Silver Needle Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving Cross Stitch Patterns from The Silver Needle, Fine Needlework Materials, Tulsa

There are so many wonderful designs available that celebrate every season and occasion under the sun... so we thought it'd be fun to collect a few of them, and organize them for you on a set of Holiday/Seasonal Pages. I'm a "seasons" nut... so we'll be adding to these all the time! We have so many other projects and ideas in the shop, and elsewhere on the site, but this is a fun way to show you just a few ..... ENJOY!

Susan Ebright of Trail Creek Farm has outdone herself this season with a *classy* acorn-shaped pillow design! One of her 'Plumpers'... she has created the entire pillow -- a 'hand-made, ready-made' acorn that measures approx 13 high x 13 wide x 6 plump -- even before the stem and bow top treatments.

Topper fabric (acorn cap) is a milk chocolate tweed fabric, acorn bottom is a plaid medley of taupe, coffee, brick and teal. Next, comes the lavish bow and raffia -- its already tied for you! The featured design -- AAH NUTS! is stitched on 30ct hand-dyed Weeks linen. Susan has hand-screened some very subtle letters on the linen... can you see them in the photo?

AAH NUTS! from Trail Creek Farm - click to see more

THEN... you stitch the cute sayings and scattered motifs everywhere -- again using overdyed flosses -- tiny acorns and squirrels galore! The colors are luscious -- reflecting all the colors of the plaid below. Then, turn under edges, iron a bit of interfacing of you want to, and attach using the 4 fabric-covered buttons provided in the kit!

The stitched area measures approx 4-1/2 x 5-1/2... nothing that will take you any time at all to complete! Complete kit contains your acorn pillow, the hand-screened linen, chart, covered buttons and the yummy bow! One of Trail Creek Farm's best, I think!

Pumpkins and Crows decorate the scenery on this 11 x 5 pillow, stitched on 10ct Country Mocha Vintage Tula. Worked in a combination of Weeks and Crescent hand-dyed flosses, Homespun Elegance's fall colors are always deep and rich. Garnished with three Olde Brass Buttons, this is a quick stitch, because the areas are large, and your overdyed flosses do the work of color changes for you!

The acorn tops are stitched in Colonial Knots... but you could always cross them instead, and even add some brass acorn buttons over the stitching! Offered as the chart; buttons -- a Star Pumpkin, Squirrel and Star -- are separate.

This is quite the busy 'party-house'... all decked out for Halloween! By Glendon Place, Murky Manor finishes a whopping 12 x 13 inches, and is stitched in 47 shades of DMC with touches of metallics and beads. The colors are bright and bold, and the general activity of the house is charming!

See the skulls on the fence posts? You can either stitch them, or use Just Another Button company's skull buttons!!! Very festive!
Check out Cheryl's other new design, Monster March, too!

Susan has designed a really cool Treat Bag for Halloween! She has out-done herself with this one... and I just love it! First, the kit contains the READY MADE 12 x 13 black and white checkered totebag, complete with yellow polka-dot handle. Next, she's taken 30ct Honeysuckle Weeks hand-dyed linen, and hand-screened a pattern on there -- to give it the Banana Popsicle flavor!

Fun, funky squares of a background pattern -- very subtle behind your stitching. Next, you stitch the witches and pumpkins, using Weeks hand-dyed flosses, and finally attach all to the bag with the included fabric-covered buttons! Stitched area measures approx 5 x 6... but with the bag, you get lots of visual impact for that 5 x 6 inch area! Awesome, bright colors, the screening on the linen is such a cool, fresh idea... this is darling!

Cute door decoration or fun candy bag! Kit includes the bag, screened linen, chart and covered buttons. You add the flosses from your stash. (She's even tied the package together with orange, yellow and black checkered ribbon that you can use to dress up the tote!)

Well... *never* trust a skinny cook! Chefs 'Click' and 'Clack' are stirring up a big pot of haunting stew... that YOU are welcome to try! (I'm on a diet!) What a fun kitchen decoration to offer a lighthearted warning that this IS the haunting time of year... 'and one must beware of that which is simmering in the soup pot!' Stitched on 30ct hand-dyed, it uses regular DMC flosses, finishes approx 9 x 9, and has a couple of little blackbird embellishments.

