Raise The Roof : The Silver Needle, Fine Needlecraft Materials

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A Stitcher's Heart from Shakespeare's Peddler and Little House Needleworks Oh... this set of stitched pieces is PRETTY!!!!!! A Market Special Limited Edition Collaboration between Little House Needleworks and Shakespeare's Peddler, Diane offers the most charming elongated heart pin cushion, while Teresa made a long tube-shape sit-about. The charts come together along with another bonus Little House chart, a package of Crescent's hand-dyed 1/2 inch Bean Sprout Rik Rak... and 5 complete skeins of Crescent's Weeping Willow, Timber, Hazelnut, Stepping Stones and Clay Pot flosses. Both stitched on 32ct... (you will have enough thread to stitch both projects) the heart finishes 6 x 9-ish (smaller because it's stuffed rather than flat and framed) and features darling stitching themed motifs. Check out the edging... it is the hand-dyed Rik Rak that you gather and tack around the edges. REAL CUTE. Next... pay attention to the roll. I hate to tell you that inside is a batting-covered paper towel roll... Teresa promises that after learning this finishing technique, you might start 're-purposing assorted tubes' from around the house! Hers reads; 'Gentle Stitches', is filled with rice or walnut shells, and trimmed on the ends with matching Week's wool and antique buttons from your stash. The package includes both charts and finishing instructions, the flosses and Rik Rak. You supply the 32/16 ct fabric and misc finishing bits (buttons and wool bits) from your stash.
Ann Dale 1827: Big and Beautiful Remember A Part of Ann Dale? Well... this is ALL of Ann Dale! A stunning reproduction of an antique sampler stitched and signed by Ann Dale in 1827, Teresa Venette has had a wonderful time presenting this beautiful piece to us! (I wanna start it RIGHT NOW!) Huge, huge, the stitch count of this is 402 x 531. Choose a fabric you like -- you'll execute over 65,000 X's in here!!! Teresa gives us a whole page of her stories about this piece -- Ann must have come from a wealthy family, as red threads were much more expensive than other colors -- and this is full of gorgeous red colors. All the floral urns in here -- all the traditional sampler elements, the splashes on teal near the bottom -- when you pay attention to this piece, you'll fall in love! Teresa warns you to choose a fabric you like, and has charted this for silks, DMC or Sampler Threads. BUY ENOUGH thread, she says... and change your colors if they aren't grungy or bright enough for you -- this is YOUR piece! If you want smaller options -- look at A Part of Ann Dale and her other 'take-out chart' Anne Dale's Flower Book which is the compilation of all those urns in here -- without all the animals and borders. Lots of options here... on 36ct, this finishes a whopping 22-1/2 x 29-1/2! Offered as a chart. Love it, Love it!!!
Ann Dale's Flower Booke Love all those floral urns in Ann Dale's Sampler -- but know you won't get to stitching them all??? Get this smaller take-out compilation chart instead! 13 Charts of the assorted florals from Ann Dale, presented on less paper, easier to deal with, not as overwhelming to look at and stitch from... just another option!
Spring at Bean Family Farm This is a cool piece -- quite a smattering of farm motifs to celebrate the Springtime! (Hope we get these Bean Family Farms for all the other seasons, too, but who knows?!) The gardening tools, the carrots and peas have been planted. The birds and the bees are about, the sheep are ready to shear -- looks like one is still fluffy and gray, while the other one is skinny and white already! Offered as a chart, the stitch count on this is 170 x 200. Teresa has charted it for Gentle Art Sampler Threads, A SPECIAL 10-skein set of Limited Edition Sampler threads OR regular DMC. You have three thread choices with this. Any fabric will do nicely -- she is just in love with the rustic and crusty frame she found for the model, which is worked in the Limited Edition Thread Set on 32ct Flax Linen.
Jenny Bean's Gentle Spring Sampler "Gentle Mothers lead the way." That's the verse in this charming tribute to Spring and new babies!!!! (I guess you could use this as a birth sampler for a girl born on a farm... kind of cute!) The organized alphabet tops this medley of small motifs -- you get the mom pig and her piglets, the sheep and lamb, mama duck and ducklings... Then, the family homestead. Next, the vegetable and flower gardens and horses in the meadow... and finally the duck pond. Really fun to look at, the stitch count on this is 105 x 275, finishing approx 6-1/2 x 17 on 32ct. Stitched with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, just a cute piece!
Tate's Stocking Raise the Roof has a neat design that makes quite a substantial sized Christmas Stocking! Stitched on Week's Dye Works 20ct Straw Linen in lots of Crescent Colours and Week's Dye Works size 5 Perle Cottons -- or just regular DMC #5's, this finishes a nice 16 x 22. Santa can get a lot into this one! The Weeks linen is a little pricey -- so 18ct Natural is another really GOOD option for this. It'll change the size to roughly 18 x 24. (Too big? Reduce to 25ct Lugana -- 13-1/2 x 17-1/2!) The design is really nice -- a traditional verse, the snowy sleigh scene down below, lots of room and an alphabet for personalization, it is garnished with a trio of clay jingle bell buttons. Good colors, good everything with this one! Offered as the chart with clay bells separately.
Spring Square -- Sun, Rain and Spring! Hey, remember The Sampler Roundy? Well... this is a little Springy Squarey! Two wooden squares from the big-box-craft-store... painted with a distressed whitewash finish... the Spring design is stitched on a yummy light olive green 32ct linen in browns, honey and cinnamon and creme overdyed cottons. 2 Seconds of stitching here... we're going to get busy and paint Squares for you... and include some pretty Crescent hand-dyed Rik Rak for your finishing! (Give us till mid-March to get our squares together... have to track down the wood, get the paint and trim... and steal a couple of painting hours in the back room!)
Quilted Spring I think Teresa is going to do all 4 seasons of these... spring is the first. I believe the fabric is 32ct Rue Green Linen, and the included lengths of flosses are Gentle Art Sampler Threads of dark and light teal, dark and light cinnamon and cream. Two of the flosses in here are limited editions! Finishing approx 5 inches square, it's made up of 25 mini-squares -- just an inch each! Includes the linen, chart, threads and bluebird button embellishment.
