Myrtle Grace Motifs - March 2014 Newsletter

Dear Friends of Myrtle Grace Motifs!We are back from Nashville with fresh ideas and a strong desire for spring to be here.  It’s been a LONG winter in Chicago with no warmth in sight.  Hope you are cozy warm where you are with some stitching in hand.

Nashville 2014You may have heard – this was the last Nashville Hotel Show – but it was a blast.  We had such a great time visiting with shops and designers both!  So fun to be part of community of people with a common love for needleart.  We do plan to be in Columbus in 2015 – so please mark it down and plan to attend.

Four New PatternsWe hope you didn’t miss our new releases for Nashville.  Seems we had quite a Noah’s ark of animals and some flowers.  Here they are – all  of  our distributors have them ready to ship out to you (as do we) so if you need a few – please let them or us know.
Henrietta the Hippo
Love Blooms Here
Pretty on a Perch
Whiskers & Beau – Lazy Afternoon Friends

Candyville – that’s CandyLand – Nashville styleCandyville was a huge success in Nashville!  We had many shop participate.
For those who were unable to be there for the name draw, here are the winners:
The Counted Needle – Grand Prize - $250 Norden Gift Card
Stitchery Row – 2nd Prize – basket of patterns
Stitchville USA – 2nd Prize – basket of patterns
Nedlewerkes – 2nd Prize – basket of patterns
SamSarah – Ad in Needlework Retailer
In the coming weeks we will have pictures up on our blog – hope you have a chance to look.

Punch Needle PlaceThere is a new community on the web to join other punch needle fans and share what you are working on, ideas and ask questions.  Punch Needle Place is a Facebook page setup to chat about Punch Needle.  Please join yourself and forward to your customers.  We’d love for the page to grow and be a thriving community of punchers
http://www.facebook.com/PunchneedlePlace

FacebookWe are still stirring things up on Facebook.  Showing off our newly punched projects (one with silk ribbons).  http://www.facebook.com/MyrtleGraceMotifs

The Misadventures of Myrtle GraceWe have lots of updates from Nashville – so many they didn’t fit in this newsletter!  Please keep an eye on our blog to see all the details and pictures.  www.myrtlegrace.blogspot.com

DistributorsWe are proud to be represented by these fine companies:
Hoffman Distributing Company - www.hoffmandis.com
Norden Crafts - www.nordencrafts.com
Yarn Tree - www.yarntree.com