Christmas and Winter Cross Stitch Patterns : The Silver Needle, Fine Needlecraft Materials

Christmas and Winter There are so many wonderful designs available that celebrate every season and occasion under the sun... so we thought it'd be fun to collect a few of them, and organize them for you on a set of Holiday/Seasonal Pages. I'm a "seasons nut..." so we'll be adding to these all the time! We have so many other projects and ideas in the shop, and elsewhere on the site, but this is a fun way to show you just a few ..... ENJOY! Making Christmas Stocking Selections? Don't miss seeing the entire collections of several different designer's talents! Christmas Stockings are an individual thing! Some want all in the family to match... some want different designs to 'match the person'... Check out our Stocking Page for lots of options!!!
Autumn Cross Stitch Designs Spring and Easter Designs Christmas and Winter Patriotic and Summer
Tree Ornaments -- Something Old and Something New from Sue Hillis Designs We have a collection of 4 leaflets by Sue Hillis that are turning into quite a nice collection of tree-shaped ornaments. Sue has re-done some of her older designs that had been past favorites -- giving them a make-over -- and adding a few new designs to complement them! Noel en Rouge features over-one monochromatic Christmas Trees. Stitch them in any color you want, on any fabric you like!!! #2 Features needlework-inspired trees! You get a floss tree, a spool tree and a scissor tree! Leaflet #3 features traditional trees -- I love, love that feathery one on the right with the teeny star embellishments! Leafelt #4 is Christmas Candy! NOEL isn't a tree shape like the other two, but it'd look great tucked on your tree with it's candy counterparts. Something for everyone in this set of leaflets, kind of nice that they aren't all the same at all!!!
Seasonal Garlands from A Kitty Kat OriginalAren't they cute? This is a collection of seasonal motifs -- all dangled together -- to resemble garlands. By A Kitty Kat Original, her set of 5 pieces enchants me! You can stitch them as is -- on one piece of fabric and frame them... OR... you can stitch them on perforated paper or make tiny fabric pillows and actually STRING them... and make stitched garlands! Her cover pics show paper shapes attached together via wire -- that makes them easy to flex and display just the way you want them. They'd be cute on a wreath, too... get some colored lights, some wild ribbon... Offered as charts, you'll find those old-fashioned plastic google eyes featured on the personalities in all but the Ho Ho pattern... so retro and fun! Charted for DMC, google eyes included in charts!
Jo Jo's Santa from Fern Ridge Collections Fern Ridge has a stunning new Santa Peyote Stitch piece that can be used as a pin, ornament or necklace pendant. Charming Mr Santa Claus is entirely beaded -- no loom, no base fabric. You stitch him in your hands using a beading technique named the Peyote Stitch -- where the beads fit together like miniature bricks! He is basically charted -- complete beading instructions are included with the color coded diagrams. He finishes a mere 2-1/2 x 2-1/2, his face is flat... but that beard is a wonderful mass of looped beads, all glistening with silver star mixed in. Offered as the complete kit, you get all the threads, beads, embellishments, findings... everything... along with great instructions!
Christmas & Sugar Cookies! from Cross Eyed Cricket Cross Eyed Cricket has two new designs that 'speak' of The Season! Just like her 4-seasons designs... these are alphabet letters spelling out their word with quite a bit of charm and design content. Offered as leafets, each design is coded for DMC floss, and can be worked on just about ANY fabric you want! Regular Cross Stitch... think about adding some metallics or fun button embellishments. COOKIES finishes approx 4 x 21 on 28ct. CHRISTMAS is a bit larger at 5 x 26. Fun, fresh new decorations... in case you're due for an update!!!
Santa's Sleigh Ride from JBW DesignsJBW has a sweet design that is stitched on the new Fabric Flair 28ct Antique White Opalescent. Stitched with your stash of overdyeds or DMC flosses, Santa in his sleigh finishes approx 8 x 3-1/2 inches. The fabric is simply lovely -- Fabric Flair of England somehow sprays, or treats one side of their fabrics with an opalescent finish. So light... just barely there... I think you'll like the effect. The linen itself has a great hand, too. Santa's Sleigh ride comes as a partial kit of chart, charms and metallic threads, needle and fabric cut. You add the bits of floss for this JBW treat!
Pocketful of Peppermint from Blue Ribbon Designs I counted 18 different ornament options in this piece! Stitched in Gentle Art Sampler Threads of Curry, Garnet, Hazelnut, Holly, Hunter, Liberty and Snowflake, each of the small take-out designs finishes a different, small size, but they all coordinate. If you're an over-achiever, you could stitch a gift tag for your tins of home-baked cookies you'll be delivering to everyone! Traditional designs... this is a nice set to work with. Offered as the chart.
Santa Biscornu from The Stitching Parlour This is stitched on 20ct Natural Linen, so the model has finished into a generous 5 x 5 piece. Stitching Parlour's cute little cushion would be awesome on something smaller, too, and would make a neat ornament to hang on the tree. Stitched with Gentle Art Simply Wool, (coded for DMC floss, as well.) the Santa beards are Rainbow Gallery's Wisper! Notice the blue Eyelet snowflakes scattered everywhere? They cover the bottom side... and each evergreen tree is topped with a JABCO star button. Offered as a chart, this is just plain cute!
Quaker Christmas II - Songs of the Season from ByGone StitchesOh... here's a Christmas Present to Yourself! This is an incredible collection of Quaker-inspired motifs scattered about -- but look closely -- and find all the songs! Names of Christmas Carols are all over in this -- spelled and STITCHED with more motifs! Can you Three Ships a Sailing? We Three Kings? Little Drummer Boy? By Gone Stitches adds a third sampler to her collection -- this one is just as large and just as commanding as her others. Offered as a chart, it finishes approx 17 x 25 on 28ct... probably too large to drop down the chimney already stitched and framed... so better plan on getting just the chart from Santa! You'll need 23 skeins (115 yards) of Gentle Art's Currant hand-dyed cotton, and 5 skeins (25 yards) of Blue Spruce. CHECK and see if you like those colors... choose others if you want... just get enough thread right from the start for color safety! (Actually, we recommend purchasing an additional 2 skeins of the Currant and 1 of the Spruce.) Just beautiful to behold!
Cradles of Christmas Joy from the Merry Noel Collection from Homespun EleganceCradles of Christmas Joy... these are BABY Ornaments! The girl version features an angel, the boy's has a nutcracker... and everything is tucked into a wooden cradle! See the initials on the cradle, and the name and date above the figures? Offered as a chart pack of both ornament designs...
