Note: our Bent Creek pages have grown so large in size that we have divided them up into two pages: Charts and Kits. New things are added to both pages, so don't miss out!
These are some of our customers' favorites! Bent Creek has a primitive and 'earthy' design style, that they've used to create some timeless designs. Simple, yet creative, you can embellish many of these with the specialty threads and embellishments on the market. Patriotic, Samplers and Alphabets, Halloween, Christmas... they cover everything! Lots of overdyed flosses are called for! The kits, especially the "Zippers" are so popular! Enjoy Browsing!
Snappers
Rows
Branches
Ubers
Stockings
Other Cute Charts
Snowglobes Zippers
Mantles
Things of Things
Photobooths
Big Zippers
Other Cute Kits
Snappers
The Best Day Snappers
The Bent Creek girls have created 4 small scenes for the seasons and added a sentiment: "Write it on your heart that Every Day is the best day of the year."Each of the 5 seasonal panels feature a cool subtle patterned background that adds a lot to the overall effect.
The Spring Chicken has a checkerboard, Winter Snowman features diamonds, the verse has wisps of wind, Summer has horizontal lines stitched in graduating colors to simulate a sizzling sun and Autumn has blowing leaves all around that cute owl. Small designs, each is approx 3 x 5... so stitched together, this will be about 15 x 5. Presented in 5 individual small charts.
The Red Thread Snapper Series
Bent Creek has begun this year's set of Snapper Cards... a set of 12 designs -- seasonal/monthly in theme -- featuring a very important Red Thread in each small pic.
There is a freebie border chart, with special embellishments, that wraps around your 12 small designs, telling the story of The Red Thread -- based on an Ancient Chinese Belief. 'An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.'
So, January's little snowman has a red scarf that will twist and meander through the year, tying all 12 designs -- that are destined to be together -- together!!! Small cards are available separately and include their own snap embellishments. Border chart includes the clay and extra snap embellishments.
Individually, the designs finish approx 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 on 32ct. As the set, stitched inside the neat border, the whole thing will finish approx 4 x 33 inches. Stitched with a combo of DMC, Weeks and Gentle Art Flosses. So, pick up what you want, as you can... or order the set all at once... and we'll do the rest! (all except the stitching!!!)
Summer Snapperland
The last in the Summer Snapperland set is finally here! The first design is darling... it's a tiny beach house, complete with a whale weathervane and little red crab on the sandy beach!
Offered as the small individual card, there are snap embellishments included for the each design. As with Spring and Winter Snapperland, Bent Creek has designed a really neat border chart, so that you can stitch all four designs in this mini-set as one bigger design. That border design reads, 'Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.' Along with the sunshine and shells, there are seahorses in the border design as well, and the special embellishment package contains more snaps, clay sand dollars and a sea scallop.
Stitched on 32ct Rue Green Belfast Linen... each design finishes approx 3 x 3. Stitched together with the freebie border, the entire piece finishes approx 5 x 15. SOOO cute!
We will finish the year with Autumn Snapperland... a 4-part set that includes its own border chart and embellishments. You can still get all the preceding sets, as well!
Spring Snapperland!
'There are always flowers for those who want to see them!' Spring Snapperland has arrived -- a 4-part set of small charts -- it features an optional freebie border chart that fits the 4 designs together surrounding them with that wonderful quote I just mentioned!
Stitched on 32ct Twilight
Blue Belfast Linen in lots of overdyed goldens, oatmeals, mosses, and browns... the Spring Snapperland set has 4 small card designs. Each includes a pack of metal snaps -- the required embellishments.
Stitch each individually... or join them together within the charming border design... it features its own embellishment set that includes some clay ladybug and bee buttons, and lots more snaps. Get everything open-stock... or join the order all at once... stitch the parts you like best -- which, for me... is ALL OF IT!
Autumn Snapperland! '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.
You'll recall Snapperville... the set of 6 houses and businesses... a little town. Then, we were treated to Spring,Summer and Winter Snapperlands -- each of these containing 4 card designs, the border chart and embellishment packs. Quite a collection... each of the seasons or little town are charming, and definitely customer favorites!!!
Walking in a Winter Snapperland
or... as we call it: "Chillville!"