Jane Pattison 1806 Oh, Teresa has found another cool sampler to re-birth for us! The original is from 1806... and stitched in wool. When you read Teresa's page of info about this piece, you'll pay attention to the motifs OUTSIDE of the border, and the pretty pine tree feel of the border. Lots of strange-ness in here, it is just charming! Finishing approx 14 x 18 on 32ct... she has it charted for either Gentle Art's cotton Sampler Threads or their Simply Wool, or just plain good-old DMC floss!. DO THIS IN THE WOOLS! It has a wintery feel, and since the original is in wools -- it's a cool way to help preserve the design integrity. You do need more skeins of the wools vs the cottons... so it is quite a bit stiffer on the budget.
Presenting Monthly Angels! February's Angel kicks off the 12-part set. Holding a love letter to put in to the mail -- or did it just come from the mailbox -- her little kitty is just hanging around to see! Ms Feb is 70 x 80 stitches, worked with delicious colors of raspberry, grape and butterscotch hand-dyed flosses, and features a smattering of clay button embellishments along with two 'Just Pins' from Just Another Button Company! (Theresa has made them look like lollypops.) Just too darn cute, Ms Feb will be the same size as the other 11 angels in her set. She comes as a chart, and each month -- on the auto-Ship -- we're sending that chart along with the clay buttons and pins. We have fun fabrics available... so if you don't want to raid your stash... we can send that 30ct hand-dyed as well!!! Don't you just love her???
A Part of Ann Dale Ann Dale's Sampler is stunning! Teresa has been busy buying antique samplers and reproducing them... this one is full of fancy birds lacy trees and lavish flower pots. The border is straight and clean, lots of yummy pink, rose and creamy color. Stitched on 40ct linen, this finishes 20 x 12-1/2... so anything larger will certainly make this a commanding sampler! Coded for DMC floss, Gentle Art Sampler Threads or a combination of silks, you have several great thread options with this, which is a treat! Sampler Threads of Green Pasture, Chives, Piney Woods, Cranberry, Victorian Pink, Rose Garden, Oatmeal, Cherry Wine, Roasted Marshmallow are just some of the colors used.
A Silver Needle Theresa V from Shakespeare's Peddler dreamed up a cute little stitching sampler for us that was a bonus surprise at our 2011 Summer Stitching event! Exclusive to our shop, it's a slight thing -- approx 5 x 5 in size. Featuring 4 colors of Gentle Art Sampler Threads that are limited in edition -- none of the threads have joined that regular line -- so it's kind of fun the have them 'secretly!' 'A Silver Needle and Thread so fair'... is the verse, and there's plenty of room for you to add or sub some of your favorite stitching motifs in here. Offered as the chart, cut of 32ct Natural Linen, 4 complete GAST skeins and one DMC.
A-Wassailing 'Here We come a wassailing among the leaves so green' Shakespeare's Peddler has a charming olde-worlde design offered as a limited edition for just a few weeks. Offered as her original chart with 40ct hand-dyed Vintage Meadow Rue linen, an exclusive JABCO button and 6 complete skeins of Gentle Art Sampler Threads -- again Limited Edition -- your tiny Christmas creation will finish approx 2 x 2 or 4 x 4 depending on your choice of over one or two! I love the motifs in here. Look at that lacy evergreen tree... the vine above the bird... the strong 8-pointed flower medallions in there... you don't see the flowers but they add design balance! Very classic! Offered as the chart with linen, flosses and button -- just for a few weeks!
Pumpkin Joe Good News -- these patterns are here... Pumpkin Joe and three old crows, Joe says 'Boo' and off they goes! A fun little piece of orange and black delight, get that yummy hand-dyed linen, a mangy black hand-dyed cotton or silk, and add a few JABCO buttons, this is really cute!
BooScurryYum! Raise the Roof's newest Halloween design is too darn cute to be very scary! It features a witch-in-flight complete with billowing cape, wispy broom, the dark, swirling night-time sky, and lots of seasonal friends on the ground below! Check out the ghost for BOO. The Spider for SCURRY -- gotta love his hairy legs! And, YUM's candy corn and caramel apple. Offered as a chart, this measures approx 8-1/2 x 12-1/4 on some dark and mangy 32ct linen. Worked in hand-dyed Sampler Threads, JABCO has a set of buttons gracing this, too. VERY CUTE... this'll make a great seasonal decoration. Something about it is cheerful, colorful, fresh and fun.
Elenor Ferrow 1842 Shakespeare's Peddler has a new reproduction piece -- something that was originally stitched in purple, magenta and slime-lime-black wool! Theresa changed the colors... she hinted that they had been garish! The pagoda is unusual to say the least, especially since air travel in 1842 was non-existent. WHERE did Elenor see one? She didn't have the internet... how did that get into her piece? Finishes approx 9 x 12-3/4 on 32ct... stitch this in either hand-dyeds or DMC. Offered as a chart.
Gnome Sweet Gnome 'Though I may roam, there's no place like home!' Here's a new slant on Home Sweet Home offered Raise The Roof-Style! There's that little backyard traveling gnome... he's got his house key and his bicycle... and he's ready to see the world! (You know, symbolized by the lush landscape over on the right -- the evergreen!) He's the cutest little guy... and he needs a wall to call home! Colors are more subtle than we were able to depict online. Offered as a chart, this finishes approx 3 x 6 on 32ct.
Measure by Measure -- A Ruler Keep 'Measure by Measure, Life is a Treasure' is the featured verse on this neat 4 x 6 padded ruler pocket board. Finished just as a padded board... when we see the backside, there you'll find a wool sleeve to hold your Mother-of-Pearl 3-inch ruler, and another small patch to hold a needle or pin. (One of our black Mourning Pins is stuck in there now -- I just love the black -- old looking pin -- rather than a shiny new one!) This model is stitched on Weeks 30ct Parchment hand-dyed linen with Gentle Art Sampler Threads. You can alter your linen choices... and choose any pretty wools you have for your pockets... even add some of the new Crescent Colour hand-dyed trims to your edges if you want! Just a fun little thing -- and an exquisite home to those wonderful Kelmscott Mother-of-Pearl rulers! Offered as the chart, ruler offered separately.
