Hello my lovelies,
And so, yes, it is Christmas; another turn around the sun although this year has ben more of a blind stumble for most of us. As for many of you, the Misty Threads Christmas plans have gone awry and our planned (small) family celebration will be postponed for a few weeks. It's OK – we'll get there.
We've had a few great new fabrics in as we've shown you in previous articles:
We also have some beautiful new aboriginal fabrics and a few old favourites just in today - a sneak peak below and we'll tell you more about these after Christmas.
However, organised or not, what about those last minutes gifts? We have the perfect answer – a Misty Threads gift voucher to the value of your choice. Choose an amount for a small gift or stocking filler or a larger amount for a special present. Instantly downloadable, our vouchers are the perfect present for a lovely quilter, patchworker or any sewing enthusiast, quick and easy, and always appreciated – we do love the fun of picking all those bits and pieces we mightn't be able to splash out for normally.
Head to the website here and you'll be well sorted in no time at all.
Just as a by the bye, as always, we run into the problem of the term "sewer"; yes, it does appear like sewer, doesn't it. There are various other terms for people who sew from seamstress/seamster or the older version sempstress, dressmaker, couturière /couturier, tailor, stitcher, clothier, modiste – the list goes on with many shades of application. The newest term that has been cropping up in the internet for a while now is sewist, believed to be a combination of sew and artist, street slang for a sassy seamstress (personally, I would have said that we seamstresses are always sassy but there you go) and generally related to hobby/personal sewing, including sewn works of art, rather than professional employment in sewing. It is a fairly widespread term online although it hasn't yet been included in official dictionaries yet, which has led some professionals to decry its use. However, this wonderful flexible English language of ours is not static and never has been. We build and change words to suit our times and communications at the time.
What do you refer to yourself as? What do you like to be called or not to be called? Let us know – we're alway curious about words and their use!
In the meantime – don't forget the vouchers if you need that last minute gift.
Take care, stay safe and we wish you all the happiest Christmas possible – may your sewing needles stay sharp and in use.
Cheers to all
Meg