The Chalet is first in Bent Creek's set of 2006 Snappers entitled 'Walking in a Winter Snapperland'... we at the Silver Needle are affectionately (and thus shortening the name) calling this new set "Chillville!" A new set of 4 small card Snapper patterns, The Chalet is the first of the designs. Charming and cozy stitched just by itself... Chalet is the first panel of the main design that's tied together with a freebie border chart supplied to us by Bent Creek. The border is similar to Snapperville, and says 'One kind word can warm the three winter months...'
The embellishment pack contains the extra snaps, snowflake buttons and a white winter bird. Stitched individually, each card's design will measure approx 3 x 3. Stitched with the surrounding border, the entire piece will measure approx 5 x 17.
The Winter Chillville fabric cut is actually a 1/6 yd piece of linen measuring 12 x 27, slightly larger than 3 inches of allowance of each side... but economical to cut!
The Snapperville Series
Wow... this is the cutest new set of six designs... each is part of a village affectionately named Snapperville!!! Offered over the next 4 months, Bent Creek is releasing 6 small cards... each cute by itself... but even cuter stitched together with its mates. Each card features a set of snap embellishments and measures approx 3 x 3 on 32ct Natural Linen.
There is a master chart -- a FREEBIE with Snapperville card purchases -- it has a swirly border, some skinny pine trees, and this verse: Teach us that we may feel the importance of every day of every hour as it passes. Very "Benty Creeky," we like to say in the shop... this is stitched in both Weeks and Gentle Art flosses, and finishes approx 4-1/2 x 23-1/2 when all is done.
The embellishments for the master chart feature silver snaps as the stars in the sky over Snapperville, and clay buttons of a blackbird, brown bird, star, and little gold berry. Endearing!
The final card in the tiny village scene has arrived to finish out the village of Snapperville. The freebie border verse that we offer with this small set speaks of taking time to appreciate the finer things in life. You could stitch each of these six designs individually, but together with that border design, this is one of Bent Creek's more charming creations. Our Angie stitched the shop model... isn't it cool?
Row Designs
Happy Groundhog Day Row
Well... we have missed this for 2025, but Ground Hog Day is already on the calendar for next year. If you have a reputation for decorating for all holidays, you'll blow everyone away if you whip out this little row for a week or so next year! He measures 162 x 37. If you do him over one on 25 Lugana, he'll be 1-1/2 x 6-1/2 and make a darling little pin cushion on your desk or window sill.
If you do him over 2 on 20ct linen, he'll be 4 x 16! Coded for Weeks and DMC, but you probably have good colors in your stash already - save money because it's kind of a one-day holiday!
Each Day Row! Each Day provides it's own gifts. It's a very cheerful and colorful little landscape scene - four tiny houses, a few hills and trees, even the sea with a sailboat!
Presented as a chart... you are seeing our model pics - we finished this into a round drum shape
Make the Day Count Row Make the Days Count - Don't count the days! The latest in BC's ROW set of designs (I think there are 28 so far!), it's just a really nice reminder to tuck in an unexpected place!
It finishes about 2 x 17 on 32ct linen and is stitched with hand-dyed flosses. No buttons called for on this one... but I bet there are a lot that would be cute on here.
Nativity Row
A long and narrow reminder of the reason-for-the-season... angels. the three wise men, and Holy Family... the stitch count of this is 310 x 30.
Choose any fabric you like; charted for DMC or hand-dyeds... this finishes approx 19 x 2 on 32ct. Presented as a chart.
BEGIN Row *A Journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.* Good Advice to face the challenges of life! Bent Creek's newest chart features a forest of evergreen trees dotted with cardinals and snowflakes. Their verse is hidden in the alphabet letters... and they have highlighted the word BEGIN in there -- which actually spells that way in alphabetical order!
The model is stitched on Weeks 30ct Confederate Gray linen with various hand-dyed flosses. It finishes approx 18 x 4. You can put this on most anything you want... and I think it'd be an awesome to design to showcase some neat unique green threads from your stash!!! Presented as a chart with 5 small flake/flower buttons.
I Love You More Than All The Stars in the Sky -- The ROW
Bent Creek's newest ROW pattern, this one finishes approx 1 x 12 when worked on 32ct. We're love the verse, but we're thinking you might want to brighten this up a little -- the stars are purple and gray... they could use a little perking up!!!! An easy fix for a lovely thought!
Offered as a chart with smattering of crystal seed beads.
