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Live Simple Sewing Box from Mani di Donna - click for more Haunted from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Hands on a Pumpkin from Rosewood Manor - click for more Bee Chart from AB Designs - click for more This is Halloween from The Drawn Thread -- click to see more

Merlin the Midnight Owl  from Just Nan - click to see more!

Presenting Just Nan's Merlin the Midnight Owl!
Due in the Shop October 9th, Nan has a darling new little owl ornament pattern. She describes Merlin opening his starry eyes at midnight, under a silvery moon. Her newest little guy has a flat seamed bottom with wire feet to help him perch on any flat surface. Worked on 32ct Weeks Tin Roof Linen (stitching is full coverage, so linen will not show) with a combination of DMC and Weeks flosses, there is a bit of silver metallic in here as well.

Eyes are sequins with beads, and there is an owl medallion charm on his back. His hat is a tiny purple crystal with silver sequin brim. His chart includes chart, instructions for stitching and finishing, multiple beads and sequins, owl head charmbead, and wire for feet. You'll need a bit of stuffing and a pin to attach his hat.

Cute as can be... Nan has Merlin shown on a felt pumpkin she's had in her holiday decorations for years. It does not come with the pattern, so we suggest perching this little guy on those tiny real pumpkins! (Actually we think those small white ones are pretty cool for this.) (If you have been on our Just Nan ornament auto-ship -- you will get this little guy - but it's OK to call and check!)

MH14-1813 Seahorse Kit from Mill Hill - click for more MH14-0102 Conch Kit from Mill Hill - click for more MH14-8102 Martini Kit from Mill Hill - click for more Jim Shore JS14-8501 Sophie Sheep Kit from Mill Hill - click for more Jim Shore JS14-8503 Percy Pig Kit from Mill Hill - click for more
From Left: Seahorse, Conch, Martini, Sophie Sheep, Percy Pig

MH14-3204 Witch Way Kit from Mill Hill - click for more MH14-5204 Sugar Skull Kit from Mill Hill - click for more MH14-2206 Halloween is a Treat Kit from Mill Hill - click for more
From Left: Witch Way, Sugar Skull, Halloween is a Treat

This Week's Mill Hill shipment of VINTAGE BACKORDERED Kits is Here!
Some of these have been on backorder for about a year and a half... so this is your 'Heads-Up' in case you've been looking for them!

Cute 'Washi' Paper Tape - click to see more
Cute 'Washi' Paper Tape - For Stitchers!
Here's something totally fun to use where ever you want a touch of stitchy-whimsey! Colored paper tape, we have two different designs - you get one roll of each. The pink tape features different colored hearts of 'x's.' The green tape has scissors, a floss bobbin, needles and a hoop all in a festive little row.

Tape is 1/2 an inch wide. I don't know how much is on each spool - I didn't unwind mine to find out! Hard to find the starting end on the roll, just fold over that last 1/4 inch so you'll have a way to pull it out the next time you use it. Just for fun, set of two rolls - one of each pattern.


Willoughby Ann Thread Minders - click for more
Thread Minders by Willoughby Ann
Here are three new thread boards and drops to help keep your threads organized. Cut from an opalescent mother-of-pearl plastic material, we have two new thread boards with multiple holes to loop your project threads.

The smaller swan 'drops' are for individual threads - and that second smaller hole can be used for the extra plies you've already separated from the main strand. Just fun to have!

Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more
Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends - A Fall Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more
Between Friends - A Fall Sampling
from Summer House Stitche Workes and Hands On Design
The 3rd of 4 Seasons of Collaboration between Hands On Design and Summer House Stitche Workes has been announced and is due in the shop October 5th. A nice, fat and full sized book stuffed full of 8 projects all stitched on Natural Belfast and Weeks Tiger's Eye linens.

You're going to get linen pumpkins, a cute pin cushion with criss-cross stitched bands, a pumpkin sewing case pattern... that's all that was in our teaser e-mail! Gorgeous graphics and pics, colorful projects, very pretty books to page through, even if your stitching projects are 'still in the planning stage!'


Be My Friend  from Scarlett House - click for more Flowers and Friendships from Scarlett House - click for more Autumn Garden from Scarlett House - click for more
Presenting Treats from The Silver Needle and The Scarlett House
Tanya has designed these cushions through our *A Little Help From Our Friends Stitching Circle.* We have always loved them - but our Circle designs retire - and they have not been available since they were part of the club releases.

Welllllll.... Tanya was here this weekend, and since we were having a lovely time (bottles of wine were involved!) out side on my back deck... they came up. After numerous requests, we're re-printing them for release! Charts for all three will be available mid-September!
  • Be My Friend measures about 4 x 4.
  • Flowers and Friendships measures approx 4 x 7.
  • Autumn Garden measures 4 x 7 as well. We've seen this one stitched with a black fence. Tanya liked that better than her white one in the pic!

In the Pumpkin Patch from Annie Beez Folk Art - click to see more Harvest Moon from Annie Beez Folk Art - click to see more

New Arrivals from Annie Beez Folk Art
  • Harvest Moon - What a grand house! Looks patriotic... but looks spooky at the same time, but then kind of cheerful because of the pumpkins outside! Stitched on 36ct linen with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, it measures 172 x 187 - and will finish about 9-1/2 x 10 on 36ct. I think it'd be fun to use some lighter thread in that moon and make a man-in-the-moon face on it!

  • In the Pumpkin Patch - This is 5 x 5 piece that is stitched on Weeks Sanguine Linen - so you can tell the picture is REALLY dark and not true in color. Thread colors are Dark Chocolate, Nutmeg, Pumpkin Pie, Gold Leaf, Brandy, Chamomile, Endive, Piney Woods and Cast Iron Skillet. It's a cute little piece!

The 2025 Needlework Enthusiast's Book of Days - click to see more


The 2025 Needlework Enthusiast's Book of Days
It's coming! Needlework Press's annual journal/calendar/scheduler for your Busy Stitching Life! A 9 x 12 book spilling each month's calendar over two open pages.

You can log stitching hours, schedule stitch group get togethers, retreats, attach your shopping lists... keep track of stitching friends contact information... EVERYTHING you need to know to keep organized in your Stitching Life!

Always decorated with cool vintage artwork and such. Due to arrive in mid to late October... we're starting reservations now for shipment ASAP!

Saltbox Farm by Brenda Keyes -- click to see a larger view! The Horseshoe Inn by Brenda Keyes -- click to see a larger view!
New Designs from The Sampler Company
Two new sampler charts are coming our way from 'Across the Pond!'
  • The Horseshoe Inn - This sampler measures 195 x 195 in stitch count. Brenda stitched it over one on 18ct... we kind of LOVE 25 or 28 Lugana over one... making this 7 or 8 inches square! Coded for DMC floss, it's a welcoming little piece that could be personalized with your family name. You might recognize the Inn - it was our Circle Design from Brenda a couple of years ago! (Yours features a blue inn!)

  • Saltbox Farm - This one is almost solid stitching, but measures only 90 x 106 - so you won't be overwhelmed! Choose that 28ct Lugana and this would be a 3 x 4 cushion! Don't know what about it is so enchanting - maybe the skinny black windows? Maybe the tree? The sky? Doesn't matter, as together this is a classic design!

Starshine Santa from Luhu Stitches - click to see more Santa Kringle from Luhu Stitches - click to see more Heartfelt Santa from Luhu Stitches - click to see more Yule McSparkle from Luhu Stitches - click to see more Jingle McSparkle from Luhu Stitches - click to see more Sparkle McSparkle from Luhu Stitches - click to see more
Paper Santas and Snowmen from Luhu Stitches
This is a set of 6 Santa and Snowman faces - each shown on perforated paper. Of course you can choose fabric instead for these - on 14ct they are a generous 3 to 4 inches in size, so on 18ct (there is even 18ct perf paper now!) - you could make them closer to 3 x 3. Cute as can be, each is presented in its own chart.

Coded for DMC, they are perfect for adding metallics, furry threads, or sticky-outey carrot noses. Snowbird from Luhu Stitches - click to see moreVery cute and classic, all the white shows up well on a Christmas Tree!

The Santas are shown on red paper, and the snowmen are on blue. Neither color of paper is available right now... so brown and white are really really good options, you can easily get 4 of these out of one sheet of paper. Perforated paper comes 2 sheets to a pack.


Snowbird
What a cute little guy smiling at his bluebird friend! A 5 x 5 cut-away design, stitched with 14 shades of DMC. Choose a pretty blue background for a wintery sky - so he shows up well. Opalescent thread for the border snowflakes would be fun! Presented as a chart.

CV237 Melodia d' Autunno 2 from Serenita di Campagna -- click for a larger view CV239 Autumn set Cuscinetti from Serenita di Campagna -- click for a larger view CV243 Let it Snow 2 from Serenita di Campagna - click for more
Autumn and Christmas from Serenita di Campagna
Charming squirrels and foxes celebrate the cooling season by nibbling on bittersweet, pumpkins and mushrooms! Cecilia of Serenita Campagna designs the sweetest little forest animals... we're getting quite a good selection of her charts, and they're all just precious with classic colors and design.
  • Melodia d' Autunno 2 - Features a pair of squirrels feasting on their pumpkins and red dotted mushrooms. Coded for DMC floss, it measures 187 x 135 - so finishes about 7-1/2 x 10 on 18/36ct. I think if you leave off the falling leaves, it'll be much smaller.
  • Autumn set Cuscinetti - This one features those two little squirrels again, more polka dot mushrooms, and a little fox - all in pin cushion-sized designs. Again DMC, just charming!
  • Let it Snow 2 - A pair of snow people dressed in hand-knits... I love how she finishes these pieces. The main stitching is on a natural fabric, while the smaller 'bonus design' is on a white. She's joined them together in her cushion, covering the seam with a bit of trim. Coded for DMC.
Fairy House - The #10 Fabulous House from Cottage Garden Samplings - click to see more

Fairy House - The #10 Fabulous House
from Cottage Garden Samplings
What a fun little house to call home! Cottage Garden's fun set of 12 houses for 2024 is almost finished - we still have Haunted House and Log Cabin to go. Always full of color, and Vinnie's creative patterns and textures in her designs, these have been charming.

Something that sets her designs apart is the repeating tone-on-one she does. Never a solid area... always some geometrics, lines, dots, patterns, SOMETHING to draw your eye, and add just a little something extra to the designs.

Halloween Garden from Una Buena Pieza Night Garden from Una Buena Pieza Ocean View from Una Buena Pieza Cat Garden from Una Buena Pieza Space Sky from Una Buena Pieza
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!

Round Mini Ocean View THREE from Una Buena Pieza Round Mini Light Garden from Una Buena Pieza Round Mini Rainbow Garden from Una Buena Pieza Round Mini Haunted Garden from Una Buena Pieza Round Mini Christmas Town from Una Buena Pieza

Winter Seasonal Thread Pack from Little House Needleworks - click to see more Spring Seasonal Thread Pack from Little House Needleworks - click to see more Summer Seasonal Thread Pack from Little House Needleworks - click to see more Autumn Seasonal Thread Pack from Little House Needleworks - click to see more
Seasonal Autumn Thread Pack
from Little House Needleworks and Classic Colorworks
Little House's final seasonal set of threads is presented in this Small Autumn Sampler - coordinating with her others. Full skeins of 6 threads are included - not new colors - but those you'll probably use at some point anyway!

You get 6 skeins of thread, so basically the little chart is only 40 cents! Fun Little House personality... these would be fun all finished into 4 sides of a little open-topped box. You could fill the box with seasonal decorations and turn the current season to the front side! $16.00


Dasher and Dancer by Hobby House Press - click for more Quaker Christmas by Hobby House Press - click for more Prancer by Hobby House Press - click for more
Dasher & Dancer, Quaker Christmas, Prancer from Hobby House Press
A trio of classic Christmas art - choose large or small!
  • Dasher and Dancer - This measures 355 x 168, (finishes about 18 x 8-1/2 on 40ct) and is stitched on only ONE color of thread. Coded for Gentle Art's Mulberry or DMC 221, it's just beautiful! Very geometric, very organized, it's almost symetrical. We estimate about 28 skeins of hand-dyed if you do 2 over 2 on a 32 or 36 - a few less if DMC, but make sure you get enough of your dye lot! Full sized chart $15.00.
  • Quaker Christmas - This one measures 300 x 158 - so finishes about 15 x 8 on 40ct Doubloon by Picture This Plus. Coded for silks or DMC, the colors are 310. 3777, 469, 898, 472 and 728. Soft vintage colors, she used silks with a lot of color variation on the cover model - so you need to pay attention to that when choosing your own shades. And... what about taking out the word 'Quaker' and putting in 'Merry' instead, or moving down the top motifs a little to fill in the empty area? Full sized chart $13.00.
  • Prancer - Just a very classic reindeer pic - this measures 84 x 104 - so 4 x 5 on 40ct. Hand-dyeds or DMC, just a pretty little piece - small chart $10.00
Sampler Pin Drum by Hobby House Press - click for more Scissor Holder by Hobby House Press - click for more Pin Mattress by Hobby House Press - click for more

The Sampler Pin Drum, Scissor Holder and Pin Mattress

from Hobby House Press
This is a trio of three charts - all smalls inspired by an antique sampler stitched by Mary Allcorn in 1764. Main sampler will release sometime in 2025. Each of these three pieces is done on 40ct with Red Rocks, Garrison Green, Sage, Onion Skin, Chocolate Mousse, Dove and Cocoa - very crisp and vintage-y! Each is offered as its own large chart.


Acorns With Personality! - Our September 2024 Secret Needle Night Kit - click to see more
Acorns With Personality! - Our September 2024 Secret Needle Night Kit
Autumn is coming... so we're celebrating with a trio of colorful acorns! If you've been doing Secret Needle Night for a few years, you have some that companion these! Each 3-inch acorn features a Fuzzy Stuff topper over a wild and colorful body.

Stitched on 20ct linen, our kit contains all the fancy threads, linen, chart - everything you need. Mona does finishing kits each month for our projects... this time you'll get that little spiral stand along with the backing fabrics, fluff, trim, and assembly instructions.

Chubby Squirrel from Jeannette Douglas Happy Life Autumn #1 from Jeannette Douglas Happy Life Autumn #2 from Jeannette Douglas
New Small Designs from Jeannette Douglas
  • Meet Chubby Squirrel - isn't he cute? He's a small chart and companions Bunny, Bee and Fox.
  • Introducing Happy Life Sets! - Jeannette has 4 small seasonal pin cushion design sets that she is presenting in a pair of chart packs. The other three seasons will be following, so we are beginning an auto-ship for this series, so you'll have them ALL! Stitched on 36ct, they use Weeks and Classic hand-dyed flosses and finish a mere 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 in size. When you're finished, you'll have 16 coordinating cushions! Autumn's designs are: Plenty & Grateful, Giving and Thankful (in chart #1), Gather & Home, and Harvest Blessings (in chart #2.)
Cotton Pixels - Strawberry Thief - click for more

Stitcher's Cat
from Cotton Pixels
This is the CUTEST! It coordinates with Strawberry Thief! Our little black kitty is perched atop her tomato pin cushion. Surrounded by a spool border, the chart comes with a tiny 2-piece wooden hoop - you can see it in the pic.

You do a little bit of stitching, put IT into the hoop, and attach to the main piece! When you're finished, you'll have a darling pin cushion because this measures just 3-1/2 inches on 32ct!

