Don't miss more new-ish designs on pages TWO,
THREE and FOUR!
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Summer Stitching
from Plum Street Samplers
- Tropic Troupe - Paulette is releasing some sizzling stitching this summer! Tropic Troupe is the latest in her series of animal stacks... this one even includes little swimming fish and a seagull. Finishes the same size as all the rest... shipping to us late June.
- A Fine Spot - At first you see the pomegranate pot, but then... there's a little frog hoping to go unnoticed under his shady spot! Paulette says he's like a 'stitching frog' - he's going unnoticed until you're well into the project, and THEN you have to 'rip-it!' Stitched with Classic hand-dyeds on 36ct Country Vintage Mocha, it measures 50 x 71 - so only a little under 3 x 4!
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Presenting: This Land
from Shakespeare's Peddler
Teresa just sent us a note about her newest chart... here it is! Stitched with hand-dyeds, it measures about 7 x 8.
I love the framing treatment... she's done a border of fabric and sewn buttons in the corners! Chart runs $12.00 |
New Arrivals from Teresa Kogut!
- A Time to Work - The summer edition of this 4-part series is here. A Time to Sow was the Spring piece, it only makes sense that Summer is the time to work what you've sown. Coded for DMC with a little Weeks hand-dyed tossed in, this finishes a little smaller than 5 x 8 on 40ct.
- No Place Like Home - 'Amid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.' Everybody need this one! I kind of like the idea of leaving off the top motifs and repeating that lovely dark border above the heart on the roof. DMC and hand-dyeds... it's a very pretty piece, measuring 145 stitches square.
- Goodness and Mercy - Featuring Psalm 23 as its verse, this is full of restfull golds and greens. A medley of DMC, Weeks and Classic hand-dyed flosses, it measures 268 x 286 - so finishes a generous 15 x 16 on 36ct. Teresa has also done a small pillow piece featuring just the verse... all is beautifully presented in a full color leaflet.
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- Primrose Cottage Fruit Salad Quaker - The next little 5-inch Quaker cushions by Primrose - Fruit Salad is full of bright summery fruit colors.
Classic hand-dyeds, it'll stitch in a jiff, and is presented in their small card format, just like the other small, seasonal and holiday Quaker cushions.
- The Garden Variety Set - Offered in 4 separate small card charts, this cutie designs all measure 57 x 57 in stitch count, so will all finish the same size for you - 3-1/2 inches on 32ct. Fruits and bees and flowers here and there... I think they'd be fun as round cushions, or little two-sided flat mattress cushions! You could even stitch a cube and put these on each side with the Fruit Salad design on the cube top!
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Quirky Autumn -- More delightful little animals from Twin Peak Primitives
Oh wow... 4 more little animals to add to this charming collection of wild ones... along with 3 motifs to match the season. Twin Peak has three books out now with these funky, stylized critters... Quirky 2024, and Christmas 2024. So far we have a rooster, raccoon, bunny, dog, cat, horse and fox joining a Christmas owl, reindeer, angels, kings and gnomes.
And now - the turkey, partridge, squirrel and hedgehog, not to mention the acorns, scarecrow and pumpkin! Each has beautiful geometric designs within them - giving your eye lots of cool patterns to see. Everything is coded for DMC, each measures between 3 and 5 inches in size, and each is presented as a big chart with smaller colored one in it's book. |
New Releases from Heart in Hand
- Red, White & Blue is the newest Doodle design by Heart in Hand. A medley of smaller motifs to create a cute holiday decoration. Presented as a chart, the design is done with hand-dyeds or DMC and finishes about 3-1/2 inches in size on 36ct.
- Sunny Day will make you smile! Finishing about 4 inches in size on 18/36ct fabric, the chart comes with two little wooden sunflower button embellishments - visible in the pic on the tall stalks.
- The Shepherd Frill - This little guy matches Cecilia's Nativity Tiny Town, and companions the Three Kings Frill design as well. Stitch count is only 30 x 40... so it stitches in a jiff, and theoretically 'should' be able to finish before this Christmas! Small card format.
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Mill Hill's 2025 Annual Santas - This year celebrates FIRST RESPONDERS!
Complete kits of paper, floss and beads, finishing about 4-1/2 inches in size, these join the other 30 annual sets!
If your Special Responder doesn't have a beard - leave that part off... but don't leave off those darling dogs! |
From Left: Sandy Claws, Stained Glass Tree, Festive Fairy Cottage, Snowy Bluebird, Holiday Square and Snowman Lantern
Announcing the Mill Hill 2025 Button and Bead Kits for Christmas!
Love this year's designs. Since Mill Hill is so sketchy the past couple of years with sending their older designs... GET THESE NOW while they've made them a priority to produce.
- Sandy Claws steals the whole show! He's got his Santa hat on, and has decorated his palm tree - and he's greeting you when you come to his little island!
- The Stained Glass tree is colorful and elegant.
- Festive Fairy House is just like the Summer Fairy House - only with a bit of snow! Fairies are easier to see on this one too!
- Snowy Bluebird is just gorgeous!
- The Holiday Square goes with all the other Christmas Village kits. They've not done such a great job of producing the older ones... so get this one!
- The Snowman Lantern is a fun little pic, featuring a cardinal button.
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From Left: Ground Hog Day, Green Candy Canes, Ski Pass, Cruise, Ho Ho Ho, Snowman Vacation
And finally the little 2025 Beaded Holiday Ornament Kits!
- Ground Hog Day is great - because it gives you something to decorate after the Holidays!
- Green Candy canes are cute!
- Ski Pass is pretty neat... and
- The Cruise Ship is the best!
- Ho Ho Ho is kind of fun - I bet you can split that up and make three little ornaments our of it!
- Snowman vacation features a snowman and his little frozen drink - he's probably on the Sandy Claws Island and he took the cruise ship there.
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The Summer Fruit Stand, our June Secret Needle Night Kit
It's June and fruit stands are everywhere! Hobby Lobby has tubes of fun little plastic/clay fruits - and we featured them here! You'll get to sort your bag of fruits and arrange them however you want to sell in your stand. Stitched with Pearl Cottons, easy breezy, the hardest part is choosing which fruit goes where!
Complete kit contains the chart, 20ct linen, pearl threads, needle and all the tiny fruit slice embellishments. Our finishing treatment this month makes a countertop easel. Stand-up, kits for that are offered separately if you need one. |
Presenting the Summer Issue of Punch Needle and Primitive Stitcher Magazine - Due in the Shop early July!
22 Fun summery projects are stuffed into this upcoming issue. I especially like that little square on there full of tiny houses and flags. Always beautiful pictures and project layouts, huge clear charts and actual-sized line art for the punch nedle projects, you can't go wrong with this magazine!
And... even if you never do a thing out of it... you'll LOVE turning every single page and discovering! |
Cicada's Song Sampler
from Cosford Rise Stitchery
This is a pretty piece! Measuring 228 x 227, it finishes about 12 x 12 on 36ct. That cool stone mill is surrounded by a meandering wildflower border that doesn't repeat anywhere! Can you see the little pond down in the bottom left corner of the border?
The verse reads: Magnolia blooms and cotton fields, where gentle rivers wind, in southern warmth and cicada's song, the heart of home you'll find. Coded for DMC or a medley of hand-dyed flosses... this is super-charming! |
Summery Designs from Twin Peak Primitives
- Summer - Oh, love this! A charming little 70 x 70 (4 x 4 inches) seaside town scene is surrounded by a border of more summer life at the waterfront. You can make just the smaller inside panel, or stitch all of this - finishing just 6 inches square on 18/36ct. That border would be cute as a stitched 'mat' around a special picture you have as well. Charted for DMC, the chart is presented in both black and white and in color.
- 3 Whales Quaker - This piece measures 97 x 190, so finishes about 5 x 10 on 18/36ct fabric. Coded for DMC, the colors are so pretty - dusty, and watery, and beachy! 644, 646, 648, 746, 775, 822, 926, 928, 7, 3072 and 3862, it's just peaceful. Not sure what a connection would be between whales and Quaker... so you might have work through that a little (!), but something about the piece is attractive. Chart is printed both black and white and in color.
- American Eagle - This one is stitched in just one color - you choose! Do navy blue if you want, choose a hand-dyed, whatever! It measures 88 x 83, so finishes a little smaller than 5 inches on 18/36ct. They used DMC 3852 for the cover pic, but offer Weeks Daylily or Gentle Art's Toffee as other color ideas - but if you want a red or blue - GO FOR IT!
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Celebration and Parkington Manor Sampler from Rosewood Manor
- Celebration - A large piece, 325 x 185 on 32xt linen. Floss is mostly DMC, but a little Rainbow Gallery is used as well. This 14-page booklet includes a small sampler with the numbers 1776 & 2026! Insert 1776 on top left-hand and 2026 on top right-hand side of the roof, where the red, silver & blue fireworks are, and celebrate America's 250th Anniversary!
- Parkington Manor Sampler - This is a soft and quiet piece! Stitched with Weeks Dye Works White Lightening, Galvanized, Blue Heron, Sea Foam, Verdigris and Blue Jeans, it measures a grand 196 stitches square, and will finish 11 inches square on 18/36ct. I imagine you could change the color scheme to match any other particular room... but the Galvanized is a gray - and we don't get many things with such a gray colorway - so it's very unique.
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Liberty Mini Bag
from Shepherd's Bush
Tina and Teri have a new small plaid pouch design - to keep you a fashionable stitcher for the Summer season!
Liberty is a small chart, and the QUICK design fits on the smaller of the Mad For Plaid bluebell zippered mesh pouches. Use BITS of #5 Pearl Cotton or floss, and you're ready to go! |
Cute New Felt Embroidered Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree
from Rachel's of Greenfield
Rachel's of Greenfield has two new sets of appliqued mittens and stockings to hang on your holiday trees. Offered in complete kits, each pack of 4 designs contains the patterns, felt, flosses, any embellishments needed and the hanging cords to make it's set. Finishing about 4 x 4-1/2 each, you can 'seal them closed' at the tops, or leave them open - then they can hold cash or gift cards!
- Glitzy Stockings features felt that is embossed all over with gold flecks - what a neat look, it makes them even more charming.
- Winter Mittens features rich red felt, accented with cream and gray. The package contains the three star topper buttons featured on the tree mitten.
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At the Heart of It, Counting Our Blessings, No More Twist, Fox Winks from Teresa Layman
Teresa Layman has a DOZEN new knotwork designs... and they've all arrived in the shop! (Click through to see the other 8.) Teeny, tiny, these are used for doll house rugs or just gorgeous small pieces of needleart - hopefully safely framed! Each pattern comes as the actual-sized line drawing printed on a special knotwork fabric and your needle.
You'll need a tight hoop and DMC floss. Every single stitch in these is a single wrap French Knot with one strand of floss... just like paint by' number... you fill in the areas with the knots. Absolutely exquisite! Click the pics to see the other 8 new designs... along with so many other cute ones! |
New Arrivals by Summer House Stitche Workes
- Fragments in Time 2025 - #'s 3 and 4 - Beth continues her series of smalls with a craggly tree and black cat to round out her Halloween Square. Presented as small card charts, stitch them individually or joined together inside a cute acorn border. The rest of this set will continue with 4 Christmas designs - still time to join to auto-ship to get them all!
- That's A Wrap Fourth of July Collection - The Summer House Version of this design - Hands On has ANOTHER CHART by the same name - so don't confuse them. More skinny bands of stitching to wrap around your cute fabric cushions... choose any fabric you want stitch on, and find your favorite patriotics for the little cushions. Chart runs $12.00.
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New Summer Designs from Hands On Design
- I Was Stitching Before Stitching was Cool! - (Except that we've been open for 42 years and stitching has ALWAYS BEEN COOL!) The second in Cathy's Craft Series, this finishes just 4 x 6-ish. Look at that gorgeous finishing presentation on there! The chart runs $12.00
- Thread, White & Blue - What a fun little 'box' cushion and coordinating paper book! Companioning 'Wear it Well' - this is a combo chart that offers that darling cube - which is stitched on every side, along with the 'paper journal' that is also stitched on both sides and is joined with felt. All red, white and blue, both pieces feature cute tiny motifs all over the place. The Cube is stitched on one piece of fabric, the book uses 2 pieces of 18ct perforated paper. Cathy has a finishing tutorial offered through a link provided inside her chart. Love them both! Chart runs $14.00
- That's A Wrap - Patriotic Collection - More stitched bands to wrap around pretty fabric cushions... these are fun, because you get to use pretty fabrics you like for the season or holiday, and then the BAND around them features your stitching. Remember, you can always change your floss colors a little if need be to match your fabrics. The bands are just thin stitching - with your pin-stitching along the edges - so super easy! All three band designs come in the chart for $12.00.
- Toes in the Sand - Love this one! It finishes 4-1/2 inches round just like Liberty Pennies, Botanical Bee and Ladybug Picnic. Cathy has shown two different fabric colors - love 'em both! Presented as a single chart for $8.00 - I just need to buy a beach house to go with it!
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Springtime Bees and Summer Flowers from Samplers and Primitives
- Patriotic Bouquet - A pretty little piece, this measures 86 x 107 WITH the corner medallions, 68 x 80 without. Coded for DMC - there are 32 shades and another 9 shades of various hand-dyed flosses. A lot going on in this little space! The chart graphics are nice and big, $15.00
- The Beehive Sampler - Soft creamy honey yellows and lavenders, this measures 220 x 104. Coded for DMC but also calling for 8 hand-dyeds with no conversions. It's not very big at all... just very charming! 12 x 6 on 36ct. Chart runs $14.00
- The Voice of the Garden - This one is lovely. It needs a super honey-colored or creamy background - to help with the softness of the colors. 'The hum of the bees, is the voice of the garden.' I think just the bee and flower would be pretty alone as well. Measures 132 x 208 - so finishes approx 6-1/2 x 10 on 40ct! Chart $16.00.
- The Spring Begins - More pretty soft colors... 'Blossom by blossom, the spring begins.' Measures 139 x 167 - so a generous 12 x 14 on 36ct. Coded for DMC along with a few hand-dyeds. Needs a creamy background.