Gnomes in the Garden Row
Oh my gosh... isn't this the cutest thing? A row of those funny gnomes who hide in your garden, only one is actually working!!! Offered in chart format, this is stitched on 32ct Natural Linen in overdyeds or DMC flosses - your choice. Finishing approx 2 x 17, the chart comes with one brass flower charm.
THINK of all the cute clay stuff we have to dress this up! Worms and bugs birds, little flowers and vege buttons, see what you have on hand, then give us a budget! DARLING!
Circus Row
This is a cute row... we rarely get circus-themed designs, so this is a refreshing change! Lots of bright overdyed colors, they've packed the ringmaster in here, the tiny acrobat on the high wire, trained elephants, the big tent, the flaming hoop that something has to jump through (!) the lion-tamer and his lion, the strongman, the circus clown... and festive floating balloons everywhere!
The chart comes with one green star button, but I bet you can come up with lots of other fun embellishments for this! Finishes approx 2 x 17 on 32ct, Cute!
ROWmance
It's been quite a while since we've seen a lonnnnnnnng row of the alphabet from the gals at Bent Creek... so this was a nice surprise when we opened our fresh shipment! Offered as the chart, stitch ROWmance in either DMC or overdyeds, it'll finish quickly into a 2 x 17 confection!
We always had a cute pack of button embellishments available for these rows... I haven't heard any word about that yet... I'm looking into it! Anyway, ROWmance actually features a *tiny verse*... there is a little bee in there, and he's flying around the heart that says B mine! Cute!
Stitching Row
OK... another long and thin line of the alphabet... this one features a few stitching motifs.
Like all of the other BC Rows, this one would be really happy if you'd add a bunch of colorful buttons to it! Finishing approx 17-1/2 x 2 on 32ct linen, change some threads, add some fun charms and things from your stash, even a DINKY pair of scissors would be cute on here! Offered as a chart. A separate clay pack includes pin cushions, spools, quilt blocks and little stitching basket that look *so* cute scattered about on this!
Seasons of Change Row
Bent Creek presents a nifty 'Row' through the year of seasons! Offered as a leaflet -- just like all the rest of the 'row patterns' -- this one finishes approx 2-1/2 x 23 on 32ct Natural Linen, and is stitched in a combination of Weeks and Gentle Art overdyeds. I especially like all the details in this one! Snowflakes begin the year -- flowers appear in the Spring -- waves surround the lighthouse -- and falling leaves blow Autumn off the right-hand edge!
I like the boxes around the motifs, I like all the color, I like all the activity... I think this is one of my favorites! Bent Creek also calls for clay buttons on here... a little redbird in the winter, a couple of stars and hearts for the spring and summer and delicate little falling leaves for the fall. It's a 'gotta-stitch!'
Wedding Row
'Of my love be sure' is the perfect verse for this wedding remembrance! Offered as a leaflet, in the same 'row' format as Bent Creek's other designs, this is stitched on 32ct Summer Khaki Belfast linen in soft, dusty shades of overdyeds. It calls for Whitewash, Cocoa, Old Red and Blue Paint, and Harvest Basket... but you could always alter some of that to match the home's decor.
Finishing approx 3 x 18, there is an alphabet included to personalize... and as of posting time... we have no extra button embellishment set. I know there will be one... probably full of lots of hearts. Something young and fresh... not too much stitching... this is really nice!
Happy Christmas Row
Happy Christmas to All! Bent Creek's newest holiday greeting is offered in leaflet format, with the darling clay embellishments, as an additional treat! Stitched on 32ct linen in Weeks Brick, Rum Raisin, Bark and Juniper, along with Dried Thyme Sampler Threads, it measures approx 2 x 17.
The clay buttons are especially festive this time around, because there are so many new ones included! There are some awesome trees, a 'swirly thing' and ornaments, a cookie and a swirled candle -- real, real cute!
Let Us Be Thankful Row
We like this one! Another in the Row series, you could stitch this, and finish it into a super-long little box-shape and use it to dress your dinner table! Stitched on 32ct Vintage, it measures approx 2 x 17.
Offered as a leaflet, it's worked in overdyeds, and is an 'easy stitch' because there aren't too many color changes. (The overdyeds do it for you!) Our friends at Abecedarious -- Bent Creek's local needlework shop in GA -- always do a wonderful job embellishing these rows with fun buttons... so that set will be available any day! So... we're thankful to Bent Creek, the ladies at Abecedarious, and overdyed flosses!!!