Little Robin Designs Slighty Spooky - click for more Little Robin Designs Hallow's Eve Greetings - click for more
Hallow's Eve Greetings and Slighty Spooky
from Little Robin Designs
Two fun new Halloween designs have arrived in the shop.
  • Hallow's Eve Greetings begs for a fun bright orange fabric - that is what you see peeking out from the black stitching. It measures 102 x 138, so will finish about 6-1/2 x 8. You could break out the jacks and cat face and make smaller cushions... just a quicker version in case you have a couple of different fabric bits you want to play with! Leaflet $12.00
  • Slightly Spooky companions Little Liberties - Little Robin's patriotic cushion trio. Choose a neutral fabric, and just 2 hand-dyeds of black and orange, these measure about 50 x 60 each. Chartpack $12.00

Miss Raven's Pumpkin Sampler from Artful Offerings - click for more
Miss Raven's Pumpkin Sampler
from Artful Offerings
Artful Offerings's newest design, we love the geometrics in Katina's artwork! Ms Raven is patterned, her pumpkin has another pattern, even the letters and tiny dots are scattered randomly - but evenly! Katina says: "wearing a pretty silk bow and her favoite acorn fascinator, Miss Raven perches atop a large checkered pumpkin, to inspect the uppercase alphabet that is ever-so-nimbly arranged amongst the violet-tinted adornments!"

Measuring 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 36ct, this is stitched with Weeks flosses.
I've got the Heebie Jeebies - click to see more Boo - click to see more Spooked - click to see more What's That Knocking at My Door? - click to see more

Colorful Designs from Val's Stuff
Grab your orange, purple, green and black floss and get these cuties stitched! Val has a few new kits and charts full of her Halloween Humor!
  • I've got the Heebie Jeebies - A Halloween ornament chart pack this includes the chart, 14ct perforated paper, wool backing felt, thread for hanging, and three hand-dyed buttons. Use the DMC from your stash.
  • Boo - A bookmark and ornament set. Both charts are included - as well as the 18ct perf paper, the wool backing felt, hanger and button. Use the DMC from your stash.
  • Spooked - Presented as a chart - you'll want some wild, fun fabric for this background! Coded for DMC, it measures 82 x 88.
  • What's That Knocking at My Door? - Offered in chartpack format, 3 star buttons are included. The model is shown on Haunted hand-dyed by Picture This Plus... and it's coded for DMC. I think the ghosts are all different colors of white and gray, but another way to get that shading is to work with only one strand and do half-stitches. Measures 166 x 95.

Presenting the Latest Set of Curly Girls... click for more
The Latest Collection of Curly Girl in Cross Stitch from Mill Hill!
Our 4 newest designs arrived today - 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!

Books Are Magic from Counting Puddles  - click to see more Crafty Cats from Counting Puddles - click to see more Snowflake Goat from Counting Puddles - click to see more Snowflake Llama from Counting Puddles - click to see more Snowflake Sheep from Counting Puddles - click to see more
Several New Designs Coming from Counting Puddles!
Colorful New Offerings by Counting Puddles! Coming the end of August!
  • Books Are Magic - Wow... excitement and fantasy - books let you live life to the fullest! This charming design needs to be stitched for the reader in your life! Stitched on a darker 32ct background, it measures 114 x 140 in stitch count - about 7 x 9. Coded for regular DMC... I think some beads would be awesome on this - as well as Petite Treasure metallic braid! Full-sized leaflet 13.00
  • Crafty Cats - This is stitched on Peaceful Purple linen - the most dreamy lavender color. It features a trio of naughty cats playing in the yarn balls. Coded for DMC, it's just 90 x 106 in stitch count!
  • Snowflake Goat, Snowflake Llama and Snowflake Sheep Ornaments - What a cute trio of frosty animals! Each is presented in a half-sized leaflet, stitched on Smokey Pearl Linen with DMC, and measures the same size - 59 x 65 in stitch count. One animal in each chart for $8.00 each.

A Congress of Eagles by Siren Stitchworks - click for more Patriotic Biscornu by Siren Stitchworks - click for more The Titanic Sampler by Siren Stitchworks - click for more
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.


Nettle from Stacy Nash -- click to see more Reynard from Stacy Nash -- click to see more Clovis from Stacy Nash -- click to see more Merry Autumn Pinkeep from Stacy Nash -- click to see more
New Animal Crackers and Merry Autumn Pinkeep from Stacy Nash Designs!
Welcome little Nettle, Reynard and Merry Autumn Pinkeep
A sweet little cushion by Stacy, this measures 159 x 106 - so finishes a generous 9 x 6 on 18/36ct.

Stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses of Chestnut, Terrapin, Gunmetal, Carolina Cecil, Kudzu and Pecan, everyone loves houses, pumpkins and vines - especially in Autumny Fall colors! Presented as a chart. to Stacy's family of Animal Crackers and Crumbs! (Crackers are whole animals; Crumbs are just their little face designs.) Nettle Bunny comes with the chart for her HALLOWEEN MASK! See her dressed in her tweed dress... both with and without her costume!
Reynard and Clovis were inspired by Stacy's trip to England - so they are kind of like her 'British Invasion' to the Crackers. Reynard is a fox, and Clovis is an English badger.
Just the cutest, all of these finish approx the same size - 3 x 6-ish, and are stitched with soft and vintage hand-dyed colors. Each is his or her own chart.

Merry Autumn Pinkeep
A sweet little cushion by Stacy, this measures 159 x 106 - so finishes a generous 9 x 6 on 18/36ct.
Stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses of Chestnut, Terrapin, Gunmetal, Carolina Cecil, Kudzu and Pecan, everyone loves houses, pumpkins and vines - especially in Autumny Fall colors! Presented as a chart.

Trick or Treat from Tiny Modernist - click to see more Small Fall Sewing from Tiny Modernist - click to see more

Small Fall Sewing & Trick or Treat - New Charts
from The Tiny Modernist
  • Small Fall Sewing is a fun tiny chart that stitches up into a 3 x 5 cushion. It'd be really cute done on those plaid mesh pouches, we think. Regular DMC, pretty fall colors. Small Card Chart $7.00

  • Trick or Treat is a fun T or T scene complete with green-faces and bony skeletons. Choose any fabric you like, definitely add metallics into that green, the white and some of the black and you're set! DMC colors of black, white, 553 and 907 - that's it. It measures 90 x 200 - so finishes about 5-1/2 x 12-1/2 on 16/32ct. Leaflet $12.00

The Land of Cockayne from Long Dog Samplers - click for more

The Land of Cockayne
from Long Dog Samplers

Here's another full and busy piece by Juls. She has fascinating stories on the backs of her pieces... this one is about the 16th century fictional utopia - Cockayne.

Joining all the others we have like this one, you'll need to get lots of your favorite color of thread, and have plenty of patience. It measures 257 x 292 - just 14 x 16 on 36ct! Chart runs $23.50 - click through to go see the rest like it!

Little Town from Kira Lyns - click for more First Noel from Kira Lyns - click for more Heaven & Nature from Kira Lyns - click for more No Crib for a Bed from Kira Lyns - click for more Adore Him from Kira Lyns - click for more
Little Town, First Noel, Heaven & Nature, No Crib for a Bed, Adore Him from Kira Lyns
Here's a charming set of classic Christmas designs - 4 ornaments and a single banner. By Kira Lyns, all are presented in single chart packs, and all are stitched with the same color palette of DMC floss. Little Town finishes about 3 x 8 on 18/36, while the ornaments - which are 55 in stitch count will measure about 3 inches each.

I love the tan, brown, aqua and mossy colors, I love how simple they are, and how 'retro' in personlity they are. They feel like something my Mom would have decorated with 60 years ago... and something you want to stitch now - for your grandkids!


Autumn Musings from Erica Michaels - click for more Witches Wander from Erica Michaels - click for more The Mighty Oak from Erica Michaels - click for more Merry Christmas from Erica Michaels - click for more Anna Funk from Erica Michaels - click for more
New Releases from Erica Michaels Designs
  • Autumn Musings - This chart contains both the berry and rectangular cushion designs. Gorgeous Fall colors, Linda has squirrels and acorns tucked in to her borders.
  • Witches Wander - Three designs in here - all dealing with the season's primary fashion accessory - the broom! The surprise design on the cover backside reads, 'hang your broom and stay a spell.'
  • The Mighty Oak - Separate this piece into smalls, or flip the bottom tree on it so you can finish into a sewing case. You cannot see that little tree on the cover pics - it's hiding inside the case! Lots of assembly instructions included, this piece is stitched with hand-dyed flosses.
  • Merry Christmas - Christmas Greetings from around the world, kind of makes you want to do one in every language of countries you've visited! English, Italian, German, French and Spanish are included. Choose your fabric, and favorite colors... each finishes approx 3-1/2 x 5-1/2.
  • Anna Funk - Anna arrived to NY in 1874 - as part of an organized immigration of Mennonites from what is now Ukraine. Part of her history is described inside the chart... and Linda is donating proceeds from the sale of this chart to the Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum in Goessel, Kansas - where the original sampler now resides. Motifs given to Anna from her friends before she left Europe... this is just lovely! Stitched in Classic Colorworks hand-dyed cottons, it measures 165 x 125 - so not very large at all!

Sampler Dogs  from Scarlett House - click for more Canine Quotes II from Scarlett House - click for more Jane Thompson 1838 from Scarlett House - click for more Hey Pumpkin from Scarlett House - click for more Autumn Leaves and Pumpkin Please from Scarlett House - click for more Red Manor Sampler from Scarlett House - click for more Home Is Where My Samplers Are from Scarlett House - click for more
Seven New Releases Have Arrived from The Scarlett House
  • Sampler Dogs - Tanya loves dogs... you'd never know from this piece! 188 x 109, It finishes 10-1/2 x 6 on 36ct, and is stitched with either DMC or hand-dyed flosses of Roasted Fig, Mocha, Garrison Green, Tatanka, Whitewash, Pecan, Cocoa, Flatfish, Chestnut, Red Rocks and Mascara. Chart runs $18.
  • Canine Quotes II - A trio of cute sentiments for dog-lovers... these deal with new-friend-requests, treat distribution, and personalty preferences! Same color scheme as the Sampler Dogs piece, these would be fun displayed near the stitched main piece.
  • Jane Thompson 1838 - A neat vintage verse wishing for God's blessings to the little girl who stitched it. Coded for silks, Weeks hand-dyeds or DMC, it features a very balanced house, border and matching animals and urns.
  • Hey Pumpkin - Something simple, small and quick... easy on color, it's just Blackbird and Toasted Marshmallow hand-dyed floss by Classic. Measures 120 x 47.. so will finish about 6-1/2 x 2-1/2 on 36ct - it'd make a cute frame weight or long, thin cushion. You COULD get out some fancy hand-dyed flosses and add some color to that pumpkin.
  • Autumn Leaves and Pumpkin Please - Another smaller cushion design, the plaid area at the bottom is not finishing fabric - it's stitching! We're so used to seeing finishing fabric there... this is another way to achieve that look - with just a lot more stitching! (So now... think of all those cute cushions finished with strips of fabric here and there... you could STITCH that!)
  • Red Manor Sampler - A larger piece, this measures 265 x 268 - so finishes approx 15 inches square on 36ct. Worked in either silks for flosses, I see 12 different coordinating pin cushions out of this! Even that solid house would be neat made into it's own cushion to nestle in the bowl with the rest of the florals as smaller individual cushions all around it.
  • Home Is Where My Samplers Are - Cute framed or made into the cushion... this measures just 132 x 50 and can be done in either silks or cottons. 7-1/2 x 2-1/2... just a bitty thing!

American House from Erin Elizabeth Designs - click to see more Autumn Biscornu from Erin Elizabeth Designs - click to see more Believe from Erin Elizabeth Designs - click to see more
A Few New Things from Erin Eiizabeth Designs
  • American House - A really nice and organized little house scene... it measures only 70 in stitch count, so less than 4 inches in size! The two patriotic smalls are even quicker - just 40 x 40 each! DMC floss, all three designs are in this chart.
  • Autumn Biscornu - This is bright and POPPING! We can't tell what's on the bottom side - but at least we know there are pumpkins there. The sunflower top is sunny yellow, so it'll look great in your bowl of smalls! Measured just 60 x 60 - so just a little over three inches in size.
  • Believe - Wow, I LOVE this one! Choose a deep midnight-shaded fabric. This is stitched only in a creamy white, so you want fabric dark enough to set off the cream. The stitch count is only 80 in size - so on 16/32ct this measures 5 inches in finished size. After you get your material, then look at your white - do an ecru, a light gray, something with a little tan - you can choose any 'white' you like!

High Seas Anchored in the Sand - click to see more Faby Reilly Designs High Seas Heart - click to see more High Seas Band - click to see more Faby Reilly Designs High Seas Biscornu - click to see more
The High Seas Series from Faby Reilly
  • High Seas Anchored in the Sand - We have carried this gorgeous line of patterns in the shop for some time - High Seas Biscornu and High Seas Band. The waves are gorgeous, the birds and design details are charming.
  • NEW is the High Seas Heart design! Same basic motifs but in a different shape. The Biscornu, Band and Heart are all offered in separate charts, so choose only one or all!
  • High Seas Band - You might recognize this design -- part of it appears on Faby Reilly's High Seas Biscornu! A gorgeous flurry of rolling waves... this is an exciting band of turbulent waves, some happy little fish, a challenged sailboat (!) and the ever-stalwart Light House! Can you see the tone-on-tone nautical symbols in the background?
    This would be pretty made into a long sausage-shaped pillow to display on a beach house window sill... or bands on a guest towel... or a pillow on the guest room bed! Charted for DMC... you can almost HEAR the crashing waves!
  • High Seas Biscornu
    Swirling waves surrounding a tiny sailboat, this is such a pretty piece. The shape of the cushion just adds to the movement of the rolling waves.
    Stitched on 32ct antique white Belfast linen in a dozen shades of DMC floss, the stitch count is only 60 x 60. Offered as a chart.

Arabesque from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more The Four Seasons in Lace Spring from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more The Four Seasons in Lace - Summer from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more The Four Seasons in Lace - Fall from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more The Four Seasons in Lace - Winter from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more
Stylized Florals from Jan Hicks Creates - Each in Chart format.
  • Arabesque - A pretty red stylized floral piece, this measures 157 x 243 in size. Jan describes it as her contribution to the Art Deco world - in the form of a red sampler. She purposely made it all offset and asymmetrical for an elegant look. We had a trunk show in the shop for a few weeks - and this model was STUNNING! If red isn't your bag, change the color!
  • The Four Seasons in Lace - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter - Each of these pieces measures approx 6 x 9 on 18/36ct. Jan stitched each season, and then framed them together with a mat that has 4 openings in it. It was gorgeous. You can also stitch it with each section touching - that count will be 218 x 340. You can find the same motifs in each of these, but then different florals and rows too. Coded for DMC or silks, choose just one if your stitching time budget is low!


Candy Magic from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Spooky Night from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Candy Ghost from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Bewitching Pumpkin from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more
Candy Magic, Spooky Night, Candy Ghost and Bewitching Pumpkin
from Shannon Christine Designs
Shannon Christine has 4 new designs that are SMALL! Measuring just 43 to 65 in stitch count - the all finish around 3 inches each! Nothing too big to commit to! The digital images they provide give you a fabric guide... everything is done with DMC floss, and each is its own separate chart.

Party Animal from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Orange Butterfly from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Green Butterfly from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more Blue Butterfly from Shannon Christine Designs - click to see more
Party Animal, Orange Butterfly, Green Butterfly, Blue Butterfly
from Shannon Christine Designs
  • Party Animal is a fun design. I don't know the size, but guess at about 6 x 9.
  • Orange, Green and Blue Butterfly - These have a stitch count of 99 x 69.
Vintage Farmhouse Sampler from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Santa's Patchwork Cloak from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Mistletoe Manor from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Blackbird Sampler from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Winter Garden at Cranberry Manor from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Wisteria Lane #8 Potting House from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more Wisteria Lane #9 Garden House from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - click to see more
New Arrivals from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery - Due in the Shop the end of August
  • Vintage Farmhouse Sampler - A farmhouse full of charm and personality! Beautiful border, a profusion of the flowers in the garden, this is coded for hand-dyed flosses and is done on a light hand-dyed background fabric. Measures a generous 208 x 133.
  • Santa's Patchwork Cloak - What a festive billowing piece! Measuring 200 x 167, it is coded for DMC. Love the geometrics in this!
  • Mistletoe Manor - The festive border around the grand manor, the fun little geometric evergreens, and that darling sleigh line at the bottom of this all add to the overall appeal of this piece. I don't know measurements yet - but I imagine it's on the larger side. Coded for DMC floss as well! $20.00
  • Blackbird Sampler -  choose your favorite single hand-dyed color for this and any fabric you like to work on... we think the chart measures a whopping 178 x 187!
  • Winter Garden at Cranberry Manor - Goes with Summer and Autumn Gardens... cute little snowmen in the yard!
  • Potting House and Garden House - The final two little houses in the Wisteria Lane Series, these ALL are 'Springy' and cheerful! As always cute borders and flower urns!