For Ann: Pin Keep and Scissor Fob Theresa has outdone herself with her notes to you inside this fun little sampler adaptation piece! Taken from her Anne Harrison 1830 sampler, this is a smaller take-out design that she has made into a pin-keep... which would be a neat token gift for a friend, or even better -- something for YOU! She talks about the alphabet and initial placement... adding a word or two... changing fabric, all that... and tells you 'where to go' on the internet for many fantastic ideas for finishing this. Very pretty piece, stitched on Weeks 40ct in overdyeds, this is offered as a small chart.
Introducing ... the Maggie Bean Series from Shakespeare's Peddler and Crescent ColoursCrescent Colours and Shakespeare's Peddler are teaming up to bring us a series of 12 designs, in 6 releases, of Life Lessons to Learn! (Shakespeare's Theresa has created an imaginery sampler-stitcher -- Jenny Bean -- and Maggie Bean 'is' Jenny's little sister. These are the lessons that little Maggie needs to learn, and she will remember them all, because she stitches them!) Offered in chart packs of two coordinating designs -- one the lesson, the other a coordinating motif -- each pack includes 5 yards of Crescent's Belle Soie hand-dyed silk -- enough to stitch both designs. The first, Hospitality, is stitched in rich shades of Mudpie, Icing, Strawberry Shortcake, Tortoise Shell and Ivy League. Very Pretty, each will have a stitch count of 50 x 50 -- stitch them on whatever you like best! (Ok... I realize that mudpie doesn't sound very rich... but keep an open mind!) Auto-Ship starting!
Official Crazy Cat Lady Well, if you are one... you probably know it already... or you know someone who could use this! A real cute piece, just a couple of kitties -- both stitched and buttoned on there, and some wild lettering, this is offered in chart format with a set of button embellishments. It finishes approx 4 x 8, is stitched on Weeks and Crescent Colours hand-dyeds, and just makes you smile!
Home Springs Eternal What a pretty piece by Shakespeare's Peddler -- the house, the alphabet, the border and basket -- and of course the lock and key to keep all safe and sound! Teresa's sampler has a stitch count of 145 x 95, and can be stitched on almost any fabric of your choice. She chose two different colorways for this -- the limited edition Gentle Art Sampler Thread packet features 10 complete skeins of un-released colors (model was stitched with this color asst.), or you can follow the alternate selections of Sampler Threads (in the regular color line) or even DMC. Pretty browns and greens, the house is stitched in Gold Rush (Gold Leaf) and there is a hint of Raisin (Grape Arbor) in the window panes and flowers. Offered as the chart with coordinating clay flower button embellishment (see it on the floral urn?)
God Bless Those... Who struggle to be free. Teresa designed this the week Egypt won its revolution for freedom! Offered only for a short while, it comes as a small kit with either 40 or 32ct Vintage Examplar Linen by Lakeside (very warm honey color), and three skeins of un-released limited edition Sampler Threads (a gold, a red-ish brown and a golden-brown.) Her model is made into a pin-cushion piece, stuffed with something heavy -- like rice or walnut shells. Doesn't need any more description from me... that verse says it all!
Jenny Bean's Creation Sampler Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, imaginary sampler-stitcher Jenny Bean (aka Shakespeare's Peddler) has designed her sampler to finish approx 7 x 16 on 32ct. God said 'Let There Be Light' and there was light. and God said it was good! Pretty borders and crisp alphabet and numbers at the top and in the verse, the garden scene near the bottom is full of charming motifs. Lions and lambs, the fishes amidst the waves, Adam and Eve, the apple tree and an angel -- there is no crabby serpent here! ... I love the extra commentary Teresa put on the front of the chart's package... 'All's well that ends well!" Offered as a chart, there are even options in here to use a few specialty stitches if you feel like it! Thread pack vailable (while they last) of 15 complete skeins of Gentle Art Sampler Threads -- regular colors, no limiteds -- $28.50 vs open stock skeins at $33.75!
Ann Grant 1829 Teresa found a charming antique sampler that joined her personal collection the day she saw it! Re-charting it, and publishing it is her bonus treat for us all! A generous sized piece, 290 x 350, Ann Grant's sampler of over 40,000 stitches, worked when she was just 10 years old, speaks a message to Love God. Teresa has an entire page of notes to us in here... what drew her to this piece... all the charming motifs, awesome color, imperfections in the design... totally fun to read. Makes you appreciate the elements and sentiments in here. I love the strong border, the lacy tree, it's a lovely, traditional sampler! Offered as a chart, coded for silks or DMC.
A Sampling by Ann Here's the 2011 version of the house and several other motifs directly from Ann Grant's 1829 sampler! Same shapes, brighter, deeper colors, less than 40,000 stitches -- because we don't have as much time to stitch these days as Ann did! Isn't this a fun way to compare both pieces? Offered in small chart format, coded for silks or DMC, these colors are NOT the same as those in the larger piece!
Tread Lightly Wise advice for all!!! Tread Lightly, You're just passing through. Offered as a small chart, this is stitched in only three colors of silk or DMC cotton. Nothing lavish with special stitches or embellishments... just good old-fashioned thoughts. Stitch count of 65 x 140... stitch this on anything you choose, and even change colors if you want!
Jenny Bean's Friendship Sampler 'Tell me ye knowing and discerning few -- where I may find a friend both firm and true.' One of several new designs... the latest Jenny Bean Sampler from Shakespeare's Peddler. This is charming, both in verse and design! Neat houses, trees and landscape, lots of little critters scattered about, I love everything about it! Offered as a chart, it finishes approx 10 x 13 on 32ct, and is stitched with Gentle Art's hand-dyed Sampler Threads. Teresa started a thing this Fall... she asked several other designers in the industry to 'sort of like JOIN' Jenny Bean's 'Friendship Page'... and design friendship samplers back to Jenny Bean! Lizzie Kate created Flora Mc Sample, Chessie created Scarlet Pomegranate. We have several in the 'chain' so watch for them!!! Meanwhile, stitch Jenny Bean's Friendship Sampler... awfully neat as a welcoming piece in your foyer, or some where near your chatter-bench! (How's that for a blast from the past!?)
