Over the summer months we've been busy designing and making three new projects with Christmas in mind. Each of these is an instant pdf download, so you can buy one from our Etsy shop and start sewing straight away!

Your download contains instructions that you can print out or read on-screen - or both, whichever suits you best. The instructions consist of detailed, step-by-step guides, with colour photos of every stage. Check the Etsy page of the items for details of the threads and other materials you'll need.

The first of these wonderful little projects is a pretty First Stocking & Glove Set. As with the other projects, you can add a loop of twine and hang them from the Christmas tree, or put them on the mantelpiece as ornaments, or pin to your coat or bag as brooches! This link will take you straight there:
www.etsy.com/SakoranStitch/listing/889908320

The second project is Gretel's Delight - a gorgeous little Gingerbread Cottage. We've made a couple of 3D gingerbread cottages before - the kits are still available from our website here: www.sakoran.co.uk/teeny-christmas

But if you fancy a cute little 2D version, Gretel's Delight is the right one for you. Follow the link here to see more:
www.etsy.com/SakoranStitch/listing/891773855

Our third project is a very Jolly Santa (Father Christmas). We think this one's really good fun and, like the others, will bring cuteness, style and colour to your Christmas Tree or mantelpiece. For more details, follow this link:
www.etsy.com/SakoranStitch/listing/880528126

There's still still plenty of time to make one of these for yourself or a friend - or to start sewing for next year!

We hope you are all keeping safe and well and wish you all the best for the Holiday Season, a wonderful Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

P.S. We still have 3D Christmas Tree kits available. If you'd like one, the link is here:
www.sakoran.co.uk/teeny-christmas.html#christmas-2

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Each set of quality printed 14.8 x 14.8 cm greetings cards contains three different designs. The cards feature photographic images of original hand embroidered butterflies and flower garlands and are blank inside for your own message.

 

We love hearing from our fans all over the world and it's lovely to receive their orders too. We are aware of course that there are some issues regarding international shipping. At the moment, shipping to UK addresses is free because the costs are relatively small and we can absorb those. With international orders even the cheapest method is relatively expensive and can be unreliable.

Some time ago we took the decision to use Royal Mail International Tracked and Signed (even though this isn't the cheapest option) because we found that occasionally items went astray. Track and Sign gives us more confidence that the items will actually get to you. If however the item isn't delivered, we get compensation from Royal Mail and can replace your order quickly.
 

Secondly, the UK system of PayPal differs from the US one and is slightly less flexible to implement. At the moment, if you are ordering items from anywhere outside the UK, you have to add the items you want to your shopping cart and then add international postage according to your 'World Zone'. Of course ideally this is something that would happen automatically at the checkout. But making this happen through PayPal is proving surprisingly tricky. We are working on fixing this — even if it means going to another payment system provider — but until we do, we are stuck with this slightly cumbersome method.

There is an alternative though. If you having trouble ordering through our site you can instead simply email us with listing the items you want, plus your full postage address, and we can send you a PayPal invoice. This is often much the easiest method as you avoid all the shopping carts and technical issues on the site.

If you have any queries though, contact us and we'll do our best to help.

Postage outside UK
 

We're delighted to be launching the second kit in our Natural Wonders Collection — the Pink Jezebel! 

 

Based on the Common Jezebel Delias eucharis, this lovely butterfly brooch makes a wonderful addition to our series of 3D embroidery kits.

As usual, the kit comes with a fully illustrated booklet that takes you step-by-step through making this novel and attractive brooch. With easy-to-follow stitching diagrams and charts, this project really isn’t as hard as it looks. In fact, with little experience and a bit of dedication, you should find it relatively easy to make your own fabulous butterfly creation!  

 

You can read more about the kit here: www.sakoran.co.uk/butterfly.html#pinkj

If you haven't seen it already, take a look at our Blue Wanderer butterfly brooch kit too.

Last year we created lots of new designs which we haven’t shown you yet so we decided to share them with you, little by little, on Instagram. 

Some of these designs are not available as kits yet, but we couldn’t resist showing you our tiny yacht, some miniature cakes, and a variety of butterflies. 

We’re also going to share with you some other images, including those that inspire us to create our designs – beautiful landscapes and flowers, for example – many of them photographed near our home on the Isle of Wight, UK.

So do take a look our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/sakoranstitch 

Our account ID is @sakoranstitch 

Clicking the image below will take you straight there!