Octobers from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more Prim Birds Pin Drum from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more Bittersweet Bird from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more
Three New Designs fromTeresa Kogut
  • Octobers - 'I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.' Cute little scarecrows minding the sunflowers and pumpkins... the crows look pretty determined though! Measures 134 in stitch count, coded for DMC, it's done on Country Vintage Mocha - which comes in several fabrics and counts. About 7-1/2 inches on 18/36. Chart $10.00
  • Prim Birds Pin Drum - Here's an oval-shaped pin drum stitched in DMCs or Weeks hand-dyeds. It measures about 4 inches high, but the 7-inch design doesn't wrap all the way around the piece... so you save a little stitching time - and several extra unseen inches of stitching! Chart 10.00
  • Bittersweet Bird -  A tiny little thing, this measures only 74 in stitch count, so it's a mere 4 inches. Teresa mounted hers on top of a paper mache box, but it'd be a cute round pin cushion too. Coded for DMC and hand-dyeds as well. Chart $10.00
Thankful Frill from Heart in Hand - click for more Thankful Tiny Town from Heart in Hand - click for more

Here Comes Thankful Tiny Town
from Heart in Hand
Cecilia writes 'imagine a community where neighbors LIKE living close to the folks next door!' In this little town, the turkeys are treated like nobility and are allowed to roam - they perch on the rooftops and dance in the streets! There is a gentle breeze blowing through the plentiful wheat fields and a sign that proclaims this town is Thankful!

Due to arrive in the shop the end of August... this measures 11 x 2 - just like the 11 other little Tiny Towns! The matching Frill design features a woman pushing her cart of turkeys and pumpkins. It's a small piece that is designed to be inserted somewhere in the Tiny Town piece - if you want! Just a small bonus!
Happy Camper from Flamingo Toes - click to see more Enjoy the Journey from Flamingo Toes - click to see more Sew All The Things from Flamingo Toes - click to see more
Cross Stitch Charts by Flamingo Toes...
Here are three charming designs by Flamingo Toes - the same designer who brings us those pretty enameled needle minders! All are presented in chart packs with full color charts - nicely done.
  • Happy Camper - Stitched on white using bright and happy DMC flosses, this measures just 112 x 93. Makes me want to park this little Happy Place in my backyard! We have an enameled needle minder that matches this design!
  • Enjoy the Journey - A cute bicycle all decked out for a summer's day ride - white background, DMC floss. This matches our Floral Bicycle Minder!
  • Sew All The Things - The coordinating design to our Floral Sewing Machine Minder, this measures just 72 x 68 in stitch count - so it's only about 4 x 4 in finished size. Just pretty and happy!
Floral Hedgehog Enamel Charm from Flamingo Toes - click to see more Sewing Machine Enamel Charm from Flamingo Toes - click to see more Floral Black Cat Enamel Charm from Flamingo Toes - click to see more
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!

Ready for Takeoff by ModCross Patterns - click for more Ready for Landing by ModCross Patterns - click for more Spooky Skyline by ModCross Patterns - click for more
Three Cute Aviation Ornaments from ModCross Patterns
  • Ready for Takeoff and Ready for Landing - Aren't these cute? Rudolph is ready to fly through a starry night in classic aviator fashion! He's on navy fabric (we have several different counts), and stitched with 9 DMC shades and a bit of glossy rayon thread. Every pilot needs a ground crew, so his little bear friend is holding the light wands and wearing his safety vest... ready to guide the flight perfectly! Again DMC floss. The chart description mentions Etoile thread - we don't have that - but I think Rainbow Gallery's Petite Treasure Braid would fit the bill to add the needed glitz. Each comes in their own separate chart and a DEFINITE for the airplane lover in your life!
  • Spooky Skyline - Ghosts and bats join a dapper black cat in a late night hot air balloon ride through the city! Measuring 82 x 118, it finishes approx 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 18/36ct. DMC flosses, choose a pretty sky color background.

Make a Little Magic from Tiny Modernist - click to see more

Make a Little Magic from The Tiny Moderrnist
Another cute medley scene dealing with Halloween by Tiny Modernist, this is coded for DMC floss. It measures only 90 x 120 - so finishes about 5 x 6-1/2 on 18/36.

I'm a big advocate for taking things like this and splitting them up into little individual cushions. You get all the cuteness, they look GREAT all tucked into a bowl, and if you put them right next to something else - like the phone charging station, or the candy bowl, or the kitchen island counter - everyone paws through them - and actually notices and ENJOYS them! Presented as a full color small leaflet chart $9.00
American Flag Quilt Sampler from Rosewood Manor - click for more Birds of Quaker from Rosewood Manor - click for more Dove Moor from Rosewood Manor - click for more
The Newest Arrivals! from Rosewood Manor
  • American Flag Quilt Sampler - This 25-year old pattern has been revised! The new leaflet now has 22 pages, charts are clearer to read, and there is a new star pin drum in here. We have this model in the shop - it is a FAVORITE! Each state is represented by its official quilt motif, each is lined up between stripes that read 'One Nation Under God With Liberty and Justice For All!' Karen has the years they joined the Union... the 13 original colonies are up there is the 'stars' area... it's just a awesome pattern! The new book is $22.00. We still have some copies left of the old book (some old errors in there... no drum pattern.) and those are still $8 while they last. Gorgeous little pin cushion ideas in here too!
  • Birds of Quaker - Nine pretty Quaker-inspired borders surround nine small birds and bushes scenes... really charming! Coded for Week's hand-dyed flosses, the whole thing measures 186 x 190. But I see little cushions!
  • Dove Moor - Such pretty alphabets and floral borders and motifs in here... it is stunning! Measuring 283 x 176, Karen has take-outs of smalls for scissor fobs, bookmarks, 4 extra borders to interchange with those on the cover model, a needlebook cover, one small sampler and two Welcomes! Coded for Weeks hand-dyed flosses, this just begs to be stitched and enjoyed!
Snowday from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Vintage Ornaments Set One from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Cherish from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Family from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Hello Pumpkin from Cherry Blossoms - click for more
Presenting Cherry Blossoms Designs in Cross Stitch!
Quilt Designer Cherry Guidry has been in the Quilting industry for 14 years... so welcome her to Cross Stitch! All her designs are charted using DMC and Week's Dye Works flosses.
  • Snowday - What a cute design! The 'quilty' snowflakes floating in the background, that bright green billowing scarf, the loaded sled - but most of all that little bunny - all make this whimsical. Stitch count of 100 x 105 - it finishes approx 6 x 6 on 18/36.
  • Vintage Ornaments Set One - A cute little deer with red boots, and a quiet church... each measures just 45 x 45 in stitch count. We are offering the wooden finishing pieces as well! Set of 3 pieces, unasembled and unpainted - can be a bright pop of matching color!
  • Cherish - 'Some people are worth melting for!' How sweet is that? Stitch count of 1214 x 38 - it is coded for DMC and Weeks flosses.
  • Family - 'Makes Life Beautiful!' What a funny little owl family! Choose to add surname or first names if you want... these measure 151 x 148.
  • Hello Pumpkin - Filled with little crows, acorns, sunflowers, berries and a 'quilty' pumpkin, it'd make a cute door sign for the season. Measures 115 x 80.

Heart Song from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Heart SongMinis from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Therapy from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Pin Keeper from Cherry Blossoms - click for more Oh Sew happy from Cherry Blossoms - click for more
Here are the 'Sewey' and 'Quilty' Designs! All charts, coded for DMC and Weeks flosses, done on a white - choose your favorites!
  • Heart Song -  'Stitching makes my heart sing!'  66 x 91 - This follows the same color scheme as the rest of the pieces following this one.
  • Heart Song Minis - Rinky-dinky 39 x 39 quickies - just fun to stitch and give as gifts to your 'sewing peeps!' All 4 designs in the chart.
  • Therapy - Cute machine, scissors, the spools, the mini stitching in the frame... the whole thing measures just 107 x 41 - 7 x 2! A Perfect Cushion!
  • Pin Keeper - More in this set of designs - you could do JUST the tomato!
  • Oh Sew happy - Well, this covers everything 'Sewey!' The quilts, spools, machine, rotary and bolts of fabric. Measures 149 x 199... Same cute colors as the rest!

Autumn Mermaid from The Blue Flower and Lindy Stitches -  click for more Autumn Beach Postcards from The Blue Flower and Lindy Stitches -  click for more
New Releases
from The Blue Flower
  • Autumn Mermaid - This is a really fun trio of colorful 'watery' stuff! Choose a deep blue fabric background to make these rich Autumnal colors pop. Jeannine chose a mixture of DMC, Classic, Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyeds for her turtle, mermaid and little baby white flamingo. All three designs are in this chart for $12.00
  • Autumn Beach Postcards - Inspired by postcards, and even finished that way. Each design measures 60 x 100... done on 40ct, they finish 3 x 5. Two-sided, (did you know there is a 'big thing' about MAIL ART? You can actually MAIL these and they will hand-postmark them!) They would be fun perched in a bowl of gathered sea glass and shells. Might be fun to finish with an open edge - so you could tuck some favorite trip photos inside as well! The chart includes all for designs plus that cool backside for $10.00

Floralies from Jardin Prive - click for more
Floralies
from Jardin Prive
I love this cheerful floral garden! Stitched with DMC on any neutral background, it's just colorful and happy. Stitch count is 173 x 173, so it'll finish about 9-1/2 inches on 18/36ct.

You COULD finish this into a square pin pillow - fold under the fence pieces to the backside... and you'd get a little 5-inch-ish two-sided cushion! An easy stitch, presented as a chart for $12.
It's Finally Fall from Anabella's - click to see more A Farmhouse Christmas from Anabella's - click to see more Baskets of Blooms - Halloween from Anabella's - click to see more All Hallows Eve from Anabella's - click to see more
Fall Arrivals from Anabella's - Due in the shop the end of August!
  • It's Finally Fall - 7 Designs in this leaflet... multiple sizes, I like the blackbirds perched on the pumpkins! Lots of gorgeous pics and large charts in here! $25.00
  • A Farmhouse Christmas - 6 Designs in this leaflet - the main design measures 90 x 112, while the rest are 5 coordinating pin cushions measuring 56 x 56. We know they designed the finishing fabric featured on the cover... I'd try their website to purchase some!
  • Baskets of Blooms - Halloween - Cute little pumpkin bucket! Presented as a smaller chart.
  • All Hallows Eve - This is a fun piece - a spooky graveyard with those huge ghosts overhead, love the colors! Might be fun to add your family name on here - like a Welcome sign!
Halloween II from Anabella's - click to see more Black Cat Apothecary from Anabella's - click to see more Coffee House Witches from Anabella's - click to see more
  • Halloween II - A trio of retro-flavored signs for the season... cute and quick to stitch. Might make cute pumpkin or candy bowl pokes!
  • Black Cat Apothecary - Stitch this on something gunmetal-colored - or black. Choose a crisp whit for a chalkboard feel, or a dusty hand-dyed for a more vintage, aged look.
  • Coffee House Witches - Coordinates with Black Cat... we love this look! Stop in for a Spell at the Witch's Brew Coffee House! Stitch counts for both are  80 x 112 - so 5 x 7 on 16/32ct. You could even do the Halloween II signs in the same fabric and thread color scheme - they'd look great together!

Always Hope from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more Christmas Virtues from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more Polly Pork-u-Pin Cushion from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more H.O.P.E. from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more Shear Madness from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more
New Arrivals from Silver Creek Samplers
  • Always Hope - 'Always find a reason to Hope' What an awesome message to stitch for someone - even yourself! Choose a favorite fabric and any color you like. Chart $13.00
  • Christmas Virtues - Dance like Frosty, Shine like Rudlph, Dream like Hermey and Give like St Nicholas! Coded for DMC, might be fun to add metallic thread touches! Chart $15.00
  • Polly Pork-u-Pin Cushion - Well, this is cute! You can see the whole design at the top of the picture, drum version down below. Tiny pig fob chart included as well! Chart $15.00
  • H.O.P.E. - 'Hold On Pain Ends' Coded for DMC, a smaller design to be stitched in a jiff! Chart $6.00
  • Shear Madness - A Small scissor fob design, this would be cute finished as a case as well. Small chart $6.00
Dirty Annie's - So Stinkin' Cute - click for more

So Stinkin' Cute
from Dirty Annie's
So Stinkin' Cute - This IS!

The chart includes all three designs... the single skunk, the loving pair and the cute 16-patch block full of skunks and the flowers they love!

Maple Leaf by Kira Lyns - click for more

Maple Leaf
from Kira Lyns
Enjoy this fun Autumn leaf quilt - complete with lounging kitties and a few pumpkins. Coded for DMC floss, it measures 77 x 77 in stitch count - so finishes a petite 4-1/4 inches on 18/36ct.

That means, if you split it up and make individual cushions out of the cat on the shelf, the big white pumpkin stack and then the quilt - each of them will be smaller than those 4 inches! Pretty colors, just a bright, simple, cute seasonal piece. Presented as a chart for $8.00

Halloween Court by Waxing Moon - click to see more
Halloween Court
from Waxing Moon Designs
Waxing Moon has a cute seasonal neighborhood scene - Halloween Court. Fun to stitch as-is, because of all the cool fencing surrounding everything, but you could split it up a little and do that bottom left-hand corner with just one house to save time. Coded for hand-dyeds or DMC, it measures 138 x 152 - so finishes approx 10 x 11 on the 14/28ct she used on her model.

I think metallics added to pics like this are fun - get those ghosts done in opalescent, the lights in gold, the eyes in black metallic or beads, fuzzy threads on the bats, owls, spider... actually black metallic on the wrought iron fence might be dramatic as well! Presented as a chart $12.00
October 31st Pinkeep from Stitches by Ethel - click for more Music in the Woodlands from Stitches by Ethel - click for more Joyful Christmas Ornaments 2024 from Stitches by Ethel - click for more Christmas Delivery from Stitches by Ethel - click for more
New Stitches by Ethel - Coming the end of August!
  • 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.