Sampler Roundy This is CHARMING!!! Grab a 10 x 10 cut of 32ct linen, and whip up this fun ABC sampler using 6 different limited edition Sampler Threads. LOOK at the letters seemingly scattered on top... I can read 'birds, cat, boat, flower, '... and they're all pictured there... but it's so cleverly scattered... one might miss it! Pretty navy, wines, taupe and a bit of yellow, the center is tufted with one of Homespun Elegance's Olde Brass Buttons. What makes this Roundy so darn cute, is that Little Roundy Base it's perched on! Teresa told us how to make those... so it's our next Saturday's Shop Gal Project of the Day... we're going to make a bunch for you! Like a miniature 6-inch foot stool, the bases stand approx 3 inches high, so your finished Sampler Roundy will be totally unique, charming, and unlike anything you have now! Painted and waxed in black, maybe you have something else you want to finish like this, too? Stitch on any bit of 32ct linen from your stash. Need a Roundy Base? They are available separately, and hand-made lovingly by the Silver Needle Saturday Gals!
Halloween Towne Here's a happy little street -- 'The clocks striking midnight as leaves twirl around, the pumpkins are sleeping in Halloween Towne.' Stitched on 32ct linen, this finishes approx 4 x 17-1/2, and sports luscious Belle Soie Silk colors of purples, cinnamon, piney greens, dark chocolate, and rusty oranges. Each building has its own neat tree, or that charming lamp post, and together with the button set, it's quite the happening place! Offered as the chart with plenty of Belle Soie Silks, buttons offered separately.
This is Christmas! Oh 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.
Father Sail Home Oh, wow, this is a quaint and hopeful little piece, tucked into one of Olde Colonial's Birdseye Maple Pencil Boxes. Stitched in 1834, by Emeline, she is wishing for her father to sail home. The tall ship, the light house, and the cottage by the sea -- just small and really sweet. Design measures a mere 31 x 144 stitches and is stitched with your choice of Sampler Threads available in the regular line, OR Teresa's SPECIAL Limited Edition 9-Skein Set of Sampler Threads (that she chose for her model.) Lovely, soft denims, grays and warm wooden browns, you'll need an 8 x 13-ish cut of 40ct linen to fit the design onto the pencil box top. (approx opening is 2 x 8!)
Jenny Bean's 2010 Christmas Ornament Just a small Silent Night cottage, personalize with whatever date and initials you want. Offered as a small card, it is charted for either DMC cotton or Belle Soie silk, and measures 61 x 75 stitches.
Faith, Hope, Love Just a small Silent Night cottage, personalize with whatever date and initials you want. Offered as a small card, it is charted for either DMC cotton or Belle Soie silk, and measures 61 x 75 stitches.
Cackle! Well... Cackle or Shriek... your choice! Simply heed the advice offered here! Great colors, lots of visual impact... something fun to hang in your cubicle at work??? Offered as the chart, pick a lip-puckering green to stitch this on, and you're set! Offered as a single chart.
This Is Halloween '12 Million ghouls and goblins can't be wrong!' Raise The Roof has a fun new design for Halloween -- a medley of stuff, crammed and scattered -- here and there -- in it's 8 x 8-ish design size. Stitched in overdyeds, the clay button embellishments are everywhere in here! Bats and cats, owls and toads, there is a vampire, and even a poison apple! Very busy, very cute... offered as the chart with button set separate!
Magic Garden Sampler Wow... if I could grow things that look this good... I'd plow up part of the parking lot out in front of the shop, and everyone would have to tip-toe through the turnips to reach the front door! Shakespeare's Peddler has a delightful garden sampler for anyone with a green thumb. Full of little critters -- snails and worms -- and yummy-looking carrots and radishes -- everything is tucked into this neat garden bordered by the picket fence. Stitched with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, this has a stitch count of 133 x 132, so on 28ct, it finishes approx 9-1/2 inches square. Offered as a chart, just charming!
Libertyville from Raise the Roof and Crescent Colours Raise the Roof has a new 4-part series named Libertyville... and 'Home From Sea' is the first part of the design!!! 'See our flag waving from high on the hill... another fine day in Libertyville.' The ship in the harbor, the charming downtown main street, the farm in the 'burbs', and finally the little sheep grazing on a grassy knoll of tiny Quaker motifs! Everything in here is really cute. With an overall stitch count of 71 x 275, it finishes approx 4-1/2 x 17 on 32ct linen. The charts are offered with Belle Soie Silks from Crescent Colours in rich shades of navys and browns... so far... and the Just Another Button Company button embellishments! Too Darn Cute! Auto-Ship will deliver the remaining three designs to your mailbox as soon as each releases!
Jenny Bean's Humble Servant Sampler 'You will surely reap what ye sow.' Jenny Bean stitches this charming sampler... it's her third! With a stitch count of 180 x 180, yours will finish approx 9 x 9 on 40ct... or it could be 11 x 11 if you choose 32! Pick what makes you happy! Worked in Gentle Art overdyed Sampler Threads, the colors are very pretty pinks, lavenders, greens, some brown, and a touch of a mustard color. A spot-motif-type of arrangement, all the sections feature pretty designs -- the flower urn in the upper left corner is pretty all by itself, the house is cool, and so is the willow tree! Teresa tells you to embellish your sampler however you wish. There are some tiny stitched keys on here -- charms would be fun, and the flower urn up there might like a few buttons from your antique button stash! Just some ideas. Offered as the single chart, the Olde Colonial Dowry Boxes are on order! (expected $$$ approx $160-$170)
Jane Philpott 1837: An Adam & Eve Sampler Teresa's been sampler shopping... and found a pair of almost identical samplers stitched by two sisters in 1837. She bought the pair, and has been re-charting! Jane's is presented this year... Sarah's maybe next year! Stitched in Ramsgate, England, Jane was most likely a persnickety and tidy girl. Teresa's bits of musing that are included with the chart talk about Jane's stitching, her colors, and her snake -- that was evidentally not cross-stitched at all, but embroidered. Pretty flowers, beautifully shaped and detailed trees there is a lot going on in here... but it quite an endearing piece! Charted for either silks for DMC, it's quite large, and measures approx 19-1/2 x 27 on 28ct... to 14 x 19 on 40! Very well done... we have the model in the shop, and it's stunning!
Ole Pin Cushion This is a charming little thing... a bit of easy stitching on 32ct Flax Linen with DMCs for overdyeds... this is finished in a mangy, bent up, USED tin Mason jar lid! Offered as the card chart... I bought Teresa's mangy jar lids to go with them... in case you've been an over-achiever and cleaned out your basement!!! Just fun!
