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Needleworker's Spot Motif Sampler New from By the Bay, this is a fun little piece for your stitching/sewing room. You get both the sewing machine cushion pattern and the main motif sampler which has a tiny dress form in it, pin cushions, scissors, buttons and needles... all in a colorful medley. Coded for DMC it finishes just 4 x 6 on 28ct Star Sapphire Linen. The machine cushion is only 2 x 3! I know you cannot tell from the cover pic, but Star Sapphire is a gorgeous minty/aqua pastel color. Donna has some corner meadallion stitching on here that is done with white - I think to remind you of lace - but you cannot tell that from the cover pic.
As For Me and My House - We will serve The Lord Full of By The Bay design personality, this small piece measures just 4 x 5-1/2 on 16/32ct. Stitched with DMC, Donna has added touches of French Knots on the sheep and Rhodes Stitches in the borders to give them a little texture. Just a tiny piece - it might make a lovely gift for someone.
Cabbage Rose Seaside Manor By The Bay has a new design - a peaceful house-on-a-hill beside the sea! Donna has embellished her design with a lavish blue tree blooming with huge Cabbage Roses. Quite a different take on greenery... it's just a pleasing tiny scene! Finishes approx 7-1/2 x 5, it's coded for DMC and Weeks flosses. Donna has included one of her new Design Cards in here along with the plastic storage/display case!
Two More Stitching Treats A Homestead Welcome - A single design - just in case you don't want to commit to a 12-part thing! This is a prefect welcoming homestead - just like the title implies. Finishing approx 7 x 9 on 14/28ct, the border is pretty. But cover it with your hands... this takes on a whole different feel. You could even cut off the welcome cloud and the top layer of the tree... either way, very pretty. Coded for DMC, would be pretty on a hand-dyed light blue background fabric. Spring Has Arrived This new design is a take-out panel from a previous work and is just cheerful! Coded for DMC, it finishes about 9 x 12 on 32ct - but much smaller if you leave off the words. Something new she is adding: Design Cards! Included with this chart is a small card with the project pic on the front and lots of room on the back for your notes. There is a clear plastic protective case this first time around (available separately for other projects!) that you can clip onto your project bag so you know what's inside, or clip to your thread ring to help identify which project they are for.
Presenting Home Sweet Home - Now Completed! Donna Bayliss is beginning a new mega-piece - this one features 12 different home scenes, one chart releasing each month till next November. The small parts measure only 42 x 70 each, but together, the entire piece will measure 168 x 336. You can choose whatever fabric you wish... on 32ct, it'll all finish 10 x 21 - so not really so overpowering and 'mega' at all! Donna always has neat trees. Look at this... every month's house has different landscaping...but they all go together with her willowy-billowy trees! Coded for DMC, the entire 'threads needed' and layout info is included in the first chart... and all charts (during the stitch-along-year) will run $7.00 each. (Next year, when they are all released and the is finished, they'll all go up to $9 individually.) Charts are not sold 'single-y' this first year, which means if you want to pick and choose your favorite houses... either register to get the whole set and skip some, or wait till next year to get single charts (at the higher price.) Just so pretty... we're taking Sign-Ups now to begin shipping the day ours arrive to us! Maybe wait until your first chart comes to decide fabric color and count?
I am a Needlesmith Pin By The Bay has printed her artwork in miniature and made it into a wearable pin. Measuring just 1-3/4 x 2-3/4 in size, it'd be neat inside a needle or sewing case or pinned to the outside of your stitching bag. Kind of fun as a decoration for a stitching placemat as well. Just a fun little-something.
Serenity Harbor - The Complete Piece This charming scene was designed in 2014. Just as Harbor Haven, it was designed as a 12-part stitch-along thing. We have everything together now in one set... so you're good to go. TONS of information inside about thread colors, fabric choices, but basically, the entire stitch count is 171 x 557 - so a commanding 6 x 20 on 14/28ct. Lots of stitches, this is so pretty when it's finished... several of our ladies have stitched it! Harbor Haven - The Complete Village Donna Bayliss' 12-part Harbor Haven is FINISHED - and we have all the parts! Stitch just one or two sections - joined or singly for a bitty village - or do the whole thing, it's charming! Finishing 5 x 42 on 32ct, changing fabric size will really give you finished size options. The single scenes are only 3-1/2 x 5. Charted for DMC floss, there are no special stitches in here... but she says you can add anything you want... and sub hand-dyeds if you have something you want to use.