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Patriotic and Summer Designs
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There are so many wonderful designs available that celebrate every season and occasion under the sun... so we thought it'd be fun to collect a few of them, and organize them for you on a set of Holiday/Seasonal Pages. I'm a "seasons" nut... so we'll be adding to these all the time! We have so many other projects and ideas in the shop, and elsewhere on the site, but this is a fun way to show you just a few ..... ENJOY!

Autumn Cross Stitch Designs
Spring and Easter Designs
Christmas and Winter
Patriotic and Summer

A Little Sunshine from Madame Chantilly A Little Sunshine
from Madame Chantilly
Crabs dressed in their summer stripes enjoying lemonade! What a cute summer scene! By Madame Chantilly, these little guys look crisp and clean - contemporary yet a little retro.

Stitched on a light blue background with regular DMC... I see 4 bands in the design - stitch just one of them, or do the whole design. Measures 195 x 151, so finishes a generous 11 x 8 on 18/36 ct!

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

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

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


Cotton Pixels - Strawberry Thief - click for more
Strawberry Thief
from Cotton Pixels
Oh my gosh, this is the sweetest design! The thief-cat is BEADS and so are the strawberries! Presented as a color chart ($9), this finishes approx 3-1/2 inches on 32ct. The blackbirds on the edges are watching that darling little black cat - who is stitched with Mill Hill petite glass beads - stealing a plump strawberry - which is also stitched in beads!

There are some straight stitches on leaves for a little more interest - making this whole thing tiny and precious! Stitched on a light blue 32ct - you'll need that size - or 36 - to fit the beads (42014, 42031 and 42013.)


A Congress of Eagles by Siren Stitchworks - click for more Patriotic Biscornu by Siren Stitchworks - click for more The Titanic Sampler by Siren Stitchworks - click for more
A New Designer to Us - Siren Stitchworks
  • A Congress of Eagles - This is a pretty collection of eagles - all inspired by 19th century Jaquard woven antique coverlets. Each one is slightly different in size, but all are coded for regular DMC. Fabrics in the pic include Navy, Aztec Red, and Platinum, and counts vary from 32 to 46. I like it because you can SEE how pretty different colors and even counts can mix together with this set! No rules... just choose fabrics in good colors and counts that YOU like!
  • Patriotic Biscornu - Eagles and shields... this measures 97 in stitch count. I believe it is identical on both sides... so truthfully, you COULD cut your stitch time in half by doing only the top and choosing a stunning finishing fabric for the bottom. Classy, it's coded for DMC.
  • The Titanic Sampler - At first, we thought, 'why would you stitch something from a shipwreck where lots perished?' Buttttt, this might be really neat for a beach house, or someplace near the sea - where things like this are appropriate to remember. The design elements are based on motifs and decorative elements from RMS Titanic and her sister ship, Olympic. Floor tiles, grillwork, statuary, china and linen all served as inspiration for this piece. Stitched all in red, you can choose any color you want for this 229 x 220 piece.

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

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


My Heart is True by Samperbird Stitchery - click for more
Pin Cushions and Ornaments by Samperbird Stitchery
My Heart is True - For the Red, White & Blue. - This is a sweet pin cushion design that has a matching tiny (31 x 31) fob companion chart in its chart pack. Just cute, it measures 57 stitches square and is worked with DMC floss.

Also visit Spring and Easter Designs and Christmas and Winter to see her other two new designs.


Maryland Blue Crab by Ardith Designs - click for more Setting Sail by Ardith Designs - click for more
Summer Designs by Ardth Designs
I picked up 4 cute designs by Ardith Designs at the recent Market, lots of variety in them! (The other two are on the Winter Seasonal page.)
  • Setting Sail - A fun sea-sampler, this is charted to finish into a triangular shape. The piece is made into a little sail, and apparently you can buy a small wooden sailboat kit to make the boat in the pic for your sail! Details for this are in with the chart. It isn't coded for DMC either... but the pictures are really good and it's all blue... so I think you could figure something out. Full of little fish, and sea creatures, it's just an endearing design with a fun finishing treatment that caught our eye. Presented as a chart.
  • Maryland Blue Crab - A super-easy crab that measures just 56 x 60, stitch him-her(?) on a sandy colored fabric so it will look good as a cushion nestled in your bowl of sea glass or shells. Choose one color of hand-dyed, and you're done!

Free Birds from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more A Little Summer from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more God is Good from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more
Free Birds, God is Good and A Little Summer
from Sweet Wing Studio A trio of new, lighthearted summer designs from Sweet Wing Studio
  • Free Birds - A sweet row of tiny American birds! Just 32 x 116 - 2 x 7 on 32ct... DMCs with a little hand-dyed tossed in.
  • A Little Summer - A medley of garden veggies, popsicles, sunflowers and sailboats, it's colorful and would make a fun block stand-up piece. Finishes 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 on 32ct, DMC and some hand-dyeds.
  • God is Good - A very subtle and soft design... 97 stitches square, this finishes about 6 inches on 32ct. If you have a special finishing fabric you want to use, consider changing the colors - it's coded for both DMC and hand-dyeds.

Between Friends Summer Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends Summer Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends Summer Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends Summer Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more Between Friends Summer Sampling from Hands On Design - click to see more
Between Friends: A Summer Sampling
from Summer House Stitche Works and Hands On Design
Beth Seal and Cathy Habermann's seasonal collaboration book is here! Working together in their 'needlework garden' they weeded, coaxed and watered daily to bring us 7 cute summery/gardeny designs.

There is a picnic plaid pin cushion in here... great finishing instructions for tassel making, a cute tool holder for hoops, pens, trinkets - along with its finishing tutorial, and a pair of seed packet covers. 24 pages of pretty pictures and lovely charts - but nothing too big to not-get-done!
When Witches Go Riding from Tiny Modernist - click to see more
Ocean Pearl
from The Tiny Modernist
Tiny Modernist has finally finished her 3-part series of The Ocean Pearl. We now have all three parts, and they are offered together - so you don't have to 'hunt and gather' to collect them here and there. OP is stitched on 28ct Stoney Point Linen - a muted soft green shade.

