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Stars & Stripes a collaboration between Shakespeare's Peddler and Plum Street Samplers Stars - What a festive barn! You'll need some multiple skeins of thread for this! Quilt motif stars are everywhere, but notice the two baby eagles on there too! Festoons, that fun blue border on the left, just a very pretty piece. Companions Shakespeare's Peddler's '& Stripes' designs! & Stripes - This is part 2 of a collaboration piece between Shakespeare's and Plum Street Samplers. Paulette did the #1 STARS chart... both she and Theresa worked on the the ampersand in the #2 design, Theresa did STRIPES! What a dynamite set of designs! You don't have to, but will probably want the same fabrics (a fat quarter will do) for all three pillows. The ampersand measures 65 x 103, and STRIPES measures 110 square. LOVE 'EM!
Dasher & Dancer, Quaker Christmas, Prancer from Hobby House Press A trio of classic Christmas art - choose large or small! Dasher and Dancer - This measures 355 x 168, (finishes about 18 x 8-1/2 on 40ct) and is stitched on only ONE color of thread. Coded for Gentle Art's Mulberry or DMC 221, it's just beautiful! Very geometric, very organized, it's almost symetrical. We estimate about 28 skeins of hand-dyed if you do 2 over 2 on a 32 or 36 - a few less if DMC, but make sure you get enough of your dye lot! Full sized chart $15.00. Quaker Christmas - This one measures 300 x 158 - so finishes about 15 x 8 on 40ct Doubloon by Picture This Plus. Coded for silks or DMC, the colors are 310. 3777, 469, 898, 472 and 728. Soft vintage colors, she used silks with a lot of color variation on the cover model - so you need to pay attention to that when choosing your own shades. And... what about taking out the word 'Quaker' and putting in 'Merry' instead, or moving down the top motifs a little to fill in the empty area? Full sized chart $13.00. Prancer - Just a very classic reindeer pic - this measures 84 x 104 - so 4 x 5 on 40ct. Hand-dyeds or DMC, just a pretty little piece - small chart $10.00 The Sampler Pin Drum, Scissor Holder and Pin Mattress from Hobby House Press This is a trio of three charts - all smalls inspired by an antique sampler stitched by Mary Allcorn in 1764. Main sampler will release sometime in 2025. Each of these three pieces is done on 40ct with Red Rocks, Garrison Green, Sage, Onion Skin, Chocolate Mousse, Dove and Cocoa - very crisp and vintage-y! Each is offered as its own large chart.
New Releases from Erica Michaels Designs Autumn Musings - This chart contains both the berry and rectangular cushion designs. Gorgeous Fall colors, Linda has squirrels and acorns tucked in to her borders. Witches Wander - Three designs in here - all dealing with the season's primary fashion accessory - the broom! The surprise design on the cover backside reads, 'hang your broom and stay a spell.' The Mighty Oak - Separate this piece into smalls, or flip the bottom tree on it so you can finish into a sewing case. You cannot see that little tree on the cover pics - it's hiding inside the case! Lots of assembly instructions included, this piece is stitched with hand-dyed flosses. Merry Christmas - Christmas Greetings from around the world, kind of makes you want to do one in every language of countries you've visited! English, Italian, German, French and Spanish are included. Choose your fabric, and favorite colors... each finishes approx 3-1/2 x 5-1/2. Anna Funk - Anna arrived to NY in 1874 - as part of an organized immigration of Mennonites from what is now Ukraine. Part of her history is described inside the chart... and Linda is donating proceeds from the sale of this chart to the Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum in Goessel, Kansas - where the original sampler now resides. Motifs given to Anna from her friends before she left Europe... this is just lovely! Stitched in Classic Colorworks hand-dyed cottons, it measures 165 x 125 - so not very large at all!
Seven New Releases Have Arrived from The Scarlett House Sampler Dogs - Tanya loves dogs... you'd never know from this piece! 188 x 109, It finishes 10-1/2 x 6 on 36ct, and is stitched with either DMC or hand-dyed flosses of Roasted Fig, Mocha, Garrison Green, Tatanka, Whitewash, Pecan, Cocoa, Flatfish, Chestnut, Red Rocks and Mascara. Chart runs $18. Canine Quotes II - A trio of cute sentiments for dog-lovers... these deal with new-friend-requests, treat distribution, and personalty preferences! Same color scheme as the Sampler Dogs piece, these would be fun displayed near the stitched main piece. Jane Thompson 1838 - A neat vintage verse wishing for God's blessings to the little girl who stitched it. Coded for silks, Weeks hand-dyeds or DMC, it features a very balanced house, border and matching animals and urns. Hey Pumpkin - Something simple, small and quick... easy on color, it's just Blackbird and Toasted Marshmallow hand-dyed floss by Classic. Measures 120 x 47.. so will finish about 6-1/2 x 2-1/2 on 36ct - it'd make a cute frame weight or long, thin cushion. You COULD get out some fancy hand-dyed flosses and add some color to that pumpkin. Autumn Leaves and Pumpkin Please - Another smaller cushion design, the plaid area at the bottom is not finishing fabric - it's stitching! We're so used to seeing finishing fabric there... this is another way to achieve that look - with just a lot more stitching! (So now... think of all those cute cushions finished with strips of fabric here and there... you could STITCH that!) Red Manor Sampler - A larger piece, this measures 265 x 268 - so finishes approx 15 inches square on 36ct. Worked in either silks for flosses, I see 12 different coordinating pin cushions out of this! Even that solid house would be neat made into it's own cushion to nestle in the bowl with the rest of the florals as smaller individual cushions all around it. Home Is Where My Samplers Are - Cute framed or made into the cushion... this measures just 132 x 50 and can be done in either silks or cottons. 7-1/2 x 2-1/2... just a bitty thing!
