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You're in for a treat with this collection of intricate and detailed designs! Stuffed full of special textured stitches, cute charms and beads, and lots of overdyed silks and special threads, each one of these is charming, and fun to stitch. They all deal with things we creative people love to do... stitching, quilting, knitting, and gardening! Everything is offered in leaflet format, with a nice pic on the cover.
Thread and embellishment packages are available individually for some... but we have combined most of them so that you're able to stitch the designs in all the pretty colors of thread Jeannette calls for! Very clear charts, excellent stitch diagrams... these are a treat!
Something to keep in mind with these... the stitches are so neat... you could 'pull out' so many of these motif blocks from any of the pieces... and stitch miniature ornaments... silk gauze things... fun little fobs... just so many things! |
Take Time For FriendsWell.... THIS is a title that offers some of the best advice in the world!!! Jeannette Douglas has released a lovely new design dedicated to friends everywhere. Measuring a mere 66 stitches square (this is a FINISHABLE size!) your friendship sampler is stuffed full of Quilt Medallions, Rice, Queen and Twill Stitches, and Bargello. There are initial squares in the corners... that short path between your two houses... and a tiny double heart charm. Awesome silks in the thread packet of butterscotch, denims, mosses and deep pomegranate, the elegance and texture of the stitches are really showcased in each of their tiny border sections. Pretty, fun to stitch, and quite a meaningful gift for a special friend! Jeannette suggests any fabric count 28 to 35ct... you have enough threads for any of those sizes. Offered as the leaflet with silks separate.
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Summer & Winter Biscornu StackersThe companions to Jeannette's Spring and Autumn Stackers, these are charming additions to the collection! Summer's Stackers are worked with DMC shades of 223, 224, 676, 927 3011 and 3781... accented with Gloriana hand dyed silk. Winter is done with Sampler Threads Old Blue Paint, DMC 642, white and opalescent filament. Just stunning little things, each is stitched on 32ct Lambswool linen, and is two sided. After you put them together, stack them and tie with a pretty ribbon. Now that we have the entire set, one chunk of linen will work... IF you're frugal (and place these something like an inch apart!) you can get all on a fat quarter. If you're wanting a little more fabric leeway, choose a half yard. Offered as small charts, with button embellishments, Summer includes a bit of Gloriana silk, Winter -- just the buttons. Cute as can be!
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Once Upon a TreeJeannette has a new sampler... a craggy tree bursting with colors of each of its seasons! Winter's tree features icy-blue snowflakes garnished with beads. Spring's tree has gigantic pink tulips as it's leaves, along with robins and rabbits! Summer's tree has bumblebees around, and lots of Queen-stitched flowers while Autumn's tree is brimming with acorns and quilt motifs. Stitched on 32ct, this finishes approx 3 x 11-1/2, and is worked with soft, dusty silks and metallics of rose, pale denims, buttermilks, dark chocolate browns, and soft olive greens. The color palette is very soft and the petite seed beads included are whites, pale pinks and blues, and a pretty bronze metallic. Offered as the leaflet with silks and beads.
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Spring and Autumn Biscornu StackersThis is a NEAT set of Biscornu Trios... stitch each one, and then tie them together with a flourish... to present a charming tower of tuffets! Offered in 5 x 9 mini-leaflet format, each includes a bit of hand-dyed Gloriana silk and some teeny button embellishments, the ribbon tying all together is not included.
Autumn Stackers features great specialty stitches, some teeny acorn and squirrel motifs, tiny teal, butterscotch or rose mini-button embellishments, and along with DMC flosses from your stash, you'll love the 'Fallen Leaves' Gloriana hand-dyed silk! Find some fancy ribbon or wild yard to tie all together, remember, that is not included. (but what fun to shop for!!!)
Spring Stackers features birds and rabbits, more cool stitch options, it's buttons are dusty denims, rose and moss, and the Gloriana Silk included is a soft green medley named 'Winter Brook.' Stitched on 32ct Lambswool Linen, each cushion is stitched on both sides, and finishes approx 2 x 2. Petite & Precious, I just love 'em! (6 Cuts of 9 x 9 linen for each booklet offers
3-inches around each piece... that's a fat quarter of fabric. So ONE fat quarter per leaflet. If you are *clever and careful*... you can arrange your pieces differently to economize fabric... only an inch or two between each piece, and can get BOTH leaflets out of one fat quarter.