Homespun Elegance Presents its Annual Ornaments! For zillions of years, we have been treated to three ornaments by Homespun Elegance. Always a Snowman, Santa and Sampler ornament... this year's are really cute, and WILL NOT disappoint!!! Snowbabies features a sled-full of baby snowmen, pulled along by the family dog! Peace and Cheer Santa looks like a miniature version of some of HE's larger, exquisite Santa patterns -- very classic. Jingle Jingle is the Sampler edition -- Santa with his sleigh and reindeer fly above the lighted midnight village! All those people better turn out their lights soon and go to bed, so he can drop down the chimney in a flash! Always offered as single charts with a tiny brass embellishment, ALL finish approx 3-1/2 x 2-3/4 on 30ct hand-dyed linen. See if you can find all the previous years' ornaments on our HE page... we have a ton of them -- as we have been getting them for zillions of years -- remember?
NOEL Quadrielle from The Sweetheart TreeAnother festive cube-shaped ornament by The Sweetheart Tree, NOEL features each of it's letters on a side, all intertwined with green holly leaves. Sandy makes every bit of this sparkle with her Mill Hill Magnifica bead and crystal-clear Paillette embellishments. Finishing approx 4 x 4 x 4, your stitching is featured everywhere -- so very pretty! The complete kit offers all the charts, needle, 28ct Natural Linen, all the flosses and embellishments -- all you add is the stuffing and some favorite ribbons for the undertie.
Snowman, Santa, Rudolph and Mrs Claus! from The Sweetheart Tree4 Stars of the Holiday Season... each is approx the same size, features the same white 'snowflake' button embellishment, can be stitched with or without their borders, together in a row, or separately... you decide! A cute set, Snowman and Santa are paired together in Sweetheart Tree's Teenie Tweenie small chart format which includes the 2 buttons. Rudolph and the Mrs come together, as well.
Christmas Jewels from Mill HillMill Hill has released a set of 6 small ornaments -- that are ornaments!!! Offered as the small kits of 14ct perforated paper loaded with flosses, beads and embellishment, these all finish approx 2 x 3. Pretty little things, 3 rounds, 3 teardrops, what fun decorations for your Christmas Tree! Present them as package ties on your extra-special gifts to those who will appreciate your loving stitches!
Southwest Santas from Mill HillOK... Presenting the 2011 Mill Hill Annual Paper Santas -- numbers 31 thru 33!!! Every year since the turn of the century (love how that sounds!)... Mill Hill has delivered a set of 3 paper Santa ornament designs -- this year's with a Southwest flavor! Look back on our MH pages... you can find ALL of the previous 30 in the collection scattered along the 3 pages of kit offerings!!! Lots of color, neat things to tuck onto your tree... each finishes approx 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 and is garnished with some beads -- not as many as the smaller bead kits. ALWAYS year-long favorites... if you can't do too many, choose some favorites, stitch 'em up, and glue them to a pre-lit greenery wreath! TONS of display bang for your buck! We've had musical, seafaring, mountaineering, arctic... quite a family of these little guys!
Magi Trilogy from Mill HillWow... Here are the Three Wise Men... delivered in the same size format as Mill Hill's annual Paper Santas! We're speculating that they'll now have to do an entire nativity in years to come... this is just the first installment! Beautiful ornaments for your tree to help tell The Christmas Story. Each finishes approx 4 x 4-1/2 inches and includes the chart, flosses, beads and glass or crystal Mill Hill Treasures! Classy!
Presenting Mill Hill's 2011 Christmas Bead Kits In my opinion, these are some of the best they have EVER designed!!! The classic 5 x 5 designs that are offered on 14ct Perforated Paper using DMC floss and Mill Hill seed beads, all six this year are going to be favorites! Home for Christmas has that pretty front door -- with family Scottie Dog! Holiday Delivery features an old fashioned mailbox with SNAIL MAIL cards and festively wrapped gifts!!! Winter Woods is a frosty blue and white forest scene. They have two other blue and white designs like this -- wow, they are eyecatchers! Look at that bright red bird button on there! Believe is a swirly Old World Santa -- neat sky treatment in the background. Holiday Stockings features the stocking-in-waiting... against the brick hearth, and Hanging Around reminds me of all my tiny glass ornaments! See the little Santa? He's hanging there from his hook!!! All are offered as complete kits of perf paper, chart, beads, flosses and buttons. We always do ours on 28ct linen, so we can stuff them and make hanging pillows.. Whichever -- this year's collection is STUNNING!
2011 Winter Holiday Collection from Mill HillInto smaller ornament designs? This year's 2011 selection is awesome!!!! Again, some of the best Mill Hill has ever delivered, I love them all! The Star Santa is classic, crossed Candy Canes are the same way. The Merry Moose could pass for a Reindeer! The Holly Sprig is pretty, the Holiday Stamp is so Retro! I Love that one! And of course, check out little Kris Mouse! I think he's sleeping in his Christmas PJ's... waiting for Christmas morning! All of these smaller ornament-sized designs finish approx 2 x 3, are stitched in DMC flosses on 14ct perforated paper, and include Mill Hill glass Treasure embellishments. They are a great value, because everything is inside the little bag -- for only $6.50! We have a lovely wreath in the shop, garnished with about 4 dozen of these small designs. Our local EGA chapter stitched it for us... they put in lights, red bulbs and jam-packed it with these ornament pieces. It is charming... and quite eye-catching in the shop! Just another way to enjoy the stitching... and then an end-use for these!
Sweet Nothings for Christmas from JBW DesignsJudy Whitman has published 9 Sweet Nothings designs through Leisure Arts! Beautifully presented, there are nine small ornament-sized designs that can be framed or pillowed... some use small embellishments, so do not. Cute, classic JBW style, the pics and charts are large, and done in full color. 28 Pages, very nicely done, and quite a bargain, as Judy's Sweet Nothings in her small card format are normally $4-ish EACH!
Poinsettia, Holly and Rose Humbugs from Faby Reilly DesignsLovely, elegant Christmas ornament designs by Faby Reilly Designs of Paris, this tiny trio of 2 x 2-ish ribboned florals will look pretty on your tree. *Beautifully Charted* for DMC floss and Light Effects metallics, each features Mill Hill glass beads, too. Work them on any 28ct count you like... the charts come with a page of NINE actual photographs of the Humbug assembly procedure -- terribly easy when you see the pics! We don't carry much of the Light Effects thread... we like Rainbow Gallery's Petite Treasure Braid, as the color range is much wider, and the threads themselves are softer and more pliable. We can send all the necessary threads, beads, metallics and fabrics you need. These are really nice!