Offered as a chart, Vicki has also included a really cool strawberry pin cushion design in here... that is only pictured in the top little preview area of the pattern cover! It finishes approx 2-1/2-ish inches around, and is stitched in a medley of awesome fall colors. Full of little maple leaf motifs, she includes the finishing templates and instructions for the emery-filled berry and wool topping.

Both designs in this pack are dynamite... you'll want to stitch them ASAP! For Bone Appetit, Weeks hand-dyeds Straw, Kudzu, Scuppernong or Guacamole would be great color choices of fabric, for the berry... you might want a darker -- Onyx, Gunmetal, Aztec Red, Chestnut or Havana, as the topper is Chestnut Herringbone (but I like Houndstooth better!)

The Primitive Needle has designed a fun Halloween-inspired piece -- that features alphabets and silly little Halloween creatures and motifs scattered everywhere. It's kind of refreshing, because the owl isn't by the O, and the moon isn't beside the M! My absolute favorite part, though, is that funky cat between the S and T! Isn't he just the cutest little thing? What's with that long body, 'arched back' and too-cute smile... and those little legs??? I think he *steals* the charm of the piece!

Offered as a chart, choose a favorite hand-dyed linen... the mangier the better. It calls for only seven different Weeks flosses -- Curry, Sweet Potato, Light Khaki, Charcoal, Bark, Thyme and Cocoa so that's easy! Just very cute, it finishes approx 7 x 7 on 32ct, and is offered as a chart.

New from Brook Nolan, come these darling little creatures, ready to dress your Halloween Tree! (in just a few months!!!) Offered in a pair of pattern packs, 'everyone and everything' is stitched on the provided 14ct gold metallic perforated paper, and garnished will Mill Hill beads. Using bits of DMC and metallics from your stash... you can stitch these silly little things in no time flat!

Brooke has arranged each piece on the chart for you, to stitch all on one piece of paper, but you can cut the paper apart ahead of time, if you want to take a smaller project with you. My favorites are the Frankenstein, Vampire and Robot! Packages include the charts, paper, beads and pin backings.

***Did you know that Brooke Nolan has been designing The Silver Needle's Secret Needle Night designs for over a year and a half??? She presents us a chart, we get to interpret it for you... it's a great collaboration!***

Mill Hill has licensed the artwork of Jim Shore and charted his designs into cross stitch! The first three publications are here, and they are stunning! Offered in leaflet form, each is stitched with DMC flosses and embellished with Mill Hill beads and MH's Jim Shore buttons.

Santa's workshop finishes approx 12 x 15, Harvest Trio finishes approx 5 x 12, and Awaken finishes approx 8 x 10. So colorful and pretty, we've packaged the beads and buttons together if you need them!

Oh my Gosh... this really IS! Darling... this is a little scissor keeper case that features a pair of Kelmscott's little black Putford scissors... disguised as the owl's eyes! Ozzie -- that's his name -- is stitched on 32ct Toasted Almond Linen in DMC flosses. He's done in Bargello stitches, which are actually just straight Satin Stitches, and he finishes into a little case approx 4 x 4 inches!

Offered as a leaflet, you get the chart, which is printed in COLOR so that the Bargello stitching is super-easy to follow. Then, all the finishing instructions are included -- along with 8 actual pics of the process, which looks pretty easy in the end!

His little scissor eyes are the super squatty-shaped Putford (black) or Seaton (gold) scissors that are charming just by themselves! Inside Ozzie, you have a place for your Clover brand thread cutter (in case you don't want to take off his glasses to cut your threads) or a Clover threader! Cute, cute, cute!

Another charming piece by The Cat's Wiskers Design Studio, this piece is shown on a box top, but would be neat framed, or simply made into its own little opening box! The Halloween design is full of ghosts, cats, spiders, and witch boots and hats. You'll see flaps in the center, all tied with that green bow... untie the bow, and the flaps float open to reveal the secret message inside... BOO!

In the second pic, you see the plaid lining stitched on the underside of the flaps. A really fun and different project idea, this is presented in leaflet format with great charts, placement and finishing instructions.

