January 2016 V8 I1

Welcome to 2016! The new year will bring a few changes around the Village. First and foremost, will be the new look and features of “The Stitchers’ Voice”. Beside the logo at the top is an excerpt from the “Village Welcome” design by Stitchers’ Village Designs which was released in 2012. I have been looking back through past issues to help revamp the newsletter. The issues in 2015 were a shortened version. I want to get somewhere in the middle between that and a full blown magazine. As always - suggestions are welcome from members. The Stitchers’ Village will feature a designer/design company in each newsletter and any prizes to be offered during the month, for games, will be from that company. The designer feature can be found on page 2. I hope that this will encourage our most loved designers to stop in more often and perhaps engage with our community members more frequently. The new community has a greater functionality for the groups. Each group has a dedicated forum and offers many opportunities for designers. The Village Home Series will have a new release this Spring from X’s and Oh’s! I am excited to have this continue and I am working with some other designers to get some future designs. Another project launching is TSV Market. This is anticipated to become the needle market for things you may not have found or are no longer available in needlework shops. I am working with some designers to post some of their vintage designs as well as contacting some of those with Etsy shops. There is also a “Member” category for members to give away items or sell items if they need to reduce stash. Let’s work to make this THE needlework market.

The first in the designer feature and to kick off 2016, is Glendon Place. Cheryl Granda has been a supporter of our community since the beginning. Cheryl has participated in a designer chat and has designed a chart for the Village Home Series “Best Friends Forever”. In 2010 she provided the chart “Witch Parking Only” for members in a stitch along project in the community. In 2015 she designed “Village Blooms” for Stitchers’ Village Designs to be released at the Needlework Galleria Show where she was the guest designer in the TSV booth. Grand prizes for the bingo games in January will be charts from Glendon Place. Check the calendar for dates and times. The January monthly drawing will be for a “Village Blooms” kit with chart, fabric, thread, and beads. To enter CLICK HERE and fill out the drawing entry form using the code: GP. The deadline for submitting this is January 14, 2016. To see more information about Glendon Place, Click Here for the designer studio. Or Click Here to go directly to the Glendon Place web site