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Mini Acorn, Pom & Pear and Silver Needle Stitches!Jeannette has taken three of her larger *Stitches* series samplers, and designed smaller coordinating band samplers to go with them!!! Offered in 5 x 9 card format, each 2 x 5-ish sampler is stitched on a 32ct linen with DMC flosses from your stash. The charts all come *WITH* the matching hand-dyed Gloriana silk that ties everything together, and adds so much flavor!!! Loaded FULL of neat, specialty stitches, each is of these is so charming. Acorns is full of autumnal color, has a cool 'knitting stitch' in the acorns, and a tiny brass acorn charm. Pom & Pear includes a gorgeous Red Clay cut of Gloriana, and a tiny brass pear, all to accent it's Bargello and Rhodes, Satins and Hungarians! My personal favorite is Silver Needle Stitches, because this is the miniature of OUR SILVER NEEDLE STITCHES Sampler that Jeannette designed for OUR Summer weekend a few years ago! Lots of Ray and Herringbone, Autumn Arbor Gloriana Silk, and a teeny brass stork scissor charm... you need all three of these!
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Thistle StitchesJeannette's 8th design in her set of *Stitches* Samplers, this is stunning! Stitched on 32ct Lilac Linen in grapes and greens of Gloriana and Belle Soie hand-dyed silks along with a bit of Bijoux antique plum metallic, this 6 x 8 sampler is FULL of specialty stitches and charming thistle motifs. Each corner, border, and thistle features a different textured stitch, even the diagrams *tantalize me!* There are Fern Stitch variations, Long Arms, Bargello, Satins, some Milanese, cool little Boxed Upright Stars, I just love paging through the instructions! All 8 of these samplers can be framed, but are shown in one of Olde Colonial's Medium
Dowry Box of dark (Thistle Stitches) or medium brown burled wood. A really nice display alternative to framing.
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Friendship Sweet BagWhat a fun set of smalls... Jeannette has designed a Sweet Bag of sorts -- much less stitching than the Elizabethan ones of old! A 'Gift Bag' for stitchers, this holds an emery needle cushion (1-3/8 x 2-7/8), bottle cap pin cushion (only 7/8 an inch in size!), and coin scissor fob (only 12 x 12 stitches!!!.) Offered as the leaflet with thread and embellishment packet, Jeannette has included a Canadian quarter in there... it's the stuffer inside the fob! Sweet Bags used to be given as gifts... and usually there were gold coins inside! So... you're supposed to add your own country's currency to the fob, as well. The thread packet includes #12 Perle Cottons, Rainbow Gallery and Needlepoint Inc silks of dusty blues, mauves, and mossy greens, organza ribbon to tie your bag, felt for the bottle cap cushion, a sterling acorn charm, and that Canadian quarter. You'll need to scrounge your kitchen for a plastic bottle cap... and we DO sell white emery to fill the Needle Cushion. In reading, I believe the entire little bag is approx 4 x 6 inches in size!
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Seaside Stitches AccessoriesJeannette Douglas has a new set of stitching 'smalls' that coordinate with her Seaside Stitches design! Even if you don't have the larger piece, this set of 4 accessories is CHARMING all by themselves! The Mermaid Pin Keep features Accentuate metallics and micro buttons. The Seahorse Scissor Fob is stitched with Lorikeet wool, features fresh water pearl embellishments, and a hand painted starfish charm. The whale and starfish ruler case is stitched in Waterlilies, Gloriana silks, #12 perle and garnished with 4mm aqua glass beads. The little needlecase has more exotic threads, and a tiny seahorse charm! Lovely corals, and deep aquas -- the thread and embellishment pack with this is awesome!!! You even get the little 4-inch wooden ruler! You'll need a 12 x 27 cut of 32ct Meadow Mist Linen... and we have it! Offered as the leaflet with threads, linen separately. I THINK Jeannette is planning on accessories for all 6 designs in her 'Stitches' series... and since Silver Needle Stitches was OUR class a couple of years ago... we're pretty jazzed about this entire set!
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Take Time to ScrapbookJeannette's newest 'Take Time' piece is a small medley of colors, little flowers and vines, and a tiny area for a 1-inch picture! Stitched on 32ct, it finishes approx 4 x 4. Satin stitches around the border, a row of Hungarian, and some Bead Cup stitched leaves, it is stitched in your choice of YUMMY hand-dyed silks of golden and lavenders AND/OR the same butterscotch golds and teal blues; the thread packet contains BOTH colorways! The words 'take time to scrapbook' are stitched on here... but you could change 'scrapbook' to 'family'... because of the little photograph -- of your choosing -- that you get to attach in the lower right-hand corner. It is a lovely design, easy to work, and full of pretty color! Offered as the leaflet with 2 sets of silks and beads.
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Pineapple StitchesThe sixth in Jeannette's Stitches Series of designs... this joins Seaside, Acorn, Vintage, Pomegranate, and Silver Needle Stitches (remember that Silver Needle Stitches was our class she came and taught in 2007???) This is an elegant set of 6 x 8 pieces that are FULL of specialty threads and stitches. Jeannette's color choices are *extremely awesome*... each thread pack has something exotic I've never heard of before!!! Pineapple Stitches features butterscotch yellows, caramel golds, deep maple syrups, and touches of soft greens. Stitched entirely in silks and a bit of metallic, it is designed to fit Olde Colonial's Medium Dowry Box... but could be framed, too. A Band Sampler at heart... each piece features lovely borders, and those awesome thread! Offered as the leaflet with thread packet.
