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Three New Arrivals from With Thy Needle & Thread will be here any day! We're ready to reserve copies for you!
- Tree of Life Sampler - A lovely sampler - not too big either! Rose, butterscotch and gray colors, Tree of Life measures just 89 x 112, is worked with DMC and all three hand-dyed floss companies. On the 32ct Weeks Beige hand-dyed linen it calls for, this will finish just 5-1/2 x 7-1/2. Pretty floral motifs and the cute little house, Brenda shares that while taking the antique needlework out of its frame to better see the colors on the backside, she found a Spencerian Penmanship Lesson hand-sewn on the backside of the sampler. Was it a school lesson by the same set of hands as the sampler? Did she learn stitching and penmanship at the same school? We'll never know. Choose a smaller count of linen if you like... this will be charming no matter what you choose! Presented as a leaflet.
- Autumn's Acorn Gathering - Two plump little squirrels - they've been scampering and foraging in your backyard all summer getting ready for Fall. Stitched on 36ct Winter's Brew hand-dyed linen, using various hand-dyeds and DMC, each of these little guys measures just 56 x 77 - so just 3 x 4! You can finish them into cushions or little block stand-ups... they'll be so happy perched near a bowl of baby pumpkins and those little candy corn cobbs!
- Be Ye Thankful - I love the pumpkin in the urn! This is worked on 40ct Country Vintage Mocha linen, so finishes about 5 x 4. Again, a mixture of asst DMC's and the hand-dyeds, this is fun for the season. Scattered acorns and wandering vine of Bittersweet, all the colors blend for a pleasing presentation. Presented as a chart pack.
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Tomato Garden Adventure from Artful Offerings
Well, this is a piece full of imagination! Clouds in the sky, the flag blowing in the stiff wind... the little bunny-farmers and working hard to tether their hot-air tomato balloon so they don't lose their little buddy - the other bunny in the watering-can basket!
See the count-down numbers in the background, the sturdy little benches held together with antique keys, and the tiny berry anchors on the ropes? Stitched with a combination of Weeks, Gentle Art and DMC flosses on 36ct linen, this finishes approx 11 x 7-1/2 in size. Just the cutest and most festive thing for tomato season, it's presented as a chart. |
Three Charming Designs for Stitchers!
- The Seamstress by Perrette Samouiloff is a neat design. Choose your favorite color of hand-dyed thread (or solid DMC if you'd rather) and stitch this glorious medley of everything dressmaker! Just like some of the other 'stitch-related' designs we have, you can take small motifs out of this and make some REALLY cute pin cushions, or do the whole thing to frame and hang. Choose any fabric you like... on 14/28 this finishes 9-1/2 x 11-1/2.
- Stitchery from Jardin Prive - Here's a fun design of everything 'cross stitch!' Stitched with DMC, on 16/32ct, it finishes approx 9 x 14. It'd be cute as a door sign to your stitching room. It'd be fun inserted into the front of a stitch pouch or tote bag... or even on a stitching mat. You COULD stitch some of the individual words - like needle or cross stitch, and finish that smaller area into its own pin cushion, literally cutting off stitching around it - that's kind of a fun design angle! Offered as a chart, choose any fabric you like for this.
- Stticher from Luminous Fiber Arts - Just something cute for a Stitcher! Pick your favorite fabric, choose a color, find some old buttons, and you're ready to stitch this fun sign. I think it needs to hang above a special stitching chair or hang on the door of your 'lair!' It'd be cute stitched into the front of a fabric envelope tote, too. Measures 53 x 120 - so it'll finish a little over 3 x 7 on 32ct.
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The Stitched Pouches by Teri Richards... Stitch - Heart - Joy - Flag - Scary - Quilt
This is an ever-growing collection of cute Shepherd's Bushy designs that Teri has stitched over two 'threads' of the Sew Emma 'Mad For Plaid' Plastic Mesh Pouches. The pouches themselves come in six colors - Berry, Gray, Olive, Bluebell, Peony and Misty... and measure about 10-1/2 x 13 x 3-1/4 with a zipper top closure. Really nice as project pouches, Teri has added Shepherd's Bush Charm to them!
Each of her designs is done with #5 Pearl Cotton - all the same colors you've used in their Christmas Stockings - a combination of solids and hand-dyeds. Along with your stitched pouch, there are designs for tiny stitched scissor fobs as well that will match. Simple and quick to stitch... they'd be neat gifts for stitcher friends!
Quilt is the newest design, shown on the Bluebell Bag. Keep in mind that you CAN mix and match these bag colors to the stitching! It's Ok to put FLAG on the Bluebell, or Quilt on the Berry, or Scary on the Olive... you get the idea! |
Deck the Halls from Blackbird Designs has been reprinted!
This is a funky-little-sized book - 6 x 4 inches in size. It features 6 pin cushion-sized designs that can be framed or finished into strawberry-shaped cushions or ornaments. The actual-sized finishing template is included in the book - and sized for 36ct linen.
Just pretty little things, I think Christmas Cactus is my favorite! All 6 were designed by Barb, and the book was originally published in 2018. So... if you stash doesn't have a copy - it needs one! |
Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher's Summer Magazine has arrived!
90 Thick, glossy, colorful pages of pics and projects - both punch needle and cross stitch - these are always a treat to peruse. This time, the Finishing Feature covers 9 full pages - centering on Drum Shape assembly.
26 Photos of different finishing stages, it's a wonderful resource for you. Featured cross designers this time include Barbara Ana, Shakespeare's Peddler, Stitching With the Housewives, The Blue Flower, Liz Matthews, and Twin Peaks. You get 10 cross stitch projects in here, along with 10 PN - one of which is by Teresa Kogut. Great summer reading - just don't drop it in the pool! |
Mousecapades #3 and 4 by Luminous Fiber Arts are here.
Stitch this darling set of Christmas Mice all busy playing in the winter snow! Luminous Fiber Arts continues her set of 7 fun little cushion-sized designs with these two. They are building a snowmouse, and practicing for the Olympics with that peppermint hoop! Presented as full color charts, you can do any of them by themselves, or join them all together for a festive grouping.
I took a pic at Market of the whole set... they're definitely cute! We do have an ongoing auto-ship on these, and can catch you up with these first 4, then sending the final three later this fall when releases finish. |
4 Lovely Designs from Serenita di Campagna
So beautiful, these 4 charts feature soft colors and delightful designs - I just wish the cover pics were about 5 times the size they are!
- #138 Gita in Barca - Translates to Boat Trip - There are RABBITS on this ship, being tossed by the waves - coral ahead, lighthouse behind. The second pattern included is the Summer word with beach cabanas. Charted for DMC, that little rolling ship is exciting!
- #139 Gita in Barca Cusinetti - Another that translates of Boat Trip - this one has 4 pin-cushion designs with a backstitched border design. Use that border as the sides to a mattress-shaped cushion - you can see one in the cover pic! Summer, Beach and the light house - coded for DMC - I just want to be there - whatever beach it is!
- #171 I Love the Sea - Two small designs, one is a light house, the other is a back view of a girl standing on the beach holding her sand pail. Both measure a mere 30 or 40 stitches without the wording... coded for DMC. Just charming!
- #170 The Beach is my Happy Place - It really is... only I am in Oklahoma! I can only imagine the peace and relaxation of a gorgeous place like this. If you have one... stitch this! DMC, 225 x 131... something fun for your beach house!
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New Arrivals from Plum Street Samplers
Paulette sent out her previews today for her new designs - scheduled to arrive in the shop next week!
- Live on Little - *How great the blessing and vast the art, to live on little with a thankful heart.* Just a gorgeous New England house by the sea... I could live there, and my heart would be thankful - I promise! Paulette's daughter did comment that 'whoever is living in that house is most certainly not 'living on little!' Measuring 307 x 207, it's stitched on 36ct Hogbristle Linen by Fox & Rabbit using Weeks hand-dyed flosses and lots of DMC. It finishes approx17 x 11-1/2 - huge! An alphabet is included to personalize the flags on the sailboat - I love the border, the sea, the house, and the whole whale and lobster thing at the bottom!
- Siren's Tart - A little 3 x 4 piece - 36ct Weeks Dove Linen, with Weeks flosses, our mermaid is stitching a letter S - for Siren. Her sewing box happens to be a treasure chest... which Paulette suspects we all have and LOVE!
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Sailing Dreams from Barbara-Ana Designs
Sailing Dreams is the 9th 'Girl' inspired by the artwork of Mexican Modernist Artist Frida Kahlo. Charming, Colorful, Bold, Whimsical - you can get lost in any of these Dreaming Ladies! Frida Kahlo is a 20th Century iconic artist who showcases Mexican culture highlighting flora and fauna in her artwork. Tulsa's Philbrook Museum of Art is actually hosting a private collection of paintings, drawings, collages and photographs of Frida and companion Diego Rivera from July 6th through September 11th, 2022. So while we think this is a fun cross stitch chart that we might want to stitch, it is really quite famous in the art world!
Barbara Ana is a cross stitch artist from Mexico - Creative Poppy is her publisher - located in Paris, France. But the last time I communicated with CP she was living in JAPAN I think! The world is a crazy, small place... it's just so much fun to enjoy so much of the world via our tiny world of Cross Stitch!
Back to Ms Sailing Dreams - she is worked with DMC on 32ct Natural and finishes just 5-1/2 x 7! |
Our Final Shipment has arrived from Heart in Hand:
Limited Edition Red Heartware Bowl
The same charming little hand-made porcelain bowl as her creme ones!
Cecilia has designed a small red alphabet sampler as the stitched topper for her little bowl, and even commissioned a red wooden thread ring to store inside.
(She has the finishing instructions for bowl topper to download for free on her website.) Chart and Thread rings will not be limited, but bowls definitely are. |
Meadow Brook Hill
from By the Bay Needleart
A stately manor on a hill... stitch just your favorite in this Home Sweet Home 12-part set, or get them all and stitch as one big piece.
By the Bay's set continues with this 2-1/2 x 4 bitty panel. You can see where it fits into the big picture! Coded for DMC, it's full of designer Donna Bayless's signature stylized greenery! |
Halloween Alphabet XY & WZ from Romy's Creations
This darling Halloween Alphabet of pincushions by Romy has finished with WXY and Z! 26 Matching little 3 x 3 designs - each one stood for something scary... and together they have made a really fun collection of smaller designs.
You can join them all together into one piece, or fill a big bowl with cushions and candy. We have them all available... so choose just 3 or 4 or get the whole set! (We have no idea why she did X and Y together and W and Z together rather than WX and YZ... so just be aware, that is not a title error. Romy is working on Christmas ABC as well. |
Embroidery and Punch Needle Kits from The Urban Acres
Urban Acres is a new designer to our shop. Well, not 'really' - as Sallie is the daughter of one of our long-time customers! She brought these things in the other day, and told me she remembers shopping at The Silver Needle with her mom when she was little. I asked if it was a 'good memory' and she laughed and said it was. I guess we made a good impression, because here she is with her lovely surface embroidery kits and punch needle patterns! She has done an absolutely wonderful job with her designs, artwork, presentation, graphic arts, packaging, EVERYTHING.