Christmas Pendeloque from Faby Reilly DesignsThis is a neat shape for a stitched ornament... a pendant, with a flat bottom! Christmas Roses and Poinsettias decorate everywhere with a flourish! A companion to Faby Reilly's Humbug ornaments, this is also offered in chart format with 20 little photographs of the finishing process!!! A very clear chart, they have color coded the backstitch lines. Charted for DMC floss, I THINK this must finish approx 6 x 3... stitch count is 160 x 80... but it's wrapped... the bottom panel has a stitch count of 20 x 20, so on 28ct, that little bottom panel is 1-1/2 inches square. We have to get our shop model done ASAP! An absolutely lovely chart.
Snowman Biscornu from Faby Reilly DesignsCute, cute, cute! Even the bottom side is stitched with noses, hats and scarves -- after the snowmen have melted!!! 60 x 60 Stitch count, work this on any white even-weave you wish, charted for DMC flosses... the center is garnished with a white pom-pon!
This is Christmas! from Raise the RoofOh my gosh, this is DARLING! Stuffed full of overdyed color, there are a million motifs scattered about on this. Packages, sleigh bells, the staircase decorated with greenery, the snowman out in the yard, and even Santa tip-toe-ing up to the house -- I think he's too fat for the little chimney! 'This is Christmas' is offered as a chart and finishes approx 7 x 12 on 32ct. Just a fun piece, you keep seeing something new every time you look at it! Button embellishments offered separately.
Elf-in-the-Box from Acorn HouseHere's a cute little guy... he's constructed of 13 different little pieces... and will be QUITE the conversation piece at your house for many years to come!!! Each side of his little box is garnished with an old-fashioned toy of some sort, his top warns the risks of pouting... and with his great big smile... reminds you WHY this is good advice! Stitched on 32ct White Belfast linen in red and green shades of silks, he stands approx 5 inches high. (My hands should give you a bit of perspective with that.) Offered as either the chart with finishing instructions and a stitching layout guide on the fabric, or a complete kit of linen, silks, beads, and those instructions... isn't this just quite the cutest little thing!!!!!!?
Holiest of Nights from Homespun EleganceHomespun Elegance has released a really neat design that you will recognize as a companion to several of her best offerings! Holiest of Nights is a pretty scene that follows a very old tradition in samplers -- a border on only three of the four sides! Stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct Putty Hand-dyed Linen, with DMC and overdyed flosses, this is decorated with a pair of Olde Brass Buttons -- Angels. Approx finished size is 5 x 8. I just love this set of designs.. you can scroll down through our Homespun Elegance pages and find 5 more that go with it!!! Sheep May Safely Graze, Wishing Thee Freedom, Warmth, Plenty, and the Cinnamon Stick Santa #18! Offered as a leaflet, we have stitched models of all in this series, and they have always been shop favorites throughout the years.
So Very Merry! from AB Designs Amy Bruecken of AB Designs has another really fun Santa Claus this year -- he and his little buddy are sporting DMC Memory Thread embellishment of their faces. Santa is stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct Peoria Purple Linen in DMC and overdyed flosses. After all is stitched, take your black and white Memory Threads (actually thread-covered wire) and bend and tack down! The little snowman has a sticky-outy clay carrot nose, too. Very cute and colorful, So Very Merry is offered as a chart, embellishments, Mem Thread... all available separately. Note: One package of Memory Thread has something like 3 yards on it... If you have one card from a different project... you don't need more for this!
Nick & Chip Stocking from SamSarah Design Studio Sam Sarah's 5th Christmas Stocking, this one is for the 'Cool Dude' of the House! So many times, stockings really don't offer your boys a dignified option!!! This one is perfect! The Dude and The Man... this is stitched on Week's Dye Works 20ct Mocha Linen with one strand of Caron Collection's Hand-dyed Watercolors thread. Watercolors is similar to size 5 Perle Cotton, and is hand-dyed, giving you all those subtle color variations. As with all the other stockings... stitch and garnish with clay alphabet letters spelling the special name. This one features a few package buttons, too! Sam Sarah has a really nice collection of non-gender and age-specific designs for stockings... check 'em out on our stockings page!
Ragamuffin Santa from Simple Stitches Oh my gosh... this is the cutest little stuffed Santa! Stitched on 30ct Weeks Chestnut Linen in Weeks hand-dyeds or DMC flosses, you stitch him, assemble him in the same finishing treatment as a stand-up, add some raggy fabric legs, and he sits on a sill!!!!!! Attach a little present in his sack if you wish! Raggamuffin Santa measures approx 5 x 6, before you add his legs. Offered as a chart, you'll need your own finishing instructions for the stand-up assembly part, and some cute fabric for legs, and a bit of black felt for boots. Our Magic by Mona can assemble this darling little guy SO beautifully for you when your stitching is finished!!!
Merry Gentlemen from Just NanJust Nan has several new Christmas releases... Merry Gentlemen is just one! Santa, his reindeer, snowflakes, tiny striped ornaments, doves and trees... everything circles into a medley of reds, greens, browns and whites... with all those tiny motifs catching your eye every now and then! Merry Gentlemen is stitched in your choice of Belle Soie Silk or DMC cotton floss, on 28ct Opalescent Natural Newport Linen -- which features deep red woven threads throughout to create a tic-tac-toe effect in the fabric. Just a few Smyrna Crosses, there are larger Rice Snowflakes bordering each Santa -- they add lots of texture. Merry Gentlemen is offered as the chart with embellishment pack of gold tree charm, white and gold petite beads, and tiny red and white striped glass beads. Finishing approx 7 x 7... it's a festive Round-About for Christmas!
Cherish from Just NanNan's 16th Angel...Cherish is worked on 32ct, and features Smyrnas, Triple Leviathans, and Tied Crosses in her elegant dress. This year, she is shown in a 4 x 6 pewter filagree frame, we have a few of those to offer. Cherish follows the same sizing and design formats as Nan's other 15 angels -- which we STILL offer on our Just Nan pages! Check out the Angel Stocking design -- it is a master stocking design that fits any of Nan's now 16 different angels. Elegant as always, you'll notice her face is charted for either over-one or over two!
Presenting the 6th Annual Santa Kit! Santa's House from The Prairie Schooler Following the coverlet-feel of previous year's designs, this one joins the rest -- which ARE STILL AVAILABLE right now! Always offered as the design with cut of 28ct Natural Cashel Linen and 6 complete skeins of Crescent Colours hand-dyed flosses... This year, I think the house in the pic is more mine, than the North Pole! Either way, the gardens are full of lush pine trees and blooming poincettias, and Prairie Schooler personality!
