Another in her French Country line....French Country Owl.  She has a new series out called Stitch Alongs - all will be long and horizontal. The Great Pumpkin Alphabet is the first in the series.  Halloween Ornaments I, II, and III  - 4 mini ornaments to each chart.  They certainly would go a long way to decorate a Halloween tree.


And here's another ornament from Little House Needleworks...Six Little Cardinals.

DON'T FORGET, I WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY.


ENJOY AND HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY!

NEW LOCAL DESIGNER

Never before have I seen a new designer come to one of my distributors  and I immediately fell in love with almost all her designs.  Threadwork Primitives is a new designer to the shoppe and hails from Philadelphia.  I ordered just about every chart Hoffman Distributing Co. had to offer and  half were out of stock already.
I've sent an email to the designer and hope I can obtain them directly from her, since she's so local.

I've attached pictures of the charts I ordered  -  some are already in the shop and the others will appear, shortly, I hope.

Above is Happy 4th ,  reminiscent of older flag designs.

Bloom Sampler is cute with it's hopping hare.

Star Spangled Pinkeep is very patriotic and Be Ye Merry would be great for the holidays as an ornament.

Of course, this next one would be a favorite of mine - it's Halloween.  I like the way its finished with the little pocket on the right to hold the very fragrant Sweet Annie.  This is October Jack.

I like the design on this pincushion - Autumn Majesty  and it's followed by Falling Leaves.

Another favorite is Kringle's Crow....I like crows, too.

A particular favorite is Chelsea's Pinkeep.  I'm really attracted to this one, even though I don't really like to stitch alphabets.    The last, again is one I'll need to do, Enchanted Crow......after all it's both Halloween and crows (I'm really stuck doing this).

Check out Hoffman's website at www.hoffmandis.com where you can see all her patterns.  We can order any that you might like that I didn't order for the shoppe.  Also check out her blog at www.threadworkprimitives.blogspot.com.  Let's welcome her as a new designer!

Let me know what you think of her primitive designs.

PRAIRIE SCHOOLER 2012 SANTA

 Prairie Schooler 2012 Santa is here and is joined by 2 Christmas charts:  Reindeer Roundup and O Christmas Tree.

Halloween charts this year are Heads Up - more to add to your Halloween tree and All Hallows Eve.

THEN, I got a big surprise when I realized there were more charts in the package.  She designed 2 smaller charts, a little larger than the yearly Santa and they were Halloween Designs.....So we have Knock Knock and Whoo's There?.    I think both are cute and they are both on my list to stitch....so much so that I started Knock Knock last night.  I want to finish both of them and finish them on an easel so they can stand anywhere and they will be a rather inexpensive finish.

Also in yesterday's mail, Cross Eyed Cricket charts arrived.  And once again, I know I have to do the bathing suit pillow from Summers at the Lake.  Just waiting for fabric to arrive (guess I don't have enough fabric to choose from-- ha,ha!)  These charts were pictured in a previous posting.

We had a great time at our first Black Hat Society meeting.  There are 14 members in the group.  We stitched Halloween and had a lot of laughs.  Waiting for the next meeting so I can get back to that WIP (Work In Progress)!

Gotta go and take floss inventory so... keep stitching!

New Cross-Eyed Cricket Charts...arriving soon.

 Summers At the Lake - remember those old fashioned suits?   Of course I just remember them from old pictures and movies.    I think the pillow is really cute and another for my 'to-do' basket.

Cottage Welcome has a cute  'garden fence' welcome and quite a typical Cricket design.

 Sit For a Spell - what's it gonna be?  Eye of Newt or Wool of Bat? And exactly what are you creating the spell for?????

Witching Time....what more can be said for the pumpkin, witches hat, haunted house and moon face.

Here's 2012 ornament #5 from Littlehouse Needleworks - Ding Dong, Merrily on High.  Stitched on  30ct WDW Parchment, she uses DMC ecru and 898 and Crescent Colours: Roasted Chestnut, Hazlenut, Pea Pod and Cherry Cobbler.  Chart and fabric should be arriving shortly.

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend and Many, Many Thanks to all who came and supported our St. Jude's Stash to Treasure Sale.  Items are still available in the shop for the rest of this week and donations will still be accepted.  To date, we raised over $500.00.  Again, T H A N K S !!!!!!!!!

Summer Stitching: LK Mystery Sampler

Here's a glimpse of the finished Lizzie Kate Mystery Sampler.  According to her blog, this piece is going off to the framer as you read this.  This piece will arrive in 3 parts, at the end of June, July and August.  So you should have no problem finishing it by October.  It is stitched on a 30 or 35 count Weeks Dye Works fabric - the color is also a mystery, but from clues we've been finding, it might be tin roof.  The project takes 19 Weeks Dye Works flosses.  One of them is a brand new color, being released early, for this project.  In order to get this color, you need to buy the 'packet' of 19 colors (retail shoppes can't just order the new floss, either).  Each installation will include a small 'bonus' chart and each takes just one floss color.

Call now and reserve your Summer Stitching project.

2012 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ISSUE

Reserve your copy of the 2012 Halloween Issue from Just CrossStitch magazine.  Arrival should be in July and cost of the special issue is $9.99.  Quantity, here, will be limited.