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New Arrivals by Primrose Cottage Stitching Rules - Here's a list of do's and don'ts for stitchers - like 'count twice stitch once!' Primrose presents this in full leaflet format, it measures a generous 85 x 296 in overall size. On the back cover, they show each rule stitched individually and made into smaller pin cushions. Super cute! These would be fun on stitching mats as well. Coded for DMC, a very fun stitch. Stitching Quilt - The next small quilt design to coordinate with Primrose's other smaller designs, this one features spools and scissors - with a bitty tomato in the center. Too cute, measures 73 x 73, a fun, quick stitch. Stitching Quaker - Isn't this one fun? Scissors and skeins and the cute tomato... even though stitchers don't use spools of thread, they're cute on here anyway. Small card format, coded for DMC, measures only 83 x 85... a perfect pin cushion size!
New Releases from Heart in Hand Nativity Tiny Town - The most famous Tiny town of All! Same size and format as the rest in the series... it's a 'gotta have!' Medium chart format $13.00. Nativity Frill - The companion, bonus design to Nativity Tiny Town, the idea is to add this design somewhere in your town - where ever you want! But they make cute little extra stand-ups as well. Small card format $6.00 Blooming Frill - The companion to Blooming tiny town - looks like it's the Chocolate Bunny House!Small Chart $6.00 Bumblebee Etchings - This is a dynamic design that looks great stitched large - on 20ct linen with #5 Pearl - as well as teeny - over one on 28! Joins the Floral and Christmas Etchings, Cecilia presents these finished in lots of different ways - I guess because her designs can stand up to all sorts of different fabric counts and look really, really good on any of them! Presented in full leaflet - like the other three in the series $13.00 Imprints: Stitch and Maker - A pair of TINY pin cushion designs, these would be perfect for a cushion exchange at an event or something. Just 31 x 36 in stitch count... you could even do your cushion two-sided and it wouldn't be too much stitching to get done. Small card format $6.00 Stitch Pins - By Heart in Hand, these are miniature acrylic pin versions of the STITCH design from the latest 'Imprints' chart. Little 1-inch squares of acrylic, you can see in the left picture that there is a cling covering sheet of plastic over the front to protect the shiny surface. Peel it off - you get the cute design underneath. The back of the pin has a backing attachment - that pinhas a covering. So... you can attach these safely to your tote bag or where-ever! Just $5.00 each. Sweet Strawberries - Just a half-sized chart of a cute summery-time strawberry design. Hey, over the weekend my daughter bit into a big juicy strawberry and there was a caterpillar worm inside! We Googled, of course, because that's what the world does these days... and there are specific worms that love strawberries! So while sweet strawberries are for thee - CUT THEM IN HALF BEFORE YOU EAT THEM! Chart $10.00 Dogwoods in the Round - A small design meant to top Cecilia's Heartware bowls. It's Spring here when the Dogwoods bloom! Small card $6.00 geWrapperSMIMG" title="Dogwoods in the Round from Heart in Hand - click for more">
Newest Arrivals by Hands On Design Between Friends - A Winter Sampling finishes out this delightful set of 4 project books by Summer House Stitche Workes and Hands On Design. 8 Different cushion-y designs in here, great finishing ideas, very seasonal because of the frosty blues and whites! Cute things, just like the other three multi-page/project books. $28.00 Wear it Well - This is a charming pair of two-sided designs - but since both sides are pretty - you might finish them all singly! The first in Cathy's new Pins and Needles series of designs (no auto yet - not enough details) all 4 designs are in the chart. First is a two-sided stuffed cushion - it features finishing that provides a pocket on the back for needles and scissors. The other companion design is a two-sided needlebook stitched on 18ct perforated paper and joined together with wool Very pretty and creative. Chart $14.00 Call Me Crafty - 'Like it's a bad thing!' This is the first of three themed designs - just like Cathy's Lick the Bowl Kitchen series and her Laundry series. There will be a 4th bonus chart too... not sure when that releases. Worked on 32ct Antique White with DMC, it measures just 63 x 92, so small enough for lots of creative finishes. Chart $12.00 The Stitching Parliament - All 4 little owls in one chart, Cathy has stitched the stand-ups on 20ct Lambswool Linen to make them about 4 x 5 each! Coded for DMC floss, you could use #5 from your stash for the stand-up options if you want. Chart $14.00 There's a Hare in my Garden - This is a gigantic 10-inch strawberry! Apparently, this is the first in a new series of BAP designs - Big Awesome Produce. The logo includes a tomato, and a pumpkin - so we know those pieces are coming! Stitched on 20ct linen, it uses DMC #5 pearl cotton - super cute, we'll find out release dates of coordinating designs. Chart $12.00 Ladybug Picnic - Well this is the cutest, most cheerful little thing! Presented as a small card chart, it is stitched on a pink background with Weeks Dye Works hand-dyeds. Companions Botanical Bee, the chart runs $8.00
Identical Twins from Hands On Design and Summer House Stitche Workes! These two gals have each published stacked pin cushions wrapped and buttoned with a strip of stitching. Your needlework is only 15 stitches wide but 175 stitches long! You make your own little pillows. Such a cute finishing idea, both Beth and Cathy have published designs with this treatment. We are showing both charts together - because they look so much alike - we thought you'd want to compare and probably get BOTH!
Primrose Cottage is Sending Strawberries Our Way! Strawberry Quilt - This is pretty little piece! Stitched on any light pink fabric, it measures just 55 x 55 and is done with DMC of 471, 783, 3712, 3831 and B5200. So Fresh and Happy, it's presented in small chart format. $8.00 The Stitcher's Trio - 'Home Stitch Home' is the verse beneath the house with spool 'shrubs' in the yard. 'Stitcher's Gonna Stitch' is shown on fabric in the cover pic, but they've also stitched it on the larger Sew Emma Mad For Plaid Zip Pouches. That would make an awesome gift for a stitching friend! Leaflet $14.00 Berry Basket - This one features a little blue house perched inside a white berry bowl. The surrounding garden is full of berries and blossoms. Cute finishing, it measures 99 x 76 and is done with DMC floss. Stitch Trio Charms - Cute enameled charms with clam shell attachments - perfect to add to zipper pulls or to tuck inside special sewing cases. Set of 3 $16.00, they'd split up to make three friends happy, or look fun on your Stitchers Gonna Stitch pouches!
Whatever is Lovely from Artful Offerings 'Dwell on these things.' By Artful Offerings, Karina writes, 'A majestic crown centered atop a beautiful leafy wreath, features two darling robins exchanging hearts and flowers. Additional hearts and flowers, arranged into a grand bouquet, fill the roof-top urn on a small prim house. Cursive and uppercase fonts are used to spell out part of a cherished phrase and four small golden-hued designs are sprinkled throughout the dappled linen background.' This is done with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, but converted to DMC as another option. Measuring 203 x 188, it finishes about 12 x 11 on 36ct country Vintage Mocha linen. Presented as a chart.
Valentine Flips from Running With Needles and Scissors Here is a cute new set of conversation hearts by Running With Needles and Scissors. Each heart is two-sided... Kiss Me on one side, and Not Today on the other. Stitched with hand-dyeds or DMC, choose some pretty fabrics from your stash to look like the classic little Valentine candies. All 6 sentiments are included in the chart... make 3 hearts or six.
The Baubles from Wildflower Stitching LOVE is the newest in this pretty set of classic designs by Wildflower Stitching. Each is presented in its own single full-sized chart, and all are the same size at 71 x 71 in stitch count. As you can see, you can choose whatever fabric you like best... and then choose a single color of any hand-dyed you like for your bauble. Peace, Noel and Hope are darker thread on light background, Love is the reverse... you can do it in a deep red thread against a white background. Really pretty, it's a nice set of desings.
Sampler Musings and A Sampler Garden, SN Exclusives from Rosewood Manor Rosewood Manor's Karen Kluba came for a class last Fall, and here are the two samplers our groups designed. She gave us motif options and color schemes... the stitchers chose and she got busy with her software. Sampler Musings measures 210 x 200; Garden is a little larger at 230 x 260. Everybody chose different fabrics... and now with the new 36ct Lugana, you could make some of the motifs into teeny cushions!
