Cross stitch Edition 3

I came back from market with a stack of  LA-D-DA designs. A TWO RABBIT SAMPLER is really fun and should have been in people's hands by Easter. Then we had a second chance and they missed May Day. We always went to my grandmother's with flowers on May first. We would ring the doorbell and then run off into her extensive gardens and orchard. 175 x 151, $14.50

La-D-Da Quaker is 164 by 158 and is only two colors with a fancy alphabet. $14.50

 If you don't want to turn BLUEFLOWER DRUM KIT into a drum, just frame it flat. It comes with sufficient WDW to either stitch it with one or two strands. The fabric to go on top of the drum is included and it is a WDW wool in Dove.

 I haven't made a drum but I do know that Vonna Pfeiffer has a tutorial on her flosstube. I am sure there are more. $31.00

 The FOR A FRIEND KIT comes packaged with Gloriana hand dyed silk and it looks like it has a silk ribbon that you ruche for trim for the edge of this little pin cushion. $31

This is lovely advice for us to keep in mind currently. She suggests 36 count cocoa for KINDER THAN NECESSARY but you may use whatever fabric you choose. The bottom border is composed of Algerian eyelets, but they can be stitched in cross stitch if that is the way you fly. This piece is 110 by 86, $12.25.

A QUAKER WELCOME from Lila's Studio was one of the hottest tickets when we came back from Nashville. I had to order this from the distributor because she wasn't at Nashville. A customer reported to me that it took 4 skeins of Onyx and not the two the designer specified. I was shocked and forgot to ask her if she was using one or two strands. It is a beauty, like everything that emerges from Lila! 232 by 172, $16.00.



ANNA OHMAN, 1873 is a monochromatic beauty. I love the grace of the wingspread bird. The forest theme in the border and the corners is meaningful to me.  158 by 156, $14.50.

 JANET ROBERTSON is a brilliantly colored sampler reproduction of a piece by a 7 year old. It is a Scottish sampler. 100 by 231, $12.50

This is from Liz Matthews who is the daughter of Kathy Barrick. I discovered that she had a flosstube channel the other night when I didn't  stitch having fallen on my arm. The arm is fine but is in brilliant colors!

These trees fascinated me a market. They were just so organic. The had a tree branch to hold it upright and there was floral moss around the base. It felt very elegant.

 They can be stitched into a rectagular shape and framed. Finishing directions in a detailed video and step by step directions can be found on her web page. The above is the SWAN TREE and the pink one is the MAY FLOWERS TREE.

Stitch counts are 128 by 136 and each pattern is $12.25.

 LONE ELM LANE is an overlooked designer. The two items pictured to the right are both mounted in one of their own Shaker boxes. The one on the left is IN THE MEADOW and the stitch count is 155 by 155. The one on the right is a bit smaller and is entitled ALLELUJAH. They are each $12.50

COME TO THE WATER, the leftmost leaflet has a stitch count of 157 in each direction. If you want to use the scripture, they have graphed it for you and it replaces the alphabet in the top. $12.50

HOPES AND DREAMS is only 64 by 120. They make the wooden device. I should have picked up a price list when I was with them but I was so anxious to keep moving that I forgot. I have asked them to send it to me.
$12.50.

 TRUE FRIEND is the small piece on the left. It counts to 68 x 65. The framed piece was done on 32 count with GAST threads and the pincushion was bumped to 36 count. $8.25.

FAITHFUL FRIEND is her annual memento to her friend, Meg, who lost her life to cancer. Profits from this design are donated to the American Cancer Society. 131 by 59, $7.50.

YOU GOT THIS is another fundraiser for the ACS. This message of encouragement can be used as a gift for so very many situations. Count is 73 by 95, $7.50.

FOLLY OF ENVY is the designer's interpretation of Margaret Matilda Baron's sampler of 1834, stitched at the age of 11. Stitch count is 173 by 171, $14.50