Trick or Treat Row
Trick or Treat... Smell my Feet! Quite the welcoming greeting around Halloween Time! This is just the cutest, stitched in an array of Weeks overdyed flosses. This time around, the words are stitched in three different colors -- Bark, Swamp Water, and Onyx, so there's actually quite a bit of color in here!
The button embellishment pack is now ready, too. Available as the leaflet, this finishes approx 2 x 17-1/2 on 32ct, with clay available separately.
Neighborhood Row
Yet another charming long alphabet garnished with neighborly houses and trees, this is just as cute as all the seasonal Row designs! Finishing approx 17 x 2 on 32ct Summer Khaki Belfast Linen, stitched in both Weeks and Gentle Art Overdyeds, the colors are so rich and pretty. Once again, ABCedarious -- Bent Creek's local needlework shop in the Atlanta area has decorated this row with Just Another Button Company clay! There is a log cabin button, a big man-in-the-moon, and lots of cream and gold stars. Placement sheet comes with the button purchase, Neighborhood Row is available as a leaflet!
Puppy Dog Row
OK... it's now a contest between cat and dog lovers... which design will sell better??? Just released by Bent Creek... Puppy Dog Row has arrived, along with another fabulous selection of seasonal clay button embellishments!
Joining Kitty Cat row... these doggies measure just 1-1/2 x 17-ish on 32ct Natural Belfast linen. Stitched with overdyeds, the design features shoes, bones, and a newspaper, all tucked between the little dogs of every color! The gals at Abecedarious in Atlanta have once again done a seasonal assortment of Just Another Button Company Clay Buttons -- taking the doggies all through the year -- that is stuffed full of color and charm!!! Definitely the most expensive part of the design... it's worth it, because so are your little 'puppy-babies!!!' (Note: Michael of Bent Creek has told me that Kitty Cat row has been the top selling leaflet in Bent Creek's history!!! I wonder if Puppies will top it???!)
Kitty Cat Row
OK... I'm a 'dog-person' but this is pretty cute, just the same!!! A long row of placid cats is tucked between the alphabet letters. Available as a leaflet, once again the gals from Abecedarious -- a shop in Atlanta -- have customized this design with a whole assortment of clay buttons to take your kitties through the seasons from A to Z!
Stitched with lots of golds, browns, grays -- the little mice! -- , and touches of greens and mulberry (the yarn balls), notice the 'Z' cat is sleeping! Tons of cute buttons from Just Another Button Company, we're offering the chart separately, and the buttons with placement chart, if you're interested. Stitched on 32ct, this finishes approx 1-1/2 x 17!!!
Christmas Row
I love this! Stitch the alphabet, laced with Christmassy greenery, popcorn and even a fat little elf! The sixth in this set of designs, these have remained stitcher's favorites! Stitched on 32ct dirty linen, it finishes 2 x 17... long and skinny. Christmas Row, and all the rest are available as single charted leaflets. The embellishments are just darling! The gals at Abecedarious in GA have done a great job choosing several new buttons this time around. There are four kernels of popcorn featured as well as two new Christmas Cookies! Lots of teeny holly leaves, pine cones and light bulbs... you'll love the set!
Spooky Row
Another very long and thin alphabet by Bent Creek, Spooky Row is full of the cutest Halloween motifs! The cauldron at one end... and my absolute favorite -- that little buzzard/vulture guy down at the other -- this is stitched in black, browns, oranges and creme overdyeds.
Spooky Row by Bent Creek now has a package of embellishments! A darling set, it includes quite a few new clay pieces from Just Another Button Company. Notice the cute Jack-o-Lantern guy, and those new "Wild" pumpkins! Cute, each Row-Pack, dreamed up by the gals at Abecedarious in Atlanta, really adds a lot of charm to this series of Bent Creek Rows!
The entire series of "Row Designs" is so much fun to have! All our models are hanging together in the shop... and they look great!
Patriotic Row
The next in Bent Creek's seasonal set of alphabets, this one has some little houses and a cute barn flying the flag! Stitched on 32ct Natural linen, in rich overdyeds of red, deep sea, whitewash and bark, it measures 2 x 17"... just like the other four in the set. Of course, the creative gals at Abecedarious -- a needlework shop in Atlanta -- have chosen fun clay embellishments for this. Just let us know if you want them, too!
