tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27028587214275564392024-03-24T18:31:50.554-05:00Colour and CottonBehind the scenes of the Colour and Cotton dye studio...creating hand dyed fabrics and fibers for stitchers around the world.Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-46502905033866090502019-04-16T12:07:00.000-05:002019-04-16T12:08:46.882-05:002019 Mystery Boxes!Happy spring, stitching friends! We are excited to reveal our mystery boxes for the year, and thought it would be easiest to answer questions here. It was a blast to create these for you last year and we have lots of fun goodies planned ahead.<br />
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This year, we will be offering three mystery boxes! New this year is a summer/Americana mini box, and of course, Halloween and Christmas will return again.<br />
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<b>Stars & Stripes Mini Mystery Box</b><br />
Pre-Orders open April 18<br />
Ships June 2019<br />
$50 + shipping<br />
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This is a mini version of our original mystery box, filled with plenty of patriotic goodies for your summer stitching. With a lean toward primitive colors, the box will feature a rustic Americana palette with some extra stitching notions tucked in. The box will feature:<br />
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<li>6 skeins of hand dyed cotton thread (8 yards each)</li>
<li>1 skein of six-stranded silk thread (10 yards each)</li>
<li>1/4 yard of your choice of stitching fabric</li>
<li>A few coordinating finishing materials</li>
<li>A few fun notions!</li>
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<b>Harvest Halloween Mystery Box</b><br />
Pre-Orders open July 15<br />
Ships early October 2019<br />
Mini Box: $50 + shipping<br />
Original Full Size Box: $100 + shipping<br />
<i>A rich and traditional autumnal Halloween palette.</i><br />
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<b>Winter Wonderland Mystery Box</b><br />
Pre-Orders open October 17<br />
Ships late November 2019<br />
Mini Box: $50 + shipping<br />
Original Full Size Box: $100 + shipping<br />
<i>All of our favorite hues of the holiday season with a bit of shimmer and sparkle!</i><br />
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<b>NEW this year, we are offering two sizes of boxes for both Halloween and Christmas</b>, a mini version and the original full size version.<br />
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<u>The <b><i>full size</i></b> Halloween and Christmas boxes will feature:</u><br />
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<li>10 skeins of hand dyed cotton thread (8 yards each)</li>
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<u>The <b><i>mini size</i></b> Halloween and Christmas boxes will feature:</u><br />
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<li>6 skeins of hand dyed cotton thread (8 yards each)</li>
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A: The full size boxes will contain everything included in the mini boxes, plus extra threads, fabrics and notions. There is overlap between the two and each will still contain a variety of the same items, with fewer items being in the mini box.</div>
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Pre-orders will open on the dates listed above for each box, and orders/deposits will be accepted online only through www.colourandcotton.com beginning on those dates. <a href="https://forms.gle/bCqxyFy2LCLHRBFW7" target="_blank">If you'd like to join the exclusive Mystery Box mailing list</a>, we will be sure to notify you ahead of each release. Final payment for the balance remaining of the box will be collected via invoice just prior to shipment.</div>
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A: Yes, we do! We will charge actual USPS shipping costs internationally, which we realize, unfortunately, can be costly. Your actual shipping charge by country will be calculated upon issuing of the final invoice, but the approximate cost for overseas shipping of a mini box is $13.00 and a full box $22.00 (actual totals may vary depending on your location.)</div>
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A: Not quite yet, but stay tuned!</div>
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A: There will not be a pattern in the Stars & Stripes Mini Mystery Box. There will be a pattern included in both the mini and full size Halloween and Christmas boxes.</div>
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A: It varies by box, but we DO anticipate that some may sell out so we encourage you to place your deposit quickly if you are interested. We will be happy to utilize a waitlist again this year!<br />
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A: Yes! You will have the option to choose your stitching fabric/count upon placing your deposit.</div>
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Any other questions? Please feel free to email us at support@colourandcotton.com or leave a comment below! As always, thank you so much for your support and excitement!</div>
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Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-77709261097837551732018-10-10T13:21:00.002-05:002018-10-10T13:23:16.728-05:00The 2018 Vintage Halloween Mystery Box!Our first every mystery boxes took flight last week and we had such a blast watching everyone unpack their goodies! Thank you so much to everyone who participated and ordered...we were beyond blown away by the interest shown.<br />
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Curious as to what was included in this year's box? Let's dig in!<br />
