With Thy Needle & Thread : The Silver Needle, Fine Needlecraft Materials

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Sampler of the Season With Thy Needle's Brenda Gervais is bringing us a new 4-Seasons Set of samplers -- Autumn is the first! Releasing on the first day of the preceeding season -- (this means that the Winter Season Sampler will release the first day of Autumn 2011!) Stitched on 30ct hand-dyed linen in 28 different shades of Gentle Art Sampler Threads, this measures almost 13 x 13. Check out the neat oak tree border -- acorns and leaves. All the bands feature pastoral scenes of the Autumn season... but I love those two squirrels guarding the top of the piece! Offered as a chart... we're auto-shipping the other three seasons -- as we know the release dates, and it's easier for us to remember that, than it needs to be for you! Winter definitely follows the same design format as Autumn -- big surrounding greenery that acts as the border, and four rows of daily life scenes of the season. Snowflake motifs buried in the banks, they are again, scattered in the sky. A generous 190 x 197 stitches, choose a yummy hand-dyed linen and the Sampler Threads from your stash! Spring:The same wild vine border surrounding the sides, it looks like they've painted the house for the new season! All the yard activity is apparent as well. Stitched on Week's 30ct Parchment Linen in lots of hand-dyed flosses, this finishes the identical 13 x 13 of Winter and Autumn.
Peter & Peep What a fun design! With Thy Needle has a few new releases -- this one, a chart with a stitch count of 140 x 215 is one of two that are oversized when finished. Brenda has it stitched over two threads on huge fabric -- our models are being worked in 18ct Cream linen -- to finish 15 x 24!!! You can ALWAYS stitch these a bit smaller (like 9 x 13 on 32ct!) but we liked the whole idea of a gigantic, super-simple Holiday decoration -- a full-sized pillow for a pretty guest room bed! Stitched with Sampler Threads -- you're going to need a lot of thread to cover on the 18ct, but what a unique presentation. Everything is stained with walnut crystals when you are finished, if you want an antiqued and grungy look. If not, keep the crisp cream and Sampler Thread colors. This calls for Pumpkin Patch, Brandy, Walnut, Aged Pewter, Apple Cider, Old Hickory, Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Corn, Wood Trail, Toffee, Endive, and Otter Creek. Sounds more like Autumn to me!
House of Blues and Browns Houses, the Alphabet and sampler birds... it looks like there are only 3 colors in this, when there are actually 6 different Sampler Thread hand-dyed colors! Another gigantic design -- stitched over two on 18ct Cream linen, the stitching finishes 11 x 11... so this pillow in the pic is really more like 12 x 24 in size! Going smaller with your fabric choices will produce a piece that is 6 x 6 on 32ct - so don't let that huge linen size throw you. Actually a very simple alphabet design -- I love the finishing treatment -- on a large OR small scale. Offered as a chart with the finishing details.
Word Plays With Thy Needle's Brenda Gervais is beginning a new 12-part set of monthly designs that finish into 4-1/2 x 7-1/2 doorknob hangings. Name of the month is in here, as well as words of the season! Stitched on any yummy hand-dyed you want -- the chart calls for Gentle Art Sampler Threads and one color of Weeks. Simple and real cute, stitching just a few of the motifs each time and making them into bitty cushions would be another awesome application for this new set of charts! We're starting an auto-ship, as Brenda's new releases tend to sneak up on you... and you don't want to miss any! November All the fun words of the month are packed in here! Give Thanks * cranberries * Pilgrims * indian corn * cornucopia * pumpkin pie... almost like a cross word puzzle, but with pictures! November is the second of twelve of these, offered in chart format. Stitched on just about anything you want, the patterns call for Sampler Threads. Then, to finish, Brenda made a pillow but IRONED it after it was stuffed to flatten it some, and hung rusty bells to the bottom (so this is a Door Bell!), and attached her hanger with rusty safety pins. I'm not sure HOW to rust a perfectly good safety pin... (lemon juice or something? I didn't listen too much in high school science class... who knew it would come in handy some day!?) You know, an old cruddy silver spoon would be fun sewn onto the bottom of this too -- kind of like the old mashed potato spoon you remember your Grandma always used! Just have fun!
(Note: when you order an auto-ship, it may show up on your order form as a "zero-cost" or $.01 item, as we won't charge your credit card until we ship the kit.)