Nora Cobett's 2010 Christmas Tree from Mirabilia Designs Miribilia's 5th annual Christmas Tree design is here! Every year, we are treated to a lavishly decorated tree -- full of shading, detail and glitz! Offered as a chart with Belle Soie hand-dyed silks of Bahama Breeze, Fern Frond, Creme de Menthe and Icing... the 6-1/2 x 9 tree is dressed with oodles of glass seed beads of icey blue, crystal and white, along with three Mill Hill frosted glass snowflakes. Stitched on 32ct -- Waterlily or Star Sapphire look great! Chart includes the silks, beads, glass flakes and #4 metallic braid. 2006 thru 2009 designs are still available, but as with 2010, all are Limited Editions.
Santa's Village Sampler from The Victoria Sampler It's a busy Christmas Eve Evening... Santa and The Mrs are checking their lists and the elves are getting reindeer ready for the upcoming flight, snow is falling, it promises to be a Big Night! Victoria Sampler has a new Christmas sampler that companions her Ravenhill Herb Farm, Jingle Bells Christmas Tree Farm, and Strawberry Fields Farm pieces -- this is Santa's Farm!! Offered in leaflet form with silk packs separately, the verse on this reads: 'It's Christmas Eve, such a magical night as Santa and reindeer prepare for their flight... His sleigh and huge sack filled with more than just toys... they hold love, peace, contentment and true Christmas joys.' Stitched on 28ct Misty Blue Cashel Linen in lots of pretty silks and perle cottons, you'll see two lacy borders that each feature tiny red jade heart embellishments!!! Accessory Pack contains the colored silks and embellishments... there is a separate silk pack of JUST white silk for the snow... optional as you might have another white you can use... and chart does require 1 ball each of #8 and #12 white Perle for those lacy bands. As always, VS has stuffed this with cute, tiny detail, and LOTS of specialty stitches. Tons of texture, lots of charm! Finishes approx 7 x 15-1/2 inches.
Introducing to Our Christmas Stocking Page! Over the years, we have collected the most lovely selection of various Christmas Stocking patterns from lots of great Cross Stitch Designers. I've finally organized them and put them all in one place for you. One MUST be ready for Santa and his Christmas Eve Visit!!! Featured designers include Just Nan, Shepherd's Bush, Lizzie Kate, Bent Creek, Better Homes & Gardens, Sam Sarah... and lots of others. You'll enjoy the browsing! All patterns are offered as single charts, and we sell all the necessary fabrics, threads and embellishments for each. (You're on your own to work out fillings with Santa!) If you need stocking assembly after your precious stitches have been done, consider our own Magic By Mona to finish your heirlooms.
Christmas is Coming... and we have the trees to prove it! JBW has released 4 additional tiny Christmas Tree designs -- to bring this charming collection to 6 cards of 2 trees each for a total of 12! All finishing either 1 or 2 inches in total size, each is different and quite charming! Hidden motifs, tiny charms to top each, and Mona's cute rouched ribbon finishing treatments... HOW can you pick an absolute favorite from this set? Each card offers 2 different trees, shown stitched over one or two threads. Models are exquisite... and some reside at The Silver Needle!
2010 Winter Button & Bead Kits from Mill HillThis season's newest Mill Hill Designs are on their way, and your stitching bag is going to need to make room for them! Some fun and different designs this season... The Clock Repair Shoppe joins the Village series, Let it Snow is a frosty snowflake scene looking out of a frosty window. Frosty seems to go with Let it Snow -- we just love that frosty snowman. The Through The Woods sleigh scene looks so 'retro' and heartwarming, and joins that Village series as well, and the Gingerbread House looks good enough to eat! Offered as complete kits of 14vy perforated paper, along with tons of beads, DMC flosses and a Mill Hill hand-painted button! (Our shop models are always on 28ct linen... if you want a color to match the paper in the kit, other than Natural, please tell us!)
Festive Trees Ornaments from Mill HillThis is a new collection of designs... a set of 6 different Christmas Trees... that are shown as ornaments. Approx 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 in size, each tree is stitched on 14ct perforated paper in DMC flosses, and garnished with a small brass charm. We think they'd be AWESOME on fabrics, and finished with a bit of stuffing, a pretty bow, and a bit of cording on the edges. Six trees, each one is as pretty as the last! Three indoor and three outdoor... I'm not sure which is my favorite! Offered as small ornament kits, such a pretty set, each kit includes the paper, chart, flosses, beads, embellishment and necessary needles... they'll also arrived at the end of this week.
Festive Trees Ornaments from Mill HillAlso due to arrive this week... six new beaded ornament designs to grace this year's Christmas Tree... these are the small 2 x 3 kits that stitch in a jiffy! We have a lovely lighted wreath in the shop that displays 36 of them all stitched, as an alternative to the tree! (We glued them onto the wreath, and now all we have to do is plug it in, (or not!) and it's lovely!!!) Kitty in the stocking is cute, the Snowflakes and Snowman go with the frosty window scene and the frosty snowman from the larger Button & Bead Kit designs, and the polar bear looks like he needs a hug! Cute, as always, each complete kit contains the perforated paper, chart, flosses, beads and featured embellishment.
The Nativity Story from Blackberry Lane DesignsBlackberry Lane designs has a set of lovely table dressings -- a Runner or Topper - each offered separately in chart format. The 8 x 29 (stitched size on 28ct, before any border) Runner features the Nativity story in a long row... the Topper 33 x 33 (on 28ct includes a 5-inch border), is basically the same design, stitched into a square. Quite classic, each design is monochromatic -- pick a favorite hand-dyed to match your decor -- and features the Star of Bethlehem in gold metallic. Each side of the Topper tells the story of Joseph taking Mary to Bethlehem, Shepherds gazing at the Star, the Shepherd's visit, and finally the 3 Wise Men. The runner is charted minus Joseph's trip with Mary. Really nice pieces, very classic. I don't know which version to tell you to stitch -- they're both elegant!
The Three Wise Men and The Snow Day from Blackberry Lane DesignsBlackberry Lane Designs has two ornament designs that are beautifully detailed and FULL of lots of DMC color! (Kind of generous in size for ornaments!) The Three Wise Men has a stitch count of 120 x 120 -- features 44 different colors, and will be exquisite stitched over one on anything!!!! The chart includes three bead 'jewels' and a tiny brass camel charm, along with a one-page history lesson of the Story of the Three Kings. It is going to be the first of Marie's 6 First Noel Ornaments... the chart's back page teases us about the rest coming in future years. The Magic of Snow Globes first design is The Snow Day. A classic, antique scene, complete with plump snowman... this one measures 80 x 80 and calls for 48 different colors! Simply lovely pieces... offered as charts.
