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The most precious freebie! From a collaboration with Au Ver à Soie - the most famous French silk yarn manufacturer - comes a special surprise at Casa Cenina! From 1st to 31st December 2023, or while supplies last, place an order with at least 20 euros of yarns of....

Tasteful selections for our body and soul. Italy Bite is the 100% Italian website, born out of a genuine passion for national gastronomic excellence, sharing with Casa Cenina the territory - the heart of the Casentino National Park, in Tuscany, Italy - and the passion fo....

One wool, unlimited inspirations. This is not DMC's first wool yarn, but it is the first in 100% pure merino wool and organic, dyed exclusively from natural substances made from walnuts, rhubarb, indigo and juniper. It is called “Eco Vita” and is a wool yarn c....

Meant for knitting and crochet. A catalog with over 15,000 references, dedicated exclusively to the universe of knitting and crocheting. This would already be enough to define KnitPro. And, instead, there is really so much more behind this brand, that any knitting....

Sew Warm and Cozy: let’s get comfy and… be crafty! They say “if you get stung, you learn to sew”. However - if you want to learn to sew - it is not necessary to get stung :-) You can also learn with the exact opposite approach to "stinging": that is, by ca....

Tone Finnanger warms up the Winter The new Fall/Winter 2023 from the best-known Norwegian textile designer is called Hibernation and celebrates the sweetest woodland animals and the natural colors of the Earth and its fruits, so rich in different shades and aromas, suc....

Christmas Nursery Rhyme Guess whose beard is long and white? It's dear old Santa. Guess whose suit is red and white? It's dear old San-ta! Guess who comes on Christmas Eve? It's dear old San-ta! …and guess what else comes at Christmas time? A brand new co....

The very first Xmas Mystery SAL 2023 is here! Six reveals. 14 colors, 1 cut of the stitching fabric you like most and the whole Christmas magic: these are the ingredients of the brand new Christmas Mystery SAL from Mat and Me, with its unmistakable style, made of fun, ....

Once upon a time there was… … the kitchen of our grandma, filled with the heady fragrances of her homemade delicacies, following recipes handed down from family to family. In many countries, cooking is still based on this tradition: a matter belonging to the....

A very precious new product… A lovely, little piece of furniture in hickory color, with three drawers full of stranded cotton skeins, always ready for you. DMC is back with a a small and precious “furnishing gem” that cross stitch addicts can’t miss and perfectly fit....

24 pre-Xmas surprises from Prym. You know when they say: “let’s try and then we’ll see”?... Well: after the success in 2022, Casa Cenina we insisted “a bit”... and we succeeded ;-) We’re talking of the Prym Advent Calendar, now back - exclusively ....

Jane Austen “Pride and Prejudice”. From an immortal masterpiece, a timeless fabric collection. Riley Blake Designs is a US brand manufacturing cotton fabrics and relying on a business history of over eighty years and still now a family-run business.Among the sever....

We’ll find it for you!! If you couldn’t find an item you were looking for, just click here, paste the link where you discovered that item that you’d like to get on Casa Cenina and/or add any info that could help us locate it for you. The “Cenini” will be gla....

From Canada with love This title is not accidental: because Jeanette was our welcome guest just a few weeks ago,coming directly from Canada and bringing us a number of her lovely patterns and chartpacks, that are often quite difficult to find, here in Europe! This is ....

The brand new Lanarte Secret Stitch Along is coming soon! Lanarte introduce its second “Mystery” in 2023 and, with it, they’re launching once again the thrilling “challenge” of cross stitching something and discover exactly “what” at the end, piece afte....

Buy one, get one free! From 13th July to 31st August 2023, bring out the artist in you! Purchase one of the lovely Paint by Number kits designed by this specialized brand and get a surprise paint by number mini-kit for free! Exclusively as long as stocks last: n....

A monthly live meeting. See you live at 7 pm, on Friday July 21st, to give a closer look to the lovely, hand-dyed fabrics from xJuDesign, as well as to a special, "freshly delivered" detergent that's going to solve once and for all any concern about how to wash our sti....

Abris Art: from Ukraine to the world. A 100% family-run business, that - in 15 years - has been steadily expanding and it currently exports their items to 30 different countries in the world: this is Abris Art. Today, they offer something like 3000 different mo....

The Summer is so hot… even at Casa Cenina. In the Summer of Casa Cenina, discounts don’t go on holiday! The hottest 2023 season is truly the hottest one here at Casa Cenina, too, even though not for the temperature outside ;-) From June 30th to August 31st, in fact, our Summer sprinkles w....

A special mandala Take a textile designer born in the country of carpets - Iran, or ancient Persia - and a company that have manufactured embroidery wool for almost 150 years - Appletons - and get them together, to join a competition created by the Royal School of Need....

Tilda Bloomsville: all the colors of Summer. A real “explosion of vivid colors and blooming flowers”, as described by Tone Finnanger herself, are the hallmarks of her new collection called Bloomsville and expressly designed for any crafty project dedicated to the m....

The new DMC collector’s box Purchase 25 euro of DMC products on Casa Cenina and get their brand new collector’s box for free! It’s made of sturdy, thick, premium-quality cardboard and printed in France with an elegant pattern of arabesques and spirals, in....

A monthly live meeting. In all publishing houses, no matter if big or small, the editorial staff always creates the magazine, or the newspaper, in the so-called “kitchen”. Websites do have a “kitchen”, too, for all of them - just like any magazine and ne....

Full colors, fully eco-friendly We love them for they’re convenient, unbreakable, colorful, nice, 100% environment-friendly and… never seen before! They’re the glasses from the Australian brand Porter Green made of food-grade certified silicone and designe....