Stitched on 32ct Lilac Belfast Linen in DMC flosses, and opalescent metallic for the spider webs, the whole thing finishes approx 4-1/2 inches square. Really, really cute... the best part is that you have a *whole year* to finish it before Halloween!!!

Trilogy celebrates Halloween in a big way, with lots of teeny weeny motifs, all lined up in the cutest way! Offered as a leaflet, Halloween Line Up joins the seasons already published, and is just as charming. Finishing approx 5 x 5 on 28ct linen... (our Spring Line Up shop model is worked over one thread so it's half that size!) every row features such fun little things.

Check out the owls at the top, then all the spiders... then the precious and scary Trick-or-Treaters at the bottom! You have Superman down there, an angel, I think a pirate, and definitely a mummy... Great colors of DMC OR hand-dyed!
Two more new designs are available for you on our Trilogy page.

It's the right time of year to showcase these little designs... all four are full of great color and shading, and pretty design detail! Offered as complete kits of the chart, perforated paper -- it's hand-painted and distressed looking, beads, flosses on a numbered palette, and necessary needles, each finishes approx 3 x 8. The designs are all seasonal and cute... and I really can't choose my favorite!

Well, it isn't very often I get a call from the shop saying basically "lookee here!" But I did yesterday when these came in! So, here are the four new designs from Cross-Eyed Cricket. Again, you have to put up with my descriptions until Lindy is back, but I think you'll have more than enough to decide that this is a very cool set of Halloween designs that you *must* have for your stash.

Based on the legendary poem, Sleepy Hollow is shown stitched on 3 panels, totaling about 15 inches wide!
If ornaments are your thing, Ghosties & Ghoulies and Things That Go Bump in the Night will fill the bill.
Ghosties & Ghoulies even comes with basic finishing instructions.
The Eyes Have It gives you three separate designs, including one for a matching jar label and lid.
How about using some of the DMC Effects threads for some of these -- one even glows in the dark!

Crown & Thistle has released a fun Halloween-flavored sewing case pattern full of tiny motifs on the outside, and fun little details inside. Offered as the chart, your case finishes approx 6 x 11, and then folds in half. Outside, the designs feature a few special stitches and lots of great overdyed Crescent Colours flosses. Rows and rows of small motifs, the signature line reads 'conjured by...!'

Then, on the inside, there are instructions to make a tiny acorn fob, and a needlebook that reads 'book of spells!' It is a hand-drawn chart -- which I haven't seen in quite some time -- but it is a charming piece, something lots of fun to have, stitch and enjoy!!!

Mirabilia's final (joins Halloween, Christmas, Valentine, Easter and New Year) of her six Holiday Fairies, she is stitched on 32ct Natural Linen in 13 shades of Crescent Colours overdyed flosses, and is highlighted with Mill Hill beads of coral and iridescent green. "She sets the table, she lights the candle, and she kisses her family. She gathers from her garden as she walks in the brisk Autumn air. She counts her blessings for love and beauty and all the gifts of the earth."

Lots of pretty lavenders, pinks and reds, she finishes approx 6 x 7-1/2. Offered as the complete kit of limited edition chart, linen, needle, flosses and beads.

Two of Bleu de Chine's charming heart samplers, each of these is stuffed with tiny motifs of it's season! Both are offered as charts, and call for DMC flosses. Extra instructions are written in French -- but all you really need to recognize are the symbols and those world-wide DMC numbers!!!

Finishing approx 8 x 8 on 28ct, I think the squirrel tails need fuzzy, the acorn caps need some French Knots, the ghosts need opalescent, and the spiders could be shiny black metallic!!! So many fun thing you can do with these! The heart shape is classic and graceful... very well done, and quite unique! (Make sure to see the rest (20-ish!) of our collection of these fun heart samplers!

This spooky scene joins M-Designs set of Spring and Summer Evening designs... it's the graveyard on Halloween Night... full of haunting ghosts and the full moon. Offered as the chart, this is stitched on Picture This Plus Opalescent 32ct Linen that has been dyed a deep teal color. Totally awesome as far as fabric goes, the tone is so perfect for the design.