Boughs of Holly Here's a snowman planter growing springs of holly! Brenda Gervais has a cute design that she's stitched on large fabric to finish into a 15-ish inch square pillow! It doesn't look that big in the pic, but it really can be if you choose an 18ct Linen! Stitched with Weeks and Gentle Art overdyed flosses, the holly berries are Algerian Eyelets worked over 4 threads -- the rest is simple Cross Stitch. Next, instructions are included to transform your originally cream-colored fabric to that mangy, distressed and relaxed look of aged. With a stitch count of 122 x 128... this is a darling design that will look good on most any fabric you choose. Offered as a chart.
Mansion House at Fox Hollow Brenda Gervais has re-produced an antique sampler she owns -- she loved the extra large house and the sweet little fox in the lower right corner. Stitched on weeks 30ct Parchment Linen, this finishes a generous 12 x 12. Elegant with color emphasis on brown and dusty blue -- it takes 5 skeins of Weeks Straw and 4 skeins of Havana.
Ann Dickinson A scattered motif sampler -- the original is dated 1819. Brenda liked the fact that the bottom band's motifs are so close together compared to the rest of this piece. She also liked the verse -- which follows 18th century handwriting. The letters do not look like we want them to, so words appear to be mispelled, even though they are not. The verse does read 'The grass is green, the rose is red. This may be seen when I am dead.' Gotta LOVE that verse! Talk about finishing your stitching and shoving it in a drawer instead of framing it or finishing it! (Don't know ANYONE who does that.................!) Offered as a chart, this finishes approx 17 x 17 on 30ct and is coded for regular DMC.
Merry Christmas to Ewe Hey, The Witch Hazel Sampler has a Christmas counterpart! Here is Santa, complete with his Reinsheep? Just like Hazel's piece, you get the cool scattered alphabet cluttered with a few motifs here and there, and then the most charming paper border treatment! The scallops around the edge are sheet music! Brenda gives you instructions in here for taking perfectly good sheet music, distressing it, and making it kind of old and mangy looking. Cut it out, and attach to your needlework, then frame -- such a cool antique-y finish! Her finishing ideas really add a touch of creative flourish -- so her pieces are fun to stitch and display. Offered as a chart, Merry Christmas to Ewe is 134 x 155 stitches, and is worked on Weeks Straw 30ct in luscious Weeks and Sampler Threads.
Berries & Blooms Here's a delightful companion to Autumn Splendor offered by With Thy Needle's Brenda Gervais. A set of 4 Sewing Companions -- a 19th century pin keep, a mini-hoop fob, a sewing spool bird pin keep and perched bird keep... everything coordinates! A pretty summery strawberry cross stitch design -- I never think about finishing something just in a plain wooden hoop -- I think that option is really neat. All the charts and finishing templates for the wool birds are inside the pattern... you'll need to find an old wooden spool and a neat-looking hoop... or find new ones and distress them a little. Cute set of designs!
Oh Christmas Tree In Punch Needle This is so cute!!!! With Thy Needle has 4 new punch needle designs, and we've featured just one of them here -- I liked the colors and the unique shape! This makes a generous 6-inch tall snowman tree-shaped scene, and the stick is down there to look like the trunk! Offered as preprinted designs on weaver's cloth -- all the new are punched with a 3-strand needle.
Pumpkin Hill Finishes approx 5-1/2 x 7-1/2... this is finished into a hanging door adornment. Old fashioned house, huge vines growing in the garden, and lots of pumpkins growing in the front field! Design comes stamped onto the weaver's cloth.
Tending The Pumpkins Finishing approx 7-1/2 inches long -- this has been finished into a ditty pocket. Cute to hang on the door! I love the red background... can you see that this is a witch, talking to her crow? She's in her wild pumpkin garden -- more of those wild vines!
Autumn Splendor Wow... 4 Pinkeep companions for your stitching enjoyment! Brenda has a charming collection of pin cushion designs -- two stitched and two that are on the 'sewn-side' of things... make a couple of felted pumpkins and garnish them with BITS of stitching, or make the two stitched cushions to stuff with lizard litter, trim with Crescent Colour's neat hand-dyed trims, and stuff into a lazy basket. Gentle Art flosses and a cold cup of this morning's coffee to distress your lovely stitching...SUCH PRETTY little pieces! **Remember that we just hosted Shakespeare's Peddler for our annual Summer Event. They forced us* (like it was punishment for some and great fun for others!) to DESTROY (distress) our needlework -- make it and mange it up -- to make it look old and very favored! This is so much fun... you CAN DO IT! Autumn Splendor is offered as a chart. I imagine the rest of the seasons will follow, but I don't really know that. Just watch JA!