A Trio of Paper Vegetables from Luhu Stitches Aren't these cute? A perky pumpkin, colorful mushroom and plump acorn, these three 55 x 50-ish each in size. Worked on 14ct perforated paper, they are presented as single card charts so you can put them on anything you want. Actually, I think you could do the paper and mount them all in a row on a brick or block and make a door stop, candy bowl or pumpkin pokes might be cute too!
The High Seas Series from Faby Reilly High Seas Anchored in the Sand - We have carried this gorgeous line of patterns in the shop for some time - High Seas Biscornu and High Seas Band. The waves are gorgeous, the birds and design details are charming. NEW is the High Seas Heart design! Same basic motifs but in a different shape. The Biscornu, Band and Heart are all offered in separate charts, so choose only one or all! High Seas Band - You might recognize this design -- part of it appears on Faby Reilly's High Seas Biscornu! A gorgeous flurry of rolling waves... this is an exciting band of turbulent waves, some happy little fish, a challenged sailboat (!) and the ever-stalwart Light House! Can you see the tone-on-tone nautical symbols in the background? This would be pretty made into a long sausage-shaped pillow to display on a beach house window sill... or bands on a guest towel... or a pillow on the guest room bed! Charted for DMC... you can almost HEAR the crashing waves! High Seas Biscornu Swirling waves surrounding a tiny sailboat, this is such a pretty piece. The shape of the cushion just adds to the movement of the rolling waves. Stitched on 32ct antique white Belfast linen in a dozen shades of DMC floss, the stitch count is only 60 x 60. Offered as a chart.
Here Comes Thankful Tiny Town from Heart in Hand Cecilia writes 'imagine a community where neighbors LIKE living close to the folks next door!' In this little town, the turkeys are treated like nobility and are allowed to roam - they perch on the rooftops and dance in the streets! There is a gentle breeze blowing through the plentiful wheat fields and a sign that proclaims this town is Thankful! Due to arrive in the shop the end of August... this measures 11 x 2 - just like the 11 other little Tiny Towns! The matching Frill design features a woman pushing her cart of turkeys and pumpkins. It's a small piece that is designed to be inserted somewhere in the Tiny Town piece - if you want! Just a small bonus!
New Releases from The Blue Flower Autumn Mermaid - This is a really fun trio of colorful 'watery' stuff! Choose a deep blue fabric background to make these rich Autumnal colors pop. Jeannine chose a mixture of DMC, Classic, Weeks and Gentle Art hand-dyeds for her turtle, mermaid and little baby white flamingo. All three designs are in this chart for $12.00 Autumn Beach Postcards - Inspired by postcards, and even finished that way. Each design measures 60 x 100... done on 40ct, they finish 3 x 5. Two-sided, (did you know there is a 'big thing' about MAIL ART? You can actually MAIL these and they will hand-postmark them!) They would be fun perched in a bowl of gathered sea glass and shells. Might be fun to finish with an open edge - so you could tuck some favorite trip photos inside as well! The chart includes all for designs plus that cool backside for $10.00
Fall Arrivals from Anabella's It's Finally Fall - 7 Designs in this leaflet... multiple sizes, I like the blackbirds perched on the pumpkins! Lots of gorgeous pics and large charts in here! $25.00 A Farmhouse Christmas - 6 Designs in this leaflet - the main design measures 90 x 112, while the rest are 5 coordinating pin cushions measuring 56 x 56. We know they designed the finishing fabric featured on the cover... I'd try their website to purchase some! Baskets of Blooms - Halloween - Cute little pumpkin bucket! Presented as a smaller chart. All Hallows Eve - This is a fun piece - a spooky graveyard with those huge ghosts overhead, love the colors! Might be fun to add your family name on here - like a Welcome sign! Halloween II - A trio of retro-flavored signs for the season... cute and quick to stitch. Might make cute pumpkin or candy bowl pokes! Black Cat Apothecary - Stitch this on something gunmetal-colored - or black. Choose a crisp whit for a chalkboard feel, or a dusty hand-dyed for a more vintage, aged look. Coffee House Witches - Coordinates with Black Cat... we love this look! Stop in for a Spell at the Witch's Brew Coffee House! Stitch counts for both are� 80 x 112 - so 5 x 7 on 16/32ct. You could even do the Halloween II signs in the same fabric and thread color scheme - they'd look great together!