Finishing approx 5 x 14, this is stitched in Crescent and Weeks overdyeds. Smyrna Crosses decorate the border, one-over-one stitching in the verse that's very 'hidden' in the sky, this'll offer a little friendly fright to your Halloween!

'Autumn is a second Spring, when every leaf is a flower.' Bent Creek's final celebration of the Four Seasons -- in Snapper Card Designs! Presented in 4 small individual designs, Harvest Time is the first, with the barnyard and scarecrow outside. Autumn Walk is the second... the trees wander and follow the hikers a bit. Pumpkin Hunt and Turkey Farm finished it up!!!

Each square design is a small 'Snapper' card, that includes a snap as its embellishment. Tying all these small squares together is the complimentary border chart and embellishment package... just like we have been treated to for Winter, Spring and Summer Snapperlands!!!
A really cool series... we just finished an auto-ship for the rest of the cards in this set.

Well, if you insist... what time does the party start???! This little chart came through our doors this season, and we thought it was really cute! Very simple, Mr Ghostie is inviting you to his Party House! Offered as a chart, it is stitched in DMC flosses on 10ct Tula, and measures approx 7 x 8. Garnished with a few clay spiders and bats... you could get carried away with more if you wanted.

There are no involved, specific, technical, finishing instructions for the banner shown on the cover -- which is actually quite refreshing! You just get this delightful chart -- and you get to run with it! Pull fabric and threads from your stash... all you need is a little booze -- oh, SORRY -- BOOS!

Have you ever seen a more festive collection of pumpkins????? New from Glendon Place is this such an incredible design full of 52 colors of 'good ol DMC' floss! Swirls and paisleys, checkerboard stems and shaded leaves, the color and details are just wonderful!

Stitched on a light-ish green -- you can use hand-dyeds or some of the Zweigart green linens -- this finishes approx 10 x 15 on a 32ct. Just gorgeous, you could get ambitious and stitch the entire thing, or simply the right or left pumpkin by itself. Offered as the chart, it's a definite -- at least for your stash, if not your walls!

Another of Erica Michaels' newest Fall 2006 releases, this is a really cool design that is monochromatic -- but done in one overdyed color -- so not really!!! Shown stitched on light as well as dark fabric... your thread count is up to you... and although the threads called for are either Crescent Colours Roasted Chestnut or Gentle Art's Maple Syrup... that choice is yours as well!

VERY well done... there are a few special stitches in the acorns to give them texture against the main design, which measures approx 3 x 4 or 5 x 6... depending on that fabric! Very tailored and classy, this is a definite! Get the leaflet, then decide your linen and floss colors! (I'm gonna bug her to do these for more seasons and holidays... cross your fingers!)

Just Nan's 2006 set of little, scary Halloween characters... we get a witch, ghost and tiny Trick-or-Treater all perched on black crows. Check out that little clinging ghost!!!

Darling 2-inch designs, each is shown in Just Nan's Whimzi Frames... the pumpkin one is the new Antiqued Copper finish! Offered as the chart, the Crowjackers are stitched in either silk or DMC... and we have the silk set available if you like! Frames are offered individually, too.

This is a darling book that I discovered at Market a few weeks ago... and we've finally collected most the necessary goodies for it! Both projects pictured are featured in the book... the HUGE Trail Creek Farm pillow, and the fun Halloween Bag, as well.

The pillow, a ready-made from TCF has three different fabrics on the front, which accent the fabulous pumpkin orange and tangerine linen banding that your scary verse is stitched on. Stitched entirely in Crescent Colours Pansy Purple overdyed and embellished with a pair of frightful cats and pumpkins, and a few stars, it's a quick stitch that is really, really cute! The pillow measures a whopping 12 x 16, is stuffed firmly, and made of heavy decorator fabric. The Linen banding is a 24ct, and is buttoned on to the pillow with the covered buttons included with that cool pillow.

Halloween Night by Val's Stitchin Stuff -- click to see more!

Next, the little treat bag... the kitty on the front is stitched on 30ct Green hand-dyed linen in lots of overdyed flosses. It features a multi-colored Needle Necessities color, as the rainbow border on there... can you see that it matches all the stars? Embellished with a set of those wild-colored star buttons, it buttons to a Trail Creek Farm Tote bag measuring approx 10 x 12.