Grow Your Own Way - by Puntini and Rony's Creations - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Winter Animals Trio 2024 - click to see more PuntiniPuntini When I Think of Chocolate with Pins - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Halloween Biscornu Trio 2024 and Halloween Creatures Pin Set  - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Christmas Biscornu Trio 2024 - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Too Many Buttons - click to see more
Lots of New Designs and Pins from PuntiniPuntini and Romy's Creations
  • Grow Your Own Way - by Puntini and Rony's Creations - Oh my gosh, this is the cutest design! Presented in two charts - Romy designed the hedgehog and squirrel, while Paola did the fox, racoon. We are offering both parts TOGETHER. The total stitch count is approx 55 x 180, so it'll finish about 3 x 11 on an 18/36ct. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are charted for DMC floss. I just love it! Paola makes darling hand-made clay pins... we have her Fall 2024 Limited Edition pins for a short while - they'd look great poked into this cushion! This set includes an owl, 4 squashes and pumpkins, a crow and darling little fox. We also have her Happy Squirrel Pin Set - just a trio of a squirrel, leaf and acorn - another cute option!
  • Winter Animals Trio 2024 - This chart features all three animals. Choose a soft fray background - that way the whites will show up well. Each measures 66 in stitch count - so less than 4 inches in size.
  • When I Think of Chocolate - Another fun medley of something yummy! Chocolate is celebrated with grand style here... and by all means, dress it up with the matching pin set! Paola has made a tiny chocolate chip cookie, a candy bar and a teeny chocolate covered donut!
  • Halloween Biscornu Trio 2024 and Halloween Creatures Pin Set - 6 Sides of little scary scenes... bats, cats, skulls and spiders, each side measures just 67 stitches - so these will finish under 4 inches each on 18/36ct. The included pin set features a black cat, bat and black crow.
  • Christmas Biscornu Trio 2024 - 6 Sides of peppermints, evergreens, reindeer, gingerbread men and cardinals... these are 67 in stitch count as well. We have loads of Paola's cute clay to garnish these as well.
  • Too Many Buttons - NO Such thing as too many buttons! Might be fun to garnish this 84 x 63 piece with some from your button box, and use Paola's trio pin set of clay buttons too!
PuntiniPuntini Dogs Save The Earth  - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Cats Save The Earth - click to see more PuntiniPuntini Chocolate Save the Earth - click to see more
Save the Earth! from PuntiniPuntini
It's the only planet with DOGS, CATS and CHOCOLATE!

Puntini has three separate charts out... choose the one you want to promote! All three are worked on Weeks Tin Roof linen - but Paola says lots of fabrics will do nicely, and they are all coded for DMC floss. Cute as can be - three separate charts are $10.00 each.

Halloween Quaker from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more Halloween Alphabet from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more Halloween Quilt from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more Salem Sisters Stitchery from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more Jack Needle Minder from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more
It's Halloween Season Primrose Cottage Style! 5 New things Coming. All are offered as smaller charts.
  • Halloween Quaker - Another holiday done with Quaker-inspired motifs... this one is multi-colored, vs the monochromatic of the seasonal designs. Same chart format, same 5 x 5-ish size, worked in hand-dyeds but coded for DMC as well.
  • Halloween Alphabet - Another cute design - this one is again coded for hand-dyeds or DMC, measures 98 x 63 - so 5-1/2 x 3-/12 on 18/36ct. Featured fabric is Country Vintage Mocha.
  • Halloween Quilt - A third cushion design - this one measures 71 x 71, so finishes a bit smaller on 18/36ct - just 4 x 4. Same colors as the others: Weeks Onyx, Parchment, Sweet Potato, and Sassy Brass.
  • Salem Sisters Stitchery - A fun design for stitchers... you could make a round pin cushion out of this one! Measuring 90 x 90 - it's 5 inches in diameter, and done with all the same colors the rest above are. Even just the Jack, spools and birds along the bottom would be cute just by themselves!
  • Jack Needle Minder - A nice, heavy chunk of bright orange enamel to hold your needles! About 1-1/2 x 2 inches in size... a big 'ol pumpkin to decorate for the season! The magnet is strong, so it'll do great on the fridge to hold scary party invites!

St Nick and Pals from AB Designs - click for more Oh What Fun from AB Designs - click for more McFlurry Friends from AB Designs - click for more Special Delivery from AB Designs - click for more
New Arrivals by AB Designs! Due in the shop the end of August - just in time for SNOW (not)!
Amy Bruecken is releasing patterns to make you forget about the summer heat! All are leaflets, coded for DMC, but this time - have no special embellishments. We have Amy's stitcky-outey noses in stock, as well as metallics for the stars, and even white Wisper and Fuzzy Stuff to make those snowmen special! Stitch Away!
  • St Nick and Pals - Measures 80 x 78 - less than 6 x 6 on 28ct... so a bitty 4-1/2 on 36ct.
  • Oh What Fun - Measures 95 x 95 - Simply Wool would be fun to use on his sweater.
  • McFlurry Friends - A trio of chubby little guys, the three brick buttons are included with the pattern.
  • Special Delivery - A pair of small designs to stitch for someone small in your life! Alphabets and numerals included for personalization.


Gourdness Gracious! from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more Woodland Witch from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more Autumn's Swan from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more Feels Like Fall from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more
New Arrivals from With Thy Needle & Thread
Brenda is releasing 4 new designs... all offered as charts.
  • Gourdness Gracious! - Can't you just hear this little witch - she's amazed at finding something growing in her urn! One of her crow friends planted a seed that grew into a giant green vine with yellow blooms and jack-o-lanterns! Stitched with DMCs and hand-dyeds, it finishes about 4 x 8 on 36ct, and it features Straight and Smyrna stitches as well as crosses.
  • Woodland Witch - Here's a tiny woodland witch that lives in an old gardener's cloche - on a tuffet of moss - under a big oak tree. Brenda added spotted mushrooms and tiny snails in this, her witch has squirrel and owl friends too. DMC flosses and Country Vintage Mocha linen, she used Satins, Tents and straight stitches in this. Measures approx 4-1/2 x 6.
  • Autumn's Swan - Continuing with Brenda's vintage concrete swan planters, this season is inspired by Black-Eyed Susans, Cattails and Rosehips that grow wild on her rural roads. Measuring about 5 x 5 on 40ct hand-dyed, this is stitched with a medley of hand-dyed flosses. I can't tell from the cover pic, but there are Four-Sided stitches in this.
  • Feels Like Fall - A small Quaker-themed piece, this measures about 8-1/2 x 5 on 40ct. A medley of hand-dyed flosses, it reads, 'I love Fall most of all.'
Fragments in Time for 2024 number 5 from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more Fragments in Time for 2024 number 6 from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more
New Arrivals from Summer House Stitche Workes
Beth's Summer Designs #5 and #5 of the 2024 Fragments in Time - Two more ancestral homes... loved the stories connected with the first two.

Finishing small - just 51 x 51 - perfect little bowl-fillers!
2024 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special Holiday Issue - click to see more


Presenting the 2024 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special Holiday Issue (previously called the Annual Ornament Issue)
WOW... Just Cross Stitch Magazine is updating their 'annual ornament issue' to now be their 2024 Special Holiday Issue! They still offer 37 different ornaments in here, but are now adding full-sized projects too! You can tell from the cover teaser pic that there are bigger things in store this year!

I absolutely LOVE that detailed tree down in the right corner, and the big pillow is neat, and the peppermints are darling!

They call it their new 'lavishly photographed bookazine format!' So... 100-pages, shipping to us mid October. Reserve your copy now... as we get them generally weeks ahead of their 'for sale date.'
Jim Shore Christmas 2024 Ornaments - click for more
Mill Hill's Jim Shore 2024 Christmas Ornaments
This year's set of paper ornaments by artist Jim Shore - these are done on 14ct perforated paper with DMC floss, and garnished with Mill Hill seed beads. Joining all the other Santas, Snowmen and Gnomes in this collection, this year's are colorful and will look great on your Christmas Tree! Complete kits of the paper, beads and threads. Choose from Santa and Cardinal Birdhouse, Snowman with Earmuffs, Milk and Cookie Gnome, Santa Holding Heart, Snowman with Gingerbread, Gnome with Bells... or get them all!
Magical  from Just Nan - click to see more!

Magical
from Just Nan!
Our Shipment Arrived! We have 12 copies left! :)
Nan is working on "Magical," a new band sampler and coordinating Pin Cube! It is her first band sampler in 10 years. She has sent design details, and now we have a picture!

Due to release in late July... this is a very limited edition... and open for RESERVATION now.

We do not know if we will be able to get more patterns after her first release date. Click the image at right to travel to Nan's Page to read all the details we know about 'Magical' so far... and reserve yours!

Halloween Cat from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more

Halloween Cat
By Twin Peak Primitives, this little cutie caught my eye this week! He's only 57 x 71 (3 x 4 on 18/36 ct) and is worked with regular DMC.

It's kind of hard to see the detail in the pic, but the background is solid stitching of 3053 with a meandering vine of 3828. Presented as a large chart - printed both black and white, and color. $6.00
Faith from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more Hope from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more Love from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more
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!

Summer Bag from Shepherd's Bush -  click for more

Summer Bag
from Shepherd's Bush
Grab a sunny cornsilk colored mesh pouch and stitch this delightful summer scene all across the front! It'll make everything inside more fun to finish!

Another of Tina and Teri's cute designs... they've also shown it stitched and finished into a small pin cushion, as well as a tiny scissor fob.

A Mother Is from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more Beautiful Things from Primrose Cottage Stitches - click for more
Coming Soon
from Primrose Cottage

  • Beautiful Things - 'Come together one stitch at a time.' Grab your Classic Colorworks flosses of Cherry Cobbler, Cocoa Bean, Eve's Leaves, Hickory Sticks, Honeycomb, Tennessee Red Clay and Toasted Marshmallow to stitch this charming piece by the Primrose Girls. Measures 113 x 68, this is presented in a small chart for $14.00.

  • A Mother Is - Something to work on for next Mother's Day! Same color palette as Beautiful Things, it measures 141 x 85. Colorful and quick to work up!

American Primitive #8 from Prairie Schooler -- click to see more

American Primitive #8
from Prairie Schooler
Wow... this is a blast from the past... Prairie Schooler's book #8 was originally designed and published in 1985! So... true test of a good design... does this LOOK 40 years old and outdated? It does NOT!

Regular 'ol DMC... choose a fabric you like - the elephant and donkey measure only about 40 x 50 - so perfect pin cushion sizes! Just re-printed in time for the elections!


Announcing AYA Extra-Thin-Tip by Dovo!DOVO Solingen - click for more
The people at DOVO have listened to us and finally agreed to manufacture a limited run of our past-favorite Extra-Thin-Tip Hardanger Scissors! (These are our original Pauline Scissors from our Anniversary Collection.)

They liked my idea of naming scissors vs describing them with numbers - so meet Aya! 3-1/2 Inches, the brushed stainless steel finish looks like Pewter.

Each scissor comes with a black leather protective sheath. They promise shipment of these for late September... so we are taking RESERVATIONS now!

Robin Pickens Beach Day with Emerson - click for more Robin Pickens Anchored Life - click for more Robin Pickens Modern Beach House 1 - click for more Robin Pickens Modern Beach House 2 - click for more Robin Pickens Shoreline Sampler - click for more Robin Pickens Sweater Weather Fall Acorn - click for more
New Coastal and Fall Designs from Robin Pickens
Robin is debuting a new line of fabric for Moda - and here are the motifs in Cross Stitch!
  • Beach Day with Emerson features shells and coral and a quote, 'Live in the Sunshine, Swim the sea, Drink the Wild Air.' 108 x 108, charted for DMC, it finishes just 6 inches square on 36ct. Leaflet $10.00
  • Anchored Life - More ocean blue colors - measures 76 x 78 in stitch count - so looks good with that fabric border all around. Small Chart $10.00
  • Modern Beach House 1 and 2 - A pair of pieces featuring linked rings, coral and shells of the sea. Just 74 in stitch count, these could make 4-inch cushions to display in your bowl of gathered sea glass! Small charts $10.00 each.
  • Shoreline Sampler - More companion motifs to everything else... I think I need a beach house to display these! Leaflet $12.00
  • Sweater Weather Fall Acorn companions Winter Pinecones! All those fun and bold borders surrounding the central motif... charted for DMC, pretty mossy greens and golden browns. Small chart $10.00
Doodles: Maker from Heart in Hand - click for more Mr Wee Santa 2024 from Heart in Hand - click for more
Coming the End of July! Santa and Doodles
from Heart in Hand
  • Mr Wee Santa 2024 is on his way to us! A pudgy little guy in his brown wool coat, he has a couple of snowman friends who might be helping him decorate for the holidays! Stitched with a medley of hand-dyeds, he's only about 3-1.2 inches in size. Presented as a small Wee Ones Card for $8.50
  • Doodles: Maker - We stitchers ALL like this one! All the accoutrements of needlewrok are featured in a warn color palette of hand-dyed flosses. What a cute 'mattess' cushion this would make, or an inset into a stitching mat... or the front of a sewing case? Medium Card format $13.00

Welcome Autumn by The Purple Thread - click to see more

Presenting a Very Limited Little Autumn Treat
from The Purple Thread
Sharon is sending us a few of these darling little three-sided fob kits, that attach to a pair of pumpkin scissors!

Ribbons, threads, flosses, charts and the scissors all included - the fob is approx 2 inches long. Taking reservations for Mid August delivery!

Dreaming of St Nick from Stoney Creek - click for more Dash Away All from Stoney Creek - click for more Sleepy Santa from Stoney Creek - click for more Up on the Rooftop from Stoney Creek - click for more
Stoney Creek has a new 2024 Stocking!
Dreaming of St Nick is a new stocking design by the Stoney Creek designers. It's the first one on the left... the next three in the picture above are charts we also carry in the shop. Always lots of design detail and backstitching for accent. Dreaming of St Nick is in a leaflet with the other two pics featured on the cover!

Coded for DMC (like 50 of them) and a few metallics, it'll finish a generous 11 x 17 on 14/28ct. (A decent Santa-size!) Not a lot of backstitch... even though this is quite an involved design... we think it's more 'Do-Able' than a lot of others!


Our 2024 Big Summer Stitching Event

Our 2025 Stitching Retreat & Event Calendar has been Announced!

Visit our Events Page for all the details.


We're thrilled to be hosting Jeannette Douglas, Miranda Weeks, Amy Bruecken, and Theresa Venette this next year - along with lots of little Stitching Get-Away Weekends!
Hometown Holiday #25 Bird House from Little House Needleworks - click to see more Log Cabin Christmas #5 Quilt from Little House Needleworks - click to see more Always In My Heart from Little House Needleworks - click to see more
Presenting New Arrivals by Little House Needleworks
Diane has sent three new designs... two join ongoing sets.
  • Bird House - This is chart #25 in her Hometown Holiday set! Another little Christmassy house to finish as a stand-up or join together with a couple of other houses in the set... she's been doing Hometown Holiday designs for several years now. This is presented as a small chart - just like the rest. $7.00
  • Log Cabin Quilt - This is panel #5 in the whole Log Cabin Christmas set. Measuring 63 stitches square, this is perfect as a stand-alone design - a pin cushion or cube - but it also fits into the main medley of the entire design. Classic Colorworks flosses - pretty colors - a quick stitch! Chart $7.00
  • Always In My Heart - This is kind of a different design by Diane! It's a pretty vine made into a heart shape, and it features special initials in the center. Measuring just 63 x 87, it's done with 5 shades of Classic Colorworks floss. Photobook momento? Pin cushion? Panel for the front of a tote bag? Applique onto a blanket or quilt? Chart $8.50
New 2024 Holiday Stamps Kits from Mill Hill - click for more
From Left: Christmas Tree, Rudolph, Gifts, Ornament, Snowman, Candy Cane
New 2024 Holiday Stamps Kits from Mill Hill
Here's a new set of 6 cute little paper stamp ornaments by Mill Hill! Worked on 14ct brown perf paper with DMC floss and smattered with Mill Hill glass seed beads and a snowflake or other little brass charm, they measure about 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 when finished and cut out. Cute, quick and easy, colorful, and a little glisteny... you could even mount them to card stock and send them as Christmas Cards - to people you *really* like!
Sewing Sundries from October House - click for more Summer Jam from October House - click for more
Sewing Sundries and Summer Jam - New Arrivals from October House
  • Sewing Sundries - Another Skinny Mini Pin cushion design by October House, this fun little 1-1/2 x 7 inch 'hot dog cushion' is super cute and quick to stitch. Coded for Classic Colorworks hand-dyeds or DMC, Robin loves this red color palette... but easy to change the spools to anything else - but leave that gorgeous tomato just like it is! Presented as a small chart with a beaufiful color photo on the front - Just $8.
  • Summer Jam features a jar of summer berries. Both design versions finish abut 4-inches in size and are worked on a soft linen - Angel Hair and Baby's Breath. Coded for Classic and Weeks hand-dyeds or DMC floss, presented as a chart for $10.00

Holly Jolly Santa from Tiny Modernist - click to see more

Holly Jolly Santa
from The Tiny Modernist
What a fun little retro-flavored Santa! By Tiny Modernist, this is a chart stitched with regular DMC floss.

