Halloween 2020: it’s time for scary discounts!
Halloween 2020: it’s time for scary discounts… … but exclusively in the darkest hours of Saturday October 31st, when the day turns into night: the “most frightening” night of the year. 13 hours, not one minute more, not one less – starting from 18:00 on 31 October and until 07:00 on 1 November 2020 – to make the most of the truly spooky rebates on Casa Cenina items**! Don’t waste a single second, for 13 hours can go by fast, when you’re partying hard with witches, ghosts, treats and tricks… But don’t worry: our countdown will help you, if you just keep an eye on it, while all discounts will be highlighted on…
The “hottest” quarter of the year
Outside temperatures are getting lower and lower… but at Casa Cenina the last three months of the year are the “hottest”! No nonsense. Our special Happy Autumn, Fall Piggy Bank and Rewind Discounts were the first events of a long series, that’s leading us to the end of the year, passing through Halloween, our very special Pink Friday, its more famous “cousin” – the Black Friday – and then the Cyber Monday and the Singles’ Day, until the most longed-for time of the year: Christmas time. If you haven’t signed up to our Newsletter, yet, join it straight away, to always be updated on every single event! And here following,…
The new Mystery from Country Cottage Needleworks is coming
Sampler of the Month: the new series from Country Cottage Needleworks 12 months, 12 patterns – one by one – starting from November 2020: it’s called “Sampler of the Month” and it’s the new Mystery SAL created by NIkki Leeman, founder and designer of Country Cottage Needleworks. A simple yet delightful style that the fans of this US brand will love and the “neophytes” too, thanks to its wonderful lines. The series includes 12 patterns, each with a stitch count of 45X125, that are NOT meant to be stitched together as a single sampler (and that’s why the author is not providing any info to do that). They are meant…
There’s something about Punch Needle
Amy Oxford Punch Needle: how to choose yours! We’ve let them finally land in Europe, by popular request: the punch needles from the US reference brand – Amy Oxford (who’s also the best-known punch needle teacher in the US) – and w have studied them very well, to give you all the information you may need, to select the most suitable punch needle for your project. Selecting your punch needle might not be that simple, if you’re a beginner. In the instance of Amy Oxford punch needles, the numbers 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14 refer to the length of the needle (that’s not adjustable in these needles) and not…
Freudenberg: not just for sewing and quilting
Starting from this Fall, the brand manufacturing the most famous battings and fusibles in the world has decided to also deal with the world of embroidery. Freudenberg isn’t stranger to this world, to be true, thanks to their stabilizers and interlinings and, among them, the following ones: Filmoplast H 54, Solufix, Soluvlies, Stickvlies and Fixier-Stickvlies. However, a wide selection is often the reason for this question: “what’s the stabilizer fitting my embroidery project?”. So, to answer this question quickly and comprehensively, Freudenberg has developed the brand new “Vlieseline® Embroidery Set”, including all the five, above-mentioned stabilizers, in A3 size (297 x 420 mm), ready to test and coming with all…
Sprinklets: the little ones for great ideas
They have a “revealing” name, coming from “sprinkle” And they’re actually designed to be “sparkled” on any crafty project: starting from your birthday and Xmas cards, for example, and for any type of card. Take a look at those in the pictures here! They’re little embellishments (each piece is about 5 mm) to glue onto any kind of surface, made of a special polymer clay, making them light and colorful. Each pack contains a selection of different motives, such as little stars, flowers and pinwheels and, besides them, there are special-themed packs, with little hearts, mouse ears or other flowers. Gluing them on your craft projects, however, isn’t the only…
Maple Farm: Autumn is starting under the sign of Tilda
The latest, much longed for, collection from Tone Finnanger is finally here! Fabrics, kits, buttons and more that, this time, feature as their leitmotif – as well as unmistakable trait d’union – the earthy shades that we can see when the hot Summer gives way to the placid Fall, renewed in pastel look, in the perfect Tilda’s style! Umber, slate, dijon, mauve and rosehip get milder, in their softer shades, surrounding Autumn berries and leaves, together with retro florals and roses, resulting in a very romantic mood, ideal for soft Fall quilts, cushions and any other creative sewing project. This collection also includes four, brand new solids, making a wonderful…
Join the new Lanarte Secret Stitch Along!
It’s time for brand new, mysterious cross stitches and, once again, they’re from one of the best known and most appreciated kit manufacturers. The start is scheduled on Friday, October 9th, 2020 and we’ll be stitching for 10 weeks, with a new part of a secret pattern revealed week after week, directly emailed to each stitcher joining the SSA, according to the “magic formula” that Lanarte has got us used to! Joining is very easy: purchase the necessary kit at Casa Cenina, register your participation (from September 9th), in the Lanarte website. And stitch this mysterious subject together with thousands of other stitchers around the world, piece by piece and cross stitch…
Talking again about Needlepaints.
All the fans of Marilyn Leavitt Imblum – the very famous founder and designer of the immortal brands “Lavender & Lace”, “Told in a Garden” and “Butternut Road” – have certainly met, in her patterns, the Needlepaints threads: a limited range of floss created by Marilyn herself and dyed in Japan. They were finely variegated threads, organized in color shades with numbes from light to dark: 6 shades of Lavender/Blue (2001-2006) 5 shades of Orchid (2007-2011) 6 shades of Robin’s Egg Blue (2101-2106) Sadly, Marilyn died in 2012, but already when she was still alive and designed, she stated she had “trouble keeping these manufactured”. That’s why she thought of…
“How do I fix my fabric to this embroidery frame?”
This is definitely one of the most frequent questions we are asked. A, year after year, at Casa Cenina we have tried to steadily find embroidery frames that could ensure highest convenience in this sense. With the traditional embroidery frames from Dubko, we feel like we have found a very good solution. Not just because these frames are still made following artisanal methods in Russia (a country relying on a very old needlework tradition, including bead embroider, that’s a very challenging and quit complicated crafting technique), and not only because they’re made of finely carved wood, but because they’re frames with a quick and easy system to fix your fabric!…