- Summer Harvest Embroidery - Chain, Satin, and Stem Stitches are featured in this 5-inch design embroidered on a gray background. Sallie has presented a full color diagram of the design, the full-sized iron-on transfer to apply to the provided gray base fabric. 7 Full skeins of DMC floss are included as well as the 7-inch hoop and the needles you'll need to work this. Contemporary, it'll look great in a deserving kitchen!
- Folk Floral Bird Embroidery - A plump little pink and red bird perched on a flowering branch, this kit includes all you need... base fabric, the actual-sized transfer, DMC, the hoop - everything!
- Folk Floral Punch Needle - Cute little blue 'thistle' flower, the design is already printed on a dusty lavender linen base fabric... uses DMC (from your stash.)
- Wandering Strawberry - Punched on a luscious bright green base fabric, it calls for 6 shades of DMC floss.
- Pink Floral - This one is punched on a very light, soft pastel pink background fabric - delicate and pretty. Calls for only 3362, 3012, 3033 and 783!
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New Arrivals by Stitching With The Housewives!
- Lets Go Ride a Bike - This is the first in a new series called 'Lets go Ride a Bike - Sunflower Fields.' Not much info yet... but probably a bike surrounded by seasonal decor. This one finishes approx 5 x 7.
- Month 2 Month August - Another new series - these will all have a barn in the larger design and a companion small design - shown above in the tart tin. More cute sunflowers, this one finishes approx 6 x 9.
- Joy to the World - What a cute frosty scene - complete with reindeer in the yard! The whole design finishes about 6 x 9... but truthfully, I love that bottom third the best!
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Magnetic Color Wheel Minders from Accoutrements
Wow... is THIS a fun little thing! Meant to be a Needle Minder - it's actually 2 inches in diameter, about 1/4 of an inch in thickness, and it weighs about an ounce and a half. It is LOVELY! Basically it's an enameled color wheel with a rotating overlay (the white wheel part) that offers instant info for color matching!
We had to Google all about the Color Wheel... which was fun. We learned that this little gizmo can show you color combinations that look good together, besides being pretty and fun to play with! A little on the heavy side just to have on your fabric to hold needles... it'd be awesome by your stitching lamp. |
Seasons of the Heart - Summer, and Animal Alphabet
from The Blue Flower
Jeannine McGowans' Spring releases join her growing collection of designs.
- Seasons of the Heart - Summer - This is the second in a 4-seasons set of hearts. Based on what I have learned in the above Animal Alphabet description.. could this be a Zorro or a Cat featured on here with the summer berries and bees?
- Animal Alphabet is done on a green hand-dyed background and worked in regular DMC - 33 shades! You'll be stitching an Armadillo, Bat, Cheetah, Dragonfly, Emu, Fennec Fox, Goose, Hare, Ibex, Jellyfish, Koi, Lyrebird, Mammoth, Narwhal, Owl, Puffin, Quetzal, Robin, Seahorse, Tiger, Urial, Vicuna, woodpecker, Xeme, Yabby and Zorro! Once you are finished, you'll know what all those animals look like too! What a fun piece - it measures 182 x 218 in stitch count.
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Just a Few New Intense-stitches from Long Dog Samplers
Actually kind of fun to work on - because you're usually using just one color of solid or hand-dyed, the trick to these is not losing your place on the chart OR your fabric! Easy Breezy, right?
- Gone to Pieces is 170 x 256 and does use color - it's coded for Gentle Art hand-dyeds or DMC. It's full of tiny animals everywhere!
- Tap Dancers - Measures 211 x 265 - more animals tucked everywhere - this one has dancers everywhere too! She gives you thread usage charts to help you purchase enough of a dye-lot of thread for a project - this one would use 18 skeins of DMC if you stitched it on 14ct!
- Before I Sleep - Measures 251 x 327 - I think I would probably HAVE trouble sleeping if this were my current project! It's beautiful, full of birds and dogs and trees... and the software tells us that there are 30, 630 stitches in this - and you would need only 21 skeins of the same color to do it!
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Summer and Beach
from Madame Chantilly
These two just go together, don't they? A pair of 'signs' with coordinating mini-cushions, I think you need to buy a beach house to display these in after they're stitched!
Soft lettering, both feature a smiling little crab. Mermaid on one, a lighthouse on the other, they care coded for DMC and will look good on a natural or oatmeal-ly colored background fabric. The larger designs will finish approx 11 x 6, while the little cushion designs are just 2-1/2 inches! |
Candy Corn & Pumpkin, Day at Sea Shore and Sewmore the Crow from Stitches by Ethel
Stitches by Ethel is a new designer for our shop - she's just released her first 9 charts - and we've featured three of them here. (Click the pics to visit her new page to see the rest!) All are offered as single charts, with a nice stitched model pic (not a digitized image) on the cover and a clear, colored chart to work from. We like these!
- Candy Corn and Pumpkin features a little mouse offering his crow friend a Halloween treat directly from his pumpkin snack! Measuring just 81 x 55, this finishes approx 4-1/2 x 3 on 18/36ct, and is coded for regular DMC floss.
- Day at the Sea Shore features a little sand crab offering HIS crow friend a starfish snack! Cute as can be, this one measures 95 x 60 - so 3 x 4 on 18/36, and can be done on a sandy, gray or bluish-colored fabric.
- Sew More The Crow - Stitched on Weeks Tin Roof hand-dyed linen - you can make your tomato green like this one, or change it to red - just adjust your little button colors a bit. Super cute, I think this little guy could haunt your Autumn stitching. Measuring just 60 x 48, he's 2-1/2 3x 3 on 36ct!
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A trip to Italy via your Needle!
from Artmishka Cross Stitch
Isn't this a charming set of 4 small designs? By Artmishka Cross Stitch... directly from Italy... I just love them!
Presented as 4 individual charts - each measures 68 to 71 stitches - so just about 4 inches in size on 18/36ct. Coded for DMC, she has provided you with two charts in each - one without the backstitches, so you can SEE the regular crosses on the charts, and then the second chart with backstitch placement. Just makes me want to go to Italy! |
Two Fun New Designs by Susanamm Cross Stitch
- Love USA - This is solid stitching - measuring 197 x 104 in stitch count. That will make it 14 x 7-1/2 on 14/28ct... so you'll be crossing for a while with this one! Worked with DMC's of 221, 225, 311, 712 and 3722, it's really cool because the Star Spangled Banner words are stitched across all the stripes. I think it'd be easiest to stitch the stars first, then that background. Then the verse, and then the stripes - that way you are mostly filling in rather than counting so much. Really a striking piece - choose any fabric YOU like to work on, since this is full coverage.
- Children's Books #2 - Kind of a funny title, but just concentrate on all these darling little creatures that belong in children's story books. Stitch the whole medley - it's about 200 x 180 - so pretty big - or just your favorite little characters. They suggest these for bibs, but little stand-up blocks might be cute too. We laugh at all the baby bibs we used to stitch 35 years ago... all that time we spent on something that would get stained the first time the baby wore it. Lets go with those nursery blocks instead! Or... a cute bedroom door name sign!
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Underestimate Me
from Imaginating
Featuring the art of Mary Englebreit, this is a fun piece to stitch and enjoy. Actually, I think you could cut out the cover of the leaflet and frame IT! (I'm not going to underestimate your creative talents here, but stitching it would be easy and what a statement you'd make...)
Using only black and gray - there are 11 white stitches in the necklace - which you could bead instead. Finishes 7 x 8 on 14/28ct, but choose any fabric you like and stitch away! |
Hester's Special Delivery and Betsy's Summer Basket
from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery
Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery has two new designs that have caught our eye!
- Betsy's Summer Basket is the first of a series of 4 charted Patchwork Baskets... this one is filled with a flourish of colorful summery stylized flowers. Stitched on 36ct Wren from Picture This Plus, it uses a medley of hand-dyed flosses or DMC and measures a generous 6 x 6-ish! Love the big-ball fringe trim on there! Future release dates: Autumn Basket in late August 2022, Winter Basket in Nov '22, and Spring Basket will finish the set and release in March of 2023. No information yet on other fabric colors ... or trims. We're offering an auto-ship for these 4 charts so you don't have to keep track of those dates... we'll automatically send the new as they are released!
- Hester's Special Delivery - Lori writes, 'Who doesn't like a giant bunny delivering beautifully decorated eggs? Hester is making her way with her special delivery over a little house with a pretty shoofly decorated roof.' Pretty hand-dyed flosses throughout - the 'bushes' look like they are growing out of giant spools, and we love that scattered alphabet in the sky! Finishes approx 6 x 7 on 36ct.
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Meow!... Our June 2022 Secret Needle Night Kit
Here's a little kitty to match the puppy we did a few months ago! We had so many paws-itive requests to make a friend for our doggy - so here she is! Super simple stitching - black wool thread and a little metallic ribbon - MEOW stitches in a jiff.
Mona painted more wooden paddles, cut more boards, and measured more ribbons and rik-rak to make finishing kits to coordinate!
Our Secret Needle Night kit contains the chart, 18ct linen fabric, threads and gold bead eyes. Mona's finishing kit is separate and optional, providing all materials to finish your kitty just like this one! |
Christmas is Coming - The Mill Hill Way!
The 2022 Winter Series Button & Beaded Kits
Our massive collection of 5 x 5 beaded and stitched designs is growing with these 6 new designs! If you've been in the shop, you are quite familiar with our 'Great Walls' of stitched kits - all on various colors of 28ct linen. Each kit comes with DMC flosses, a load of Mill Hill glass seed beads and 14ct perforated paper (which is super easy to work on.) We started doing our models on 28ct linen just for fun, and like them just a well on fabric... so we offer separate cuts of material as well, just in case. Aurora Borealis features the new Mill Hill Glow-in-the-Dark beads - so it really does look a little more 'glisteny.' Santa's Clothesline is super cute and colorful. The Blue Jay is full of frosty opalescent whites and crisp blues - good to enjoy all winter long. Ski Dog is darling - he's waiting for you to HURRY UP! Snow in Love can stay up through Valentine's Day, and The Village Schoolhouse is the next edition to the charming Christmas Village Series... but alas... EMPTY for Christmas Break!
The Winter Holiday Ornament Collection for 2022
Another cute set of 2 x 3 or 3 x 3 ornament and magnet-sized designs. Each is presented with the chart, 14ct perforated paper, all the necessary DMC flosses and Mill Hill beads and a glass or crystal Mill Hill Treasure embellishment. Simply cut the paper off right outside the design - and you're finished! (Don't use your delicate embroidery scissors to cut. Choose something a little more heavy duty - like our Dr Slick SN65 synthetic scissors - larger handles, they are super-duper and will even cut leather!) Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa with a marshmallow snowman! The Garland has tiny danglers - so will look good on the very tip of a branch. Winter Barn comes right out of a Hallmark movie and Cheers celebrates New Year's. The Cuckoo Clock has Santa filling stockings on Christmas Eve - all in that bitty design area! - and the Ceramic tree is meant to offer a nostalgic look into the decorations of Christmas Past. |
The 2022 Annual Santas! from Mill Hill
This marks the 24th Annual Trio of Paper Santa Ornaments! So these are number 70, 71 and 72 in the set! Over the years, this series has shown what Santa does all year long... and where he comes from! We've seen him vacationing in Hawaii, he's been mountain climbing, at the South Pole, playing musical instruments, and just traveling the world over.