- Sweet Spring - Just charming! Pinks, honey and mossy greens, this measures only 147 x 132 but is chocked full of DMC shades and hand-dyeds! Finishes 8 x 7-1/2. We have the stitched model in the shop - and it's darling! Chart runs $12.00
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Talk Dirt to Me from Val's Stuff
Val's Stuff has a new design perfect for a 'Green-Thumber!' Measuring 97 x 221, it finishes a generous 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 28ct Ice Blue Lugana. She's used a medley of DMC and Weeks hand-dyed flosses, and given the conversions to Anchor floss as well.
Super cute for anyone who gardens, Val does say in the instructions that she intentionally left the picket fence very light in the background (hard to see on our model image, but it's there!), but supplies info for a darker version. Presented as a leaflet, it just makes you smile. |
Heartfelt Easter, Patriot and Valentine
from October House
Heartfelt Easter, Robin's third teeny heartfelt cushion design has arrived... each of the three of these measures only 47 x 71 - finishing just 3 x 4-ish.
Cute as can be, each is presented in its own chart, just small, fun stitch projects. |
Justice For All and Believe from Wildflower Stitching
Wildflower Stitching has two new designs... one patriotic and the other... a new Christmas Bauble. Both presented as single design charts.
- Justice For All (71 stitch count) finishes about 3 inches in diameter on 40ct Hogbristle Linen (which looks pretty darn close to Country Vintage Mocha) and is stitched with just 5 shades of Gentle Art Sampler Threads.
- Believe is Wildflower's 6th Bauble design, also the 71 x 71 stitch count. Can you see Santa in his sleigh and the reindeer? Like the rest, choose your background fabric and a favorite hand-dyed thread - and stitch away! Any of the baubles can be done in any color.
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Patriotic Done the Primrose Cottage Way!
- American Alphabet - A 6 x 9 full color chart of this whimsical alphabet... a very quick stitch with only 3 shades of hand-dyeds or DMC. Finishes about 3-1/2 inches on 18/36ct. Chart is $10.
- American Ewe - A little 4 x 5 chart this is a perky pile of patriotic 'people!' Finishing only 2-1/2 x 3 on 18/36ct... it'd make a darling small cushion. Want it bigger? They've finished it as only one small panel on a larger pillow. Chart runs $9.
- American Celebration - This is presented in a full-sized, full color leaflet. Measuring 119 x 137 - it finishes about 7-1/2 x 8-1/2 on 16ct. I see rows and rows - which translates into DRUMS! Stitch your row longer so you can wrap them around and make a set of round stand-ups. Everything is stitched with just Cherry Cobbler, Old Lace and Stargazing - 816, B5200 and 3750!
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A trio of delicate florals by Tra La La has arrived.
Offered as charts, these all feature a soft color palate of Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art hand-dyed flosses.
- Coupe de Fleurs measures 105 x 95, so finishes a little under 6 x 6 on 18/36ct.
- Dans ma Prairie features little white lambs amidst the flowers and alphabets. Both designs are included in the chart pack, and they measure just 65 stitches each to finish only 3-1/2 inches on 18/36.
- Floralie 4 measures 83 x 100 - so 4-1/2 x 5 in size. We like the soft, contemporary personality of these.
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Presenting the new Sea Animals Trio
from Puntini
Paola has three new animal ornaments... a sea turtle, whale and octopus. They companion her Winter and Spring sets... just the prettiest colors... they all measure 66 stitches in size.
These would be nice stitched on one cut of fabric and hung in a bathroom or beach house. Presented as a chart with all three designs for $15.00 |
Announcing Cottage Garden Samplings' 2025 Year in the Woods II Series
Beginning in June of 2025 - 12 new designs, released monthly, will 'capture the quiet magic of nature's wildest hearts.'
Beginning with The Wolf, each design will measure 100 x 130 in stitch count. They can be stitched individually or joined together.
Suggested fabric is 'Legacy' by Picture This Plus - a lovely neutral with a light beige tinge to it. (Lambswools, Naturals, and light hand-dyeds will look great as well!) We're taking reservations now for Chart #1, and for joining the auto-ship, which will run through May of 2026. Charts are $10.00 each |
All Three DOVO Scissors are here - and we have LOTS!
Our DOVO Scissor shipment arrived yesterday - and we are loaded with Aya, Anne and Anja embroidery scissors!
Top quality, ever-the-favorites, we love these scissors. All brushed stainless finish, each comes in DOVO's signature little white box with a black leather protective sheath.
- Aya is the 3-1/2 inch one that features extra-thin tapered tips - suitable for Hardanger Embroidery and tight cutting.
- Anne has been their most popular 3-1/2 inch embroidery style - it is the same as the Aya - but without the tapered tips. Just a yummy pair of scissors!
- Anja is the 4-inch style that feels longer and slender - super smooth to cut with.
If you have had DOVOs on order from us, yours are shipping TODAY. Happy Cutting! |
Announcing Flamingo Toes' Needle Minders of the Month Club!
OK.... drum roll.... because pics and projects are still a secret! Beginning July of 2025, we'll have a new, exclusive enameled needle minder by Flamingo Toes, and her cross stitch AND embroidery designs to go with it! See the secret pink box? Inside you'll find the minder, both patterns (one cross stitch and the other embroidery) and enough DMC floss to stitch one or the other.
At the end of the 12 months, Beverly will present a quilt pattern to you can attach all your 12 stitched designs together into one little quilt! Each month's pink box will run $19.99 plus shipping. We haven't seen any minders or designs yet, but based on the rest of her darling minders and designs, we're gonna LOVE these! We're taking reservations NOW for our Auto - but our numbers are limited. Our original allotment is now full, so we have a waiting list, in case we can get more. |
Mercerie Broderie
from Jardin Prive
A cute little mercantile so organized and full of tempting treats! This would be fun to stitch for your stash room - coded for DMC - it measures 260 x 150 and will finish a generous 16 x 9-1/2 on 32ct.
If time is an issue, think about stitching some of the motifs individually and making small pin cushions. You could choose your favorite 5 or 6 and make a small basket full of cushions, and it'd be darling. (kind of a nice way to get the personality of the design with less stitching involved!) Chart $10.00 |
Forest Friends
from The Tiny Modernist
A delightful forest full of creatures, just begging for a place on your wall!
Design has a stitch count of121w x 121h, making it 8.6" x 8.6" (14-count) or 7.6" x 7.6" (16-count). |
Running with Needle and Thread
from Stitches by Ethel
It looks like some ornery bunnies have invaded someone's stitching basket!
This measures 95 x 48 on 28ct fabric. Chart is $9.00 |
New Pretties from The Scarlett House
- Black Swan Pinkeep - A 4 x 4 cushion design, coded for silks or DMC, it features Tanya's favorite color palette of deep red black and tans. It's a smaller version of the Hannah Hartley sampler - see the motifs? Chart $12.00
- Hannah Hartley Cowgill 1835 - There are the florals and the little black swan on here! Measuring about 11 x 12 on 40ct, choose silk or DMC for the stitching. Large chart $26.00
- Patriotic Alphabet - Finishing approx 4 x 8 on 40ct, this is done with Classic Colorworks hand-dyed flosses or DMC. She's painted a board for her finishing, but you could split this into three parts and make little cushions as well. Chart $13.00
- Wallflowers - Pinks and Purples - WAY different for Tanya's colorways! Stitched with a medley of Weeks, Gentle Art and Classic hand-dyeds, it finishes about 3-3/4 x 4-1/2. Soft, pretty colors, we love it! Chart $12.00
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Presenting Hetty's Rose Garden Biscornu and Hedgehog from Just Nan
Hetty’s Rose Garden... expected about May 15... features lovely rose gardens on soft pink linen with a charming pink hedgehog nestled in the center. This pretty spring/summer design is a companion piece to Frost Flower Garden which is nearly gone. Two different garden designs of shaded pink roses with soft green leaves decorate the 2 sides of the biscornu. Sparkling gold crystal and pink crystal seed beads are sprinkled throughout. A pink quartz heart bead centers each side. The finished project is accented with a pearl pin in each of the 8 corners of the biscornu (included).
Hetty Hedgehog wears a coat stitched in shades of pink and green, highlighted with 6 Hedge Rose special stitches. Pink and gold crystal beads plus pink crystal bugle beads attached with straight pins add lots of hedgehog texture. Her pretty rose pin is made from a gold heart flower sequin, pink flower sequin and a round pink bead.
Nan has stitched both the biscornu and the hedgehog on 32 Ct Linen with 10 colors of DMC floss. Included with the leaflet are all stitching and finishing instructions, seed beads, bugle beads, heart beads, 2 sequins and bead for the rose pin, our signature button base and 8 pearl pins.You will need to provide straight pins and stuffing for both the biscornu and hedgehog. To keep them from going astray, instructions for the hedgehog are attached to the back of the color cover, held in place with a cute little heart paper clip.
Blooming Butterfly floats in on lace-edged floral wings of pansies and daffodils. Stitch with a DMC color palette of lavender, pink, green, yellow and white on 32 CT Linen.
Ice crystal beads add shimmer to the wings, while gold bronze beads accent the body and tips of the antennae.A sparkling Crystal Flower bead centers the small pansy between the antennae. A pretty design to usher in the blooming season ahead! |
Mr Ferrars' Confession
from Annie Beez
This references Sense and Sensibility, published in 1812 by Jane Austen. When Edward Ferrers finally comes to propose to Eleanor after she has given up all hope, (believing him to be married to Lucy Steele) we choke up every time!
We hope you enjoy this interpretation of one of our favorite novels of all time! Stitch count is 106 wide by 148 high, done in Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks and DMC threads. |
Spring Releases from Blue Flower
Jeannine is the queen of 'flora and fauna' in her creative designs - and these two are filled with all sorts of Spring life!
- Sea & Shore celebrates the joy of visiting the shore. Inspired by its Happy Campers she has a whole cast of characters enjoying their outing to the sea. They're taking the ferry, they're lounging in the sand, kites in the air, and someone is fishing... it's really full of fun. Details everywhere, lots of smaller design areas that would break up nicely into smaller cushions or stand-up bricks for a windowsill or something, this measures 221 x 191. Jeannine chose Cypress fabric by Fiber on a Whim (closest to DMC 03) and lots of DMC along with hand-dyeds to stitch this. On 32ct, it will finish a generous 14 x 12 - and with this much cuteness in it - you might need to buy a beach house just to have a place to hang it!
- Prairie Home is the companion to Forest Home. Jeannine celebrates the amazing plants and animals of the grassland prairie with this 193 x 143 piece. She's just puts all kinds of stuff on these, and then luckily tells you what they are in the chart information. So colorful, timeless in design, you can stitch this and enjoy it every Spring - are you one of those that rotates your seasonal decorations? Coded using a medley of DMC and hand-dyed cottons, fabric is a Marbled Khaki - closest to DMC 647 and 3072.
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Presenting the 2025 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Ornament Special Issue
Packed with more than 45 Halloween-themed cross-stitch designs, this issue is a thrill!
Showcasing five chapters of all-new designs, offering unlimited spooky stitching fun. From playful, lighthearted patterns to eerie spine-chilling creations, the issue includes 30+ hauntingly fun ornaments and so much more!
Due in the shop the end of June, 2025. |
Audie's Pink House
from Fox and Rabbit
Here's a sweet little house, classic in sampler design, surrounded by favorite sampler motifs. Measuring 137 x 79 - it's not very big and will finish about 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 on 36ct.
The willow tree, floral basket and Quaker wreath are all familiar elements, but the yard and fence add a little more personality. Very compact, organized, pleasing to the eye... it's just a pretty little piece. Chart $16.00 |
Where Liberty Dwells
from Artful Offerings
Something new to help us celebrate our glorious USA... Karina Hittle has a new pattern that features 2 designs together.
The flag is 6 by 3 3/4 stitched on 36 count fabric. It is stitched in Gentle Arts Freedom, Dungarees and Old Blue Paint. I like the background of blue behind the stars.
Where Liberty Dwells is the second design in the chartpack and measures 8 3/4 by 7 1/2 on 36 count fabric. It is stitched using DMC 22 and 356. Perfect for a quick stitch before the holiday. |
Whimsical Point Protectors
For scissors or knitting needles, these cute little things remind us of the Jibbets they stick onto Croc Shoes! Little bits of rubber (that your dog will probably love to snack on!) about an inch in size (he might not even chew them!), each has a hole to cover sharp scissor tips.
Just for fun, cute and colorful... they'd be fun to get and split the package to give everyone in the group just one... a fun table gift at a retreat too! Sets of 5 pieces. |
A Stitcher's Garden from The Drawn Thread Exclusively for the Silver Needle
By Cynthia Zittel, this is a busy design full of color and special stitches just like all her seasonal gardens. Joining Sunnyside, Kitchen, Herb and Butterfly Gardens, and the 4 Seasons set, this features everything special to its subject. She came as our Summer Event Designer a couple of years ago and this sampler and little linen tote was our project. Then, she did a companion pin cushion for our 'A Little Help From Our Friends' Stitching Circle last year to go with it.
Measuring 169 X 50 on 32ct Natural, it finishes just 10 x 3 but it's stuffed FULL of fun, specialty stitches that Cynthia loves so much. The 'flowers' in your garden are buttons, and thread spools, little floss skeins, and scissors. |
From Left: African Daisies, Haunted Lighthouse, Windmill, Fall Foxes, Spooky Cat and Corn Maze
Mill Hill's Autumn 2025 Bead Kits arrive this week!
We haven't even enjoyed summer yet, but Mill Hill always releases seasons-in-the-opposite, so you have TIME to work on them before you're ready for them.
The Button & Bead Line-Up
- African Daisies joins quite a few single floral close-ups they have... always bold and bright in color.
- Haunted Lighthouse features a dramatic wave crashing against the lighthouse, a stormy sky, and I think a pirate ship (!) in the high seas! They've added glow-in-the-dark beads to this one!
- Windmill is part of the Country Lane series - all farmhouse and tiny country scenes is that set of designs.
- Fall Foxes features a detailed pair of furry foxes amidst a busy landscape.
- Spooky Cat is ready for BUSINESS! Don't mess with him! He features Glow-in-the-dark beads as well.
- The Corn Maze is just plain fun - if you don't have allergies!
All are presented in full kit format of chart, 14ct perf paper, floss, beads and a button embellishment to make the 5 x 5 design. We order frames specially - if you need them.