Love The Spring A Shakespearean quote... Willy Wonka sings this in his inventing room, too! A charming little piece, stitched in silks or DMCs of pretty plums and mauves, browns and a bit of aqua. Our Magic By Mona -- Mona -- finished the cover model. T eresa had some old lace they added to the pillow finishing -- what a neat way to use just a stray bit of something special to you! Design finishes approx 6 x 10-1/2 on 32ct... anything creamy or rosey in color or count will be pretty for this. Offered as the chart.
Antique Locks and Keys This is kind of a neat design... it needs to be stitched and tucked in the middle of a collection of samplers or pin cushions. It'd be pretty in a curio cabinet! The models are stitched in Plush Plum Belle Soie Silk -- but you can choose any color you wish. The fabric is 36ct Fresco... but you can change that, too! Again, Teresa added a bit of antique lace along the bottom area. We ordered this as both the single chart, and kitted with the 36ct fresco hand-dyed and the Plum silk. Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 5.
Celebrating UFOs! License and Pin Set! One of my favorite finds at Market came from Teresa and Sue at Raise The Roof. UFO is the affectionate name assigned to Un-Finished-Objects. You know... the stuff you started years ago, but just can't stand to look at anymore... you'll never finish them. This Licence and Pin Set can set you FREE! Somehow, Teresa's creative brain decided that it was OK to CUT UP some horrid thing you've started... and make a totally dorky pin cushion out of it... decorating it with this official UFO medallion and space-ship pin!!!!! Oh my gosh... this is the funniest thing! Don't let this ugly model picture deter you! Your Official UFO License includes a coupon giving you permission to destroy what was, once, a piece of needleart! Her story that comes with it is delightful... and I cannot tell it here! YOUR pincushion could never look like hers... because each UFO has it's own putrid personality!... but think of the stitch group gift possibilities here!!! Everyone could make one, and it could be the gift exchange! You could raid the bottom of your friend's stitching tote, secretly steal her embarrassment, and turn it into the most charming UFO Cushion... presenting it to her with honor! Teresa's imagination at work!!!!! Anyway, Raise The Roof's UFO License comes with a bit of History, finishing suggestions, Teresa's unfortunate example -- pictured in living color, and the exclusive UFO label and space-ship pin. YOU supply the awful needlework!!! We have extra Space Ship pins available, in case you have more than one Special Needs piece!!!
Pins & Needles A pair of cushions... one for Pins and Needles, the other for Needles and Pins! Flowers and Birds, just cute 2 x 5 cushions... find some funky fabric and get busy! Shown with Just Another Button Company Lemonade Pins, these are offered as a singe chart.
Clean and Green Here's the Leprechaun's laundry... how can this NOT bring a smile to your face?? If you're Irish, this needs to hang in your laundry room. If you OWN a cleaners... this needs to hang in your reception area! If you have a janitorial service... this needs to be hanging where customers calling can see -- Clean and Green is a good motto! Just so cute, Raise The Roof introduces yet another Clothesline selection! Check out the Scrub-a-Dub-Dub -- in case you deal with the medical field. This whole series is just too much fun. Offered as the chart, there is a button embellishment set available as well.
Jenny Bean's Christmas Sampler A sweet little Christmas sampler, the verse reads; 'and had I but one penny, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.' Shakespeare's Peddler's imaginary Jenny Bean has stitched this as a Christmas Wish for her friend! The pine trees and boughs are a pretty touch. Stitched with Sampler Threads overdyeds, this finishes approx 7 x 9 on 32ct. Offered as the chart.
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.
Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler from Shakespeare's Peddler'When I am dead and in my grave, and all my bones are rottin', If this you see - Pray - think of me, Or I will be forgotten.' Teresa of Shakespeare's Peddler has created little miss Jenny Bean... and this is Jenny's first sampler! Ms Bean's charming (really!) 160 x 160 stitch count sampler is worked with a special limited collection (so get them now!) of Gentle Art's Sampler Threads -- Parched Bones, Nightmare, Coffin Lid, Sarcophagus, Dried Blood, Burial Ground, Witch's Wart, Zombie Flesh and Swamp Water!!! Can you believe those names??? Anyway, the piece is surrounded by a leafy border, pumpkins in the corners, a cozy log cabin of lots of browns, the alphabet that features different fonts for every letter (I love that!), the tiny family graveyard below the willow tree, and the little fish skeleton and rat down in the bottom blocks! Predominent colors of browns, mossy greens, blued blacks and brick, it is simply the cutest little piece!!! One of the gals in the shop doesn't do rotting bones and such, so she's simply going to leave off the verse! Offered as a chart, there is a matching pin cushion, too!
Jenny Bean's Pin Tuffet from Shakespeare's PeddlerOh, this is so cute!! It matches the main JB Halloween Sampler... but has only happy motifs on it! (No skulls or 'rottin' bones!!!) A butterfly and floral urn, it's stitched on 40ct, but I believe 32 will still fit the Sudberry House Shaker Pin Cushion. Shakespeare's Peddler has commissioned JABCO to make a special set of pins for this piece, so we're offering them together as a set! Black, caramel and butterscotch flowers, they're cute perched in the cushion!
Monthly Mockeries This is a fun set of monthly designs that should remind you of Lizzie Kate's Double Flips -- the cute Living With Charm series. Linda of Lizzie Kate and Teresa & Sue of Raise the Roof are friends. RTR wanted to have fun with LK's premise... so Linda gave 'her sight-unseen and trusted 'Blessing' to RTR for a little clean, harmless fun! There are 4 charts in this series... 3 designs in each... all finish approx 23 x 60 stitches -- choose whatever fabric you like best! You probably know someone who needs just one or two of these for their desk at work... or as a bedroom doorknob hanger! (Actually 'Take a Hike' and 'Go Fly a Kite' are truly fun for kite fliers and hikers! and 'No Way, Jose' might be a fun diet reminder on the refrigerator door!!!) Strictly for fun... each little Mockerie (unofficial name really wanted to be Flip-Offs but RTR didn't want ANYONE upset over that one!) features a clay button embellishment, too. Buy them individually, or get the whole set!