Each kit comes with the chart, 14ct perforated paper, DMC floss and Mill Hill beads. They all finish about 3-1/2 inches high, and are really fun to find on the Christmas Tree. |
New Designs from Artful Offerings
Artful Offerings has a lot of new designs that are bold and eye-catching! I have NINE that we are adding to her inside pages... so have a peek at the rest, too! Whether you finish them as pillows, as she shows, or frame them, they're all darling!
- American Sailboat Sampler - Katina writes, "This vintage-look Americana design celebrates Liberty, Freedom and the 4th of July! An eagle is perched atop the mast, high above the red, white and blue sails. Splendid golden laurel wreaths embellish the anchor motifs and a small upper case alphabet completes this simple summertime sampler." I love the graphic lines in this design - the stripes and dots on the flag sails... the swirls of waves and the balance of the anchors! Finishing approx 10 inches on 18/36ct, it is coded for DMC or hand-dyeds.
- God Bless America Sampler - Katina's comments on this read, "God Bless America features a beautiful barn with spires, quilt-block-style stars and an eagle weathervane. An American Flag flies above the barn and the border features golden laurel leaves with red, white, and blue flowers." A grand upper case alphabet fills the sky - kind of like clouds! Measures about 9 x 9 on 18/36ct, and coded for DMC or hand-dyeds.
- Patriotic Pinwheel Parade - This adorable colony of bunny-rabbits has decided to put on the most amazing patriotic parade using the paper pinwheels they have crafted! Each bunny is dressed in their finest red, white and blue apparel and ready to go. Mr Rabbit has been chosen to lead the parade and fly the colors, while toddler-bunny discovers new and creative ways to use a pinwheel! Finishes approx 11 x 5 on 18/36 - this is coded for DMC or hand-dyeds!
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Liberty Silk Pack
from Little House Needleworks
Diane will be sending a cute Liberty chart next week that she's stitched with her hand-dyed Belle Soie Silk thread.
Along with the chart, she's included a yard length (hence the name) of each of the red, creme and blue silk. Choose any neutral fabric from your stash... 14 to 40... you'll have enough silk for your pin-cushion-sized piece! |
All the Things Cross Stitch from Anabella's
This is a single leaflet that features a larger stitching-themed piece and then 4 smaller cushion-sized designs to coordinate! At first you think the 4 singles are just copies of the larger, but they have re-arranged the motifs to make them all a little different.
Coded for DMC floss; all designs are worked on white. They would be cute mounted onto the front of a stitching pouch - you could even stitch parts of this on the plastic plaid pouches that Shepherd's Bush uses. Just colorful, organized and cute.
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Dirty Annies Camper Charts & Farm Girl from Dirty Annie's
Here is a set of 4 cute little 'canned ham' campers done in happy pastel colors. You don't have to stitch them for a 'camper-lover'... just choose the verse that fits your situation the best! All are presented on 5 x 7 cards and coded for hand-dyed flosses. Super easy to just look at and choose DMCs from your stash if you'd rather, these all measure 55 stitches square - so just bitty little things!
And that cute little pink tractor! You might have someone special to stitch that for... and you might have to change the tractor paint color! Farm Girl is charted for DMC, is presented on a single card, and measures just 45 x 73. |
The Next 5 in the Statehood Splendor Series from Thread Milk Design Company
Rhode Island, Missouri, Vermont, Oregon and Tennessee join her collection - which will finish with all 50 states charted! Each state is presented in it's own chart. She is numbering them in the order she is charting them - NOT in the order they joined The Union - so don't get hung up on the numbers that appear on the chart titles!
Each measures the same stitch count, the entire set is using a soft palette of reds, blues, golds, gunmetals and creme... they really are making a nice splash nestled together in a big tray! |
Forever in Peace and Bless and Keep
from Sweet Wing Studio
- Forever in Peace - This is a really cool new design by Sweet Wing Studio... it LOOKS like it's full of specialty stitches, but it is simply stitched patterns of color! Our Flag.... stitch it with or without the words... it's pretty either way! Coded for DMC or various hand-dyed flosses, the flag part measures 60 x 90, so you could get that part 3 x 4-1/2 on 20... or even 2 x 3-1/2 over one on 28ct Lugana! And, since the chart is solid symbols... it's probably easier to stitch this off the chartpack cover - the picture is clear and big enough! This just really caught our eye... and shop model is already off to the stitcher!
- Bless and Keep - 'The Lord bless you and keep you...' I can hear the church hymn in my head! Measuring 62 x 94, this is coded for DMC and/or hand-dyeds and finishes a mere 4 x 6 on 32ct. Choose a darker fabric so the white lettering shows up - as it does in the pic.
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Cottontail & Company
from Scattered Seed Samplers
Scattered Seed has a charming leaping rabbit that it most certainly on her way somewhere worthwhile! Notice her little company in tow?
Measuring 138 x 100, it will finish about 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 on 18 or 36ct. Coded for DMC floss or Gentle Art hand-dyed... USE SIMPLY WOOL INSTEAD! Gentle Art's hand-dyed wool is luscious and perfect for this design. Those babies - especially - need to be fuzzy! |
Heartstring Samplery's Beth Twist has sent three new charts.
- Love Letter is dedicated to all the different people - US - that Beth meets at her stitch events. Having a lot of fun with her design, she talks about changing skin tones or cuff colors if you need to, just to match YOUR nation of stitch friends. Move around the rings, stitch a different number of hands... her pin cushion measures 4 x 4-1/2 as it is on 40ct.
- Charlotte Ash 1827 - Quite an old little sampler in Beth's collection, it was stitched using wools, silks and cottons. You see the bleeding from the black threads in her pic of the original. Pretty border, bold basket of flowers and seashells!
- Baby Got Backstitch - The third in Beth's series based on lyrics of songs from the 80's and 90's. You get a whole lesson about it inside the chart... makes the whole thing really fun to study! She talks about changing colors of fabric and thread... and wouldn't that repeating pattern that surrounds the middle be cute just as a small pin cushion?
NOTE: Beth is scheduled to come teach at Silver Needle April 21 and 22 of 2023! (remember 21,22,23) We're taking reservations now... no class details yet, but it'll be a small class in our She Shed - limited to 40! I don't even have it on the Events Page yet... so call us! Early-bird notice! |
Glitzy Needle Buddie Needle Minders
Wow... check out these beautiful magnets to hold needles, notes and patterns in place! Beautifully made, and surprisingly lightweight for their size, this is a delightful collection of 'needle curiosities!'
Each features two rare-earth magnets on their backs to cling to anything magnetic and help hold lots of your treasures. Most measure close to two inches in size - one direction or another, yet not too big, heavy or clunky! Some are enameled, most feature lots of colored crystals as well. |
Presenting Dr Slick Razor-Sharp Scissors
Coming to us from the Fly-Fishing Industry are these incredible 3-1/2 and 4-inch scissors with huge "Gold Loop" finger holes, that can handle some pretty serious cutting needs! Wonderfully rounded handles with a nice weight to them, these feature larger finger holes and wonderfully fine and sharp precision cutting blades. The blades feature a very fine micro-serration to them which keeps your threads where you want them when you cut them, and yet they feel as smooth as butter.
As far as the finger holes go, we have a comparison picture showing the difference between our DOVO embroidery scissors and the handles of these scissors on our scissor page... along with lots of other specific scissor details. Dr Slick uses words like 'hypodermic sharp' to describe their tips, and Tungsten Carbide vs Stainless Steel to describe some of the metals. All I know is that they have a really nice balance and weight to them, they cut like a dream, and the blades and tips are SHARP. Actually almost too big for my hands... I know lots of you will LOVE these! |
A trio of new Arrivals from Erica Michaels
- A Shepherd's Care I - These are small take-outs from Linda's larger Christy Barron antique reproduction sampler. Pretty colors, classic motifs... Chart #2 releases late this summer and will have more smalls!
- Boardwalk Revue --A classic seaside hotel-on-the-boardwalk the designs are finished into a larder 6-inch sewing/needle case with companion berry-shaped cushion. Remember our Puntini pins to embellish!
- The Salty Mermaid - 'A sea hag is a mermaid before she has her coffee!' A set of 4 beachy-mermaid cushion designs all stitched with the same color palette used in Linda's Mermaid Crossing designs.
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Fragments in Time 2022 - #'s 3 and 4
from Summer House Stitche Workes
Beth Ann Seal's small series of bowl fillers for 2022 continues with these two... they have no names... but they SHOULD HAVE, because they are lovely!
Inspired by the Susquehanna Valley Antique Samplers, they are charming bits taken from old pieces. The first two are available, as well as a border chart to join all 8. |
Cabbage Rose Seaside Manor
from By the Bay Needleart
By The Bay has a new design - a peaceful house-on-a-hill beside the sea! Donna has embellished her design with a lavish blue tree blooming with huge Cabbage Roses. Quite a different take on greenery... it's just a pleasing tiny scene!
Finishes approx 7-1/2 x 5, it's coded for DMC and Weeks flosses.
Donna has included one of her new Design Cards in here along with the plastic storage/display case! |
New Arrivals from Hands On Designs
- Life is Just... A BIG Bowl of Cherries! This small chart comes with a cherry charm and a matching thread card to organize your threads while you stitch this! Coded for DMC and stitched on any white, grab 347, 351, 435, 472, 535, 676, 931 and 3346 from your stash and you're ready. Your bowl of cherries will finish approx 3 x 5 on 32ct. Cathy designed this as a class bonus piece when we had her here last year for 4 days of classes in our She Shed! It's fun to see it published!
- The Summer Basket - Mix quilty cross-stitch themes with coordinating cottons. I think Cathy chose her fabrics for this first, then coordinated her thread colors. She's done pillow finishing featuring 'big-stitch' quilting, and offers that info via a FlossTube Finishing Tutoral. These three designs are done with DMC 321, 3328, 3809, 3816 AND 3865 on 32ct Flax Linen. Autumn Basket's set of three designs will release in late August.
- Home of the Brave - A lovely, flowing piece, Cathy publishes this through licensing with Lily & Val. Stitched on white with DMCs of 4, 535, 930, 932, 3712, 3799 and 2 skeins of 3831... It's a MUST!
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Broad Stripes and Bright Stars from Teresa Kogut!!!
Teresa Kogut has released a beautiful new book featuring 7 of her original Americana designs. Full of gorgeous project pics, the charts are huge and in full color. Everything is coded for hand-dyed floss and DMC, and every page is prettier than the last.
All the designs are featured in the cover picture, so you know what's inside. Teresa has designed a line of fabric: right Stars by Riley Blake Designs which releases in the Spring of 2023.The watercolor art in this book is taken from that new fabric line! |
We have added 10 designs to our The TraLaLa Collection page.
All are presented in chart format, most are coded for European hand-dyed flosses and/or Gentle Art Sampler Threads, and DMC. You can always Google conversions, but from the chart cover pics you'll get a pretty good idea of what you like and can use. Click through to see the rest.
- Souris Bobines features six tiny stitching mice - all tucked between spools of sewing thread. There is a real cute spool pin cushion in here, and scissors poking out of a spool as well, stitch this all together or take out some of the motifs. Measuring 205 x 58, it'll finish 3-1/2 x 13 on 32ct... so actually pretty generous in size!