Witch Hazel Sampler Well, is she not too cute? Offered as a chart... she is stitched on 35ct Weeks Straw Linen and measures approx 8 x 12. Check out the ruffles on the edge, THAT is regular NEW sheet music that you stain with coffee or tea, let it dry (baking it is fun!) cut it up and stick it on there like a mat! Stitched with Sampler Threads... she's surrounded by Halloween cuteness!
Winter Wonderland Hey, this is cute! Stitch the normal, rectangular, organized Merry Christmas... OR, try the fat little angel's bellies! How stinking cute??? Actual-sized angel body templates in here, Brenda even goes through the steps of making the angel heads and wings out of baked clay. (I am not an instruction-reader... find a cute angel ornament, whack off the bottom and there you have your heads!) Reality needs to be an issue here... the cross stitch part is darling... finishing might be a challenge for some like ME! Offered as a chart.
Birds of a Feather Mystery Sampler! Brenda Gervais has finished her mystery sampler -- Birds of a Feather Mystery Sampler -- with this charming third part of the design. Pretty, dominant border, flowing tree and bold capital alphabet... it finishes with a pastoral flair -- the grand house-on-the-hill -- complete with grazing sheep on the grounds. Restful, lovely, classy, simple yet colorful and full of design impact... this has been a really fun piece to wait for. Offered in three separate charts, and stitched on your choice of Weeks Dye Works linen of Confederate Gray in 30, 35 or 40ct, with Weeks hand-dyed flosses... do not change any of the colors! This is stunning just as it is! KNOW that the first chart contains your color key for the last two charts... you can purchase the charts separately, or all together! With colors of Dove, Guacamole, Sage, Caper, Brick, Kentucky Bluegrass, Olive and Indian Summer (you'll need 4 skeins of Kudzu)... the entire sampler calls for 18 total skeins of the 15 different colors. A soft, antiqued color palette -- lots of brick reds, sage greens, soft golds and teal... just a stunning presentation! The finished stitch count size is 183 x 190 stitches, so your final sampler size will depend on the linen you choose -- either Weeks 30, 35 or 40ct. We are offering of Birds of a Feather's charts, your choice of linen, and the Weeks flosses now. This main border chart DOES INCLUDE the color key for the next two parts of the piece -- SO SAVE this pattern to finish the rest of the sampler.
Bunny & Co in Cross Stitch Bunny & Co has been published in Punch Needle, but is now available in Cross Stitch, as well. Stitched on Weeks 30ct Baby's Breath hand-dyed linen in 14 different shades of Weeks flosses, this finishes approx 10 x 6. A simple, but charming design, the stitching is easy, but really quite comanding!
Easter Peep A darling design...this one measures 90 stitches square. Choose any fabric you wish, there are instructions in here to coffee-stain, if you want, as well. I love his little bunny head disguise on the stick! Charted for 11 different colors of DMC floss.
Joy to the World Super-simple stitching on this... it is worked with DMC floss on 28ct Flax Cashel Linen over one thread. Complete instructions are here for the 3 x 5-ish angel shape, and you'll have to get a little 'crafty' to tea-stain and bake the wings, and attach the roving hair. Darling!
French Hen Another charming shaped sampler, this one finishes approx 4 x 5-1/2, and features the distressed and baked antique sheet music paper treatment. Almost no stitching at all, what a neat way to display just a hint of cross stitch nestled among your Christmas greenery! Offered as the chart with all the finishing instructions.
Love & Be Loved A pair of cherubs beneath of bouquet of tulips, this one measures approx 4-1/2 x 9 on 32ct linen. It is dyed twice -- before AND after you stitch the cherub wings, so they have more contrast with the rest of the piece. Instructions are included for finishing, and attaching your antique buttons to the bottom so they swing a bit.
Feather Your Nest This is a stunning piece... it finishes a mere 5 x 7-1/2 (over one) on 28ct Platinum Linen but uses 26 different DMC colors for its petite presentation! OK... it's OK to stitch it over two threads, too! Very Early American in feel to me, very classic and clean, wouldn't this be pretty in a foyer or bedroom hallway? Chart format.
Candy Corn Well... you certainly won't want to eat this piece of Candy Corn! She needs to decorate the full bowl, though! Offered as a chart, this is stitched on Weeks 30ct Gold Linen in 10 shades of Weeks overdyed flosses. She finishes a generous 4 x 6-ish size... so you may want to use 40ct instead, or stitch her over one of the 30. Cute, a very different finishing idea.
Broom Hilda and Sweeping Snowflakes Both of these charted designs are worked over one thread on 28ct linen and wrapped around cute, antique-y whisk brooms! Stitching is easy -- just DMC -- designs finish approx 2 x 3-ish. The brooms might be the challenge to find, but I imagine the World Wide Web can deliver some wonderful finds! Brenda's brooms measure approx 9-1/2 inches long and a mere 3-1/3 inches wide, so you aren't shopping for anything really large. Cute finishing option! Both are separate charts.