The clay embellishments chosen by the gals at Abecedarious in Atlanta are ready!
Darling buttons by Just Another Button Company , the pack includes seashells, turtles, birds, a sailboat, frog, and the sun, along with a few other goodies. This rounds out the set of the four seasons... and each has the special pack of buttons available!
Summer Row The last in the seasonal row charts, this is darling! So long and skinny, stitch the alphabet in a row,
and add all the fun summertime motifs! Approx 2 x 18"... it's stitched in a mixture of Weeks and Gentle art overdyed flosses -- sandy colors, and nautical reds and blues.
Spring Row
The companion to Winter and Autumn Rows, a whimsical alphabet trails across your fabric, with all sorts of seasonal what-nots scattered throughout! Finishing approx 2 x 17 on 32ct linen, this is a fun collection of seasonal patterns. The gals at Abecedarious -- a shop in Atlanta -- have outdone themselves again, and given us placements for tons of Just Another Button Company clay embellishments! You'll add pansies, bluebirds, ladybugs, doodlebugs, bees and even a caterpillar, along with lots of little flowers. Very colorful, and full of Spring!
***The embellishments
for Winter Row are also delightful! Little evergreen trees, snowflakes, mittens and stocking caps, birds and pine cones... they're so much fun to stitch with, and add to your needlework!
Autumn Row
This is Bent Creek's design... only decorated with a delightful set of clay buttons! Again we credit the artistic talents
of the shop Abecedarious (pronounced: a b c darious!). Such a fun selection of pumpkins, acorns leaves and blackbirds... you'll need this! Really cool!
Branch Designs
The Halloween Branch
The final installment of the Halloween Branch is here... oh my gosh... it finishes off with a DARLING little haunted house on the tip of the branch! There is so much going on in this piece... what fun to stitch! Measuring 5 x 11 on 32ct, you can choose any fabric you like, and you can use either DMCs or overdyeds from your stash.
OK... Bent Creek has now finished 4 of these Branches - and we have them ALL -- COMPLETELY! Check out the Original Branch, Christmas, Patriotic and now Halloween. All four are really cute sets of smaller charts that all fit together... we can send parts of any of them... or wholes!
Patriotic Branch
Liberty Belle Squirrel is part one of Bent Creek's new Patriotic Branch series! Patterned just like their other two Branch sets, this will be offered in 3 parts, all in chart format with a few button and snap embellishments. Stitched on 32ct linen, the entire piece will finish approx 5 x 11, and is worked in both Weeks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. The border pack contains the 5 star buttons you see on here... the rest is a surprise!
I'm not sure you can see from the pic, but that little squirrel is holding a sparkler! (remember when we used to *run* in the backyard with those burning hot, sharp, pointed things flying everywhere??? I think children have way MORE than 9 lives!)
UPDATE: Bent Creek has sent the final installment of their Patriotic Branch 3-part design -- JUST in time for the 4th! It finishes with a white bird house perched on the end of the branch. Quite a cute piece, the whole thing finishes approx 5 x 10 and is stitched with your stash of overdyeds. Each chart includes a couple of snaps and a button or two. Something fun to display all year long!
The Christmas Branch
Bent Creek has started a new Branch set of designs... all the fun things you'll find tucked on the branches of a Christmas Tree! I guess it's an outside tree... because there is a squirrel on here. (I wouldn't want that in my house, but we did have a mouse that came out of the tree one year, and the dogs LOVED it!)
Anyway, this promises to be another cute set of small designs -- this first installment includes the border and embellishment packet. Finishing approx 5 x 10 on 32ct, uses overdyeds from your stash. Our Auto-ship has now concluded. Fabric is not included... as you have so many choices! Pick a favorite!
The Branch
Bent Creek has introduced a new set of Snapper Designs. This one, entitled 'The Branch' is presented in 5 total parts -- this main border design, with space inside for 4 more 3 x 3-ish designs. 'We can learn a lot from trees... they are always grounded and always reaching heavenward.'
Offered in a set of 5 small charts... the owl, tree, border and button embellishments come in the first chart, then the Bees, Squirrel, Kitty and now Bird House, each come as separate small charts with a snap embellishment. This has been a real popular piece; check your stash to make sure you haven't missed any of the parts!