The bag has black and Yellow fabrics on the outside, with orange and white on the inside, coordinating orange fabric covered buttons, the handle is actually wired ribbon, so if you want to use this as a decoration, the handle will have a little body, and be really cute! I just love both of these, and it's a treat to get them all in one leaflet!

Wow... Nan's fourth and final Season in the Square is here, and it's luscious! (We'd had our hands on the model when she was here for Queen of the Needle, and I wished we could have just hung onto it...!)

Anyway, pretty Autumn colors in the pumpkins and vines that surround the little Falling Leaves Vision charm in the center of the garden, this finishes approx 6 x 6. Delicate, just like the other three, there are 8 squirrels in here, along with apple trees and grapes!

Oh my gosh, this is absolutely Over-The-Top Funky and Halloween Cute! (There is a companion boot/stocking to this -- Mr BonesJangle -- pictured on the Prairie Moon page, so don't miss it!) Stitched on 30ct 18th Century Rook Hand-dyed linen by R & R (pricey, but really cool)... in Weeks overdyed flosses and a touches of steel gray and purple metallics, this HAS to be finished into the cool shape you see in the pic... it is just so fun and different!!!

Offered as the chart, it's presented actual size, so you have the perfect outline stencil/shape for your boot. Then... check out all the fun things going on in here! A haunted house with a spooky tree in the yard, the RIP, silly little bat and nasty-looking spider... its all to complement the 'lady of the house and boot'... the little witch!

The stitch count is 173 x 129, but the actual boot will measure approx 10 x 14. It's backed with Weeks Eggplant Wool, which we do carry, but you'll need lining fabric and buttons to completely finish this wonderful piece! If hand-dyed isn't in your stitching budget... we have lots of pretty linens that will work for this, too. I just love it!

This stitched and beaded needlecase and scissor fob set is over-the-top with Halloween personality!!! You'll see from our pics, that each has so many fun little details in the beads and stitching, I don't know where to begin my description! Designed by Fern Ridge, these are offered as complete kits that contain all the necessary beads, threads, findings, charms, fabrics, needles, lining fabrics and linen, beading threads... just everything... except you!

The needlecase features a beaded edge, a sterling spider and skeleton charm, is stitched on 28ct Silvery Moon Cashel Linen in silks, silks and more silks, and overdyeds flosses -- all of which are included in the kit. With special stitches and finishing instructions, the verse -- in a crooked alphabet font -- reads, "Moonlight and it's 11:58pm. Don't just stand there! Come on in. Our Stitch-in is about to begin. The linen we use is a spider's web. Our threads are the hanging moss. The needles we use will delight and amuse. So, come on in. There's no time to lose. It's 11:59 pm and the stitch-in is about to begin!" Lots of black, greys, bronze and brown... this is CHARMING! Finishes approx 4 x 4 when closed, and because of all the cool beading around the edges, this feels heavy in your hand.

The RIP fob is stitched in Peyote Stitch. It's trim features a sterling skull charm, hematite stars and amber beaded accents...all the beads have a frosted matte finish... and make this look old and weathered! So creative and unusual, this is such fun!

This is the third in a set of 6 seasonal fairies... each offered as kits, and each, limited in edition. Joining the Christmas and Easter Fairies... this was has been released in plenty of time for you to stitch it for Halloween! Nora describes her, 'Not so terribly frightful is she who flutters in the Hallow's Eve.'

Stitched on 32ct Natural Linen in a palette of Crescent's overdyed colors of dusty Tangerine, Dandelion, Bunny Honey, and assorted others, she is subtle in color, and features beaded accents in her hair, and on her wings and dress. Finishing approx 7 x 7, she is offered as the complete kit of chart, linen, complete skeins of all needed flosses, and a needle.

The October Pine Mountain 'That's a Wrap' kits have arrived! The skinny black cat, Harvest Moon and Jack-o-lantern are all stitched on the pre-made pillow wrapper sham, on the 10ct Heatherfield inset. Then, all you do is wrap it around a quilted pillow form, and button it closed!