Bunny Tails Oh this is cool, the pattern includes a 5 x 8 Bunny in the Bluebells pin keep, an 11 x 14 B is for Bunny wool applique picture, and 4-1/2 x 6 Spring has Sprung chick pin keep! Upon opening the pack, you'll find an AWESOME color image of the finished wool pic, all the actual sized templates for that pic as well as the bunny and chick that sit atop their stitched cushions. The little bits of cross stitch are done with Weeks flosses; charts are included for those, too. Brenda even tells you how to make the distressed sheet music paper that decorates the picture! What a treat this set of patterns is!!!
Love-Filled Heart Another of Brenda's charming heart-shaped pin cushions, this one goes with Sewing Bird and Love Letters... so sweet! Stitch the heart on two pieces of linen (or get fancy and use one piece but fold it to make the pocket) Finish, and add an old photo or ticket stub, or package of antique needles or buttons. Offered as the chart, this finishes approx 6-1/2 inches stitched on 40ct.
Fraidy Felix This little guy is 10 inches tall stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct Onyx hand-dyed linen. His pattern includes the actual sized template for his cut-out shape, and even the details of what his little front pocket is stuffed with! You do get the template for the sheet music star, and those instructions for distressing your paper. Neat finishing idea for a little bit of cross stitch! Offered as the chart, the linen cut will do his front, back and pocket front. Check out O Christmas Tree farther down... that one is a snowman with a belly pocket!
Give Thanks A small spot-motif sampler complete with scattered alphabet, a trio of pumpkins and little turkey, this is worked with Weeks hand-dyed flosses on 28ct Flax Cashel Linen. Add a little of Brenda's coffee-staining, and you're finished! Approx 5 x 6-1/2, offered as the chart.
O Tannenbaum Gosh, this is so cute! Stitched over one thread on 28ct Mushroom Lugana and worked with DMC flosses, it finishes an impressive 5-1/2 inches. Instructions are included for the coffee-staining, and she even tells you to get a rusty bell for the topper, a rusty wire to make the hanger, and find a stick in your backyard for the trunk! Cute and Quick... I can handle this kind of finishing!!!
Oh Christmas Tree Wow... this is neat, it's a snowman with a stitched pocket-belly! (Just like Fraidy Felix!) Chart includes the actual-sized template for the snowman and all the how-to details. Stitched with DMC flosses on 32ct Platinum Linen, this is another one that gets distressed BEFORE you stitch the snowflakes in the sky, so there is more contrast for them! The snowman is 9 inches tall, his pocket that you see stitched is about 4 x 5.
Partridge in a Pear Tree Stitch a 6-inch Christmas Pear! DMC flosses, wool leaves, coffee distressing... choose a bit of vintage yellow-y fabric for the back, this is a cute little piece! She even used a real pear stem on the model! Chart and how-to directions are all in here!
Proverbs 31:13 - Cross Stitch and Punch Needle The Cross Stitched version is on 28ct Flax linen using Weeks over-dyed flosses. It finishes approx 13-1/2 x 8. 'She seeketh wool and flax...' the tiny motifs scattered about include houses and the barn, along with a few sheep scheduled to be sheared!!! The Punch Needle version features that stunning red and black background. All the sheep just POP against that dark background... just awesome! (OK... if you're liking this punch needle look... we have a CD -- class in a box -- that we offer, and monthly classes taught in the shop!) Most of Brenda's PN designs come with the designs already stamped onto the Weaver's cloth. This one is larger than most, so you'll need to trace it on yourself -- not the most fun thing in the world to do -- sorry. That explains the better pricing on this design. Cute, though!
Easter Frills What a cute little egg! A 7-Inch Pin Keep, this is worked on 35ct cream linen using Weeks Dye Works over-dyed flosses. The top portion is simply little single Algerian Eye stitches here and there. The bottom portion is a bunny band sampler. When you make the ribbon-trimmed egg, notice that you are folding over the bunny linen, to actually make a pocket on the front of the egg. Simple and fun! Offered as the chart, with finishing instructions.
Cheep, Cheep and Bunny & Co Two new designs full Spring flavor... design is pre-stamped onto Weaver's cloth. Both finish in the 4-1/2 inch size range, and call for overdyed threads.
