New Shop Opening in New Jersey, USA - Born to Stitch!!! 🪡

Woot, woot, Amy opened in November!

Born to Stitch is located in Secaucus, NJ, about five miles outside of NY.

Amy with her lovely Mom.

So excited for her!

The glorious thread room.

So much beautiful fabric and gorgeous colours.

The Holiday Room - Christmas and Halloween a plenty!

Melissa from December Stitches brought so many lovely models and patterns for Amy's first Trunk Show.

Then she interviewed Amy for her Instagram @December Stitches. Take a look!

And THEN, it was time for some fun with Bruce!

If you haven't figured it out, Amy is a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen. ❤

Thus the name of her shop, Born To Stitch for "Born to Run".

She found Miss Moura on Etsy to make her Bruce and Clarence. Aren't they adorable?

I personalized this Mill Hill pattern as a "store warming" gift to Amy.

We had fun making a video so you can see everything in the shop. Please take a look!

 Born To Stitch Welcome Video

I was so fortunate to be able to help her organize the shop before she opened. With no traffic, she's about 3 hours and 15 minutes away from me - not a daily trip I wanted to make!

The last three times I came to help, I was able to stay with Judy, who lives about 35-45 minutes away from the shop. What a blessing she was/is! It was lovely to stay with her and her family, and you'd think we'd been friends for years instead of meeting in September. I had the best of both worlds being with each of them.❤🥰

 It was such fun and now that she's open, I wish I could be there all the time! When I left the evening she opened, this was playing... how appropriate.

So, if you're in the area, please be sure to visit and tell her I sent you! If you're in the area and she's shut, reach out and she might be able to meet you there!

She will have an online shop, but it's not quite ready yet. Hopefully soon!

Pit Stop before the Grace Notes Retreat 🛑

Brenda and I took a little detour on our way to the Grace Notes Retreat at the HodgePodge Cross Stitch, in Strasburg, PA.

Colleen mentioned that Marcia would be open on Sunday after the retreat for those of us that would be able to stop by on our way home. But we decided to go on the way since we knew we probably wouldn't have enough time on Sunday.

What a lovely shop! So many lovely things to look at.

There were even some antique items for sale.

As hard as it was, I contained myself and only bought these two sweet charts. I had never seen anything by Stitches by Ethel before, so many cute patterns!

And I also got this holder I've seen others with. There is a bigger one, but I like the small one.

Our next quick stop was at the Strasburg Antique Market, just down the road from the shop.

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So many precious needlepoint and cross stitch pieces. Nice to see, but sad at the same time.

And you wouldn't be in Lancaster County if you didn't see at least one Amish Buggy.

This one looks like their version of an open pick up truck!