Words to Live By from Raise the RoofBy Raise the Roof, in Designer Sue's own words... 'Holy Moses! It's the Ten Commandments in Rhyme! This is an AWESOME piece!!! It's a re-write of the Ten Commandments, with all sorts of fun little motifs and clay buttons scattered about! We spent some time speculating what all the small pics meant -- it was kind of fun to guess. Stitched in either DMC, Weeks flosses or Belle Soie hand-dyed silks this finishes approx 15-1/2 x 20 on 32ct! The colors in the linen in the pic actually make this 'busier' than it really is... actually quite a clear, easy chart to work! Offered as a leaflet.
Sarah Woodham 1770 from Shakespeare's PeddlerThis is Teresa's reproduction of a 1770's sampler she fell in love with in an antique shop and purchased! Beautifully charted, she has an entire page of thoughts about the original stitcher, her talents, and ideas about missing motifs and color choices. The verse is a prayer by Sarah that gives thanks for her good life, and a plea to make her a better person towards others. The words are all stitched over one thread, while the rest of the piece is over two -- Teresa says this has over 25,000 stitches in it! Charted for DMC, Sampler Threads or silks, this finishes approx 12 x 14-1/2 on 40ct! Simply lovely, this piece has such balance, pretty and graceful motifs, awesome color, and just general CHARM! One of Teresa's favorite parts are the two girls near the bottom that are standing there with their hands on their hips! Definitely a happy sampler! Offered as a chart.
Antique Spring Sampler -- Ann Hobbs 1834 from Shakespeare's PeddlerThis is another sampler residing in Teresa's Private Collection (how neat is that!) that came from England. Originally stitched in 1834, the color palette of this features soft shades of beige, blue, gold, rose and coral -- so lovely! Teresa includes a page of history about Ann, where she came from, and speculation about ink spills on her original piece. That sort of thing is so much fun to read about! The verse reminds one to not put off things that are worthwhile... not 'To Put Religion By'...Very, very pretty! (She loaned us her stitched piece for a few weeks!)
Sampler Stationery from Shakespeare's PeddlerLove all those pretty samplers? No time to get 'em stitched? Shakespeare's Peddler has reproduced part of Ann Hobb's piece, Sarah Woodham's piece, and Jenny Bean's sampler and tuffet onto stationery cards. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 single fold cards, just a pretty set, at a good price! 8 Cards with envelopes for $8!
I Love the Birds from Shakespeare's PeddlerGosh, this is a sweet piece... its a tribute to the birds in your garden!!! Designed by Teresa of Shakespeare's Peddler, it measures 72 x 196 stitches, and can be worked in its DMC flosses on any number of different fabrics. (you choose!) 'I love the birds and count them all. They sit upon my garden wall. One, two, three, Crow, Lark Wren. Then one, two, three, they're gone again.' Something pretty and totally finishable for a busy stitcher!!!! Offered as a chart.
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub By Sue of Raise the Roof... her 'real daytime job' is in the medical field, so she has dedicated this pattern to anyone who knows what a 'Code Brown' is!!! The next in Raise the Roof's series of clotheslines... Sue described the seemingly-ever-pulled-out cord on the IV machines... and the nurse call-button, which is never where it needs to be... I love the skull button on the X-Ray, and there's even a little bed pan button from Just Another Button Company on there! Offered as a leaflet with buttons separately, this finishes approx 7 x 15 on a 14/28ct. Stitched with DMCs and Crescent overdyeds, Sue wanted this to be perfect for ANYONE in the medical field, whether they were the surgeon, the nurse or the one who has to take care of that CODE! Real Cute!
A Weary World Rejoices from Shakespeare's PeddlerTeresa of Raise the Roof must have a split personality!!!!! She's designed this lovely little sampler -- under her other name of Shakespeare's Peddler that features words from 'O Holy Night.' 'The thrill of hope, A weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks A new and glorious morn.' Teresa has a couple of paragraphs inside the pattern that tell of her inspiration for this piece... and the meanings of the symbols she has included in her original design. Just makes my heart warm all over!!! Of special note are the colors called for in this sampler. Gentle Art dyed a special set of Winter Threads last year... and Teresa used that Limited Edition set! Not to worry, though! She has also converted those colors into those in the regular line in case you didn't get it. But if you were lucky enough to collect that little bag of threads this year -- HERE is something awesome to stitch with them!!! A petite sampler, this finishes approx 8 x 12 on 32ct... but you can choose any count you wish. Offered as the chart.
Patty's Fence Well, isn't this little guy cute! Disguised as a skinny fence post, the lucky leprechaun is at home with his pot of gold and rainbow! Something simple for a quick holiday decoration, this finishes approx 7 x 7, is stitched with Weeks and Crescent Colors, is embellished with a few clay buttons. Offered as a single card chart.
Wrong Side of the Tracks No shirt, no shoes, no problem... if you're on The Wrong Side of the Tracks!!! Raise the Roof has finished their endearing village scene of businesses that you may or may not frequent!!! Just the best, we brainstormed in the shop about all the perfect places this needs to hang! Mom's tongue-in-cheek reminder to teenagers... what about hanging this in an attorney's office, or the court-clerk's office? Actually, all four businesses featured ARE respected professions... so if you own a skin-care facility... this might be darling in your reception area! Offered in a set of 4 leaflets, the Border, Shiner's Tattoo, Miss Vonnie's Bikini Waxing, and Bubba's Bail Bonds and Repo Service... the entire piece finishes approx 9 x 20, and is stitched with overdyed flosses. There are cute clay button embellishments scattered throughout, as well, one of which is a little dirty rat, down by the repossessed car!
Frank-n-Stein Here's Frank, stein in hand, celebrating Octoberfest!!! He's a little green -- possibly too much beer??? He comes as the chart, with a bit of khaki 32ct Jobelan, DMC flosses and his clay stein. Finishing approx 3 x 4-ish, Theresa's finishing treatment is darling! She's stretched him over a board -- foam core would be good -- and then tucked various glass beads onto pins, dabbed a bit of glue on pin end, and stuck them into the sides of the board. Really, really cute, what a great way to show off cool beads from your stash!
Halloween Silhouette A quick 70 x 70 silhouette piece, this is stitched on 32ct Kermit Green hand-dyed linen from Picture This Plus, using Weeks Mascara hand-dyed floss. Embellished with a couple of clay bats, the one splash of color is the purple band on the hat. Finish this one just like Frank-n-Stein... just think of the bead possibilities! Offered as the chart with linen, flosses, bats and needle.
