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Enjoy some of the newest Shepherd's Bush Designs!
Tina and Terri have such a flair, and their color palette is yummy! Samplers on Belfast Linen stitched with silks, to primitive quick designs on Klostern in Pearl Cottons ... always lots of Mill Hill Beads and Buttons, and plenty of clay and brass charms and doo-dads. We love all of these! |
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Here are the Newest Designs
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A Great Batch is Coming Home with Us from Shepherd's Bush!
- Presenting the New Shepherd's Bush Stocking - Olaf
It's Grandpa's turn (don't know who Olaf is... I haven't read T & T's story on the leaflet yet) for a stocking! Olaf has a curly beard, a bright red jacket and gray pants. Along with his reindeer friend, there is a train along the bottom as well as a sleepy little village. Leaflet runs $12, Charm pack runs $20... Same awesome charms as the other 30 in the set!
- Garden Bag - The next large mesh pouch design to release. That makes about 14 of these! Fun colors, cute fob and cushion designs to go with your bigger pouch, it just makes you happy. These mesh pouches are a super-nice size - plenty of room for the chart, large piece of fabric and threads, their kind of addictive! Pouches come in 12 different colors for all SB's cute designs. Chart $10.00, Pouches are $15 each, button set TBA.
- Home is Where - We start! Looks like a small design, linen, might make a neat new home gift, might make a fun pic above your household key rack in your mud room. Chart $6.00
- Garden Needle Case Kit - This companions T & T's Halloween and Patriotic cases like this - complete kit contains the finishing fabrics and wools, along threads and embellishments.Super cute... the stitching wraps around both the front and back of the case.$30.00
- Stitch and Bee Happy - This year's Spring pin cushion kit - 20ct linen, hand-dyed flosses, cute handmade clay Zinnia button all in the kit! These always contain Teri's hand-dyed ribbon as the trim.$30.00
- How Does Your Garden Grow Zipper Bag - Another striped mini zippered pouch kit, the linen panel holds your stitching - pre-sewn pouch, threads, chart, needle and a few teeny button embellishments. $24.00
- Blessings Grow Fob - Here's a tiny 2-inch scissor fob presented in kit format. Designs on both sides, the edging is rik rak trim attached with beads. Blessings Grow and Well Tended are the words between all the bitty flowers. $16.00
- Be Still - This season's beginner kit is done on 10ct Tula. These are always cute, and a REALLY GOOD project to introduce to a young or simply a new stitcher. The kit looks good - not dorky or clunky - it's presented well, so they'll love stitching right from the start! Kit contains the chart, fabric, threads and embellishment all for $16.
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Shepherd's Bush's Releases
Tina and Teri have been designing and kitting away -- here are the Spring 2024 Designs...
- Home Needle Case - Something to celebrate Home and Happiness. Just like T & T's patriotic and Halloween cases this size, your stitching covers the front and back while the inside sports glorious lining fabric and a flannel area for needles. Closed, this measures about 4 x 4. The colors are gorgeous deep reds, with touches of moss, caramel and butter! The complete kit provides the linen, flosses, trims, luscious lining fabric and needle felts, an all of Shepherd's Bush's personal love and charm!
- All Manner of Thing - This pretty piece features advice from Julian of Norwich - Tina writes - a 14th Century mystic and anchoress. It was her inspiration to 'carry on' during the Pandemic - when she designed this! Presented as a complete kit, it includes 32ct hand-dyed linen, 17 different shades of Weeks Dye Works flosses, and a few tiny button embellishments. It measures 140 x 200, so finishes approx 8 x 12. This sampler was Tina's reminder to herself that life is special, and this world of ours is beautiful... and all shall be well.
- Stitching Calms the Soul Bag - This is another small 5 x 7 fabric zipper pouch made of ticking fabric with a linen panel for your stitching. The girls have added that cute decoration - not too much to work up - so that this can be finished and USED or given as a quick gift to a stitcher friend. The complete kit contains the ready-made zip pouch, the chart, needle and threads.
- Heart and Home Fob - Just a tiny little 2-inch thing... this is a new color palette for the girls! One deep red hand-dyed for all of this, they've included hand-dyed baby rik rak, and matching glass beads for the border... and of course a few hand-dyed buttons to match and embellish the stitching. Dust off your Double Running Stitch skills to stitch this tiny two-sided piece. Complete kit of chart, linen, thread, beads, trim and buttons.
- The Sampler Bag - Oh everyone loves these plastic mesh pouches - especially after they're decorated with a little stitching! #5 Weeks hand-dyed pearl cottons (new color used in this!) this leaflet delivers the main house sampler design that you can finish into the small cushion in the pic, or grab a plaid pouch and stitch away. The bag shown in the cover pic is the Burlap color... but there are nine OTHER colors I believe to choose from! As with most of the rest of them, there is a button packet available separately that we will have.