From Left: Otter, UFO, Turkey Platter, Monster Plant, Spooky, Candy Bucket
The Smaller Autumn Harvest Ornment Collection
This offers a fun and unique set of designs this season.
- We start with a little Otter... you never know who has those in their backyard.
- We love the UFO - we think your kids would like it too.
- The Turkey Platter is ready for Thanksgiving - I'm not sure which will take longer - preparing the actual Thanksgiving Banquet or stitching this little guy, but it's a fun fridge magnet to hold a special recipe.
- The Monster Plant kind of goes with the UFO... actually cute for anyone with a green thumb.
- Spooky is just silly.
- The Candy Bucket would make a cute fridge magnet for the Halloween season as well.
Complete kits contain the chart, 14ct perf paper, flosses, beads and a little glass or crystal Mill Hill Treasure, as well as a magnet for display. |
Recent Releases from Satsuma Street
We've been enjoying these in the shop since late last Fall.
- Monster House - Super colorful and just delightfully scary, every room in this haunted house features a different occupant. Someone down in the parlour is headless, there are ghosts dancing in the ballroom, a howling wolf is waiting in one of the bedrooms, the resident witch is brewing dinner, there are cats and bats and spiders, Dracula hanging upside down in the attic, and even a mummy up in the tower. So full of bright DMC color, the stitch count is 131 x 217, so it finishes a generous 8 x 13-1/2 on 32ct! Definitely cute to hang for the Halloween Season - and break away from just orange and blacks. Full color leaflet $17.00
- Holiday Glow - Grab some red fabric - in any count you can see - these sweet holiday birds measure just 107 x 68 - so they finish a mere 5 x 7-1/2 on 14ct. Full color chart in the leaflet for $12.00, coded for DMC. $12.00
- Winter Welcome - Something to hang for the entire winter season, you don't have to add the word welcome if you don't want that part. Coded for DMC, it measures 102 x 137 - so 6-1/2 x 9 on 32ct. Adds a little bright color to the drabness of January and February! Full sized color leaflet, $13.00.
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Cats and Dogs of the Months by Romy's Creations
What a fun little collection of cats and dogs! Pin Cushion-sized pieces, she has her kitties and pups each doing the same things in a given month. In March, they are both in the shamrocks, April they are both wearing bunny ears. Each design measures 58 stitches, and they are coded for DMC floss.
You can choose to get only the CATS or DOGS, or both... I'm thinking that basket of 24 little cats and dogs would be darling! The rest of the months come out later this year... no timing info, so we're starting auto-ships! |
Presenting The Farmer's Market ABCs
from Little House Needleworks
Just in time for planting season... Diane has done another of her long and skinny alphabets - a companion to her 4-Seasons of these. Farmer's Market just makes you want to grow and pick, shop and sell it all and eat it!
Corn, cherries, carrots and jam. Lettuce, the market stands, peaches and pumpkins. Strawberries and watermelons... I think the little wagon might have puppies in it!
She's done a great job with it... it measures 39 x 311, and is stitched with DMC and her Classic Colorworks hand-dyed flosses. On 32ct Country Vintage Mocha Linen (we have that in Aida and multiple other counts) it'll finish a little larger than just 2 x 19! Super perfect to hang on a super skinny wall somewhere. Presented as a chart $10.00 |
A pair of charts for Spring and Easter, and a trio for Christmas and Winter - grab your DMC and Weeks flosses to stitch either one.
Something Yellow for Springtime by Stitchy Princess
- Queen Bee measures 83 x 83, everyone likes the honeycomb center pattern - it'd make a cute solid pin cushion. Full size chart $10.00
- Happy Easter includes two designs - the Bunny who looks official, and the whimsical Happy Easter greeting. Just 49 x 57 each, small and quick to stitch. Full size chart $12.00
Little bits of Winter and Christmas by Stitchy Princess
- Birds in Winter - This is really pretty worked on a darker background - to highlight all the white snow accents. Coded for DMC, some hand-dyeds from your stash would be easy to sub. Stitch count is 93 x 93 - just pretty. It doesn't SAY the season... so it can stay out a little longer! Full size chart $10.00
- Santa's Toy Shop and Mrs Claus' Bake Shop - Here's a pair of designs - they're each in their Christmas Market Booths! Santa is peddling toys and Mrs has been busy baking. Both designs measure 83 x 83, and would be perfect finished as two stand-ups side by side, or a folding 2-panel piece - you have to present these together! Charted for DMC and Weeks, pair of charts is $20.00
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Brightness and Cheer by Way of Little Stitch Girl
- You Were Meant To Bloom - This is so sweet. It's a 72 x 72 design, stitched with either DMC or Classic Colorworks hand-dyed flosses on any chalkboard-colored fabric. Just 6 colors of thread, it's a mighty 4 inches on 18/36ct. Fresh and bright, it's a quick stitch that will really make someone special happy! Single 5 x 8 colored chart. $6.00
- Holiday Banners - 4th of July and Easter - Joining their Halloween Holiday Banner design, we get Spring's Easter, and then Summer's 4th. The farmhouses are beautiful just by themselves - Zillow would have a field day! Each has the coolest trees with gorgeous geometrics in them. July's are plaid - and that pattern is hard to design and chart! Next, are the fantastic graphics in the sky. Easter's is absolutely gorgeous, and I kind of hate that it's partially hidden by the paper banner! It's a rainbow plaid that is so cool. Then, you stitch the letter banner pieces on perf paper, cut them out, and hang 'em across the sky. Each season is its own leaflet, heavy card stock, colored charts, DMC coding. These finish about 8 x 10 on 32ct.
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Flamingoes
from The Mindful Needle
This is a cute set of Flamingo Flavor!
- Flock to the Sea is a fun little design measuring just 149 x 61. Stitched on a light blue or white with lots of various hand-dyed flosses, it'll stitch in a jiff. Cute as a flat stand-up, but also as a pin drum.
- Flamingo Floss Drops - This is a set of 8 small cards tethered with a flamingo charm. There are 4 pictures on them that are so funny! Something silly to enjoy with your threads.
- Flamboyant Flamingo Needle Minder - A 1 x 2 inch pink acrylic minder - lots of detail in the design cut-out. A lightweight magnet to hold needles, or the grocery list on the beach house refrigerator door!
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4 Little Kitties
from Cotton Pixels
Here are 4 more little-black-cat designs to join our Stitcher's Cat and Strawberry Thief by Cotton Pixels. All presented as individual charts, they each measure about 55 stitches square, so finish around 3 inches in size.Cute as can be, they're on different fabrics, some feature a bit of metallic or a few beads.
Each one is unique - just like little black cats! Gardener's Cat features kitty lounging in the hanging pot - the flowers are beaded. Watermelon Kitty is mostly all beads! Flight Through the Night calls for metallics, as does Twinkle Little Star. |
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Four Exquisite Pin and Button Sets by Puntini for Spring 2025
Paola's clay art is stunning. So detailed... these are miniature works of art - filled with love! When you get these, you'll be blown away with her shading details in all the pieces.
- Easter 2025 Pin Set - This includes a chicken, striped egg, bunny, carrot, sheep and pink flower. You could split the up and use them in three different cushions! This set is featured on Paola's Easter Biscornu pattern for this season. Set is $17.00
- Autumn Animals 2025 - These buttons go with nothing. I bought them because I loved them! You get a fox, hedgehog, owl, black crow, a leaf and three pumpkins and ghourds. Get creative with them - they are darling! Button Set $17.00
- Sewing Buttons 2025 - This year's set of spools, thimble and buttons - again they go on nothing specific but I simply could not pass them up! Soft, rich colors... they'll go with everything! Set is $17.00
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Happiness is Being a Grandparent
from Barefoot Needleart
Barefoot Needleart has kind of a cool design - it's for GRANDMA - not the baby! Both model pics on the book cover are partially obstructed, so you have to use a little imagination, but you can see a big heart outline decorated with a few flowers on one side. There is a alphabet inside - in this scrolling font - so you can personalize it with any name you want!
Mimi and Gigi are shown on the back cover. Coded for Classic Colorworks flosses, this will finish approx 9 x 8 on 18/36ct. I could see this as a photo album or memory book cover, it's really a nice alternative to a birth announcement that really isn't so cool when they're 11 years old - and they don't want in their bedroom anymore. This is for Grammy - who will treasure it always! Multi-page leaflet with huge charting. |
Garden Troubles and Orange Cat Activities
from The Stitchin Kitten Designs
Two new cute kitty designs this week...
- Garden Troubles features 4 kittens just being CUTE! Each kitty-in-the-pot measures only 40 x 70 stitches - just 2 x 4 on 18ct - so stitch just one or do the whole row. Both are presented in full-sized chart format.
- Orange Cat Activities makes a 6-inch piece that might be YOUR cat! Coded for DMC, fabric is a mottled medium blue hand-dyed - we have lots of great options!
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Skellymaid
from Ghost Boy Needleworks
Well, this is over-the-top cute! It is a 5-inch long Peyote Beaded scissor or Zipper fob of a skeleton mermaid. You string those arms and make the little hands, and then the bony tail, it just makes you smile!
Complete kit contains both the color chart and numeral directions to do this - just depends on which set of instructions your brain works better with. Then, a vial of two beading needles, thread, clamshell finding and all the pre-sorted beads. Should take about 5 or 6 hours do do... such a conversation piece! |
Voice of The Garden
from Erica Michaels
'The hum of the bees is the voice of the garden.' Linda surprised us at Market with a new design that is shown stitched three different ways.
One version is on silk gauze (or could be 40 or 56ct linen), a berry, and then a regular normal-sized piece! Coded for Weeks and DMC, she's used Weeks Wools for her berry topper finishing. |
Bath Day
by Artmishka Cross Stitch
Well, aren't these the cutest little things? Little kitties playing on the clothesline. The design actually doesn't sense because I don't think cats really do play on clotheslines... but they're so darling, you can't resist them.
Super easy to stitch, they measure just 149 x 83 and are done with black floss. Just makes you smile. |
Weeks, Gentle Art and Classic Colorworks New Spring 2025 Hand-dyed Flosses
Get 'em now... before it's midnight on a Saturday night, and your pattern calls for one of these... and you don't have the right color!
- Weeks has Acai Berry, Chantilly, Liquid Gold, Olive Branch, Pickled Okra
- Gentle Art has Cerulean, Chestnut, Eggplant and Key Lime.
- Toffee is the new Simply Wool.
- Classic Colorworks has Apple Cider, Green Tea and Sparkling Rose. Diane even did a little freebie chart to go with these, so you'll get that too.
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New Enameled Needle Minders and Zipper Charms by Flamingo Toes!
Always cute and colorful, these are beautifully made minders. Strong magnets, bright and smooth enameling, Beverly's artwork is very detailed on each one of these and they are charming!
New is the Christmas Camper, Stork Scissors - and a Stork Scissor Charm, Heart Flag, Theater, Strawberry Basket, Flamingo and Vintage Flower Garden Quilt. Flamingo Toes has a large collection of pretty pieces, make sure to check them all out! |
- Hopkins the Thread Keep and Ribert and Riberta by Willoughby Ann
Oh my gosh, these are so cute! Willoughby Ann makes the cutest things... Hopkins is the Thread Keep - you can get 10 colors on him. Ribert is the name of the smaller frog - the set of 10 thread drops - another way to store your threads. Then comes Riberta - who is a 1-inch needle minder (actually shown in the middle in our pic).All are lightweight and made from pearlescent/tortoise shell plastic.
- Piggy Smalls the Thread Keep, Truffles the Drops, and Hamlet the Little Minder
by Willoughby Ann
How about these cute little pigs? The thread keep measures about 2 x 4, the drops are 1 x 2 -- set of 10, and the minder -- Little Hamlet (shown in the middle above) is less than an inch high and about an inch and a half long. Tortoise shell pink acrylic just like Hopkins and crew. Just too stink'in cute!
- Eiffel Tower Thread Drops by Willoughby Ann
These are such a pretty deep rose color of the tortoise-shell plastic material - just like the frogs and pigs, these measure 1-1/2 inches at the bottom and 2-1/2 inches in height. I can see absolutely no reason why you wouldn't want these! Set of 10 drops.
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The Sew Vintage Set by Willoughby Ann for Textilly Crafts
This entire set companions the little Vintage Sewing Machine cross stitch chart by Textilly Crafts.
The 3-1/2 inch Thread Card is the sewing machine, the set of ten 2-inch thread drops feature three black sewing machines, three gray thimbles, three red spools, and one red heart.
The 1-inch Minders are a trio of black ewing machine, red spool, and gray thimble.
The Sew Love Needle Magnet pair needs no explanation, does it? All are super cute and make a classy little set of pieces. |
Beautiful florals and pin cushions from Samplers Not Forgotten!
- Be Still My Heart - One of Kimberly's new pin cushion kits, we love these heart shaped ones the best! Be Still is done on 36ct hand-dyed linen - the kit includes linen, floss, backing fabric, the lace trim, the pin, heart and button charms and finishing instructions. This will finish about 3 x 4 - just like its companioning Floral Heart cushion. Kit runs 40.00.
- Be My Valentine - A rectangular cushion - this one features roses in a vintage design style. Again, the complete kit contains 36ct linen, floss, backing fabric, the lace trim, silver love letter envelope charm and finishing instructions. Kit runs $40.00.
- Autumn Abundance - Love this one - that pretty heart shape but with deeper, richer colors. Kit contains the 36ct hand-dyed linen, floss, backing fabric, the silk ribbon trim for the ruffled edge treatment, button charm, and finishing instructions, and runs $40.00.
- Hummingbird's Garden Sampler - This was one of our retreat projects when Kimberly came to The Silver Needle a few years ago! It is absolutely one of my most favorite pieces EVER! A flowing border - different all around, the soft colors, LOVE the whole side of special stitches, the pretty font for the verse, everything about it is pretty. It companions her Garden of Stitches piece, and kind of resembles her two larger ones - her English and French Gardens. Stunning in person, presented as a chart, it's stitched on Week's 36ct Beige linen using Weeks flosses of Light Khaki, Peach Fuzz, Dove, Red Pear, Lily Pad, Bullfrog, Grasshopper, Olive, Gold, Sanguine and Teal Frost. $30.00
- 1830s Rose Basket Needlebook Kit - This was another She Shed Retreat project Kimberly came to present - she found the main flower basket motif on one of the antique samplers hanging in the room when she taught Hummingbird! I sent her home with the sampler, and we got this for our class afterward! Stitching on the front and back of the tri-fold piece, there is a companion scissor fob and pin cushion piece. Stitched on Weeks 36ct Confederate Gray, it features Weeks flosses of Lily Pad, Loden, Hibiscus, Aztec Red, Sun Dried Blue heron, Chestnut, Mocha and Bees Knees. All presented in chart format, $30.00.