3+1 beyond the usual stranded cotton Get your Summer cross stitched with the stranded cotton skeins boasting the longest history in this industry: those from Anchor, back with their 3+1 on Casa Cenina! From 6th to 30th June, buying up this top-quality stranded c....

80% cotton, 20% polyester, 100% recycled. Its name - Nova Vita - already says it all and it’s simply perfect, for this yarn from DMC gives a second life to unused fabrics and textile scraps. They are processed and dyed by DMC, to create a range of 18 colors - ne....

A present for you? Get into a new dimension of sewing, quilting and crafting necessities: that of Taylor Seville! Order immediately one or items from this revolutionary brand and get a limited-edition set of their exclusive pins for free! But… exclusively....

Amigurumi - Take the first steps into this lovely world with us! Wednesday May 3rd, at 7 pm (CET), a mini video-course live with Casa Cenina and Hookychia, to discover the trendiest amigurumi kits! How to be live with us: You can follow us from 7 pm, dir....

Fresh air in tapestry. Most of us connect it to those pre-printed canvases often in the shop windows of old sewing shops, to stitch with that chunky and quite “stiff” wool… But tapestry has been evolving very much in time and nowadays it means much more those....

Embroidering “with our heart in hand”. Heart in Hand means just that and is the name, that not surprisingly, Cecilia Turner chose for her brand of cross stitch embroidery patterns and kits. In 1991, Cecilia won a contest in which she was specifically require....

Mouliné Cosmo: with all the Japanese care. It is produced by Lecien, the Rising Sun brand with a textile tradition now almost a hundred years old: it is Cosmo 25 six-ply cotton, perfect for cross stitch and various other embroidery techniques. Available in a ra....

Tessitura Artistica Chierese: kitchen treats are served! However, they’re not to eat, they’re to stitch! The brand new collection of one of the oldest and best-known Italian weaving mills is now available and it’s an ode to Spring, with its multi-color shad....

Ladies and Gents, here’s the tufting! And “here” means “here at Casa Cenina”. Before diving into this brand new world - well, relatively new, since in the USA and especially in California, they’ve already been crafting many things with it and with am....

Artmishka: from paper to e-patterns Anna Gutova has been in love with cross stitch for almost forty years: i.e., since her grandpa (yes, her grandpa and not her grandma!) showed her how to cross stitch! She has established herself as a cross stitch designer, wit....

Handy, affordable and sturdy Câlin frames are waiting for you with us LIVE on Wednesday March 1st, at 7 pm (CET)! How to be live with us: You can follow us from 7 pm, directly on our YouTube channel, or on our FaceBook page.   Come with u....

A lot of Japan in few clicks Sashiko embroidery is “just” one of the many Japanese traditions that have been conquering all the Western countries lately. Probably dating back to 1600 and developed as a traditional hand sewing technique, based on simple stitching....

Welcome Robert Kaufman! It’s among the most famous names and brands of US quilting, whose history began in 1922, starting from New York and arriving in California, because of the severe asthma of one of his children. One of these three children is still working as an exe....

Fusible webs and interfacing: let's dispel the doubts We had promised you... and we're now keeping our word: on Wednesday, February 8th, at 7 pm (CET), we look forward to seeing you live with us, to talk about fusible webs, interfacing and all their employs! ....

Pie in the Sky: a collection with a particular meaning. “Growing up, I always heard I was an incorrigible daydreamer, never in the moment, my head constantly in the clouds. My mind would wander from the classroom into a world of shapes and colors, completely forgetting w....

Like the Q-Snaps, but even better than the Q-Snaps Useless to deny it: looking at the embroidery frames from Calin, the renowned, American Q-Snaps come immediately to mind. And, to be fair, these Americans came first and are very good frames. Virtually any st....

Merchant & Mills: born to be unique An English brand, headquartered in a medieval small town - Rye (in the pastoral county of East Sussex, south west of London) - where time seems to stand still and magic is to be found literally in any corner. With such an....

Timeless classics There are cotton prints that truly stand the test of time; designs that recall “the olden days”, though being always up-to-date. And prints of the new collection designed by Tanya Whelan, “Posie” - are exactly like that: a swirl o....

The brand new Lanarte Secret Stitch Along is coming soon! Lanarte introduce its first “Mystery” in 2023 and, with it, they’re launching once again the thrilling “challenge” of cross stitching something and discover exactly “what” at the end, piece after....

Beyond kitchen towels Here in Italy, we can call them with a number of names, but in the anglo saxon world, they’re mostly called kitchen towels or with the elegant name “tea towel” :-) And the ones that we have found during our frequent incursions in ....

Around the world in 24 time zones from Tonga to Honolulu to celebrate the New Year brilliantly!!! Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Roma Sydney ....

Last-minute Xmas presents? No stress! With a gift voucher on Casa Cenina, you're never late and you're always right! Casa Cenina eGifts are the perfect way to give your friends (or yourself!) exactly what they (or you!) want! Send an eGift ....

Cenina People at Christmas Time You know us by name and by email and, in some cases, by “face and voice”, too. However, in the Christmas version, for sure, you have never seen us before ;-) So, just to add some more “merriment” to this merry time, here are t....

Less than two weeks left! Now it’s appropriate to say: preparations are in full swings… and Casa Cenina is certainly no exception! The countdown is ticking very fast and we just’ don’t want to let these last, waiting days without any surprises. Or, better said: without any surprises in th....

Dedicated to knitting and crocheting lovers. One is called like the US city considered as the “most European city” in America: Boston. While the other one is a “classic” already in its name: Alpaca Classic, in fact. They are the brand new knitting ....