- Fraises de Noel - Measuring 95 x 151 in stitch count, each of these berry-shaped cushions will finish approx about 3 x 5, I THINK! Math is kind of hard to figure out on a CONE shape! Santa and his reindeer, and a little snowman amidst flakes and winter flowers... these are coded for DMC or Gentle Art hand-dyeds - just really cute! Both designs in the chart.
- ABC Fraises - A sweet 5-inch pin cushion design, it measures 85 in stitch count. If you do it over one on 28 Lugana, it'll be only 3 x 3!
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The Bear
from Cottage Garden Samplings
Cottage Garden Samplings' A Year in the Woods Series continues with this happy big 'ol bear! He looks like he's sitting by the stream enjoying the cat tails and dreaming of something good to eat!
The 6th in this set so far... he measures about 5-1/2 x 7 on 36ct... same size as all his other animal companions.... which you can see all together on our CGS or Auto-Ship pages. |
The 2022 Just Cross Stitch Magazine Annual Halloween Issue is Coming!
But we have a scary-long wait! Due in the shop this coming July 19th!
Promising at least 55 different Halloween projects, all we have is a cover teaser picture so far!
We're taking RESERVATIONS for July delivery. |
May is for Magnifiers!
Our New Daylight Magnificent PRO 3-in-1 Magnifying Lamps are here!
Oh... this is a lovely floor or table lamp! Completely new and updated by Daylight Co this little baby boasts true Daylight-balanced LED lighting that never burns out. Awesome features include an adjustable stick height, a removable magnetic lens cover to protect against sunlight burns, an ergonomic switch and handle area to adjust your 5-nch lens, and 3 brightness levels.
I took it out of the box, and set it up in less than 3 minutes... and that was even looking at the little book instructions and everything! Smooth lines, the whole thing weighs 9 pounds including the box! A really nice streamlined and contemporary light... every stitcher needs one!
FYI: Look at our little Daylight Foldi-Go rechargeable travel Lights - 2 Pounds, little 6 x 6 x 3 folding thing that comes in a zippered hard-sided travel case - Fantastic! OR... Our Halo-Go Lamps - same idea as the Foldi-Go - just a little larger with a magnifier. It, too, folds up SMALL and FLAT for travel.Also 2 pounds and rechargeable! |
Our Spring and Summer 2022 FLAX has Just Arrived!
Presenting De Soleil - Beautiful sunny Canary, Periwinkle and Clementine in solids, stripes, and the most delicious gauze weights!
Presenting BOLD - Bright Red Punch, Viola, Lime and Aqua prints and solids.
I unpacked it all during a snow storm... and now it's sunny and warm, and our gorgeous linen is bright and ready for the sunshine! My pics are our full racks in the shop. Individual pics and descriptions are now up on our FLAX page. Click through and enjoy looking at them all!
Whatever your size is, Murphy's Law says it'll sell first. So if you're even mildly interested CALL US for a personal phone shopper! There are a couple of cute dresses, there is a Men's Shirt style in the striped and gauze that is KILLER, and both collections have nice tunics. We have sizes Small to G-2! |
Puffin & Company has Several New Nanny Minders and Matching Needle Threaders!
Diane is releasing several matching sets of needlework tools... each features the strong rare-earth magnets so they stay where you put them! Always pretty and useful, the metal artwork that tops each consists of a mixture of Copper, Brass and Nickel, and they stay shiny and 'colorful!'
- The Regular Needle Nannies are about 1-1/2 inches in size... new are the Ladybug, Happy Snail, Tiger Kitty and Morning Sun. (Morning Sun has no matching pieces, the other three do.)
- The MINI Nannies are closer to 3/4 of an inch in size. Along with the 4 Regular Nannies, we have a little Gnome, and he's darling!
- The Threaders come in two THREADING sizes. The decorative metal work is the same, but the hook to catch your thread is different - the thinner one fits beading needles, the larger one fits regular tapestry needles. We have the Gnome, Tiger Kitty, Happy Snail and ladybug available in both sizes.
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Life is Better with Sprinkles Hand-Embroidered Dish Towel from Bareroots
Our collection of hand-embroidered kitchen towels by Barri Sue Gaudet has grown by this darling new towel offering! Joining our monthly designs this one needs to come out on festive occasions all year long! The towels are 100% cotton with a woven edge treatment. Barri has the full-sized embroidery design pictured in color, then provided the actual sized pattern to transfer to your provided towel.
If you aren't a fan of tracing... we have this cool stuff called Stick 'n Stitch... which lets you copy the pattern onto this film, stick it on the towel,stitch over it, then wash it away. Each towel comes with the DMC flosses called for and matching Rik Rak trim to dress your towel ends. Cute as can be... this is the 18th design in the set! There's one for every kitchen! |
The American Trilogy from Twin Peak Primitives
This is a really neat 'retro-inspired' designs to celebrate America! The Twin Peak girls are from The Netherlands... and I usually think the designers from other countries don't always 'get' our 'Americana Flavor'... but these are pretty good! Charts are large, and in addition to the black and white version, you get a complete color version as well. Available separately or all three together in one leaflet... choose just your favorite one or two... or do all three for a really nice trio presentation!
- Shore of Freedom is fun. We're arriving to Ellis Island via that glorious hot air balloon and the sailing ship. Did you see the mermaids on here? 12 Colors of DMC, it finishes approx 10 x 10 on 32ct.
- Independence Bell - This has the flavor of a European church! But we like it anyway! 16 Colors of DMC, this finishes about 7 inches square on the 32ct.
- Lady Liberty - This is my favorite... love those ships sailing into the New York Harbor! This one finishes about 10 x 10 on 32ct.
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A Few New Offerings from Kathy Barrick
- The Moons of 2022 - This is a NEAT design! Ms. Kathy has listed the names for each month's moon in her verse, and surrounded them by a glorious border of night sky and early morning woods! Because we are already into 2022, and have already seen some of these moons, she has listed the 2023 moons inside the pattern (so you have no excuse not to stitch this) and then PROMISES that she'll do monthly moon names for 'as long as anyone needs them!'
The moon names are selected by the Olde Farmer's Almanac, and Kathy has included a chart of a more condensed version of this - omitting those moon names - giving you just the sky and hills. Worked on 40ct linen, this finishes about 10 x 16... love the stylized trees and the rolling hills and that dramatic sky.
- Spring Pin Drum - Isn't this little guy cute? A Bunny, butterfly, willow tree and the urn - which is half-stitched on each end! There is a picture on the cover showing that complete urn when you finally finish your drum! Stitched on 36ct, this finishes about 4-1/2 inches tall. Along with the chart, Kathy has finishing instructions included for that cool velvet strawberry garnishing the top!
- A Parliament of Owls - None of them look scary - they're all pretty cute! Part of The Collective Noun Set of charts by Liz Matthews and Kathy - just for fun - because they can!
- The Lion & The Lamb -- Coded for DMC or silks.. the Fox & Rabbit Ancient Ruin linen is a MUST for this striking piece! I love that gorgeous red flower in the center of this 7 x 12 piece.
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Mill Hill Presents Autumn and Halloween 2022!
The New Button & Bead and smaller Autumn Harvest Collections are on the way!
The Autumn Button & Bead Kits are the 5 x 5 inch designs. Worked on 14ct perforated paper, you can easily convert to fabric stitching if you want a different finish. Sunflower Garden features sunny yellow and lavender colors. Potions & Spells should creep you out for Halloween! Autumn Bench is the next installment in the Country Lane collection - we have 6 or 7 other designs to coordinate with this peaceful autumn scene, including a covered bridge and water mill. Broom Parking is a whimsical Halloween scene. Fall Beach is for all you lucky Near-The-Water-People who get to enjoy the beach year round, and Haunted Tower features a wonderful shaded sky with circling bat silouettes! Kits include the chart, flosses, beads, paper, needles and hand-painted Mill Hill ceramic button embellishment.
The Autumn Harvest Collection includes the 3 x 3-ish designs. Batty is a up-side-down bat taking a snooze! Give Thanks makes a great fridge magnet - good seasonal advice! The Eyeball Martini looks interesting... mailbox and apple tree are cute, and that spooky cage looks very dramatic! |
Antique French Sampler Tins from Reflets de Soie
Directly from Paris, France! Reflets de Soie has put her sampler artwork on the tops and inside these fun 3 x 4 x 3/4 inch tins! Two different design options, you'll recognize Isabelle's Louisa Barney 1892 Sampler on one set and Heloise Cornu 1896 on the other.
Each tin has a sticker of the sampler on top. Inside, you'll find a matching needle card with five #28 tapestry needles, 20 printed business-card-sized thread drop cards and a small 1-1/4 x 1/2 inch round tin decorated with another label of the sampler artwork. Just a pretty treat for your stitching bag... you can store needles, threaders and minders inside the tin, and put threads on the pretty drop cards. Actually, these would make a lovely gift for a stitcher-friend - if you can part with it! |
7 New Needlecase and Beaded Fob Sets
from Fern Ridge Collections
The Fern Ridge ladies have been busy! We have 7 new needlecase and beaded fob sets to show you. The beaded scissor fobs are all flat Peyote beading - which you do in your hands - not on a loom. They look super hard, and really aren't at all. The most challenging part is keeping control of your threads and not tangling them between the 'frizzies' of the fringe! We have a ton of models in the shop for all of Pat and Peggy's things, so next time you're in... we need to give you 'a tour!' All of their kits come complete with all the threads, beads and extra stuff you need! They have actual photographs inside of stitch layouts and clear stitch diagrams and good color pictures to help you with your finishing.
- Carrot Patch - The Needle/Sewing Case of this set is done on white linen, and is lined with bright orange. Stitched with silks, it finishes about 2 x w when closed, and comes with that cute bunny-shaped wooden thread board. One of my pics shows the kit ingredients - the beads and charms are just stunning! The Carrot Patch fob has the same cheerful bright greens and oranges, and more rabbit and carrot charms... this one has a few less rows of Peyote than some others... TOPS, it'll take 3 to 4 hours from start to finish.
- Magnificent Magnolia Set - This little fob is really elegant! The green, cream and white are highlighted by the golden yellow. They've put white opalescent flower beads into the fringe. The matching stitched case is about 3 x 4... the original picture shows a rectangular shell button but the kits have been released with the most gorgeous creamy mother-of-pearl fillagree drops instead... two of them. Background on this case is natural linen.
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- Night Owl - The browns, greens and golds in this set are stunning. The case kit comes with a feather waxer, a wooden owl ruler lots of butter-scotchy beads, and luscious hand-dyed green silk ribbon - which is there to hold scissors.The case is lined with green calico fabric, pockets for those wood tools and waxer... lots of special stitches, and an awesome beaded edge to the case.
- Silken Threads - No sewing case this time around - but a Pin Ball! The little tiny spider fob is actually a good beginning piece to do - it's about half the size of all the other fobs they do. The fringe is controllable ad colors are pretty. I can't tell you the spider charm is 'cute' because it looks real! The kitted matching pin ball is 1-1/2 inches in diameter. You are simply doing a thin band of Peyote - like the little Santa Claus bracelet they have - and then wrapping it around the ball! They've even attached the little bead/ball feet on there for you, so it won't roll away! Another 'real' spider charm on this one too!