Finishing 10 x 14... you can re-use another Wrap pillow form, or get a fresh... aren't these colors just the best?! Complete kit contains the sham, chart, flosses, button and needle. Forms available separately. This has been a really fun set of pillows this year, the previous designs in the set are still available, so take a peek!

There's lots more new stuff, too! Don't miss Pumpkins a Plenty, Autumn Nine-Patch, Punch & Cookies October Boot Kit and Three Pumpkins Punch Needle.

The Mill Hill 2006 collection for Fall is here!!! An excellent set this year... Boo House is stitched on black perforated paper, Trick or Treat Collage is on deep green, and the rest are on the favorite brown. We always do our shop models on linen... so we'll choose the corresponding 28ct colors to the paper. Loaded with great oranges, purples, blacks and golds... the set includes a great haunted house -- complete with flying ghosts, and a colorful cornucopia.

Quite a bit of the stitching for these is done in floss -- but the other is all beading. Such a pretty effect, especially if you have a place for them that lets them catch the light. Those beads just glisten! Several of the frames shown in the model pics are decorated with the smaller bead kits that are also new this year. Make sure to click the pics to see everything.

All are offered as complete kits of the chart, 14ct perforated paper, tons of beads, all the flosses and necessary Mill Hill handmade buttons. We have always done our shop models on linen instead of the paper, and finished these into doorknob hanging pillows, or something for the kitchen windowsill. So, we are offering the additional linen cuts, if you are interested. This is a darling batch of designs!!

Mill Hill's set of mini-ornaments and pins for Fall and Halloween 2006 are here! Quite a nice batch, each is offered as the complete kit of chart, perforated paper, beads and more beads, flosses and any necessary Treasure embellishments. Each of these features a small cross-stitched piece that is cut out separately, and then sewn on top of the stitching already done... so there is a 3-dimensional quality. The Boo Ghost is cute, the Halloween House is really cute, and the Plaid Pumpkin tops the list as my personal favorite! Each finishes approx 2 x 2... cute as little ornaments or pins.

Prairie Moon has converted some of their newest and cutest designs into Punch Needle patterns! Ghoul Train is popular in Cross Stitch, and this version has even more impact and vibrant color! (They've done Angel Train, too!) Finishing approx 5-1/4 x 6-1/2, this is punched with a one-strand needle in Sampler Threads. Background is Black Crow, and Skeletons are Oatmeal, while everything else is punched in awesome colors like Fragrant Cloves, Gold Leaf, Bittersweet, Burnt Orange, Sugarplum, Spring Grass, and a bunch of others.

Everything really 'pops' on that black background... so you see all the delightfully scary little design elements. Offered as the line drawing you'll need to trace onto weaver's cloth, the instructions have a larger diagram sheet as well -- just like a paint-by-number -- for thread placement. We really suggest a sturdy Morgan Stand for this, or one of the K's Creations Punch Frames for working this design. It's quite large, and your hands will really welcome the stability of a good stand or working frame. Shown 'matted' atop Weeks Sweet Potato Wool. Extra Eccentric and Equally Exciting!!!

I'm thinking this is a delightful seasonal companion piece to Nan's High Hopes design! GGG is a delightful design that finishes approx 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 on 28ct Cobblestone Cashel Linen, and features the one-inch miniature pewter coffin charm which actually opens to reveal the dead skeleton inside!!! (Dead skeleton, I guess, is redundant, isn't it?)

Absolutely over-the-top with rich reds, oranges, rusts, chartreuse, and purples, the spooky Halloween garden is filled with spiders, ghosts, cats and toads... quite different than the spring garden of High Hopes!!! Available as the leaflet with the coffin charm, this is absolutely charming... and you need it! Silks or DMCs are called for... whichever you wish!

'God colors each leaf with a glorious shade. Enjoy while you can as soon they will fade.' A colorful medley of Fall leaves is surrounded with this original verse... and highlighted so stunningly on a mossy-green Laurel Linen. Stitched on 28ct,in plain ol;' DMCs, it finishes a bit under 8 x 8. Debuted at last year's Des Moines Stitching Festival... this model was a show-stopper in our booth... we ran out before noon the first day and overnighted 72 more for the next day of the show!
Designer Cheryl Haynes, already a successful quilt designer, has lots of other new designs for cross stitch and punchneedle -- as well as Falling Leaves -- so make sure you click on the pic to see the rest! All available as chart packs... all five are really, really well done!