Ubers
Uber Shamrock
A big statement concerning LUCK... this baby finishes a whopping 11 x 13 on 18ct over two... but can always be stitched into a more petite size on smaller fabric! Stitched with size 5 Pearl Cottons, this works up super-quickly, and is really fun because you cover a lot of fabric very quickly!
The Shamrock is stitched with Weeks hand-dyed perle -- the color is Collards -- and the chart includes 3 'gold coin' button embellishments.
Uber Valentine
The newest gigantic Bent Creek creation... these are stitched on 18ct linen with Weeks Hand-dyed #5 Pearl Cottons, along with some solid DMCs. Even though this Valentine is *uber*... it was gentle in delivery... the little mailbox is intact!
Finishes approx 13-1/2 x 11.
Uber Christmas Tree
This is an AWESOME design!!! Offered as the chart, you're supposed to stitch it on something big -- like 18ct linen over two, or 10ct Tula.. even 7ct Klostern would be neat. Worked with mostly Weeks Dye Works #5 Pearl Cottons, this finishes approx 11 x 12. I love the elves stacked up trying to get the star on the tree top... I think it's bending over for them! (Wish my tree would do that for me!)
Just a real different, eye-catching piece, this would be great finished as a gigantic pillow for the couch, or something to perch under the empty tree, till Santa comes!
Uber Turkey
Is this guy cute, or what? He BEGS to be stitched on 10ct with specialty threads (Very Velvets and Fyrewerks)... but right now, he's pretty awesome on 18ct linen with overdyed flosses or size 5 Pearl Cottons, (your choice!) Stitch count of 98 x 120, his colors are great, and because of all the solid areas... he'll be a breeze to stitch!
Offered as a leaflet... think about lots of pumpkin, squash, eggplant, and corn buttons to garnish down by his feet!!! REAL CUTE! Offered as the leaflet (Bent Creek's other 'Uber Designs' are pretty cute, as well!)
Uber Jack
What a cute, huge, swirly pumpkin! Offered as a simple chart, this is just a big Jack-o-Lantern stitched with overdyeds on 18ct linen over two. OK... look at it.
Start thinking. Clay JABCO cat instead of the stitched one? Metallics in those bitty dots in the background? What about metallics in the swirls? What about halloween-y clay buttons scattered between all those swirls? What about black Fyrewerks for the eyes... and cute embellishments in the vine below him??? THIS HAS POTENTIAL... because it's a great basic piece!
Uber Flag
A generous 11 x 13-1/2 inch piece, you get to stitch this one on 18ct linen over two threads and use #5 Pearl Cottons in Weeks and DMC.
Regular crosses, the flag stripes have a bit of design to them, that's kind of fun. This would be pretty made into a pillow for the couch, or framed on the wall.
Offered as a chart.
Uber Egg
I had never heard the term *Uber* (pronounced U BER) till this pattern came... and received a short education into current slang terms in the English language. Uber -- these days -- means really, really big. (as in Super-Duper!) Well, this egg *does* deliver that persona! I don't know if you can see the little chick standing on the top of the egg... but he is PRECIOUS! Then, you stitch your egg with different bands of patterns, and embellish one of the rows close to the bottom with a set of 7 pastel buttons.
Uber Egg finishes approx 11 x 13 on the suggested 18ct linen... using #5 Pearl Cottons! If you choose smaller fabric, such as 32ct, it would finish approx 6 x 7-1/2 in size. Offered as the single chart with buttons, fabric is up to you!
Stockings
Twelve Days of Christmas Stocking
Bent Creek's 7th Annual Stocking design... 12 Days is a medley of motifs from the famous poem. I had to look a little for the five golden rings!!!
Offered as a chart, it finishes approx 11 x 16 on the 18ct Natural -- just like all the rest. Embellishments included with our chart include 5 red and golden buttons.
Christmas Eve & Christmas Carols
Bent Creek's newest Christmas Stocking designs... these two bring the set to 6 in all! (Just scroll down this page to see the rest of them... they're all still available!) Jane (Christmas Carols) features a family of caroling snow people beneath the lamp post. Zachary's stocking (Christmas Eve) features Rudolph, himself, pulling Santa's sleigh!!!
Offered as leaflets, each stocking is stitched on 18ct Natural Linen using 4 ply of overdyed Weeks and Gentle Art flosses. Complete alphabets are provided for personalization... so you have no excuse to have these done by Christmas! A very nice set... they aren't 'cutesy, juvenile, or over-the-top involved'... just really nice family stockings! Each finishes approx 11 x 16 -- perfect for lots of loot!!!