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Hive Rules, A Bee C, Bee Nice, Bee Happy, Kind Words and Bumblebee Kisses
from Primrose Cottage Stitches
Several cute new designs... I'm going to group them by season, so make sure to click through to see the rest!
- Hive Rules - Lindsey is the designer-sister. *Bee Sweet -- like honey, Mind your own beeswax!, Love and Be Loved...* Hive Rules Aalong with these 5 other designs - all follow the same buttery/teal color scheme, and feature a bee theme. Beautifully published in leaflet format, the charts are colored and huge, with actual pics of the stitching right on the page. Worked on any white of your liking, everything is done with DMC. Cute as can BEE! Hive Rules measures 70 x 274, so finishes approx 5 x 20 on 14/28 or 4 x 15 on 36ct.
- A Bee C is the alphabet of bees and hives. Measures 118 x 54, same color scheme, it'll finish 3 x 6 on 36ct. Full-sized leaflet format, with a huge, colorful graphic chart.
- Bee Nice - Or Buzz Off! I love that! Half-sized chart, this finishes 2-1/2 x 4-1/2 on 18/36... again choose a white of your liking.
- Bee Happy - This one measures 45 x 112. Even though it looks big in the pic, it really measures just 2-1/2 x 6 on 18/36ct - another bitty cushion-sized bowl filler!
- Kind Words - Kind words are like honey sweet to the soul. Measures 71 x 55 - so finishes 3 x 4 on 18/36ct.
- Bumblebee Kisses - The smallest BEE design, this one comes in at 40 x 72 - just 2 x 4! What a cute set of designs - all different, but they go together - like the 4 sisters!
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Presenting Just Nan's Plumed Peacock Mouse... the First Mouse-on-a-Tin (MOAT)
This is the first of 4 of Nan's new little Magnetic Mice on Mini-Tins. Representing 4 of Nan's favorite Garden Visitors, we will be getting a Bee, Butterfly and Ladybug in the set as well.
Mr Plumed Peacock is all decked out in peacock feathers stitched with vibrant DMC shades of blue, green, aqua and royal purple - Nan has added bits of gold metallic too. Decorated with teal and gold hex beads his topknot is a frosted glass flower bead.
All 4 mice in this series (2 releasing in 2022, the other 2 releasing in 2023) will be magnetized so they cling to their little tins securely - to keep watch over that tiny needlebook inside. Tins measure 2 inches in diameter, top is decorated with peacock feather artwork and sides with scalloped trim. The 1-1/4 inch needlebook that fits inside the tin is stitched on the same Weeks Dye Works 32ct Linen (colored) linen and finishes a mere 1-1/4 inch!  Mr Plume measures only 29 x 57, and little book is only 19 x 19! Nan's kit includes the instructions for stitching and finishing plus the decorated tin, gold tail, beads, gold sequin, flower bead, painted peacock charm bead featured in the center of the book, cream felt, and magnetized mouse base button.
We'll offer a 9 x 9 cut of Weeks 32ct Linen Linen, which will be enough to fit both pieces. All 4 Mice sets will be on this fabric. We're beginning our auto-ship for this little guy now - he releases April 4th... and his three friends to follow in late 2022 and 2023! Each of the auto shipments will have your fabric.
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Judy Whitman has 5 New Spring 2022 Releases
- Birds in the Round - Another charming teeny round medley of small motifs - Judy found all her little birds in various antique samplers. Finishes about 4 inches over 2 on 36.
- An Elegant Alphabet - A lovely little piece inspired by antique French samplers. Stitch this in any color you wish; it finishes approx 7 x 9 on 32ct - look at the bird bringing the love letter!
- French Country Giraffe - A new nursery animal - Judy has a whole zoo of critters done like this so far! Cute as baby announcements, stitch just one, or a whole toy train... everyone's on their own rolling platform!
- French Country Lion - This guy looks a little more daunting than some of the other animals in this set... but he's a circus lion, so turn up the last stitch on his mouth and he'll be happy! Some of the interior motifs are a circus wagon and elephant!
- Petite Cottages - Cute little 2 x 3 houses... each is charted for DMC and Judy has embellished the flower areas with Mill Hill beads. Would make cute stand-up blocks!
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#48 - A Christmas Visit
from The Prairie Schooler!
Back in print, this dates back to 1994 - a delightful set of smaller ornament-sized pieces, all DMC, all classic Prairie Schooler Personalty!
FYI: We have all the PS charts pictured in numerical order on our inside PS pages... along with the annual Santas and their medley reprints. We have the annual 'limited edition Santas' as well as the loose halloween cards and the tiny sets of previously freebie promotional cards they did with each set of releases. Quite a bit to peruse, and really fun! |
Remember the Prairie Fairies?
from The Prairie Schooler!
We finally stitched these little guys over one on 28ct and they are CHARMING! |
Neighborhood Dog Show
from Little House Needleworks
What a cute row of all shapes and sizes and colors of dogs! All we need is a squirrel! Originally published by Diane in 2014 as a fundraiser for a local pet shelter, here it is again for everyone.
Coded for DMC, you could change some dog colors if you need to, add hand-dyeds or even use Gentle Art's Simply Wools. Just Another Button Company has dog bone and flower buttons... and Puntini has tiny squirrel and acorn buttons. A super-cute pattern... what about fun names on there too? |
Forest Friends Pincushion from Under the Garden Moon
This designer is good friends with the Thread Milk people, so we are storing this design on that page for now.
This is enchanting. It's a 6 x 6 x 2 hand-appliqued felt pin cushion decorated with charming animals, vines, and little spotted mushrooms! NOT cross stitch at all... this is for all of you that love cutting bitty pieces of wools and felts, and then adding bits of Crewel embroidery to embellish.
The pattern has actual sized templates for cutting and arranging. We bought her little material packet, so EVERYTHING is included in here. So yours WILL look like this - same colors and fabrics, etc. You can't see the edging or back in the pic, but that features red baby rik rak, and a darling red/white and aqua floral backing fabric. I'm a sucker for this kind of thing... I think it's Over the Moon - even though it's by Under the Garden Moon! |
New Doors and Half the Fun... A couple of new designs from Ink Circles
- Old Keys Won't Open New Doors - Ok, personally, I think old keys are charming - especially the ones Tracy has charted here, but I get the message behind this anyway! It's 'Get with the program - embrace and discover opportunity!' Actually kind of a fun piece, choose just about any fabric you want... add some gunmetally grey, bronze, gold or silver metallics (kind of in the vain of those new doors you should be opening), and get this stitched! Good loving advice from Mom. Measures 181 x 149 - so 11-1/2 x 9-1/2 on 32ct, this is coded for DMC or Classic Colorworks hand-dyed floss.
- Half the Fun - Is getting there! This is cool. It's a medley of all the different modes you can use to travel! Most recognizable are the hot air balloons in the center - but look closer! You'll find airplanes, cars, rockets, a cable car, helicopter, donkey rickshaw, skateboard, uni-cycle, a fernacular, (I can't spell that, but it's a cable car that runs on a track up and down steep hills - we've been on the one in Budapest!), trains, ships, buses, sailboats, bicycles and a motorcycle. Wow, so much fun to remember your travels! I've been on a donkey in Santorini, in a rickshaw in Bejing... if you love to travel or know someone who does... this makes a perfect memory! Choose any fabric you like, this is done with one color of hand-dyed thread. Tracy says there are only 6173 stitches in here!
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Across the Seasons with Autumn Lane Stitchery
- Love Birds is for Valentines - and that's appropriate in every season! Pick a gorgeous red hand-dyed fabric, this is stitched using only white DMC. So pretty, it finishes almost 7 inches in size on 32ct.
- Current Mood is cute. Stitched on any purple hand-dyed you like, this might be fun finished into a 4-sided standing cube! About 3-1/2 x 9 on 32ct... that cat just fits right in!
- Lost Souls Cemetery - Another of Autumn Lane's signature spooky Halloween scenes, choose a pretty blue hand-dyed for this - just make sure your white ghosts will show up on it. No metallics called for, but wow - it'd be great in those golden eyes! Anyway, this finishes 10 x 14 on 14/28ct fabric and is stitched with black, white and 336, 823 and 825 blues. That whole light sky is the fabric! Doesn't it look like the bats are hanging clothes to dry up there on the branches?
- Santa Claus is Coming To Town - a cool, retro-looking jolly old soul, Autumn Lane suggests any dark-ish blue fabric to represent the night sky. You could even add some wool threads to Santa or opalescent to the snow. Santa measures 7 inches when he's done on a 14/28 fabric, and right now, you have plenty of time to get this done before next Christmas!
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Christmas Designs in April!
It's never too early to think about Christmas Stitching... and I didn't want these three to swept underneath the carpet during Spring Cleaning... so here they are!
- Holly Jolly Buffalo - by Open Road Abode. This was Melody's annual ornament in the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue last year. He's perfect for anyone who loves 'where the buffalo roam!' Stitched on white 14/28 (or anything else you like better), he finishes 3-1/2 inches. Presented as a single small card chart - the cover picture is nice enough to cut out and hang on the tree! (But stitch him instead!)
- Winter Littles by Waxing Moon - This is a set of six small animals playing in the cold weather. Penguin skating, owl bundled against the wind, bird on a carrot nose, a fox that looks like a granny, a skiing lamb and finally a brown bear taking a break from shoveling. They all finish about 3-1/2 inches on 14/28.
- Dreaming of Miss Claus - Another charming Dream-Girl by Barbara Ana! The 7th one! Miss Claus has gingerbread earrings, and on her white-as-snow billowing hair are mountains of chocolate and a peaceful, sleepy village. The stars are done with metallic gold. Her hair is worked with 3743 and 3865. Both colors look white, but contrast each other - they make that gorgeous geometric pattern in her hair. It looks so 3-dimensional. The chart is huge, and printed in full color... very easy to see and follow, and Miss Claus finishes a mere 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 32ct!
- Christmas Claws by Salty Stitcher - Designer Kristi says: *Christmas Island's mass red crab migration is one of the mist incredible natural processes on Earth. Every year, millions of crabs merge from the forest on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia and Indonesia and make their way to the ocean to breed, swarming across roads, streams, rocks and beaches. The migration actually starts with the first rainfall of the wet season, usually in October or November.* What a fun thing to stitch! Measuring 100 x 100, it'll finish 5-1/2 inches on 18/36ct. Charted for 11 colors of DMC or Sulky thread - you can use some hand-dyeds in your water if you want to... and they suggest petite seed beads for all those crab eyes - if you aren't into French Knots!
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Cardboard Milk Bottle Caps for Threads from Thread Milk Design Company
These are sets of 1-5/8 inch cardboards that feature antique-inspired artwork from old milk bottle caps. Each is drilled with two holes - one to attach to a ring, the other to tie your threads onto. (Picture those paper coasters they give you in English Pubs, and the beer coasters you get in bars - these are the same material.)
Something fun and colorful to dress your threads, they are super-cool tucked into sewing cases or decorating the zipper pull on a sewing pouch. They'd also be neat tucked between your stitched cushions in an old bowl, like the props used in The Bowl Series! Two different sets at the moment - The Ring set has 10 caps plus the charms and logo tag. The other set is simply 50 loose milk cap cards. |
New Scissor Offerings from Premax of Italy!
- 3-1/2 Inch Black Ringlocks - Same lovely brushed finish as our stainless these are super sharp and offer larger finger holes than lots of other styles.