The Nutcracker Collection from Shannon Christine Designs Gosh, we needed this chart a couple of months ago! A gorgeous collection of 12 nutcrackers - we counted 6 different sizes - a pair of each. The colors are beautiful, and because you have so many different color options between the 12... you have ready-made conversions for all of them. Stitch count for the main piece is 171 x 200, Crackers are coded for DMC with metallic touches. The tallest is 90, the smallest is just 40 stitches. Re-arrange them however you want... but they are cool just the way they are presented too.
Presenting Bonus House #13:�The Tudor House from Cottage Garden Samplings As promised, here is the sneak peek of Vinniey's last house in her Fabulous House series of designs. Due in the shop around December 10th, this is the same size and format as the other houses in the series. If you are doing the 12-piece series... we think this is a great 'Do-Over' option to use as a substitute if there was another house you didn't like as well! We will be shipping this house to our auto-ship stitchers - so they have the whole set. Let us know if you need one!
To All a Good Night from Liz Mathews Here's a neat piece stitched on Oatmeal fabric... it measures about 6 x 6 on 18/36ct. Coded for DMC or Weeks hand-dyeds, we like everything about this. But... you could split it apart and stitch it into a long row and finish into a drum shape. You could change the neat plaid in the hillside into white and gray colors to make a patterned snow... or leave it alone and keep it just this charming! Presented as a chart.
Six New Ornament Designs from KiraLyns Needlearts Such a cute collection of designs - the rounds are all 57 x 57 in stitch count, while the square nutcrackers are 77. DMC floss, just perfect designs done on any count you like best!
Seas & Greetings from Ink Circles Ink Circles has a cute new design - super different than every other Christmas design out there! Seas features Santa and his elves delivering Christmas via sailing ships. They look like pirates! There are angels in the sky bringing wreaths... fish in the sea wrapped like presents, narwols in the water with more wreaths... and that lavish border of anchors at the 'bottom of the sea.' It's really creative, colorful and truly FUN. Choose a blue-green hand-dyed fabric to look like water, and choose the Classic Colorworks hand-dyeds it is coded for. It measures 189 x 127 - so finishes approx 12 x 8 on 32ct. Super cool and full of personality... full-sized chart.
Cozy Winter Sampler from Artful Offerings Oh this is a gorgeous piece! Karina writes that it evokes the charm and warmth of a cozy winter sweater. She has a tiny forest of evergreens, stylized flowers and a mixed border pattern. Presented as a chart, it measures 10 x 10 on 36ct Country Vintage Mocha linen, and is worked with DMC floss. I love those quilt stars and the lines of those trees! AND... you COULD stitch just one cardinal, on its half of the tree, with just 9 of those quilt stars behind him - and you'd have a darling pin cushion!
New Snowmen are Here from Val's Stuff Dear Santa is Val's first stocking design! The chart includes all three design options for finishing, in case you don't need that stocking arrangement. Along with the chart, you get three buttons for his tummy, wool felt for his holly hat leaves, freezer paper for that tracing, and the hanger cord. Stitch it on any fabric you like - coded for DMC. If you choose the stocking and use larger fabric - try #5 Pearl Cotton. (The letters are available separately by special order... but you could stitch those too... and save about $3 a letter!) We have white Fuzzy Stuff for the snowman, and black Very Velvet for the hat... in case you want to get fancy! Once Upon a Snowman - A cute ornament kit - it includes 14ct perf paper, wool backing felt, the cute striped ribbon and jingle bell. You supply the DMC from your stash. The Giving Season - This ornament design is done on 14ct perf paper, which is included. You also get the wool backing felt, bluebird JABCO button, and metallic thread for the stars. Stitched with DMC from your stash, Val has used Weeks Dye Works Bethlehem hand-dyed floss for the scarf... quite the medley of color. (See what you have in your stash... just something with some fun colors is good!)