Santa Train & My Favorite Things Stockings
Two new leaflets have arrived that offer charts for two of the most charming Christmas Stockings!!! Stitched on 18ct Natural Linen in yummy Weeks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads, each finishes a nice 11 x 16 -- which is large enough to hold Santa's precious gifts! Each one has a smidge of Just Another Button Co clay button embellishments, and they join the other two stockings that Bent Creek has already introduced.
Each of these is really nice... not trite or juvenile looking ... just really classic -- and that will last for years and years to come! Offered as leaflets with fabric and buttons available separately, our stocking cuts of linen are fat-quarter yards of linen, because that is the most economical way to purchase. You'll have enough linen left over for an ornament or two!
Snowman and Holiday Home Stockings
These are two of seven new releases by Bent Creek! Snowman Stocking joins Holiday Home as Bent Creek's first two stocking patterns. Stitched on 18ct Natural linen in frosty shades of Oatmeal, Shaker White, Lavender Potpourri, Old Blue Paint, and woodsey tones of Chestnut and Bark along with a few other wintery overdyed flosses, the stockings finish approx 11 x 16-ish inches! Embellished with clay buttons, the leaflets contain an alphabet for personalization. The fabric cut we're offering is large enough for one stocking and enough extra to add a bit of length, if you wish, and you may want more than one skein of some of the threads! Cute and blustery...
Other Cute Designs
The Leaf Flag - This little guy is just the sweetest! He's only 30 x 50 -- so he's only 2 x 3! (f you put him over one on 28 Lugana, he'd make a darling scissor fob and be only 1 x 1-1/2! Stitched with bits of DMC and classic Colorworks flosses, he'll finish in a fast flourish! Presented as a small chart.
Starlight Berry Sampler - Here's another design format you might recognize from Bent Creek. 'Back in the Day' - I think around 1999 or 2000 - they did a whole bunch of these - blackbirds and pumpkins at the top... I'm sure Christmas. We haven't had them for years and years, but here is a new one for Americana Summer. Just little - 38 x 104 - they put fancy stitches between the alphabet rows, and button flowers as the vine garnish. Presented as a chart, you supply buttons of your choosing.
Oodles of The Seasons
This is a 4-chart collection of seasonal bits. On 32ct, they each finish about 4 x 5.
Coded for DMC or a mixture of hand-dyeds, they're fast to do, and I think they'd finish off very cutely in little stand-up blocks!
Look For The Beauty Look For The Beauty... in Everything is the charted design that was Bent Creek's half of our summer Stitching event in 2019. They presented with Heart in Hand, and this fun little piece was one of our projects! My original pic has some lace flowers in it - lace came from Lady Dot Creates.
The chart now has those flowers graphed for you instead... and we think it's just as cheerful and fun. Stitched on 32ct Country Vintage Mocha Linen, this finishes about 5 x 10. (If your colors in the pics are totally different... know that I took the model pic in the shop - the real, original stitched piece. The other picture is from the chart cover, which to me, is more washed out looking than the real thing!
Retro-Re-Print: NOEL NOEL is the classic BC cabin in the snow scene... we had this stitched on 10ct Natural Betsy Ross Linen with specialty threads - and Mona had made it into a half-circle box stand-up! Measures 87 x 76 in stitch count... add some flake embellishments between the letters, some opalescent for the snow, there are already pretty hand-dyeds used for the trees and cabin. Coded for DMC and Weeks threads, the original published date for this was 2000!
The Flag
Do you remember this? Bent Creek published it in 1995 - so it's 25 years old! A beautiful little flag, it measures 91 x 65 in stitch count - so 9 x 6 on 10ct, 6 x 4 on 32... or even 2-1/4 x 1-1/2 over one on 40!
It uses just DMC of 815, 822 and 823... and the letters from the alphabet make up all the stars. The stripes have no pattern to them - just stitches here and there to get that raggedy flavor!
NEW from Bent Creek
We inspired Elizabeth and Marsha a little when they came this past summer for our stitching event... so we have two new treats from them! We are thrilled to see fun stuff from them again!
