Colorful Gourds, A Tribute to Your Pet, Samplers & more

Little House Needleworks
I really love the soft fall colors in Pumpkins 4-Sale. The model was finished as a cube, which can be set on a mantle or table.

Pumpkins 4-Sale
Fibers: DMC, CC
Fabric: 28 ct. Vintage Light Examplar
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 177W x 54H

A Walk in the Park is a wonderful design that you can stitch as a tribute to a favorite dog that you have lost. What a great way to remember your beloved pet.

A Walk in the Park
Fibers: Belle Soie silks
Fabric: 30 ct. Mocha by WDW
Stitch Count: 85W x 80H

Glory Bee

Golf
Fibers: GAST
Fabric: 25 ct. Lugana

Two Blackbirds
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 30 ct. Linen

Heartstring Primitives
On the Oregon Trail is a tribute to Oregon's 150 years of statehood. A fictional story to go along with the sampler is included, as is information detailing the historical context of all of the bands in the sampler.

On the Oregon Trail
Fibers: WDW, DMC
Fabric: 35 ct. Linen by WDW
Stitch Count: 140W x 342H

Beehive Needleworks

Peacock Pin Pillow
Fibers: WDW
Fabric: 32 ct. Examplar Linen by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 76W x 35H
Finished Size: 4 3/4"W x 2 1/4"H

Happy stitching!

Glory Bee, Shepherd's Bush, Acorn House Designs, & Carousel Charts

For someone who is currently unemployed, you'd think I would be able to update this blog more often! Job-hunting is a tiresome process, however, and this stuffy computer room is the last place I want to spend more time in then I have to on such a glorious day. I don't want to disappoint the masses though, so here is a sampling of what's new this week in cross stitch.

Glory Bee

Home
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 14 ct. Oatmeal Aida

Halloween Sampler
Fibers: GAST
Fabric: 14 ct. Khaki Aida
Stitch Count: 85W x 113H

Shepherd's Bush
The next of the Be-Attitude Pillows from Shepherd's Bush is Be Happy.

Be Happy
Fibers: CC
Fabric: 10 ct. Bone Tula
Stitch Count: 49W x 50H

Acorn House Designs
Long Since Gone is a beautiful sampler, biscornu, ruler pocket and ruler fob.

Long Since Gone
Fibers: WDW
Fabric: 40 ct. Park City Blend
by R & R Reproductions
Stitch Count: 158W x 158H (sampler),
35W x 35H (biscornu), 60W x 23H (ruler pocket),
19W x 19H (ruler fob)

Good with Thread II is a needle case and scissor pocket to go along with the scissor fob from Good with Thread I.

Good with Thread II
Fibers: GAST
Fabric: 30 ct. Alabaster
by R & R Reproductions
Embellishments: Mill Hill beads
Stitch Count: 40W x 40H (needle case),
60W x 32H (scissor pocket front),
82W x 32H (scissor pocket back)

Heart & MWAH (Sound of a Kiss) is available as both cross stitch and punch needle embroidery. Since this is a cross stitch blog, I haven't included a picture of the punch needle version.

Heart & MWAH (Sound of a Kiss)
Fibers: WDW, DMC
Fabric: 28 ct. Phoenix Linen by Picture This Plus (heart),
28 ct. Jewel Linen by Picture This Plus (heart, MWAH),
28 ct. Foglifter Linen by R & R Reproductions (lips)
Stitch Count: 36W x 29H (hearts),
116W x 42H (MWAH),
50W x 42H (lips)

Carousel Charts
There are three new pendant jewelery kits available from Carousel Charts - Seaside, Summer & Patriotic and lowercase Monograms. Each kit comes with a silver-plated pendant, fabric, floss and instructions. lowercase Monograms has 26 alphabet letters to choose from, while the other two kits each come with six different charts.

Seaside

Summer & Patriotic

lowercase Monograms

I hope to make it back again tomorrow, but I can't make any promises if we have yet another warm and sunny day. Hope it's gorgeous weather where you are too!

New from the Nashville Needlework Market!

There are a whole slew of new releases coming out of the Nashville Needlework Market. Some are available now and some are coming soon. I am going to blog daily until I have covered all of the new designs that I know about. Be sure to check back often during the week!

Just Nan
Several small designs and one large sampler were released by Just Nan at Nashville Market. Strawberry Heart can be stitched as a Valentine project or displayed all year long. It is embellished with red and white striped beads and a painted strawberry. Winter Violets incorporates spring violets into a lacy snowflake. Looking ahead to Easter (or perhaps even spring), Dewdrop is an adorable little bunny that is adorned with dewdrop beads and an aqua flower. Floral Fifteen is a 15-sided biscornu embellished with striped beads, pearls and opal coin beads. Harmony is a gorgeous limited edition seasonal silk sampler. And finally, Harmony Monogram Tin is a coordinating accessory tin to the Harmony sampler.

Strawberry Heart

Winter Violets

Dewdrop

Floral Fifteen

Harmony

Harmony Monogram Tin

Cross Eyed Kat
Cross Eyed Kat has announced The Tale of Briar Rose, a new series that tells the story of Sleeping Beauty. Pages 1 and 2 have just been released. There will be a total of 16 to 18 charts in this series.

Briar Rose - Page 1

Briar Rose - Page 2

Advent Ornaments is a new series of ornaments that can be used as an Advent calendar. These ornaments are finished as pocket bags so that a treat can be hidden inside. The first three charts are Poinsettia, Advent Candle and Gingerbread House.

Poinsettia

Advent Candle

Gingerbread House

Lastly, three more designs have been added to the Dragon Snowfight series. Snowfight: Orange, Snowfight: Indigo and Snowfight: Green complete the series, although I did hear a rumor of possibly two more dragons being added.

Snowfight: Orange

Snowfight: Indigo

Snowfight: Green

Glory Bee Stitch
The latest Glory Bee designs are Seaside Sampler and Stitching with Friends. These designs are scheduled to be released the week of February 23. I hope you can wait that long!

Seaside Sampler

Stitching with Friends

Plum Street Samplers
Plum Street Samplers has come out with a new Valentine's chart and a new sampler. Love Notes is a wonderful trio of love-inspired designs. Free Bird is a patriotic sampler for all of my American friends.

Love Notes

Free Bird

Well, I'm out of here for today folks. Until next time, happy stitching!