Three Cute Aviation Ornaments from ModCross Patterns Ready for Takeoff and Ready for Landing - Aren't these cute? Rudolph is ready to fly through a starry night in classic aviator fashion! He's on navy fabric (we have several different counts), and stitched with 9 DMC shades and a bit of glossy rayon thread. Every pilot needs a ground crew, so his little bear friend is holding the light wands and wearing his safety vest... ready to guide the flight perfectly! Again DMC floss. The chart description mentions Etoile thread - we don't have that - but I think Rainbow Gallery's Petite Treasure Braid would fit the bill to add the needed glitz. Each comes in their own separate chart and a DEFINITE for the airplane lover in your life! Spooky Skyline - Ghosts and bats join a dapper black cat in a late night hot air balloon ride through the city! Measuring 82 x 118, it finishes approx 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 18/36ct. DMC flosses, choose a pretty sky color background.
Presenting Cherry Blossoms Designs in Cross Stitch! Quilt Designer Cherry Guidry has been in the Quilting industry for 14 years... so welcome her to Cross Stitch! All her designs are charted using DMC and Week's Dye Works flosses. Snowday - What a cute design! The 'quilty' snowflakes floating in the background, that bright green billowing scarf, the loaded sled - but most of all that little bunny - all make this whimsical. Stitch count of 100 x 105 - it finishes approx 6 x 6 on 18/36. Vintage Ornaments Set One - A cute little deer with red boots, and a quiet church... each measures just 45 x 45 in stitch count. We are offering the wooden finishing pieces as well! Set of 3 pieces, unasembled and unpainted - can be a bright pop of matching color! Cherish - 'Some people are worth melting for!' How sweet is that? Stitch count of 1214 x 38 - it is coded for DMC and Weeks flosses. Family - 'Makes Life Beautiful!' What a funny little owl family! Choose to add surname or first names if you want... these measure 151 x 148. Hello Pumpkin - Filled with little crows, acorns, sunflowers, berries and a 'quilty' pumpkin, it'd make a cute door sign for the season. Measures 115 x 80. Here are the 'Sewey' and 'Quilty' Designs! All charts, coded for DMC and Weeks flosses, done on a white - choose your favorites! Heart Song - 'Stitching makes my heart sing!' 66 x 91 - This follows the same color scheme as the rest of the pieces following this one. Heart Song Minis - Rinky-dinky 39 x 39 quickies - just fun to stitch and give as gifts to your 'sewing peeps!' All 4 designs in the chart. Therapy - Cute machine, scissors, the spools, the mini stitching in the frame... the whole thing measures just 107 x 41 - 7 x 2! A Perfect Cushion! Pin Keeper - More in this set of designs - you could do JUST the tomato! Oh Sew happy - Well, this covers everything 'Sewey!' The quilts, spools, machine, rotary and bolts of fabric. Measures 149 x 199... Same cute colors as the rest!
New Animal Crackers Blizzard and Millie from Stacy Nash Designs! The next two Animal Crackers by Stacy Nash are here. (We HAVE these two, the other new charts are elusive right now!) Blizzard, we think, is an Arctic Fox. His fabric is on the lighter end - you may want to darken it up a little so you see his legs and sweater a little better. His matching needlecase features his cup of steaming cocoa and gingerbread cupcake. Stitched with only 7 shades of Weeks hand-dyed flosses. Millie is a party girl elephant! She measures 5 x 4-1/2 on 36ct... and she's done with 6 shades of Weeks hand-dyeds. Her party hat matches her blanket - which is done in Broom Tree floss. You can always change that color to coordinate with whatever fun things you want to tie to her back!
It's Raining Cats and Dogs - Laurel Burch Style! Mill Hill has sent 4 new smallish perf paper kits (they're only $10 each!) featuring the artwork of Laurel Burch. Finishing only 3 x 5, they are FINISHABLE and not too big! Complete kits of the chart, Flosses, needles and a few Mill Hill glass seed beads, these are colorful, cheerful, and just plain fun to stitch and have! Laurel Burch's iconic personality oozes from each of them!