The Homestead Sampler I LOVE this piece, but it is definitely NOT for the weak-of-puncher!!!!! A sampler-inspired design that punches 9-1/2 x 9-1/2... you'll go through lots of thread on this one, and you'll need a larger frame or at least a 12-inch hoop. The design comes with a 1/2 yd cut of Weaver's cloth... but alas, you have to trace this design onto it yourself. (I hate that part...) Anyway, over-the-top charming... you will end up with a piece that will be treasured for years and years to come!
Needles & Pins Heart Stitch a blackbird and rich, flowing vine with DMC flosses on 35ct linen to make this charming 6-inch heart pincushion. After you stitch, distress all with coffee-dye... mount onto an old thread spool, and trim with a bit of old, mangled ribbon... you're finished! A very simple blackbird and floral design, the presentation on this is divine! Offered as the chart, just choose bits of floss from your stash or follow the guide.
Snow Day in Cross Stitch Cross Stitch as opposed to Punch Needle, Brenda brings us her skinny snowman perched on his snowy hill... vines and houses wildly about. Her Punch Needle version of this same design looks a bit different... Cross Stitch is just as charming! Worked on Weeks 35ct Confederate Gray hand-dyed linen in regular DMC flosses... he finishes approx 6-1/2 x 8-1/2. Delightful!
Home for the Holidays An 11-inch stocking worked on 30ct over two... you could do this over one and make a 5-inch ornament. The chart is clear, colored and huge. The finishing template is actual size. DMC flosses, and no special stitches... this is D0-ABLE in time for Christmas! Offered as a chart, make it a little longer by adding a name! Offered as the chart.
Pumpkin Farm and St. Noel Brenda Gervais has two new cross stitch designs that are just like no others! I wish this verse were charted... (It is in the package... and I bet you could chart it), and add it to this piece! 'Jolly Wolly pumpkin head, you're happy, tell us why? 'I'd rather be a pumpkin head than a pumpkin pie!' What a fun little farm scene with that big blackbird flying over the sunflowers! Stitched in regular DMC flosses, this finishes approx 8 x 8-1/2 on 32ct. St Noel has a Pennsylvania Dutch feel to me... and his pattern comes with complete finishing instructions and full-sized template for that cute Ditty Pocket. (Brenda even tells you how to age the sheet music tucked into the pocket!) St Noel measures approx 4 x 7, and offers a great finishing presentation. Large printed charts, these are beautifully presented in full color.
Sewing Bird Pin Keep Brenda Gervais has a charming new primitive heart design that is stitched over one thread on 28ct, and then finished into a stuffed heart. She shows it perched atop an antique oil can, but a neat old thread spool would be cool, just anything you could use as a stand. Simple Cross Stitches, she even gives you the instructions to make the little wool strawberry hanging on this! (It calls for a rusty safety pin to attach it!) Anyway, just a neat application for your needlework... I could see lots of smaller things finished like this -- a creative way to display! Heart Pin keep finishes approx 7 inches tall, offered as the chart with instructions.
All is Calm and Pumpkin Keeper Well, Spring is here... but golly, these new Punch Needle designs are SO COOL... I couldn't just wait on them and show them to you next September!!! All is Calm is presented on a huge piece of stamped Weaver's Cloth... his design is contemporary, colorful, and I just LOVE those antlers!!! He finishes approx 6-1/2 x 5-/12. Pumpkin Keeper is neat too. She's gardening in her pumpkin patch... I don't think you can see in the pic, but the pumpkin is really a smiling Jack-o-lantern! Fraktur-inspired motifs, this is finished into a pumpkin-shaped stand-up -- complete with REAL pumpkin stem!!!!! What an awesome way to finish and display your needlework! (Brenda has a cross-stitched pumpkin, as well.) All of her new things are so neat... we have 4 more below.
Frozen Frosty Punch Needle a snowman who won't melt!!! Nine inches in size, this little guy will be so much fun to punch, because your overdyed white color will really give him depth. The instructions include templates for his felt hat and his little scarf is simply a scrap of wool or fabric you've had in your stash. Very Cute!
Bittersweet & Boo This is a darling black cat, complete with GHOST ghourd pail! Only 5-1/2 inches tall... you might have to work at keeping the finished kitty away from YOUR kitty! Prestamped onto Weaver's Cloth.
Christmas Stamp I thought this was a fun offering... what a cute snowman... he finished only about 3 x 3, so he'd make a great tree ornament. A very easy design to work, this would be a good beginning piece, because the areas are large in shape. Wouldn't he be cute in cross stitch???!