Hares' Christmas from Plum Street Samplers Oh, isn't this cute? Skinny, skinny, skinny! Plum Street Samplers has a companion 'Hare Holiday' piece to Halloween. This one features Mom driving the Mini-Van! Stitched with either DMC or Sampler Threads, this finishes approx 5 x 8 on 32ct. A slightly different twist to your Christmas Decor! Offered as the chart.
Donna Kooler's Stocking Collection, Second Edition WOW... this 96-page softcover, full color book features 14 different full-sized Christmas Stocking charts! Candy Nutcracker, Jingle Bears, Santa Collage, Nostalgic Christmas, Snowman Sampler, Celestial Angel, Let it Snow, The Best of Christmas, Winter Scene, I Love Santas, Peace on Earth, Nativity, Cozy Christmas, and Gingerbread Mice... You can see from the titles that contributing designers Linda Gillum, Barbara Baatz Hillman, Sandy Orton and Nancy Rossi have delivered quite a nice selection of GREAT stocking designs! All are basically the same size, all are coded for DMC, all can be stitched on any fabric you like... and all are super-detailed and CLASSIC!
Santa's Coming! from Shepherd's BushHere's a quick ornament design by Shepherd's Bush that matches quite a few of their other designs these past few months. Stitched on 28ct Newport Linen (it already has those white background stripes woven right into the fabric)... this little thing finishes only 3 x 3. You can tell that the stitching is fast, and if you don't have the required overdyed Crescent Colours already in your stash, something else close in color might do nicely. It's embellished with a special clay Santa face button, made only for this design. Finish into a 8 x 8-ish pillow, like the pic, or smaller, into an ornament! Offered as the single chart with button separately.
Sugarplum & Reindeer Stockings from SamSarah Design Studio Samsarah has two fun, new Christmas stocking designs that you probably won't finish in time for the Big Day this year... but next Christmas is only 13 months away!!! Big, Bold and Simple designs, each finishes approx 11 x 15-1/2 on 18ct Natural Linen. All of the color you are seeing on these is achieved by the Caron Collection Watercolors overdyed #5 Perle cottons used! SUPER EASY solid stitching, the hand-dying in the threads does all the color-work!!! Offered as the leaflets, we have the threads bundled together for you... and the bells or peppermint buttons featured on each. If you want clay button letters for your names... please SPELL that name for us, so we can order the correct letters!
Wild Snowmen from Cherrywood Studio This is a cute design by Cherrywood Studio -- just simple cross stitches in overdyeds on 28ct Millenium Blue Cashel Linen, 'A blizzard made our snowman very wild!' Finishing approx 5-1/2 x 8, the little corner guy is also charted with his hat both flying away, and coming back to him again... so you have a couple of matching ornament options. There are JABCO clay snowflake buttons scattered about... or you could use the neat metal Mill Hill snowflakes... tell us how many you need! Crisp, cheerful and cute, this is offered as a chart, I think the finishing is darling!
Joyous Heart & Mr Candy Cane from Homespun EleganceHomespun Elegance has two new ornament designs the season that are really cute! Both can be stitched over one thread or two -- pics of both ways are shown on the chart cover... and I don't know which one I like better! (OK... one over one always wins out!) Offered as charts, each is stitched in flosses from your stash, and each chart includes a tiny brass embellishment, just for fun. With a stitch count of 39 x 60... the 1/1 pieces could be 1-1/4 x 2 on 32ct!!! How cute is that???
Cinnamon Stick Christmas XXII Santa and His Toys from Homespun EleganceOK... we're still being treated to Homespun Elegance's Annual Gigantic Santa... this is the 22nd in the set! Offered as the chart with quite a full little packet of embellishments, he is stitched on 7ct Sand Klostern in size 3 Perle Cottons, and lots of Rainbow Gallery Wisper thread. Real cute, he finishes approx 13 x 14 in size! HUGE!!! You'll use lots of floss to stitch his deep red coat, and furry beard... the model is finished into a weighted stand-up... VERY NEAT! Offered as the leaflet with embellishments.
Nora Corbett's 2009 Annual Christmas Tree from Mirabilia Designs This year's elegantly appointed 7 x 8-1/2 confection is a glisteny study in oranges, and bright-coral reds! The 4th in this series, very stylized this year, it is stitched on 32ct white Belfast Linen in Crescent Colours of Ruby Slippers, Bandana, Lobster Claw, Cherry Tomato and Goldfish. Loaded with red Mill Hill beads and a few burgundy crystal Treasures... it's red, red, red! Pattern comes with the flosses, beads and Treasures and #4 Kreinik Braid... you supply the linen. Very wispy, very busy, very sparkly... very different and fun! Take a look at the past three, and see which you like the best...
Twelve Days Sampler from The Victoria Sampler Stitch a lovely bell pull for an empty, skinny wall, or a set of ornaments to scatter on your tree. Victoria Sampler has taken the words from 12 Days of Christmas and tucked them all into a 3 x 28 inch sampler -- loaded with pretty stitches and color! I love hanging this sort of thing in that thin little wall space between two doorways, or beside a window, or in a funny little wall niche... it's a surprise for anyone who walks by! 12 Days is stitched on 28ct Natural Linen in deep, rich shades of silks (lots of hand-dyeds), cottons, metallics, and is embellished with beads, pearls and little gold spangles. Charted for both the long sampler and each ornament individually, along with all the fun stitch diagrams -- 4 pages worth! -- there are finishing instructions for everything as well. These kind of designs always seem to stitch so quickly, because the rows are short (only 3 inches wide!) and with every bit of a new stitch or little figurine... your sampler grows and grows! Offered as the leaflet, with thread accessory pack and linen offered separately.
Olde Worlde Santas by Jim Shore from Mill HillMill Hill has released a set of 4 Olde Worlde Santas designed by artist Jim Shore. All have a 'quilt flavor' to them, all share a matching background, color scheme, and general shape, but each features a different Santa. Crisp bright reds and yellows, all are worked on an icy blue colored 14ct perforated paper in DMC flosses and glistening glass beads. Of course, you can always stitch them on linen instead... either way, they finish a generous 5 x 5. Very vibrant, each is offered as the complete kit of chart, paper, flosses, beads, needle and button embellishment. We have a set of coordinating snowmen, too!