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What is Vintage Halloween, really? When I think of Halloween of years' past, I can't help but think of the Victorian-era spiritualists and their seances in velvety parlors, of fortune tellers, mediums, and a general fascination of the occult which gripped some parts of American society through the end of the Victorian years.<br />
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A welcome note and a new chart release - our first design since becoming Colour and Cotton. The chart design - "Fate" - <a href="https://www.colourandcotton.com/collections/cross-stitch/products/cross-stitch-pattern-fate-design-by-colour-and-cotton-digital-pdf" target="_blank">can be purchased as a digital download in our shop</a> for anyone who might be interested! Some of the box contents served as optional substitutions, but the design is charted with DMC threads.<br />
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Hand dyed cotton ric rac, meant to look like aged stone!</div>
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An assortment of size 11/0 seed beads, a custom color blend we chose and combined.</div>
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A fabulous vintage ouija needle minder made for us by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadForMinders" target="_blank">Mad For Minders</a>!</div>
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Next, a layer of cotton and silk threads. Each box contained 10 limited edition cotton colors and 2 hand dyed silk limited edition colors.</div>
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PS - we sadly do not have any more full boxes remaining, <a href="https://www.colourandcotton.com/collections/mystery-box-destash" target="_blank">but we do, as of this posting, have very limited quantities of some of the notions and threads available in our shop</a> - once they are sold out, they are gone!</div>
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Our stitching fabric arrives to us on large continuous bolts. Zweigart makes our linens, aida, and Lugana evenweave of choice, and we also use Permin aida and Jobelan, depending on availability.<br />
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The fabric is first cut down into half-yard or one-yard pieces prior to dyeing. My preference is to dye in fat-half-yard pieces for a few reasons - physically, the fabric is heavy when wet during the dyeing process and it's easier to manage in smaller pieces. But more importantly, a smaller piece of fabric allows me greater control over the way the dye affects the piece in a uniform manner. My fabric dyeing style (and personal stitching preference) is for fabrics that are more subtle in their variegation and mottling, and I've found that working with half-yard pieces produces a result that I'm happiest with.</div>
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Once the fabric is cut into dyeing-size pieces from the bolt, the cut edges are serged. If you've ever had the experience of washing a piece of linen or aida without finished edges, you might have opened your washer to find a spaghetti mess of frayed ends. Serging before dyeing prevents a lot of headaches and wasted inches.</div>
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Each fabric type is tagged and stored, waiting to be dyed. We could use a bit more fabric on the shelves!</div>
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Once the dye has been applied, the fabric sits for anywhere from 12-24 hours. Then back to the rinsing process they go. They are washed again at least once (or twice with an extra rinse for dark and saturated colors) in the washing machine, until there is no color bleed from the fabric.</div>
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The fabrics are then line and air dried. While it takes considerably longer to dry, especially in the humid summers of St. Louis, I feel that machine drying fabrics is just a bit too rough on the delicate linens and aida, and it creates a harsher feel in hand (plus, it creates more fuzz than you could believe!)</div>
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A pile of dried linens waiting to be ironed. Many will be cut into fat quarter and fat eighth yard pieces and the new cut edges will be serged again.</div>
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The fabrics are steam ironed with just a touch of a scent-free starching agent. I made my own ironing board in a rectangular shape to accommodate full pieces of fabric after seeing some inspiration from quilters who made their own pressing boards (which, by the way, is something I'd highly recommend if you iron a lot of fabric for quilting. It wouldn't be so great for finished cross stitch projects as it might flatten the stitches too much, but it's otherwise a wonderful little thing to have around. <a href="https://leahday.com/pages/build-firm-pressing-board" target="_blank">You can check out the free tutorial I used here.</a>)</div>
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After ironing, if the fabric is a new colorway, we'll give it a brief photo shoot in a special light box. I do my very best to take accurate colors of each fabric, and sometimes a little photo editing is necessary, to make sure the color is reflected as closely as possible.</div>
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And finally, the fabric is folded and tagged with labels, ready to find their new homes. And that is how our colorful little fabrics come to be. 😊 I hope you've enjoyed a little peek behind the scenes!</div>
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A huge thank you to all who entered this week's giveaways...I must confess I spent too much time looking up all of the wonderful Halloween and fall patterns and designers that you shared in the comments and my stitching wishlist has grown exponentially!<br />