Measuring 129 x 180, it finishes approx 9 x 13 on the 28. You get a cute mermaid, that Pirate Sea Captain, and their Treasure Chest of gold and jewels. The 'glass globe' is full of a busy underwater community of whale, octopus, turtle, star and jelly fish - all stitched in bright, whimsical and happy colors of DMC. I need to buy a beach-condo so I can stitch this and have a place to hang it!


Faith Makes Things Possible from Anabella's - click to see more Let Your Faith Be Stronger from Anabella's - click to see moreSt Patty's Day Trio from Anabella's - click to see more Worry Ends from Anabella's - click to see more
This is a pretty set of very inspirational designs, also from Anabella's, each measuring just 84 x 56 - or 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 on 32ct. Stitched with only two Classic Colorworks flosses of Frosted Sage and Queen Bee, I like the different finishing presentations on each leaflet. Presented in 4 separate leaflets.

Golden Delicious at Cranberry Manor from Artzy Housewife - click to see more Pink Barn from The Artzy Housewife - click to see more Pear Hill from The Artzy Housewife - click to see more Oona Owl from The Artzy Housewife - click to see more
Several New Designs from The Artzy Housewife Coming Our Way!
  • Golden Delicious - All these glorious Autumnal colors... the apples are nestled quietly on their tree while the borders burst with all the excitement of Fall and the promises of eating all those delicious apples! This measures 7 x 11 on 36ct, and is coded for hand-dyeds or DMC. Gigi chose a neutral creme fabric.
  • Pink Barn - Charted for DMC and stitched on Lambswool linen, I love the lavish border and that curious cow! Not sure I want a pink-ish barn, but it actually goes with the rest of the picture!
  • Pear Hill - More pretty fruits dripping from the trees, this one features a penny rug inspired border and pinwheel flowers in the garden. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 on 18/36.
  • Oona Owl - Isn't the a fun design? That sweet little owl against that charming and whimsical background - she measures just 6 x 6-1/2 on 18/36 and is done with all the hand-dyeds

American Pie from Pickle Barrel Designs - click to see more
Summer Story
from Pickle Barrel Designs

Summer only looks this good if you have a place on the water! I can only dream! anyway, by Pickle Barrel Designs, I thought this would be really fun mounted on the front of the guest book or photo album at your summer place.

Cute and colorful, it measures about 7 x 10 on 14 white. Coded for DMC, make it glisten with some metallics and beads... it's just a fun summer-y design!


Peace from The Artsy Housewife -- click for a larger view Grace from The Artsy Housewife -- click for a larger view Byron Blackbird from The Artsy Housewife -- click for a larger view Bedelia Bunny from The Artsy Housewife -- click for a larger view
Peace, Grace, Byron and Bedelia from The Artsy Housewife
This is a four-some of charming designs by Artsy Housewife. Presented in chartpacks, each uses a medley of DMC, Weeks and Classic Flosses.
  • Peace - measures approx 7 x 8. Gigi has used THREE DIFFERENT scraps of linen on this - and even mixed the counts between 30 and 32! She's joined her cuts together with an invisible ladder stitch, but informs that you can use just one color of material in one piece if you'd rather. What a great way to use up smaller bits of fabrics you have! Peace is worked on PTP 32 Oaken, 32 Seraphim Bees Knees, and 30ct Weeks Dolphin. I love the 'permission' to go wild and mix the fabrics - and you certainly don't need three inches on the sides of all your small cutsnixed fabrics!
  • Grace - companions Peace, and is basically the same size. Again mixed flosses, this time she hasn't told us what the fabrics are! Probably the same as Peace, but maybe you could do the bird section on yet a different color but keep the two side panels the same? It's a really cool design concept.
  • Byron Blackbird - Isn't this little guy eyecatching? Stitched on a 30ct creme linen that has been distresssed with RIT dye and coffee grounds, he measures approx 6-1/2 x 4 on 36ct. Coded for DMC, it does use Weeks Schneckley and Classic's Blackbird handdyeds. If you stain this after the stitching is done, it generally softens your colors... so you have a choice of when to stress!
  • Bedelia Bunny - Is darling! She measures 96 x 94 and finishes approx 5 x 5 on 40ct Picture This Plus Veldt linen. Only 8 shades of DMC on this, you might play around with your background fabric a little to help the bunny show up better. So soft and pretty as is though.
Welcome to the Farm #207 from Serenita di Campagna -- click for a larger view Fresh Flowers Market 2 #169 from Serenita di Campagna - click for more #208 Farm Fresh from Serenita di Campagna - click for more Fresh Eggs from Serenita di Campagna - click to see more
Fresh Flowers and Animals all from the Farm from Serenita di Campagna
I love these designs... all so classic and soft in color and composition.
  • #207 Welcome to the Farm Features a glorious chicken atop his favorite wash bucket. The tin is DMC #415... so finding a matching gray fabric for the verse side of the pillow is do-able.
  • #169 Fresh Flowers Market 2 Mama and her babies - who I believe are stepping on all the new flowers!
  • #208 Farm Fresh Has the cutest bunny checking out the snails on his lettuce! Here's another where she's chosen a different color of fabric for the portion of the design with the wording on it, it makes a neat finish.
  • Fresh Eggs features more charming chickens - not doing much - as most chickens do! Each of the pillow designs measures approx 3 x 7 while the side panel with the extra verse is smaller at 3-ish inches. Notice how she's kind of repeated the ribbon pattern on the dividing ribbon up there above the words?
American Strawberries -- click for a larger view Little Liberties from Little Robin Designs - click for more E Pluribus Unum from Jan Hicks Creates - click for more A Snowflake Quaker Style from Aury TM - click to see more
Celebrating Red, White and Blue... four new designs have arrived!
  • #100 Prairie Schooler's American Strawberries - This is a reprint of one of PS's many past favorites. Stitched in just 4 colors of DMC floss, everybody loves strawberry pin cushions and these look delicious from every angle! Choose any count fabric you want, choose any pretty Week's wool for your toppers... even though these have almost complete coverage, they are pretty quick to stitch.
  • Little Liberties by Little Robin Designs - A trio of pin cushions, I see how you could have joined these into one piece - 4 x 10 on 32ct - but I like the three cushion idea. I especially like the floss colors - Holly Berry and Navy - divided up between the three. Each cushion measures about 4 x 3-1/2, and they'd look stunning nestled together in a bowl. All three designs are in the chart.
  • E Pluribus Unum - By Jan Hicks Creates, this is quite the different and quirky flag! Jan describes the stripes in her flag as ribbons streaming down. When the words came to her 'Out of many - One,' she decided the ribbons came to represent all of us who make up The United States - we're all different, large and small, different colors, different belief systems. All of us are needed to make this country what it is... beauty in diversity. Measuring 114 x 171, this will finish approx 7 x 11 on 32ct, and is worked with an amazing array of hand-dyed flosses - there are 18 different colors in here! Love it!
  • A Snowflake Quaker Style by Aury TM. Ok... NOT 4th of July/Patriotic related... but I threw it in here because it's white on blue, and it's so striking! Your challenge in this is to find a bold fabric to work on. After that, grab some white floss, a little counting patience, and you're good to go! This design measures 131 in stitch count... your fabric count will determine your final finished size.

