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Ornamented Christmas Houses This is a quiet village street ready for Santa. He's up there, too, just arriving! By Twin Peak, this design uses only 9 shades of DMC floss to stitch the three ornate houses that are just oozing with gingerbread charm. The cover pic is rather dark - the blues are 926 and 931, the red is 304 - MUCH brighter than in the pic, and the deer and brown on the house is 435. Measuring about 16 x 7 on 14/28ct... you can finish this as a drum with that cute carousel top, or simply frame or pillow it. Balanced and organized, they've done a good job with the charts by giving you a one-page image of the whole design that spreads over three pages in the chart format. Leaflet with both the black and white chart and the color rendition.
The Twin Peak Sisters have been busy! Presenting Halloween and Christmas Releases we really like! Fang and Big Eye Gang is one of my favorites this season! Choose some fun fabric background colors to highlight these whimsical characters... or stitch the backgrounds in colors you like. (The pattern says they are done on Smokey Pearl, but I'm not seeing that same color on the fabric edges. I THINK they have stitched those three colored backgrounds though, rather than used different fabric.) Each measures just 59 x 80 in size. Featuring only 8 shades of DMC floss, the cat, witch and pumpkin head clown are all included in this leaflet. Absolutely LOVE them! Christmas Drum Set - This design leaflet includes the 'Good Will to All' village scene with Santa flying overhead, as well as the Santa head 'ice cream cone.' Everything is stitched with DMC on Country Vintage Mocha - which we have it in numerous counts. The flat village scene measures 196 x 101 - so 7 x 14 on 28ct. Mr Santa's head measures only 58 x 58 - so he finishes a petite 2 x 4 inches in size. Can't wait to get our hands on this leaflet and get some shop models stitched! Winter Rose Sampler - Stitched on Fibre on a Whim's Affogato Belfast linen with a mixture of DMC and hand-dyeds, it features a snow capped alphabet along the top. Then, two center sections - one a wintery cottage with snow-covered evergreens and bunnies on the lawn, and the lavish Winter Rose flower with reindeer along the bottom. Measures 182 x 189. The Day Before Christmas - Here's a charming town scene enjoying the cold weather and freshly fallen snow. Measuring 108 x 144 - so about 8 x 10-1/2 on 28ct - choose something gray and wintery or a brisk light blue for your background. Coded for 19 shades of DMC, they suggest substituting Mill Hill glass seed beads instead of French Knots - I imagine for the falling snow!
Quirky Autumn - More delightful little animals from Twin Peak Primitives Oh wow... 4 more little animals to add to this charming collection of wild ones... along with 3 motifs to match the season. Twin Peak has three books out now with these funky, stylized critters... Quirky 2024, and Christmas 2024. So far we have a rooster, raccoon, bunny, dog, cat, horse and fox joining a Christmas owl, reindeer, angels, kings and gnomes. And now - the turkey, partridge, squirrel and hedgehog, not to mention the acorns, scarecrow and pumpkin! Each has beautiful geometric designs within them - giving your eye lots of cool patterns to see. Everything is coded for DMC, each measures between 3 and 5 inches in size, and each is presented as a big chart with smaller colored one in it's book.
Summery Designs Summer - Oh, love this! A charming little 70 x 70 (4 x 4 inches) seaside town scene is surrounded by a border of more summer life at the waterfront. You can make just the smaller inside panel, or stitch all of this - finishing just 6 inches square on 18/36ct. That border would be cute as a stitched 'mat' around a special picture you have as well. Charted for DMC, the chart is presented in both black and white and in color. 3 Whales Quaker - This piece measures 97 x 190, so finishes about 5 x 10 on 18/36ct fabric. Coded for DMC, the colors are so pretty - dusty, and watery, and beachy! 644, 646, 648, 746, 775, 822, 926, 928, 7, 3072 and 3862, it's just peaceful. Not sure what a connection would be between whales and Quaker... so you might have work through that a little (!), but something about the piece is attractive. Chart is printed both black and white and in color. American Eagle - This one is stitched in just one color - you choose! Do navy blue if you want, choose a hand-dyed, whatever! It measures 88 x 83, so finishes a little smaller than 5 inches on 18/36ct. They used DMC 3852 for the cover pic, but offer Weeks Daylily or Gentle Art's Toffee as other color ideas - but if you want a red or blue - GO FOR IT!
