Market Preview

As promised, here's a quick and dirty preview of some of the designs to be released at market this weekend, although you may have already seen some (or pre-ordered some!) by now.

Plum Street Samplers

Halloween Hornbook Sampler
Fibers: Belle Soie
Fabric: 36 ct. Vintage Quicksilver
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 121W x 140H

Paradise Lost
Fibers: Needlepoint Inc., Gloriana Silks
Fabric: 36 ct. Vintage Light Examplar
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 417W x 190H

Garden of Eerie
Fibers: Needlepoint Inc.
Fabric: 36 ct. Vintage Sand Dune
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 176W x 161H

Heaven Gave Rain
Fibers: Belle Soie, Needlepoint Inc.
Fabric: 36 ct. Vintage Buttercream
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 112W x 131H

Blackbird Designs
Joyeux Noel is a 40 page full color book of French-inspired designs. Inside are 16 projects to create beautiful sewing boxes, pincushions, samplers and ornaments.

Joyeux Noel

Sue Hillis Designs

The Homecoming
Fabric: 28 ct. Lavender Lugana
Embellishments: Star charms

Happy Holidays

Women who behave
Embellishment: Handcuffs charm

Carriage House Samplings

Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow
Fibers: Needlepoint Silks, Thread Gatherer
Fabric: 40 ct. Examplar from Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 278W x 371H

A Mind Independent & Free

The Curse of the Raven

Happy stitching!

CM Designs, Brooke's Books Publishing, By the Bay Needleart, Carriage House Samplings, Heartstring Primitives

CM Designs

Periwinkle Fernfrond,
Fern Folk series
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 28 ct. Thyme Jobelan
Stitch Count: 85W x 92H

Bernard Berrybottom,
Fern Folk series
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 14 ct. Jobelan-Aida
Stitch Count: 68W x 104H

Catherine, Little Snowballz series

Brooke's Books Publishing
Fiona The Fay and Hannah The Happy complete the trio of Stitch-a-Little Halloween ornament witches. Gwendolyn The Great was released earlier.

Fiona The Fay
Fibers: DMC, Kreinik
Fabric: 14 ct. Antique Brown and
Metallic Silver perforated paper
Embellishments: Mill Hill seed beads
Finished Size: 4.5"W x 5.5"H

Hannah The Happy
Fibers: DMC, Kreinik
Fabric: 14 ct. Antique Brown and
Metallic Gold perforated paper
Embellishments: Mill Hill seed beads
Finished Size: 4.5"W x 6.5"H

By the Bay Needleart

Summer Cove

Carriage House Samplings

Ravens & Pumpkins & Cats, Oh My!
Fibers: Belle Soie silks
Fabric: 40 ct. Autumn Gold by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 115W x 116H

Frederika is a companion design to Frederick. Why not stitch them both?!?

Frederika
Fibers: Needlepoint Silks
Fabric: 40 ct. Pearled Barley by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 181W x 125H

Heartstring Primitives

Constance Sullivan
Stitch Count: 118W x 139H

Here's something you don't see every day - a squirrel-shaped pinkeep!

Emily Acorn's Pinkeep
Fibers: WDW
Fabric: 35 ct. Linen
Stitch Count: 108W x 73H

I'm listening to fireworks outside my window as I type this. Happy Canada Day to all the Canucks out there!

Designers Beginning with "C"

I think I'll blog about the C's today!

Carriage House Samplings
From Carriage House Samplings come seven new designs! Two designs, Salina Schultz and Esther Yeakel, are reproduction samplers from the Schwenkfelder Museum in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. My favorite, though, is Quaker Medallion. Have a peek.

Big Brown House

Mrs. Pearson

Esther Yeakel

Quaker Medallion

Wisdom & Truth

Spot the Horse

Salina Schultz

CM Designs
Carolyn Manning of CM Designs always has the cutest charts, and her latest one, The Bug Herder, is no exception. I believe that this is the start of a new series called Fern Folk (please correct me if I'm wrong and it is not the first design in the series).

Country Cottage Needleworks
Bayside Bungalows by Country Cottage Needleworks debuted at the Nashville Needlework Market. It is embellished with buttons and is available exclusively from Crescent Colours.

Crossed Wing Collection
There are two new designs from Crossed Wing Collection. Fiery Throated Hummingbird (2009) is (you guessed it!) a chart of a hummingbird perched on a flower. Dogs Day Out is a darling chart of dogs roaming free outdoors without those pesky leashes!

Fiery Throated Hummingbird

Dogs Day Out

Happy stitching everyone!