Vote of Thanks

I have a confession to make - MEA MAXIMA CULPA!

Whilst preparing all the files and pictures for the First Uncensored

Crosstitch Kollection 2017 somewhere along the line I omitted to

include the vital symbols for Vote of Thanks.

I have absolutely no excuse for this error and would ask you to

forgive me.  To rectify matters as speedily as possible I have

added a downloadable copy of the new symbols page for this

design which can be found on the website in the Kollection section.

www.longdogsampler.com

Once again my sincere apologies.

A very contrite Jools

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible

Why is it that nothing, it seems, can be done to remove

all the bad guys from the internet - the preachers of hate,

the purveyors of pornography, the warmongers and the

con artists - but when a 70 years old cross stitch designer

uses her email account rather more than the customary

five or six times a day her account is instantly

locked down and her business immediately suffers.

It has taken me twenty years to build up a reputation for

promptness and efficiency and, I would hope, value for money

too and in one fell swoop Google decided to shut down my

ability to either receive or send emails because they had

detected heavier than usual usage.  Of course they bloody did

- I'd just launched the First Uncensored Crosstitch Kollection 2017.

But what really peeves me is that no one from Google thought to actually

attempt to contact me to ask why?  Neither can I get in touch

with them, try as I might, to explain matters.

So dear friends, stitchers and anyone who has strayed onto this

blog in search of titillation - there you have it.  I have orders to

process which have already been paid for, which worries me

enormously.  I have no idea when I will be allowed back into

my account again or for how long and I can do absolutely nothing

about any of it right now.  I have entered the hyper-stress

zone and it's not very nice.

Please be patient, please bear with me and I'll get things

moving again just as soon as I am able.

THE WINDS OF CHANGE

Change is constant and all around.

It's a part of our every day lives and nothing stays the same for long.

Spring drifts into summer, people move home making

neighbourhoods evolve; children grow up while others grow old.  For the

past twenty years Long Dog has just gone with the flow - but not any longer.

Today the winds of change are blowing through our kennels

and it's our moment to embrace something new.

Today sees the launch of our wondrous new website lovingly built by
head kennel boy Alec on his day off - www.longdogsampler.com

Go and have a look, poke around a bit and maybe decide to adopt the

odd chart or three - they're always looking for good homes.

But please don't go trying to ride on the new shopping cart, we don't

want any crashes on the first day.

And that's not the only change taking place today.

Always at the forefront of cross stitch design Long Dog Samplers
are proud to announce their first ever "KOLLECTION".

So it's goodbye books - hello bundles.

The FIRST UNCENSORED CROSSTITCH KOLLECTION 2017

(no abbreviations for this one please or we'll all be in trouble)

comprises nine hitherto unseen new samplers all in

one exciting pdf bundle for the unbeatable price of £26.50.

That's less than £3.00 per design and 88 pages long.

This unique concept can be stitched direct from your tablets

or printed out chart by paper chart - which ever you prefer.

Each design comes with details of the lengths of DMC or 

Gentle Art Sampler Threads and fabric required for both

16# Aida/32# linen or 18# Aida/36# linen together with an

alphabet and numerals to personalise each project.

The Kollection, by it's very nature, will never be available

in the shops so if you want to get a copy for yourself and become

one of the elite new band of Long Dog stitchers simply email:

jools@longdogsampler.com

or 

cindy@europeanxs.com to place your order.

And now allow me to introduce you to the stars of the

FIRST UNCERSORED CROSSTITCH KOLLECTION 2017

COEUR DE LION

285 stitches x 177 stitches

MIGHTY OAKS

159 stitches x 199 stitches

NETHERLAND DWARF

199 stitches x 233 stitches

PATIENCE IS A RARE BIRD

133 stitches x 168 stitches

QUAKER DAWN

187 stitches x 287 stitches

MY DEAR JELINE

129 stitches x 279 stitches

SAINTE JULLITE

229 stitches x 229 stitches

VOTE OF THANKS

149 stitches x 294 stitches

SEEKING SOLACE

293 stitches x 191 stitches

Don't forget simply email:

jools@longdogsampler.com 

or cindy@europeanxs.com to order your copy,

only £26.50 for all nine charts

or buy directly on site www.longdogsampler.com

using the new automated shopping system.

See you soon - you know you want it.