Wise Old Owl 'Better to remain silent and be thought an idiot!' Words that are SO HARD to live by sometimes... Raise the Roof has released a darling old owl perched above the following verse. 'A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke... the less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird?' Oh, can you think of a few places this needs to hang??? Offered as a leaflet, it stitches approx 5 x 8 on 32ct, and uses DMCs, Crescents, Weeks and Gentle Art overdyeds. It's very cute!
Round Robin Quite the rotund little guy, I'm not sure if you know a Robin who is a little round... or participate in too many Round Robins to count, but if either applies, you'll need this chart! Wouldn't it be cute as the bulletin board decoration above the current schedule of the current 'robin?' You know, the bulletin board where everyone signs up to bring cookies or host the next 'round!' Offered as a single chart, there are a few buttons that garnish the 4-1/2 inch piece.
You Suit Me 'Two hearts can lead to a diamond!' Pretty cute... you may have to stitch this for the card-lover in the family... if they DO suit you! Stitched on 32ct Bo Peep Belfast Linen, this finishes approx 5 x 9.
Getting Old Sucks BUT, pass me of piece of cake anyway! Lots of stitching in this one to commemorate a special birthday, but then again... there might be a lot of birthdays to commemorate! Offered as the chart, this finishes approx 7 x 8 on 32ct and is stitched in overdyeds. Little confetti buttons decorate the cake, and I think the candle flames would be fun stitched in metallic!
Follow Your Art A cute, uplifting thing... this finishes approx 4 x 4 on 28ct, and is stitched in only three colors of overdyed. The rest -- the paints and brush bristles -- are clay button embellishments! Cute and quick, it's shown in a 9 x 9-ish banner by Stitch a Gift, which is the perfect finishing, as the fabric is scattered with paint tubes, pailettes and buckets!
Snip for a Queen This is a cute little scissor fob... perfect for the 'Queen Stitcher' in your group... which hopefully is YOU! Teresa and Sue remind us right on the front cover that she is a trump... not a tramp! Just silly, she is full of bright color, and is holding a cute tiny pair of scissors -- the charm that is included with the chart. She's stitched on 32ct opalescent linen, and finishes approx 2-1/2 x 3.
Garden Fence Raise the Roof's newest 'Fence' design, this is real cute! Needs to hang by your gardening things... our darling fence is decorated with a rose vine, that 'rich' bag of manure, a skinny scarecrow -- but maybe he's the gardener! -- and even a drippy hose! The pattern by-line across the cover reads: Gardens: where a few drips and manure make a difference! Using Sampler and Weeks overdyeds, this finishes approx 4 x 7 on 28ct, and features a cute set of 9 clay buttons! Try some outlandish green or yellow fabric to stitch this on -- we have tons of choices!
The Crabby Monthlys 'Celebrating things not worth celebrating' is the motto of this darling new set of 4 leaflets! Teresa and Sue told us that everyone always does cheerful, sweet little monthly designs... and they want to let you know that it's OK to vent once in a while!!! Well, darn it all... this series is over! It threatens to make me mad... but the whole set gives me 12 OTHER reasons to be crabby!!! Raise the Roof has finished this delightfully funny piece that celebrates all the things that happen each month that you CAN be crabby about! We finish off the year with October Zombies, November Relatives visiting (complete with pet cat!), and December's Bills! Offered leaflets, we've shown you the 4th in the set... each leaflet has an embellishment package of clay buttons as well. Enjoy the complete set!
Love Laundry Is this cute, or what??? You HAVE to stitch this for your laundry room!!! Absolutely precious, check out the little love birds on the clothesline posts! Check out the Valentine boxer shorts, and the lipstick on the shirt collar! There's even a heart on the detergent bottle! Lots of cute button embellishments on here... it's quite a sassy companion to the rest of Raise the Roof's famous clothes lines! Stitched on 32ct, it finishes approx 6 x 12, and WILL bring a smile to anyone sees it! Offered as the leaflet with clay separately.
Liberty Fence The latest edition of 'Picket-People,' Raise the Roof has released 'America's Couple' to decorate a fine home -- such as yours! Offered as the chart, we have skinny Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty, along with flags and firecrackers. Finishing approx the same size as the other Fences in this series, 5 x 7, it's done in overdyeds, and features a set of clay buttons from Just Another Button Co. Fabric is a hand-dyed sky-blue, to simulate the pretty Summer sky!
Sweetheart Fence Joining the Nautical, Spooky, and Snow Fences... this is a fun depiction of a picket fence, with such personality! Offered as a single chart design, the little picket fence design is everything Love and Valentines. Roses, the engagement ring, Cupid -- complete with a discreet diaper! -- a love letter, and the ever-popular toad, this is just darling! Stitched on 28ct hand-dyed Sorbet linen from Picture This Plus, there is an embellishment pack of cute clay buttons offered as well.
Turkey Dressing The newest by Raise the Roof is here... in time for the big day! A companion to all their other clotheslines, we're treated to the little turkey's laundry, without having to wash it ourselves! (I think he'd dressed up like a Pilgrim so he wouldn't be eaten on Thanksgiving Day!) Anyhow, offered as a leaflet, this finishes approx 7 x 15 on a 28ct linen, and features a darling set of clay buttons from Just Another Button Co. Notice the owl in the tree, the pumpkin pile and the beautifully shaded sunflowers -- they all add spots of cheerful color! Really Cute!
Sweet Tooth This is quite the happy Jack-O-Lantern!!! The candy-loving guy is sporting a mouthful of delicious clay buttons from Just Another Button Company, and luscious overdyeds by the Gentle Art! Finished into a great big stand-up box by our very own Mona... Sweet Tooth finishes approx 8 x 8, and will make a dynamite Halloween decoration. Offered in leaflet format, the buttons are available separately... and our model is done on 28ct Cobblestone, and we have that as well. This is such a cute design... make sure you see the rest of Raise the Roof's things!
