As many of you know, last month was very busy with a trip to Knoxville and then to Ky and on to the Indiana Embroidery Conference. The conference was fun and different as I did not have a vendors booth like usual, but instead chose to set up a table in the vendors hall along with Holly Pike of ATW and Becky J. McNeill of Becky J Designs and we offered to answer questions about digitizing and software for the attendees. And of course we also told people about  nitasplace and Nitas Thread Nest. We did our own door prize drawings and gave away some memberships and some beautiful thread. Several of us stayed at my sisters house in KY and had a delightful time there. My sister, Roberta is a member here, too. She owns and operates a commercial embroidery shop and so we all  had shirts and hats made while we were there. As always, when a bunch of girlfriends get together, we had a fun time and laughed a lot.

This is us getting ready to leave for Indiana, of course we had to all stop at Cracker Barrel for breakfast before we could go.

Ina-Roberta-Betty-Holly-Nita-Becky

Funny Embroidery Story

I bet you have one, come on over and tell it to us and you could win a great prize. Read more about it below.

Be sure and submit your funny embroidery story. You could win a full 22 month subscription to Nita's Thread Nest and fabulous Floriani Thread to stitch out the Signature Design Sets you can win with the 22 month subscription!

Nita's Place is sponsoring a contest for a FULL 22 month subscription to Nita's Thread Nest.

To get in on the fun and have a chance to win, I want you to tell me your funniest embroidery story.


Click on this link and submit the story.
www.nitasplace.com/stories

Brand New!!

This week we have opened a new department in our store. We have opened Discount Designs for you.
Go to the Embroidery store on the left nave panel and click on Discount Designs.

http://www.nitasplace.com/public/department187.cfm

There you will find many of the sets that our members get each week for sale. Many people on the mailing list have asked us for a way to buy past designs. We listened.
There are now 20 design sets there for a very low price. More will be added soon.

I hope you enjoy this new feature of the Nitasplace Store.

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This week's Sampler is free for the week it is released.  After 1 week, this set will move into the Members Only area.  The set is released 8-13-07.

This is a set of cute Bees and Daisies designs that will compliment any summer project.

Digitized by KC.

Get yours here.

http://www.nitasplace.com/sampler.html

More Fishbowls. Here are the blank free-standing applique fishbowls. I put tiny buttons and charms in mine.

http://www.nitasplace.com/members/764.cfm

JoAnn's Card Winner

This week's JoAnn's $25.00 Gift Card Winner from the mailing list is Marilyn from Wisconsin --
email address la gra gra @ charter . net

The winner has 5 days from today to claim the card by emailing me nita@nitasplace.com or you may call me at 281-559-146

Cartoonize Design

Cartoonize Design. I used this graphic as a test for a gallery one day and several members asked for the design. Here it is for you. I will add more of them along over the next weeks. http://www.nitasplace.com/public/766.cfm

Artwork is by Clipartopolis. And is Exclusive to Nita O'Keefe

Would you like one of you or a family member done for you and ready to stitch out. You can get it!!

Becky J of www.beckyjdesigns.com has agreed to do the caricutures in cross-stitch designs for a fee.

They are delightful and you can get details here. Send Becky an email with this link.

beckyj007@aol.com

Not to early to be thinking about Christmas!

Great gift idea for those starting early on Christmas gifts and a good idea for a guy's gift too. Or for anyone who loves to play cards.
Coasters and Bookmarks. Bookmark includes both 4x4 and 5x7 size. Look in the Project Library for these.
http://www.nitasplace.com/members/767.cfm

Thanks to all who posted!

And the winner of the ramdom drawing for one free month's membership on the Romance Awareness topic is -------- Farryn D.

Congratulations, your membership has been extended for one month.

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This months bonus set is a set of designs that have been for sale in the past. I digitized these a long time ago and they were drawn just for me. I hope you will like them. http://www.nitasplace.com/public/772.cfm

A Challenge from Cathy

Hello everyone over here at Nita's Place... I don't post much here but thought I should for this challenge... since this seems to be the "sister forum" to ATW... and where a few more people hang out... I thought I would share.
So here goes...

Okay Ladies... the gloves are off....Here we go ROUND ONE was the start of the charity quilts... we won that round... delievered 5 amazing internet quilts to the KIDS IN DISTRESS, last December2006,
ROUND TWO.. came this year when we started back up after a short month break for the holidays.... We have won that round also... we came back so strong, we knocked them out with 5 consecative months of Charity quilts... 14 completed and donated to the KIDS IN DISTRESS, 10 completed and donated to PROJECT LINUS, and 7 completed and donated to WOMENS SHELTERS. We ALSO acquired a photo gallery, a web page, and a discussion forum to post all our NEWS.. I call that a win... Then ROUND THREE came July Patriotic Quilts... I thought 20 quilts was being crazy, but went for it anyway... We KNOCKED THEM OUT WITH 60... these are not complete yet but they are humming along. We also have approx 30 some quilts in various stages of completion from the months March thru June. Some are complete but not donated yet. Not to mention the 9 or so from the month of August.
We decided as a group to get caught up on the quilts and our own projects... so the quilts will end for this year with the AUGUST blocks...... NOW HERES THE CHALLENGE.... Some of the ladies who regularly make embroidered blocks and the filler blocks have been sewing Christmas Charity Stocking also.... NOW we are in the ring for this years final round..... And we need every available pair of sewing hands... even if you are a beginner sewer.... any one with a machine can make a Christmas Stocking. We need 1000. Is that to much to ask? I don't think so! I thought 350 embroidered blocks was to much but all you came thru with over 900 embroidered and filler blocks... to be creating over 60 quilts....

I have patterns ready to mail in envelopes with stamps all I need is your address... Email me with your mailing address, get some material to make the stocking and go sew......
We have several places to send these stockings to, one is a group in IL that only need the stockings... they have the stuff to fill them with..these will be going to approx 1000 service men and women. The other is some Shelters and childrens facilities that need the stocking and the fillings... but you can just send $ to help buy what is needed to fill the stocking.

Debi H in California is heading this endevor... I am her biggest cheerleader... Monica J in IL has the contacts with the group for the service men.
PLease help us reach our goal and WIN this entire round and a year of the greatest charity work I have ever been involved with.

Remember... nothing ventured nothing gained.... if you dont at least try to sew a christmas stocking how do you know you cant!

So that's my challenge.... WE CAN DO IT!
Email me at Cabmarshall@yahoo.com or look for Debi post earlier.

LETS GO
Cathy B.