Nutmeg News

Welcome to Nutmeg News, bringing you information about developments and recent happenings at the Nutmeg Company.

Since our last catch-up we've been at four shows, in January at Sandown Park, February at Brighton, March at Olympia and April at Shepton Mallet. We enjoyed all of these and thank you so much if you came to our stand.

In spite of current increases in costs, which we are all trying to cope with, we don't plan to raise our prices this year. However, we have made small changes to some of the quantity discounts on our website. Prices at shows should remain the same throughout 2010, and we'll try not to increase our website postage prices before the end of the year, depending on changes made by Royal Mail.

We think of this period as our summer break. It's still a busy time, but with no shows until August, we try to catch up with things and work on our new designs. 3-D Cross Stitch Cards, our new book from Rainbow Disks, has taken two years of hard work to prepare, and during that time nothing new was added to our range. We hope to make up for that now!

Rainbow Disks tell me that the book will be available in July, and we will put it on the website the instant we have copies. Have a look at the Rainbow Disks website if you get the chance. It will give you an idea of the advantages that come with publishing craft books in this form - a zoom facility for checking details, the ability to print charts in the size you want them and an instruction video to help you when you're ready to make up a card.

We will kit some of the designs in the book later this summer. We hope to add some cards perfect for special events - moving home, retiring and additions to the family - but also some of our favourites from the collection as well.

Hopefully we'll all enjoy the summer weather over the next few months. We plan to be at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham in August, and then at Exeter in September, before the autumn Knitting and Stitching Shows begin. It would be great to see you at any show - check the details in our diary if you're able to come along.

With every good wish - Mike and Meg Evershed

The Nutmeg Company

Bromley Business Centre, Unit V, 27 Hastings Road, Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent BR2 8NA

Tel/Fax: 020 8462 1149

Email: sales@3dcrossstitch.co.uk