Nautical Fence The third in RTR's set of little picket fences, this is just as cute as Snow and Spooky! Stitched on hand-dyed blue linen, with Weeks overdyeds, the clay buttons are just over the top for this one!!! The delightful pickets are a mermaid -- complete with Mosey-Posey cover-ups -- a lighthouse and salty sailor. The clay buttons add a fish, shells and gull. Finishing approx 5 x 7, this would be perfect in a seaside cottage, your lake house, a bathroom... anywhere you might think of water and the sea. Cute, cute! Offered as the chart with buttons available separately.
Love Thy Neighbor Oh my gosh... this is the funniest pattern... anyone who lives with that one 'dumpy' house in the neighborhood will appreciate this one! Actually quite large, this can finish approx 8-1/2 x 15 on 32ct, and is stitched in either Olde Willow Overdyed flosses (shown in the model) or Sampler Threads and Weeks. Just Another Button Co has a clay pack that includes so many annoying 'decorations' from the neighbor! Now, see the pretty house on the left (Yours...) then, see the dish on the roof, kite around the antanee, holiday lights and wreath still hanging, the missing shutter, the dead landscaping and last Halloween's pumpkin on the porch? Then, the open garage door, hoop, trash can, crack in the drive, oil stain on there, the dead grass with weeds and the little doggy tied up who's pooped actual JABCO clay buttons on YOUR lawn??? Inspired by the old samplers that speak of the virtue of loving thy neighbor... here's a new twist on that! Teresa and Sue even suggest customization to your particular situation -- a ball on the roof, and weeds in the sidewalk cracks... offered as a leaflet with separate buttons, this is cute!
Spooky Fence Gosh, is this darling!!! Stitch your whole family as vampires and mummys... skinny as fence posts!!! The newest Raise The Roof pattern is here... and I just love that mummy! He's cross stitched, and then embellished with satin stitches of silk ribbon. (If you want to tea-dye it a little, it'll look really mangy and yucky, and true-to-life!) Offered as a leaflet, with the silk ribbon for the mummy, and the clay button set separately, you can stitch this as is... or add some 'posts!' Stitched on 28ct, it finishes approx 6 x 8... have fun with this one! The silk ribbon card will do several mummies for you. Your leaflet informs you, "This chart was approved by the American Monsters Association."
Princess & The Pea Here's something for the Princess of the House... especially if she doesn't like to sleep a lot! Delightfully colorful mattresses camouflage that tiny pea down there at the bottom... and our Princess is NOT happy about it! So cute! Offered as a leaflet with clay pack of buttons separately, she finishes approx 5 x 10 on a 28ct. Consider a color to match the bedroom, and change the mattress colors a bit, if you need to! The leaflet by-line reads: "My bed is lumpy, and I need a glass of water... Mom!"
Jack and The Beanstalk "Leave it to a boy to create a GIANT mess" is the advice on this darling pattern! Jack's Beanstalk reaches into the clouds... and here comes the giant to prove it! Offered as a leaflet with clay buttons offered separately, it finishes approx 8 x 12 on 32ct. The buttons include the bean pods, magic beans, the golden egg, and the harp... all the things from the Fairy Tale story. Cute, Cute... something fun for a little boy's room!
Vlad's Vash Day The companion to Witchy Washy... Vlad's laundry is blowing in the wind for all to see!! The cape, the boots, the racy underwear... the package of clay button embellishments includes the owl, bats, scary cat, even a couple of bats! Stitched on 32ct Flax linen in overdyeds, it finishes approx 6-1/2 x 12-1/2. So much fun for the laundry room, a teen's bathroom... or just a cool holiday decoration... this has lots of deep reds, charcoal blacks and purple! Offered as the leaflet with clay pack available separately.
Peter's Cotton Knits Our resident Easter Bunny has laundry hanging on the line, in anticipation of his 'big day!' Complete with the bunny hill house, overalls and tie, baskets and eggs... check out that carrot hanging on the line, too!!! Joining Witchy Washy and Santa Clothes... this is a charming scene that's offered in leaflet format, with clay button embellishments separately. Just darling, we never thought of decorating the laundry room for the seasons before this series came out... but who says these need to stay in the laundry room at all!!! Stitched with 16 shades of Crescent Colours, DMC conversions are given... but they won't have half the charm the model shows! Stitched on 28ct Summer Sky Jobelan... it's an overdyed look that's colorfast. Lots of light blue linens will do... check your stash!
Snow Fence Here's a creative little fence that is really snow people!!! So, so cute, this is stitched entirely in overdyeds on Ice Blue Cashel Linen. The 'post-men' each feature a clay nose, a heart or star trim piece, and two of them feature a clay stocking hat to match his scarf. Just something a little more creative than your average snowman... this is a delightful design, finishing approx 4-1/2 x 7! Offered as a single sheet chart, with the clay and linen separately.
Fall Wispy A trio of Harvest scenes... Mill Hill's Debbie Mumm licensed buttons are featured as the embellishments. I like the 'chicklets' all around the border, and the 'wispys' that you stitch with the overdyed flosses... Fall Wispy finishes approx 5-1/2 x 11, and is offered in a leaflet, with buttons separately.
Santa Clothes Santa's clothesline of laundry is hanging out for the world to see!!! The companion to Witchy Washy, Santa's clothes feature another wild pair of underwear, and lots of cute detail! Stitched on 32ct Opalescent Belfast linen -- a new color -- this is worked in overdyeds, and features a set of Just Another Button Co clay buttons. The fabric is cool... it's a natural linen color with opalescent thread highlights woven into it. Sounds weird, but very pretty! Santa's clothes that are 'freeze-dried!, measure approx 6 1/2 x 13, and are available as a leaflet pattern, with clay that is additional. Very charming... who says the laundry room can't be decorated for the holidays!!!??
Witchy-Washy Here's a delightful new design from a new design team, that is just charming!!! Witchy-Washy is the clothesline of ... possibly your favorite teenager??? We've just smiled when this came in this week! Stitched on 28ct linen -- choose something with a little color, if you like -- this finishes approx 7 x 15, and features a fun set of clay button embellishments from Just Another Button Co. (Bats, crows, pumpkins, a cat, spiders... etc) Wouldn't this be cute in a laundry room??? The skirt and bra really DO remind me of my 16-yr-old daughter's clothes, and I think this would be cute in her bathroom, too!!! Available as the leaflet with fabric and clay available separately, it's stitched in both Weeks and Sampler Threads. Really, Really cute!!!