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<b>For our thread club subscription winners, the two names drawn are Crafty Angi and Cherise Raven! </b> Angi and Cherise will each receive our 10-skein subscription for the next six months, beginning with this month's July shipment! Woohoo!<br />
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<b>The winner of our Limited Edition Vintage Halloween Box is Lauren McKinney!</b></div>
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Thank you again to all who participated...we have quite a few giveaways planned for the next several months so there will be plenty of chances to be a lucky winner!</div>
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Lauren, Cherise and Angi - please email me at support@colourandcotton.com so that we can arrange your prizes!</div>
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We've got another gift to give away! TWO 6-month subscriptions to our 10-skein monthly thread club! If you are an existing subscriber you are more than welcome to enter to have this giveaway applied to your existing account.<br />
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<br />Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.com131tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-55251776919067203352018-07-10T20:26:00.003-05:002018-07-10T21:03:43.548-05:00GIVEAWAY! Vintage Halloween Mystery Box...Hello, stitchy friends! It's been too long...<br />
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Last week we launched our first limited edition mystery box - Vintage Halloween - and I can't tell you how excited I am about curating this for you! The response was overwhelming and from the bottom of my heart I can't thank you enough for your enthusiasm.<br />
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What will our first mystery box entail, and how did this idea come about? As a dyer I absolutely love working in color palettes and find so much inspiration in working with a theme or specific atmosphere in mind. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I live for Halloween stitching, so it naturally felt like a wonderful first theme for the box concept, which is something I've been toying with for some time.<br />
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The mystery box will include ten skeins of hand dyed stranded cotton thread, two skeins of hand dyed silk (12-ply) thread, two pieces of hand dyed fabric for stitching, one piece of hand dyed cotton for finishing, and other notions and goodies which are coming from a couple of my favorite vendors in the stitching community! Each of the threads and fabrics will suit a vintage, primitive Halloween theme, although the colors can stand on their own as well.<br />
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Available spots have already sold out and deposits have been made, <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/5qdc8RVsm634iB2C3" target="_blank">but we are still accepting wait list sign ups</a> in the event that anyone cancels, or if we are able to add additional spots. As we were taken quite by surprise at the interest around this box, I want to offer an opportunity to gift a spot for anyone who did not have the chance to sign up<br />
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<b>And now for the giveaway! </b>To enter to win a Vintage Halloween Limited Edition Mystery Box for yourself, or to give to a friend:<br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Please be a follower or email subscriber of our blog if possible (link can be found in the sidebar)</li>
<li>Leave a comment and tell us which Halloween patterns are on your list to stitch this year (+1 entry)</li>
<li>Share on your blog or social media, and be sure to tag us or let us know in the comments (+5 entries)</li>
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The drawing will be Saturday, July 14 at noon CST.</div>
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Thank you, and happy stitching!</div>
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<br />Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-59239729334449245142018-07-09T21:18:00.000-05:002018-07-10T21:19:06.341-05:00June Monthly Fabric ClubNew fabric colors from the June club!<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sangria - Aida</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irish Green - Joeblan 32 ct</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sangria - Jobelan 32 ct</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spellbook - Jobelan 32 ct</td></tr>
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Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-76794384730632421792018-07-04T21:10:00.000-05:002018-07-10T21:11:06.621-05:00Confessions of a FlossTuber: Colour and Cotton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This month I was honored to chat with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11D22Kb6dJzxl9HAAcL3oA" target="_blank">Ginger Gerald Stitcher</a> for his wonderful series, Confessions of a FlossTuber. It was such a blast to share a little more about how Colour and Cotton came to be and how I develop my colors.</div>
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I've gotten to know Gerald over the last couple of years and he is such an integral part of the stitching community. His Confessions series interviews FlossTubers and others in the fiber arts world for fresh conversations about stitching, business and more. If you haven't already, I highly recommend giving the other episodes a watch as well!</div>
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Happy Saturday, my friends! It's rainy and dreary here today in Missouri but here in the bright studio I continue to play with all the spring colors...</div>