Quirky Critters, Quirky Christmas 2024 and Projection of Love Twin Peak Primitives has three new leaflets full of cute designs we really like! Quirky Critters is AWESOME! A rooster, racoon, bunny, dog, cat, horse and fox - all are stitched with DMC floss - but are full of bright colors and wild patterns. They are all around 4 to 5 inches in size on 16/32ct Vintage Country Mocha. (We have this fabric in numerous different sizes of Aida and Linen) The book presents each animal on its own spread of two pages with the black and white huge chart on one page, and the key, pic of actual model, and a smaller colored chart on the opposite page. Absolutely the cutest little menagerie! Quirky Christmas 2024 - Just like Quirky Critters, these are delightful motifs. There are the Three Kings, an angel, gnomes, a festive tree, reindeer, Santa elf, an owl, and a little straw goat. All on Country Vintage Mocha, all DMC, just happy and colorful! The leaflet contains them all.
Halloween Cat By Twin Peak Primitives, this little cutie caught my eye this week! He's only 57 x 71 (3 x 4 on 18/36 ct) and is worked with regular DMC. It's kind of hard to see the detail in the pic, but the background is solid stitching of 3053 with a meandering vine of 3828. Presented as a large chart - printed both black and white, and color. $6.00
Peace on Earth A new Christmas Sampler by the Twin Peak Primitives Girls, there are a lot of charming elements in here. Check out the border - there are reindeer inside all that holly! I think just that part would make a lovely pin drum. Then, Santa and his reindeer are flying above the grand manor... and there is a stitching blackbird and even scissors on here. Love the colors, love the house, the balance of it all - just everything. Measuring 211 x 176, this finishes about 12 inches on 14/28ct, and is coded for DMC floss. Pretty colors, fun elements, I just keep going back to those lovely reindeer!
Old School on the Prairie This is a sweet little piece that feels to me like it needs to hang above the mitten and hat pegs in the hallway going to the back door! Kind of like the 'coat room' in Kindergarten! Measuring just 154 x 123, it finishes approx 9-1/2 x 8 on 32ct - not very large at all. Suggested fabric is Rustico - which is an Aida color that translates well to Natural in Linen! Coded for 13 shades DMC - all very normal shades you'll have in your stash!
The Seafarer's Journey and Haunted Chateau The Seafarer's Journey by Twin Peak is just a fun piece. Coded for 14 shades of regular DMC, this measures just 111 x 108 in stitch count - so an enchanting 6 x 6 on 18/36ct! Ice blue is the suggested fabric color - it's showing through in the side and bottom panels. The flag across the top is solid stitching, as is the clipper ship in the center. Absolutely delightful, you could get 5 separate cushions out of this, finish the houses and flag bands into tiny drums, make a small stand-alone cube from the clipper ship section, even back the clipper ship block with the two side panels. Very eye catching... we like it! Haunted Chateau - Quite the heavily guarded castle - it looks scary even before we bring Halloween into the mix! Knights and shields, that wrought iron fence -y border, then the wonderful haunted house, you could leave off the Halloween word and the alphabet and add a "welcome to our home' and you name! Measuring almost 275 stitches square this will finish approx 16 x 17 on 32ct - too big to miss! Coded for DMC, it's charming in a creepy way!
2023 Patriotic Smalls, Amish Country The girls at Twin Peak Primitives have lots of different design looks... here are three! 2023 Patriotic Smalls - 9 Different designs in this book, the cushions are charming! All coded for DMC floss, the motifs are cute - the lighthouse covered in stars and stripes, that tiny sailing ship scene, the eagle is cool, and the farmhouse barn with the quilt and sunflowers is pretty too. Everything is shown against a sky blue fabric background. The book itself is beautifully published. Heavy paper pages, each design is featured on it's own 2-page open spread. You get the clear chart over one page, and then a smaller colored chart, as well as the photograph of the finished cushion right there - while you're looking at the chart. It's very nicely presented and a nice value for what you are getting!
The American Trilogy 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.
Stitching Summer 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!'
One Nation Under God - Liberty This is quite the piece by Twin Peak (all the way from The Netherlands!) Stitched on 36ct (329 x 310), it'll finish approx 18 x 18 - you won't lose THIS on the wall! The pattern refers to Rustico Aida, but also Picture This Plus's Wren color... so those should give you an idea of fabric choices. It is coded for DMC or Weeks hand-dyed flosses - 18 different shades. It's really very pretty, and I especially like the big floral pots up by the words. (Do one of those if you haven't got time to stitch this whole thing!) And we love those billowing flags too!
Black Halloween Series There is a lot you can do with this trio of designs. Right now, they are simply black on white. Think about neat fabric colors from your stash with that same black stitching. Or... use a hand-dyed black for more effect. You could add a few stitches of just one color to make them POP - like gold metallic for pumpkin eyes, or black metallics for the spider. Super simple and understated... they'd make striking Halloween decorations.