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Prairie Schooler2025 Santa!
Prairie Schooler's 2025 Santa is here.
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Two Spring 2025 Releases by Blackbird Designs
Not much information before Market about these... but now they are here, and we've had time to page through them and really appreciate both of them! Lovely, lovely projects!
- The Sweet Birds Sing - 3 Projects based on an antique Welsh Sampler, the original is pretty bold and actually not very attractive. Alma worked her magic and came up with a glorious sewing roll and two little pic cushions - much softer on the colors! Lots of fun history in here... along with fantastic pictures of the inside, and assembly of the sewing case. Quite a bit to enjoy in this one! Book has 16 pages of gorgeous pics and charts, $20.00
- Gifts of the Season - 4 Projects inspired by a English Sampler, Alma includes the chart for the entire original piece in this book. Then she's done 3 smaller, updated pieces - one a pic cushion, one a paperweight, and the third - a more modest version of the sampler itself. Weeks and Gentle Art flosses, soft hand-dyed linens - it's all classic Blackbird personality! Book has 24 pages $24.00
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Microfiber Glasses Cleaning Cloth
from Needlework Press
Needlework Press has a new sampler fragment design printed on her new microfiber cleaning cloths. Little 6 x 6 fabrics, store one in your stitching bag to clean your glasses or magnifier lens.
They come in a little clear plastic storage case, are lightweight, and make a perfect small token gift for a stitcher friend! |
The Alphabet Workbook
from Jean Farrish Needleworks
Finally, a work-able alphabet book! 37 Pages of 34 Uppercase fonts, 24 Lowercase, and 26 Number sets.
Blank graph paper pages (you can copy and design on), lots of information on how to space your letters, and how to sign your work too.
An excellent reference to help you chart verses or whatever you need! |
Presenting Seasons in the Garden from Jeannette Douglas - Available beginning May of 2025
Jeannette has designed a new 4-seasons set of designs - a companion set to her By The Sea. Measuring a total of 191 stitches square this is made up of the 4 seasons - each in its own corner of the design. Featuring the flora and fauna of its season, and stuffed with special stitches - the entire piece is full of hand-dyed silks in yummy colors.
Summer will release in May of 2025. Autumn in August, Winter in October and Spring in March of 2026. Hand-dyed fabric color is closest to DMC's 524, each kit will contain the chart and threads.
You supply a 36 linen - best to stick with that count so the threads will fit the fabric. Each season will include the chart and special thread pack and will run $78.00. Register now to get on the auto for that first kit to deliver this May! |
Jeannette Douglas is ALWAYS creative and delivers the most lovely things! Here we go...
- Travel Together
by Jeannette Douglas
This will be a 6-panel set of designs that all deal with travel. You can see a fabric 'cube' in the pic - and releasing now are parts 1 and 2 of the cube. These 6 designs were all pieces Jeannette did for all of our River Cruises and trips these past few years! You're gonna love the 4 designs yet to come later this year... so we are beginning an auto-ship for this charming set! You stitch all 6 panels on one piece of fabric to finish into the cube... but you COULD stitch them individually and later assemble or simply finish into singles. Presented as 6 small charts $10.00 each.
- Stitches Be Sweet
by Jeannette Douglas
This is a similar sampler in complexity to Joy Be Thine, and Needle Be true. The pattern includes a set of coordinating smalls, is stitched with silks and includes some embellishments - we're offering the whole set of leaflet, threads and embellishments. Loaded with specialty stitches and simply gorgeous! $118.00
- Summer Alphabet Garden - 162 x 49, on 36ct Flax linen. Gorgeous and so cheerful! Wrap it around a spool or make a drum. This chart is $12.00.
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Christmas Dots
by Jeannette Douglas
Another trip-inspired design from all the European Christmas Markets - this is the beginning of 12 small postcard-sized charts each featuring 2 tiny rounds. (They remind me of girl scout badges!) January, February and March cards are available now, and Jeannette promises all sorts of finishing ideas for these. Super cute... she was vaguely rambling and babbling about her concept of these on our trip to Tuscany last year! The little cards turned out great! Auto-ship for these too, each card will run $6.00. |
- Floral Alphabet Sampling Series
by Jeannette Douglas
A new series featuring letters of the alphabet (or your initials) with a floral theme. ABC and DEF coming now, rest released quarterly. The bottom rows of each piece are full of specialty stitches - J always has nice diagrams for those. Coded for hand-dyed flosses with DMC conversions, presented as leaflets, $16.00 each. Auto the these too - because it's going to be a set/series of 8.
- Happy Life Spring Set
by Jeannette Douglas
Darling little cross-stitch only pin cushions, these are #9, 10, 11 and 12 in the set of bowl fillers. Colorful, fun, easy to do... another auto for these - you can see Autumn and Christmas on our pages now. Quick and cute, small charts $10.00 for 1 chart with 2 designs in it.
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- My Stitching Album
by Jeannette Douglas
Originally published as a set of multiple kits, Jeannette is re-vamping and re-printing her fun My Stitching Album into ONE spiral-bound, organized, 126-page publication! A set of (8 or 12 - I don't remember!) different 5 x 7-ish band samplers FULL of featured specialty stitches, the original charts are long gone.
She has updated threads to DMC, but kept her original 10 colors of hand-dyed silks the same. It features full-sized, huge pics of the actual stitched samplers, huge full-page charts, huge stitch diagrams, nice-and-big-and-clear everything!
Limited in printing, we are taking orders for the books - she didn't say how many pages they are - but price is $92.00.
- Chubby Ewe
by Jeannette Douglas
Well, this is the CUTEST little thing! She's wearing a tiny Fascinator hat! Companions her other chubby friends - the bee, fox, bird, bunny and squirrel!
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Plain 'ol Regular Graph Paper
WOW, when you need this, you really need it! 8-1/2 x 11 sheets of clear, dark lines of graphs for designing!
Perfect for charting verses and personalizations, there are two tablets available. One tablet includes 12 pages each of 10 and 12 ct, the other tablet includes 2 pages each of 14 and 18ct grid. |
The Seventh Wave and Fishy Goings On
from Long Dog Samplers
Are you a Long Dog Samplers Fan? Here are two new designs that might tempt you! Always kind of large, always mono-chromatic, always stuffed full of hidden motifs that make you wonder why there are in there!
Presented in charts, choose your fabric and favorite thread. She gives you yardage needed by fabric count, so you can make sure to start with enough of a thread dye lot.
Seventh Wave measures 323 x 281 - a whopping 18 x 15-1/2 on 36ct.
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Bent Creek's Winter and Spring Releases!
Yeti Globe - Here's our annual snowglobe design stitched on 20ct linen with #5 Pearl Cottons. Only 52 x 54 in stitch count, it finishes just 5 x 5 - and this little guy is something like the 25th Globe design they have! He's smiling and getting ready to throw a snowball into his sky to make it snow all over again! Complete kit of chart, needle, linen and threads.
Pop of Luck - This is the 10th one of these! We took a pic of all of them together at Market... charming! Offered as a kit, 20ct linen, #5 Pearl Cottons, it's a breeze to stitch. If you aren't into the 'tree' part... just do the round... they make darling pin cushions. Complete kit of chart, linen, needle and threads. (and don't laugh when I mention that needle - sometimes we run across kits here and there from everywhere that actually do not include that! You're using a #20 or #22 Tapestry in here - just the right size to NOT tear up that heavy Pearl thread.)
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!
Penguin Stocking - This stocking joins Bent Creek's whole collection of stockings! It was actually done just for me last December - I have a new grand-daughter, and since I stitched the BC stockings for everyone in my daughter's family - I told them at Market last year that I needed a NEW stocking for this year! So little miss Nella had her stocking this year full of fun things from Ami and Opi. Chart, same size as the rest in the series, they are done on 20ct linen with pearl cottons. Super fun to change the colors and threads on these to add zip and zest! |
Rainbow Ribbon Pouches
Oh these are so pretty! Lightweight, see-through mesh zippered pouches, these get their stunning color from all the thin ribbon stripes running through them.
Multi-mesh colors of red, purple and navy, with all those happy stripes... these weigh nothing, are SUPER flexible, breatheable, and feature a zipper with an easy-grip pull tab.
Small one measures about 9 x 13 - enough for a full-sized leaflet, and the larger one comes in at almost 13 x 17. Multi-colors, a really a nice surprise! |
Peace on Earth
from Lila's Studio
Oh... the Winter version of Lila's seasonal Quaker samplers, this is lovely. 'Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men' is the verse which is surrounded with a holly border.
Artwork in that center is over one, the rest of the piece is over two, and it finishes a generous 15 x 12 on 36ct. Coded for DMC, it's loaded with winter animals and deep rich coverlet colors. Can't wait to get our shop model stitched! |
From Left: Trick or Treat, Skull, Spooky Pumpkin, Witch Hat
Fright Night by Debbie Mumm for Mill Hill
Doesn't feel like Halloween this month... but it is on the way! New Bead kits by the Mill Hill people - based on the artwork of Debbie Mumm - these are here now to get you ready for Halloween!
Each design finishes 5 x 5 on 16ct aida - either white or light yellow. Garnished with Mill Hill beads, they're quirky, colorful and look like a lot of fun to stitch. Complete kits contain the chart, needles, threads and beads, frames available separately. |
Darling New Crackers and Crumbs From Stacy Nash!
- Lily, One of the Animal Crackers - Well, she is the CUTEST! Little Miss skinny legs, she's done with Week's flosses, and her chart includes her long alphabet sampler you see wrapped around a wooden spool.Chart $12.00
- Goose, Joining the Crumbs series - Goose is a giraffe ready to go partying! Weeks flosses, chart is $12.00
- Rufus, Another Cracker Crumb - he's a little bear on loan from the circus. Weeks hand-dyeds, chart is $12.00
- Velvet Pink Pear Needle Book - Look at the little hedgehog stashed inside of this! Just like Stacy's Velvet Tangerine, Carrot and Parsnip cases... the littler 'person' inside is dear. Weeks hand-dyeds, chart is $12. To distress velveteen, get it wet, stain a little with coffee, and then drag a comb over it t really ruff up the nap.
- Harriet, another new Animal Cracker, she is pretty and very proper. Chart $12.00, Weeks hand-dyeds.
- Rose Hill Farm Sampler - Pretty border, neat little take-out cushions, Weeks flosses, chart runs 16.00
- Stitcher's Journal - Something different by Stacy, 36 pages of pics, a year's worth of calendar pages to keep track of retreats, WIPS, future projects, wish lists... whatever your stitching life demands you keep track of! Chart for cover-featured sampler is included. $22.00
- Paper Die Cut Needle Keeps -- These are paper cut outs of three of the Crackers... with a felt heart glued to the back. Truthfully, they aren't much... just pieces of paper with the felt! They were supposed to be $8 each, our remaining are $4 each!
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New Needle Minders by Cherry Hill Stitchery!
Acrylic or Enameled - Take your pick!
Cherry Hill Stitchery has taken the artwork from her Miss Hollybird and Luna cross stitch designs and made them into beautiful enameled minders.Super-Stong
magnets on the backs, they measure approx 1-1/2 inches in size.
THEN, she has her cute artwork on acrylic pieces as well! Again 1-1/2 inches in size, the magnets on these are actually embedded inside the acrylic layers so without the second loose backing magnet, these are flat and lightweight! Each comes with that film-sheet cling covering that you will initially have to pull off the piece - but that keeps it from getting scratched before you own it. Delightful designs... they make you smile. We especially like the LIGHTWEIGHT feel of the acrylic pieces! |
With Thy Needle and Thread's Market Releases for March 2025
- The Earth Laughs and Liberty - Brenda's Spring and Summer seasons round out this short series of seasonal Quaker samplers. Joining Feels Like Fall and Peace & Goodwill, they're not too large to stitch, so if you want to put them away between the seasons, you won't feel too bad about it! Soft hand-dyed linen and floss colors, each measures about the same - 100 x 200-ish. Charts $12.00
- A Daily Reminder - Choose a lovely darker fabric for this to give it an aged look, the verse is one Brenda remembers from her childhood. One of her friend's moms would call it out as they were leaving the house... and she commented on how differently teenagers and adults take the advice! 'Be Good and Do Good' - apply those words to everything in life! This finishes about 10 x 10-1/2 on 36ct, and is done with a medley of hand-dyed flosses. Chart $14.00
- Spring Trio - The start of a new seasonal set, each chart contains all three designs for its season. Simple cookie-cutter style motifs, these will make a cute set of cushions - all to nestle together in one bowl. She's done each season on its own color of fabric, and used a medley of hand-dyeds. Chart $14.00
- Summer Trio - The second of a new seasonal set, each chart contains all three designs for its season. Simple cookie-cutter style motifs, these will make a cute set of cushions - all to nestle together in one bowl. She's done each season on its own color of fabric, and used a medley of hand-dyeds. Chart $14.00
- Spring Swan - Another companion to Brenda's other swans - she just liked her grandmother's concrete swan planter - but it turned into a set of pretty designs! We have Christmas and Summer - this one is done on Country Vintage Mocha linen and finishes just under 4 x 4. Chart $12.00
- Hop Into Spring - This is enchanting! Finishing about 4 x 9 on 36ct linen, the pair of rabbits, the tulip and birds and vines, it all tucks beautifully into the little scalloped board by Chantelle's. Choose any 36ct, and your hand-dyeds. Brenda plans on using this finishing board again in future designs - you paint it, and add the 1/4 inch twill tape laced through the holes for added appeal. Chart $12.00, Board is $20.
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A Child is Born and The Bee's Knees Cross Stitch.
Both charts, we know nothing about them, but they both look pretty enticing!