The entire design measures about 4 x 9 on 14/28... but if you stitch just the Santa face, he's only about 4 x 4!

The large, beautiful, colored chart that makes the stitch a little easier, is only $9.00.

Little Robin Designs 1776 - click for more
1776
from Little Robin Designs
Here's a pretty design - just a petite 95 x 63, and classic!

Choose a darker fabric than shown on the cover - there are stars stitched with Gentle Art's Picket Fence in the background - but you cannot see them in this pic.

Other two shades are Michael's Navy and Sun Dried. Presented as a small chart for $8.00
Quack Stack from Plum Street Samplers We Remember from Plum Street Samplers There is Liberty from Plum Street Samplers
New Arrivals from Plum Street Samplers' Paulette has a trio of new designs.
  • Quack Stack - The next in her series of animal 'piles'... this measures 54 x 90 - just like the rest in the set. A Mallard family is kind of stacked up... Dad swimming for dinner, and Mom is feeding Baby up in the tree branches. Apparently, there is a lot of color detail on a Mallard duck - these kind of ate Paulette's lunch! Stitched on Graham Cracker hand-dyed 40ct. Chart for $10.00
  • We Remember - Paulette grew up in a military family. She loves patriotic holidays, and actually the whole summer is patriotic season to her. This 91 x 90 design is red with poppies, blue with stars and features kind of a white cat! You're allowed to change those kitty colors to match your kitty... but the features of the design are the poppies and stars. Coded for DMCs with some Weeks hand-dyeds tossed in. Chart $12.00
  • There is Liberty - This charming design features a row of tiny houses - and one dog house! It is all underneath a peace dove, who is followed by an eagle. Paulette loves the little connecting 'welcome paths' she put running between all her houses! Measuring 232 x 87, this finishes about 13 x 5 on 36ct, and is stitched with mainly DMC and touches of Weeks hand-dyed. This would make such a cool drum shape if you want an alternate finishing rather than framing. Presented as a chart $14.00

He Leads Ewe by Bent Creek -- click here to see more Pop of Patriotic Kit by Bent Creek -- click to see more
New Arrivals
from Bent Creek
  • Pop of Patriotic - Here's a new stylized tree by The Girls to add to your seasonal 'forest!' Offered as the complete kit of 20ct linen with #5 Pearl Cottons - it's a super fast and fun stitch. If you want to skip the trunk and fence - DO IT! These rounds make CHARMING round pin cushions. I just now saw that little eagle on there, how darn cute! The kit runs $26.00
  • He Leads Ewe - This is another of Bent Creek's sheep patterns. They used to offer the old ones in kit format, but now this little guy is simply a chart, so you can work him on anything you want. 'He leads me' - pretty powerful words. Coded for hand-dyeds, this will finish approx 3 x 4 inches on something like a 32 - this one looks like Lambswool. Little chart is $8.00

    Hello America cover with included designs from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more
    Hello America
    Teresa Kogut has a new book - stuffed with 7 cute Americana designs! Pictured is the cover... and then the 7 included designs.
    All varied fabrics and threads... hard to choose a favorite, isn't it? Good thing... because you get them ALL in the $30.00 book! (which means they are all only $4.25 each!)

    XS351 Patriotic Tweet from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more XS266 USA Star Ornament Chart from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more

    USA Star Ornament and Patriotic Tweet
    • USA Star Ornament - Super Cute, just 70 x 61, a very quick stitch! Presented as a chart for $10.00
    • Patriotic Tweet - This one has both the basket design and the chubby little bird bringing his greeting! 52 x 51 For the main design... charted for DMC and hand-dyeds. Chart for both runs $12.00
    Boo I Count Mini Bag Chart from Shepherd's Bush -  click for more

    More Mini Mesh Bag Designs from Shepherd's Bush
    Designed to fit the smaller 7 x 9-ish plaid pouches, each of these is done with #5 Pearl Cotton, and stitches up in a jiff - because they are only 23 x 30-ish in stitch count!

    If you do these on regular fabric - you'll get 1-inch fobs! Presented as small charts for only $6 each.

    Quaint Rose Needlearts Pinwheel Urn - click for more Quaint Rose Needlearts Grace on Thee - click for more
    Quaint Rose Needlearts has two new Americana designs -- both presented in chart format.
    • Grace on Thee measures 167 x 176 in stitch count - so will finish approx 9-1/2 inches square on 18/36 ct. Coded for DMC or silks, I think it would be cool to add a few rows right below ON THEE, to add your family name and year established information. Very stately and organized, it's a pretty piece and would look good in a foyer. Chart $13.00
    • Pinwheel Urn - This companions other URN designs by Quaint Rose - you'll notice she has stitched two different fabrics together for this! Blue on the bottom, creamy at the top. Guidance is provided for that fabric joining - she suggests doing that FIRST before you stitch - in case you mess it up! Presented in a chart format $9.00

    Christmas Terrarium from Tiny Modernist - click to see more Night Terrarium from Tiny Modernist - click to see more Mermaid Terrarium from Tiny Modernist - click to see more Halloween Terrarium from Tiny Modernist - click to see more
    Christmas, Night, Mermaid, and  Halloween Terrariums from The Tiny Modernist
    This is a fun little set of designs... tiny scenes contained in glass. My favorite is the dead relative buried in the Halloween yard! Each is presented in a full color 6 x 9 chart - $9.00 each - and coded for DMC floss.

    They all finish the same 4 x 6 on 16/32ct. I'm not sure where you'd hang them, but they might look really cute finished as rounded stand-ups stuffed with walnut shells, so they'd be heavy little fabric bottles on the counter!

    My Home Sweet Home from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more

    My Home Sweet Home
    from Sweet Wing Studio
    That big 'ol flag billowing over the little house... whoever lives there has a green thumb!

    Stitched with a combo of DMC and hand-dyeds, this finishes a little over 5 x 7 on 32. I think this would make a really cute door stop block! Presented as a chart - just $10.00

    2024 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Issue - click to see more

    Presenting the 2024 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special Holiday Issue (previously the Annual Ornament Issue)
    WOW... Just Cross Stitch Magazine is updating their 'annual ornament issue' to now be called their 2024 Special Holiday Issue! They still offer 37 different ornaments in here, but are now adding full-sized projects too! You can tell from the cover teaser pic that there are bigger things in store this year!

    I absolutely LOVE that detailed tree down in the right corner, and the big pillow is neat, and the peppermints are darling!

    They call it their new 'lavishly photographed bookazine format!' So... 100-pages, shipping to us mid October... reserve your copy now... as we get them generally weeks ahead of their 'for sale date.'


    Winter Series Button & Beads - 2024 from Mill Hill - click for more
    From Left: Christmas Camper, Seashell Wreath, Dashing Dachshund, Winter Woodpecker, Feather Tree and Crocus
    Presenting the 2024 Mill Hill Winter Kits and the Annual Santas!
    Winter Series Button & Beads - 2024

    Love these! Finishing approx 5 x 5 on 14ct perf paper, these are always long anticipated, and well loved projects. New this season, we have a Christmas Camper decked out for a Holiday party. The wreath is ready for the beach because it's decorated with seashells. Dashing Dachshund is definitely a favorite - who can resist that darling little dog? Winter Woodpecker joins the other winter bird designs Mill Hill has - (cardinals, blue jays, chickadee, nuthatch all come to mind) - very classy pieces.

    Feather Tree is colorful and fun, and Crocuses is stunning! Crocus joins the rest of the MH florals - there are about 9 or 10 of them that are just gorgeous (hydrangea, daisy, and hibiscus come to mind in a pinch.) Our shop models are done on 28ct linen or 14ct aida and stuffed - as an alternative finishing option. The little kits come complete with the chart, paper, beads, flosses, buttons, needles - just everything!

    Mini Sticks Stockings for Christmas! from Mill Hill - click for more
    From Left: Ugly Sweater, Black Friday, North Pole Buddies, Cozy Cabin, Christmas Cactus, Hi-Bear-nating
    Presenting the 2024 Winter Holiday Ornament Kits from Mill Hill
    Super fun little 3 x 3 designs - all stitched on 14ct perforated paper - these make perfect tree ornaments because they are lightweight and glisteny when the tree lights hit them! Mill Hill has a million of these from the past 30 years - so enjoy the new designs to add to your tree! Ugly Sweater is just plain silly. Black Friday features loot from your Christmas Shopping Adventures.

    North Pole Buddies would be cute peeking through the tree branches out into the room. Cozy Cabin is truly awesome - I want to vacation there! Christmas Cactus and Hi-BEAR-nating celebrate Winter and Christmas in two very different climates! Each kit contains the chart, beads, glass Treasure, needles, flosses and perf paper.

    2024 Annual Santas from Mill Hill - click for more
    Presenting the Mill Hill 2024 Mediterranean Annual Santas!
    This year we're going to The Mediterranean! This might be the 28th year for this series... we've lost count!

    A trio of International Santas, he's doing whatever he likes when it's not Christmastime this year! Choose between Olives, Wine or lemons!

    In Nature from Blueberry Ridge - click to see more Sampler Seasons - Summer from Blueberry Ridge - click to see more
    Summer & In Nature from Blueberry Ridge
    • BR's Sampler Seasons Set finishes with SUMMER. - Stitched in Scuppernong by Weeks Dye Works, this has been a fun set of delicate seasonal motifs!
    • In Nature - 'In Nature my soul is home.' This is a charming scene - birds and flower pots, that glorious dragonfly, a cute little garden snail and lots of roses and lavenders. It measures 2-1 x 160 so will finish approx 11 x 9 on 36ct. Stitched in a combination of Gentle Art and Classic hand-dyeds.

    Rascals from Petal Pusher - click to see more Troublemakers from Petal Pusher - click to see more Nibblers from Petal Pusher - click to see more
    Rascals, Troublemakers and Nibblers
    from Petal Pusher
    Sounds like fun trio! By Petal Pusher, we have new 4 x 4 designs that are full of repeating motifs that make neat patterns. Rascals features little rabbits eating the carrots growing in the garden. All the carrots are the repeating design, that together with their tops, form the design. Troublemakers are the black crows beginning to eat the pumpkins in the patch. Nibblers features the cutest little mice hiding amidst the strawberries. Honestly, the cutest things!

    Great colors in each - just DMC - they measure 61 in stitch count. Offered in separate chart packs, Barbie gives you her source for the wooden boards shown in her finishing. They come in unfinished wood - you get to paint and distress to your liking.

    It's a Beautiful Day from Romy's Creations - click for more
    It's a Beautiful Day
    from Romy's Creations
    To make something! By Romy's Creations, this chart measures 59 x 71 in size, and is coded for DMC floss.

    Cute and Quick - perfect for your craft room - or an art classroom!

    Shuts a Door by Mary Engelbreit from Imaginating - click for more Complete Sentence from Imaginating - click for more Underestimate Me from Imaginating - click for more Delighful by Mary Englebreit - Charted by Imaginating - click for more
    Shuts a Door, Complete Sentence, Delightful, and Underestimate Me
    by Mary Engelbreit from Imaginating
    Here's a new 'Advice-for-Life- piece based on the artwork of Mary Engelbreit - adapted to Cross Stitch by Imaginating. Choose a black or chalkboard fabric that you can SEE to stitch on. Grab a skein of white floss, and some black for the backstitching, and get to work!

    This finishes about 7 x 9 on 14ct - and I can think of several places I think it would hang perfectly! Presented as a single leaflet. We have a few other designs just like this one... none of them need too many words to get their messages across! Enjoy!
    Cookie Cutters 3 from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Cookie Cutters 4 from Kathy Barrick - click to see more
    More Cookie Cutters from Kathy Barrick
    She's into something with these cute little filled-in shapes! Collections #3 and 4, She has the same shapes in both of these - reversed them - and filled them in with pretty florals.

    Finished as little pin cushions... these are garnished with old buttons. The designs across all 4 charts are charming... and making spectacular filled bowls of little stitched curiosities!

    Tam's Creations - A Hand-Stitched Baseball Cap! - click for more
    Tam's Creations - A Hand-Stitched Baseball Cap!
    Isn't this the most fun thing? You need to be a little bit of a seamstress to actually assemble this hat, but finishing instructions with actual photos of the process, are in the chart. Designed to be stitched in a multitude of whatever colors YOU want... they have done this on 28ct fabric.

    What a fun thing for a super-stitcher to wear... and what a fun thing to make for a stitcher friend who might need a little lift in her life! Presented as a chart.

    Jolly Snowman by Sew Emma - click to see more Santa Baby by Sew Emma - click to see more Lady Claus by Sew Emma - click to see more
    Jolly Snowman, Santa Baby and Lady Claus
    from Sew Emma
    Jolly Snowman is new and joins Santa Baby and Mrs Claus! By Sew Emma, this Holiday trio is retro in personality, and should remind you of Santa as you remember him when you were little.

    All three are presented as separate charts - each is done on a light blue background - so the white shows up. Worked with DMC, they all finish approx 5 x 5 on 14ct. Simple and cute, they'd be fun finished onto three sides of a standing cube, or individually as well.

    Christmas Traditions from Prairie Schooler -- click to see more Prairie Year Rounds from Prairie Schooler -- click to see more
    Prairie Year Rounds and Christmas Traditions from Prairie Schooler
    The latest two Prairie Schooler retro-prints have arrived in the shop.
    • Prairie Year-Rounds are simple seasonal designs done on a black or charcoal background. Maximum stitch counts are 51 x 53, and they're done with DMC. This was book #52, so if I had to guess, I'd say it was first published in about 1987 or 88!
    • Christmas Traditions was also another favorite... We've had the nativity model done in the shop forever... been telling people for years we didn't have the pattern...and now we do again!

    Mad for Plaid Project Bags in 3 new colors by Sew Emma -  click for more Mad for Plaid Project Bag with a MINI BAG by Sew Emma -  click for more

    Three New Mad for Plaid Pouch Colors - Now in Max and Mini Sizes!
    Cornsilk, Rose, and Jade... MORE mesh bags to choose from for your project storage!

    Shepherd's Bush has new smaller charts for the smaller pouches as well. On the way to us are Buzz, Sew and & Lamb. I am sure many more will follow!

    A Tiny House Sampler from Shakespeare's Peddler - click to see more

    A Tiny House Sampler
    from Shakespeare's Peddler's Theresa Venette!
    This is a charming piece reproduced by Shakespeare's Peddler. Theresa Venette honors little Ms Elizabeth Stewart 's sampler beautifully. It features a border stitched in Smyrna Crosses, over one, two and four thread stitching, and lovely DMCs or a mixture of hand-dyed flosses.

    It finishes approx 7 x 8 on 36ct... and after you read Theresa's little ditty about samplers included in this chart... you'll be enchanted with this piece!
    The Thistle Floral Needle Cases - click to see more Scared Silly Needle Cases and Scared Silly Fob from Fern Ridge - click to see more
    Fern Ridge Collections has new Needle Cases and Fobs!
    Pat and Peggy were here for a two-day retreat, and these charming needle tubes and scissor fobs were the projects! We are a FEW extra kits left-over... maybe a treat to yourself?
    • The Thistle Floral Needle Cases nestled in that gorgeous embossed wooden box - you will be doing flat Peyote beading to cover 4 glass vials to tuck into this cute little 3 x 3 x 1-1/2 inch wooden box! Complete kit contains that box, all the beading materials and little glass vials to complete the set. Matching fob is available separately. The medallion on your box top will be an antiqued brass medallion. What you see in this picture is the Reclaimed Silver we made in the class. Your topper medallion will not be the hand-made silver, sorry!
    • Scared Silly Needle Cases and Scared Silly Fob is the Halloween version of this awesome project. You'll cover these 4 vials with orange and black beads for your little box. We love the artwork around the sides - it's a wrought iron graveyard fence that has some damage in it... like a Zombie broke out of the graveyard! Your complete kits for this set contain the wooden box, vials, all the beads and thread necessary for everything, along with a filigree medallion piece for your box lid. Again, the fob is available separately.

