sign in sign up
<<
Home , Couching, Embroidery, Tent stitch

Customer Service New Kreinik Threads

ow available: 13 brilliant colors in NJapan #5 . Ten are brand new The CS Ladies: Janice & Grizel shades . Designers are already Open 8:30 am to 5 pm EST, commenting: Gorgeous, Monday through Friday Very exciting!, Wow on the new colors, Wonderful, The P. 1-800-624-1928 or 304-422-8900 colors are great . F. (304) 428-4326 What is a Japan #5? E. [email protected] A. PO Box 1966, Parkersburg These non-tarnishing, syn - WV 26102 USA thetic gimps resemble real W. www.kreinik.com metals—but are more readily available, at T. www.twitter.com/kreinikgirl a more affordable price, and easier to use. Soft and flexible, use them anywhere, from CS Updates, Spring 09: Japanese to samplers, , ecclesiastical projects and machine embroi - • 2009 price list is available. • Opening orders must be at dery. with Japan #5 or couch it ( it on the surface) using a thinner like least $100 in product. Reorder Kreinik Japan #1 or Kreinik Cord to get the look of wire art. The smooth finish offers minimums must be $50+. beautiful sheen plus smooth stitching. New colors are 110J Black Onyx, 170J Natural • Add-ons must be placed within 24 hours or they will Pewter, 160J Rustic , 200J Hot Chocolate, 003J Red, 280J Country Blue, 165J Orien - ship as a separate order . tal Bronze, 216J Native Copper, 245J Bright Magenta, 008J Green . • NEW Store Locator on www.kreinik.com: Go to Versatile thread for many applications http://www.kreinik.com/loca - tor/ to add your store. If you • Couch it, stitch, use it for beading. We cross-stitched with one strand on are already on it, check your 18-count needlepoint , and used two strands in on 18- listing and let us know if there count (the “square” or “faceted” aspect makes the stitches look like bugle are changes. ). We also cross-stitched with it on 14-count Aida; use a larger Tap - Online connections: estry needle and it will glide right through the smaller fabric holes. • Knotes email newsletter • Use it to couch Kreinik 3/8" for ornaments, stockings, stand- means you have the news first. ups, purses. The thread will be invisible as the colors are per - Sign up by sending your email fect matches. to Dena Lenham at [email protected]. How to buy Japan #5: • Kreinik Online Mall: 5m spool blister pack — min 3 spools/color Consumers shopping on 5m spool bulk — min 5/color kreinik.com are directed to a 10m spool blister pack — min 3/color mall of shops that have agreed 10m spool bulk — min 5/color to fulfill the orders. For info, 10m skein bulk — min 5 skein/color contact Jim Cargo at Kreinik, 50m cone — min 1 cone/color phone 1-866-817-8761 or 144yd cone — min 1 cone/color Larger cones available email [email protected] Japan #5 Assortment: 1 (5m) spool of each color

© Copyright 2009. All prices in this Free Japan Thread educational handout with space to add your shop newsletter subject to change. info. Email [email protected] or call 1-800-354-4255 for a copy. CROSS STITCH New Remember The Ladies™ designs xcite your cross-stitch customers with four new projects in the collectible Remember The ELadies™ design series: Dream Big , Live Love , Life is a Song , and Love Conquers All. The new designs come in full kits with fabric, or as thread kits without fabric. Tip: if you are looking to add some cross stitch to your shop, choose full kits so the projects are ready to stitch. Available with fabric or without fabric

CARDMAKING embroidery on Trend: e are hearing consumer and designer buzz about combin - ing stitching and card making. Embroidery on cards can Wbe as elegant, whimsical, or indie as you want it to be. Popular for years in England, this technique is migrating around the globe now that are inexpensive and available, and stitchers are looking for something different. Stitch with fine threads like Kreinik Cord, Very Fine Braid, Japan #1 or Blend - ing Filament through punched holes. Tools like a punch pen (or ’s Awl) and a computer mouse pad can get you started.

