New Fabrics and Yarns

Hold on to your hats...

FLORAL PETS! Designed by Mia Charro

Crazy cute, right?

SEW GHASTLIE

Alexander Henry's latest addition

to the Ghastlie escapades.

We're stocked up on one of our favorites:

BABY ALPACA GRANDE

This super soft, bulky weight yarn makes wonderful

luxurious gifts that knit up fast.

Also, November is 2-fer month!

Get two boxes filled on your Frequent Shopper Cards

for each purchase of $10 or more (1 per day) 

When you fill up the six boxes you can use it as a

20% coupon on your next purchase! 

Hope to see you all soon!

End Of Summer Sale!

20% OFF
ALL IN-STOCK ITEMS*
It’s a great time to stock up on supplies for your Fall projects!
Save on all of your favorite things:
Home Decorating Fabrics, Yarns, Quilting Cottons,
Fashion Fabrics, Ribbons and Trimmings, Patterns,
Notions, Books, Craft Kits and more...
 

50% OFF
Home Decorating Remnants

Saturday September 16th - Saturday September 30th

*Does not include custom work or class fees, may not be
combined with other discounts
 

Franklin Mill Store

www.franklinmillstore.com

GiveAway Winner(s)!

Thank you to all who shared their snowy day

activities day with us. What a busy bunch you are!!

In fact, we were so impressed by your productivity

we decided to give away TWO gift certificates!

And the winners are....

 

The Zarse Family!

Stephanie and her daughter (above) spent the day making

American Girl Doll Costumes.

AND

Marianne McCauley

Who was working on a "Snow Sparkle" quilt.

Congratulations!

I got great pics from some of you.
L-O-V-E this one of the pups lounging in front
of the fire.  I'm sure they did a lot of shoveling : ) 

There was a lot of knitting, quilting and, of course,

shoveling going on.  Chicken soup and biscotti making,

Peek-A-Boo playing, journal writing, tea drinking...

puppet shows and cross stitching...

Bronwyn's snow day plans to "yarn bomb" her mailbox

were foiled when "said" mailbox was knocked down by a plow.

You can read about her adventures on her blog:

 www.casapinka.typepad.com

By the way...
she is a fabulous knitter!
 Check out her MUSTWAX sweater.
It's her own design and you can purchase the pattern
on her Etsy shop or her Ravelry page.
(check blog)

Wow!


What did I do?
I swam.
I know, a bit perverse, but my pool
was open for the first time in 2 weeks
and I needed it!

More stay-at-home snow days!!

bye for now!

m

Very Last Minute Gifts

Quick Knit Gifts:

 

Still want to knit a gift for someone?

We have the perfect yarn for a last minute project...

Super Bulky Riviera

absolutely yummy!

Check out this free pattern on Ravelry:

Super Bulky Brioche Cowl (with a Moebius Twist)

You'll have a gorgeous Luxury Cowl in no time.

Quick Felt Gifts:

 

I'm addicted to cute felt crafts.

Probably because it's so easy to make

something that looks pretty darned good.

Have a family craft night making ornaments,

gift tags...cute little whatevers.

We've got felt and embroidery floss...or you can use glue.

Check out Pinterest if you need some ideas. 

Know someone crafty who needs a gift?

WoolPets Needle Felting Kits are fabulous

and fun.  Each kit comes with wool roving, felting needles

and directions for making adorable felted animals.

We have kits for Foxes, Penguins, Pigs, Owls

and Bluebirds (at the moment).

 Really cool new fabric from Riley Blake:

Union Jack Squares

Each panel has eight unique Union Jack flags.

Amy Smart made a fabulous quilt:

 Look for her Union Jack Crib Quilt tutorial on her Blog:

Diary of a Quilter

Of course, there's no time for making quilts,

but there is time to make a few cute bags.

Check out Amy's Fat Quarter Bag

tutorial on the Riley Blake blog.

 Laminated cottons make great totes too.

One of my favorites in the store is this  

Urbanista Retro Photo Camera

print from Michael Miller:

 

No time at all?

Hooray for Gift Cards!