- Patriotic Parade - This season's newest Sheep pin cushion Kit, Parade's little sheep companions all the other Christmas, Halloween, Autumn, Spring... little Ewe's all celebrating their holiday or season. We have a million of them all pictured on our SB pages - really a charming collection over the years! Generally, these are done on 20ct linen with flosses, usually trim is included in the kit, but always a special hand-made clay button. This year's is a fancy star.
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Christmas Stockings
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Hey Everyone... Time to get busy on a new set of Christmas Stockings for the family!
Remember, we moved the purchasing options over to our Christmas Stocking page.
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Here are the stockings available from Shepherd's Bush, so far!
They're definitely shop favorites, quick to stitch, and good looking. Each finishes a nice 12 x18-ish inches -- big enough for a good haul from Santa! Stitched on 18ct Natural linen with size 5 Pearl Cotton, each has a neat embellishment package available that adds such a special touch -- we have all the leaflets, fabric, threads and those charms available for all of these -- just choose your favorites, and let us know!
Just put your cursor over the images to confirm their names.
Leaflets run $8 to $10 each; charms approximately $20/pkg; and the threads vary with each: $20-$30; 1/4 Yard cut of 18ct Natural Linen runs $25.00.
NOTE: We have moved the purchasing options for all of the Shepherd's Bush stockings over to our Christmas Stockings page.
Click over to that page to choose yours!
Isn't this bitty one cute? 36ct Over One!
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Pincushion Kits |
- Give Thanks Always is a complete kit on 32ct. It features Weeks flosses, a few button embellishments and that pretty trim by Lady Dot. I think the ship with the pilgrims aboard is the cutest!
- Where We Dwell - Presented as a kit, this 4-inch cushion is stitched on 32ct Patriot's Gray hand-dyed linen with Weeks flosses of deep cranberry and denim. The kit comes with Navy Lady Dot chenille trim and totally luscious red and denim finishing fabric for your cushion back. There are tiny buttons in here as well... isn't that little striped sheep cute? So, kit includes the chart, linen, trim, backing fabric, flosses, needle and buttons.
- Little Blessings Pincushion Kit - A really cute pin cushion design, this is presented as a complete kit of the 32ct linen, hand-dyed flosses, button embellishments, mossy green backing fabric, and that gorgeous soft pink chenille trim! A few Satin Stitches below the sheep and a big Crossed Scotch Stitch on the flower center are featured on this as well.
- A Witch's Garden Pin Cushion - A busy little 4-inch square pin cushion full of tiny what-nots. Pumpkins, a little witch and her sheep, a bitty kitty-on-the-fence, and crow in the graveyard, this is stitched on 32ct hand-dyed linen with pretty hand-dyed flosses. There are a few itty bitty button embellishments and Lady Dot's Jack hand-dyed chenille as well - in the complete kit.
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- Liberty Ewe - The annual little EWE doing his thing... this little guy appears in Halloween, Spring, Winter and Christmas designs - he's always dressed in a different festive hat that is really a hand-made clay button! Joing the rest of the flock is Mr Liberty Ewe. Above the tiny village, and below the proud flag, this year's hat is red and white striped! Complete kit includes the 20ct linen, all the threads, ribbon trim for the edge, and that glorious button!
- Merry Ewe - The annual 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 Christmas Pin Cushion design - this (can be done on anything) is worked on 18ct Natural Linen with hand-dyed flosses, and garnished with a darling hand-made red polka-dot package button - complete with striped green bow! The KIT contains the chart, linen, threads, button, beads AND Teri's hand-dyed silk ribbon for the edge finishing. You can get JUST the chart with button (so you can stitch it on anything you like)... we'll have those for a limited time. Super cute... there are three sheep... one is carrying that package, the middle one has on a Santa hat, and the third has on striped pajamas, and he's carrying a little evergreen tree!
- To All a Good Night - Tina and Teri have a darling new pin cushion out... and now we have lots of time before next Christmas to get it stitched to enjoy! Stitched on 32ct Natural Linen, the cushion finishes 5 x 5. Santa - complete with billowing striped hat - is flying across the sky. There are reindeer and sheep on here... an ornament and candy cane garland, even little snowman wearing a striped sweater!
Very cute, the complete kit comes with the linen, hand-dyed flosses, a few button and bead embellishments, as well as bright green fabric for your backing treatment and the most gorgeous shade of pretty red hand-dyed chenille from Lady Dot Creates. It'll be fun to have and stitch!
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- Scare Ewe! - How cute is this? The little trio of sheep is all dressed up to SCARE you right out of Trick or Treating! One is dressed like a pumpkin, one is a witch - complete with a handmade clay striped witch hat - but the one that steals the show is the tiny SKELETON - he's half-there! Complete kit on 18ct Natural linen with the threads and hat. For a limited time, we also have just the chart with that hat button.