Designer Erica Fortgens creates patterns, books and stencils Use this that show you how to easily create stunning embroidered Tailor’s Awl cards, tags and other paper projects. The baby themed gift to punch card above is from the book “Basics of Embroidery on Paper” holes (Erica Fortgens, www.ericafortgens.nl), and also appears in the May 2009 issue of Kreinik’s Reflections e-newsletter. SEWING , Q UILTING , C OSTUMING Easier Machine Sewing With Kreinik Threads

“The Kreinik thread advantage is that these threads can go at higher speeds and the sewer does not need to adjust tensions. People hate to sew with metallics, but after they try ours, they are hooked on the possibilities.”—Doug Kreinik

e hear it often: “I hate metallics for machine embroi - dery...They break too easily and I hate adjusting my ma - Wchine.” How can something so beautiful cause so much angst? They don’t have to—simply choose a better metallic thread . Kreinik has the thread that will make you fall in love with metallics for . Sewers that have sworn off metallics are now buying boxes of cones. The threads truly make creative lives easier. CHOOSE FROM: • Metallized pure threads: Paper Frequently Asked Questions base, laminated with Q: What’s the secret to making metallics silver, wound around work for me on my ? A: A quality thread, of course, and the needle: use a nylon core. Anti- a 14, 16 or 18 needle. You may also microbial, strong, and need to skip some of your machine’s guides. “Be can run at speeds of creative in your threading by using the least 1,200 rpm. Available in amount of twisting and turning of the threads,” brilliant silver, gold, white says teacher Elaine Gilmore. gold and antique gold, on 1000m Q: Can I use them on any sewing machine? and 5000m cones. Y: Yes, on any brand of sewing machine, serger, • Fine Twist threads digital embroidery machine, or long-arm machine. Nylon and . Great strength and shimmering effects. Q: What is the importance of anti-microbial Spread out more than gimps which are round. Run in a machine at and enzyme resistant qualities? A: Today can be infused with silver to pre - 800-1000 rpm. Comes in 18 colors, 1000m and 3000m cones. vent fungus from forming (in Iraq, soldiers wear • Fashion Twist threads military clothing containing silver). Enzyme-resis - 100% polyester with a laminate of silver. Anti-microbial and en - tance means that because of the silver base, the zyme resistant. Run in a sewing machine at 800-1000 rpm. Avail - metallic does not wane if you bleach it. able in 12 shades, on 1000m and 3000m cones. Q: Care instructions? A: Wash in 104 F, iron on low heat, can be dry cleaned. The Fashion Twist can be used with bleach and washed at 122 F. Q: How can I buy these threads? A: Order cones by calling 1-800-624-1928, or con - tact one of our distributors: Checkers 1-800-537- 1060, Gammill 1-800-659-8224, Marketing 1-800-748-0250. Download a brochure with more information and color swatches for our Machine Sewing Threads. Visit the Education section on www.kreinik.com and click on “Kreinik Machine Sewing Threads.” NEEDLEPOINT

on a small scale: gauze embroidery High art EXPLORE THE ant to make some jaws drop? Stitch your next project—or teach POSSIBILITIES your customers to stitch—on silk gauze. Silk gauze is a silk Wneedlepoint canvas available in “normal” to incredibly diminutive Kreinik Silk Gauze sizes like 49-count. Don’t let the word “silk” make you think it is is available in: too expensive; it simply means that silk gauze is a strong, quality 18-count canvas. It is made of 100% pure silk in an interlock weave. 20-count This type of embroidery can be traced back generations, like 1870s lit - 30-count tle-girls’ samplers and 1970s dollhouse decorations. Today, you stitch on Free handout or 35-count silk gauze to create little masterpieces like jewelry, , dimensional class project 40-count framed embroidery (think: layers of gauze), and to-scale miniatures. you can use : 47-count simply email 49-count [email protected] 60-count and request the Silk Gauze Finishing • Framed, ready to teapot silk gauze stitch: 2”x2”, 2.5”x3.5”, . 3”x5”,4”x4”,4”x6”,5”x7”, Silk gauze, because of its diminutive characteristics, 8”x10” provides a new world of finishing options that are also • Unframed: 1/4-, 1/2-, a fraction of the cost of finishing larger 1-yard increments • Designs in full kits pieces. Look for companies offering jewelry findings, (florals, Christmas, dogs, miniature ready-made frames, easels, and ornament frames that are perfect for silk gauze finish - cats) ing. Also search Goodwill and antique stores for truly vintage findings .

NITTING ROCHET The difference K /C silk thread Reversible knitted bracelet, made with When and why should you use silk thread? Kreinik Silk Serica Silk is a strong, beautiful, elegant, historic, and and beads (garter natural for fine techniques like cross stitch). From booklet stitch/counted thread, samplers, crazy , “Beaded Knits Vol. 1” Hardanger, needlepoint, beading, , by Brenda Franklin , micromacrame , and www.bfdesigns.on.ca . The colors are richer, the sheen is better than or , the fiber is stronger than nylon, and they are much easier to use than . Kreinik has 3 types of silk thread: • Kreinik Silk Mori ®: a Premium Grade 3A, 6-strand spun silk with a creamy lustre. Perfect for begin - ners. Separate the strands and recombine as needed for various stitches. Drawstring • Kreinik Silk Serica ®: a 3-ply twisted filament silk ideal Evening Bag for bead knitting, micromacrame, crochet. crocheted with • Kreinik Silk Bella ™: a finely twisted, thin filament silk Kreinik Silk for adding the finest details. Serica and beads. Pattern available STARTER SETS AVAILABLE • Call for details in Freebies on www.kreinik.com See the silk thread colors now—visit EDUCATION: SILK THREADS on www.kreinik.com . CROSSOVER PRODUCT