Good luck, keep calm and be happy!

mary

Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Wish we could move FMS to this lovely spot.

ah well...but we're bringing a bit of summer to the mill.

We have some absolutely stunning semi sheer cottons
and silk/cottons blends from Italy and France that will
make you feel cool and elegant.

I've been searching for the perfect pattern
for these fabrics and think I've found it in this one
called "Roxanne" from
Victory Patterns:

 

I love this

Also good for flowy summer tops, skirts and

sundresses are these rayon batiks.  They have a beautiful "drape"
with enough body to make you feel secure in your clothes
(you know what I mean...not too super model-ish)

 

Amazingly talented artist and friend of FMS,
Kim Moran Weineck was one of the first in to
check out the much anticipated "Briar Rose"
from Heather Ross.  I think her daughters will be
twirling about in some adorable dresses soon.

If you'd like to learn more about Heather Ross check out
her website and blog:
http://heatherross.squarespace.com/

 YARN!

Just in...
"Johanne" from Plymouth Yarns.
Yummy, hand-dyed, single-ply yarn.  Delicious colors!
This DK weight, soft wool and mohair blend.
bee-u-ti-ful!

New colors in "Gina"
Fabulous, self striping, worsted weight
wool yarn.  If you love Noro's "Kureyon'
you'll love this.

Also from Plymouth:
"Sakkie"
It's a mohair/merino/nylon blend sock yarn.
Cool and comfortable in the summer, and cozy
and warm in the winter.
 It's even machine washable!

We've lots of new things in the store to keep you busy through the summer.
Hope top see you all soon!

Keep Cool!!!!

Do something green

Just in time for Earth Day...

 we have a fantastic collection from Robert Kaufman
 based on Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax".
It's printed on 100% organic cotton too.

 "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

 nothing is going to get better.  It's not."

Words to live by. 

While pondering projects to make with this collection,

Lindell came up with this fantastic design for a child's placemat.

It's a great way to remind them

 that we all have to do our share to save the earth.
We're putting together a workshop for this,
so be on the look-out for the email announcement.

more green ideas...

I am a very big fan of the Japanese art of gift wrapping

with fabric, Furoshiki.  It's a lovely way of making sustainable

giftwraps and carry-alls.  Click on the link below for folding instructions: 

Furoshiki

Fools beware!  This Sunday April 1st

annoying pranksters come out of the woodwork

and I am usually an easy victim...every year.

I've decided to retaliate in the French tradition,

tacking paper fish on the back

of the unsuspecting and crying out:

"poisson d'avril!" April Fish

Ha! take THAT!

Mary

Month O' Love

There's plenty to be in love with around here these days.

Beautiful new fabrics and yarns having been coming in. 

Here are a few of my faves:

 Philip Jacobs and Kaffe Fasset

 

Yum, yum, OMG yummy!!

and from Michael Miller...

 Very sweet "Bunting Scallop" and "That's All Dot"

"Font Tastic" and "Escapees"

 

From Berroco...

new colors in Ultra Alpaca and Vintage.

Lots of new patterns too!

Also new from Berroco...

"Circus"

Perfect for kids sweaters...

or fun hats and scarves for adults.

From Riley Blake...

"Fly A Kite!" 

cute kids and their pups...

great coordinates!

 

A new shipment of Home Decorating remnants

has arrived.  Gorgeous, silks, upholstery

and Home Dec weight fabrics...

 only $6.98-$8.98 per yard!  

 

Great leather remnants too...

We've had lots of fabulous classes and workshops this winter...

Sewing for adults, teens, kids...Knitting, Rug Hooking, Needle Felting,

Wool Applique and more...

In honor of the Month O' Love, Nancy Keyes taught a

Wool Heart Applique workshop.

There were hearts of all colors around here.

And everyone went home even happier than when they arrived,

of course.

Gayle Johnson has started the long journey

with her latest knitting project:

"The Great American Aran Afghan"

This class meets once a month for the next several months, 

while they learn the intricate needlework it takes to complete

these Aran Afghan blocks.

It's quite an effort...good luck to everyone!

Well, that's just a glimpse of what's happening here these days.

Hope to see you all in the store soon!

Mary