New from Stitchy Prose
- Woodland Welcome - A Baby Announcement. Here's a neat woodland theme for a baby sampler! 80 x 288, It finishes 4-1/2 x 16 on 18/36ct, and is coded for DMC.Chart runs $12.00
- Bless You Evermore - A really nice piece to hang just about anywhere in your home, the Scots believe that if you finish your 'Blessings Sampler' by the end of January, you'll have good luck and blessings throughout the year. Your background fabric can be anything... it kind of hard to tell the floss colors in this because of the strong fabric shade... so look it over, and see what your decor can handle. Measures 176 x 128 - so finishes 10 x 7 on 18/36.
- If Unbearable - Please go to the woods! Holly describes this as the perfect stitch for somebody that needs a little more then the average Snickers bar! Finishes a mere 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 on 18/36ct and is coded for DMC.
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Fun New Designs by Una Buena Pieza
- Seasons Towns - So colorful and fun, this is hard to pass by. Measuring 130 inches in diameter, you're going to use half the colors in your floss box for this delightful piece, 4 little town in all the seasons. Simply mounted in a wooden hoop - you'd need a 9-inch hoop for a 32ct finish - leaflet, $12.00.
- Seasons Gardens - The next rectangular piece, this one is full of trees and critters of it's season. These pieces are fun to split up into drums, fobs and always pic cushions. Think outside the 'rectangle' a little and find the hidden things in here to make something fun. Another one that uses half the colors in your floss box! Leaflet $12.00
- Lewis Carroll - I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. A quote by Lewis Carroll, this is a fun piece. We can tell by the pic that all the motifs on the bottom half are upside down! (But I can't tell what most of them are anyway - will have to wait for this chart to come!) Leaflet, DMC flosses, $12.00
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Cats - By Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks
I don't know anything about this chart but I bought it anyway 'cause I think it's dynamite! Stitch count is 138 x 194 - so pretty big at 8-1/2 x 12 on 16/32ct.
I imagine DMC floss, and I think these would break up beautifully into individual pin cushions for a really fun filled bowl.
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Judy Whitman's New 2025 Releases are Really Pretty!
- A-Round Bees - Another of her cute round Country French-inspired designs, this one features bees. She's chosen an Antique White fabric background and Classic Colorwork's Queen Bee hand-dyed floss. I think the floss has enough variation to really make this soft and pretty... it really looks like there are several different colors used. Presented in her small chart format. $12.00
- French Baby Samplers - Judy has compiled and re-printed 8 of her previous Country French animals she'd done as baby samplers into this 5 x 8-1/2 booklet. Full color pics of each design, multiple fabric and finishing options, alphabet and numeral charts provided for personalization, I see ducks, a rocking horse, rabbits, teddy bear, stork, elephant, and the carriage. Booklet runs $22.00.
- With Gratitude - 'Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.'
A beautiful, classic floral with a very vintage feel, this 10 x 6 piece would be perfect hanging in a guest room or hallway. This is a half-sized leaflet that unfolds into a 11 x 16 huge chart, and it features nice close-up pics of the motifs and complete sampler. Tthe design is done on 36ct with Classic and Weeks hand-dyed flosses - DMC conversions provided. Stitch count is 186 x 108... just peaceful! $14.00
- Le Petite Lettres - Another classic JBW design... nobody can say Judy doesn't like alphabets! This one's a little looser and less organized than most of her others - all the borders and leaves in here, it's a bit more challenging to find all the letters - and that makes it fun and interesting! She's done it in two different colorways and suggests you can choose any you want - especially coordinating single hand-dyed thread color to your fabric. Maybe honey-yellow, or soft sage greens? Small chart that unfolds out into a long piece - 5-1/2 x 16 chart. Stitch count on this is 217 x 85, so it will finish a generous and approximate 12 x 5 on 36ct! $16.00
- Lucia's Sewing Smalls - Four designs are included in this tri-fold small chart. You get the scissor fob, needle and scissor cases and pin drum. I think the squatty little pin drum is my favorite - especially with the herringbone decorative stitching around the top. DMC for everything... choose pretty finishing fabric... remember you don't HAVE t finish everything in the same shapes shown... you CAN do anything else you want! Chart $14.00
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The New Designs from Shakespeare's Peddler!
- Kindness Makes Friends - Theresa says, 'Big brick house, strawberry borders, blocky alphabets and friendly quilting motifs are quintessential elements of a sampler to stand the test of time.' Measuring 144 x 234 and finishing 8 x 13 on 36ct, it's stitched with a medley of hand-dyeds and DMC. Chart runs $18.00
- Flowers That Bloom - Originally published in the Spring 2024 Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine, the verse is from a Gilbert & Sullivan song. Chart $12.00
- People Everywhere - Stitch count is 143 x 80 - a mixture of Sampler Threads and DMC, chart runs $12.00.
- Summer Sampler Fragment - Theresa likes partial areas of samplers framed. She's releasing 4 designs - seasonal in flavor - that are each 'fragments' of a whole sampler. Nothing is *really* missing, because she'd designed them that way - kind of teases your brain doesn't it? Summer Sampler measures 124 x 125 - choose a dark background fabric for the contrast; she's done all 4 of these on the same fabric, so plan accordingly. Chart $12.00.
- Spring Sampler Fragment - The next partial sampler, again 124 x 125 (all 4 will be the same size) in stitch count. Meant to look incomplete, as often old samplers are cut up or damaged over time, this one has lost half it's alphabet! Chart $12.00.
- Hope - Inspiration comes from unusual places. Theresa has had this frame and charted her verse for the center from an old sampler. She had to keep adding motifs until she ran out of room and filled the frame. She likes her tomato pin cushion and strawberry emery on here, and didn't want the colors in her Spring-flavored piece to be too 'jelly beany' or too 'beach towely!' Looks like a fun little piece! Various hand-dyeds or DMC floss, chart runs $12.00.
- Joy - Theresa did this for Gentle Art this season as a Market Exclusive. It uses some limited edition threads available now. She says she's going to release this again later this fall - but I have no idea what the floss status will be. Measures 93 x 146 - so 5 x 8 on 36ct. Chart $12.00
- Pennsylvania Christmas Birds - A third creamy bird design against a rich red fabric background - evidentally these designs are inspired by Pennsylvania-German kitchen towels. Chart $12.00
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Cute Cushions for the Seasons by LuHu Stitches
Aren't these colorful and happy? 4 Separate charts for 4 small cushions. I think it's the detailing in the black backstitching that I find enchanting. Stitch 'em on anything you want... might even be fun the change the fabric colors for the seasons - a natural for fall, blue for winter, yellow and pinks for spring and summer... each measures just 50 x 50, presented in 4 single charts. Put your cursor over each image to see its name.
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A Great Batch is Coming Home with Us from Shepherd's Bush!
- Presenting the New Shepherd's Bush Stocking - Olaf
It's Grandpa's turn (don't know who Olaf is... I haven't read T & T's story on the leaflet yet) for a stocking! Olaf has a curly beard, a bright red jacket and gray pants. Along with his reindeer friend, there is a train along the bottom as well as a sleepy little village. Leaflet runs $12, Charm pack runs $20... Same awesome charms as the other 30 in the set!
- Garden Bag - The next large mesh pouch design to release. That makes about 14 of these! Fun colors, cute fob and cushion designs to go with your bigger pouch, it just makes you happy. These mesh pouches are a super-nice size - plenty of room for the chart, large piece of fabric and threads, their kind of addictive! Pouches come in 12 different colors for all SB's cute designs. Chart $10.00, Pouches are $15 each, button set TBA.
- Home is Where - We start! Looks like a small design, linen, might make a neat new home gift, might make a fun pic above your household key rack in your mud room. Chart $6.00
- Garden Needle Case Kit - This companions T & T's Halloween and Patriotic cases like this - complete kit contains the finishing fabrics and wools, along threads and embellishments.Super cute... the stitching wraps around both the front and back of the case.$30.00
- Stitch and Bee Happy - This year's Spring pin cushion kit - 20ct linen, hand-dyed flosses, cute handmade clay Zinnia button all in the kit! These always contain Teri's hand-dyed ribbon as the trim.$30.00
- How Does Your Garden Grow Zipper Bag - Another striped mini zippered pouch kit, the linen panel holds your stitching - pre-sewn pouch, threads, chart, needle and a few teeny button embellishments. $24.00
- Blessings Grow Fob - Here's a tiny 2-inch scissor fob presented in kit format. Designs on both sides, the edging is rik rak trim attached with beads. Blessings Grow and Well Tended are the words between all the bitty flowers. $16.00
- Be Still - This season's beginner kit is done on 10ct Tula. These are always cute, and a REALLY GOOD project to introduce to a young or simply a new stitcher. The kit looks good - not dorky or clunky - it's presented well, so they'll love stitching right from the start! Kit contains the chart, fabric, threads and embellishment all for $16.
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New from Heartstring Samplery
- Sister Sampler - A tribute to the bond of Sisters, this measures 215 x 241, so finishes about 12 x 13 and is done with a medley of hand-dyeds. Chart, $16.00, the verse reads 'Beside a well one does not thirst, beside a sister one does not despair.'
- S is for Stitch - This is Beth's 13th letter to do... just cute and quick for us stitchers, stitch count is 80 x 80, so if you do it over one on 28 Lugana, it'd make a DARLING 2-3/4 inch cushion for a retreat exchange! Chart $12.00
- Bunny, Daisy and Strawberry Bobbins - These are large enough to hold 4 skeins of thread! Hand-made by Beth's hubby! $6.00 each.
- A Little Bit - A pin cushion design to companion the larger sampler releasing with it, celebrates the old and the new - I guess we rock 'n rollers are the NEW! Chart $10.00
- Rock and Roll Sampler - Full of motifs for stitchers, it reads 'I wanna rock and roll all night and cross stitch every day!' Measures 191 x 235, stitched with multiple hand-dyeds, it's a fun piece! Chart $16.00
- Treasured Memories - This is a stitcher retreat mat Beth designed for one of our She Shed events a few years ago. It's super cute... and you can either frame the stitched part, or make the 12 x 18 mat to go on the road! Pretty hand-dyed colors, we had 4 different colorways for finishing fabric in class, so we know there are multipe color options. Chart $14.00
- An Ode to Libraries - Inspired by Beth's love of libraries, this design features an open book that is sprouting flowers and mushrooms with birds and a butterfly floating above. All sorts of hand-dyeds used, it measures 150 x 130, chart runs $14.00
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A couple of cuties by New York Dreamer
- Life Comes with a Mother - We think this would make an awesome NEW MOM gift. Maybe not so much for a teenager... maybe not so much for Mom moving into some new stages of her life... this little piece can have a LOT of different 'Mom Thoughts!' So... back to New Mom... she's the one who's wishing there was a manual! Measuring 152 square, it finishes about 8-1/2 inches on 36ct.
- Grandma's Kitchen - Another of her rolling pin designs, you can always get a younger stitcher to do this for Grandma... it's seasoned with love! 32ct Seems to fit rolling pins, stitched with DMC and hand-dyeds... the chart is $12.00
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Sew Vintage, a cute little design by Textilly Crafts
It measures 45 x 57 in size... and then that tiny little spool fob, too!
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- Strawberry Thieves Pin Keeps - By Quaint Rose, this chart has several 'pieces and parts' to it. Stitched with Classics of Licorice Red, Tropical Paradise and Crab Cakes along with DMC of 310, 3364, 3362 and white, you get the Sweet Pillow, Needlebook, Berries Pillow and pretty little Pjn mattress - with the bird on it. Chart runs $14.00
- The Quilting Nanny - Kind of a fun 'out there' piece... this little donkey looks perfectly happy amidst her world of color. I kind of like those quilt blocks along the bottom - they'd be fun re-arranged into a square pin cushion, and that profusion of flowers growing from the hive would make another cool cushion. Something about this is so happy, chart runs $12.00
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Little Christmas Sweaters (Jumpers) by Haystack Stitching
Here are two different charts each offering little mini Christmas Sweaters. Haystack calls them 'jumpers.' Worked on your choice of 18 or 14ct perf paper, or really any fabric you want, each sweater is stitched with DMC. Featuring touches of bead embellishments, Santa's belt buckle is included in that embellishment pack and the 4 tiny wire hangers come in each chart.
Each sweater measures a petite 60 x 45 - so just 3 x 2-1/2 if you use the 18ct perf paper! You might remember some of these from past Just Cross Stitch Magazine's Annual Ornament Issues. Collection One contains Sleigh by Nite, Scandi Gnome, Bah Humbug and Down the Chimney. Collection two contains Tis the Season, Scani Xmas, Joyeux Noel and Penguin Party.
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New From Val's Stuff
Jelly Bean Buzzed and It's Spring Fever - Val has two new design for Spring... these come as charts and use DMC floss. She does a lot on perforated paper, so you could use that and make these into plant pokes.
Mr Buzzed would be cute finished as a poke of cushion perched in your Easter Candy dish.
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New Arrivals by Sweet Wing Studio
- Choose Joy - Pretty tangerine oranges, lime greens and lavender, this finishes approx 4 x 8-1/2 on 32ct. Classic and DMC flosses, it is a chart for $9.00
- Every Good Gift - This design can go Christmas - but if you change your corner motifs a little - it can be for any season. Measuring 86 x 82, it finishes 5-1/2 inches on 32ct.
- In Its Time - Soft hand-dyeds of teal, peachy pink and soft light gold, this measures about 6 x 5-1/2 on 16/32ct. Chart $8.00
- You Are My Sunshine - 6 x 6 On 16/32ct, this is shown on an ice blue fabric background, coded for Classic or DMC floss. The chart runs $8.00
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- Stitching Friends by Boulder Valley Stitching - Here's a fun chart to celebrate Stitch Retreats! Perfect designs to stitch for tablemates, a retreat buddy or the smalls exchange... each design is simple and finishes about 4-1/2 x 3 on 36ct I think it'd be fun to finish one of these as the cover of a booklet - you can take it everywhere, and have your whole table date and sign it as you attend all your retreats. Chart runs $12.00
- Stitch Every Day - We had this last year, but I think we sold out, and kind of lost track of it! Kind of Cross Stitch Rules! Measures 167 x 182 - so finishes 9 x 10 on 36ct. Cute and colorful, presented as a chart for $12.00
- Building a Home - "It takes many hands to build a house, but only love can make it a home." PERFECT for a housewarming or wedding gift, this is coded for DMC, includes a personalization alphabet, and will finish in a jiffy to 6 x 7 on 18/36ct.