Oh my Gosh... this is the cutest little acorn pillow... and it even has a matching square-tasseled pillow companion! Nuts Stitch Here is one of Trail Creek Farm's new Plumper Pillows - you get the already made and stuffed little pillow with the four already-covered fabric buttons, the ribbon hanger, luscious hand-dyed Colorscapes Linen, fabric to line the back of your stitching, acorn charm, and chart for this appropriate design. All you add is an hour or two of stitching and the schnibblets of overyded floss. After you stitch, just button it onto the finished pillow, and your DONE!!! The acorn pillow measures approx 6 x 7 x 3, and features a hanger that's large enough to fit around a doorknob. Wonderful browns and greens... this is sooo fun!

The companion to Nuts Stitch Here... this is a matching square pillow that features another acorn design, so that the two can be tucked into a special place together! Another in Trail Creek Farm's new Plumper Pillow Collection, you get the ready-made little pillow, complete with tasseled corner treatments and the four fabric covered buttons, chart, brass embellishment, the Colorscapes hand-dyed linen, and lining material. Again, you add a bit of floss -- not much -- and your stitching fingers. When you're done, the stitching will measure approx 3 x 3, and the pillow measures 6 x 7. Very pretty, definitely a 'keeper!'

Trail Creek has released quite a nice set of Autumn and Halloween designs for us... and I love them all!!! Featured here is 'Fall Color'.. but make sure to see the rest on the TCF's page. They are offered as kits, with all the necessary 'stuff', so they're actually a very good value for your stitching budget! Fall Colors is offered as a 'Plumper', one of Susan's pillows plumped full of charm, chart, buttons and fabric!!!

Fall Colors is stitched on Picture This Plus Colorscapes hand-dyed linen, using just bits of overdyed flosses from your stash. The orange plaid pumpkin pillow that measures a whopping 12 x 12 x 6-ish inches is already made and stuffed. Your kit contains the pillow, the raffia tie for the bow, chart, acorn charm, the backing fabric to line your stitching, all along with the four covered buttons for the needlework as well! Darling... the little design measures just a bit over 3 x 3... but has such a cool, impressive presentation. Very well done!

This is quite the happy Jack-O-Lantern!!! The candy-loving guy is sporting a mouthful of delicious clay buttons from Just Another Button Company, and luscious overdyeds by the Gentle Art! Finished into a great big stand-up box by our very own Mona... Sweet Tooth finishes approx 8 x 8, and will make a dynamite Halloween decoration. Offered in leaflet format, the buttons are available separately... and our model is done on 28ct Cobblestone, and we have that as well. This is such a cute design... make sure you see the rest of Raise the Roof's things!

Oh, I love this set of patterns... joining French Heart, Thoughtful Heart and Patriotic Thoughts spot motif samplers already published... this is a medley of the alphabet, intermingled with all sorts of tiny Fall and Halloween motifs that match the letters! Stitched on 32ct Autumn Blush hand-dyed linen, the complete kit features silks from Gloriana, and Soie D'Alger, and hand-dyed Silk 'n Colors by Threadgatherer. All are rich browns, weathered plums, burnt cinnamon, light caramel, and some mossy greens -- such a pretty fall color palette! Finishing approx 5 x 6-1/2, the design features some clay buttons, too, a little bat, jack-o-lantern, tiny witch hat, and a star. Look closely, there are words stuck in there all over the place, as well as lots of fun stitches for added interest! This is just like all the rest in this set... you keep finding things each time you look at it, and it's fun to stitch because of all the busy-ness in it!!!
Don't miss the other two new designs, shown on our Shepherd's Bush page.

Autumn Garden Sampler
from The Victoria Sampler
The Fall garden in VS's series of delightful, skinny little samplers, this one is just as cute as all the rest! The eighth so far (Rose Arbor, Cottage, Butterfly, Woodland, Noah's, Winter, and Seaside are the others...) this is stuffed full of tiny details and motifs. Winter Garden, taught by our Gale, is our featured Linen Stitching class this Fall in the shop!