Feeling Crabby? from Meridian Designs - click to see more Peaceful Pondering from Meridian Designs - click to see more American Pie from Meridian Designs - click to see more
American Pie, Peaceful Pondering and Feeling Crabby?
from Meridian Designs
Meridian Designs has three cute new things...
  • American Pie is a cheerful 3 x 5 pin cushion design stitched on really any 14-16 or 28-32 fabric background you like. Along with the chart, she has included BOTH cuts of the red and blue finishing fabric you see in the pic as well as the white baby balls and blue rik rak trim! Really a cute finish, the pillow back is the red fabric - so your will look just like the cover pic. Coded for DMC - choose from your stash on that.
  • Peaceful Pondering and Feeling Crabby? I guess two very different moods! Serene dragonflies, or edgy, prickly crabs! These are each offered in their separate charts and I liked them both. Coded for DMC, they are stitched on fun colors of fabrics and garnished with a few Mill Hill beads. (Some opalescent Treasure Braid would be awesome in those dragonflies!) Just 60 x 60 each, colorful and happy.

Hedge Hugs from The Elegant Thread - click to see more Liberty Lobstah from The Elegant Thread - click to see more Liberty Lobstah and Hedge Hugs
from The Elegant Thread
We hit Summertime and Valentines with these two offerings by The Elegant Thread!
  • Liberty Lobstah is just a fun little creepy crustacian! Stitched on a creme background, with 5 shades of Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed flosses, it'll finish 5 x 7 - with the words, or 3 x 5 without. Just a silly and cute little thing, the chart includes three silvertoned patriotic charms. Elegant Thread's Lobstah Dinner Ornament kit is still available as well - cute just like this one!
  • Hedge Hugs - Isn't this cute? Your baby hedgehog is bringing your love! Coded for Sulky thread - just follow the color pic on the chart cover to choose DMC, this finishes just 4 x 5 on 16/32ct. I'd choose a pretty brown Simply Wool for the hedgehog fur and a little black metallic for his eyes and nose!

Lobstah Dinnah Ornament from The Elegant Thread - click to see more Lobstah Dinnah Ornament
from The Elegant Thread
This is the CUTEST thing! By The Elegant Thread, stitch this cute little red lobster - he's 2 x 3 - and put him inside his mesh cage - he's ready to bring home for dinner! (Or you can hang him on your Christmas Tree, or perch him somewhere in your kitchen!)

Presented as a complete kit, you are stitching him over one thread on 22ct hand-dyed aqua blue linen. It's a pretty coarse weave, so it's not hard to see. Next, sew him together into a little pillow - the red and cream checkered backing fabric and interfacing are included. Then, roll the plastic mesh - included - into his trap, tie him inside there with the bit of included twine... and you're finished! This is SO creative and cute... I'm in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma... I've never set lobster traps in my life, but even I know this is *a winnah!*


Peter Pumpkin Eater from Ingleside Imaginarium - click to see more Millie Melon Eater from Ingleside Imaginarium - click to see more 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!

Stand Firm from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more
Stand Firm
from Sweet Wing Studio
*Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.*
This is a fun tribute to Abraham Lincoln by Sweet Wing Studio.

Stitched on 32ct Flax Linen with a medley of hand-dyed or DMC floss, it finishes just 5-1/2 x 6-1/2. Presented as a small chart.

Bless and Keept from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more Forever in Peace from Sweet Wing Studio - click to see more 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.

Fluent in Fowl Language! from Meridian Designs - click to see more
Fluent in Fowl Language! from Meridian Designs
Well, this kind of says all it needs to! Finishing about 4 x 6 on 18ct, this is a quick stitch using regular DMC floss.

Might be just the perfect gift for someone you know... fridge magnet, desk stand-up? Presented as a single chart by Meridian Designs.

Viva la Vida from Jardin Prive - click for more Viva la Vida from Jardin Prive
By Jardin Prive, this is a super-fun checkerboard of Summertime! I thought I'd put it up on 'Just Arrived' to give you an 'out-of-season-jolt!' Remember summertime, green grass, Popsicles and flowers? This colorful piece offers all that inside it's wildflower border - you even get the summer road trip from the mountains to the beach down at the bottom. 64 Tiny blocks - only 19 x 19 stitches - each has either an alphabet letter or tiny motif inside. Everything summer is in here, along with several blocks of cross stitch and needlework stuff - a hoop, scissors, spool of thread, floss bobbin, and buttons.

Stitched with regular DMC floss, the whole thing measures 210 in stitch count - or a serious 11-1/2 inches on 18ct. Now... think about deconstructing this - the borders would make rally cute windowsill 'hotdogs!' All those tiny squares would make fun cubes, or scissor fobs... you could spell someone's name and add a few pictures... it can take you till summer to figure out all the different ways you can have fun with this one!

Beach from Madame Chantilly Summer from Madame Chantilly 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!


Roman Stairs from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more Roman Cafe from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more Roman Door from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more Vespa from Artmishka Cross Stitch - click to see more
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!

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more Broad Stripes and Bright Stars from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more Broad Stripes and Bright Stars from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more Broad Stripes and Bright Stars from Teresa Kogut -- click to see more
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:  Bright 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! 

Shore of Freedom from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more Independence Bell from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more Lady Liberty from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more
The American Trilogy from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more 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.