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Delighful New Arrivals from Cherry Blossoms!
- Mistletoe Kisses - Darling! This is the second design in Cherry's snowglobes - the first one was Snowday. A big globe filled with mistletoe and frosty trees, our snowcouple is happy in their winter wonderland... even the little village below is cute. Worked on Silver Fox linen by Fiber on a Whim - an absolutely gorgeous color I might add - this is done with Weeks and Classic flosses, and measures approx 6-1.2 inches in size. Chart $12.00
- Vintage Ornaments Set 2 - Touches of nostalgia, we get a little house in the woods, jolly Santa and little sleigh filled with treasures. All three designs in this one chart, each is done with Weeks hand-dyeds on 32ct linen and fits perfectly on Cherry's wooden ornament finishing boards. Board sets are three pieces, unpainted, and available individually for one ornament or package of 9 pieces to make 3 ornaments. Chart $12.00
- The Vintage Hare - Wow, this is gorgeous! You could just eat that chocolate bunny! Grab some bright fabric and your Classic and Weeks hand-dyed, this measures 114 x 143, so will finish about 7 x 9 on 32ct. Chart $12.00
- Garden Tea - Bright sunny colors, this needs a window sill or kitchen table as it's new home. Stitched on crispy white it's coded for Cosmo thread... and will convert easily to DMC. Chart $12.00
- Home of the Free - Love the shade of that aqua-blue house, the wandering rose vine on the flag pole, the quilty fireworks in the sky, and even the round trees! Measuring 117 x 127, this finishes about 8 x 8 on 32ct. Just colorful and happy, presented as a chart $12.00
- Land That I Love - A very patriotic star full of the American flag, surrounded by words we all love. Measures 101 x 101 - so just a wisp of a thing at 6 x 6, it's worked with Weeks hand-dyed flosses. Chart runs $12.00
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Vintage Ornament Backer Boards
from Cherry Blossoms
These are the finishing boards used on Cherry's Vintage Ornaments. Made of birch plywood, each ornament is really 3 pieces - the back (to paint with your favorite color), the round mounting board (for the cross stitch) and then the little topper embellishment (to make gold or silver - like ornament toppers.)
There are TWO different wooden ornament shapes -
Set Number ONE is more wide and squatty,
Set Number TWO is the more tapered one.
You can buy them as one single ornament (3 pcs in the package) or a pack for 3 ornaments (9 pcs in the package.) Ready to paint, distress, whatever - and decorate with your needlework!
NOTE! We have the single packs of the Set One backers in stock; the 3-packs will come home with us from Market, along with the Set Two backers.
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A couple of fun pieces by Ink Circles
- Sewing Bird - Little birds, buttons, spools and trailing threads to make the vines; I think the corners kind of look like scissors! Classic Colorworks flosses on Weeks hand-dyed linen, the chart runs $14.00
- The Forest for the Trees - This is just plain pretty! I have no information except Classic hand-dyeds on 32, chart at $14. I think just taking a cut-out square area of this and making IT into a pin cushion would be stunning. Let your stitching run all the way to the edge of the cushion... this is so beautifully busy. You could do a whole set of 5 or 6 and none would be the same, but they'd match anyway!
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Springtime Snippets by Little Robin is coming!
Robin of Little Robin is finishing her neat seasonal series of coverlet cushions. We've had Slightly Spooky, Merry Minis, Little Liberties and now Springtime Snippets.
All 12 cushions are around the same size... each season uses only two colors... and do you notice that the middle cushion is the one that features both colors.
Just a really charming set of designs... no special stitches or embellishments... just pleasing colors, fonts, borders and motifs! Springtime is stitched with Weeks Glacial melt and Scuppernong hand-dyed. Chart runs $12.00
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New From Plum Street Sampler
- Friendship Garden - What a fun sentiment! Measures 96 x 168, it finishes about 5 x 9 on 36ct. Weeks and Classics hand-dyeds, it companions Gathered Hearts. Chart $12.00
- Gathered Hearts - The companion piece to Friendship Garden, it features two friends (with crowns on!). Both of Paulette's pieces have 'areas' that would be pretty stitched alone - without the words. Look at them... maybe you're up for smaller 'mattress-style' cushions or little stand-up blocks instead? Measures 98 x 170 - 5 x 9 on 36ct, again uses Weeks and Classic hand-dyeds. Chart runs $12.00
- Meanie Weenies - Another Weenie dog design! Everyone loves these! This time, Paulette's little guys are fighting over the hydrant! Obviously, the house has issues too! Darling - just like all the others in this series - this measures 144 x 67 - so 8 x 3 on 36ct. Weeks, Classics and DMC, Chart is $10.00
- Rejoice - Centered around a Sunday School Song Paulette loved as a kid, this measures 118 x 101 so will finish a petite 6-1/2 x 5-1/2 on 36ct. Chart runs $14.00.
- Stench Stack - Well apparently, a group of skunks is called a 'stench' so I guess this title holds a double meaning! The latest in Paulette's tribute to cute little animals... they finish the same size as all the rest like them. Weeks, Classic and DMC... HOW can she keep doing these, and have each one come out cuter than the last?
- Tomato Hill - A sweet little cushion design, Paulette has a grandson who LOVES to pilfer her cherry tomatoes from the garden, so she has to stitch her tomatoes instead! Measures just 57 x 68 - 3 x 3-ish... Chart coded for Weeks, Classics and DMC. $10.00
- Tomato Sampler - The main companion piece to the little Hill cushion, this has a tomato-keeper watering her vine. The background features a lavish trailing vine full of little tomatoes, quilt blocks leaves, and THEN the alphabet is scattered throughout! Just charming... it measures 129 x 109 - not too large at 7 x 6 on 36ct!
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Satsuma Street is always Colorful!
- Groovy Chicks go with last year's Funky Chickens! All three of these ladies are included in the one leaflet - all are 100 x 50 and finish about 3-1/4 inches in size. The absolute cutest, Jodi includes finishing instructions and templates for all the fun felt accents on them. Coded for DMC, you COULD always add some wild threads or metallics for these - and make them into pin cushions, frame weights, sachets, just whatever! Leaflet runs $16.00
- Christmas Fawn Kit - Add some sweetness to your tree with this retro fawn ornament. The full kit contains the perf paper, DMC floss, beads and sequins and chart, of course She finishes about 3 x 4. Kit runs $16.00.
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Cute new Needle Minders by Flamingo Toes
Storks and Strawberries - New enameled needle minders and charms join this delightful collection of happy motifs. By designer Beverly McCullough, we are getting new stork scissors - with a bits of colorful florals on them. You can choose between her charm application or the magnetic minder.
Also joining our minder collection is a small basket of strawberries.
Beverly is beginning a Minder-of-the-Month & companioning Cross Stitch design series, releasing this July. No hints yet at pics, but we've ordered them... so we'll let you know ASAP! They're going to run $20/month.
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Gotta Love These Two from Works by ABC
Works by ABC just HAD to do two more glorious pieces that use every floss in your box - and then some! Remember last year's 324? Little doo-dads and ding-bats that used 324 different colors of DMC?
- 324 The Sequel - Uses 324 different colors again - along with specialty stitches! Stitched on 25ct Lugana, you could do this on canvas - or linen. The 24-page book includes the charts and instructions for all 324 of these half-inch blocks! So so cool... you can't possibly get tired of stitching this - nothing is the same, and you haven't got time to get sick of a color - because you won't use it again! And the final test... when you go to look for your colors... will you have them all? You could do just 16 blocks and make a 3-inch pin cushion... you could stitch a long row or double row and make a band to wind around a spool. You could make a door draft snake if you did these on 10ct Tula... you can do ANYTHING!
- 365 - This one features a little circle for every day in the year. They are all different, and stitched with a different color of floss! Measures 167 x 167, so 10 x 10 on 32ct!
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Fresh Berries by Erica Michaels! Well... technically they're 'Preserves' because all have been previous class pieces and never released! Linda is the Berry Lady - I told her she should give out those little jars of jelly at the show as a promo! Your Peek at her releases!
- Birdsong Berries - Inspired by birds from antique samplers, soft sage, buttermilk, a little denim and brick red, just classic birds and sampler motifs on these. All three in the chart for $15.00
- Life is Sweet - These are FRESH PRESERVES! Never released before - Linda has been teaching her berry finishing at shops and retreats for several years. Each time, she did a small berry design for the event... and here are 9 of them! 9 charts, color pics, finishing instructions and templates for all the berries and different topper treatments! We've never seen these berry designs - they're all new to us - and look charming! Linda does something different on every topper! Book $30.00
- Forget-Me-Not - A verse from Linda's Grandmother's autograph book - it asks that you use this little spot to write the words 'forget me not.' Monochromatic - change to any other color you wish... berry or square pin cushion finish. Chart $15.00
- Featherbeds - For Rent! (Can you imagine?) A really fun piece to hang in your guestroom! Are they a bevy, gaggle or flock? Linda features two different designs in this chart - $15.00
- Friends and Stars - A tiny sampler and a berry - both for your besties. Linda suggests some metallic to add sparkle. Chart $13.00
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Tiny Modernist has the cutest new stuff!
- Flamingo Flamboyance - These are DARLING! Presented in full sized leaflet format... you get charts for both of the flamingoes, the Monstera leaf the hibiscus flower. Everything is stitched with DMC on any light background you want. Finished as plant pokes, they're just so darn cute, you can't pass them up!
- Vintage Paris Pin Cushion - Gosh, I love this! Measuring just 56 x 56 in stitch count, and using only 6 DMC shades, it is stunning. Presented in a small card format for $7.00
- Spring Traditions Sampler - The final in the seasonal samplers, everything about these has been cheerful and colorful. Full sized leaflet $12.00
- The Snail Rider - We like the colors in this! Don't know where you'll display it... but you can't beat that fuchsia against the deep brown background. DMC, half-size chart $9.00.
- Cute Crocodile - Not much else to say about this little guy except that he DOES look good with his pink spike highights! DMC, half-sized chart $7.00.
- Yesterday I was Clever - 'Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.' Wow... what a quote! The hand at the bottom is cool, the floral rising from it is full of tiny animals and a little house - your home. Stitched with DMC or hand-dyed silk, it finishes about 8 x 10-1/2 on 28ct. Full sized leaflet $12.00
- My Cat Helper - Measures about 6-1/2 x 8 on 28ct... DMC, it's just a sweet piece - small leaflet format $9.00
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Robin Pickens always has fun and colorful artwork - here we go!
- Sweater Weather Springtime Florals - Grab a lip-puckering lime/kiwi green fabric for this one! Fun lavenders, blues and pinks stand up to this bright fabric. Measures 106 x 133, stitched with Week's hand-dyed flosses, there is a DMC conversion if needed. Third in Robin's Sweater Weather series, chart $12.00
- Gathering Bright Blooms - Another bold fabric choice - this one is navy, and those colors jut pop against that background. Measures 112 x 111, so on 14ct it finishes just 8 inches square. Coded for Cosmo or DMC floss, chart $12.00
- Courier Duos Summer Blue Jays and Autumn Blackbirds - You might recognize these two a little - they are larger, extended versions of Robin's Seasonal Couriers. Basically, the entire right side of each has been available in the Couriers charts. The entire left-hand side of each design is new - so these charts present you a 151 x 121 piece - they finish about 11 x 8-1/2 on 28ct. The smaller versions have been super popular - these have even more impact. No news on Spring or Winter yet, but I imagine whose will follow later this year. Charts $12.00 each.
- Madras Beanstalk - I just love this color combination! The fabric is Ivy from Fiber on a Whim, the flosses are DMC. Stitch count is 96 x 95 - so about 6 inches square on 32ct. Just fresh, vibrant and so pretty! Chart $10.00
- Dandelion Wishes - A sweet piece done on just about anything you want! Light colors will make it look light and wispy, darker colors will really highlight the dandelion frizzies. Measuring 106 in stitch count, stitched with DMC, it finishes about 6-1/2 inches on 32ct. Chart $10.00
- Peek A Boo Birds
66 x 94 on 28ct, what fun and unexpected colors against that dramatic blue! Chart is 10.00; we'll have the fabric, too.
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Scary Stuff from The Autumn Lane Stitchery Creators!
These guys love scary Halloween designs... here are this season's newest:
- The Summoner - 140 x 196 This is presented as leaflet with full color chart. $14.00
- Witches Hollow - 140 x 96 - Don't know if this is done on murky purple hand-dyed, black or orange! Delightfully scary though! Leaflet $14.00
- Dance Party - Smaller at 86 x 120, looks like a light, wintery background. Leaflet $13.00
- A Spooky Flight - 63 x 86 - This one looks friendly, actually! Another murky, dirty background, against the cheerful colors! Leaflet $11.00
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Market Previews from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery
- Honey Bee Sampler - We like this! Stitched with 4 skeins of your favorite honey-shaded hand-dyed thread, this measures 179 x 187 - about 10 x 10 on 36ct. Chart $18.00
- Spring Quilt Barn - This goes with the Christmas Barn... 115 x 96, Sampler Threads and Classic flosses with DMC conversions. Presented as a chart. $13.00
- Spring Garden at Cranberry Manor - Back to Lori's profusion of cool borders, houses and neat little floral pots. She has quite a nice collection of all three elements across her other designs - colors in this are pretty! Chart, 118 x 108, this finishes her Seasons at Cranberry Manor series. Chart $13.00
- Friendship Blooms - A fun little design to stitch for a friend... 121 x 97, 36ct Cappucino by Fibre on a Whim. Chart $13.00
- A Stitcher's Tools - A Market Exclusive. 131 x 114, on 36ct Country Vintage Mocha, we think this is the cutest thing! Cute Stitching Room Sign, or panel on a stitching mat. Chart is $14.00.
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Get your beading fingers ready! Fun New Things from Pat and Peggy of Fern Ridge.
The fobs are just the best - you don't always need the matching stitched cases, the fobs are the sparkly and showy part!
- Hooty Owl Pin Cushion and Matching Beaded Fob - Well, isn't this little wool guy cute? His kit contains all the wools, buttons etc to make him. The fob is quite a bit smaller than most of the others, it'll finish in about 2 hours! I think the black top on it is still flat Peyote just folded over to make his face!
- California Dreamin' Fob - Stunning fire-y orange and yellow colors in this - just gorgeous!