- Witching Season - A busy scene on this 3 x 3 cushion - there are bones buried in the ground, spiders and bats, the scary jack-o-lantern and a cute little crow wearing a hat on here! Complete kit comes with the linen, threads, and Teri's hand-dyed ribbon trim. The three clay pins poking out are separate are from Just Another Button Company - we have those too!
- Liberty and Justice - Cute little sheepie on blue linen, they have followed a red, white and blue color these, complete with gray long-stitched stars on the sheep. Complete kit with fabric, threads, buttons, and I bet - the chenille trim for this charming 4 x 4 pin cushion!
- In Your Easter Bonnet Kit - Complete kit contains 18ct white linen, flosses, lavender silk ribbon and glass beads for edge finishing treatment, needle, and DARLING little handmade clay Easter Bonnet for the sheep! Finishes approx 3 x 4.
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- Ewe Can Build a Snowman - Tina and Teri's latest pin cushion kit, this one features a little sheep wearing the hat that he's going to put on his new snowman friend's head! Presented as a small kit, this is stitched on 18ct linen and features hand-dyed flosses, a little wool thread for the sheep, that hand-made clay hat button, backing fabric, and ribbon and beads to create the rouched ribbon edging. Always cute, this would be an AWESOME thing to stuff into a beginning stitcher's stocking!
- Ewe Are Forever In My Heart - The Spring 2019 pin cushion kit that features a pretty hand-made clay embellishment is here. Worked on 18ct white linen with floss, the complete kit contains the chart, linen, flosses, beads and silk ribbon for the edge trimming treatment, that charming clay heart and the backing fabric. The mat shown in the pic is an alternative finishing treatment to the 3 x 4 pin cushion.
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- Have Ewe Any Wool? Another darling pin cushion-sized design, this one comes as a kit of 18ct natural linen, hand-dyed threads and a precious matching-and-very-hand-made clay stocking cap button. All restful grays, white and cranberry reds, this finishes approx 3 x 4. Teri's hand-dyed silk ribbon for the edge treatment is featured in the kit.
- Oh Tannenbaum - Tina and Teri's annual ornament is here. Finishing 3 x 3 on 32ct Mocha linen, with a smattering of hand-dyed flosses from your stash, there are some buttons that come with this - featured in the holly border - and I speculate that the chenille outside trim (available separately) is Lady Dot's Mossy color. Small Leaflet with buttons.
- From Sea to Shining Sea Pincushion - This is one of their 4 x 4 cushion designs offered in a kit format. A Zig-Zag flag and that sunshine... the sheep do not have on bare feet, and nobody is eating a popsicle... but it has flowers and green grass! 32ct Linen, silks and hand-dyed cottons, red polka dot backing fabric, buttons and hand-dyed chenille trim by Lady Dot.
- Magpie Pincushion - A kit, they say this companions the larger Road to Paris Sampler.
- Making Spirits Bright - This is a kit - hand-dyed linen and threads, it's full of T & T's personality! They've finished it with a chenille edge trim - stitching over it with red floss so it kind of looks like a candy cane! JABCO has a special Pin Set to garnish this... holly, sheep, snowflake, flower and heart - everything found in the stitching! Finishes approx 3-1/2 inches square.
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- Gather Joy Pin Cushion Kit - Darling design is a companion to Thankful Be - the new biggie sampler. Kit.
- Heart Play - this Spring's annual pin cushion design. Presented in T & T's cute packaged kits, you get the chart, linen, hand-dyed threads a button or two or three, and Teri's hand-dyed silk ribbon for the edge treatment in finishing. Some don't like the tall, skinny red building... maybe change the wording and use your initials instead... change those parts if you want... but definitely make this into a little cushion. I think there are enough tiny buttons in here to add them to that pretty ribbon edging treatment! We have like 2 dozen of these tiny cushions all stitched in the shop. Individually they are cute, but nestled together they are stunning!
- October Pincushion - A companion to Frightful Be - You'll get the cottons, buttons and rik-rack trim with beads for finishing. A small KIT.
- True Heart - Another charming pin cushion design - this is presented in a kit. You get 32ct Belfast linen, hand-dyed flosses, yummy deep blue silk ribbon and creamy beads to do that fun rouched ribbon edging treatment, and some special bitty hand-dyed buttons for your flower centers as well. (and the star on the flag, too!)
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- Spring Sheep - This little gal is standing in her garden of wildly blooming gigantic flowers. Her basket is nearby, and I think I see a decorated egg in the grass! Finishing approx 3 x 3 - this pin cushion comes as a small complete kit of chart, linen, buttons and threads.
- Christmas Sheep Kit - This little sheep is the 3rd in a series of seasonal sheep and is perfect for the upcoming Advent season. It is stitched on 32 count linen with overdyed silk & cotton threads.
- Joy to Ewe - Darling little polka dot clay hat for the sheep, elegant burgundy silk ribbon for finishing, this little kit comes with both, as well as hand-dyed floss and the pretty backing fabric! Finish your little Joy Ewe as a 3 x 4 pin cushion (you have the ribbon for the edging) or get the Jill Rensel mat for a framed presentation. Kits are LIMITED.
