Welcome to my new visitors from The Dolls' House Magazine this month. I hope you enjoy my website. There is lots more on my peg doll blog, don't forget to stop by and have a look:

www.dollypeg.wordpress.com

The Olympics and Paralympics is now over and the country is slowly returning back to normal. We've all seen the medals on the telly, but do you know what went into making them? It's fascinating, and involves over 1000 years of history and a very famous old London landmark but you'll have to go to my newsletter to find out more!  You can read it here.

If you are in the California Bay area this week, why not treat yourself to some vintage lace and other hard to get goodies?

Semi-Annual Vintage Sale

at

The Lace Museum

September 14 & 15, 2012 

Sale hours - 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 Vintage tablecloths, placemats, napkins

Pillow cases, sheets, bedspreads, linen towels

Lace for crafting, Christmas ornaments, Easter eggs

Lace for card making, wrapping gifts, making jewelry

Hankies for making- quilts, aprons, dolls, doll clothes

Fine laces for dolls and fabrics for sewing and quilting

Lace for embroidery, costuming, knitting, decorating

Jewelry, needle point canvases, adult & baby clothes

Lace for art projects in clay, collage, painting

 d Check out our discount corner for great bargains c

 The Lace Museum

552 South Murphy

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

The first of the goldwork 'how to...' videos is now up on the 'how to...' page ready for viewing! Learn how to use the different metals used in this beautiful embroidery technique, and if you fancy a go yourself, all the essentials to get you started are available in my shop (you could use one of the free designs on the free stuff page!)

Click here to see the video

Coming next: Goldwork techniques: Chips

Now in the shop:

• Gold and silver Japan thread
• Silver plated pearl purl
• Silver plated bright check
• Silver plated smooth purl
• Gilt twist 1 1/2
• Gilt smooth purl
• Faux leather pieces in 5 colours

Click here!