So Stinkin' Cute from Dirty Annie's So Stinkin' Cute - This IS! The chart includes all three designs... the single skunk, the loving pair and the cute 16-patch block full of skunks and the flowers they love!
Halloween Court from Waxing Moon Designs Waxing Moon has a cute seasonal neighborhood scene - Halloween Court. Fun to stitch as-is, because of all the cool fencing surrounding everything, but you could split it up a little and do that bottom left-hand corner with just one house to save time. Coded for hand-dyeds or DMC, it measures 138 x 152 - so finishes approx 10 x 11 on the 14/28ct she used on her model. I think metallics added to pics like this are fun - get those ghosts done in opalescent, the lights in gold, the eyes in black metallic or beads, fuzzy threads on the bats, owls, spider... actually black metallic on the wrought iron fence might be dramatic as well! Presented as a chart $12.00
Halloween Cat By Twin Peak Primitives, this little cutie caught my eye this week! He's only 57 x 71 (3 x 4 on 18/36 ct) and is worked with regular DMC. It's kind of hard to see the detail in the pic, but the background is solid stitching of 3053 with a meandering vine of 3828. Presented as a large chart - printed both black and white, and color. $6.00
Presenting a Very Limited Little Autumn Treat from The Purple Thread Sharon is sending us a few of these darling little three-sided fob kits, that attach to a pair of pumpkin scissors! Ribbons, threads, flosses, charts and the scissors all included - the fob is approx 2 inches long.
Stainless Scissors by Sajou A trio of really nice, smooth, sharp little embroidery scissors... they are presented by Sajou, feature a cool ribbon 'label' (can be removed by cutting), and come packaged in a pretty cardboard scissor sleeve (asst prints.) The scissors themselves are very nice - they feel really good, have nice sharp tips, and are well balanced. We have three styles - A is classic 4-inch size. B is the same style as A but only 3-1/2 inches long. C is another 3-1/2 inch style with a different curve on the handles. All three will make great every day scissors. (NOT for cutting yarns or heavy cords or thick threads... these are meant for sewing thread and 6-strand floss. If you cut something too heavy for any of your scissors, you wear the screw that holds the blades together - you 'strip it' - and it causes the scissors to permanently loosen!) Note! We also have several new enameled novelty scissors on our #2 Scissor page.
Some of Kathy Barrick's New Offerings! Click through to see more! Cookie Cutters One & Two - Personally, I think these are some of the cutest little cushions we saw at Market this year! Presented in two different chart sets of 6 each, they are just precious! Kathy stitched them on neutral 40ct, backed them with the same neutral linen, stuffed them with walnut shells, and trimmed with chenille trim. She didn't interface the fronts or back, so they feel VERY soft and 'old' and pliable in your hands. She says her inspiration for these came from her love of huge solid spaces of stitching in her older pieces. She decided to cut out 'cookie shapes' from the solid stitching... and voila... we have tiny cushions! Animal Pincushions - This is a delightful set of small cushions - all measure the same size - 74 x 52. Kathy used a medley of different 40ct fabrics and colors, and found various trims to match them all. Coded for DMC or silks... you can do each animal on any color fabric with any color combination - she has all her examples listed inside the chart. What a perfect way to use up scraps of all your fabrics! Do them over one or two... what ever you want. The finished collection was just awesome in person! Peace and Plenty Farm - This looks happy! Charted for silk or DMC, this measures 197 x 165 in stitch count, so it'll finish a bitty 8 x 10 on 40ct! Lots of horses and pigs, some cows and a little dog, it has a pleasing color palette!