Anyhow, the overdyed cottons and silks used are yummy, (burnt orange, sable, mulberry, harvest grape...!) the piece measures a mere 2 x 8, and is an absolute delight to stitch because of all the variety of stitches and textures. You never get tired of any of it, because the rows are all so short, they finish in a jiff! Miniature pumpkins, scarecrows, birds and acorns... very cute! Offered as the leaflet with thread packet.

One of 6 new designs from a designer with two distinctive looks... this is a darling line-up of the season's best charmers. These are stitched in overdyed flosses on the most wonderful shade of Blue Wing linen. I just fell in love it this one! Finishing approx 5 x 11, this is a chart.
See the other new designs, too!

This is a simple 2 x 4" design, stitched in Weeks and Gentle Art overdyed flosses... My favorite part, though, is the very cool little tin turkey stencil! He's a thin, thin intricately cut turkey, measuring about an inch square! Used as your embellishment, he's a nice, unique touch! The package includes the 32ct Summer Khaki linen, the chart, and the fun tin turkey!

This is only one of the eight new designs just released by Heart in Hand! I chose my favorite, and will send you to the Heart in Hand pages to tantalize you with the rest!!!
A verrrry skinny haunted house, with the moon and a bat in the sky, nobody is home to dust off the cobwebs! Such a cute little halloween design, the kit comes with 32ct Desert Sand linen, and the handmade bat button. You'll add overdyed flosses from your stash to stitch the 2 x 5" design. Our model kit went out one day and came back all stitched the next! $16.00
Click the image at right to see the rest of the new designs... and don't forget to click the link at the top of the Heart in Hand page to see the new Wee Ones!

One of three new regular-sized Pine Mountain pillow kits! Just quick and fun -- and great little gifts -- they're always favorites! Click the image at right to choose yours.

This is a cool design... another in Susan's series of five motifs lined up together... you'll stitch richly colored fall motifs, scattered with Mill Hill Treasures in seven beautiful shades of The Threadgatherer's hand-dyed Silk 'n Colors threads. Finishing approx 3 x 10" on a 28ct brown linen, your needlework mounts easily to the coordinating 10 x 16" plaid pillow -- the decorator fabric Trail Creek has chosen just makes your needlework jump out and look great! "You are the awesome in my autumn" is the verse, and the finished project and pillow really are just as awesome! We've made the pillow, threads and Treasures available here, too.

This is an absolutely delightful 9-patch design of tiny Halloween motifs. Stitched entirely in Olde Willow overdyed flosses, it is designed to be stitched over one thread on 32ct linen, and will measure only 4x4! The colors are soft grays, pumpkin, creme and soft green. So much detail, it's fun to keep looking at! available as a chart with the threads.

Betty Broomstick's 'main squeeze' these days... he is just wonderful! Stitched on 28ct Transylvania Green hand-dyed linen, he is full of scary color! He is sporting a silver metallic bow tie, yellow star buttons on his silver-edged coat, fashionably elegant crystal cufflinks, and tiny bead buttons on his vest! The green linen is as robust as the electric cantaloupe Betty is stitched on, and he's just delightful! The kit includes all the neat embellishments, that incredible fabric, the chart, needle and a photo. All you add is the overdyed thread to stitch him. Soooo, to quote Lizzie Kate, "Be careful not to prick your finger stitching. You might get a visit from Vinnie Von Fang!"

The newest "Treats" design has arrived! A bountiful fall harvest is the theme, with a turkey, pumpkins, and fall leaves -- all stitched in yummy gold, chestnuts, cinnamons and rusty red overdyed flosses. The embellishment is a golden clay maple leaf... and your complete kit includes the 32ct Vintage Linen, along with the embellishment, and all the flosses! Finishes approx 4 x 4.

This truly a silly design that looks really scary!!! That primitive pumpkin has startled the otherwise-calm cat sitting on him... and you see the result! Stitched on an exclusive 32ct hand-dyed linen, in Weeks Dye Works overdyed flosses, the embellishments are Mill Hill candy corn buttons which adorn the frame. (They'd be perfect on a pillow edge, too, if you'd rather finish it that way.) Just a silly little thing!