Prairie Schooler's 5th Annual Santa Kit!!! Must Be Santa is their 5th Christmas Kit -- NOT TO BE CONFUSED with their small, annual Santa Card (we expect #25, still, this year!) Must Be Santa shows Santa in the upstairs window... above the decorated tree downstairs in the living room... and one of his reindeer up on the roof! The same pretty deep brick reds and greens... (as with so many of the PS designs, I see the Santa-in-the-window as a small take-out design stitched over one!) This is the 5th year PS has released their Santa kits... chart, linen and Crescent Colours hand-dyed flosses... and you just simply need to stitch it! This kit contains the chart, 28ct Natural Linen, all the flosses and needle. He finishes approx 5 x 8... same size as his previous 4 annual kits! All of the previous cards and kits are pictured and dated on our PS pages... visit them to make sure your stash is complete!!! If you don't see a particular year's design... it is OUT OF PRINT!
Christmas Break - Christmasland! from Raise the Roof and Crescent ColoursRaise the Roof has designed a fun new Christmas Village piece for Crescent Colours, and we now have all four parts!!! 'The streets are filled with visions grand -- a lovely night in Christmasland!' Little snow-capped houses, the tree farm, and Christmas morning church... it's a row scene full of winter charm! Crescent is offering it in four parts, each with the chart, Belle Soie hand-dyed silks and a set of Just Another Button Company clay buttons. Choose any 32ct linen, and this will finish approx 17 x 4.
Charmed Vintage Santa & Sled from HinzeitSomething about this 3 x 8 design brings RETRO to mind! Nostaglic colors, soft curvy lines, this is offered as a chart with a fire crystal bead to stitch into the lantern, and a tiny 3-dimensional wreath charm to attach to the sleigh. Santa is on his way... so it must be time for bed!!!! (but maybe stay up a bit to stitch!!!) Calls for DMC flosses.
Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow from Carriage HouseCarriage House has released her next Hawk Run Hollow piece, joining Village, Houses and Shores of HRH! A stunning 12-part piece... just like the other three... each section can stand alone and is a lovely piece all by itself! EVERY square in this design is neat... lots of bold color and subject... the houses, trees, carolers, skating pond, singing cardinals and church scene are all endearing! LOTS of stitching in this, it finishes approx 17 x 23 on 32ct! Charted for DMC flosses or Needlepoint Silks, the piece uses 119 colors!!! (So to save yourself approx $360... choose the floss!) I'm trying to choose my favorite section, and i think it's the skating pond... but I like those singing birds... ! Offered as a chart... linen and threads separately.
ABC Christmas from Lizzie KateLizzie Kate has a new Christmas-themed alphabet sampler... one that announces all the fun things about Christmas... via mini motifs. Just like her Words for Life piece, this is a medley of memories, all squished into a 7-1/2 x 11 piece. Stitched on your choice of fabric, the chart comes with 6 entire skeins of Crescent Colours hand-dyed flosses, and a bit of DMC. Lots of pretty color, cute little pictures buried within, it's a very cheerful thing!
Just Be Claus from AB Designs An exuberant Santa, dressed in a coat of 'Merry Wildness', he's sporting a beard of the new DMC Memory Thread! First the coat -- swirls, stripes and polka dots of regular DMC cotton floss -- Be Claus is stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct Peoria Purple linen, in reds, greens, purples and white, and measures approx 6 x 10-1/2. He's embellished with black buttons and some silver bugle beads. His beard has wired-thread curls all over it! DMC's new Memory Thread -- this variety of it -- is a thin copper wire, wrapped with cotton fibre. You wrap it around something like a pencil to get the little swirlies... and then just tack those onto the needlework! Totally fun and different... the wired Memory Thread comes in something like 14 colors on individual spools -- and we're getting it!Make sure to see ab's Halloween pieces that feature Memory Thread, too!
Star of Hope from Trail Creek FarmTrail Creek Farm has a new Christmas design that is bright, festive and fresh! Brilliant reds, pinks, golden yellow and lime greens, the stitched design finishes just under 3 x 3 on Weeks 30ct hand-dyed linen, and is worked in Crescent Colours overdyeds or DMC floss. The chart comes with a teeny brass heart charm, and the chart does call for a few Mill Hill petite seed beads -- which you might already have in your stash. I LOVE, however, Susan's trademark Star Pillow that finishes this piece! (it IS called Star of Hope, after all!) Her 9-ish inch stuffed star features two different green fabrics -- so you can choose your favorite side as the front! A lavish wire-ribboned organza bow and gold hanger dress the top. Trail Creek also has another new pillow style -- her Baby Chunk Square -- and she's done one in the same colorways for this design, as well. Quite the cute, pudgy cube, it's approx 8 x 8 x 4-1/2. A delightfully different size and shape! SO... choose just the chart, or the chart and Star Pillow, or chart and Baby Chunk Pillow!
Prairie Schooler's 2009 Annual Santa is HERE! The 26th annual Olde Worlde Santa is a skater this year! He's holding a hockey stick, and carrying gifts and skates to all! Same small card format, same stitch count and same fun color scheme... your 2009 Skater Santa matches all the rest of Prairie Schoolers annuals!
Christmas Wishes from Dimples Designs The Silver Needle is proud to debut Terrence Nolan's newest design for Dimples Designs! Christmas Wishes is Terrence's adaptation of a turn-of-the-century Christmas Card, and it is STUNNING! With a stitch count of 359 x 232... and a DMC color listing of 100 different colors.. it is a companion to Christmas Kisses... and just as intricately awesome! Santa is here... wrapping his arms around all his dolls and toys.. for his favorite girls and boys. He's keeping them safe and away from the blowing snow, because it's 'delivery night' you know...! Intense, bold colors, SOLID stitching, I look at this chart, and know I'll do better enjoying the cover photograph!!! This, as with Christmas Kisses, is not for the weak-of-stitcher!!! Absolutely breathtaking... this is offered in either chart format, or complete kit of 22ct Hardanger with all 100 threads pre-sorted and organized on numbered palettes for you! (Like last year's kit -- almost too pretty to open and use!!!) Just Lovely... Christmas IS just around the corner, you know!!!
Christmas 2009 Button & Beads from Mill HillSix new kits for the season... two join the ever-growing Christmas Village of Mill-Hill-Ville!!!! The Firehouse and front yard snowman building are stitched in the same color palette as the rest of the 14 matching pieces in the set, so now we have 16 total in Millhillville! Next, there are two contemporary florals -- Poinsettia and Mistletoe & Holly -- VERY classy! Winter Wonderland and Christmas Collage are very different for Mill Hill... bright colors, very clean lines -- we think they are AWESOME!! This year's set is eye-catching , and we can't wait to get our shop models stitched!!! All are offered as complete kits of 14ct perforated paper, all the beads, flosses, chart, needles and buttons. At the Silver Needle, we stitch these on 28ct linen and make little hanging pillows out of them... we can sell you that 28ct linen, as well.