- Poppycock Fob - Same bold color impact as the California Dreamin' piece... those rich red beads against the deep black - love it!
- Anniversary Fob and Case - Fern Ridge turns 25 years old this year. Pat and Peggy did a black and white fob and case set. The FR on there is their initials, and there is a 25-yr charm on the fob - you could leave those off or change the initials - either way, the set is charming. Case and Fob are fully kitted and available separately.
- Preserves Beaded Fob and Mini Case - This next set features little jelly jars and fruits on the stitched case, and a peach on the colorful beaded fob. Complete Kits.
- Dogwood Beaded Fob and Mini Case - Originally done for the Dogwood Chapter of EGA... P & P have re-vamped this alittle and given it new life. Fob and Case are complete kits, available separately.
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Blueberry Ridge has some colorful, charming releases!
- Hazel's Blackberry Burrow - How cute is that little teapot house? Hazel must have picked blackberries after she'd finished her laundry, what a fun little scene. 163 x 100, Chart $14.00; it is coded for a medley of hand-dyeds with DMC conversions.
- Autumn Gathers - A very different color combination, this is definitely for the autumn season. Coordinates with Summer Blooms, it measures 145 x 125 and is done on 36 Ale by Picture This Plus - with Classic, Gentle Art and Weeks threads. Chart $13.00
- House on Pomegranate Hill - Very organized and neat, it's set against a snowy yard and wintery sky... and part of Emily's Seasonal Hill Houses. 36 Oaken by PTP, Classic, Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyeds, it measures 133 x 96 - so about 7-1/2 x 5. Chart $12.00
- Oak and Acorn Tart - A cute little thing, this measures only 77 x 76 - so about 4 inches on 36. All hand-dyeds, it's a chart for $10.00.
- The Potting Bench #1 - We like this! Three fresh and contemporary perky little pots full of blossoms. Emily says it's the first in a set of charts... they'll all have different styles of pots and flowers. Each design is 50 x 60 - so 3 x 3-ish on 36ct, Weeks hand-dyeds with DMC conversions. All three in the one chart $16.00
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October House Releases for Spring 2025
- Faded Letters Bound - 'Words spoken are light as air, words written are always there.' A pretty sampler celebrating the written letter. Worked on a light neutral background, it features a mixture of hand-dyeds and DMC, and measures 177 x 213, finishing a generous 10 x 12 on 36ct. Soft and pretty! Chart $12.00
- Pear Faire - The next in this charming set of fruits and faires, Pear joins Strawberry, Pumpkin, Honey, and Vintage so far. They all feature their fruit stitched with a geometric pattern in it - really unexpected. Measuring 93 x 70, just 5 x 4 on 36ct, the greens in this are so pretty together. Chart $10.00
- The Strawberry Patch - A small pin cushion piece, this is just 77 x 66 - 3-1/2 x 4 on 36c6. Stitched on Parchment linen with bits of 9 different hand-dyeds. Chart $10.00.
- Americana White - The third and final sampler in this set of 3, we already have Americana Red and Blue. Choose a darker background so your cream thread shows up - 7 skeins of Week's Dye works Grits is featured in this model! Measures 281 x 217 - so quite large at 15-1/2 x 12 even on 36ct! Think about doing some of the motifs or groups of motifs separately, and making a set of smaller cushions for a wooden bowl or woven basket. Chart $12.00
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Liz Matthews has some colorful new releases!
- Fanciful Flowers - Something to stitch for Spring and Flower Season. Measures 147 x 133, so 8 x 7 on 36ct, it's worked with Classic Colorworks hand-dyeds. Bright and cheerful, $12.00.
- Stitcher's Glossary - This is kind of fun... a set of 8 designs, NOT the whole alphabet, JUST these 8, so you can actually finish a few of them! Stitched with DMC black, or nay dark hand-dyed you want, each finishes about 4 x 6. They'd be fun finished into 4-sided cubes, all 8 letters are in the chart. $14.00
- Tattered Spring - Charming wildflower verses and stylized stitching, Liz has done stitching on a skinny bit of linen, then frayed the edges for a vintage look. You don't need BANDING to do this - just a narrow scrap of linen. Both design verses and the wildflower borders are in this chart. $14.00
- 12th Day of Christmas - It's finally finished... after 4 years, Liz's 12 Days of Christmas series is complete! Darling little stitched trees with coordinating rectangular samplers (in case you aren't a tree person!), the other 11 are all available as separate charts. $14.00.
- Finishing Patches - These look like a really fun treat! 8 x 11 Pieces of 100% cotton fabric, each features 12 'patches' of vintage artwork, ready for you to personalize. Liz recommends using a Pilot or Micron brand black ink marker/pen on these. Cute them out and attach to the backs of special pin cushions, bottoms of drums, just whatever! I believe all the sheets are the same... so one 8 x 11 piece of fabric with 12 images on it. $18.00
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Lots of fun coming from Teresa Kogut!
- Naughty or Nice Stocking - This is super cute. Make it just a regular decoration... not somebody's stocking... you never know what Santa might put in there then! Measuring 169 x 455, this finishes about 9 x 25 on 18/36ct. What a FUN thing to stitch and hang from a nail on the wall somewhere - anywhere! Stitched with DMC, presented as a single full color leaflet $14.00
- My Heart is Fed - With Needle and Thread. A fun piece for us stitchers, it even includes the resident cat who who gets into all your threads. Measures 144 x 144, so 8 inches square on 18/36ct. DMC, it's published in a full sized leaflet with Teresa' colorful charting software. $14.00
- CoCo's Garden - A sweet spring piece... it's not the Easter Bunny because his basket is full of berries - not eggs. I THINK I see tiny rabbits peeking out from everywhere as well... see the little one in the wagon? Coded for DMC, presented in a full color leaflet, $14.00.
- New Beginnings - 'Hope lies in new beginnings.' A profusion of pinks and greens in this fresh garden of greens and critters, this is charming. Measures 140 x 163 - so about 8 x 9 on 36ct. Stitched with Classic, Weeks and DMC, it's presented in a full color leaflet $14.00.
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- Humble Cottage - This book features 3 designs - all pictured here. The main sampler measures 264 x 189 - so about 14-1/2 x 10-1/2 on 36ct. DMC and Weeks, did you notice all the different borders around it? Lots of cool motifs in the bottom section... some of which would make a darling little pin drum. Presented in a full color leaflet. $24.00
- A Time to Sow - Teresa is hinting that this will be a 4-piece series... we can see 'Spring' stitched on here. The cuteness is all over in here - the cat on the tulips, the bird on the roof, happy colors. It measures about 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 on 36ct, DMC and a few Weeks flosses, full color leaflet $14.00.
- Rustic Rhythm Board for Teresa Kogut A Time to Sow - Another cute finishing piece, 141 Design Company has created this piece in two different sizes to accommidate multiple cute cross stitches! Featured on the smaller piece is Teresa Kogut's new A Time to Sow design. Designed to be free-standing, you paint and distress however you want. Small piece displays and area of 7-3/4 x 4-3/4. Larger piece holds 9-3/4 x 6.
- Faithful, Kind & True - A commanding sampler offering traditional and good advice! Teresa took smaller motifs from it and finished them into smalls - really changes the look of it all. Stitched with DMC and Weeks, it measures about 13 x 13 on 36t - so lots of stitches in this one! Although the main sampler calls for Dirty Tea Cup linen, the needlebook below is done on Country Vintage Mocha - so you can be assured that there is more than one correct fabric color to use. Presented in a full color booklet $24.00
- Folkart Garden - Grab your chalkboard or black fabric... this can be done on a light background, but those reds and greens really POP on the dark. Measuring 156 x 132 - it'll be about 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 on 36ct. Just striking, presented in a full color leaflet $14.00
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Luminous Fiber Arts has sent pics of her newest.
- A Stitcher's Quaker - Measuring 108 x 108, stitched in just one color of hand-dyed... you COULD choose any other colors you want though! Leaflet $12.00
- Trick or Treat - Another mono-chromatic with a vintage personality, this measures 65 x 189. Leaflet $12.00
- Boo Pin Drum - Well, this little guy measures only 43 x 44 in stitch count. Small Chart $8.00
- Spooky Sweets - A cute little line of candy buckets, this would be fun finished into a flat wrap to wind around a can to hold your haul after the big night! Leaflet $12.00.
- A Vintage Little Christmas - Savor the nostalgia of a mid-century modern Christmas! These would be cute trimmed with metallic tinsel, and neat if you added metallic to the lettering! Both in the same leaflet - choose any color for the designs as well. Leaflet $12.00
- Merry Minikins - Tiny 31 x 31 faces... aren't they cute? Maybe choose a darker fabric so they show up a little better? All three in the same leaflet $12.00
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Some loveliness coming from Counting Puddles!
- Modern Baby Sampler - Moon & Stars - Look at that awesome moon... and the shooting stars! They are tucked into a floating cloud with twinkling stars below. A full alphabet and numeral set is included for personalization, coded for DMC, this finishes about 8 x 9 on 14ct. I'm thinking some Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure metallic braid in here! Leaflet with a colored chart $16.00.
- Home Sweet Home - This little cottage is nestled in a valley of wildflowers flanked with mountains and fluffy clouds. Don't know if you have a pink house... but we just love the profusion of pink and flowers on this! Measures 11 x 11 on 14ct, coded for DMC. Leaflet with a colored chart, $16.00.
- Wild and Free - A pink horse for a pink girl! Coded for DMC, this measures just 8 x 8 on 14, maybe some metallics in this too? Leaflet $12.00.
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New from Silver Creek Samplers
- The Miracle of You - 'Sent from the heaven's brightest star, what a miracle you are.' See the little stork over on the left delivering from the stars? A special sentiment, this would be pretty on a light background as well - with rich blue or pinky lettering. Measures 90 x 76. Chart $13.00.
- Flake It Till You Make It - Well, probably not such great advice for getting though life's challenges... but it works on this! The bluejay is so busy building his friend... it's a cute continous scene. It'd finish super cute in a 4-sided cube! We like the bonus finished panel the best... that one could stand alone. All 5 charts and the word borders in the chart. $15.00.
- Sweeter than Honey - 'Our Love Story is sweeter than honey.' A happy wedding announcement, or just a family memory, or even a new family established kind of thing, this measures 227 x 57. Chart $14.00
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Coming From Praiseworthy Stitches
- Owl-A-Day Inn - This year's big haunted house scene will come home from the show with us. Worked on 32ct Haunted Linen, it measures 288 x 230 - so finishes 18 x 14 on 32ct.(Fat Quarter of fabric is fine.) Worked with Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyed flosses along with a smattering of 8 different metallics, it features three colors of petite seed beads along with 3 bats, 2 spiders, and a little pumpkin button by Just Another Button Company. Always cute, released as a chart.
- Stars & Stripes Stacker - The next in Susan's set of stitched stand-ups, this little guy is darling. Joining her creepy pumpkins, snowman, scarecrow and holly jolly Stackers, he stands about 10 inches high. You stitch all those little panels, make the 'donut-shaped layer', then stack them using an antique wooden thread spool hidden in the center to make him stand up. The rest of the spool is hidden under his hat! Cute as can be, these look good from every direction, so really fun to display on your kitchen island, because even the back side is stitched and cute. Chart comes with the spool.
- Sirens of the Sea - A busy seaside scene... this is done on 32ct Tidal linen - a light blue hand-dyed. It measures 266 x 199 - so finishes about 17 x 12-1/2, so a fat quarter cut will do nicely. Stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses and 10 different metallics, it's garnished with a lighthouse button and gold and white petite seed beads. Presented as a chart.
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New Designs by a New Designer: Emily Call
- Holiday Minis - Chart includes all 3 designs which are all 50 x 50 in stitch count. Coded for DMC, they'll finish into cute little rounds.
- Flowers Always - The famous quote by Claude Monet inspires this piece which measures 100 x 100 in stitch count. Coded for DMC.
- Take Me to the Sea - Darling little mermaids swimming with their crab and fish friends, I think this'd be cute on a sparkly light blue fabric. Measures 65 x 85, coded for DMC.
- Bunny's House - Well we think this is darling! Coded for DMC, it measures 90 x 90. Mr Chocolate Bunny is welcoming you to his spring-fresh house!
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Couleur d Etoile - Blue Bird
136 x 136 on 36ct, a pretty bluebird who loves scissors and quilt motifs! This chart will be $13.50.
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Fox & Rabbit - A Breath of Spring
113 x 86, on 32ct Platinum Belfast it measures 7 x 5. I like the central floral urn... this chart will be $14.00.
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Val's Stuff - Good Bye to Winter
115 x 57, this one crosses the seasons, so you can leave it out longer! Chart will be $13.50.
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It's Coming... The 2025 Happiness is Homemade Cookbook will be here in early March.
Recipes from 99 different designers, manufacturerer's and shops in our industry, along with a whopping 53 charts tucked between all the recipes... this is always a GOTTA HAVE!
It's a fun Market Exclusive book that always sells out every year. |
Thistles - Signs of the Seasons
100 x 100 for the top 400 x 28 for the sides. This is darling! Seasons stitched on each side with corresponding seasonal bird on top, 32ct Summer Khaki, the chart will be $16.00.
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New Arrivals - FINALLY! from Stacy Nash Designs!
We've been trying to get these charts for almost 2 months... and they have finally arrived!
- Chilli - Stacy Nash's Penguin Animal Cracker and her little snowman ornament friend is here. Chilli stands 6 inches tall, while her sidekick measures a mere 3. Both are done on 36ct linen with Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed threads, and simply too cute to pass up! Both in the chart for $12.00
- Little French Hen Needlebook - A small 3 x 5 oval, Hen is on one fabric covered side, while the backside features a pattern of your solid stitching. (You could just use pretty fabric on that backside to save on the extra stitching, although the hand-dyed floss really gives it a neat look.) She's on 36ct, and is worked with Weeks of Lily Pad, Graphite, Bark, Arrowhead, Schneckley and Classic's Caroling. Chart $12.00.
- Swans A Swimming Badge - A swan swimming in her forest pond, this is done on 36ct with Weeks hand-dyed flosses. Stacy finished this as a pin... but you COULD finish it as a two-sided oval pin disk or even an opening needlebook - with the forest trees on the back - just like the French Hen case. Simple and sweet. Chart $12.00
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New 2025 Bead Kits from Laurel Burch
Left to right: Moonside Cat, Heartfelt Dogs, Fuchsia Mares, Flowering Flamingoes.
