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Stitchers’ Treasures

Welcome to the Border Tart’s 2024 subscription boxes

Many of you will know how much I enjoy seeking out fabrics from faraway places and supporting other makers. And you’ll be aware I can’t resist a blue...

For lovers of interesting cloth and hand dyed threads I am offering little boxes through your letterbox every other month in 2024.

Of course there is an blues and indigos box, but there’s a rich spicy shades one too. I aim to bring you inspiring content, and an opportunity to experiment with textiles you may not otherwise have found.

 

Colour themes and contents

Moody Blues - expect some peacock shades as well as indigos and blues

Spice Box - expect terracotta, ginger, earthy and spicy, plus the occasional red

You will receive a carefully selected fabric piece, nominally 50cm x 50cm from somewhere in the world, and a skein of hand dyed or specialist thread. Dyers may be from anywhere, may even be me. Fabrics will be a mix of patterns and solids. The letterbox-friendly box will also contain a little vintage fabric, or buttons, or contrasting thread or other treat.

Handwoven fabrics can vary dramatically in width. I will always try to compensate for narrow width by sending a longer length. Many fabrics show minor colour/print variation, or slubs or other perceived errors. I encourage you to embrace these as evidence of the maker's hand. 

 

How it works

You choose your colour theme.

And choose either 6 months (3 boxes) or a year (6 boxes).

Be sure to select the correct delivery destination - either UK or Rest of World.

Boxes are despatched at the start of every second month, commencing in February 2024.

Boxes for any given month/colour choice are similar but not necessarily identical in content.

 

The images shown in this listing are mock-ups only.

 

 

 

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Early morning beauty - a bright and beautiful start to the first full day of the stitching retreat🤗🌞🪡
Organised✔️
Ahead of schedule ✔️
Van packed with food and textile treasure✔️

Time for a coffee fix and a wee game with Bruce🐾before I head off for the next few days. 

Hugely looking forward to bringing stitchy folks together at my retreat. 

Definitely planning another for next year so sign up to my newsletter to be first to hear about it in the autumn😉
This too is prep!
Making a version of falafel for my May stitching retreat that starts tomorrow🤗
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Slow progress 
Ironing linen
Measuring
Cutting
Marking
Printing
Cleaning up afterwards
Waiting for prints to dry
Setting the colour
Checking quality
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Only then will I build the kits
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I am trying out DMC Eco Vita wool threads on a piece of dyed blanket. No rules, just experimenting. I like the soft colour palette of these naturally dyed organic crewel wools which I found at @mybearpaw  a couple of weeks ago. I succumbed to lovely Japanese fabrics there too🤗
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I don’t dye yarn no more, but I do dye thread…
These ones coming soon to the Tart’s emporium
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A very happy sunny Edinburgh day - lots of quick chats and warm hugs with so many friends old and new at the inaugural Woolly Good Gathering at Summerhall. 
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A triumph for the organisers, it was a welcoming inclusive event with space to breathe and so much beautiful yarn and fibre. 
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Later a lovely catch up with a dear friend who embraces life to the full in her ninth decade - a role model of the best kind.
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