Newsletter November 2022

Greetings Lovely Ladies!

The weeks are flying by, and since we made the announcement that we are relocating The Eye Of A Needle to Hastings at the end of this year, the pace has certainly sped up a bit. We are in full sale mode, and customers are already commenting that the shop is starting to look empty!

There are some great bargains on Fat Quarters, Long Quarters, and fabric by the metre. I still have some fabric arriving that was ordered before we knew we were moving. This will NOT be in the sale, but will be loaded on to our online shop. Essential items like batting, interfacing and threads will still be available to purchase in store at the regular price, as we will be taking them with us to the new store. I won’t be ordering any new product from now on, so once its gone, it will not be replaced. 

We have now signed the lease for our new store in HASTINGS, which we will take over on December 1st. Our address will be 500A Miller St, Hastings. The shop is actually a very cute cottage, which has been beautifully renovated. It is situated just off St Aubyn St East, tucked behind Warehouse Stationery, on the corner of Miller St and Ellison Rd.
We will officially have the Bernina dealership for Hawkes Bay, and will be able to service and sell Bernina sewing machines from this property. We are currently in the process of applying for resource consents so that we can sell products and run classes from this new location, so we still have a few hoops to jump through before we can officially become the store we want to be. 

David and I are excited about returning to Hastings, which has been ”home” for both of us for most of our lives. Ironically Miller St holds some unique memories for each of us as well, so in a sense we are making a 360 degree turn back to our original roots.

This will be the new ‘The Eye Of A Needle’ shop. Obviously we will have signage once we have approval from council, so you will be able to find us easily. There will be good parking, so no more having-to-move-your-car every hour to avoid getting a ticket (this was high on our priority list!)

We still plan to stay open in Taupo until December 22nd, as long as we have stock to sell. Each week there will be more items going on sale – this will be advertised on our Facebook page on a regular basis. 

One of the down sides of moving from a large store to a cottage, is that the doorways in the cottage are only 700mm wide – so some of our cutting benches, counter and furniture just won’t fit through the door, and will be up for sale in December. In a sense we are down-sizing, although each room in the cottage will be delegated to a particular function i.e. classroom, sewing machines, shop. David’s workroom to service sewing machines will be accessible from a separate entrance at the back door, so you could drop off/ pick up your sewing machine without coming through the cottage if you wanted to. There is also a lovely new kitchen – but unfortunately no cafes close by, so we have decided the purchase of a coffee machine may be priority #2 (after carparks).

 In this class you will learn how to use different weight threads on your sewing machine and how to adjust your tension accordingly. The photo above is a sampler of what you will make once you have mastered the techniques in class.
The class will cost $50 per person + the class requirements which will be provided to you on registration. I need at least 8 people to register for the class to go ahead; otherwise Barrie will go off and play golf instead.
The absolute final day for registrations is Wednesday 3rd November (this week).