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- Autumn Sheep - A tiny kit of 32ct Antique Ivory linen, Weeks and DMC flosses and a button - *Here is the sheep who watches for Fall and rests in the dusk as the first crickets call.* Pretty colors, we love making tiny cushions out of these - fill them with crushed walnut shells to feel just the best!
- Safely Gathered Pin Cushion - We think this is an Autumn version of the current FOLD series! It has the same round stylized flowers and charm! 32Ct linen Sandstone linen and Week's flosses stitch the cushion. The prettiest miniature rick-rak trim along with big lavender beads are provided for the edge finishing treatment.
- Autumn Fright Pin Cushion - A cute little wisp of a thing, this has kind of a cheerful moon and a perky flower, cute little pumpkins and the bitty sheep all hanging out in a little graveyard on a hill! 32 ct linen, and halloween-y colors of DMC, Teri's hand dyed silk ribbon is included for the edging trim work. Can you see the orange and green beads on the edging? Just a cute finishing treatment. Offered as a small complete kit.
- Poor Robin's Pincushion - Another small 3 x 3 pincushion kit... this one is stitched on 32ct in silks and flosses, she features a clay carrot nose button AND the lavender cotton chenille trim for your edge finishing! A darling snowlady face, and a garland of greens surrounding the cushion... we can't read the verse, and I forgot to ask them what it said today!
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Large Kits |
- My Home Sweet Home is a little 6 x 8-ish design complete with patriotic sheep guarding the homesteads. All the busy-ness in the sky looks like fireworks! Presented as a kit, it is stitched on 32ct Country French Cafe Mocha Linen with Weeks hand-dyed flosses, and includes a few bitty button embellishments as well.
- Tis A Gift - A charming brick house perched on a grassy hill... there are 4 sheep there in the yard... a little softer brown to blend with the gentle, quiet colors in this. Finishing approx 5 x 8 on 32ct, this complete kit comes with hand-dyed silks and asst Weeks Dye Works and even 2 DMC flosses, along with a trio of tiny button embellishments. Tina threw in a couple of specialty stitches -- you can see them in the bottom bands.
We like all the *parts* to this! Divide it up in your head... just the top part as a cushion... just the house and trees, just the sheep on the hill, just that little pot and bee down at the bottom... there are lots of charming parts to this! Complete kit of chart, linen, threads and embellishments.
- Road To Paris Sampler -- Complete kit contains 32ct hand-dyed fabric, overdyed threads and a few buttons. Kind of looks like you could split this into two pieces!
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- To Be Free - Celebrate Summer with this sweet sampler. Stitched on 32ct hand-dyed linen (I bet Teri dyed it!) with a combination of hand-dyed flosses, it comes with a smattering of small buttons. A billowing border, the happy little sheep grazing on the hill... life is pretty good! Complete kit, I imagine this to finish about 4 x 7.
- Abundance Sampler - A lovely sampler that is NOT part of *The Fold* but that certainly compliments it... Shepherd's Bush presents this 6-1/2 x 11-1/2 inch sampler worked on 32ct Sheep Track hand-dyed linen (By Teri!) You'll be working with Au Ver a Soie Silks and hand-dyeds of Gloriana and Thread Gatherer in luscious shades of olive and moss greens, raspberries, buttermilks and caramels, and a touch of dusty lavender. The sampler features an area of small bands of special stitches -- the kit includes a photograph of that stitch detail, along with a smattering of cute colorful button embellishments. Special stitches scattered... very *Shepherd's Bushy!*
- Harvest of Plenty - Tina Richards' newest releases include this 5 x 8 sampler dedicated to the cool and sweet feel of Autumn! Stitched on 32ct hand-dyed Bee's Wax linen with gorgeous shades of Gloriana and Thread Gatherer silks, there are always a few buttons scattered here and there, some Rices and Satins. Lovely shades of butterscotch and lavender, olives and creamy whites. It companions her 4 smaller pieces! Offered as the complete kit of chart, linen, silks and buttons.
- There Dwells My Heart -- This is charming! Measuring 6 x 9 on 32ct natural linen, this scene is stitched with hand-dyed silks and cottons -- all the traditional Shepherd's Bushy colors! Where my home is, there dwells my heart. Pretty flowers in the border, the cool zig-zaggy flag and that neat zaggy hill on the right... they've stitched the green on the central sheep hill vertically, so you can see how it looks striped! Very cute! Complete kit of linen, threads, chart and mini button embellishments.
