Poppy Kreations
P.O. Box 353335016 SW 14th St.
Des Moines, IA 50315
1-515-287-4007
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What's New In Poppy Designs
What's New In Poppy Designs
Updated August 8,
2010
Updated July 15,
2010
Updated June 14,
2010
August 8, 2010
Hi Everyone,
Need something new for your customers for the wonderful season
of Thanksgiving? We have Turkey
Tom for you and we
have made him into a standup with the words "Ham is Good".
It would make a cute centerpiece item as well as a hostess gift
during the season. The pattern has a bow-tie made out of dark
purple felt, but you can use fabric scraps as well. It also
has three dark green sewing buttons sewn on with Cidermill Brown.
It is quick and "fun" to stitch and the fabric is 10
ct. Betsy Ross Linen using four strands of floss.
Fibers include Amber Waves and Argyle Socks from Crescent, Cidermill
Brown from GAST and Monkey Grass, Chrysanthemum, Deep Sea, Baked
Apple and Brick from WDW. I have another Thanksgiving season
chart in the works and hope to get it finished for St. Charles,
but am not sure.
I got delayed about two weeks in my progress for market due to
an upper respiratory virus so you probably won't be getting as
many updates on the St. Charles market as you have in the past,
but we have lots of new designs, and will be bringing a very
limited amount of frames, one of which will be the Santa Bell-pull,
so stop in early for the best choices. We still have several
new ideas floating around in my head, but will I get them done?
I don't know. Will do the best we can. We will have pictures
on our windows before market opens, so you can look at them on
Friday if you are there then. Haven't decided if we will be
open Friday night or not.
Have talked to several vendors who will be there and it sounds
as if it will be an exciting show.
Keep on stitching,
Joan
Poppy Kreations
ust 8, 2010
July 15, 2010
Do you stitch ornaments for your kids, grandkids, family and friends? I have always done that so this year I decided to do a leaflet with Christmas ornaments which is our next new pattern. It is Christmas Ornament I and has five different designs. I thoroughly enjoyed stitching each one of them, but the Gingerbread is my favorite. I am a fanatic about gingerbread folk, and usually design one pattern each year with them as the focus. The embellishments are included with the pattern except for a white pom-pom.
Santa's Stocking is stitched on 30 count brown linen from Wichelt and uses Cherry Wine from GAST and whitewash from WDW and six shades of DMC. It has five small jingle bells which are included .
Jolly Fun is stitched on 28 count raw opalescent linen from Norden Craft and uses Magnolia Blossom from Crescent and Garnet from WDW and five colors of DMC and has a little red jingle bell which is included.
So Sweet is the gingerbread man and is stitched on 32 count Phoenix from Picture This Plus and uses Toffee, Morning Glory and Ribbon Red from Crescent and Snowflake and Confetti from WDW and five DMC colors.
Believe is stitched on 28 Count Watercress Jobelan from Wichelt and uses Grasshopper from Crescent and Garnet from WDW and one DMC color. The embellishments are Faux Pearls 3mm round gold beads from S J Designs which are included. I felt the seed beads were a little small so went with these. There is even an extra bead in the packed in case someone loses one.
Not a Creature Was Stirring is stitched on 32 count Spring Handdyed Linen from Picture This Plus using Barrel Cactus, Black Coffee and Fancy Green Nancy from Crescent, Cherrywine from GAST and Whitewash from WDW and 4 DMC colors. A white pom-pom is attached to Santa's hat.
The Christmas Tree Ornament Holder is also available. It is quite large so it hangs on the wall.
Stoney Creek is using our witch Bellpull and our Gingerbread house frame in their August issue of their magazine, so some of you may get calls for those frames.
Soon the St Charles market will be here and we are busy working on designs for that as well. Just finished the design for the Santa Bellpull and it is with my finisher now. I designed three designs for that until I found one I liked. I think you will like this one and we will be bringing a limited amount of bellpulls to the market.
Every time I went to a market as a shopowner, I cam home so stimulated all I wanted to do was stitch, and when all the customers came in for market day to see everything they would ooh and aah and then they also wanted to stitch and got very stimulated. Market is a lot of work but it is worth it as a shop owner and a vendor. Hope to see lots of you in St. Charles and keep this industry going.
Keep on stitching.
Joan, Poppy Kreations
June 14, 2010
Hi Everyone,
Are you ready for Halloween and Christmas patterns so your customers have plenty of time to stitch them? Well, I have one of each.
Christmas Mini VI is a little Be Merry chart using the greatest fabric (I think) and it is Spring 32 ct handdyed linen from Picture This Plus and is a "cheery" small pattern and has a jingle bell and Santa Face button nh104.T from JABC. The threads are DMC 3865 and Cherry Wine from GAST. This will make a nice gift for someone - even a teacher. When my grandchildren were in grade school I cross stitched their teacher something every year and even got thank you notes from some of them which I wasn't expecting.
Next one is Halloween Minis and features four ornaments which you can hang on our Spooky Tree. The shops who preordered the spooky tree will be shipped the end of June. The Cat Jack O Lantern is stitched on 28 Tropical Green linen and uses Peacoat, Chrysanthemum and Peoria Purple from WDS and 307 and 520 in DMC. Wilma the Witch is stitched on 28 count Blueberry Jobelan, using Nighty Nite and Tomatillo from Crescent Colours, Bittersweet from GAST, and Peoria Purple and Chartreuse from WDW and #4 Braid from Kreinik #015. EEK is stitched on 28 count Tropical Green using Sunshine Girl from Crescent, Peacoat, Autumn Leaves and Peoria Purple from WDW DMC 3907 and #4 Braid 015 from Kreinik. The Jack O Lantern is stitched on 28 ct Tropical Orange and is stitched with DMC 310 and 520. All the fabrics are courtesy of Wichelt Imports and just perfect for Halloween.
St. Charles is getting closer and closer - we got our room assignment today so now I really have to get busy. We do appreciate your business and your friendship and Keep on Stitching. Have a great summer!!
Joan, Poppy Kreations