Founding Promises from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more
Founding Promises
from Silver Creek Samplers
*Equality, Justine & Hope* - This one promises all really good things our Founding Fathers wanted for us!

Finishes approx 3-1.2 x 5 on 36ct, and is coded for DMC.

Home of the Free from Romy Creations - click to see more Home of the Free
from Romy Creations
Stitch this tiny street scene on Zweigart's 32ct Raw linen with white polka dots already printed on it. Colors used at DMC of 321, 3852, 312, white and 898.

Finishing just 4 x 8-1/2, she has red rik-rak on there that you could always run the other direction - and change the shape of your finished piece. Presented in a chart.



Uncle Ham from Petal Pusher - click to see more Moo-other of Freedom from Petal Pusher - click to see more Ewe Lil' Firecracker from Petal Pusher - click to see more Patriot Reins from Petal Pusher - click to see more Chicks on Parade from Petal Pusher - click to see more
The Patriotic Parade from Petal Pusher - click to see more Patriotic Parade from Petal Pusher
Here's the next season of the same darling farm animals all decked out for their annual parade! They are the same pig, cow, horse, sheep and chickens. Just like Halloween Hoedown and Holiday Hoedown... these little guys all come in individual charts, but can be stitched together.

Just the cutest, you'll love the names too: Uncle Ham, Moo-other of Freedom, Ewe Lil' Firecracker, Patriot Reins and Chicks on Parade! Stitched on 32ct Sand and coded for DMC, lots of places you could add metallics and beads if you want! This is one busy farmyard of animals!

Sea Time from Fairy Wool in the Wood - click to see more
Sea Time
from Fairy Wool in the Wood
Here is a fun design that is made up of 8 smaller insets. Stitched on 36ct Country Vintage Mocha Linen (any count will do) it finishes 8 x 12.

Coded for DMC, this is a perfect design to break up and finish into individual pin cushions for a fun basket or tray display. Super charming that way... you get glimpses of a seafaring family and life at the beach!

Red White & Bloom from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more Presenting Red White & Bloom from With Thy Needle & thread
Brenda Gervais has released info about her next set of *seasonal smalls* - they companion Love Notes and Jelly Bean jubilee. Red White and Bloom includes a Lady Liberty, Uncle Sam, busy little bumbler bees, cheery sunflowers and even a family of eagles. All the designs are small, but Brenda promises that they'll make a big statement when you display them together in a tray or basket. (She says it is delightfully fun to find little trinkets and decorations to include with the cushions because it really makes your stitching POP!)

All garden-y in theme, Lady Liberty has sunflowers as tall as she is, Sam is fashioned to look like a garden Whirli-gig, and his hat is even a planter. A bunting-draped watering can is home to a another sunflower, and the Mom and Dad eagles are perched and waiting for a festive party! Lots of the same colors of flosses are called for in both patterns, so no need to buy more thread. (Onyx, Pea Coat, Red Rocks, Grits, Oscar, Pamlico, Blue Suede, Grecian Gold, 611, 712, 3771 and 3778.

Happy Birthday America! from With Thy Needle -- click to see lots more Happy Birthday America! from With Thy Needle & thread
Brenda Gervais is previewing her newest little chart design - a miniature stitched birthday cake to America - featuring a very festive eagle! (But... you could finish this as a small pin cushion as well.) Measuring just 3-1/2 inches round on 36ct linen, it is stitched with bits of DMC floss and hand-dyeds of Grits, Palomino, Loden, Pea Coat, Red Rocks, Blue Suede and Grecian Gold.

Brenda is supplying her alphabet-printed linen you see on the drum sides in the chart. The featured trim is by Lady Dot - Vintage Mini Pom, and is available separately. The chart gives sources for the 2 x 4 cardboard 'cake box' form, and the candle-stick wooden 'cake plate' base. Brenda says her finishing instructions will give you a 'prefectly-shaped cake with no wonky bumps or lumps... super easy, and no sewing machine required!'

Stitching Summer from Twin Peak Primitives - click to see more
Stitching Summer
from Twin Peak Primitives
Smell the Sea and feel the Sky - just don't get sand in your stitching bag! This is kind of a fun piece by Twin Peak Primitives... I see three bands of design in here... so lots of possibilities. The top row features spools of thread with those shorebirds, bitty cabanas and the fishermen on them. Notice the clothesline there with the scissors and needles on it? (and the bitty swimsuit!) The crabs are super cute, and the row of whales down below just makes it a busy sea-scene.

Presented as a leaflet, the stitch count is 170 x 119 - so 10-1/2 x 7-/12 on 16/32ct, and it calls for regular DMC floss. Easy to add some hand-dyeds , you could do the crabs in metallic, or the tiny swimming fish... or add buttons here and there if your stash 'overfloweth!'

Under The Sea from Vintage Needlearts - click for more
Under The Sea
from Vintage Needlearts
This cute little medley of designs floated our way... a set of 6 cushions that would be cute in a bowl nestled in with seaglass! Take a walk on the beach and collect a few fun things for this little mermaid and her sea turtle, seahorse, star fish and octopus friends.

These each finish into 3 x 3 cushions, and the set is coded for 24 different shades of DMC floss. *Swim with me under the sea*... add a few beads for bubbles, or some metallics here or there. Presented as a chart.


Liberty Hill Farm from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more MemorialDay and LibertyHill Sulky floss Set from Hands On Design - click to see more Liberty Hill Farm from Summer House Stitche Workes - click for more Liberty Hill Farm
from Summer House Stitche Workes
Summer House Stitche Workes has a CHARMING pair of patriotic designs that she has finished into little round stand-up cushions - Pin Drums. Worked on 32ct Weeks Dye Works Tin Roof Linen, these are stitched with a special pack of Sulky Threads. When you have stitched these two pieces... you'll STILL have enough thread left to stitch Hand's On's Memorial Day piece!! The girls planned their designs this way - and best of all the thread set is only $16.00!

The larger drum is 159 x 64 - and the smaller is 159 x 51. Super-duper-darn-cute... we even ordered the limited edition flower-pin packs to make those three pins poking from the tops! (I think those are little flower-shaped bits of wool that Cathy Habermann has done!) Love those bright colors... go check out Memorial Day, as well!