Miss Lapin With Thy Needle has a new pattern that is a bunny-shaped alphabet sampler! Joining our cool collection of her other sampler shapes (we have acorns, hearts, cats, a bird, miniature pineapple and even a tiny owl!) this is such a charming way to finish your needlework! Stitched on 28ct Antique Ivory Cashel linen in Weeks and DMC flosses, over one thread, she finishes into a 7-3/4 inch standing bunny! See her holding her flower basket? She is shown tea-stained... and you can 'dress' her with a bit of antique lace from an old hankie. Her 'fluffy' tail is actually a cluster of old buttons that could be special ones from your stash! So, so neat, this is offered as the chart, with full-sized template for Ms Lapin's shapely figure!
Home Tweet Home A delightful little Punch Needle design... this little guy punches into a 3-1/2 inch bird. He is perched atop an antique oil can, which might be harder to find, than the punching is to do! Offered as the design stamped onto weaver's cloth, his tummy has a picture of a house, with gardens of lavish vines. What a cute finishing idea! Brenda did our little sampler bird like this... so take a look, if you want a cross-stitched bird instead of a punch needle one!
Merry & Bright Here's a primitive Santa... kind of larger than life (looking at the house and resident snowman!) But... I guess that's how we all remember Santa to be from years ago, when we couldn't wait for him to come!!! Part of the charm of this cross stitch design are all the dis-proportionate shapes and sizes that fill the spaces. The colors are simple DMC, the fabric is 28ct Platinum Cashel, and finished size runs approx 4 x 5. The chart inside this package is AWESOME! It is a full color chart, printed on an 11x 15 piece of paper... it's so pretty that I want to just hang it on my wall like a poster! There are even instructions included to coffee-dye your Santa to make him grungy and mangy -- to match those grungy and mangy black candles in his sack!!! Offered as the chart.
Happy Halloween With Thy Needle's Brenda Gervais has released three new cross stitch designs that are MOST primitive in feel, QUITE full of personalty, and one-of-kind little works of artsy-fartsy-ness!!! ( I love 'em!) Happy Halloween has a little witch sitting with her broom... only I don't think it wants to fly! She looks too timid! I remember growing up, just loving my Joan Walsh Anglund books -- this girl reminds me of those little girls in my old storybooks! Offered as a chart, the actual CHART is lovely -- huge and full color on an 11 x 17 sheet! DMC's, Belfast linen... finished size is approx 8 x 5... wouldn't it be cute over one?
Sampler THINGS Here is a trio of very simple, primitive sampler designs that is finished so creatively! Offered as three individual charts, each one is on the small side, but assembled into endearing little shapes! Welcome Sampler is a pineapple -- its stitched on 25ct in regular DMC floss -- and finishes a mere 3-1/2 inches tall (before its leaf top.) ABC Pinkeep is a bird, perched on an old Singer Sewing Machine oil can. (You may have to get creative when you're out searching for your bird base!) A 4 x 3 sampler bird, its stitched in DMC flosses as well, and is holding a small wool strawberry in its mouth -- instructions include that template, too. Finally, Gathering Acorns features the sampler bottom and a fabric cap. Stitch count on the acorn is a little bigger than its counterparts -- 88 x 99, so you may want to stitch all three on the same OR different fabrics. I just love the idea of stitching these tiny pieces, and then finishing them into the various shapes. What a cool, unique way to treat your needlework! What lovely things to tuck into a medley of samplers. You could actually use them as pin cushions -- very untraditional ones, at that! All are offered in chart format with finishing instructions and actual sized shape templates.
Cat Tricks What a little Fat-So! Wouldn't this be cute on the front of a Halloween Tote that holds Trick Or Treat candy at work????? At 110 stitches square, choose your fabric for a bag, or somethuing smaller. Either way, you're going to need more skeins of 3776 -- the main pumpkin body color. CUTE! Offered as a chart.
Friendship Samplers This is a collection of 6 petite samplers -- just enchanting! Offered in a chart-pack, each 60 x 70-ish piece is charted in color on it's own page, using regular DMC flosses. Simple designs, very traditional, small and quick to stitch, you can execute these on almost any fabric you wish! Our Flanged Tin Frame (opening is 2-3/4 x 2-7/8 with hanger on the back that works either direction) is perfect for any of them stitched over one on 25, 28, 30 or 32ct... so you can see that this is quite a versatile set of miniature samplers!
It's a Hoot He finishes approx 4-1/4 inches tall on 28ct Flax Cashel... finishing instructions are included... not much stitching involved... he is so unique, and joins With Thy Needle's other shaped pieces -- their little bird and acorn come to mind! Sheltering Tree Finishes approx 5 x 6 on 30ct Weeks Parchment linen, stitched with Weeks flosses. Flag Day Lovely teals and burnt berry colors, this finishes approx 6 x 6 on 32ct.