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- Gratitude Sampler - *Joys and Blessings, Faith and Friendship, Love and Gratitude*
This is really more like a trio of small pastoral scenes than rows and rows of stitches and alphabets. Finishing approx 8 x 15 on 32ct hand-dyed Sea Salt linen, this is stitched in 20 different shades of hand-dyed silks - and is mainly worked in Cross Stitch. There are small areas of Tall Cross Stripe, Satins, Darning and Herringbone... but mostly regular crosses. The silk colors are luscious -- you can see all the pretty greens in the rolling hills, and the lavenders in the Darning sections between the scenes. A very quaint and classic Shepherd's Bush feel to this piece, stitch it as one, or break it up into sections. Offered as the complete kit, there is so much silk in here... I bet it actually weighs something on our shipping scale! Lovely! Tina and Teri present Peace and Plenty and their Harmony Fob as companions to this sampler.
- Eve's Garden Kit is an Adam and Eve Sampler stitched on 32ct hand-dyed Old Earth Belfast Linen, stitched in Gloriana and Thread Gatherer hand-dyed silks. Super-easy specialty stitches, this is full of raspberry pinks and olive greens, and finishes approx 8 x 11-1/2. Offered as a complete kit., the border is lovely and flowing, the colors are bold.
- Her Blessings - A lovely piece that is a sampler within a sampler! Charming motifs and quirkly little stitches scattered everywhere... (do just the left-hand side, or just the right if you want) this is full of Shepherd's Bush charm! Little sheep and flowers, the verse reads She gathers her blessings from the earth, Joys offered simply to mark a life's worth. LOVELY rich silks of raspberry, moss, grapes and buttermilks. The kit includes 2 nice, large photos of the actual stitching - we laughed that you could just frame the band sampler one and be done with it!
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- Happy Haunting - 'Come away a 'haunting among the shadows deep making merry mischief then home to bed we'll creep!' A description of Trick or Treat nights of years ago...one of Tina's memoirs of those days dedicates this design. (I just remember not getting as much candy as everybody else... !) Our little trickster has her 'doggy-sheep' in tow... all decked out for an evening of merriment. She steps past the gardens and pumpkin patches, carefully avoiding that all-too-scary graveyard down at the bottom! An exquisite Shepherd's Bush design, this is stitched on R & R's 32ct Howling Moon Blend linen. A golden honey color, the silks included in the kit are Gloriana and Thread Gatherer - luscious colors of Autumn Grass, Tuscan Olive, Aged Plum, Rusty Amber and English Ironstone - to name a few - they are rich in color, so the finished piece POPS! A few special stitches, a darling set of miniature JABCO clay buttons in here -- a gravestone, bone, swirly gourd, buzzard and even a late blooming flower -- the whole thing finishes approx 5-1/2 x 14.
- Family Sampler - Shepherd's Bush is stepping outside their design circle by bringing us a Spot Motif Sampler designed to celebrate your family! I know that Tina loves Barb and Alma's design style from Blackbird Designs -- and this reminds me of that. She laughed when she told me at Market last summer that it's OK for designers to love other designer's stuff, and she was just compelled to do a Shepherd's Bush Original! I love it! Stitched on 32ct French Vanilla hand-dyed linen, this finishes approx 6 x 12. It is worked in SB's trademark palette of soft mauves, lavenders, moss greens and vanillas -- all hand-dyed silks from Crescent, Gloriana and Thread Gatherer. The charm package reminds me of the SB samplers from years ago -- it features exquisite mother-of-pearl buttons and little brass charms. 'These be my Blessings' is the featured verse. The idea with this piece, is to personalize, dedicate and celebrate your family. Tina gives insight into alphabet choices and dates you might want to incorporate... this is one of those pieces that you could stuff full of children's birth dates, weddings, anything you want! Lovely.
- Autumn Blessings - Autumn's blessings fine and free, make hearts sing and grateful be. I think that little hopping sheep has the singing heart! Shepherd's Bush's newest Fall piece, this is offered as a complete kit of luscious butterscotch, golden moss, taupe, rusty amber, and weathered plum silks to stitch on 32ct linen. The band sampler design has that darling sheep at the top, lots of rows of special stitches cascading down the piece, and incorporates a swirly pumpkin, green leaf and a black bird button. Such pretty colors and a cute design, it finishes approx 4 x 9! The Jill Rensel Mat, that measures approx 12 x 16-1/2 is here, too!
- Sweet Land Sampler - All stitched in cranberry, denims and white-grays of Weeks hand-dyed flosses. his finishes approx 6 x 8 on 32ct French Mocha linen... includes special stitches and a trio of tiny button embellishments. Kit contains the chart, linen, threads, buttons and needle.
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- Snow Queen - This is another annual Snowman - only she is a SHE! Worked on Week's hand-dyed linen (I think it's Kudzu) this finishes approx 5 x 6, and features quite a different color palette for Tina and Teri. This is gorgeous combination of olive greens, taupe, cream, gold metallic and gold seed beads. VERY STRIKING! Complete kit contains the chart, fabric, threads and embellishments.