The Flag by Bent Creek -- click to see more The Flag
from Bent Creek
Do you remember this? Bent Creek published it in 1995 - so it's 25 years old! A beautiful little flag, it measures 91 x 65 in stitch count - so 9 x 6 on 10ct, 6 x 4 on 32... or even 2-1/4 x 1-1/2 over one on 40!

It uses just DMC of 815, 822 and 823... and the letters from the alphabet make up all the stars. The stripes have no pattern to them - just stitches here and there to get that raggedy flavor!

It's a Mermaid Life from Tiny Modernist - click to see more
It's a Mermaid Life
by Tiny Modernist
A darling collection of exciting sea life! Tiny Modernist's 8 x 10 medley is stitched on anything aqua-colored that you want. It features the cutest mermaids, fish, crabs, whales, seahorses, even volcanos and a pirate ship!

You could add sparkly beads for the bubbles, lots of metallics in the fish and mermaids... it's just a fun little piece! Presented as a 6 x 9 full color chart.

Ocean Air, Salty Hair from Imaginating - click for more
Ocean Air, Salty Hair
from Imaginating
This would be so cute in a girly bathroom, or on the wall of a cheerful and bright beach house! Stitched on white or whatever, in 19 shades of DMC, it finishes approx 8 x 11 on 14/28ct.

Dress it up with metallics and beads, or cute sea-shore charms... for SURE their belly buttons need to be gold beads! Just a cute overall design!

Sea Creature Squared from Imaginating - click for more
Sea Creature Squared from Imaginating
These are darling 4 x 4 squares of 'fishy things' that we smiled at! The pattern calls for Tropical Blue fabric - you can see that in the background... BUTTTTT wow, we have some white/opalescents that would be great too. THEN, stitch these in sparkling metallics!

Think about 18ct linen, and using Rainbow Gallery's metallic ribbons or nylon threads - add opalescent to the bubbles in the backgrounds --or even beads. Each design is super-simple, but so cute for a children's bathroom decoration... but you could always stitch the shark and make him a refrigerator magnet!

Sizzlin Summertime Carnival from Tempting Tangles - click to see more
Sizzlin' Summertime Carnival
from Tempting Tangles
By Tempting Tangles Designs, we don't see a lot of cute carnival designs, so this caught my eye!

Measuring 144 stitches square, it'll finish 9 x 9 on 32ct. Coded for DMC, it'd be fun to add some beads and metallics to this - it's just a super-happy piece!


Mill Hill 2019 Patriotic Quartet Series Button & Bead Kits - click for more
The New 2019 Patriotic Quartet Series
This will be a favorite series of bead kits! Mill Hill describes their new designs; America is *The Land of the Free,* and *Home of the Brave,* where we are entitled to *Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness* and all these truths are represented with the *Stars and Stripes* of our flag, which we proudly fly.

Kits of 14ct Aida (you can sub 28ct linen or Lugana if you like), DMC floss, Mill Hill beads (not as many as the regular Button and Beaded kits), needles and chart -- each finishes approx 5 x 5 in size. The black frames are available separately. Just really CLASSIC!


Summer Saltboxes from Plum Street Samplers Summer Delivery from Plum Street Samplers Peace, Love & Purpose from Plum Street Samplers
New Things Coming from Plum Street Samplers
Shipping sometime the end of May... Paulette said she is pretty proud of herself for getting her patriotic designs out before the 4th of July!
  • Summer Saltboxes - This continues her set of Saltbox houses... we have Summer and Autumn already. This time, she made the flag continue from one pic to the other. 63 x 81, they finish a little under 4 x 5 each and use Classic Colorworks flosses of Black Coffee, Used Brick, Tennessee Red Clay, Shabby Sheep, Muddy Puddle, Sticks and Twigs, Dublin Bay, Pine Needles, Eggshell and Snowball.
  • Summer Delivery - Just like her other 'Deliveries' this one has that cute horse... and a profusion of quilt motifs on the sky. The little sheep has a basket on his back, and all those blocks are the flowers coming from the basket. Finishes approx 6 x 10-ish, this one calls for Weeks Dye Works flosses of Mascara, Teal Frost, Flatfish, Confederate Gray, Grits, Swamp Water, Terrapin, Crimson and Baked Apple.
  • Peace, Love & Purpose - This one features a colonial couple standing by their humble, quilt-bedecked home. 113 x 100, it finishes approx 5 x 6 and uses Taupe, Whitewash, Garrison Green, Grapevine, Dolphin, Tin Roof, Sanguine, Terrapin, Cocoa and Used Brick. Some good 'sections' in here... you can separate out that gorgeous tulip border along the bottom, or stitch just the house with the billowing flag... very cute!

Where Liberty Dwells Chart from Heartstring Samplery - click for more
Where Liberty Dwells
from Heartstring Samplery
Heartstrings Samplery has a fun little design that speaks Patriotic, but with pretty 'samplery' flowers and vines.

Measuring about 4 x 15, Beth has it finished into a 'Huswife' - a roll that features a lining of pockets to store sewing implements. It'd make a pretty basket band... and a neat long pin cushion as well to perch on a widow sill. Coded for Weeks hand-dyed flosses.

Camp Essentials from Imaginating - click for more Camp Essentials
from Imaginating
Well, not something you'd stitch for the family tent... but maybe the camper or the cabin? Just a fun little piece that maybe can commemorate a special trip or weekend... or even a whole summer?

Presented in leaflet format, this finishes 6 x 13 on 14/28ct. DMC.

Home of the Free Sewing Set from Needlemade Designs - click to see more Home of the Free Sewing Set from Needlemade Designs
This is a STUNNING set of designs! By Needlemade Designs, it features a box-top design, tiny pin mattress, and even tinier scissor fob! Proceeds from the sales of this chart are being donated to the Wounded Warrior Project -- Designer Linda Vinson offers insight about that on the back of her chart. She has designed this amazing Home of the Free waving flag piece to be framed or grace the top of a small box. Worked on 28ct linen over one thread with Crescent Colours' Belle Soie Silks of Tulip, Blue Lagoon, Oatmeal Scone, Chocolat and Scarecrow, the main design measures approx 100 x 60 stitches. (The painted box in the pic is from JoAnn's. It includes 6 little round boxes inside that Linda has made into firecracker boxes!!! There is a white resin pre-made box shown on the back cover -- as an alternative to finishing your own.)