Heirloom, Majestic, Exquisite and Elegant Lace... and 324 from Works by ABC This is a gorgeous set of designs - all stitched with white or creme floss on any dark fabric - Aida or linen. My mom had a lace table cloth on the dining room table that looked like these, so I couldn't resist these charts! Worked in whole crosses, you get that lighter look by doing just one leg of the cross, or one less strand of thread. The charts tell you how many thousands of stitches are in these to help with thread figuring, but then reminds you that you CAN take out a small motif from inside the lace somewhere and stitch just a small pin cushion! Truly exquisite, elegant and majestic like their name implies... choose any fabric you like as your background color. They are quite large, so kind of a 'stitching investment', but if you like them, TOTALLY worth it! Heirloom finishes 14 x 16 on 18/36. Majestic is 19 x 19 on 36! Elegant is 7 x 7 over one on 25ct but 9-1/2 on 36ct. Exquisite is 11-1/2 x 18-1/2 on 36. 324 - This is cool... it uses 324 different shades of DMC floss! Absolutely every single motif and square on here is stitched with a different color of floss. BUTTTT if you aren't a 324-color-stitcher - it HAS been re-charted for just 36 colors as well. Easy to work from, the entire chart is one symbol, but there is a diagram of which colors go where. Inspired by an old piece of lace that featured thousands of tiny stitches and motifs, this finishes only about 11 x 11 on 36ct - so it is a delightful burst of busy color. Although the colors are intoxicating to me... you could split this all up and make a whole set of smaller square cushions following the color combinations you like best. Really a neat design idea.
Sterling Needle Minders, Ort Jars and Needle Jars Michelle Ink has made us more of our exclusive sterling needle minders that our A Little Help From Our Friends Stitching Circle Stitchers received a few years ago. She designed this gorgeous threaded needle nestled among swirly stitches just for The Silver Needle. Her silver comes from recycled electronic discards! Referred to as precious metals clay... they reclaim the sterling in old computer parts, and somehow get it into a clay medium. Michelle, then molds it, fires it (the clay burns off and we are left with the beautiful silver that was being thrown away!), tumbles it, antiques it, and then makes her pieces into our needle minders, and medallions on tiny jars. You can see the quarter I put in the pic - for size reference - and I can guarantee you there is more silver in Michelle's pieces than that quarter! Gorgeous hand-made minders and elegant jars to love, USE and enjoy! Michelle is coming to The Silver Needle April 26th and 27th - she is teaching in our She Shed with the Fern Ridge Girls! We have 3 Spaces left in class... you'll be making beaded needlecases and fobs, and molding your Michelle Ink Sterling Silver medallion for the top of your needlecase box!
Spring 2024 Releases from Satsuma Street - With Early Christmas Tossed In! Funky Chickens - These chickens are stitched flat on your fabric, folded and then tacked together on two sides - they are the classic 'Humbug' shape. Stitched on any white you like with the brightest and happiest DMC colors they finish about 3-1/2 and 4 inches each. All three are presented in the chart and Jodi has included templates for the felt accents on them as well. Be thinking some fun button embellishments on these... or some frizzy trims as an extra garnish. Merrily They Ring - This is presented as a complete kit with 18ct perforated paper - rather than 14ct, the floss, jingle bells chart and needle. Measuring approx 2 x 7 when finished, this would be cute hanging on one of those skinny walls you have between 2 doors or windows... somewhere nothing else fits! The Four Elements - This design is brilliant in color and wild personality! Jodi Rice of Satsuma Street loves color... and all of them POP on this black background. Earth, wind, water and fire, this measures 174 x 177 in stitch count - so an impressive 11 x 11 on 32ct. Truthfully, the colored chart is huge - across 4 fold-out pages - but it is intense, and not for a beginning stitcher. It uses 29 shades of Cosmo or DMC floss, and there is quite a bit of shading in here. I love it, but wow, an investment in good lighting and daytime stitching is a must!
Hallowee Designs! Little Stitch Girl sent us home her trunk show from Market this Spring... so we have all of these on display in the shop! We brought home her 13-part Spooky Hollow Village set, too, click through to see them all! Holiday Banner Halloween - Just a cute little house with a graveyard in the front yard, and it's 'inhabitant' flying overhead. The Happy Halloween words are stitched on perforated paper, cut out, and strung together across the piece - over the needlework. Charted for DMC, finishes 8 x 10 on 32ct. Nightmare on Plaid Street - A trio of colorful little houses, they are Halloween without being scary. The spiders from the trees are ok... the Jacks are smiling, and the ghosts don't look too mean. The finishing treatment on these is cute... she's made them into flat boards and glued sticks into the candle sticks, then poked the sticks up into the insides of the flats. It's a good finish because you can perch these in between pumpkins and things and they'll be tall enough to be seen. Haunted Hill Road - Trick or Treat, smell My feet! Another cute and happy halloween-y design, really simple, but really cute! Charted for DMC or hand-dyeds it finishes just 6 x 11 on 32ct. Fun the kitchen countertop, you could finish it around a paper mache round box, and make it into a candy bucket! (Any good grandma needs to have Halloween candy on her counter!) Probably Haunted - 'If one door closes and another door opens, your house is probably haunted.' Well there you go! Choose a fun fabric color, and stitch this for your favorite Realtor!