- Chocolate Snowman - This year's annual snowman worked on hand-dyed fabric, this one has a blue sweater and little reindeer/dog friend. It comes with hand-dyed threads along with a smattering of tiny button embellishments. Joins the other 12-ish! Kit.
- Sage Snowman - We love these... Sage is the 11th in this annual set... he's a soft, faded, earthy green but he's striped and looks awesome in the middle of his landscape. Complete kit of hand-dyed linen, silk threads and a smattering of small buttons, he finishes approx 5 x 6. Every year, we ask the gals for a Yellow Snowman! Every year Teri says she lays out linen colors for Tina to choose from, and she NEVER chooses that yellow. That year at Market, Tina just smiled at us, started laughing, put her head back down to her work, and waved us to go AWAY! We think he would be cute - he could be named the Sunshine Snowman... and his little sheep could be dressed up with doggy ears on! Oh well... maybe next year! You can visit all 11 other colors farther down this page!
- Slate Snowman - We think this is the 8th little guy in this charming set of annual snowmen. He is presented as a full kit of gorgeous 30ct Weeks Dye Works Dolphin Linen, and includes 2 hand-dyed silks along with 7 colors of Weeks's hand-dyed cottons. Little buttons garnish, and even though the verse says In the bleak mid winter... there is nothing bleak about this! It's very cheerful!
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- Stone Snowman - Shepherd's Bush has released their annual Snowman design! Joining Pink, Red, Black, Purple, Blue, Green and Wisteria, I keep asking Teri for Yellow, but she says Tina is in charge of these... and *might not have motivation* to do one!!! So... I guess Stone will do for now! Presented as a complete kit of Week's Dye Works 30ct Stone Linen, it uses it uses silks, Weeks hand-dyed flosses AND DMC flosses! Finishes approx 5 x 6... our Jill Rensel Mats will we arriving shortly! Kits contains the chart, linen, threads and bitty button embellishments.
- Wisteria Snowman - Shepherd's Bush has released their 7th annual snowman on hand-dyed linen. Joining Purple, Blue, Pink, Green, Black, and Red... Little Ms Wisteria is worked on a dusty light lavender linen, and definitely has a colorful attitude! In the Meadow... the sky is gray... forbidding sun and hiding the sky... will Spring ever arrive? Offered as a complete kit of linen and hand-dyed silks, there are three tiny buttons included. Cute, as always.
- Black Snowman - He's the 6th in this set of charming snowmen all stitched on hand-dyed linen, and coordinated to go together! Companioning Red, Pink, Purple, Green and Blue... you get a funky snowman surrounded by cute motifs, a striped tummy sometimes, and cute button embellishments. This one is worked on Week's 30ct Gunmetal linen with silk, and garnished with a set of clay buttons.
- Pink Snowman - Joining the set of *mature snowmen* - Red, Blue, Purple and Green... Little Pink is NEW! *Snow Love*, she says. Stitched on Weeks 30ct Red Pear hand-dyed linen, in a smattering of hand-dyed silks, she finishes approx 5 x 7.
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- Blue Snowman - Here's another colorful-linen snowman piece! Companioned with Red, Green and Purple Snowmen... this little guy promises that the cold winter winds full of snow DO blow! Stitched on the new Weeks Dye Works 30ct Blue Jeans hand-dyed linen... the silks included in the complete kit are yummy winter whites, cranberries, avocado and denims, and embellishments include some matte-finish mini-buttons. Now, actually, this is probably a GIRL snowman... because of the wreath of ivy and berries crowning her head! Finishes approx 5 x 6.
- Green Snowman - The companion to Red Snowman... this little guy is over-the-top, drop-dead CUTE! Stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct hand-dyed Guacamole Linen in bright shades of berry-pink hand-dyed silk, with lots of Oatmeal Scone cream and Tuscan Olive yellow green -- all the way to hunter greens, Mr Green finishes approx 5 x 6. He's perched on a hill of snow roses, and tucked between skinny pine trees and houses. There are 5 softly-dyed mini buttons included that garnish his belly - they match his threads. I just LOVE his colors!!! Offered as the complete kit of linen, silks, chart and buttons!
- Red Snowman - A new kit by Shepherd's Bush... this is SO CUTE! Long, skinny, striped leggings are keeping the long, spindly legs of your snowman and sheep toasty warm. Offered as a complete kit, this is stitched on 32ct hand-dyed Cranberry Bog Linen by R & R. Using 4 solid silk colors, and 4 hand-dyed silks... this
petite piece finishes approx 5 x 6, and is garnished with a clay carrot snowman nose. Reds, moss, cream and browns... the colors are really unusual... the design is really sweet!
- Purple Snowman - Shepherd's Bush has released another quaint snowman design stitched on a very 'out-there' hand-dyed linen color - for a snowman! WHO thinks one should be against a red, green or purple background? Teri and Tina of Shepherd's Bush! Teri builds them outside in front of the shop, while sister Tina is inside working *hard.* (At least that's the official story they're sticking to...) A cute design, offered in kit format, your darling little snowman, complete with skinny legs, is stitched on Weeks 30ct Grape Ice linen in shades of luscious greens, soft berry, creams, and brown hand-dyed silks. There are some tiny hand-dyed buttons in here, too. LOVELY roses, lavenders and greens!
