and then the shop can be opened… and it’s being worked on as I type. Our in-house web developer is working on the 3-D Secure Code required for Maestro & Mastercard transactions from 1st January.
Once this is done the shop will open it’s doors even if we still have stock to add. Mr Stitchy is [...]

lots of gorgeous threads to the site. It’s such fun to get all the colours out and add them to the site. I love seeing all the pics when they have been uploaded and I’m getting really excited about the upcoming opening date. Today we were discussing what the opening offers will be… more details [...]

to save you from counting on your fingers, rooting through drawers for a calculator that no longer works or just getting general brain ache…
There is now a calculator on the store that will tell you how big your piece of fabric needs to be to complete a design ifyou know the stitch count and fabric [...]

Tested the payment part of the website and everything is working securely and smoothly. The site will now accept payment by PayPal and credit or debit card. We will be adding payment by cheque soon….
Mrs Stitchy

the new fridge-freezer is arriving tomorrow. I can’t believe I’m getting excited about a fridge freezer!!! But the freezer I have is more than 25 yrs old (I got it free 18 yrs ago and it was being thrown out as old then) . It is now reaching the end of it’s life so it’s [...]

with my daughter ill and Mr. Stitchy away in Scotland, work at full tilt (I was covering for someone on annual leave and doing my normal work as well) so I don’t feel as if much progress was made on the shop this week.
What has been achieved:

The Search Help page has been edited to be [...]

Very happy with progress on using MYSQL to extract data on orders and products to spreadsheet. This tool should help keep track of stock levels, help keep them maintained, monitor faster-moving items and Patterns of Business Activity*
Mr Stitchy
*To learn more about PBAs please attend of my courses in IT Service Management

The newsletter for the site is now functioning and you can sign up to get regular letters from us including Opening Offers when we are finally ready to launch! One step closer to that day.
Sign up here
Mrs Stitchy

has  found our site, hopefully with more work it will find lots of it interesting. Time to give some thought to SEO.
Mrs Stitchy

From the land of my fathers (West Midlands) I have updated the Privacy details and drafted the Contact page.
After my long trip back from Scotland last night,  taking gifts of door chime (working), cooking pans (anodised) and dictaphone (for memoirs), I have been enjoying a somewhat sedate day today…
Mr Stitchy