    Pony Needle Tapestry Compact w 24 needles - click for more Pony Black #22 White Eye Tapestry Needles - click for more Pony Colored Eye Tapestry 22 24 26 Assortment - click for more
    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!

    Madame Butterfly Mouse on a Tin by Just Nan - click to see more! Presenting Madame Butterfly Mouse on a Tin from Just Nan
    Nan's last little mouse perched on her tin house will be here by the end of April! Madame is ready for the sunny flower-filled days of summer. She is wearing a gown of gorgeous butterflies and pretty pink rose stitches accented with sky blue and golden bronze beads. Her blue flower hat is pinned in place with three blue beads, so she's ready for a sudden gust of wind!

    Her tin perch is decorated with rings of blue and bronze butterflies set against a dramatic black background, and Nan has added blue scalloped trim along the edge. Inside Madame's tiny tin, you'll be able to tuck your tiny frayed-edge needlebook. It is decorated with butterfly stitches, an antique brass butterfly charm, and sparkling blue crystal.

    Both the mouse and book are stitched on Week's Dye Work's 32ct Linen color of hand-dyed linen using DMC floss from your stash. Included with the leaflet are all the stitching and finishing instructions, beads, flower hat, butterfly charm, needlebook felt, decorated metal tin, gold tail and Nan's signature button base with magnet. All you'll need is a tiny bit of fusible interfacing for the book and mouse.
    Too darn cute, Madame Butterfly is the final Mouse on a Tin. The Peacock and Bee Mice are sold out... but we still have Little Lady in Red Ladybug Mouse!
    Pastel Ornaments #1 Christmas House from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more Pastel Ornaments # 2 Nutcracker Trio from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more Pastel Ornaments #3 Christmas Church from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more Pastel Ornaments #4 Snow Globe from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more Pastel Ornaments #5 Christmas Bird from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more Pastel Ornaments#6 Pastel Snow Angel from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more
    Pastel Ornaments from Country Cottage Needleworks
    Nikki is beginning a new 12-part set of ornaments - first one shipped December of 2023. They will be all different sizes, and we know they are on 32ct Beautiful Beige Linen but beyond that, we don't have many details! She'll be featuring her Mom's floss - Classic Colorworks - for the entire series.

    One chart each month till next Dec... these first two look darling! #1 is called Christmas House, measures 55w x 52h, and uses mostly Classic Colorworks with a bit of DMC thrown in. We'll begin an auto-ship... you are welcome to choose any fabric you like... and we'll be gathering thread sets as well.

    MH14-4204 Ravens Kit from Mill Hill - click for more
    From Left: Canoe Ride, Nutty Squirrels, Book Learnin, Haunted Graveyard, Autumn Moose and Halloween
    Presenting the 2024 Autumn Mill Hill Bead Kit Collections! The Button & Beads Collection - Always anticipated and really fun to work up... these finish about 5 x 5, worked on 14ct perforated paper. Complete kits include the Mill Hill beads, the button and glass beads, flosses and needles. We have a neat outdoor-zey canoe, a hungry squirrel couple, the old schoolhouse, and moving moose! The scary graveyard and wild Halloween medley scenes feature the newer glass Glow-In-The-Dark beads!!!

    Mini Sticks Stockings for Christmas! from Mill Hill - click for more
    From Left: Apple Trio, Splat Witch, To Go, Lizzy, Witch's Cauldron, Honey
    Autumn Harvest Collection from Mill Hill
    The little guys, these finish about 3 x 3 each. Fun as magnets, in the olden days we wore them as pins! Mostly though, they make cute ornaments for Halloween trees and especially Christmas trees. Even though the coffee cup isn't Christmassy - it's a perfect ornament for a coffee-a-holic! Even though the skeleton isn't Christmassy - I bet you know of a little dinosaur-lover who'd love that as an ornament this year! This season we have colorful apples, a witch who must have flown into a wall!, the ever-present daily coffee cup, and a glorious honey bee. Both the scary skeleton and bubbling cauldron feature glow-in-the-dark beads! Always cute, the complete kits include the 14ct perf paper, magnet for the back, beads, needles, chart, and some sort of Mill Hill glass or crystal Treasure as well!

    Elephants & Bees Kit from Olde Colonial -- click to see more
    Elephants & Bees Kit from Olde Colonial Designs
    Olde Colonial designed this cute little bolster case, complete with little wooden elephant thread board. Originally released in 2010, it has been out of print and production since then. Butttt, now we have a few kits - Pam revised it all in 2023. Instructions are included to finish the 61 x 93 sampler - it features mama and baby elephants in one area, bees and a skep in another area, and your initials and alphabet in the third area.

    Finish it as a flat folding case or the fun little round. The kit contains the chart, finishing instructions, interfacing, finishing fabric, 32ct Country Vintage Mocha Belfast linen, DMC floss, the elephant board, a tiny bee charm and some snaps.

    Pauline Revisited and Antonia Revisited Scissors by DOVO - click for more
    Announcing NEW DOVO Embroidery Scissors!
    DOVO Solingen - click for more Two past favorite scissor styles are being manufactured again (for a limited time?) and will be available to us in early June! We used to have both these styles in multiple finishes... so think of this windfall as a TOTAL SCISSOR BONUS! Quite a lovely surprise... Definitely another chance to get some very special and wonderful scissors!
    • The Pauline - Revisited! This is a lovely 3-1/2 inch embroidery scissor - 'practically perfect in every way!' Our Silver Needle 35th Anniversary Pauline style (sold out) featured a brushed gold finish with DOVO's tapered extra-thin cutting tip for Handanger Embroidery. These NEW Pauline Revisited feature a Brushed Stainless finish (looks like Pewter) and features DOVO's classic, thin blades all the way to the tip. (No extra tapering... just sleek, beautiful, smooth blades.) You'll love them!
    • The Antoinia - Revisited! This is a wonderful 4-inch scissor. A little longer than the Pauline, finger holes a tiny bit larger, cutting blades a teeny bit longer, they just feel great in your hand. Very sleek and efficient. Our SN 35th Anniversary Antonia style (sold out) featured a brushed gold finish. These NEW Antonia Revisited feature that brushed stainless finish - looking like Pewter.
    Our favorite scissor manufacturer - DOVO - from Solingen, Germany had massively re-organized 4 years ago, and dissolved their scissor division. The tiny bit left of the company has been manufacturing shaving implements all this time. Someone smart, somewhere (!) decided they really still needed to do embroidery scissors - and here we are! I don't know how long we'll be treated to our scissors, but we are thrilled for whatever we can have! We're taking reservations now for early June and/or October 2024 delivery! We will charge your credit card at time of shipping in June.
    M Satterwaite 1807 Quaker Mousepad from Shakespeare's Peddler - click to see more M Satterwaite 1807 Quaker Mousepad from Shakespeare's Peddler - click to see more

    M Satterwaite 1807 Quaker Sampler and Mousepad
    from Shakespeare's Peddler's Theresa Venette!
    This is a stunning Quaker sampler originally stitched in 1807. Done entirely in black, it's really very striking and elegant. It measures 268 x 283, so finishes a huge 13 x 14 on 40ct! Theresa says her model stitcher stitched it in 13 days!

    Well, we have the old and the new - Theresa took the sampler artwork and put it on a mousepad! A standard 7-1/2 x 9, it's the good micro-fiber surface with black padded non-scoot backing. I'm pretty sure M Satterwaite had a different idea in mind when she thought of mice!


    The Anita Floor Lamp from Daylight - click to see more The Anita Table Lamp from Daylight - click to see more The Anita Table and Floor Lamps from Daylight
    The Anita Table Lamp and Floor Lamp are the nicest and most substantial lamps we have seen in a long time. Powered by advanced LED technology, each bathes your workspace in 2,600 LUX of natural daylight illumination, bringing your projects to life with vibrant, true-to-life colors, and enabling unparalleled precision.

    Adjustable brightness combined with a premium quality magnifying lens, convenient smartphone holder and practical storage tray elevate your crafting experience to new heights. Craft seamlessly throughout the day and night, free from the discomfort of eye strain.
    Click through to our Daylight page for 2 page pdf fact sheets on each lamp.
    • Daylight 6,000K LEDs with 95+ CRI to see colours accurately at any time of day or night
    • Exceptional brightness (2,600 Lux) easily adjustable using the continuous dimmer switch
    • Illuminated shade for soft ambient light
    • 3 colour changing with long press switch: daylight, cool light and warm light
    • Extendable arm for longer reach
    • 2-way rotating shade for perfect light positioning
    • Included: 3 unique accessories including clip-on tray, flex arm magnifying lens and phone clamp
    • Braided anti-tangle cable

    Violetta Heart from Samplers Not Forgotten - click to see more Bee's Delight from Samplers Not Forgotten - click to see more Blue Bird from Samplers Not Forgotten - click to see more
    Violetta Heart, Bee's Delight & Blue Bird Pin Cushions from Samplers Not Forgotten's Kimberly Nugent
    Kimberly Nugent has three new Market releases - here are her three new pin cushion designs - offered in full kit format of hand-dyed linen, hand-dyed threads, backing finishing fabrics, trims and charms. Kimberly always uses soft hand-dyed colors of fabrics and threads, and luscious trims and finishing fabrics. These three have it all! Scroll down to see more of her new designs.
    • Violetta Heart - Companions her Key to My Heart, Floral Heart and Patriotic Heart... I love these soft violet colors! Violetta includes luscious deep purple silk ribbon, strong greens and purples of Week's hand-dyed flosses, a length of lace trim to go all the way around your heart, backing fabric, and that little heart charm!
    • Bee's Delight - Companions Kimberly's Dutch Rose, Peony Bouquet and other little florals. Bee's Delight contains a soft grey and taupe check finishing fabric, pink silk ribbon, Week's hand-dyeds of pinks and dusty greens, the lace for the edging, and a little bee charm. The cover pic is kind of too big... the stitches are kind of tight on the model, so you can't see the colors very well. They are, indeed, gorgeous - trust me!
    • Blue Bird - Well, we were looking for the bird on this - and found that it's the little charm on the antique pin. Blue Bird is stitched with Week's Shepherd's Blue floss. The kit includes the hand-dyed line, silk ribbon old button and bitty bird charm.

    Lady Liberty Scissors by The Scissorist - click for more
    Stainless Scissors by Sajou
    A trio of really nice, smooth, sharp little embroidery scissors... they are presented by Sajou, feature a cool ribbon 'label' (can be removed by cutting), and come packaged in a pretty cardboard scissor sleeve (asst prints.) The scissors themselves are very nice - they feel really good, have nice sharp tips, and are well balanced. We have three styles - *A* is classic 4-inch size. *B* is the same style as A but only 3-1/2 inches long. *C* is another 3-1/2 inch style with a different curve on the handles.

    All three will make great every day scissors. (NOT for cutting yarns or heavy cords or thick threads... these are meant for sewing thread and 6-strand floss. If you cut something too heavy for any of your scissors, you wear the screw that holds the blades together - you 'strip it' - and it causes the scissors to permanently loosen!)
    Note! We also have several new enameled novelty scissors on our #2 Scissor page.

    Stitched Twill Tape Trim on a spool - click to see more Stitched Twill Tape Trim - click to see more
    'Stitched' Twill Tape Trim
    We found some distressed and vintage-looking twill tape trim that looks like it's 'decorated' with stitches. Everyone is using such cute trims on sewing bags and pouches, pin cushions, and always quilts... this just looks like it belongs with Cross Stitch! A coffee-beige background, the twill color is either black, navy blue or burgundy. Our hanks are 5-yards long.

    We've heard a cute idea: just take some of this and wind it around an antique spool - and you have in instant cool decoration for a basket of pin cushions or a shelf beside a sampler!

    Stitched Twill Tape Trim - click to see more
    Don't Touch Scissor Spool by The Nebby Needle
    Here's a stitched decoration for one of these spools! We love the rules... TOUCH, MOVE or BORROW... can't you just hear the excuses when your scissors are gone? 'I just borrowed them... or oh, I only moved them'... just makes you want to tear your hair out!

    Just do the quick stitching, fold under your top and bottom, wrap around the spool, and pin or tack the seam closed! You can even wrap some of that twill tape trim along the top and bottom in place of the stitched border! The picture on the chart cover is not the best... you'll just have to use your imagination a little!


    Cookie Cutters One from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Cookie Cutters One from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Cookie Cutters One from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Cookie Cutters Two from Kathy Barrick - click to see more
    Some of Kathy Barrick's New Offerings! Click through to see more!
    • Cookie Cutters One & Two - Personally, I think these are some of the cutest little cushions we saw at Market this year! Presented in two different chart sets of 6 each, they are just precious! Kathy stitched them on neutral 40ct, backed them with the same neutral linen, stuffed them with walnut shells, and trimmed with chenille trim. She didn't interface the fronts or back, so they feel VERY soft and 'old' and pliable in your hands. She says her inspiration for these came from her love of huge solid spaces of stitching in her older pieces. She decided to cut out 'cookie shapes' from the solid stitching... and voila... we have tiny cushions!
    • Animal Pincushions from Kathy Barrick - click to see more Peace and Plenty Farm from Kathy Barrick - click to see more
    • Animal Pincushions - This is a delightful set of small cushions - all measure the same size - 74 x 52. Kathy used a medley of different 40ct fabrics and colors, and found various trims to match them all. Coded for DMC or silks... you can do each animal on any color fabric with any color combination - she has all her examples listed inside the chart. What a perfect way to use up scraps of all your fabrics! Do them over one or two... what ever you want. The finished collection was just awesome in person!
    • Peace and Plenty Farm - This looks happy! Charted for silk or DMC, this measures 197 x 165 in stitch count, so it'll finish a bitty 8 x 10 on 40ct! Lots of horses and pigs, some cows and a little dog, it has a pleasing color palette!

    Works by ABC Heirloom - click for more Works by ABC Majestic Lace - click for more Works by ABC Exquisite Lace - click for more Works by ABC Elegant Lace - click for more Works by ABC 324 - click for more
    Heirloom, Majestic, Exquisite and Elegant Lace... and 324 from Works by ABC
    This is a gorgeous set of designs - all stitched with white or creme floss on any dark fabric - Aida or linen. My mom had a lace table cloth on the dining room table that looked like these, so I couldn't resist these charts! Worked in whole crosses, you get that lighter look by doing just one leg of the cross, or one less strand of thread.

    The charts tell you how many thousands of stitches are in these to help with thread figuring, but then reminds you that you CAN take out a small motif from inside the lace somewhere and stitch just a small pin cushion! Truly exquisite, elegant and majestic like their name implies... choose any fabric you like as your background color. They are quite large, so kind of a 'stitching investment', but if you like them, TOTALLY worth it! Heirloom finishes 14 x 16 on 18/36. Majestic is 19 x 19 on 36! Elegant is 7 x 7 over one on 25ct but 9-1/2 on 36ct. Exquisite is 11-1/2 x 18-1/2 on 36.

    324 - This is cool... it uses 324 different shades of DMC floss! Absolutely every single motif and square on here is stitched with a different color of floss. BUTTTT if you aren't a 324-color-stitcher - it HAS been re-charted for just 36 colors as well. Easy to work from, the entire chart is one symbol, but there is a diagram of which colors go where. Inspired by an old piece of lace that featured thousands of tiny stitches and motifs, this finishes only about 11 x 11 on 36ct - so it is a delightful burst of busy color. Although the colors are intoxicating to me... you could split this all up and make a whole set of smaller square cushions following the color combinations you like best. Really a neat design idea.