Several Fun Things from Praiseworthy Stitches Sleigh Ride - This is 2024's Annual Christmas scene... this joins PS's other 10 charming Christmassy Village pieces - full of busy-ness and 'Everything Winter.' Sleigh Bells Ring is the verse along the bottom - goes with Jingle All the Way, Joy to the World - you can peruse her page and see them all. Finishes approx 15-1/2 x 14 on 32ct - again, that rich Nocturne hand-dyed linen color (we have several different brands with great colors in different counts, you'll need a fat quarter if you choose 32.) It calls for 28 different hand-dyeds (you'll need 9 skeins of Weeks Snowflake!) and a smattering of beads and thin metallics. Always fun, we have several of Praiseworthy's companion villages stitched in the shop and everyone loves them! Sunflower Farm Stacker - This is a scarecrow version that matches Mr Snowman and Creepy Pumpkin! Chart calls for three different colors of fabric, (everybody has different ideas about what they want to use), hand-dyed Weeks flosses, and bits of Weeks Wool used in the assembly. The Stacker is built around an antique wooden thread spool (this is what gives it stability to stand) that is included with the chart. A little more challenging on the finishing end than a pin cushion or something, but do-able. SUPER cute... all three are actually smaller than they look in the pic - they are about 7 inches tall! Lighted Haunted Caskets - We had these last year... and LOVED them! Little wooden caskets (2 x 1 x 5-ish - already assembled and everything) with a carved design on the top (there were 9 assorted designs last year - so random) they had little lights inside that you could turn on and off. Your bits of stitching are inside (a beaded scissor fob and pin cushion this year), and you see that and the light through the cut-out design in the top. ABSOLUTELY THE CUTEST THINGS! Anyway, you get the casket, and all materials to make the insides. Painting your casket is optional - they come as raw unfinished wood. Order these early - they WILL sell out!
Get Ready for Next Halloween - The Autumn Lane Stitchery Way! Tonight We Ride - Oh... look at that glorious fabric background! Grab lots of black thread... and a little gold... this is intense and striking! This measures 196 x 137, so wil finish about 14 x 10 on 14/28ct. Presented as a full color leaflet. Ghost Towne - Another more whimsical halloween piece, you could do this on a gunmetal background... I think those little ghost trick-or-treaters are the CUTEST! Leaflet. This measures 100 x 134, so it will finish a little lover 6 x 8 on 32ct. A Spooky Stroll - What a fun little floating witch... I love everything about it! It'd be fun to add metallics to the ghost and pumpkin eyes. Presented as a small chart, it measure just 61 x 70, and is stitched in regular DMC.
The Land of Cockayne from Long Dog Samplers Here's another full and busy piece by Juls. She has fascinating stories on the backs of her pieces... this one is about the 16th century fictional utopia - Cockayne. Joining all the others we have like this one, you'll need to get lots of your favorite color of thread, and have plenty of patience. It measures 257 x 292 - just 14 x 16 on 36ct! Chart runs $23.50 - click through to go see the rest like it!
A Few New Things from Erin Eiizabeth Designs American House - A really nice and organized little house scene... it measures only 70 in stitch count, so less than 4 inches in size! The two patriotic smalls are even quicker - just 40 x 40 each! DMC floss, all three designs are in this chart. Autumn Biscornu - This is bright and POPPING! We can't tell what's on the bottom side - but at least we know there are pumpkins there. The sunflower top is sunny yellow, so it'll look great in your bowl of smalls! Measured just 60 x 60 - so just a little over three inches in size. Believe - Wow, I LOVE this one! Choose a deep midnight-shaded fabric. This is stitched only in a creamy white, so you want fabric dark enough to set off the cream. The stitch count is only 80 in size - so on 16/32ct this measures 5 inches in finished size. After you get your material, then look at your white - do an ecru, a light gray, something with a little tan - you can choose any 'white' you like!
Presenting the 2024 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Special Holiday Issue (previously called the Annual Ornament Issue) WOW... Just Cross Stitch Magazine is updating their 'annual ornament issue' to now be their 2024 Special Holiday Issue! They still offer 37 different ornaments in here, but are now adding full-sized projects too! You can tell from the cover teaser pic that there are bigger things in store this year! I absolutely LOVE that detailed tree down in the right corner, and the big pillow is neat, and the peppermints are darling! They call it their new 'lavishly photographed bookazine format!' So... 100-pages, shipping to us mid October. Reserve your copy now... as we get them generally weeks ahead of their 'for sale date.'
Stylized Florals from Jan Hicks Creates - Each in Chart format. Arabesque - A pretty red stylized floral piece, this measures 157 x 243 in size. Jan describes it as her contribution to the Art Deco world - in the form of a red sampler. She purposely made it all offset and asymmetrical for an elegant look. We had a trunk show in the shop for a few weeks - and this model was STUNNING! If red isn't your bag, change the color! The Four Seasons in Lace - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter - Each of these pieces measures approx 6 x 9 on 18/36ct. Jan stitched each season, and then framed them together with a mat that has 4 openings in it. It was gorgeous. You can also stitch it with each section touching - that count will be 218 x 340. You can find the same motifs in each of these, but then different florals and rows too. Coded for DMC or silks, choose just one if your stitching time budget is low!
