I got my stash from Sublime Stitching in the mail today! I had them sent to my workplace and was practically skipping down the halls when I found these in my cubbyhole and had to stop myself from giggling with glee. Didn’t expect them to get here so fast!

If you like to embroider and haven’t heard of Sublime Stitching, OH GOODNESS. I found them online because I wanted to get back into needlework other than cross-stitch (there are multitudes of cross-stitchers in my family and I wanted to do something different!). This is because, and you’re welcome to roll your eyes, I REALLY enjoyed myself in grade school when we had to make the requisite stitch sampler. You know–the one where you had to show off all the basic stitches, from the running stitch to the satin stitch. (I know, I know. I was weird.)

Sublime Stitching (whose tagline is “This ain’t your gramma’s embroidery!”) publishes cool, modern embroidery designs ranging from the dangerous…

…to the dainty.

I love all of their stuff and these were precisely what I was looking for when I decided I wanted to take up embroidery again. They even have artist series sets from popular crafters, like this from The Black Apple.

I even got a Mystery Pack! Oooohhhh.

Turns out it was patterns from “Viva Las Vegas” and “Country cool” sets.

And I even love the little thank-you card that came with the packet!

I’m going to use the patterns for birthday gifts to friends throughout the year, so I can’t show you what I got because a lot of them read this blog. But, HERE’s where to go to visit Sublime Stitching and explore all their inspired creations.

May this weekend find you in happy stitches!