    Sterling Needle Minders, Ort Jars and Needle Jars from Michelle Ink - click for more
    Sterling Needle Minders, Ort Jars and Needle Jars
    Michelle Ink has made us more of our exclusive sterling needle minders that our A Little Help From Our Friends Stitching Circle Stitchers received a few years ago. She designed this gorgeous threaded needle nestled among swirly stitches just for The Silver Needle. Her silver comes from recycled electronic discards! Referred to as precious metals clay... they reclaim the sterling in old computer parts, and somehow get it into a clay medium. Michelle, then molds it, fires it (the clay burns off and we are left with the beautiful silver that was being thrown away!), tumbles it, antiques it, and then makes her pieces into our needle minders, and medallions on tiny jars.

    You can see the quarter I put in the pic - for size reference - and I can guarantee you there is more silver in Michelle's pieces than that quarter! Gorgeous hand-made minders and elegant jars to love, USE and enjoy!

    Michelle is coming to The Silver Needle April 26th and 27th - she is teaching in our She Shed with the Fern Ridge Girls! We have 3 Spaces left in class... you'll be making beaded needlecases and fobs, and molding your Michelle Ink Sterling Silver medallion for the top of your needlecase box!
    Funky Chickens by Satsuma Street - click for more Merrily They Ring by Satsuma Street - click for more The Four Elements by Satsuma Street - click for more
    Spring 2024 Releases from Satsuma Street - With Early Christmas Tossed In!
    • Funky Chickens - These chickens are stitched flat on your fabric, folded and then tacked together on two sides - they are the classic 'Humbug' shape. Stitched on any white you like with the brightest and happiest DMC colors they finish about 3-1/2 and 4 inches each. All three are presented in the chart and Jodi has included templates for the felt accents on them as well. Be thinking some fun button embellishments on these... or some frizzy trims as an extra garnish.
    • Merrily They Ring - This is presented as a complete kit with 18ct perforated paper - rather than 14ct, the floss, jingle bells chart and needle. Measuring approx 2 x 7 when finished, this would be cute hanging on one of those skinny walls you have between 2 doors or windows... somewhere nothing else fits!
    • The Four Elements - This design is brilliant in color and wild personality! Jodi Rice of Satsuma Street loves color... and all of them POP on this black background. Earth, wind, water and fire, this measures 174 x 177 in stitch count - so an impressive 11 x 11 on 32ct. Truthfully, the colored chart is huge - across 4 fold-out pages - but it is intense, and not for a beginning stitcher. It uses 29 shades of Cosmo or DMC floss, and there is quite a bit of shading in here. I love it, but wow, an investment in good lighting and daytime stitching is a must!
    My Heart is True by Samperbird Stitchery - click for more Shamrock Reel by Samperbird Stitchery - click for more Merry Stitches by Samperbird Stitchery - click for more
    Pin Cushions and Ornaments by Samperbird Stitchery
  • My Heart is True - For the Red, White & Blue. - This is a sweet pin cushion design that has a matching tiny (31 x 31) fob companion chart in its chart pack. Just cute, it measures 57 stitches square and is worked with DMC floss.
  • Shamrock Reel - Here's a sweet little piece - stitched on white with DMC floss and a bit of gold metallic - it's mounted onto a green painted paper mache box from Hobby Lobby. Lady Dot's Motherlode chenille trim rounds the edges... and the tiny 25 x 25 matching fob design is included and has designs for both sides!
  • Merry Stitches - This is CUTE! Measuring just 45 in stitch count, it is done on Country Vintage Mocha colored fabric - which we carry in several different counts. For some reason that little stitched hoop and the scissors and tomato cushion on there make it so charming... it's a perfect ornament for a stitcher's ornament exchange! Presented as a chart.

  • Holiday Banner Halloween from Little Stitch Girl - click for more Nightmare on Plaid Street from Little Stitch Girl - click for more Haunted Hill Road from Little Stitch Girl - click for more Probably Haunted from Little Stitch Girl - click for more
    Halloween in March? Not a scary thought, though, because we have MONTHS to go before Halloween!
    Little Stitch Girl sent us home her trunk show from Market this Spring... so we have all of these on display in the shop! We brought home her 13-part Spooky Hollow Village set, too, click through to see them all!
    • Holiday Banner Halloween - Just a cute little house with a graveyard in the front yard, and it's 'inhabitant' flying overhead. The Happy Halloween words are stitched on perforated paper, cut out, and strung together across the piece - over the needlework. Charted for DMC, finishes 8 x 10 on 32ct.
    • Nightmare on Plaid Street - A trio of colorful little houses, they are Halloween without being scary. The spiders from the trees are ok... the Jacks are smiling, and the ghosts don't look too mean. The finishing treatment on these is cute... she's made them into flat boards and glued sticks into the candle sticks, then poked the sticks up into the insides of the flats. It's a good finish because you can perch these in between pumpkins and things and they'll be tall enough to be seen.
    • Haunted Hill Road - Trick or Treat, smell My feet! Another cute and happy halloween-y design, really simple, but really cute! Charted for DMC or hand-dyeds it finishes just 6 x 11 on 32ct. Fun the kitchen countertop, you could finish it around a paper mache round box, and make it into a candy bucket! (Any good grandma needs to have Halloween candy on her counter!)
    • Probably Haunted - 'If one door closes and another door opens, your house is probably haunted.' Well there you go! Choose a fun fabric color, and stitch this for your favorite Realtor!

    Odds & Ends Basket from Thistles
    Odds & Ends Basket by Thistles
    This is a really cool open-topped box, that sports needlework all around the edges and lining the inside bottom. Super cute, it's simply one of those brown paper mache boxes from Hobby Lobby, covered with all sorts of cute needlework and sewing motifs. The design that wraps all around measures 68 x 389 in stitch count... so it's 4 x 22 on 36ct! It would be cute finished flat if the box thing scares you. The inside bottom liner is about 95 stitches in diameter.

    Liezbeth has this charted for Gentle Art Sampler Threads or DMC, it's just the most charming project! I took several pictures all around the box to show you all the cuteness on it.
    Thistles has several other new designs this season... click through the pics to see them all.

    Sleigh Ride from Praiseworthy Stitches - click for more Sunflower Farm Stacker with Spool from Praiseworthy Stitches - click for more Lighted Haunted Caskets from Praiseworthy Stitches - click for more
    Several Fun Things from Praiseworthy Stitches
    • Sleigh Ride - This is 2024's Annual Christmas scene... this joins PS's other 10 charming Christmassy Village pieces - full of busy-ness and 'Everything Winter.' Sleigh Bells Ring is the verse along the bottom - goes with Jingle All the Way, Joy to the World - you can peruse her page and see them all. Finishes approx 15-1/2 x 14 on 32ct - again, that rich Nocturne hand-dyed linen color (we have several different brands with great colors in different counts, you'll need a fat quarter if you choose 32.) It calls for 28 different hand-dyeds (you'll need 9 skeins of Weeks Snowflake!) and a smattering of beads and thin metallics. Always fun, we have several of Praiseworthy's companion villages stitched in the shop and everyone loves them!
    • Sunflower Farm Stacker - This is a scarecrow version that matches Mr Snowman and Creepy Pumpkin! Chart calls for three different colors of fabric, (everybody has different ideas about what they want to use), hand-dyed Weeks flosses, and bits of Weeks Wool used in the assembly. The Stacker is built around an antique wooden thread spool (this is what gives it stability to stand) that is included with the chart. A little more challenging on the finishing end than a pin cushion or something, but do-able. SUPER cute... all three are actually smaller than they look in the pic - they are about 7 inches tall!
    • Lighted Haunted Caskets - We had these last year... and LOVED them! Little wooden caskets (2 x 1 x 5-ish - already assembled and everything) with a carved design on the top (there were 9 assorted designs last year - so random) they had little lights inside that you could turn on and off. Your bits of stitching are inside (a beaded scissor fob and pin cushion this year), and you see that and the light through the cut-out design in the top. ABSOLUTELY THE CUTEST THINGS! Anyway, you get the casket, and all materials to make the insides. Painting your casket is optional - they come as raw unfinished wood. Order these early - they WILL sell out!

    New Vintaged Metallic Baby Tinsel Trim from Lady Dot Cherry Tomato and Garden Fresh Spool Pincushions from Lady Dot
    Lady Dot's New Vintaged Metallic Baby Tinsel Trim and Charming Tomato Pincushions
    This is the COOLEST stuff! It is a metallic and cotton mix, but basically miniature, soft, sparkly tinsel! Use it on miniature trees, or to trim ornaments. The red doesn't 'look' overdyed in any way, but it is a gorgeous deep, true, perfect red for anything 4th of July or Christmas - its package contains a 3-yard length.
    The silver, however has been 'slightly altered' here and there in its lengths, so my package has some areas that are 'tarnished' to look like it came from your Grandma's ornament stash. Parts are clear, shiny, festive silver, and then there is a bit here and there with 'patina.' Just gorgeous, and such a fun way to add personality to your finished pieces! The Silver has two 3-yard lengths in its package.

    Lois made the cutest little spool tomatoes! Two different options on these, what a pretty gift to present to a stitcher... something colorful and fun to perch on a shelf of stitchery, or just something cute to set on your desk at work to remind you of what stitching bliss awaits you at home after work! The smaller spool - Cherry Tomato, on the left, measures 2-1/2 inches high. A little fabric wound around the spool with that tiny 1-1/2 inch tomato perched on top! A green flower pin and a few more white headed pins finish the look.
    The larger spool - Garden Fresh - stands 4 inches high, and features that larger spool covered in fabric again. A felt ball is ready for your pins, but it already has a pretty trio of frosted flower pins! Just a touch of color for anywhere you want it!

    Antique-Inspired Wooden Spools from Needlework Press - click for more Paper Heart Basket from Needlework Press - click for more Lone Eagle Sampler from Needlework Press - click for more Be True from Needlework Press - click for more
    SPOOLS, Lone Eagle Sampler and Paper Heart Basket from Needlework Press
    Three fun things are coming home from Market with us from Needlework Press!
    • Antique-Inspired Wooden Spools - They still have thread on them! $6 each, use them for scissor rests, or something to cover with a small band of your stitching. They measure about 3 inches tall, with that neck being 2-inches in size.
    • Paper Heart Basket - Remember these from last year? We have a few more! A charming reproduction of an antique... Vickie has everything needed in her little paper kits for these - except your thread, I believe.
    • Lone Eagle Sampler - Love this! It's a medley of motifs found in common 'Modelbooks' - little pattern books of the mid-19th century. Red is a traditional color... but you can do whatever YOU want... as the Cross Stitch Police will not come to your house! Presented in a booklet.
    • Be True - This is a fun little perforated paper piece that wraps around a wooden spool. After you stitch, cut the paper to fit your spool, wrap, and whip stitch the seam together - zip-zap! Your chart comes with a 3-inch spool that is 'antique-inspired' - we can tell that because they all have a 'made in china' sticker on them! But, they LOOK old, so it's kind of OK. Just a small, quick thing! Chart includes the perf paper and spool.

    Take-Along Stitcher's Mat from Under the Garden Moon - click to see more
    Make this pretty Stitcher's Mat
    from Under the Garden Moon
    We have a model of this fun little mat in the shop - and you will fall in love with it when you see it! The cross stitch is on 10ct Tula or 20ct linen - over two. You can change the colors in the cross stitch to coordinate with your chosen fabrics and wools. They have a pic in here of 4 other colorways to give you a really good idea of what you can do. Finishes about 12 x 18 - what a fun thing to take to a retreat to spread out on your stitching area.

    Needle pages, a scissor pocket, a place for a pad of paper and pencil... all kinds of stuff. I am a non-sewer - and my brain freezes over when I read finishing instructions. I think the more pages, the harder it is... there are three full pages of that in here - so I am thinking that's a good thing! Offered in chart format with those instructions! You sew-ers will take one look at this and go, 'Oh Ok, I got it! What did they do with this pocket here? (you peek in there) Oh yeah, I got it!'

    Les Secrets de Marie Card #1 Patriotic Stars - click for more
    Card #1 Patriotic Stars
    Les Secrets de Marie Card #12 Sewing Tools - click for more
    Card #12 Sewing Tools
    Les Secrets de Marie Card #6 Sheep - click for more
    Card #6 Sheep
    Les Secrets de Marie Card #11 School-Saltbox Houses - click for more
    Card #11 School-Saltbox Houses
    Charming Buttons
    from Les Secrets de Marie
    Delightful tiny buttons lazer cut from wood, these come in Holidays, Seasons, hearts, stars and pumpkins. Everything cute under the sun! There are 22 sets - some natural wood in finish, others that appear to me to be covered in fabric, and then cut out.

    Everything is teeny... each of these packages measures only 3 x 4 - so that should give you an idea of how petite each piece is. Surprisingly sturdy... enjoy them all!

    Cats and Dogs by Laurel Burch - click for more
    It's Raining Cats and Dogs - Laurel Burch Style!
    Mill Hill has sent 4 new smallish perf paper kits (they're only $10 each!) featuring the artwork of Laurel Burch. Finishing only 3 x 5, they are FINISHABLE and not too big!

    Complete kits of the chart, Flosses, needles and a few Mill Hill glass seed beads, these are colorful, cheerful, and just plain fun to stitch and have! Laurel Burch's iconic personality oozes from each of them!

    Forget-Me-Not Pinkeep from Scattered Seed Samplers - click for more Forget-Me-Not Pinkeep
    from Scattered Seed Samplers
    A sweet new arrival from Scattered Seed Samplers this is done on 36ct Country Vintage Mocha linen in regular DMC!

    Measuring just 4-1/2 x 6, you could easily adorn it with some Lady Dot chenille trim - something matching just about any of the colors in here would work great! It uses 611, 930, 3012, 3046, 3782, and 3866. That's it... and how pretty!

    Stars from Plum Street Samplers AND Stripes from Shakespeare's Peddler - click to see more   Pennsylvania Christmas Trio from Shakespeare's Peddler - click to see more
    Stars & Stripes a collaboration between Shakespeare's Peddler and Plum Street Samplers
    • Stars - What a festive barn! You'll need some multiple skeins of thread for this! Quilt motif stars are everywhere, but notice the two baby eagles on there too! Festoons, that fun blue border on the left, just a very pretty piece. Companions Shakespeare's Peddler's '& Stripes' designs!
    • & Stripes - This is part 2 of a collaboration piece between Shakespeare's and Plum Street Samplers. Paulette did the #1 STARS chart... both she and Theresa worked on the the ampersand in the #2 design, Theresa did STRIPES! What a dynamite set of designs! You don't have to, but will probably want the same fabrics (a fat quarter will do) for all three pillows. The ampersand measures 65 x 103, and STRIPES measures 110 square. LOVE 'EM!
    Summer Glory from Plum Street Samplers Nelson from Plum Street Samplers Flag Thief from Plum Street Samplers Proverbs 31 Sampler from Plum Street Samplers
    Plum Street Samplers' More Luscious Spring Arrivals!
    • Summer Glory - Final design in this set, it finishes 3 x 3 on 36ct, and is coded for Weeks, Classic and DMC.
    • Nelson - Paulette loves George Washington! This is his beloved war horse, Nelson. He is placed amidst magnolias and lilacs - both of which were grown by GW on his Mt Vernon plantation. The reference of 1783 is the end of the Revolutionary War, and Nelson's retirement back to his cozy paddock at Mt V! Finishes approx 7 x 7 on 36ct.
    • Flag Thief - LOVE all the bold colors in this one! More multiple skeins of threads needed... but that's kind of fun. The glorious house is done in deep reds, the roof shingles in a medley of blue hand-dyeds... two little eagles are hiding in all the busy-ness, and the fox is busy chasing that fast little bunny Flag Thief! Measures about 7 x 7 on 36ct Fibre on a Whim Affogado hand-dyed (which is a fantastic color that we carry in several different counts including Aida!)
    • Proverbs 31 Sampler - Written from a wise mother to her son, teaching him what to look for in a spouse, this is one of Paulette's favorite verses. She chose a feminine color palette, and finished this into a box - maybe a sewing box? Measures about 7 x 7 on 36ct, coded for classic, Weeks and DMC flosses. This is piece dear to any stitcher's heart!