- Grey Snowman - His tummy has a snow globe in it... hence the words 'snow globe' above him in he sky. Even though this little guy's name is Gray, and he is stitched on Confederate Gray linen, he is a little bright bit of color in the bleak wintertime! Complete kit contains the linen, silks and buttons.
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The Gatherers - During the 1990s, Bush designed a series of 4 Gatherers. Four colorful, detailed pieces... they seemed to be giant extensions of the smaller designs they were also publishing. Sort of the 'corner-stones' if you will. Exquisite dress, borders, and companion sheep and gardens... each is prettier than the last!
Herb Gatherer came first... a mauve/lavender summer garden piece.
Next was Wool Gatherer... a companion in blue, teal, and taupe colors. He carries a pack full of real wool roving on his back!
Now, I don't remember my history well, because I THINK Toy came next. The Christmas version... Toy Gatherer is full of rich burgundys and deep greens.
Finally, we were treated to The Earth Gatherers. A springtime, pastoral scene... like all the rest, it features the backstitched background of light taupe, suggesting the setting for its Gatherer.
All offered as charts with embellishments, each lots of SB charm! Herb Gatherer (1990) measures approx 13 x 13, mat is arched, hand-carved and huge! Wool Gatherer (1991) measures the same size, same awesome triple, hand-carved mat treatment, only blues instead of mauves. Toy (1992) measures approx 10 x 8. Triple, handcarved and arched mat features hand-painting as well, and is also huge! Earthgatherers (1996) measures approx 12 x 18, and its mat features 4 layers, hand-carving and hand-painting! Stunning!
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- Angel's Song - The song verse 'Angels we have heard on high' is featured in this exquisite Christmas sampler. Offered as a complete kit, its stitched on 32ct hand-dyed Park City Blend Linen in the most luscious shades of rose, mulberry, taupes, and slate silks from Thread Gatherer, as well as Gloriana and Soie D' Alger. The embellishments include beautiful miniature clay leaves, sheep, stars, and hearts, along with glass and pearl beads.
Ooodles of fun stitches, all diagrammed nicely, the sampler is stuffed full of charming motifs. There are hillsides of the country, the elegant city buildings of olde... lots of floral bands, and an awesome band of Ukrainian Embroidery worked with the hand-dyed Shepherd's Moon Silk 'n Colors included. Just breathtaking, this finishes approx 5 x 18, and will definitely be among your favorite Shepherd's Bush pieces!
- Baby Bug Ball - One of four new releases by Shepherd's Bush... this is absolutely the most charming design! Available as a complete kit of 32ct Light Sand Belfast linen, with lots of Thread Gatherer overdyed silks and tiny Just Another Button Company birds, bees and doodlebugs embellishments included. The soft tans, lavenders, and pale greens stitch to create a precious parade of tiny dressed bees and garden bugs.
Tina and Terry have an old photo of their mother at age three... all dressed up in a 'bug pageant!' That photo - the inspiration for this design - is a family treasure! Your Baby Bug Ball finishes approx 6 x 8, and is full of pretty, soft color and charm!
- Patriotic Thoughts - This is a fun 5 x 8 inch sampler that is a companion to Thoughtful Heart and French Heart that is full of tiny, delicate Americana and patriotic details! In each of these, the alphabet is spelled out in stylized letters, and each letter has a word, motif, flower, or charm to dress it up! The complete kit includes the 34ct Cafe Au Lait Legacy Linen, Silk 'n Colors, Soie D' Alger and Gloriana silks, and a package of five miniature clay buttons... a flag, bee, rose, heart and star! The silk colors are delicious denims, raspberry and burgundies, and soft cremes. I just love it!
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- Old Glory - This is a very "Shepherds-Bushy" flag design... full of rows of flowers, sheep, and alphabets. Stitched on 32ct Lambswool linen, in yummy mulberry, grey-blue and creme silk threads; it features specialty stitches and special buttons.
- Thoughtful Heart - This is a charming, free-spirited design! It's a random motif pattern of hearts, little borders, assorted flowers, all tucked between irregular alphabet letters. Stitched on 32ct ivory linen in soft silk shades of lavender and light moss greens, there are touches of gold and creme silk, too. The embellishment is a sterling silver rosebud flower, tucked into a floral row. Finishing approx 5 x 8," it's full of specialty stitches, I counted 15! Really a delightful design.
