Needlepoint News

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Stitch Palettes has a new downloadable Thread Inventory Chart listing DMC threads. Because DMC is a common language in needlepoint, this is an essential tool to use as a color card. Get it here: https://stitchpalettes.com/downloads/thread-inventory-color-chart/

There has been a rumor that DMC was discontinuing Floche. While it is correct that this thread will no longer be generally available. Shops will still be able to buy it through Fleur de Paris.

Thérèse de Dillmont wrote DMC’s popular Encyclopedia of Needlework. Right now the company has a collection of her patterns, free instead of the usual $3.The collection includes alphabets, borders, and medaliions. Grab your here: https://www.dmc.com/us/patterns-5041,collection-therese-de-dillmont-368/?utm_source=Commonthread+Masterlist&utm_campaign=e897d872dc-EMAIL_1000Patterns-Therese4-USA_2017_10_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a652561da-e897d872dc-82784413&mc_cid=e897d872dc&mc_eid=c3befc1d21

DMC has recently unveiled a new look for their website. See their new site here: http://www.dmc.com

The newest part of DMC’s free cross stitch pattern collection features designs that have an outer space theme. Because the patterns mostly use whole stitches, they are easy to convert to needlepoint. Get them here: https://dmc-usa.com/free-patterns/cross-stitch/outer-space.html?utm_source=Commonthread+Masterlist&utm_campaign=1f43072fc0-EMAIL_SPACE_2017_05_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a652561da-1f43072fc0-82784413&mc_cid=1f43072fc0&mc_eid=c3befc1d21

The folks who write DMC’s blog here in the US recently came back from a tour of the company’s historic factory in the Alsace region of France. See the first part of the tour and learn about the company’s history here: http://dmc-threads.com/dmc-factory-tour-part-1/