- Red Silicone Serrated or Regular Embroidery - Just a nice, classic embroidery scissor - these feature a pretty translucent red silicone coating on the handles for a little softness. They are offered in a serrated style or regular. The serrated has minute little 'bumps' in the metal (think of a bread knife or hack-saw) - they feel different when you cut with them... the serrations 'grab' your threads a little - to keep them from sliding down the blades when you close the scissors to cut.
- Red & Blue Tartan Plaid - 3-1/2 Inch classic style, the handles are decorated with an enameled plaid design - either a deep red or dusty blue!
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More Colorful New 2022 Scissors of The Season
We have a delightful collection of decorated scissors that are super cute to accent special fobs and tuck into fun sewing cases.
They are sharp and do cut... but are not at the' top of the scissor-quality food-chain'. They ARE, though, colorful, fun and look great with your stitched projects. The added 'plus' inside a cute case!
From left to right:
Kisses, Honeybee Blue, Autumn Trees, Honeybee Yellow, Shamrock, Candy Corn and Cherries. |
Sampler Eyeglass Cleaning Cloth
*A present for you my dear...* is the verse on the antique sampler whose image decorates this 5 x 6 microfiber lens cleaning cloth. Super handy to keep in your stitching bag... these are great to dust off your glasses or your magnifying lens.
We're calling this design Ann Gott 1848, as that is the signature on the sampler down at the bottom. Just a pretty thing for a stitcher to have! |
A Tisket, Freedom, Crosshaven Sampler, Griffins of the Kingdom from Rosewood Manor!
Karen Kluba's imagination at work! All presented in leaflet format with lots of take-out bonus ideas...
- A Tisket, A Tasket - A lovely blue and gray basket of flowers, this is stitched on Picture This Plus's Vellum hand-dyed fabric using Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed cottons. Grits, King Mackeral, Galvanized, Tin Roof, Porpoise, Fathom, Deep Sea, Blue Jeans and Jay Bird... the colors are so neat all together for this piece! 280 x 190... final size depends on fabric count - but on 36, it'll be a little over 15 x 10. You need mulitple skeins of each of the threads... but what a striking piece! But as always, Karen gives you lots of little take-outs from the larger design - pin cushions, needle cases - lots of stuff!
- FREEDOM - When she designed this... she kind of had USA in mind, but then after the current world events... realized that Freedom is a goal everywhere... and not necessarily limited to red, white and blue! The main piece measures 181 in stitch count - so 10 x 10 on 18/36ct. She did use Weeks Merlot, Linen, and Fathom... the model is on Murky by Picture this Plus... but that can change too!
- Crosshaven Sampler - This is a bright, sunny, summertime sampler. Several panels can be stitched individually, but all the yellows and greens are pretty together. Charted for DMC, it's generous in size - 189 x 317.
- Griffins of the Kingdom - This companions Crown, Crosses and Keys of the Kingdom... stitched mostly in one color - with metallic accents. Karen has some Griffin trivia in here... one of which says that Griffins are hailed as the king of al creatures.. and they are the right personality for their title: noble, fearsome and above else protective. Stitch count on this is 184 x 187 - so 10 x 10 on 36ct. Lots of black on this and two different Petite Treasure Braids - the red and gold metallics!
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When I Think of Gardening, Traveling and Stitching from PuntiniPuntini
Oh gosh, more of Paola's charming word designs! Each is her original design that doesn't REQUIRE any of her darling buttons or pins... but you're crazy if you do not take advantage and embellish with her many options!
- When I Think of Gardening - Charted for DMC, on 36ct this finishes a teeny 3 x 7. The chart doesn't come with any buttons or pins but Paola has featured her new mini-set of garden pins on here - a watering can, radish and carrot - you can see them in he pic. She has several OTHER sets of buttons and pins that will work on this one too - just go browse in our area that shows what is available this season. DARLING miniature fruits, vegetables and flowers await you!
- When I Think of Traveling - A suitcase, the Collesium, The Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, an Airplane, a camera - which is now almost an antique! - , and The Eiffel Tower. I can actually say I've been to all these places! No buttons with this one... I don't know why... but we'll work on her for something cute. We have metal charms, but that seems to break the rules since Paola is the QUEEN of gorgeous hand-made clay!
- When I Think of Stitching - Super cute - EVERY Stitcher needs this little cushion! Stitched on (anything you want) 36ct with regular DMC, it measures just 3 x 6. The stitched floss, the sampler, the stack of fabric, the tomato cushion... it's all cute. The chart doesn't come with any of her buttons or pins, but you have a lot of options. Along with her yarn and sewing sets we already have, Paola has two small sets of pins for this one. Set one features a button, thimble and thread, while set two has the tomato instead of the button. You can't go wrong with either set!
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The Foldi-Go Light from Daylight Company
Wow, this is the coolest little light! It weighs less than 2 pounds - including its little hard-sided carrying case! Rechargeable, it has 8 hours of battery time - with a battery level indicator. It extends, bends, rotates, has 4 levels of LED 6000K brightness, and will work for a million different tasks!
A perfect little light to travel with, every time we unwrap one to display in the shop - we sell it in a jiff! SO compact and lightweight!
We had been waiting since November for a re-supply, and now they're here! |
- Baby Boy or Girl WITH BINKY! from Just Another Button Company
Just Another Button Company designed this darling chart which comes with either a blue binky button and BOY letters, or a pink binky button and GIRL letters. Cecile does remind you that she used her grandchildren's coloring for these, but if you search 'DMC floss skin tones' online, they give you lots of options for diversity with skin and hair colors! So.. your little person can look just right! Use flosses from your stash, but buttons are included with the chart. The designs finish about 4 inches in size, unless you personalize with a name too. Cute as can be... I have a two-year-old binky-lover... and that thing comes out for peanut butter and other equally special things!
- Ear-Resistible Rabbit from JABCO and Val's - This is a fun little piece... but you don't stitch the whole thing! Little Rabbit is printed on 18ct perforated paper... you stitch the black and white border and the green leafy vine. Thats it. The rest are Just Another Company buttons and Val's pre-cut felt flower that you tack on! Zip-Zap - it's done! The packet includes the rabbit printed on the new Mill Hill 18ct perforated paper, chart, buttons and pre-cut felt pieces. A Needleprint & Play design - a collaboration between Val's Stuff and JABCO, super colorful, cute and quick!
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To Plant a Garden from Forbidden Fiber
"To Plant a Garden is to believe in tomorrow." Stitch this for the Green-Thumbed-Person in your life! A Limited Edition design and kit I picked up at Market...it comes from Forbidden Fiber Company. They are 'mean and green' - their threads are hand-dyed, their hand-dyed fabrics match, and this particular kit comes in a hand-dyed cotton zip pouch that matches everything!
The green house design measures 150 x 108 - so around 7 x 9-1/2 on 32ct. The special kit comes with the fabric pouch, chart, 7 skeins of FF hand-dyed floss, a needle minder and the hand-dyed stitching fabric of either 25 Ct Lugana, 16ct Aida, or 40 ct Linen - a generous, hefty kit!. I chose three different fabric options to try to keep everyone happy! It's really pretty, and something fun for a 'plant head!' |
Loose Rooster
from Lindy Stitches
Stephanie at Lindy Stitches made a darling rooster pin cushion as her Market Special this spring.
Presented as a full kit, you get the 32ct Lugana, Weeks Dye works hand-dyed flosses for that brilliant rooster, the striped ticking finishing fabric, rust topper and bottom fabrics, mini pom pom trim hand-dyed by Lady Dot, an awesome rooster charm and 2 different colors of silk ribbons.
The finished cushion measures a little over 3 inches in diameter and a good 7 inches tall. Everything about it is festive, lively and lovely! |
Happy Halloween 3-D Box, Limited Editon Halloween and Snowman Favorites from Val's Stuff
Val's Stuff has been busy designing Halloween and Wintery things... giving us plenty of stitching time before we're ready for scares and snow again! And don't miss the newest Plant Poke!
- Happy Halloween 3-D Box Kit - Get out some purple paint for this fun little 5 x 5 x 1 wooden tray design! Presented in a complete kit - A Market Limited Edition thing - you get the wooden tray, all the perf paper needed, all the felts, buttons, a bit of pipe cleaner, and a little spool to use as a spacer. You're stitching the greeting, bat and pumpkin, adding a few pairs of button eyes, and cutting out the cat, moons and leaves. Then, grab your glue gun and fire away... this is the cutest! The little tray will stand up like a shadow box and it looks really cool because the pumpkin 'sticks out' a little from the background decor.
- Halloween Favorites Book II Limited - A set of 6 paper ornaments - all worked on 14ct perf paper. You'll need bits of floss from your stash, but all the stitching papers, the orange, purple, green and black backing felts, eye buttons, bead teeth, and little ghost and star buttons are included. Val's individual ornament kits usually run about $14 or $16 each... but this special collection has SIX for $50!
- Val's Favorite Snowmen - Bright red, yellow, green, blue, black and white... these are all different but they go together! The limited edition kit contains the 14ct perf paper, the black backing felt and a small smattering of buttons. Lots you could add to these - a little opalescent in the snowmen and flakes in the sky. Cute for January decorations - because 4 of these at NOT Christmas at all!
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Blackbird Designs Arrivals!
- A Heart Remembers - This book features Alma's interpretation of a gorgeous antique floral sampler with red roses and birds. It also includes the previously out-of-print 5 bonus charts from the 2008 Loose Feathers Series, along with the Basket of Memories Reward of Merit. Barb designed four smaller heart-shaped samplers that are finished as pin cushions. Breathtaking photography across the 52 pages... just a treat to browse through!
- Humming of the Bees - Lots of floral urns, with a very primitive house and borders, it is Alma's interpretation of an antique sampler from 1839. Worked on 36ct Veldt from Picture This Plus, it finishes approx 13 x 10-1/2 and is stitched with a variety of hand-dyed flosses.
- What Remains - Is Love. Worked on Weeks 36ct Straw linen with hand-dyed flosses, it finishes approx 9-1/2 inches square.
- PLUS! You see above a design that Blackbird contributed to the 2022 Nashville Market Cookbook - Happiness is Homemade.
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New Samplers from Shakespeare's Peddler
Shakespeare's Peddler has new Samplers! I do love her new covers she's done!
- Two By Julia - A pair of samplers by two sisters... Theresa talks about how she found them and all the little quirky things in them that she loves! The one with the big house had the yard stitched entirely in Chain Stitch! (But you don't have to do that - thanks to Ms Theresa!) Anyway, two charming little samplers in here abut 9 x 9 each on 32ct. Teresa has new software and she's been busy taking glorious pictures, so these new books of hers are just lovely to page through! Presented in a leaflet format with fun musings by Theresa.
- Cathcart Colquhoun 1785 - Theresa can't resist Eyelet alphabets - and just found this little sampler in December of 2021! She bought it, recharted it, and here it is - 3 months later! She loves the chunky people, and the fact that that little girl who stitched it - Cathcart - misspelled her name in it! 237 Years old, the original was done in wool thread. Re-charted for DMC, you can look at the Gentle Art Simply Wools for that wool alternative! Cathcart's sampler finishes 13 x 15 on 36ct. There is a bit of history in here, and after you read all of it, you're just in love with this fun little sampler! Again, a beautiful publication to page through and dream of projects still to be!