Next, is the tiny mattress -- it features E Pluribus Unum on one side, and the American Eagle on the other -- all in 35 x 40 stitches. Finally, the EXQUISITE little fob rounds out the set -- it is 20 x 20 stitches -- so approx 2/3 of an inch in size! Absolutely enchanting! Color pics are included in the directions for mattress assembly, including that rouched ribbon edging, making the interior firecracker boxes, and even painting the 4 x 5 paper mache' box from the craft chain store.


Life is a Beach from Queenstown Samplers - click to see more Life is a Beach from Queenstown Samplers
Watch out for the Crabs! This is an oldie-but-goodie design that we used to carry, and then it kind of faded away. Re-discovered, I think it's great!

Offered as a chart, I am sure some of you have the perfect spot to hang it... it just makes me smile!!! Charted for silk or DMC, on 36ct it finishes approx 6 x 8. Choose any fabric you like, and think about some black beads for the eyes!


For Spacious Skies from Heartstring Samplery - click for more For Spacious Skies from Heartstring Samplery
Heartstrings Samplery has a new design -- For Spacious Skies -- that 'pops' with patriotic red colors. Work it on anything you like -- stitch count is 110 x 100.

Weeks flosses of Grits, Schneckley, Palomino, Grape Vine and Collards along with Sampler Threads of Brethren Blue, Pomegranate, Endive and Ruby Slipper -- I just love the red color and the green leaves against the light fabric. The pattern of the leaves is small and repeating -- just like the bricks on the house -- it all has a neat balance to it. Offered as the chart.

Patriotic Mantle completed by Bent Creek -- click to see more Patriotic Mantel is Finished!
from Bent Creek
Bent Creek has sent the third and final design in this 3-part piece -- just like all the rest of their Mantel designs -- the whole thing finishes approx 10 x 22. Offered as three separate kits, the first part had the 18ct Natural Linen cut in it, along with threads and the pattern for the left-hand 1/3 of the design, as well as the bottom festoons.

Next, came part two -- it has the bird, star and part of the flag along with threads. Finally, this part - #3 - has the rest of the house and flag, Uncle Sam and the Sign and threads for those. Each of the three parts can stand alone -- but they are fun joined together. Super easy to stitch on the 18ct with #5 Pearl Cotton -- it'll stitch in no time at all!!
Serenity Harbor from By the Bay Needleart - click to see more

Serenity Harbor - The Complete Piece from By the Bay Needleart
This charming scene was designed in 2014. Just as Harbor Haven, it was designed as a 12-part stitch-along thing. We have everything together now in one set... so you're good to go.

TONS of information inside about thread colors, fabric choices, but basically, the entire stitch count is 171 x 557 - so a commanding 6 x 20 on 14/28ct. Lots of stitches, this is so pretty when it's finished... several of our ladies have stitched it!



Summertime from Cuore e Batticuore - click for more Summertime from Cuore e Batticuore
This is delightful, and I just HAVE to share it with you! A Summer Seaside Scene, I'm not sure what my favorite design element is in this. The Little Gnomes with their pointy hats... going swimming??? The umbrella is delightful, the tiny flags are festive. The hearts in the air are cute, the little swimmer on the polka-dot innertube is precious -- see her braids trailing behind? I like the beach shack and the gulls perched everywhere... but I think the itsy-bitsy fish in his bowl -- with his OWN little pointy hat -- is so funny.

This has a stitch count of 285 x 157 and will finish approx 18 x 10 on 32ct Vintage Country Mocha Linen. Beautifully charted in color, the verse is presented in both English and Italian, and it calls for DMC floss. I think it's just the cutest thing... very different and endearing! Offered as a chart.

On The Beach from Madame Chantilly On The Beach from Madame Chantilly
This is a sweet summer scene that I couldn't resist, brought to us by Madame Chantilly. A generous 236 x 102 stitches, it'll finish approx 17 x 7 on 14/28 fabric... the picture was stitched on Natural... but a light blue or yellow would be pretty as well. All the beach cabanas are lined up, the seagulls are swirling, the crabs are waiting in the water, and the tiny airplane in the sky is advertising that it's the HOLIDAY!

Something about it makes me think of summer vacations of years ago. Add some gull buttons, a tiny shell or two, maybe a bit of metallic on the plane, hand-dyeds for the rocks, Simply Wool for the gulls, even some bitty black beads for the crab eyes! Offered as a chart.

Just a Few Shells Case & Fob from Fern Ridge - click to see more Just a Few Shells Case & Fob
from Fern Ridge Collections
The gals at Fern Ridge have presented us with the most CHARMING Deep Blue Sea Silk Sewing Bag and Beaded Fob Set!!! I don't even know where to begin describing this beautiful set of artwork... it truly IS beaded and textile ART! The silk bag is made of Aquamarine Silk Dupioni fabric. It is garnished with your stitching on 28ct Tempest hand-dyed linen by Picture This Plus.

The COMPLETE kit (which is absolutely intoxicating!) includes Treenway Silks in Mermaid Tears, Sea Spray and St Thomas hand-dyed colors. There are starfish, seahorse, scallop and fish charms in here... beautiful tiny shells and glass beads... teeny buttons... Delica beads, Hannah silk ribbon -- Sea Goddess color! -- abalone buttons, a wooden ruler and wooden shell needle keeper (by Doodlin Around Design), a starfish waxer, and a real starfish that you'll use as a threadwinder! The verse by Anne Lindbergh reads: Patience, Faith, Openess -- is what the sea has to teach. A Gift From the Sea. You can see my hands in our pictures... this finishes approx 4 x 5. Absolutely GORGEOUS!

Just a Few Shells Case & Fob
A small matching beaded fob to go with your awesome Shell Purse, the beaded part of this is really very easy to stitch... just hard to teach someone else to do! The fringe looks like the hard part... but it is the easiest! You are stringing together a multitude of exquisite little shells and charms and findings. Luscious aqua blue and deep sea green colors in here! Offered as the complete kit!

Make SURE to see the rest of Pat and Peggy's Things... Just the coolest!!!

