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Hi everyone

Sad, sad, sad news here in France: DMC is going under the French equivalent of your chapter 11. It's not looking good.

It's really a sad period for us French crafters, and I can't help feeling sorry for DMC workers. That company was the last crafter-oriented business: they are almost the only one to provide us with quality threads, good aida and linen fabric fabric, aka raw materials you can't find anywhere else. Now, we're only gonna find those awful kits. I HATE KITS ! They say French economy is bad right now, but this will make me buy even more in the US, because you guys seem to be the only ones holding on to a real craft tradition. HANG ON !

As a consequence, craftstores have stopped receiving DMC merchandises, and there's a shortage in black thread. I probably won't be participating to this month's challenge because you can't embroider sprites without black thread (believe me, I've tried dark grey, it's awful). But I'll be sure to give you my pattern anyway.

Hopefully, DMC will be bought and carry on its business. Still, I really hope that the buyer understands what that company meant to us stitchers, and won't be destroying it's spirit. It's been there forever... I have a pattern book that my grandmother received for free as a child. In 1902, a well-known housewife called Thérèse de Dillmont wrote about 50 books on stitching, mending, knitting, crocheting, all using DMC products. She's still a reference here.

I feel sad today...

bummer. I havent bought threads in awhile...so i dont know if we're seeing it yet.

I found this copy of a press release:

http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_ne ... -vs-d.html

From that it looks like the US won't be impacted at all and France should not be impacted on thread. The store you go to may just be having issues. Have you tried other stores?

I just recently ordered some DMC floss from this site. I received it pretty quickly. I think it's a good place to get it from. Here's the link: http://www.abcstitch.com/threads/fibers.php?id=681030

Online stores are the only ones with sufficent stock to keep on selling. I wanted to shop local (yep, stupid eco-conscience of mine), but I guess I'll skip it this time. Smaller shops have been out of stock on the most demanded threads (black, white...), but I thought mine would have the thread, since it is one of those shops owned by DMC.

Gee, 262 years of existence... stupid crisis hitting us in the middle of a craft renaissance ! (and in the middle of my Mario 3 first world stitch, but let's keep things in perspective).

Well, I wanted to try a large-scale ribbon embroidered project. Now seems like the perfect time !

I haven't had any trouble finding thread. I used to get the tread at Walmart. It was a good place to go get it because I could go in there after work if I needed the thread. It was behind where I used to work. I get my thread if I need some at Hobby Lobby which is in Nashville. It is a little futher away. I do have a bunch of thread at the house in square plastic containers and a big blue tub of thread. I don't need to much thread.

Do you think this will affect the UK? There again I don't use DMC, I use anchor. I buy from acrosstownstitching.co.uk . They are really good are really fast. Very cheap prices and P+P is reasonable too. They do DMC and Anchor and they have an ebay shop too. For fabric I go to superstitcher. Again,very good prices.
It's hard to get good deals in the UK. Luckily, I love bargain hunting!!