School Girl Sampler Something a young girl would have stitched in school, this finishes approx 5-1/2 x 11 on 28ct. Sarah's Garden A 6-inch pocket with an alphabet front, actual-sized templates included -- pretty for dried herbs, this is worked on 32ct. Spooky Hollow A tiny thing, this finishes approx 3-1/2 x 4 on 32ct, stitched in DMC floss.
Harvest Bouquet A darling squirrel guarding his harvest of squash, acorns and candy corn! He finishes approx 4 x 6. Boo & Jack This is a fun, stuffed pumpkin... templates for finishing are included. Approx 7-inches in size, they've attached a real pumpkin stem to this! Ghosts and Goblins Finishing approx 4-1/2 x 7-1/4, these are so darn cute!
Gardener's Prayer Bless the flowers and the weeds, my birds and bees... amen. The gardener tending to her luscious flowers! She finishes approx 6 x 7. FULL of rich color. Feather Your Nest Another one full of brilliant, moving color, this is such a classic primitive, this finishes approx 5 x 7.
Love Letters & Chocolate Bunnies Two new "Sampler Things" as I like to call them... Brenda Gervais has a precious new sampler that is finished into a little stuffed heart! Stitched on 28ct linen in DMC flosses, simple letters and tiny motifs are stitched, and then she gives you directions to further distress your stitching with coffee staining! Simple instructions to sew into a heart shape... you'll want to find an old, dirty key lying around somewhere -- that adds lots of charm! Chocolate Bunnies is the same idea -- the eggs finish a turbo seven inches high!! Such simple ideas, not much stitching... but along with her acorns, cats, sampler bird and little pineapple.. I think these are SO cute and unique! Display them in an old wood bowl!
Labor of Love Farmers in the Spring Garden!!! Finishes approx 5-1/2 x 6-1/4.
Jack-O-Cat One of Brenda's two newest punch needle designs, this fat black cat is all dressed up in his Halloween costume, ready to Trick or Treat!! Offered as the line design pre-stamped onto weaver's cloth, he finishes a whopping 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches. Great colors, the pattern shows him finished into small wool rug. Horn of Plenty, the other new design feels like a companion to me... its a Thanksgiving piece. Horn of Plenty -- A Harvest Cornucopia The companion to Jack-O-Cat, another 6 x 9-ish oval punched in over-the-top lovely shades of overdyeds. Offered as the design pre-stamped onto a very generously-sized cut of weaver's cloth.
Black Cat Sampler Well, if this isn't the cutest thing! Your kitty is stitched on Weeks Dye Works 30ct Onyx hand-dyed linen in shades of DMC floss. The pattern then calls for you to coffee stain it, and bake it in the oven, REALLY! (Gives it a more distressed look!!!) Anyway, simple stitching, the pattern provides the actual-sized template of the cat-shape pillow, and tiny wool hat. Just so cool and different, kitty measures approx 12 inches when finished! Offered as the chart with templates for finishing. Tricks & Treats Darling, your cheerful pumpkin-witch is keeping out of the way of that ferocious black cat! Stitched in DMC flosses, you coffee stain this when finished to give it a time-worn look. Stitch count is 97 x 120, so size will vary depending on your fabric choices. Offered as a chart, I think its just a fun little piece!
Land of Liberty 3 x 5, I like the star border! Fraidy Jack Finishes approx 5 inches tall, you don't punch his little bottom half -- you stuff that part, and make his little boots! Patterns included for finishing!
Sammy Finishes approx 5 x 5-1/2, punch this so the sky follows the curved contour of the hill and top of design. The pic is a great reference! Peace on Earth Another awesome design, this finishes approx 5 x 6-1/2, the black is an elegant background! Cat in the Jack This finishes 4 1/2 x 6.
Spring Tyme Sampler With Thy Needle & Thread's Brenda Gervais is finally branching out into cross stitch!!! She's a wonderful quilt and punch-needle designer -- one of my personal favorites -- and now has introduced two new cross stitch designs, as well as 4 more punch needle pieces! Spring Tyme is a totally primitive alphabet piece... spindly letters, a few scattered motifs, mustard, khaki, drab brown and blue green DMC flosses... she includes instructions for coffee-dying the finished piece, BAKING it till it's dry, and then final pressing, for a totally mangy look! Stitched on 28ct linen, it finishes approx 6 x 8, and is charming!!! Now for the fun part... you can tell those quilters apart from us cross stitchers, because WE'D buy the pre-finished hornbook board for mounting. SHE gives full instructions all the way from cutting the pine with a band saw, through sanding and whittling with a Dremel tool, painting, faux finishing, staining, and finally rubbing ground cinnamon onto the board with your hands! (she does, however, leave out instructions for cutting down the tree in the forest, to collect your wood!) I absolutely loved reading all those finishing instructions, but as a cross stitcher, I'm off to start my NEXT project when this one is stitched! (I wish I lived next door to Martha Stewart!) I love the design, which is offered as the chart, with those incredible instructions!