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- Patriotic Thoughts - Another of Tina and Teri's charming spot motif samplers, this one is delightful. Measuring about 5 x 8, it's full of song titles and favorite patriotic phrases. America the Beautiful, Land of the Free, Give Us Peace, Lady Liberty, Long May She Wave, Oh Say Can You See, from Sea to Shining Sea... you get the idea. Kit includes the chart, linen, silks, and 5 teeny clay button embellishments to scatter where needed. Soft denim, raspberry and cream colors.
- French Heart - A charming piece - this is worked on 32ct cream linen with pastel silks. Scattered a few gold seed beads, it features a 1/2 inch hand-made clay show button - very old fashioned - with a tiny pink flower on it. Tiny blocks with tiny heart, house, shepherdess and sheep motifs... it finishes a mere 6 x 7. Presented as a complete kit of chart, linen, solid and hand-dyed silks and buttons. Pretty for a little girl's bedroom.
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The 2014 Shepherd's Fold Series
Shepherds Bush has sent the first design in their 6-part Fold Series!!! A Full Heart is a charming pastoral scene complete with the sunny sky, brick red farmhouse, a blooming garden, busy beehives, and a flock of fluffy sheep grazing on the hillsides. Finishing a circular 7 x 7 on lovely new 32ct hand-dyed Stone Steps Linen, the fabric is very nice -- sturdy, tightly woven and soft -- but not limp!
You'll be stitching with solid and hand-dyed silks from Au Ver a Soie, Thread Gatherer and Gloriana in luscious greens mauves and creams. Tina has added several smatterings of specialty stitches here and there -- all just to add bits of texture and interest. You can see some in the sheep and the grassy areas. There are precious bitty buttons in here as well... and everything can grace the top of a Lone Elm Lane Shepherd's Plum Sewing Box... or it can be
framed.
 
*The Fold's* first design... if you choose to 'box-top' this... you will create a storage place for the other 5 pieces that promise to be needlework smalls of cushions, cases and fobs!
A Full Heart is offered as a kit of chart, linen, silks and embellishments. Box or Mat for finishing is available separately. We have an auto-ship for the remaining kits in this series... and can send the box or mat anytime you wish!
My Home Fob -- Part Two of The Fold
Tina and Teri have sent Part Two in their 6-piece Sewing Box Set! My Home Fob features a fat little blackbird in his backyard garden of violets -- which you can see on the reverse. Raspberry, violet and olive greens, the kit includes a length of hand-dyed silk ribbon for the edge finishing treatment. It matches all the pretty hand-dyed silk flosses.
Offered as a small kit -- each of the six pieces in this set can be purchased and stitched individually of the others -- so if you are not 'into' collecting the entire series, you don't have to! If you are on our Auto-Ship -- your kit is already in the mail to you! If you want to join... we can begin with Kit #1... and even that gorgeous lavender box!
Goodness and Grace Pin Cushion -- The Fold, Part 3!
Tina and Teri have sent their third piece in the six-part FOLD series of a sewing box and coordinating smalls. Goodness and Grace is a 3-inch pin cushion that features Teri's very own hand-dyed silk ribbon as the edge trim! A lovely grape silk checkered basket offers a lavish bouquet of flowers and a pretty flower-shell button as trim. The 'Goodness and Grace' of the backyard garden... a tiny house is there, as well as the sheep grazing in the yard!
Offered as a complete kit, the 32ct hand-dyed linen was worth waiting for -- and lovely! Threads include hand-dyed silks and cottons, of course there is Teri's ribbon, and lots of beads and buttons to garnish both the cushion and the edge trim. Also included is a cut of deep green flannel fabric to back the cushion! Aged Plums, Dried Pink Roses, Olive Branch and Whiskey greens and golds... the colors are gorgeous, and the few special stitches tossed in here are an added treat. A sweet cushion, luscious kit ingredients... and something charming to add to your Shepherd's Plum Sewing Box!
Notice the JABCO Just Pins poking from the pillow? A set of 5 pins -- they include a white sheep, black sheep, heart, purple flower and little black bird -- all clay-topped pins. They are an optional set that is available separately!
Cherish Life -- The Fold, Part 4!
Tina and Teri continue to Cherish Life by bringing us part four of their charming sewing box series -- The Fold. Those girls are constantly happy and we love them to pieces!
Cherish Life is a needle case design that companions the main box top, fob and pin cushion. Each part is presented in kit format... and Cherish Life is no different. It does contain hand-dyed linen (by Teri!), yummy hand-dyed silk threads, a smattering of tiny button embellishments, purple polka dot finishing fabric and the thickest, dense-est cut of wool felt to make an interior needle page.
The little sheep grazing on the hill amidst berries, bees and flowers, it'll make you smile.
We have a coordinating JABCO Needle Threader this time around!!! See it in the pic? That is available separately -- it is a GREAT threader -- it even fits beading needles!
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Yes, there's even more from Shepherd's Bush!
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Leaflets run $8 to $10 each; charms approximately $20/pkg; and the threads vary with each: $20-$30; 1/4 Yard cut of 18ct Natural Linen runs $25.00.