- Jane Summer's Work 1831 This is a neat one. Theresa talks about all the favorite classic motifs in samplers - this one ticks all the boxes for her! Gorgeous pots and flowers, neat borders... this one is generous at 14 x 16 on 32ct. Which - - she says - - is a 'good size' for a girl her age when she did it 200 years ago! Huge chart, fun info inside about the piece!
- Throw Wide the Windows is simply the small take-out of the house from the larger Jane Summer piece. If you like just that and don't want the stress of the whole larger chart staring at you - get the little version! I like the dark band above the house, and I think it'd be pretty repeated below too. Charted for hand-dyeds or DMC, this finishes just 6 x 11 on 18/36ct.
- Antique Cats & Crowns - This is the 6th in Theresa's set of little 'Antique Things' collection! We have keys, teacups, rabbits and baskets, scissors and birds - and they are a lovely set of cushioned designs. Grab any fabric in your stash you like - find a color of thread that goes with it... each of these is adorned with a bit of antique lace - which is always fun to find at a flea market! Presented in a small chart format. There is a pic on the back cover of the rest of companion designs - as a treat!
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Newest Designs from Chessie & Me
Chessie & Me's Newest Designs are ready to add to your stitching stash.. and get onto your To-Stitch-Next list!
 - American Stitch House - A stitched flag decorates the roof of a paper mache house-shaped box, and then the 3 x 10 needle roll and tiny fob fit inside. If you can't find house boxes, take your finished flag with you and browse - even an oval would be nice for this. Linda gives box info in the chart... and don't forget to pick up the paint!
- Bird & Bee Pyn Pillow - This measures about 4 x7, and I can tell it features Lady Dot chenille trim.
- To have a Friend - *You must be a friend.* A darker shade of Weeks linen, several specialty stitches in here, the girl and dog are over one on the mail piece.
- Martha Jefferson 1842 Sampler is beautifully organized - approx 10 x 12 - and Linda has offered just the house as a cushion option in the companion chart - Martha's Pillow.
- Strawberry Liberty Kit - This is Linda's annual linen and silk cushion kit! Stitched on Fiber On a Whim's Cyprus hand-dyed linen with Glorianna hand-dyed silks, the stars in the flag are Smyrna Crosses and the little crow is over one!
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The Sewing Bee, Stitch All the Things, English Garden Berries, Liberty Games, Chocolate or Coffee?
from Erica Michaels
Erica Michaels has several new things... lots of cute pin cushion ideas... and that fun patriotic crossword!
- The Sewing Bee - This pair of designs was part of our Summer Event with Linda - via ZOOM - two years ago (already!) It companions Heartstrings Samplery's bee design as well. Presented as a chartpack with buttons and charm embellishment included, Linda has varied the two designs slightly from each other - so you can 'berry' or 'square' it!
- Stitch All The Things - Just a reminder of how fortunate we are to have so much FUN STUFF to stitch! Linda has decorated this with antique buttons (you probably have some favorite buttons in your stash) and trimmed both pieces with Lady Dot's Vintage Ruler Twill Tape. The chart comes with some hand-dyed buttons by Just Another Button Company.
- English Sampler Berries - More strawberry cushions - these feature bands taken from English samplers. All three designs are included in the chart... you can use any neutral linen... and mix and match the wool bits on the toppers when you finish them.
- Liberty Games - This is a fun piece... a 7-1/2 x 11 patriotic crossword puzzle! Just like Reindeer Games, Linda has nestled words together and inter-mingled all sorts of tiny motifs in the quirky leftover spaces. She has included 2 smaller designs in here - one for a berry cushion and another is a drum stand-up. Stitched with a mixture of Weeks and DMC flosses, 36ct Vellum is the featured fabric in the model pic.
- Chocolate or Coffee? Duh, BOTH! Kind of hard to tell in the picture, but there are 4 designs in this pack... two berries, 2 squares. They are all stitched with just Weeks Chestnut and Tatanka hand-dyed floss and trimmed with Weeks wool and Lady Dot trims.
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Presenting Amazonia from Laurel Burch for Mill Hill
The Mill Hill People have adapted 4 new designs by Laurel Burch in to Cross Stitch. Animals from the Rainforests of the Amazon... aren't they awesome? Worked on 14ct Olive Green perforated paper, the colors in these are stunning - the animals are bold and stylized - and they are just dynamite!
Complete kits include the chart, paper, flosses, beads and needles. They are not solid beading - just enough glitz to highlight textures and give these animals personality. We have Giraffes, Leopards, a Mom Monkey with her baby, and Zebras - with wild eyes! Mill Hill makes frames for these... available separately. |
To Gather Again and Summer Stitcher Needlebook from La D Da!
La D Da has two limited edition kits that we brought home from this Spring's Market!
- ToGather Again With needle and Thread will finish as a long piece, or standing drum-shaped pin cushion, with that tiny matching fob piece. Lori's kit includes Weeks 36ct Confederate Gray hand-dyed linen, Weeks flosses, wool for the drum topper, ribbon for the fob, fabric for the bottom, and a fancy trimmed (made-by-Lori) stick pin for good measure.
- Summer Stitcher Needlebook is her second limited edition kit. This one includes the 32ct Straw linen by Weeks, Needlepoint Silks, mounting board, lining, felt and assembly instructions. It'll finish approx 10-1/2 x 4.
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Tina and Teri's New Releases are Here!
Fun Shepherd's-Bushy-Personality in all of Tina and Teri's new things! Summer will be here before we know it, and you'll be ready.
- To Be Free - Celebrate Summer with this sweet sampler. Stitched on 32ct hand-dyed linen (I bet Teri dyed it!) with a combination of hand-dyed flosses, it comes with a smattering of small buttons. A billowing border, the happy little sheep grazing on the hill... life is pretty good! Complete kit, I imagine this to finish about 5 x 8.
- Liberty Needle Case - Long may our land be bright with Freedom's holy light. This is a fold-over design stitched on 32ct with hand-dyed cotton flosses. Again a tiny button embellishment, the design has the tiny village on one side and the verse on the other. You can always 'cushion' both sides if you want... but you do get that fun red flag fabric you see in the pic and the felt lining and star... just not the scissors! The Lady Dot hand-dyed rik rak is also special and included!
- Liberty Ewe - The annual little EWE doing his thing... this little guy appears in Halloween, Spring, Winter and Christmas designs - he's always dressed in a different festive hat that is really a hand-made clay button! Joining the rest of the flock is Mr Liberty Ewe. Above the tiny village, and below the proud flag, this year's hat is red and white striped! Complete kit includes the 20ct linen, all the threads, ribbon trim for the edge, and that glorious button!
- Flag Day - A cute pin cushion - just 2-1/2 x 4 - for a limited time (NOW!) it comes packed in a little top-hinged tin box. Mount the finished piece on top of the box or cushion it... whatever. A fat little blackbird is perched atop his favorite sheep - who is wearing HIS favorite striped hat!
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Christmas Alphabet by Romy from Romy's Creations - All the way from Italy!
The Christmas Alphabet - This is the first half of the alphabet stitched into pin cushions or ornaments - one for every letter. By Romy's Creations, they come two letters to a chart pack... and so far we have A through L! Super cute... you can peruse the set so far, and see of you want just some or all of them. Romy is from Austria... and she does her own line of hand-dyed flosses, so we'll have those available for this Christmas set for a limited time. The charts are coded for DMC as well. Each letter finishes about 3 x 3... and you should invest in about a half yard of fabric to make sure they match. We have an auto-ship for he remaining letters ... check out that option, too. |
Stacy Nash has several New Releases!
- To My Friend Pinkeep Stack - Dedicated to Barb Adams - A set of 4 small pin cushion designs all in a neat stack. Worked on 36ct hand-dyed with weeks flosses, Stacy added a spool of thread and scissors on one and blackbirds and strawberries on another. I believe the scissor charm is included with the chart.
- Strawberry Pinkeep and Scissor Fob - Another berry basket design, this one has a matching smaller fob - 40ct Havana Linen, more Weeks flosses. One of Stacy's strawberry waxers is featured in the photo - and is available separately. Again, the tiny scissor charm is included with the chart.
- Jane Lefurgy Thread Keep & Hoop Sewing Bag - A little larger of a sewing case, it is a sampler reproduction Stacy has done, and rather than frame it, she's made it into a larger envelope to store something larger - like your hoops! On 40ct, the case finishes 7 x 9... can't wait to see this one stitched and finished.
- Merry Merry Pinkeep - Oh a charming larger cushion - it measures almost 8 inches square! Decorated with a festive greenery border along the top, the grand house, prancing deer and finally the peaceful snowy evergreen scene along the bottom, it's stitched with regular DMC floss! 36 Patriot's Brew - Natural or some of the 'sampler colors' of hand-dyed linens will all work for this.
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Needfuls, Colonial Blooms, Philadelphia Vine and Schoolgirl Samplings from The Scarlett House
Scarlett House's new offerings are here... click the pics to see more as well. As always, Tanya's charts are beautifully presented in chart format.
- Needfuls - A charming collection of cushioned designs - each one measures 100 x 100 in stitch count. Tanya has a coverlet-inspired piece, a quilt, a cushion to feature your favorite old buttons, an English sampler alphabet, and finally the one in the forefront - with all the fun antique tools pictured! It's easy to miss the stitched tape measure and spool borders on there. All are stitched with Classic's hand-dyed flosses. The chart pack includes all 5 designs.
- Colonial Blooms - LOVE this... two different fabric options are presented, and believe it or not, both are stitched using the same colors! (except that Collards is used in the lighter version only.) Luscious blooms spilling everywhere!
- Philadelphia Vine 1755 Sampler - We don't have much info on this one yet... but it finishes 10 x 15 on 40ct... it looks very English to me - all the traditional colors, borders and motif shapes... and it has a very good and sound verse!
- Schoolgirl Samplings - A nice trio of cushions - kind of reminds me that pieces in a set CAN be done on different fabrics and still compliment each other. You could do your initials and age and date on one... and do them for all the past stitchers in your family - or just USE your family names so you don't have random, strange names peeking out of your filled bowl of cushions! Really a pretty idea... and HERE is something to use one of your grandmother's silver trays for - don't the creams and reds look good against that tarnished patina?
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We're excited to bring home our Treasures by Samplers Not Forgotten!
- Peony Bouquet is Kimberly's Market Exclusive Limited Edition design this year. Presented in fully-kitted format. Stitched on 36ct hand-dyed linen, it features a very soft vase of lavish blooms - all stitched with soft, dusty colors. Kimberly has included antiqued lace trim, coordinating backing fabric and hand-dyed velveteen to make the scissor pocket she shows on the pattern. A very pretty little cushion, it'll finish approx 4 x 5.
- Dutch Rose Kit - another beautiful little floral cushion design. Again stitched on 36ct hand-dyed linen, this one includes the charm, silk ribbon and hand-made antique lace trim. A little smaller than Peony at 3 x 4-ish.
- Patriotic Heart Kit - A softer take on stars and stripes, this complete kit offers you 36ct hand-dyed linen (I think it's putty - but not sure.) The coordinating hand-dyed ribbon and ball trim to match the threads.
