOW price is $28.80)and comes will all the hand-dyed wools and plaid backing fabric.(It does not come with the pattern, but we have that in stock!) When they're gone...that's it...this is a bit of a bear to dye and make it all look really good!

That's it for this week's update..I have to shut this computer down and haul it back to the Geek Squad!
Have a great weekend..and come see us if you get the chance!
Lisa

I'm making this a quick post tonight...I finally got my computer back yesterday from the Geeks at Best Buy...one new hard drive later and carbonite telling me it will take 4 DAYS to restore all of my files...at least I'm able to post a couple of new pics and a little information!

New in this week...May's Wordplay pattern from Country Stitches...along with two other ones by her and one by Blackbird Designs...

$8.95 for the pattern ($8.05 for WOW members)

$14.00 for the pattern (WOW price $12.60)

$9.95 for the pattern (WOW price $8.95)

Blackbird Design's pattern
$8.95(WOW price $8.05)

We received our complimentary copy of the new Summer Primitive Quilts and Projects today! That means our shop copies aren't far behind! They should be in by May 1st(ish)! We run out pretty fast...if you want one..let me know! $9.95 for the issue...$8.95 for the WOW members!

New punchneedle patterns coming next weekend...and we're going to start selling Gentle Arts threads...they'll be in sometime around May 1st(ish)....(that's my new word of the day....May 1stish...)

Beautiful weather this weekend! Come out and see us!
Lisa

A Happy Easter to All....(Updated Friday evening)

WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY EASTER!



You know what this picture means!!
We're getting so much new fabric in, we just haven't stopped dancing! UPS delivered Andover's new line, "Garden Gate Plaids" by Renee Nannaman yesterday....I'll be cutting fat quarters and packs on these on Saturday! (and I'll get the pictures up over on the selling site over the weekend...)
But for now, if I did this right, here is a link to the page on Andover's website showing the line. These pics are paper strike-offs and the fabric is soooo much prettier in person! And they go really well with the new "Alexandria" line by Jo Morton that recently arrived! (Just copy and past this link into your browser...)The ones that look light gray are actually are really pretty soft blue...

http://andoverfabrics.com/Grid.php?GroupName=Garden Gate Plaids

(Thursday...)

Finally...got to the Alexandria fabric pictures...these are now over on our sellig site with numbers and pricing. (Look under the "Fabric" section.) Here are pics below of the pieces we received...$9.50 per yard (WOW price is $8.55 per yard)
































































































(My goodness...you'd think I'd been drinking the way those stripes got scanned into the computer!!!)


We are offering Blackbird's New club this year..."Loose Feathers"...and we have received the first book in the series of 4 books for this year.....this one is entitled "Mary Ann Blackburn". Each book is inspired by an antique sampler, and will contain a sampler project plus two smaller projects. Each book is $16.00 (WOW price is $14.40)and you must sign up for the entire club to purchase the books.

This book is worked on R&R's 30 ct. Sheep's Straw linen and Crescent Colors, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads.
If you would like either the linen or thread kits to go with the project book, just let me know!


Back in stock...Spring Tyme Sampler by Country Stitches
$9.00 for the pattern (WOW price $8.10)
Horn book boards coming soon!

And...the 22 count fine ariosa linen should be in for next weekend. If you are needing it for either the new "House of Blues" or "Peter and Peep" patterns...let me know! I have a list going!

I wanted to get the photos up of the silk matka that came in last week...tons of uses for this beautiful fabric! Wonderful for cross stitch projects as well as wool applique! The pictures are of the fabric unwashed...so it's very "slick" with very little texture. But when you wash it, it takes on a whole new personality and becomes a bit nubby with a great "feel". $28 per yard...wow members get their discount!

Color: Tobacco

Color: Taupe

Color: Oatmeal

Coming next weekend...

"Remember Me" by Blackbird Designs

"Sit and Stitch" by Country Stitches

"Sampler of the Season" by Country Stitches

"May Word Play" by Country Stitches

The new Early American Life Magazine came today! Fantastic articles in this issue!
$5.99 per issue...wow discount applies!

And our final bit of info for this evening...

We'll be offering our annual "Pick an Egg - Pick a Discount" on Sunday as our Easter treat to all of our customers that visit us on that day!
At the time of purchase, you'll be able to pick an egg from our Easter basket to determine your special discount! Discounts will range from 10% to 25% and there will also be door prize eggs as well! WOW members will get to add 5% to their discount picked for a little added bonus! So come out and visit us on Sunday!

Lisa