Let Freedom Ring from Priscilla's Pocket Let Freedom Ring
from Priscilla's Pocket
This is a TINY design stitched over one thread on 40ct linen and mounted to one of Priscilla's Pockets mini hornbook thread pallettes. ABSOLUTELY CHARMING...

From Every Mountainside (also shown at right) was their first design... and now, here is the companion. You'll need to choose some hand-dyed cottons, and a pale blue linen color. This is offered as a chart, with that small wooden hornbook separately.

Flag of Stars from Bent Creek - click for more Flag of Stars from Bent Creek
Bent Creek has a new kit -- a red, white and blue confection of stars that make up a flag. It finishes approx 6 x 6 over two on 18ct Natural Linen, and is worked with DMC #5 Pearl Cottons.

SUPER easy to see and stitch, make sure you have a large #18 or #20 needle... I don't see one in my package! Something fun to finish in a jiff!

Patriotic Sampler by Jeannette Douglas -- click to see more Patriotic Sampler from Jeannette Douglas
Wow... my buddy Jeannette Douglas has released a trio of patriotic designs that are stunning! (This is cool because she is a Canadian... but she 'gets us' so well!!) Patriotic Sampler is so "Ding Dang Cute" in Jeannette's words... it finishes 6 x 12-3/8 on 32ct Lambswool Linen.

Stitched in elegant cranberries, greys, blues and creme silks this piece is LOADED with gorgeous medallions and special stitches. The stars at the top and bottom are over 12 threads. Bargello waves and those cute stars and stripes hearts in there -- the colors are rich and yummy. That whole star motif area is 60 stitches square... so you have to count correctly! The bonus, however, is to watch the shading in your threads play out in the stitch patterns. The silk thread packet includes a set of 12 buttons and eagle and flag charms. Just lovely, this is offered as the leaflet with thread pack separate.

Stars Pin and Scissor Roll by Jeannette Douglas -- click to see more Stars Pin and Scissor Roll from Jeannette Douglas
This is a delicious little creation... worked on 32ct Natural Linen in Gentle Art Simply Wools, it is a cushion that measures approx 2-1/2 x 6-1/2 when finished. Buckeye Scarlet, Schoolhouse Red, Oatmeal, Roasted Marshmallow, Midnight, Dungarees and Old Crow, gorgeous, rich colors, they all make the Scotch, Rice and Milanese Stars pop! The big white star at the top goes over 44-ish threads.

No Cross Stitch in this at all -- just those beautiful Long Stitch Variations. This is offered with the chart, Simply Wool threads, a smattering of 6 mini-buttons, and the cuts of Weeks hand-dyed wool -- the deep blue and red Glen Plaid -- for the finishing. You'll need stuffing. As for the little fob pictured there... it is a FREE chart... details inside!

Flag Needlekeep by Jeannette Douglas -- click to see more Flag Needlekeep from Jeannette Douglas
A companion piece to the Stars Roll, this features the same color palette of Simply Wools -- Buckeye Scarlet, Schoolhouse Red, Oatmeal, Roasted Marshmallow, Midnight, Dungarees and Old Crow -- just a gorgeous selection. Worked on 32ct Natural Linen, this finishes approx 3-1/4 x 4-3/4. Stuffed with cool stitches again, the entire red and white striped part is done with small Satin Stitches. Your two reds give you that color play on there.

Offered as a small kit, you get the chart, Simply Wools, buttons and the blue wool for the little heart, and red for the case lining. Jeannette added her own decorative brass button to the front of the case -- that is not included -- but she suggests something special from your stash that you like better! A lovely small project with lots of stitching and color impact!

E. Pluribus Unum from Summer House Stitche Workes - click to see more
E. Pluribus Unum from Summer House Stitche Workes
So classic in design... this is stitched over one on 28ct hand-dyed Straw/Gingham linen in only one color -- Weeks Kohl hand-dyed floss. Measuring approx 7-1/2 x 8 -- this will make quite a visual statement in your surroundings. You can choose the same gingham linen in 28ct and work this over two threads instead -- you've just create a larger piece at 13-1/2 x 16.

Offered as a chart -- this is very clear and looks like it'll be fun to work on!

Sweet Liber-Tea from Silver Creek Samplers - click for more
Sweet Liber-Tea from Silver Creek Samplers
Six shades of Gentle Art Sampler Threads bring this cute design to life. *Forever we'll be strong and free, Sweet cup of Liber-Tea.*

Just something fun by Silver Creek Samplers, this measures 66 x 114 stitches. Cute finished as a sandwich-sign stand-up or a little fabric wallhanging quilt!


From Every Mountainside from Priscilla's Pocket - click for more From Every Mountainside from Priscilla's Pocket
Here's another endearing Patriotic design we just had to have! By Priscilla's Pocket, stitch the little girl waving her flag over one on 40ct. (sorry about that...!) She is worked in Crescent Colour's Belle Soie Silks -- 8 different colors in this! She measures a mite 1-1/2 x 2-3/4.

Then, mount her onto this cool, handmade wooden hornbook thread palette. It measures only 4 x 4 with a two-nch handle. Really pretty... who wouldn't love to have this??? Offered as the chart, with horn book separately... in case you want to stitch it on something larger and finish it a different way.

One Nation Offered by ByGone Stitches -- click to see more One Nation Offered by ByGone Stitches -- click to see more One Nation from ByGone Stitches
Wow... this is a neat piece! It's a flag of the United States... but the stripes are made up of the names of the states, in the order in which they joined The Union! Offered as a chart, the stitch count on this piece is a generous 210 x 400 -- 13 x 25 on 32ct! Stitched in ONLY Crescent's Cupid, Blacksmith Blue and Antique Lace hand dyed colors, it's just stunning!

The stars are all Cross Stitches... but you could Satin Stitch them if you like. (As a bonus... there is a listing inside of the actual dates each state joined the Union -- kind of fun trivia to know!) A lovely piece for a family room, classroom, library or office!


Sailing Through Life from Heaven and Earth Designs - click to see more Sailing Through Life from Heaven and Earth
From the original artwork of Jane Wooster Scott... this is exquisitely charted by Heaven & Earth Designs! Absolutely HUGE, solid stitching, and breathtaking in presentation... we have several other really cool Summer and Patriotic scenes like this one, to enjoy!