Floralies from Jardin Prive I love this cheerful floral garden! Stitched with DMC on any neutral background, it's just colorful and happy. Stitch count is 173 x 173, so it'll finish about 9-1/2 inches on 18/36ct. You COULD finish this into a square pin pillow - fold under the fence pieces to the backside... and you'd get a little 5-inch-ish two-sided cushion! An easy stitch, presented as a chart for $12.
New Arrivals from Silver Creek Samplers Always Hope - 'Always find a reason to Hope' What an awesome message to stitch for someone - even yourself! Choose a favorite fabric and any color you like. Chart $13.00 Christmas Virtues - Dance like Frosty, Shine like Rudlph, Dream like Hermey and Give like St Nicholas! Coded for DMC, might be fun to add metallic thread touches! Chart $15.00 Polly Pork-u-Pin Cushion - Well, this is cute! You can see the whole design at the top of the picture, drum version down below. Tiny pig fob chart included as well! Chart $15.00 H.O.P.E. - 'Hold On Pain Ends' Coded for DMC, a smaller design to be stitched in a jiff! Chart $6.00 Shear Madness - A Small scissor fob design, this would be cute finished as a case as well. Small chart $6.00
Summer Bag from Shepherd's Bush Grab a sunny cornsilk colored mesh pouch and stitch this delightful summer scene all across the front! It'll make everything inside more fun to finish! Another of Tina and Teri's cute designs... they've also shown it stitched and finished into a small pin cushion, as well as a tiny scissor fob.
Elephants & Bees Kit from Olde Colonial Designs Olde Colonial designed this cute little bolster case, complete with little wooden elephant thread board. Originally released in 2010, it has been out of print and production since then. Butttt, now we have a few kits - Pam revised it all in 2023. Instructions are included to finish the 61 x 93 sampler - it features mama and baby elephants in one area, bees and a skep in another area, and your initials and alphabet in the third area. Finish it as a flat folding case or the fun little round. The kit contains the chart, finishing instructions, interfacing, finishing fabric, 32ct Country Vintage Mocha Belfast linen, DMC floss, the elephant board, a tiny bee charm and some snaps.
M Satterwaite 1807 Quaker Sampler and Mousepad from Shakespeare's Peddler's Theresa Venette! This is a stunning Quaker sampler originally stitched in 1807. Done entirely in black, it's really very striking and elegant. It measures 268 x 283, so finishes a huge 13 x 14 on 40ct! Theresa says her model stitcher stitched it in 13 days! Well, we have the old and the new - Theresa took the sampler artwork and put it on a mousepad! A standard 7-1/2 x 9, it's the good micro-fiber surface with black padded non-scoot backing. I'm pretty sure M Satterwaite had a different idea in mind when she thought of mice!
'Stitched' Twill Tape Trim We found some distressed and vintage-looking twill tape trim that looks like it's 'decorated' with stitches. Everyone is using such cute trims on sewing bags and pouches, pin cushions, and always quilts... this just looks like it belongs with Cross Stitch! A coffee-beige background, the twill color is either black or navy blue. Our hanks are 5-yards long. We've heard a cute idea: just take some of this and wind it around an antique spool - and you have in instant cool decoration for a basket of pin cushions or a shelf beside a sampler!
Don't Touch Scissor Spool by The Nebby Needle Here's a stitched decoration for one of these spools! We love the rules... TOUCH, MOVE or BORROW... can't you just hear the excuses when your scissors are gone? 'I just borrowed them... or oh, I only moved them'... just makes you want to tear your hair out! Just do the quick stitching, fold under your top and bottom, wrap around the spool, and pin or tack the seam closed! You can even wrap some of that twill tape trim along the top and bottom in place of the stitched border! The picture on the chart cover is not the best... you'll just have to use your imagination a little!
