I just had to show off this cartoon of Holly!

We had a cartoonist make sketches of us a couple weeks ago while in one of the Orlando attractions. We told him what Holly does for a living and he came up with this charicature.

There's a lot of fun in what we do and we try to keep it that way. Sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming but that's when we step back for a few hours of downtime.  Even our "downtime" is productive though as going through places like Universal Studios always gives us new ideas of new things we can do or how we can do things better that we are already doing.

Enjoy today's Bobbin-Buzz newsletter and the new designs!

-- Larry

Welcome to Bobbin-Buzz! It's our weekly update on what's happening in the world of embroidery and right here on ArtisticThreadWorks. Every week we give away a complete set of designs here, plus a sample design from each of our new sets, and a special prize to one reader drawn at random. There's no cost to join the Bobbin-Buzz mailing list. And being on our mailing list is how you enter your name into our weekly prize drawing! Get in the drawings by joining our mailing list here.
85 UnRavelers Groups Listed! Looking for a fun group of embroidery enthusiasts to hang out with for an evening? Check the list of UnRavelers groups. If there's one in your area, contact the person listed and get together with them at their next UnRaveling. If you haven't been to an UnRaveler meeting yet, you're missing something! UnRaveler's meetings are where local embroiderer's get together and have fun. There is no such thing as a stranger there. Click on the list below and check out the group's nearest to you... UnRavelers Groups List
From Our Forums (This may have to be run through "Rumor Central" but wanted to pass this along from our forums...) A worker in the fabric dept at WalMart told me the reason WalMart was discontinuing fabric was because WalMart is investing in both Joann's and Hancock's because both are in financial trouble. WalMart - in bailing them out - doesn't want to compete with them....therefore giving up the fabric dept. Pat in Indiana Thanks Pat for that post! I don't know if this is true but I have heard many times that Wal-Mart is dropping fabric from their stores. This could explain why. If you want to add your comments to this post just go here! Speaking of interesting rumors, I always check out everything I read at www.Snopes.com to see if they have confirmed the rumor. In this case, it's not mentioned one way or the other so I don't know. But, check this page out for some laughs! http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/requests2.asp
Finding Freebies! We have a special forum inside ATW called "Finding Freebies" Members can get there through the Discussion Forum link on the top menu then click on Finding Freebies OR you can also get there by clicking the Finding Freebies link on our left-side menu under Forums. Here's one of the posts added to the Finding Freebies forum this week... Beautiful Designs I found this link on the Sew Forum and it lead me to these beautiful freebies! Check them out! http://michelles-designs.com/freebies.html Nique/MI Thanks to Nique for this find!
New Designs Released This Week At ArtisticThreadWorks... Cowboys HoneyBears Quilting Redwork Florals PLUS: The Weekly Sampler Set... Frog Faces PLUS+PLUS: This months Member Bonus Set... Fancy Decorations Here's a picture of ONE of this weeks new sets... See ALL the new sets here!
Weekly JoAnns Prize Drawing Winner We are doing a weekly drawing for readers of Bobbin-Buzz. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to Jo-Ann's. That's something anyone on our list can use! Even if you're not close to one of their 100's of stores, you can shop online at www.jo-ann.com To be in the prize drawings - just be on our Bobbin-Buzz mailing list. If you're not on the list yet, you can sign up here! This week's winner drawn at random is... cwhite1544@aol.com The winner has 5 days to contact me and claim the prize either via email to Webmaster@ArtisticThreadWorks.com or call me at 847-608-8875 before next week's drawing to claim the prize. Congratulations and good luck to everyone else in next weeks drawing!
Protect Yourself From Design Pirates! Now there's a way to protect yourself from design pirates. Just check the Pro-Digitizers List at DigitizersWorld to see who you're dealing with BEFORE you buy. Every Pro-Digitizer that belongs to DigitizersWorld subscribes to The Pro-Digitizer's Creed! These are people you WANT to do business with and people that you can trust. Look for the DigitizersWorld logo on every website or auction before you buy...
Bobbin-Buzz Designs Help yourself to this weeks free design set "HoneyBears". These are for everyone that is subscriber to Bobbin-Buzz, our free weekly newsletter! Download HoneyBears Here! Have fun!