Signs of Spring A bunny in the flower patch! Finishes approx 5 inches round. Briar Patch Awesome Valdani colors, very primitive! Finishes approx 5 x 5-1/2.

Snow Fairy She's an angel punched in sage greens, aged white, and dark reds! Finishes approx 5 x 5-1/2. Snowbound Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 6-1/2, just a couple of snowmen out for evening!!! Choose a neat blue-black overdyed for that night sky, and consider a touch of opalescent mixed in with your star color. Tulip Time A Spring Bunny tending the blooms -- for a future meal? Change the dress color is the blue seems too bright... Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 6.

Pumpkin Hollow Huge pumpkin patch complete with black cat, this finishes a whopping 4-1/2 x 7! An arch shape, it's kind of hard to see against the painted paddle it's finished on. Boo Cat My personal favorite, I think the whole alphabet thing behind the cat, and the pumpkin-pot of flowers! Finishes approx 6-1/4 x 5-1/4.

Christmas in the Country Santa and the sheep -- looks like they're in the middle of a blizzard! Finishes approx 5 x 5, you'll need dusky blue overdyeds for the sky, and taupes for the sheep! Treats for Tricksters Quite a dramatic piece, this punches approx 4 x 5-1/2. The overdyed colors seem to contour -- they follow the outlines of that grand cat, and the pumpkin man. Very festive for Halloween!

Special Delivery With Thy Needle & Thread has released 4 new Punch Needle designs that are very old-fashioned in flavor and very charming! Special Delivery features the Easter Bunny delivering a wagon-load of Spring Flowers! Offered as the design stamped onto Weaver's Cloth, you need to add your own threads from that ever-growing stash you have! A Note: Three of the four new designs require Valdani Brand thread. I've not brought it in as a new product at Silver Needle... so you (or we!) get to be creative and choose our own favorite colors and threads for these pieces. The overdyed choices we have are endless... color is NOT a problem!!! Dear Adel Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 5-1/4. Brenda writes this about the pattern... 'This pattern is in honor of Adel Fisher my grandmother, whom was called "Grammy" by her 21 grandchildren. As a small child, one of my fondest memories was getting to go to the chicken house and gather eggs with her. As we entered the chicken house she always whispered in her soft Grammy voice, "Shhh, don't scare the chickens!"
Folky Pins A round, oval and rectangle trio of designs... each is punched in overdyeds and mounted around the provided finishing form! Too Easy!!! You do need to trace the designs on the provided weaver's cloth, but your results will be worth the extra 5 minutes of nuisance!
Autumn Bounty Wow... great colors, design balance, and WHO can resist that funky little turkey???! Same format as Winter Fun and Folky Pins... you get the weaver's cloth and outlines that you'll need to trace onto the cloth. Package includes the rectangular and round finishing forms for mounting... this set is CHARMING!
Parson Brown Building that snowman in the meadow, 'pretending that he is Parson Brown...' this little scene is so nostalgic in feel... you just HAVE to punch it!! Offered as the design already stamped onto the weaver's cloth, the floss colors used are REGULAR DMC colors -- I was really surprised to discover that, as overdyeds are the norm! Very nicely done...





I've chosen five new With Thy Needle & Threads new Punch Needle designs to highlight... because I just plain love them!!! Pictured at the right is only one because we couldn't fit them all on our Just Arrived Page. Offered as the stamped outline on weavers cloth, each is punched using regular DMC flosses and the 3-strand needle of your choice. (Needles, frames and hoop choices are all on the Punch Needle pages -- there are several options, varying in price ranges of $2.75 to $70.) A really nice collection of patterns... Brenda Gervais, the designer of With Thy Needle, does a great job with color and design. Check these out! That St Noel looks like a miniature hooked rug to me.

This is a charming collection of primitive designs from With Thy Needle & Thread (a division of Country Stitches) that have a bit of elegance in them to me! All in the neighborhood of the 4 to 5-inch finished size, each pattern is offered already stamped onto the weavers cloth. Pretty, soft and dusty colors, they are miniature works of punched art!