Lady Dot's New Vintaged Metallic Baby Tinsel Trim and Charming Tomato Pincushions This is the COOLEST stuff! It is a metallic and cotton mix, but basically miniature, soft, sparkly tinsel! Use it on miniature trees, or to trim ornaments. The red doesn't 'look' overdyed in any way, but it is a gorgeous deep, true, perfect red for anything 4th of July or Christmas - its package contains a 3-yard length. The silver, however has been 'slightly altered' here and there in its lengths, so my package has some areas that are 'tarnished' to look like it came from your Grandma's ornament stash. Parts are clear, shiny, festive silver, and then there is a bit here and there with 'patina.' Just gorgeous, and such a fun way to add personality to your finished pieces! The Silver has two 3-yard lengths in its package. Lois made the cutest little spool tomatoes! Two different options on these, what a pretty gift to present to a stitcher... something colorful and fun to perch on a shelf of stitchery, or just something cute to set on your desk at work to remind you of what stitching bliss awaits you at home after work! The smaller spool - Cherry Tomato, on the left, measures 2-1/2 inches high. A little fabric wound around the spool with that tiny 1-1/2 inch tomato perched on top! A green flower pin and a few more white headed pins finish the look. The larger spool - Garden Fresh - stands 4 inches high, and features that larger spool covered in fabric again. A felt ball is ready for your pins, but it already has a pretty trio of frosted flower pins! Just a touch of color for anywhere you want it!
Make this pretty Stitcher's Mat from Under the Garden Moon We have a model of this fun little mat in the shop - and you will fall in love with it when you see it! The cross stitch is on 10ct Tula or 20ct linen - over two. You can change the colors in the cross stitch to coordinate with your chosen fabrics and wools. They have a pic in here of 4 other colorways to give you a really good idea of what you can do. Finishes about 12 x 18 - what a fun thing to take to a retreat to spread out on your stitching area. Needle pages, a scissor pocket, a place for a pad of paper and pencil... all kinds of stuff. I am a non-sewer - and my brain freezes over when I read finishing instructions. I think the more pages, the harder it is... there are three full pages of that in here - so I am thinking that's a good thing! Offered in chart format with those instructions! You sew-ers will take one look at this and go, 'Oh Ok, I got it! What did they do with this pocket here? (you peek in there) Oh yeah, I got it!'
New Arrivals from With Thy Needle & Thread Brenda is releasing 4 new designs... all offered as charts. Gourdness Gracious! - Can't you just hear this little witch - she's amazed at finding something growing in her urn! One of her crow friends planted a seed that grew into a giant green vine with yellow blooms and jack-o-lanterns! Stitched with DMCs and hand-dyeds, it finishes about 4 x 8 on 36ct, and it features Straight and Smyrna stitches as well as crosses. Woodland Witch - Here's a tiny woodland witch that lives in an old gardener's cloche - on a tuffet of moss - under a big oak tree. Brenda added spotted mushrooms and tiny snails in this, her witch has squirrel and owl friends too. DMC flosses and Country Vintage Mocha linen, she used Satins, Tents and straight stitches in this. Measures approx 4-1/2 x 6. Autumn's Swan - Continuing with Brenda's vintage concrete swan planters, this season is inspired by Black-Eyed Susans, Cattails and Rosehips that grow wild on her rural roads. Measuring about 5 x 5 on 40ct hand-dyed, this is stitched with a medley of hand-dyed flosses. I can't tell from the cover pic, but there are Four-Sided stitches in this. Feels Like Fall - A small Quaker-themed piece, this measures about 8-1/2 x 5 on 40ct. A medley of hand-dyed flosses, it reads, 'I love Fall most of all.'
The Newest Arrivals! from Rosewood Manor American Flag Quilt Sampler - This 25-year old pattern has been revised! The new leaflet now has 22 pages, charts are clearer to read, and there is a new star pin drum in here. We have this model in the shop - it is a FAVORITE! Each state is represented by its official quilt motif, each is lined up between stripes that read 'One Nation Under God With Liberty and Justice For All!' Karen has the years they joined the Union... the 13 original colonies are up there is the 'stars' area... it's just a awesome pattern! The new book is $22.00. We still have some copies left of the old book (some old errors in there... no drum pattern.) and those are still $8 while they last. Gorgeous little pin cushion ideas in here too! Birds of Quaker - Nine pretty Quaker-inspired borders surround nine small birds and bushes scenes... really charming! Coded for Week's hand-dyed flosses, the whole thing measures 186 x 190. But I see little cushions! Dove Moor - Such pretty alphabets and floral borders and motifs in here... it is stunning! Measuring 283 x 176, Karen has take-outs of smalls for scissor fobs, bookmarks, 4 extra borders to interchange with those on the cover model, a needlebook cover, one small sampler and two Welcomes! Coded for Weeks hand-dyed flosses, this just begs to be stitched and enjoyed!
If I Fits, I Sits and Leave Winter Behind from Val's Stuff Val's Stuff has two new designs that are cute and fun... If I Fits, I Sits! - I bet you know someone who has cat like this... they'll sit ANYWHERE, especially where they don't fit! Presented in a chartpack, Val has included the heart button embellishment. Coded for Weeks and DMC, looks easy enough to adapt cat colors if you need to! $10.00 Leave Winter Behind lets you stitch a little of all the seasons - I think you could even split up the parts and do them individually if you wanted. 'Spring is welcome, Summer is fine, Fall is fun, but leave Winter behind!' She has stitched her model over one on 25ct Lugana, but anything you like will work. Stitch count is a whopping 300 x 69, and the leaflet is $12.00.