- Memories - Kimberly did a fun beach-y thing... Memories features three different framing borders of waves, crabs, seahorses, seaweed and tiny swimming fish. 'Our memories of the ocean will linger on long after our footprints in the sand are gone.' The beach chair is neat - there is a whole little scene along the bottom. Stitched on Weeks Dye Works 36ct Confederate Gray hand-dyed linen using Weeks cottons, this will finish about 8 x 10. We have BEAUTIFUL pin and button options by Puntini - little sand dollars and lighthouses... all sorts of cute mini things - I think they would be great together with this design!
- Dutch Rose Garden Sampler 1849 - Wow, look at these gorgeous motifs scattered about in this! Stitched on Weeks 36ct Parchment Linen with multiple skeins of 17 shades of Weeks hand-dyed flosses, this will finish about 14-1/2 x 15-1/2. If you don't think you're up to a larger piece like this - DO THOSE MOTIFS as individual cushions! What a gorgeous set of smalls to nestle in a bowl... use Kimberly's finishing ideas from the rest of her cushions as inspiration for yours. This is just an exquistite piece - presented in chart format.
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New Arrivals from Jeannette Douglas
Jeannette has 6 new releases that came home with us from Market. All available as leaflets this time around... most are coded for DMC's and hand-dyeds... here we go!
- Vintage Acorns - This is the 5th in the Vintage Series, roughly the same size as the rest (Flowers, Birds, Stars and Animals). It is a lovely medley of all things ACORN! Finishing only 7 x 8 on 40ct... you can choose just about any neutral fabric for this and enjoy stitching with the hand-dyeds from Weeks, Gentle Art and Classic.
- Acorn Tray Set - What a fun combo of designs matching the Stitch Tray, and Flower Tray. The plump drum-shaped pin cushion features a large acorn with specialty stitches to accent the tiny band sampler inside the tray. Then, add the teeny scissor fob, and you have a three-piece set of smalls. All feature trim by Lady Dot, and since Jeannette has chosen lots of luscious hand-dyed silks for this - there is a thread pack available as well.
- Matter in Hand - This charming sampler (139 X 164) says CROSS STITCH in 8 languages! Jeannette knows we love to hold 'matter in hand' - our needle in one hand and linen in the other. Just like her Christmas and Halloween samplers, she has Cross Stitch spelled in French, Spanish, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Chinese and Russian... because she knows that needlework crosses all language barriers for sure! Stitched with hand-dyed cottons, or her DMC conversion.
- Quaker Star Delight - A charming splash of little Quaker Stars cover both the mattress and drum cushions in this set of smalls. Stitched with Weeks and Classic hand-dyed flosses, they feature Lady Dot velveteen and chenille, and Jeannette does include those micro-buttons featured on the mattress with her leaflet.
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TONS of NEW from Teresa Kogut - I can't believe all that she came out with (I counted at least 30!) - and I have no idea how you can get it all stitched in a lifetime! However, I am here to remind you that Cross Stitchers don't have to stitch EVERYTHING in their stash... half the fun is appreciation of all the cool stuff out there!
Introduce me to a fix-it guy who has used all his screws or a golfer who has hit all his golf balls... or a photographer who has taken all the pictures he ever will... and we'll be even! Meanwhile ENJOY Teresa's talents! She has several books with multiple designs in each! |
Love Lives Here from Teresa Kogut!
Nine designs in here - All use DMC, all on different counts and fabrics! This book includes the charts and finished stitched pics for all of these!
This Small Sampler, Basket of Joy, Love Lives Here, Our Whimsey Housse, Home, My Big Bird, Tweet House, Quilter's Home and Saltbox! |
Flurry from Teresa Kogut!
This book includes 9 designs as well! Stitched models all shown inside by the charts, all are stitched on various fabrics and counts - all using DMC!
Flurry includes Snow Family, Welcome, World Go Round, Snow Clown, Pray for Peace, Winter Bouquet, Merry Birthday Jesus, Bearing Gifts and Be Merry. |
Let Love Reign from Teresa Kogut!
Three designs in this book as well.
The main sampler, Let Love Reign, has two smaller designs to compliment it - Love Your Family and How Much I Love You. |
- Gather from Teresa Kogut
Three designs in this book... love, love them... all coded for DMC. YOU choose color and count you like best to stitch them!
Book includes ABC123, Gather, and Sally Emerson.
- Thoughts & Dreams from Teresa Kogut
Three designs in this book too!
Daydream Believer, My Darling and Flowers or Weeds.
- Newcastle Bouquet Biscornu from Teresa Kogut
I am a little confused by this one... cover shows one-two-sided design, but then 3 more below... with no other information.
Jury is still out on this one... but i think you get all 4 designs in the book!
- Madonna & Child - A Work of Heart from Teresa Kogut
This gorgeous design belongs with Teresa's Angels! SUPER DETAILED stitching in these... they are not easy to follow, but so worth the effort if you can do them! Solid stitching, color changes everywhere - choose any fabric you like!
Madonna and Child measures 126 x 135 so finishes approx 8 x 10 on 32ct.
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Floral Fantasy Designs by Debbie Mumm for Mill Hill
Mill Hill is releasing 4 new lavish floral designs by Debbie Mumm - adapted to Cross Stitch. Available as Mill Hill kits, each is stitched on either the very pastel Touch of Yellow or Touch of Blue 14ct Aida fabrics using DMC flosses, and then garnished with Mill Hill glass beads.
Very 'Spring-y and Happy,' they are large, and finish almost 8 inches square! The frames in the pictures are available by special order. |
Lady Katherine Kitty and Sir Perceval Puppy - Hello and Goodbye!
from Summer House Stitche Workes
This is a pair of stitched needle cases that features the front of the cat or dog on the front, and their backside on its backside. Then, open your stitched case to find little mice stitched on the inside 'endpapers' of Katherine's, and little dog bones inside of Perceval's.
Too darn cute! Worked on 32ct Flax linen with good old DMC floss, they measure 6 x 4 when open - so a mere 3 x 4 when closed. What a fun place to use a cute animal charm or button if you have one. |
Spring Forest Scrapbook from Lindy Stitches and The Blue Flower
This is a collaboration design between Blue Flower Designs and Lindy Stitches. You might remember their Saltwater Scrapbook piece last year... this year's is bursting with the new spring animals in the forest. Presented in two charts (each is available separately, so you will need to order both to get all 9 panels) - Jeannine from Blue Flower has contributed the snail delivering spring blooms, racoons under their umbrellas, a lazy bear, and pair of sleeping foxes. Stephanie from LS did the deer, that awesome grasshopper tipping his hat to the ladybug, the birds, bees and butterflies, and finally those darling hedgehogs.
You can stitch each of these 3 x 3 (61 x 61) pieces individually, or join them together... depends on your finishing talents! Choose a pretty light blue fabric, a fat quarter will do all either framed or singly. All are stitched with various hand-dyeds and coded for DMC as well. I just love the different animals, and all the pretty colors - such a refreshing collection of charm! |
New Designs from Plum Street Samplers
Paulette has 6 new things... all chart format... here we go!
- Adorn Your Heart - Paulette's favorite part of this one is the pink cow! 'Adorn your heart, adorn your mind with knowledge of the sweetest kind.' This finishes apporx 9 x 12 on 36ct.
- Thistle House - Finishes 5 x 7... the repeating shapes of the thistles and leaves on here is really pleasing. Paulette says the color palette is of soft sage, gray, pink and white... hard to see in the pic.
- My Garden House - An absolutely beautiful bouquet of flowers beside a crisp white house... this can be 'drummed' like in the pic, or framed. Stitched with Weeks and DMC, it measures about 10 x 3 - which is why it's perfect for that little drum shape!
- Corgi Caboodle - Oh my gosh, the next little family stack... these all finish the same size and look great together. Pretty pink flowers and plump Corgi pups. Paulette says there might be more doggy sets coming!
- God Bless America - This features a bald eagle in her nest perched atop a grand house. (There is a roof on there - just too light in the picture.) The house number is 1776 and there are 13 stars long-stitched under the roofline... and the colors are delicious. I love the festoon border! Finishes approx 9 x 10 on 36ct.
- This is the Day - The Market Exclusive this year this features one of Paulette's favorite verses... but she says it'd be pretty even if you left off the words. There is a mountain goat leaping over that lavish potted plant potted plant. I guess he's rejoicing and being glad with his day - in his yard - at home! Finishes about 9 x 11 on 36ct... she's tucked some bright colors into that little sun - kind of thinking outside her design-box!
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A Snowman's Christmas & Holly Jolly Stacker from Praiseworthy Stitches
Pam and Susan of Praiseworthy Stitches have debuted their two new Christmas designs for this upcoming year - their annual Christmas Village Scene and another Stacker piece - just like Creepy Pumpkin Stackers! Both are presented in chart format.
- A Snowman's Christmas joins the super-charming set of bustling Christmas Town Square pieces - like Churchyard Christmas and Winter at Sugar Hill. Lots of quaint houses and bitty scenes with children and animals everywhere, this year we have a very festive snowman by the village ice rink. The evergreen trees this year are see-thru! Look how they charted them - lots of repeating lines. Lots of design texture there - really pretty. You can see through those thin branches, and it just makes everything more shivery cold and snowy!
You'll need a fat quarter cut of Picture This Plus's hand-dyed linen... our shop models work on about 10 different shades they make... you just want that varigation in the background to simulate the cloudy, wintery sky. Touches of metallics here and there... this whole set of Christmas Scenes, Santa's Midnight Ride and Going To Grandma's are ALL cute!
- Holly Jolly Stacker is a fun way to choose three different fabrics that you like that go together. Pam and Susan are painting antique wooden spools green - that is your 'tree trunk' - and have included them with the chart. I can't tell yet what the fabric colors are in this yet... but we improvised a lot with Creepy Pumpkins, so I imagine we'll have options here too. Just choose three fabrics that are the same count, and the same 'feel' - soft or stiff, and your stitched tree with be darling!
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Our 2022 Nashville Market Cookbook - Happiness is Homemade
This is a fun little 6 x 9 softcover cookbook stuffed with 100-ish recipes from our industry designers, suppliers and shops, along with 30-ish small charts from the participating designers.
The Market people have compiled these for three years of shows now (but we didn't get one last year because we didn't have an in-person show). If you're a recipe collector (or actual user!) it's cool because recipes in here come from some of the European gals as well as all different areas of the US. (So, like the recipes from the Italy girls are really authentic Italian recipes!)
It's only $8 and a fun gift for your stitch group stitchers! We bring them home from the Show. Our first batch completely sold out, but more are coming!. |
Little Sherpa Scissor and Accessory Holder
On my GOSH, this is the CUTEST little scissor holder! I have put our 4-inch Margaret DOVO scissors in here along with a package of needles so you can gauge overall size. Slightly weighted and stuffed, it features a fabric-lined slip-pocket that will hold scissors, knitting needles, a stiletto, thread rippers and catchers, a pen or pencil - just whatever tools you need safely stowed beside you.
When you aren't stitching, your things will look happy and organized poking out from him - especially tucked up on a shelf away from curious fingers. His total length is about 6 inches, he stands 3 inches high and about 3-1/2 inches wide and weighs about 4 ounces! SO so so cute! |
Yes, there's even MORE!
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All the Things Cross Stitch from Anabella's