4 new Perf Paper kits are here for Spring 2025 - each is stitched on 18ct Perf Paper - smaller than the traditional 18ct! They measure approximately 5x5. A dreaming cat, loving pups, lavish mares and flamingoes in love... these are full of bright Laurel Burch color and personality. Each kit contains the chart, flosses, 18ct paper, needles and a smattering of Mill Hill glass beads for the extra pizz-azz! |
Little Label Pin Cushions from Rovaris
These 4-1/2 x 3 inch cushions are just the cutest! By Rovaris, they've traveled all the way from Italy, looking for a good home - yours! Each features a fun chunky piece of handmade Italian ceramic... all are about 1 to 1-1/2 inches in size. Each kit comes with the chart, a cut of 36ct hand-dyed linen, the rik rak trim and the ceramic button. You supply the bits of DMC floss from your stash. |
From Left: Mason Jar, Peacock Butterfly, Folk Art, Old Fashioned, Pawsitively Love, Vintage Clock
Presenting the Smaller Spring Bouquet Series for Spring 2025
Another really nice collection of designs with this set, each of these designs finishes about 3 x 3. The complete kits are truly a bargain as they come with the charts, 14ct perforated paper, needles, beads, floss and Treasure embellishment. They come with an optional magnet for their backs - so they make great frig and filing cabinet magnets. The Mason Jar of flowers is charming, the Peacock Butterfly is massively colorful. Folk Art is just a pretty 'medallion' design, the Old Fashioned might refer to a refreshing drink... or one of your friends! Pawsitively Love can be a pet remembrance, or it could hang right above the leash hook in your hallway, and the Vintage Clock is probably a tribute to the time change every year. |
It's Coming... The 2025 Happiness is Homemade Cookbook will be here in early March.
Recipes from 99 different designers, manufacturerer's and shops in our industry, along with a whopping 53 charts tucked between all the recipes... this is always a GOTTA HAVE!
It's a fun Market Exclusive book that always sells out every year. |
Luna and The Cupid Sampler
from Cherry Hill Stitchery
Cherry Hill Stitchery has two new designs with Valentines and Spring in mind. Printed with both black and white and charts in color, both are coded for DMC floss.
- Luna measures about 6 x 6 on white 32ct. Her coral and greens are stunning.
- The Cupid Sampler can be done with one shade of red hand-dyed or a solid DMC. It measures 5 x 11 on 16/32ct.
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Cute New Designs from Robin Pickens
Here are a few new charts to get you out of the winter and snow blues - in case you are lucky enough to even HAVE snow right now! (Oklahoma is dry and brown, not wet and white!) Robin Pickens releases her new fabric lines later this Spring... but her cross stitch versions of the fabric prints are available NOW.
- Stitch Lovely - Stitch a sewing machine! Perfect to frame for a sewing room, or to mount into a fabric sewing machine cover, or even to make into a seat cushion, this charming machine measures just 119 x 91 and is full of springtime corals, pinks, yellow and greens. Choose your favorite fabric, full color chart presented as a full color leaflet. $10.00.
- Superbloom Bouquet - Spring and Summer color! 94 x 121, this is done with 16 shades of DMC and can be done on a crisp white, or maybe a light blue or yellow. Presented as a full color leafelt. $10.00
- Queen Bee - Just a fun little 63 x 64 piece, grab your 5 DMC colors and stitch this one in a jiff. Offered in a half-sized full color leaflet format, $8.00.
- Snow Kissed Skates - Back to Winter... grab a frosty blue or gray background fabric to accent those skates. Measuring 68 x 104 it is stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses. Chart is presented in full color, half-sized leaflet format. $10.00.
- Facing The Sun - Wow, huge blooms of vibrant, fresh, and modern flavor. Design measures 80 x 125... lots of pretty fabric options for this one too! Coded for DMC, presented in full color, half-sized leaflet. $10.00.
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New Offerings from Quaint Rose Needlearts
- Comfort & Joy - A charming gingerbread log cabin is nestled underneath it's grand poinsettia garden! The Christmas tree in the yard is even more festive! Measuring 126 x 95, this is worked with a combination of Classic and Gentle Art hand-dyed flosses on Weeks Dove linen. In a hurry? Stitch just the tree or just the cottage with poinsettias!
- Jingle all The Way Deer - Here's a colorful little guy! Definitely for a more contemporary twist on Holiday decor. He's worked with Classic Colorworks flosses of Deep Fennel, Ruby Slippers, Bramble Bush, Spinach, Rose Petal, Manor Red, Ye Old Gold and Used Brick along with black and white DMC, on a 36ct gray background. Very festive, he measures 122 x 176.
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The 2025 Needle Travel Mania Book has Arrived!
This is an awesome little 540 page book (5-1/2 x 8 x 1, it weighs a pound!) that is an incredible directory of needlework, quilting, weaving, knitting and needlepoint shops all around the country! It is updated annually so it can be CURRENT. If you ever go anywhere in a car, YOU NEED THIS BOOK! Organized by state, each state is mapped with interstate and state highways.
The shops are all numbered on the maps... then the directory offers varied information about each. Addresses, hours, kind of product mix, phone numbers, websites... just great info to help you plan the stops on your next road trip adventure!
They even have software that will plan your route for you and include the types of shops you 'need' to visit! Really a fun book to have - and a super-fun stocking stuffer or neat stitch group gift! |
Merry Minis
from Little Robin Designs
Little Robin's 3rd in a series of 4... Joy, Peace and Noel celebrate Christmas! We've pictured the other two charts available - Patriotic and Halloween - we just love them!
Coverlet-inspired, just little cushions full of personality and color! Coded for DMC or hand-dyeds. |
Three New Arrivals From Une Croix
Everyone just loves these charming designs. While the instructions are written in Italian - all we really need are those familiar DMC numbers and a good chart (and these are very nicely done, clear charts) and we're good to go! They don't seem to have titles either... so I go by their numbers in my descriptions! Choose a natural so the white flakes and details show up.
- 2409 - Squirrel With Mushrooms - This is gorgeous. There is a lot of delicate shading on here - over-the-top charming! 142 x 83 In stitch count, she's used 28 different DMCs in here, but the chart is large and VERY clear. She's done a really good job using different symbols side by side so you can tell the difference so it's just not overwhelming. We have a deer with mushrooms that companions this one as well. And... if you are needing a shortcut to save stitching time... we think you can cut off the big 'shroom' on the top left or maybe the smaller ones behind the squirrel - and not lose any of the design charm! (Just cut down your stitching time!) Offered as the chart $19.00
- 2311 Joyeux Noel - What a cute little Christmas Scene! You have a pile of festively wrapped gifts, the Christmas Pudding under glass, a Nutcracker Prince, and Rocking Horse... all ready for Christmas Morning. A little snow detail in the background here and there, this measures 147 x 87, and is done with 21 shades of DMC. Another one that's perfect to split apart - all 4 elements are cute just by themselves - and that makes a cool pin cushion or ornament set as well. Chart $19.00
- 2312 Polka Dot Noel - This one is super cute - hard to see in the pic, but it's the word NOEL stitched in white, scattered with red dots. Then you get a faint evergreen tree next to a GNOME PINECONE! He's just the cutest! (and you could do JUST HIM - only 20 x 37 - as a single ornament) Finally a little reindeer head pokes through the letters, and then you realize that it's all tucked around that NOEL word. 153 x 58, this will finish approx 5 x 8 on 36ct - I'd use a Natural color of fabric.
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Bats in a Row and A Crow Tin and Matching Scissor Fob
from Fern Ridge Collections
The Fern Ridge Ladies have a new spooky/scary needle case and sewing set... their things are always over-the-top silly and fun.
The 'Bats in a Row and a Crow' TIN kit contains that darling metal tin that looks like a Ouija Board (the mints are still inside even!), and then you stitch the measuring tape, needle book and pin cushion.
The kit is stuffed full of things - spider charm, tin, beads and buttons, pins, ribbons, linen and backing fabrics, and papers to line the tin. All your smalls will fit into that tin - when you take out the mints!
Next... make the matching beaded fob to dress up your scissors! That complete kit contains the thread, beads, patterns, charms - everything! |
Gardens, Gardens and More Gardens by Una Buena Pieza
All the way from Barcelona, Spain... these charming garden patterns feel just like home! We have 29 DIFFERENT gardens - all charted in color as well as black and white graphs - all presented in leaflet format. Everything is coded to DMC floss, and you can put them on any fabric you wish! Basically two different sizes... the main gardens are the larger ones - 110 x 220 in stitch count. They finish 6 x 12 on 18/36ct.
There are smaller versions of these - they are the round designs - they measure 108 stitches, and finish as 6-inch rounds on 18/36. All of them are stuffed full of tiny motifs - everything you can imagine! We have Christmas, Halloween, Space Ships, Evening Gardens, The Ocean, Cats, Mushrooms, to name a few. Hundreds of tiny things in each design... you can pull out favorites and make smaller cushions - or just about anything else! Enjoy the browse, and pick several favorites!
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The Latest Collection of Curly Girl in Cross Stitch from Mill Hill!
Our 4 newest designs... all the artwork of 'Curly Girl.' Presented as full kits - you get inspirational-yet-whimiscal artwork charted for Cross Stitch. Worked on four different colors of 28ct linens with DMC flosses and Mill Hill beads, each finishes about 7 inches square.
- 'Mama Says' offers a 'hang in there' message.
- 'Pancakes' talks about pancakes coming from Heaven... sounds like this one needs to be stitched for the best pancake cooker in the family!
- 'Oak Tree' talks about mighty oaks growing from that tiny acorn
- 'Warm Postal Wishes' is a medley of the vintage stamps on all your old Christmas Cards of youth.
Mill Hill offers plain wooden frames for these, but we've seen these custom framed - with a little more color and fuss - and they are really stunning. We have something like 50 different CG kit offerings... fun to take another look at all of them! |
A New Designer to Us - Siren Stitchworks
- A Congress of Eagles - This is a pretty collection of eagles - all inspired by 19th century Jaquard woven antique coverlets. Each one is slightly different in size, but all are coded for regular DMC. Fabrics in the pic include Navy, Aztec Red, and Platinum, and counts vary from 32 to 46. I like it because you can SEE how pretty different colors and even counts can mix together with this set! No rules... just choose fabrics in good colors and counts that YOU like!
- Patriotic Biscornu - Eagles and shields... this measures 97 in stitch count. I believe it is identical on both sides... so truthfully, you COULD cut your stitch time in half by doing only the top and choosing a stunning finishing fabric for the bottom. Classy, it's coded for DMC.
- The Titanic Sampler - At first, we thought, 'why would you stitch something from a shipwreck where lots perished?' Buttttt, this might be really neat for a beach house, or someplace near the sea - where things like this are appropriate to remember. The design elements are based on motifs and decorative elements from RMS Titanic and her sister ship, Olympic. Floor tiles, grillwork, statuary, china and linen all served as inspiration for this piece. Stitched all in red, you can choose any color you want for this 229 x 220 piece.
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New Colonial Petite Tapestry Needles!
Colonial Needle is producing Tapestry Petites again!
For all you Petite Needle lovers - available in tubes of 6 needles, Petites have the same eye size, but a shorter length. Stitch Away! |
From Left: Friends Are Family, See The World, Smell The Flowers, Home On The Range.
New 'Enjoy Life' Sticks Designs from Mill Hill!
The folks at Mill Hill have introduced 4 new colorful designs by 'Sticks.' Friends are Family, See the World, Smell the Flowers and Home on the Range. All 4 of them are stuffed full of brilliant colors and bright, happy personality.
Worked on 14ct painted perforated paper with DMC floss, they have added a few Mill Hill bead touches here and there. Finished design sizes are about 7 x 7... so LOTS of solid, fun stitching in these! |
Pony Needle Assortment Compacts
- Are we excited about these! Here's a WHOLE ASSORTMENT of the colored eye Tapestry needles by Pony - packaged in a plastic dial-around organizer - PERFECT for traveling and your stitching tote! The little case is only 2-1/2 inches in diameter and 1/4 of an inch thick. See the colored dots on there? That is the EYE color, the number is the needle size. NO GUESSING! Turn the clear plastic cover (there is a little hole in one spot) to 'dial out' your specific needle! So cool... you can see your needles at a glance, LOVE those colored eyes... and if you end up losing every one of these needles at some point.. the little compact will still work for regular needles too! Package includes 24 needles, 6 of each size. Just the coolest!
- We also have added the Black Hypo-Allergenic Pony Tapestrys in size 22. AND... have added another assortment of Tapestry - just one 22, 24 and 26 in the package. See those options on the Needle Page!
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Three New Tote-Zipper Charms by Flamingo Toes...
These are exactly the same metal pieces as our Needle Minders - except that they come with a rotating clasp attachment rather than a magnet. Perfect for a scissor fob, zipper pull, key chain.. anywhere you want to clip something cute! |
New Stitches by Ethel
- October 31st Pinkeep - Isn't this a cute little pudgy cat perched atop his pumpkin? Stitch count is just 55 x 55 - so this will finish a petite 3 inches on 18/36ct. DMC.
- Music in the Woodlands - This little guy is so excited about gathering his acorn! Stitch count is 90 x 55... so he's 5 x 3 on 18/36. Coded for DMC flosses.
- Joyful Christmas Ornaments 2024 - A cute pair of simple designs, just red, white, gray and brown. Stitch counts are 55 x 55... so 3-inches in size. Both designs in the same chart.
- Christmas Delivery - Ethel's big black crow again... this time, he's helping his little mouse friend holding on from that loaded sled! Choose a mangy, wintery sky fabric color... I just love those skinny candy canes and little birds, and the little mouse with his stocking cap on! 170 x 60, coded for DMC.
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Faith, Hope & Love
from Summer House Stitche Workes
This is a trio of individual charts - each done in the same color palette of DMC 823, 831 and 926. Worked on 40ct, they measure just 4-1/2 x 6. Inspired by antique woven coverlets, just lovely! |
Yes, there's even MORE!
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6068 S. Sheridan Tulsa, Ok. 74145
(918) 493-1136 Fax: (918) 493-1933
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