OUR SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
JUNE 2019

AT 20% OFF RETAIL
ON ALL PILLOW KITS

INCLUDING NEW PATTERNS:

SHOWN ABOVE: The second of our new patterns in 2019 –  MEDIASCH – currently in 3 color options, 18″x18″ (46x46cm), co-ordinated with several pillows in the cross-point™ Collection, please visit the pattern page to see all. Regular Retail price is $115.00, special price during the sale is only $92.00. A pattern for people who get easily bored with repetition – this one, you have to pay attention but our charts and instructions are as easy to follow and use as with all of our patterns.

Now is the time to add to your collection of cross-point™ pillows, 20% off retail amounts to quite a bit. As with all our special offers, when ordering from the website, PayPal will initially charge the usual Retail cost and we issue the 20% discount back via PayPal as we process the order in house. It’s worked well for over 10 years now. Every order includes your invoice copy advising you of the refund issued.

More on the history of our new MEDIASCH PATTERN

How Patterns traveled around the Mediterranian

Adapted from a stitched pillow in my family collection of Transylvanian Saxon patterns.  In researching the origins of the pattern details, I found a map showing how patterns traveled and were adopted, added to or slightly changed all around the Mediterranian, from North Africa north to Syria, Turkey and other countries along the way into Romania. Turkish invasions into Saxon Transylvania lasted for several hundred years. Saxon stitchers adapted rug and other fabric patterns to their own cross stitch technique over those same hundreds of years. I previously wrote about that subject on the blog post on Oriental rugs preserved in Transylvanian churches.

Happy Summer and Happy Stitching!