From Left: Daffodil, Bicycle Emporium, Summer Fruit, Blue Bicycle, Icelandic Horses and Spring Cleaning The Mill Hill Spring 2024 Button & Bead Kits These are the 5 x 5 kits done with DMC floss and Mill Hill beads on 14ct perforated paper. Just Another Button Company clay buttons are featured on all of them as well. We have a Daffodil - it joins the glorious set of spring flowers already in the collection - geraniums, orchids, hibiscus and dahlias come to my mind. The next 'Village' piece is the Bicycle Emporium - and it has a bike design to go with it. 'Summer Fruit' is new and goes with 'Citrus' which we've had for a few seasons. 'Icelandic Horses' are majestic, and the cute little 'Spring Cleaning' companions 'Hello Autumn.' Mill Hill continues to have paper and bead issues.... so these new designs are quite welcome... get 'em while you can! Frames shown are available separately - let us know if we need to order them for you.
From Left: Mama Hen, Vintage Camera, Papa Rooster, Ice Cream Sundae, Painter's Palette, Floral Birdcage. The Mill Hill Mini Ornament/Magnet Spring Bouquet Kits for 2024 Oh the little ones.... we have a million of these... but that's no reason to not have more! A great value, you get the darling charted design, the 14ct perf paper, DMC floss, needles, and the featured Mill Hill glass or crystal Treasure embellishment. All finish about 3 x 3 and can be finished as tree ornaments or frig magnets. Mama Hen and Papa Rooster make a colorful set of chickens... and the Vintage Camera goes with last seasons larger travel bead kit. The ice cream sundae DOES look good enough to devour, and the little painter's palette is really charming. Last is the floral birdcage... I can't find the bird in there though! All very fun and easy to do, very small and compact, and great on your stitching budget!
From Left: Just Be, Be Inspired, Be a Friend, Be Amazing. New Sticks Designs Have Arrived from Mill Hill! Four cute, colorful 'Be Uplifting' cross-stitch designs bring a smile to your face and happy thoughts to your head. Mill Hill has a great collection of kits by artist 'Sticks' that they have adapted to cross stitch, and embellished with just a few glass beads. Stitched on 14ct perforated paper with DMC floss and garnished with Mill Hill's beads, these finish approx 7 inches square. Always super colorful, always inspirational in subject, we have several of these stitched in the shop - and they are always noticed. Lots of stitching, the paper makes an easy background to work on...complete kits contain the chart, paper, threads, beads and needle. Make sure you look at the others released over the years - really nice offerings.
Millie Melon Eater and Peter Pumpkin Eater from Ingleside Imaginarium Oh my gosh, these are the CUTEST little opossoms enjoying fruits of the season! Little baby Millie has been munching on her sweet summer melon... and I bet she's nice and cool sitting right in it! Peter looks as pleased as pie... he's so lucky that he ran into an unattended pumpkin on someone's front porch! (We had something eat all our pumpkins we left outside last Fall ... I bet we made our yard critters as happy as these!) Anyway, presented as charts, each finishes about 4-1/2 x 5-1/2 on 32ct linen, and uses both DMC and a smattering of hand-dyed flosses. I think these are charming and so unique, just love 'em!
Christmas at Grandma's #3 from Little Robin Designs This is the pair of Santa and his Mrs... so darling and retro in personality! They measure 55 x 68, so finish about 3-1/2 x 4 on 32ct. Choose a pretty light blue - or solid Star Sapphire linen in another really good (easier to find!) fabric choice! Coded for a medley of hand-dyeds and DMC, both designs are in the chart pack.
On the Way from Dirty Annie's Dachshund Through the Snow - Oh my gosh this is darling! Stitched on Mint Splash 32ct Lugana, this little guy is the happiest! What a fun wintertime decoration. He measures 143 x 138 - so finishes abut 9 x 9, and is stitched with a medley of Classic and Weeks hand-dyeds. So many of the sky blue hand-dyeds would work for this, as we LOVE LOVE Crossed Wing's Snow Squall Linen - it has white spots that actually do look like snowflakes. Gorgeous fabric choices in multiple counts. Pumpkin Patch - Here's a pretty and colorful medley of medallions, pumpkins and silly cats. Love those pumpkins - you could add beads all over on those, give your kitties opalescent white eyes, or stitch them in Simply Wool. This measures 119 x 112 - so finishes approx 7-1/2 square on 32ct. This is Dirty... but there are lots of hand-dyed gingerbreads and nutmeg fabric colors that woud be stunning with this as well.
	Yes, there's even MORE!