Definitely a family heirloom -- if you *live through the stitching!* -- these lovely Summer and Patriotic designs are simply a treat for your *Wanna Stitch Someday Stash!* Measures 450 x 379.

Betsy from Sheepish Designs - click for more Betsy from Sheepish Designs
Oh wow... we have had a retired model of this in the back room of the shop for years and years! I had thought we couldn't get the pattern anymore, but I loved the stitched model so much, I couldn't part with it. Then... MAGIC! By Sheepish Designs, this is Betsy Ross stitching the first American flag. She's in her garden of sheep, a peacock, birds, flowers and even a squirrel up there in the tree.

Coded for silks or DMC, it uses only Cross stitch and finishes approx 4-1/4 x 12-1/2 on 35ct. I'm not sure what part of it has the overwhelming appeal that it does... but over the years several gals have tried to buy the model, and were always disappointed that we had no chart! So, we present Betsy, in chart format, probably till we run out again!!

Awaken the Day - click for more Awaken the Day from Mill Hill
Mill Hill has licensed the artwork of Jim Shore and charted his designs into cross stitch! The first three publications are here, and they are stunning! Offered in leaflet form, each is stitched with DMC flosses and embellished with Mill Hill beads and MH's Jim Shore buttons.

Santa's workshop finishes approx 12 x 15, Harvest Trio finishes approx 5 x 12, and Awaken finishes approx 8 x 10. So colorful and pretty, we've packaged the beads and buttons together if you need them!


Summer Snapperland from Bent Creek
The last in the Summer Snapperland set is finally here!The first design is darling... it's a tiny beach house, complete with a whale weathervane and little red crab on the sandy beach!

Offered as the small individual card, there are snap embellishments included for the each design. As with Spring and Winter Snapperland, Bent Creek has designed a really neat border chart, so that you can stitch all four designs in this mini-set as one bigger design. That border design reads, 'Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.' Along with the sunshine and shells, there are seahorses in the border design as well, and the special embellishment package contains more snaps, clay sand dollars and a sea scallop.

Stitched on 32ct Rue Green Belfast Linen... each design finishes approx 3 x 3. Stitched together with the freebie border, the entire piece finishes approx 5 x 15. SOOO cute!

Seaside Stitches by Jeannette Douglas -- click to see more Seaside Stitches
from Jeannette Douglas
One of three stunning new pieces by Jeannette Douglas... Seaside Stitches is full of special stitches, intricate motifs and stitch details, and special threads! Stitched on 32ct Meadow Mist Belfast Linen in 29 different silks, hand-dyeds, metallics and a wool, the thread pack listing is a miniature 'Who's Who' in the world of threads!!! The piece finishes approx 6 x 8 and is shown on the leaflet cover in one of Olde Colonial's exquisite Birdseye Maple Dowry boxes.

I can't tell what is my favorite part in all of this... there is a handpainted crab charm, lots of mermaids (with metallic tails), seashells and anchor motifs all stitched over one thread, the ship in the center has chain stitches around it... like a miniature rope. The Soie d'Alger, Silk 'n Colors, Waterlilies, Glorianna Silks, Luminescence, Princess Perle Petite, Lorikeet and Needlepoint Silks in here are a luscious blend of light, medium and dark corals, seaside blues and greens, rich jewel green and blue metallic, soft sand browns and creams... it is truly a miniature work of needleart!
Offered as the leaflet with threads and embellishments, linen and box are offered separately.

The Sunshine State Sampler from Jeannette Douglas -- click to see more The Sunshine State Sampler
from Jeannette Douglas
Flamingoes, sailboats, palm trees, orchid and orange blossoms, hibiscus and flip-flops, crabs and fish... the only thing missing from this delightful tropical sampler is the margarita drink in the pineapple -- complete with the little paper umbrella!!! What a fun thing to stitch to remember a vacation, or to put in your sun-room, or your house in the Bahamas!!!

Designed by Jeannette Douglas, this is offered as the leaflet with all the necessary threads and embellishments. It finishes approx 4 x 11 on 32ct Meadow Mist Belfast Linen. The silks and overdyeds are rich, bright pinks, aquas, lime greens and yellow. The tiny embellishments include a scallop, starfish and palm trees. Lots of special stitches... go somewhere warm and sunny for vacation, and make THIS your vacation project!

(Remember how certain projects stand out in your mind? You remember that you were stitching something in particular when something important was happening in your life... you always remember that time in your life when you look at that piece.) If you're not going to Florida, but somewhere else sunny and tropical, then leave off the place or substitute your destination. This is your summer 2006 sampler!

Heart of America from Little House Needleworks -- click to see more Heart of America
from Little House Needleworks
Quite a commanding piece, this is a medley of patriotic designs by Little House Needleworks that fits beautifully together nestled in a Crescent Colours frame. Stitched on 30ct hand-dyed linen (we have several Weeks shades that are awesome!), each block is a single design all by itself... and some are garnished with clay buttons as well.

Offered as a Special Release Kit, it includes the chart, clay pack of 6 buttons, and 11 complete skeins of Crescent Colours hand-dyed flosses! Finishing approx 11 x 13 on the 30ct, it fits into Crescent's navy blue frame beautifully.

It's framed in The Family Tree Co's (a busy little division of Crescent Colours!) Beatrice 12 x 15 frame, with their 'timeworn' finish in the 'blackbird' color. Perfect! Great colors, lots of color definition, a VERY nice piece... this is a *definite!*



Teresa Layman My Cottage by the Sea -- click to see a larger view!

My Cottage by the Sea
from Teresa Layman
Another one of my favorites -- can you tell! Nautical blues, charming seaside colors... I want to live here!!! Finishes approx 3-1/8 x 2-1/4.

Teresa Layman Fish Tale -- click to see a larger view!

A Fish Tale
Aqua blue and charming... Cottage, this one, and Wild Salmon would make a neat grouping -- especially if you live near the water! Fish Tale finishes approx 3-1/8 x 2-1/4.

Teresa Layman Wild Salmon -- click to see a larger view!
Wild Salmon
Here's a wild and crazy thing!!! Bright, happy colors, cheerful, funky fish.. very 'artzy-fartzy', contemporary, and fun!!! Finishes approx 2-7/8 x 3-3/4.

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