    Tonight We Ride from Autumn Lane Stitchery - click to see more Ghost Towne from Autumn Lane Stitchery - click to see more A Spooky Stroll from Autumn Lane Stitchery - click to see more
    Get Ready for Next Halloween - The Autumn Lane Stitchery Way!
    • Tonight We Ride - Oh... look at that glorious fabric background! Grab lots of black thread... and a little gold... this is intense and striking! This measures 196 x 137, so wil finish about 14 x 10 on 14/28ct. Presented as a full color leaflet.
    • Ghost Towne - Another more whimsical halloween piece, you could do this on a gunmetal background... I think those little ghost trick-or-treaters are the CUTEST! Leaflet. This measures 100 x 134, so it will finish a little lover 6 x 8 on 32ct.
    • A Spooky Stroll - What a fun little floating witch... I love everything about it! It'd be fun to add metallics to the ghost and pumpkin eyes. Presented as a small chart, it measure just 61 x 70, and is stitched in regular DMC.

    Scenic Sampler from Heartstring Samplery - click for more Honeybee and Wooly Bobbins from Heartstring Samplery - click for more My Scissors My Rules from Heartstring Samplery My Rules Scissor Fob Kit from Heartstring Samplery Home Thread Board from Heartstring Samplery
    Lots of Fun New Things by Heartstring Samplery AND Her Wood Guy!
    Beth has cute new designs, and she's put her husband to work cutting down trees on their property in Oregon, and making them all into fun wooden things for stitchers! He calls his workshop 'The Board Room!' Lots more on her inner page!
    • Scenic Sampler - Remember Beth's Scary Sampler? It referenced all sorts of Pop Culture Scary things? Here's the opposite piece - happy and bright - with tons of references to her favorite sweet and happy remembrances from books, TV and movies. I loved reading all about it in the Scary chart! Measures 247 x 215, and is coded for hand-dyeds and DMCs.
    • Honeybee and Wooly Bobbins - Meant to compliment the Scenic Sampler - Beth's hubby made these in 'The board Room.' Beth says they are 'From forest to finish.' Something fun to hold your threads... each is sold separately.
    • My Scissors My Rules - Meant to be hung in a prominent place in your house so that there are no more excuses by family members for improper use of special snips! Beth says you can do this in any color scheme you want, and she's just attached cup hooks to her frame as little scissor hooks! Presented as a chart.
    • My Rules Scissor Fob Kit - Another Board Room creation by college-freshman-son Jack, he's busy, so you get to assemble this yourself! He's supplied the QR code for your assembly needs! Pretty darn cute... you supply the scissors, Jack made the cool etchings and probably cut down the tree too!
    • Home Thread Board - More fun stuff from 'The Board Room!' Designed to match one of Beth's new charts... this is cute just by itself! Measures about 3 x 4, and useful for ANY small projects!
    Abuzz at Midnight by Liz Mathews - click to see more Cottontail by Liz Mathews - click to see more Remember Me Sampler Tree by Liz Mathews - click to see more
    Spring House by Liz Mathews - click to see more Tenth Day of Christmas Sampler and Tree from Liz Mathews - click to see more You've Got the Love by Liz Mathews - click to see more
    Spring 2024 Releases from Liz Mathews
    • Abuzz at Midnight - Oh such pretty colors popping against that brilliant blue background!Measures 7 x 7 on 36ct.
    • Cottontail - Here's a quiet bunny hiding amidst the flowers in the garden. Liz presents two different colorways for this - kind of a 'push' to you that you CAN change fabrics and colors sometimes.
    • Remember Me Sampler Tree - I love this one! Finish it by framing... or make one of Liz's cute little cone shapes and make a tree out of this. The charts for each are slightly different to accomodate that finishing, but you get the same personality of the design. Doesn't look like it in the pic, but the framed piece is stitched on Country Vintage Mocha linen - a great 'faux hand-dyed.'
    • Spring House - This piece sports two different pieces of fabric joined together and then framed. Liz describes her dream garden house in the middle of an April rain shower... overflowing pots of flowers from the roof, the charming greenhouse, the European lace curtains and all charming bunnies and blooms in the yard. The whole thing is charming! Just be careful to choose two coordinating fabrics for this - same count, same texture.
    • Tenth Day of Christmas Sampler and Tree - Instead of 10 Lords a Leaping... we get ONE Santa! Way better! Liz suggests a darker fabric so the metallic 'magic' threads can be seen that are tumbling out of his sack. Same size as the other 9 so far in the set... just two more to go!
    • You've Got the Love - LOVE this one - of course! Another really good design to play with fabric and color options! Liz presents LOVE in a curved script, and the heart-shaped design as well. The bigger heart measures 104 x 91, while the smaller word is just 107 x 52.

    Everything Boards from Chantelle's 141 Design Company - click to see more Bender Boards from Chantelle's 141 Design Company - click to see more Perpetual Paddles from Chantelle's 141 Design Company - click to see more Folk Paddle from Chantelle's 141 Design Company - click to see more
    Sturdy and Pretty Finishing Display Boards by Chantelle's 141 Design Company
    These are the wonderful boards that Hands On Design uses in a lot of her finishing treatments. (Go to her page, you'll see tons of examples of boards in use.) Made from MDF, medium density fiber board, which is a composite wood product. These feature a thin veneer layer on each side. They are 3/8 of an inch thick, and love no extra finish or paint - just not a stain treatment.

    Varied sized and styles... everyone is using those super-strong magnets to attach finished needlework - one magnet on the back of your work, the other on the back of the board. That way, you can switch designs in a jiff, and re-use your boards across the seasons!

    The Quaker Bee II from Samplers and Primitives - click for more Home from Samplers and Primitives - click for more A Collaboration of Spring from Samplers and Primitives - click for more
    Quaker Bee II, Home and A Celebration of Spring from Samplers and Primitives
    Three new releases by Samplers and Primitives - we love her gentle color shadings. We have gorgeous acorn designs from last Fall, and here are a few Spring pieces.
    • The Quaker Bee II - Pretty golds and greens... pretty touch of Quaker on the edge, everything about it is pleasing to the eye, and it measures 95 - so could finish 4 x 4 if you did it over one on 25 Lugana!
    • Home - Peaceful house, spring-green lawn, I like that huge floral urn peeking behind the house! Measures 136 x 145 - stitched with a medley of hand-dyeds.
    • A Collaboration of Spring - Looks like the same little house - but different landscape! The topper border is really cool because it's different from the other three sides... it's just a little bigger than the HOME piece at 208 x 120.

    Our 2024 Nashville Market Cookbook Val's Stuff's FREEBIE DESIGN - Happiness is Homemade - click to see more Our 2024 Nashville Market Cookbook - Happiness is Homemade - click to see more
    It's Market Cookbook Season! 2024 Happiness is Homemade
    Every year, (This is the 5th annual) industry designers, distributors, and shops who attend Market all contribute favorite recipes for our annual Market Cookbook. Along with food, comes stitching - so several designers contribute free charts as well.

    Lots of fun things every year... the charts are always good, and I think it's fun to have actual Italian recipes right from the Italian designers! 75 to 100 recipes and pages... taking reservations now for shipment when we get home from the show the first week in March.

    Here is Val's Stuff's FREEBIE DESIGN included in this year's cookbook. What a fun Sneak Peek! (Val will be coming out with a companion design to this one at Market - watch for those details on the Market Page!)

    Pony Needles - Hypoallergenic White-Eye Black Needles - click for more
    Presenting Pony Black Needles! *Hypoallergenic Blacks* and *Colored Eye Tapestry*
    You Need these Needles! A new line for us in the shop - we're excited for the selection and the features they offer. Each package contains 6 needles.
    Hypoallergenic White Eye - This is a collection of BLACK STEEL needles. They do not have nickel plating on them. (Shiny needles have a nickel plating that can be an allergen - that is one reason shiny needles tarnish.) These are awesome because they feature a narrow shaft with that high contrast white eye - against the black - for easy threading. The black needle gives you a tip that is easier to see when you're aiming for your stitching hole, too! We have several sizes and types:
    Tapestry - Regular Cross Stitch Needles in #24, 26 and 28 and an assorted package of 2-18, 2-20, 1-22 and 1-26. Check out those gorgeous-easy-to-see-eyes!
    Ball Point - This is an assorted-sized package - smaller white eye, sharp tip - but with that micro-ball tip.
    Chenille - An assorted-sized package of sharp needles with large eyes, these are used for wool applique embroidery -- we also use them for our embroidered tea towels. These follow the same size that tapestry needles do... they are simply sharp rather than dull like a Tapestry.
    Pony Colored Eye Tapestry Needles - click for more    Compare Red Eye 28 needle with John James 28 gold tapestry needle - click for more
    Pony Colored Eye Tapestry Needles - Love these too! These are nickel-plated steel needles - with colored eyes! You can tell by looking at them what size your needle is! The #24's have a black eye - which is actually very easy to see. The #26 has a teal eye, and the teeny-weeny #28's have a red eye! We have these in an assortment pack of 2 each #24, 26 and 28, and single-size packs of 6 needles each as well. (#28's have 5 in the pack vs 6.)
    Look at the size difference of the Red Eye #28 needle! It is next to a John James #28 gold tapestry needle! It is definitely smaller!

    Bareroots  display at the shop Better Together Towel Kit from Bareroots - click to see more
    Better Together Tea Towels from Bareroots
    Barri has a new pair of kitchen dish towels to embroider - perfect to hang in a happy home! These cotton towels come with a traceable line pattern to transfer to the ready-made towels.

    Use the included floss... making little short straight stitches... then tack on the included bottom rik rak trim... and you've made darling kitchen towels! You don't have to be newlyweds to appreciate this... but it does make a great shower gift.

    We have 18 other Tea Towel kits here in the shop. All are available individually, but this pair comes together as a set, at a little lower price point as a bonus. So darn cute! Our new shipment is on the way - we expect these right before Christmas.

    Pony Needles - Hypo-allergenic Black Eye #28 Tapestry Needles! - click for more Pony Hypo-allergenic Black Eye #28 Tapestry Needle with no nickel plating - click for more
    A Late Pony Needle Arrival - Hypo-allergenic Black Eye #28 Tapestry Needles!
    This little package of needles belongs in our collection of hypo-allergenic stainless needles by Pony. We're 'storing them' on our Needles page, in the same description line as our other black needles - with white eyes - but these are all black!

    These are really fun... and because they are black you can see where your needle point is! We like the white-eye versions because they are easy to thread, but honestly, these aren't hard either - because you can see the light through the eye!

    Something new and unique - just don't confuse yours with black kitty hair on the couch! A lovely petite size too!
    Scroll down just a bit, or click through to our Needles page, to see lots of other new Pony Needles.

    Pony All Black Beading Needles Size 10 BLACK EYE - click for more Pony All Black Beading Needles Size 10 BLACK EYE with no nickel plating - click for more

    New Pony BEADING Needles
    Another new black hypo-allergenic Pony Needle, these are size 10 (only much longer than the normal ones) for beads. Super thin, they are all black, and actually, I can SEE their eye to thread!

    I can't see the eye on regular steel needles because they reflect the light. So, another fun new needle to try... 5 in the package. See what you think! They are pretty easy to hold as they are a complete 2 inches long.
    Needle Travel Mania Shop Guide for 2024 - click to see more
    The 2024 Needle Travel Mania Guide
    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! 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!
    Smart Punch Needles - click to see more Smart Punch Needles - click to see more
    Smart Punch Needles
    We have a new Punch Needle option! They describe their little gems with lots of important details:
    Smart punch is ergonomically designed with a larger handle to reduce the risk of tendonitis, pain of arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Designed for comfortable punching, you will also enjoy the thumb indentation on the front of the punch needle that lines up perfectly with the front, beveled edge, of your needle, always keeping it in the proper punching position. With five different loop heights that can be easily adjusted you will find yourself creating beautiful punch needle projects in no time at all.

    Smart Punch comes with the most commonly used medium size needle, needle threader and even an extra needle. You will be able to put 2 strands of 8 or 12 wt Pearl Cotton through this needle or 4-6 strands of floss. The needle comes with a punch needle lesson and great tips and hints along with some Do's and Don'ts!

    New 2023 Curly Girls... click for more
    New Curly Girls from Mill Hill
    Curly Girls excels at motivational and cheerful messaging! Charming new designs put into Cross Stitch by the Mill Hill people are now available. Joining our 12 collections of 48 kits so far... here are the next 4. Presented as complete kits of chart, flosses, a few beads and 28ct linen (the correct size for the beads) each will finish about 5 x 5. We special order the frames for these as well... just an FYI. Shown from left to right above:
    • Four Legs - Some friends have to walk on four legs just so they can carry around such big hearts. Just makes you love your kitty and doggie all the more!
    • Look Within - Just like garden seeds - Turn your face toward the sun and remember you have it all inside of you!
    • Make Lemonade - Preheat the oven! Kind of a get ready to life's successes... you can do it!
    • Absolutely - We must absolutely do what we love, or we run the risk of doing nothing at all. Which means that Cross Stitch is your lifesaver! Check out that busy tool box full of life's adventures and loves!


    Perfect Match from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more Cats and a Sea from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more Everyone Needs an Owl from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more 10 Rainbow Bookmarks from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more
    Perfect match, Everyone Needs an Owl, Cats and the Sea, 10 Rainbow Bookmarks from Artmishka Cross Stitch
    We have 18 new Charts in the Shop by Artmishka Designs of Italy! I couldn't put them all here... so how about 4 as a preview? Visit our interior Artmiska Page for the rest! All are presented as charts with a big, clear colorful pic on the chart front, and very clear multiple pages of the charts inside. All coded for DMC.
    • Perfect Match - Isn't this little guy the cutest? He knows he fits right in! Approx 11 x 7 on 14/28, coded for DMC. You could even leave off the words and you'd know what it 'says!'
    • Cats and a Sea - Love that water of hearts! A pair of kitties reflecting on life and love... this measures approx 8-1/2 inches square (round!) on 16/32 ct. DMC.
    • Everyone Needs an Owl - What a darling collection of little birds! Someone for everyone! Each owl measures about 40 x 50 in stitch count - so only about 2-1/2 x 3 on 16/32ct. Perfect for individual stand-up blocks or little individual cushions... you can even arrange these into a long row or tall skinny piece! DMC, choose your favorites or stitch them all!
    • 10 Rainbow Bookmarks - Don't stitch these to hide in a book... forget the bookmark idea and make these into larger pieces - make pillows, or basket bandings, or little cushions... anything! Do 20ct over 2 with metallics... do 28ct over one. What I like about it is the fact that you get 10 super-colorful repeating patterns to stitch over and over again to make anything! DMC.

    Chala Handbags - click for more Chala Handbags - click for more Chala Handbags - click for more
    We now carry Chala Handbags!
    'Vegan' Leather... part of the company's profits are donated to animal rescue facilities across the nation. Their leathers are 'vegan' (a fancy way to describe 'faux leather') because their whole philosophy is to be kind to and appreciate animals!

    Anyway... we have quite a fun selection of their totes, cross body cell phone cases and mini-purses, darling key fobs and coin purses. You can see a little of the variety from my pics... if you're near the shop, drop in. If you aren't but are familiar with this charming line, give us a call - we can choose something for the perfect gift!
    Yes, there's even MORE!     
    Click here for more newly arrived stuff!
         




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