Welcome..
We're all going on a summer holiday.....
So, off we go on our virtual stitched holiday. Let's start with the journey. Now perhaps you enjoy a bit of flying......Jumbo jet anyone? Our Virgin Jumbo 747 design is a dead easy stitch, but comes out looking brilliant! It contains a lot of white, which is why we stitch it on blue aida. It uses 11 DMC colours and the finished article measures 13" by 10" (33cm by 25cm) so it's a good size for you plane fanatics. It's certainly an action shot, so don't forget to include all the smoke as it zooms off the runway. Now, if you were loaded, and living in the 1970s, you would have taken a different plane altogether - Concorde. Nowadays sadly missed, Concorde must have been an amazing way to travel - all Champagne and caviar, and we're able to bring it back to like with our British Airways Concorde design. Measuring 14" by 8" (35cm by 20cm), the design uses 13 DMC colours and is instantly recognisable. For dramatic effect, you'll notice the slightly enlarged engines - making the design particularly unique! So, you're not a aeroplane fan. You prefer something a little more sedate. How about the beautiful QE2? Also able to trasport you great distances, she did so in style and with class. Our design shows her ploughing through the waves at the height of her popularity and would make a great tribute present for a fan. Now that she's not used as a cruise liner any more, she's permanently docked in Dubai, so the chances of most of us seeing her are very small! So create your own version, measuring 14" by 9" (36cm by 24cm) and using 20 DMC colours. Or perhaps your journey might be a little shorter and involve the favourite of little boys everywhere - the train! We have 2 train designs, our Virgin Intercity and the Flying Scotsman. The Intercity measures 14" by 7" (35cm by 17cm) and the Scotsman 14" by 9" (36cm by 23cm). Both put you right in the action and you can feel the trains rushing by with every stitch! The dream of many is to travel to the USA (well, those of us in the UK travel TO the USA, some of you are already there!) and cruise around the highways on a Harley Davidson. Our two most popular Harleys are the Anniversary Heritage 2003 and the Ultra Glide Anniversary. Both kits cost £29.95, which is significantly cheaper than the real thing! They both measure 15" by 9" but the Ultra Glide comes with 16 count aida instead of 14 for that extra level of detail. Or maybe you'd prefer to cruise in another American classic - the Pink Cadillac! We featured this beauty in the last newsletter but I couldn't resist showing her off again. She measures 14" by 5" (35cm by 12cm) and is a very vibrant pink colour, using 13 DMC colours. She's quite a simple stitch, but vertainly looks very striking when complete. Finally, I know a lot of you like to golf (of maybe you stitch while your other half is golfing!), so my last holiday tribute design is for all of you on a golfing holiday. Our Hole in One Golf Cart design has been one of our most popular of recent times and is a brilliant, colourful kit. It uses 28 DMC colours and measures 14" by 10" (36cm by 26cm), so it's fairly sizeable, but does look completely amazing when complete. Why not give it a go? You can find all the details of these kits at www.stitchtastic.com, or click on any of the pictures in this newsletter. | We're all going..... ....on a summer holiday..... ....no more working...... ...for a week for two..... ....fun and laughter..... ....on our summer holiday..... ...no more worries..... ....for me and you..... ...for a week for two! |
Travelling Stitches
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I haven't quite decided what to feature in our next next newsletter, it may even be the very start of our Christmas stitching - yikes! See you then! |
Questions or comments? E-mail me at sarah@stitchtastic.com or call +44 (0) 114 3830333
Until next time
Sarah
Designer