Winter Greetings from Mill HillThe 2009 set of word ornaments... we had 6 last year that were top sellers... this year's set is even better!!! Words of the Christmas Season... these are all small ornament-sized designs that finish approx 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 on 14ct perforated paper. Each is stitched in DMC flosses and embellished with lots of glass seed beads. Naughty and Nice are darling! Hope and Star are elegant... just beautiful! Holly and Jolly are a cute, traditional pair. Cut them out when you're finished... that gives them the slightly curved shapes you see. Real cute!
Winter Holiday Kits from Mill HillOh my gosh... this year's set of small tree ornaments is outstandingly cute! Check out the little Reindog, Downy Dove and the little penguin! The skates and sled are something new we've never had before in these small ornaments... and the Nativity is just ON! A very nice set of designs... quite a departure from designs of previous years! All are offered in tiny complete kit format... for $6.50 you get tons of colors of flosses and beads... and a Mill Hill glass Treasure embellishment!
Arctic Circle Santas from Mill HillOK you Santa collectors! We bring you Mill Hill's Annual Santas #31, 32 and 33! Joining all the Alpines, Musicals, Mountain, and generally Olde World in flavor St Nicks... this year's come from the Arctic Circle!!! Greenland, Lapland and Eskimo... these are always complete kits that offer your Santa stitched on 14ct perforated paper, with a 3-dimensional floss beard and mustache, and relatively few bead embellishments. Kind of reminiscent of antique paper ornaments. They are really neat on a Christmas Tree because they catch the lights, and look very beautifully handmade! Offered as complete kits of chart, paper, flosses, beads and needles, each finishes approx 3-3/4 x 4-3/4.
Christmastide from Erica Michaels Linda presents a lovely silk qauze piece that stitches a mere 2 x 6 on 40ct! Of course, you can stitch it on something larger... and it'll be pretty either way... but the charm of the 40ct silk qauze is simply its finished presentation. Joining four other designs in her Petites Collection, Linda is using overdyed flosses in her gauze designs -- something that we haven't been treated to before. Christmastide is a stunning Holiday piece that has a bold, moving background, behind the 1930s verse she's taken from an old Christmas Card. Check out 'Winter' as well... it's the second season, and joins Autumn, which has been a shop favorite since it arrived!
Little Bit o Winter from Erica Michaels A teeny thing... Winter stiches a mere 1 x 2 on the provided 40ct silk gauze! Included with the chart is that gauze... you stitch it the same way you do anything else... only you need to do only a HALF of the cross stitch, not the whole thing! Calling for overdyed flosses gives the design lots of interest -- can you see the 'lines' in the background? That's the overdyed. Just exquisite!
Christmas Markings from Heart in Hand The last 4 small card designs in Heart in Hand's Christmas Markings set have arrived! Teeny things, they make a quick ornament when stitched individually, but quite a splash when stitched all together in their set. 'I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.' Cute things in the surrounding border design -- but not Scrooge!!! We have the entire set of small cards available, as well as the border chart and embellishments.
Pere Noel - A Santa Scissor Keeper and Pin Holder from Dessins DHCTHIS is darling! An Olde-Worlde Santa, stitched over one thread on 32ct, he is two-sided, and has a top and bottom! Stitched with DMC flosses, the charts are clear, and instructions to assemble (presented in both French and English) include actual finishing photos. Santa is approx 3 x 5. He stores your scissors inside... they are tied to that red ribbon coming out of the top. On Santa's back... is his sack full of 'toys' -- a darling set of Butterfly Couture hand-made clay-topped Christmas pins! The little 'basket' is a thimble sized piece that is stitched over two threads, cut out, stuffed and attached to the back. Pins stick in like a pin cushion. This is precious! It is so unique, on the large side for an ornament... I think it should hang on your tree every year anyway! What a fantastic way to hide scissors, pins, and maybe even a few needles!!!!!! CHARMING!!! Presented in chart format with Christmas Pins.
Juggling the Holidays and Peppermint Snowman from Artful Offerings Punch a colorful pair of winter snowmen... I don't know which of these I like better... so I'd opt for both! Offered as line drawings, you'll need to transfer them onto your weavers cloth to punch. Flosses are good 'ole DMC, making these slightly more affordable to punch than lots of other designs, and each is embellished with a few Just Another Button Company clay pieces. Very bright and cheerful, Juggling finishes approx 4 x 5, while Peppermint punches approx 4 x 4. So Cute!
Christmas Chick from Valerie Pfeiffer We've had this little guy for some time... and I was going to put him up on the website early this summer... but the timing didn't seem right... 105 degrees outside! Anyway, I kind of forgot about him, till we were doing our 'pre-sale cleaning!' He's one of Valerie Pfeiffer's darling little birds... singing Christmas Songs!!! Offered as a chart, he finishes approx 3 x 3 on 28 or 32ct, and is stitched in DMC flosses. I think he's precious... and I didn't want another year to go by without giving him his little place of honor on our website!
The Stitching Parlour - click for more"> Birth of Jesus from The Stitching Parlour Stitching Parlour has had a nice piece out for a while that is a pretty Nativity scene. Offered in chart format, it measures approx 6 x 18 on 14 or 28ct. What makes it special, though, are the Lazy Daisy stitches that make up all the palm fronds! They add so much interest, they just make this piece 'POP!' It is embellished with a Mill Hill gold star button, and calls for 30 bitty brass stars to embellish the trees. In lieu of the stars, we suggest gold beads -- probably already in your stash, and they won't tarnish! A charming Christmas piece.
Winter White Santa from Mirabilia Mirabilia's 100th design, this is an elegant Santa with a candy-cane-red scarf and flowing robes. Always the Mirabilia Trademark 'movement' and shading, this piece features a 3/4 inch crystal embellishment for the little tree topper. It comes with the chart... and not offered separately. (So don't lose it, and don't loan the chart!) DMC flosses, metallics and beads... on 32ct Twilight Blue it finishes approx 13 x 17. Elegant!
