The countdown to our new site begins. Till then, a whopping sale!

Dear readers, I have good news for you. Very. We hired a web designer to make the site easier to shop, including all the bells and whistles you wanted: a search engine, a shopping cart, automatic payment. (Yes, I can hear you saying it's about time. And you're right. But what can I say? I'm stubborn, and I love the way the current site looks. But out with the old, in with the new, all that.)

It took a bit longer for him to complete the job than we had anticipated, and frankly, that is why I haven't been updating the site as I have done since The Blue Gardenia premiered in 1999.

The new site will debut on January 1. More good news: We are having a sale that will run until 11:59 pm the last day of December 2013.

The details:

Spend $100 (before the discount) and get 20% off.

Spend $200 (before the discount) and get 30% off.

Spend $300 (before the discount) and get 40% off.

Spend $400 or more (before the discount) and get a whopping 50% off.

Isn't that fabulous? Now is the time to stock up on authentic and lovely patterns for the holiday season and for next year's projects.

For this sale, we will be accepting Paypal only, unless you are an established customer, and then we will happily take checks.

So, shop, shop, shop, my darlings! 

And, yep, you may buy gift certificates for that special someome and the sales rates will be honored through January 2014.