Safer Get cording sales from storage for: summer picnics and costumes needlepoint wine festivals samplers embroidery ake fun, crochet colorful Mwine glass iden - jewelry tifiers with the photographs Kreinik Custom papers Corder . Family and friends can cord together to Protect jewelry, make individual color combina - photos, textiles with tions. It’s easy to add charms or Acid-Free Tissue Paper beads too. Kreinik Custom nstead of harmful plastic bags, old pillow cases, or open- corder with the air exposure, store valuable jewelry, photos and textiles weight built with a protective layer of Acid-Free Tissue Paper. into the I handle Acid in normal tissue paper can transfer to textiles over time and cause them to become discolored, brittle, or tar - nished. The specially made Acid-Free Tissue Paper, how - ever, is neutral, unbuffered, and therefore the safest way to How To: After you cord with colors of store cotton, wool, silk, and metals. Kreinik metallic threads, open the looped How to order Acid-Free Tissue Paper: Choose pack - end to insert your knot, size it to your wine glass and tie another knot to secure. aged 6 or 12 (20” x 30”) sheets of Acid-Free Tissue Paper for hanging on pegs, slats, and gridwall. Also available: bulk packages of 100 sheets. YouTubing new Tokens & Trifles™ Four New videos Sewing Cards on the online Kreinik wo styles of crosses, a ball ornament, Channel: and a hornboard join the charming Visit YouTube™ Trinkets™ line of Tokens & Trifles™ (keyword Kreinik) sewing cards. Trinkets™ are 18-count per - or the Videos forated paper shapes that come solo, without a backer card section on and needle (which are included in the Tokens & Trifles™ kreinik.com to shapes). They make inexpensive, easily finished stitching learn how to use the projects for clubs, retreats, guilds, charity projects like Custom Corder, see Kreinik Hospice Trees, gifts and personal mementos. metallics on long-arm quilting machines, and more... Kreinik distributes all Tokens & Trifles™ and Trinkets™ shapes; call or email for a full list and pricing. A F INISHING THOUGHT

he other day I received a call from Photos below are from the TNNA one of our vendors: “We are no Columbus show. See you in St. Charles Tlonger going to mail out invoice. Do you for the Fall Needlearts Market, and at want FAX or e-mail?” In these interest - Fall Market. ing economic times, it is definitely smart to save in areas where new technology allows savings. In May, we too will begin sending invoices via FAX or email when possible. Here are the advantages: • Immediate awareness of what has been shipped • The ability to price items before they arrive • Opportunity to pre-sell • Chance to align for payment more quickly Email, with all of the good and bad, has quickly changed the market, becoming a necessary form of communication. My daughter, the actress, almost always uses email for her communications, along with Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blackberry and IM’ing. Communications are changing. Last month Kreinik began placing video streaming on YouTube, covering interesting topics from tradeshows like how to use the Kreinik Corder. We also began a Twitter service for the latest , thread and design news. If you are not “there,” you may want to rethink your op - position to getting connected. The new market demands it and it will not disappear. Shoppers want information be - fore they buy, want instantaneous information as they move from shopping locations quickly, and even want to alert other local needle Twitterers of sales or sightings of inter - esting designers or celebs in the yarn and thread world. To attract the “new thread and yarn junkie,” change is called for and everyone has a part to play in attracting new customers as well as keeping the tried-and-true customer. — Doug Kreinik

Update on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act New Kreinik Store Locator on www.kreinik.com TNNA recently sent a letter outlining details of the CPSIA. If you didn’t receive the letter, contact The online store locator is one of the most [email protected], CHA, or TNNA for informa - popular pages on www.kreinik.com. Make tion. Needlepoint, counted thread and needlework sure you are listed there — or double items will all be affected if the law remains in effect check your listing for accuracy — by going as passed. Wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers, to www.kreinik.com and clicking on Store and consumers will be affected. We urge you to Locator. Click on “Add new location” or put look into the legislation, contact your lawmakers, in your zip code to find your store. and get involved.