Geographic Snowmen by Jim Shore for Mill HillOk... these are here... but the set of 4 of them has NO NAME!! They are a set of 4 cross-stitch and beaded snowmen -- on 14ct perforated paper -- the one at the top left is Northern, next is Southern, next are are Eastern and Western! (And I don't 'get it!'... they're all frozen... and I can't tell WHAT area of the country ANY of them come from!!!) They ARE darling... I love the circular borders... and the colors are cheerful! Offered as complete kits of the paper, flosses, beads and Jim Shore button... our shop models will be on linen... and we might even make up a set that finishes ROUND -- without the corner motifs! Cute snowmen... life seems so odd... my daffodils are blooming in my backyard, but the East Coast had that snowstorm the day we received our promo-sheets about these! In Australia it's 100 degrees... so I guess it just goes to show that you can get these anytime of the year... because eventually YOUR winter will come!!!!!
Santa's Ride from Giulia Punti Antichi What an endearing little Santa Claus riding through the snow-frosted landscape, atop his trusty reindeer! (change that nose stitch, and Santa is riding on Rudolph!) Giulia's creation is stitched on Weeks Dye Works 35ct hand-dyed Mocha linen, and uses Sampler Threads, finishing approx 6 x 6-1/2 inches. It is finished into an easel stand-up -- you could frame it, cube it, pillow it -- but what adds to the overall charm of the piece is the 'tufting' on the front! It reminds you of a little mattress!!! Pretty colors, a lovely, flowing design with the 'layers and layers' of different greens, it really has caught our eye in the shop, and we all love it! Offered as a chart.
The Toy Box from Heaven and Earth Well, we have totally fallen in love with these over-the-top huge and involved Heaven and Earth Christmas and Classical American pieces of Folk Art. Offered in chart format, I ordered a few, simply because I personally like them... and thought you might too. Well... collectively, you bought them ALL... so I was forced to pick some more... and they arrived today!!! (Lindy Legener -- that would be me -- could never sit still long enough to do one of these... but I KNOW there are tons of you out there who DO!) I just love looking at the charts! Anyway, we have 17 new ones to show you on the H & E pages... and I thought The Toy Box was a lovely intro piece! And, you know... it IS only January, you have lots of weeks ahead in 2009 to get working on these... lots of winter days ahead, lots of traveling, lots of quiet evenings... Go For It!
Jim Shore's 12 Days of Christmas by way of Mill Hill Well... you have a little time to get these done in time for next Christmas!!! Mill Hill brings us a beautiful leaflet presenting 12 of artist Jim Shore's designs for those 12 days of Christmas. Finishing approx 6 to 7 inches square each, the fabric you choose determines the final size of each block. Lots of bright floss colors and elegant Mill Hill beads, they show the French Hen by itself -- she's stunning! Offered as the leaflet, beads, fabrics, buttons, etc offered separately. Seems pricey... but actually, each design costs less that $2!
A Very Merry Christmas from JBW Designs A chubby tree, decorated with tiny lights and little candles, we've taken Judy's Christmas Tree of words design, and stitched it on 18ct linen, adding a whole set of clay buttons to the finished piece, for color and fun! What started as a small, simple thing... grows into a 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 Easel Stand-up! Worked in either #5 Hand-dyed perle or regular flosses, the stitching will take you no time at all... the buttons do all the work! A button placement sheet accompanies the clay pack. Very festive! Offered as the card, with buttons separately.
He Looked Like a Peddler from Heaven and Earth DesignsArtwork by Ruth Sanderson, you'll recognize this one as coming from the Night Before Christmas Poem! Classic colors, beautiful details, the stitch count of this one is a mere 400 x 303! Offered as a chart.
North Pole Cut Thru from Bothy Threads Gosh, this is THE CUTEST!!! Santa's North Pole retreat, he's up in bed sleeping while all the commotion is taking place down below! Check out his sleigh out there on the roof... his hat drying on the stove pipe, the elves passing notes via the pulley system. There is a sewing elf, complete with his plugged-in iron! I love the chick in the basement, doing the paperwork... and check out the seal who has popped through a hole in the ice for a visit!!! The mailbag full of letters to Santa, the snowman on the roof... don't miss the little rock that is the weight down at the bottom of the North Pole! So, so much to look at in these designs, they are a lot of stitching work, but if you have the right place to display the finished product, they ARE worth the effort and fun comments you'll get from everyone who sees them!!!
Peppermint Twist from Blue Ribbon Designs Blue Ribbon has released two new Christmas designs, Peppermint Twist -- which is shown -- and Countdown to Christmas -- which is a darling Advent Calendar. PT is a medley of Christmassy and Winter motifs, all packed together into a sampler format, or split apart, and sewn into small needlework smalls. You can make ornaments out of your favorite parts, stitch the pinkeep, scissor fob, or needlebook, too! Pretty colors of Weeks cotton are used -- Curry, Garnet, Hazelnut, Holly, Hunter, Liberty and Snowflake, which you probably already have in your stash. Very pretty, the main piece finishes approx 8-1/2 x 9-1/2 on 32ct. Offered as a chart.
Santa Hang-Up from Imaginating I don't know what about this little guy captures my fancy, but I think he's just the cutest thing! Stitched on 14 or 28ct white, he finishes approx 4 x 9, he's stitched in plain-good-old-fashioned solid colors of 321, 814, 699, 702 and 704 DMC floss, and contains no special stitches. No metallics, no beads, just a whole LOT of charm! Offered as a leaflet. Now... you could add some furry Wisper to his beard... you could add beads to that pine border, metallic to the ornaments and his coat... or not! You could even stitch just his face or the Joy and use them as ornaments! (and you even have that border that turns corners, and goes on the bias, so you could stitch IT around other tiny motifs for other fun ornaments!!!... but I'm getting carried away, here!)
Majestic Christmas II from Homespun Elegance This is a chart-pack that offers a trio of small oval pictures, that are shown finished into fun little tasseled ornaments. Simple designs, each is stitched in a combination of overdyeds and DMC flosses. Surrounded by lacy borders, because they are solid stitching inside the border, they appear to be miniature portraits! Offered as the pack of three charts.
Santa Says... from The Cat's WhiskersCat's Whiskers has a new 'Secret Message Boxtop' design, that features a small flapped area that opens to reveal your secret greeting! Stitched on 32ct Raw/gold metallic linen (the fabric has gold metallic woven into it, so it glistens just a little bit!) you work the 5 x 5-ish design, and then add the 4 extra flaps of fabric on top of the original piece. The ribbon in the center holds the flaps closed, so when you untie them, you see the Ho Ho Ho that was stitched in the center of the original piece! Real cute and different, if you mount this into a box top... you can fill the box with fun things. It would make a fun pillow or framed piece, as well. Offered as the leaflet with clear charts and complete assembly instructions. (The companion to the Spook-A-Boo box!)
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