Lots of New Designs and Pins from PuntiniPuntini and Romy's Creations Grow Your Own Way - by Puntini and Rony's Creations - Oh my gosh, this is the cutest design! Presented in two charts - Romy designed the hedgehog and squirrel, while Paola did the fox, racoon. We are offering both parts TOGETHER. The total stitch count is approx 55 x 180, so it'll finish about 3 x 11 on an 18/36ct. I don't know for sure, but I suspect they are charted for DMC floss. I just love it! Paola makes darling hand-made clay pins... we have her Fall 2024 Limited Edition pins for a short while - they'd look great poked into this cushion! This set includes an owl, 4 squashes and pumpkins, a crow and darling little fox. Winter Animals Trio 2024 - This chart features all three animals. Choose a soft fray background - that way the whites will show up well. Each measures 66 in stitch count - so less than 4 inches in size. When I Think of Chocolate - Another fun medley of something yummy! Chocolate is celebrated with grand style here... and by all means, dress it up with the matching pin set! Paola has made a tiny chocolate chip cookie, a candy bar and a teeny chocolate covered donut! Halloween Biscornu Trio 2024 and Halloween Creatures Pin Set - 6 Sides of little scary scenes... bats, cats, skulls and spiders, each side measures just 67 stitches - so these will finish under 4 inches each on 18/36ct. The included pin set features a black cat, bat and black crow. Christmas Biscornu Trio 2024 - 6 Sides of peppermints, evergreens, reindeer, gingerbread men and cardinals... these are 67 in stitch count as well. We have loads of Paola's cute clay to garnish these as well. Too Many Buttons - NO Such thing as too many buttons! Might be fun to garnish this 84 x 63 piece with some from your button box, and use Paola's trio pin set of clay buttons too!
Save the Earth! from PuntiniPuntini It's the only planet with DOGS, CATS and CHOCOLATE! Puntini has three separate charts out... choose the one you want to promote! All three are worked on Weeks Tin Roof linen - but Paola says lots of fabrics will do nicely, and they are all coded for DMC floss. Cute as can be - three separate charts are $10.00 each.
Odds & Ends Basket by Thistles This is a really cool open-topped box, that sports needlework all around the edges and lining the inside bottom. Super cute, it's simply one of those brown paper mache boxes from Hobby Lobby, covered with all sorts of cute needlework and sewing motifs. The design that wraps all around measures 68 x 389 in stitch count... so it's 4 x 22 on 36ct! It would be cute finished flat if the box thing scares you. The inside bottom liner is about 95 stitches in diameter. Liezbeth has this charted for Gentle Art Sampler Threads or DMC, it's just the most charming project! I took several pictures all around the box to show you all the cuteness on it. Thistles has several other new designs this season... click through the pics to see them all.
New Animal Crackers and Merry Autumn Pinkeep from Stacy Nash Designs! Welcome little Nettle, Reynard and Merry Autumn Pinkeep A sweet little cushion by Stacy, this measures 159 x 106 - so finishes a generous 9 x 6 on 18/36ct. Stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses of Chestnut, Terrapin, Gunmetal, Carolina Cecil, Kudzu and Pecan, everyone loves houses, pumpkins and vines - especially in Autumny Fall colors! Presented as a chart. to Stacy's family of Animal Crackers and Crumbs! (Crackers are whole animals; Crumbs are just their little face designs.) Nettle Bunny comes with the chart for her HALLOWEEN MASK! See her dressed in her tweed dress... both with and without her costume! Reynard and Clovis were inspired by Stacy's trip to England - so they are kind of like her 'British Invasion' to the Crackers. Reynard is a fox, and Clovis is an English badger. Just the cutest, all of these finish approx the same size - 3 x 6-ish, and are stitched with soft and vintage hand-dyed colors. Each is his or her own chart. Merry Autumn Pinkeep A sweet little cushion by Stacy, this measures 159 x 106 - so finishes a generous 9 x 6 on 18/36ct. Stitched with Weeks hand-dyed flosses of Chestnut, Terrapin, Gunmetal, Carolina Cecil, Kudzu and Pecan, everyone loves houses, pumpkins and vines - especially in Autumny Fall colors! Presented as a chart.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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. 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.
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.
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!
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!'
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.
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