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The March Thread Club, I hope, was a cheerful and bright addition to your stash.</div>
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The ten new colors this month are (from left to right):</div>
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<li><strong>Mint Macaron</strong> (a semi-solid light mint)</li>
<li><strong>Lemongrass</strong> (a pale yellow semi-solid with just the tiniest inclination toward green)</li>
<li><strong>Bunny Nose</strong> (a cool light pink)</li>
<li><strong>Sherbet</strong> (a pale orange that reminds me of Circus Peanuts!)</li>
<li><strong>Flamingo</strong> (a bright salmon with tonal variegation)</li>
<li><strong>Wisteria</strong> (lavender with hints of more violet variegation)</li>
<li><strong>Calliope</strong> (my favorite, a blend of pale blue, lavender and mint)</li>
<li><strong>Leprechaun</strong> (a bright springy green with hints of gold)</li>
<li><strong>Verbena</strong> (a cool pale green)</li>
<li><strong>Miami</strong> (a saturated fuchsia)</li>
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For those who are subscribed to the 5-skein club, colors included Miami, Flamingo, Wisteria, Verbena and Leprechaun.</div>
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The 3-skein subscribers received Miami, Wisteria and Verbena.</div>
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All of the new colors will be available to purchase in the shop soon! In the meantime, I have enjoyed seeing people break into their skeins already and post WIPs including some of these new shades. Don't forget to use the #colourandcotton tag on Instagram for us to see your work, or join our Colour and Cotton Stitchers Facebook group!</div>
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Have a wonderful rest of the weekend - it's back to fabric club preparations for me!</div>
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Colour and Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815934445223319338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702858721427556439.post-86868864742172362402018-03-13T19:09:00.000-05:002018-07-10T19:11:32.210-05:00Welcome! And a March Thread Club Update...<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1em;">
Hello, my sweet stitching friends! Angela here, with a new little way to share a bit more behind the scenes of my dye studio. I've wanted write about my business for quite a while. </div>
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Today, I thought to myself - it's time! </div>
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One of my favorite parts of this experience has been connecting with friends from truly all over the world. Social media has been a wonderful thing in expanding my circle of stitching friends, but it can sometimes feel abbreviated...and with seemingly endless changes to algorithms, you never quite know who you're reaching at any given time. I'm excited about the opportunity to write and share in greater detail what fills my days as the one-woman-and-two-dog-show of Colour and Cotton! I hope you'll grab a cup of your favorite coffee or tea and spend just a few minutes with me each week.</div>
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I can't quite believe that it's nearly March. This week has been filled with floss winding and dyeing...increasingly no small feat as each month I welcome more and more subscribers into my little stitching family - I thank each and every one of you so much!</div>
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The studio is bursting with containers of dye, mixing utensils and measuring cups. Not much hope of keeping things tidy when it's thread week! These days I dye over 10,000 yards of thread each month for club orders and even in the expanded studio, space is a precious commodity!</div>
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February's thread club colors were inspired by many requests for neutrals, which perhaps surprisingly, are my favorite to dye! Greys and browns are, for me, among the most challenging colors to dye as it requires mixtures of other primary colors and the final color can be accidentally shifted in the direction of green or blue all too easily. </div>
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For March, I knew I needed to share with you some refreshing bright and springtime colors!</div>
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Don't be disconcerted by the neon orange! These threads were quite a different color once dry. Always makes for a little surprise when test dyeing threads for the first time. (And sometimes makes for a bit of a bummer when the final dry result is much different than you anticipated!)</div>
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For each month's club colors, I test anywhere from 20-25 dyes searching for the perfect assortment of five colors. Three of those five colors are selected for the three-skein subscribers, and another five colors are added to the primary five colors for those who receive ten skeins a month.</div>
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Lots of new pastels which didn't make the five-skein thread club cut will be added directly to the shop, once skeined and tagged!</div>
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<strong>The March thread club orders will be shipping tomorrow through Saturday. </strong> Please watch for your shipment confirmations and as always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!</div>
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Have a wonderful rest of the week!</div>
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