Smiling Back Jack says: 'Jack O lantern smiling bright, wishing you a haunting night!' You have a YEAR to get this stitched, but I bet it'll take only a few hours! The buzzard on top of the pumpkin is pretty cute, so choose any fabric, maybe stick him and one of the verses on the front of a little cushion, and stitch the other part of the verse for the other side? Presented as a chart and coded for all the hand-dyeds or DMC, stitch count is just 100 x 44, so it'll finish a fun and petite 3 x 6 on 32ct!
Happy Halloweenies
What do you serve at a Halloween Party???... Halloweenies! *Ya gotta have* the right place to display this!!! ... or maybe some special little people in the house who'd get a laugh.
Offered as a small design, pull threads from your stash to work up this 5 x 5 bit of silliness.
Here is the collection of *Colors + White!*
All offered as small charts, each measures a mere 32 x 32 stitches -- so just 2 inches if you work them over two threads on 32ct. They all require one skein of a hand-dyed color of floss, and Whitewash Weeks floss. Every one of them comes with a cute button embellishment.
Just a charming set of designs... I think we have finally gathered them together for you
on the page!!!
Thanksgiving Arches
Remember these arch designs from Bent Creek? They have a new one to add to all the others still available - Thanksgiving!
All the same size, each has 5 panels of motifs, I bet between the ones that already exist, you could do a year full of 'things' in the little arches - a row of 12 across! Anyway, coded for Weeks hand-dyed flosses... finishes approx 4 x 9-1/2 on 32ct.
Seasonal Arches
Here is a beautiful set of seasonal designs! Each has 5 little panels depicting things special to its particular time of year! Each season finishes approx 4 x 9 1/2" on 32ct linen... but look soooo good on large counts, too! Each is stitched with Week's Dye Works overdyed floss to really give it depth. Wouldn't some fun, nubby or metallics be fun on these? There are tons of clay, ceramic, and glass embellishments the I can think of, too!
Thankful Quaker
Wow... this is quite nice! A Quaker-inspired piece -- it's about 1/10th the size of most of the intricate Quaker samplers that we see, so it's finishable!!!
With a stitch count of 80 x 80, get out your overdyeds and stitch that darling turkey! Offered as a chart, it includes a trio of golden star buttons. We like this one!
Quaker Moon
Here's a fun Halloween design -- the crescent moon surrounding the cutest little Mr Hoot! Offered as a chart with gold button embellishment, all is stitched in overdyeds on 32ct. Finishing approx 5 x 5, the moon slice is full of jacks and bats -- and even a candy corn on the bottom point.
You know, there is enough room to stitch something like *Boo Who?* in the upper right-hand area! Or... separate that little owl -- he's precious!
Quaker Star
Stitch this on almost anything you like -- the chart calls for Gentle Art and Weeks flosses, with DMC alternatives... so even Pearl Cottons on something gigantic would be possible.
Offered as the chart, there is one dark red star button included, but this design offers so much opportunity for more -- so see what is in your stash!!!
Peapod Baby Sampler
Welllll.... this isn't exactly a pea vine, and the embellishment isn't a pea, but little sleeping Matthew looks pretty comfy in his hammock bed anyhow!
GLORY
This is a beautiful long, skinny flag stitched entirely in overdyed flosses. On 28ct, it finishes approx 2 1/2 x 14... so it'd be a lot of fun to hang in a long skinny place!!! Notice how the word "glory" is alphabetical in the alphabet! This one would be neat stitched with bright metallics, too! Lots of possibilities!
Offered as a leaflet, it's worked in overdyeds, and is an 'easy stitch' because there aren't too many color changes. (The overdyeds do it for you!) Our friends at Abecedarious -- Bent Creek's local needlework shop in GA -- always do a wonderful job embellishing these rows with fun buttons... so that set will be available any day! So... we're thankful to Bent Creek, the ladies at Abecedarious, and overdyed flosses!!!
Once again, ABCedarious -- Bent Creek's local needlework shop in the Atlanta area has decorated this row with Just Another Button Company clay! There is a log cabin button, a big man-in-the-moon, and lots of cream and gold stars. Placement sheet comes with the button purchase, Neighborhood Row is available as a leaflet!
Spooky Row by Bent Creek now has a package of embellishments! A darling set, it includes quite a few new clay pieces from Just Another Button Company. Notice the cute Jack-o-Lantern guy, and those new "Wild" pumpkins! Cute, each Row-Pack, dreamed up by the gals at Abecedarious in Atlanta, really adds a lot of charm to this series of Bent Creek Rows! 