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Pineapple Biscornus and Scissor FobA charming companion to the Pineapple Stitches Sampler... this is an AWESOME set of designs!!! The same basic color palette as the Pineapple Stitches... this set uses a few different threads, some LOVELY glass beads, and some dinky buttons to grace the corners, edges, centers, and bottoms!!! Offered as a leaflet with complete thread packet, the biscornu finishes approx 4-1/2 inches. Then, tie the little one on top -- it is approx 3 x 3. (I have never seen them stacked like this... it is SUCH A FUN application!!!!!) Next, the little fob is only 2 x 2. It is flat... and you can see it on the cover of the publication. (And.. we used to carry those scissors... give me a few weeks on those!) Elegant golds, buttermilks, caramels and moss greens... I absolutely LOVE these!!!
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Take Time to ReadJoining Jeannette's Take Time To Series of Quilting, Stitching, Knitting and Gardening... we now have Reading! A sweet 4 x 4 medley of books, teapots, a cozy chair, and a little sign that reads THIS is YOUR 'Reading Room'... her latest piece is stitched with lovely roses, moss greens, butterscotch and soft denim silks and antiqued gold metallics. Some fun stitches tucked in for interest, this whole set is charming! Offered as a leaflet with the silks and metallics. Pretty hanging by a reading chair, or displayed near your favorite books!
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My Stitching AlbumJeannette Douglas's Stitching Album model arrived through our doors this week, for a quick shop 'visit!' I am so excited to tell you all about it! Due to begin releasing in September... here is the scoop! Jeannette has designed an 8-part set of samplers -- each installment featuring a particular stitch, and it's variations. Loaded with pretty threads, and fun original verses, the set is designed to be displayed in a stitching notebook -- kind of like a 'coffee table book.'
 Each page has a pocket on its backside to store your coveted stitching tools -- palettes, scissors, thread winders, rulers, just whatever you have. Friends and family can open your album and be dazzled by all your lovely stitching inside. (Of course, framing is also an option with any of these... especially if you don't have a coffee table to display your book!!!) Chapter One -- Mosaic Muse -- releases September 2008, with each subsequent design shipping 2 months later, until we are finished in November of 2009. Collect all 8 samplers, or choose just a few favorites, there are lots details and choices with this! Click the pic for more!
A lovely little book... stitch the cover, and then each subsequent sampler to store inside. Jeannette's designs are stuffed full of hand-dyed threads and those featured stitches, so each little page is different from the last. What a neat way to show off your talents!
 Chapter One 'Mosaic Muse' will feature the Mosaic stitch, and a lovely thread packet full of pretty roses, grays and antiqued golds, all hand-dyed threads, that are one of Jeannette's trademarks. Your sampler will use only that special stitch -- but it's manipulated in lots of different ways! Stitched on Lakeside Linens 32ct Light Examplar Linen, you'll need a generous 2/3 yd chunk for the entire book, so everything matches throughout. (If you buy the linen separately, here and there, the dye lots will NOT match. Not necessarily a problem for some... just a heads-up!) Jeannette has commissioned a little wooden thread palette that is an optional treat to use with each pattern, it can store safely in the booklets pockets till the next pattern comes out.
Chapter Two will be Milanese Moment Nov 2008 -- a rainbow of dusky rose, butterscotch, denim and soft greens.
#3 Is Scotch Switch Jan 2009 -- stunning lavenders, bronzes and soft browns.
#4 Will be Florentine Fancy March 2009 -- luscious jewel tones of purple, aqua, moss greens, bold and beautiful!
#5 Is Crossed Caper May 2009 (sounds like a murder mystery!) It features reds and golds.
#6 is Hungarian Harmony July 2009 -- all greens and lavenders!
#7 is Rhodes Rhapsody September 2009 -- Moss greens, aqua blue, and deep cinnamons.
Finally we'll finish with #8 Herringbone Hour in November of 2009-- golds and lavenders.

The 'Getting Started Package' (*GSP*) will include the charts and threads for the cover of the album. (I believe you need to purchase the metal rings to hold it together, separately.) You'll receive finishing instructions to assemble the samplers into the organizer and some cool journal pages to use as stitching logs. Jeannette does mention that the backs of each sampler page feature a pocket so you can store the extra left-over threads, cool scissors, anything fun you want to keep there. (Maybe even pictures of your stitching friends or special stitching weekends!) 
Beautifully presented, you get pretty paper covers to insert inside the front and side panel of one of those clear-covered 1-inch binders from the office supply store. Next, can you see the pages with organizing tabs? Here are sheets and sheets of instructions for the actual stitched album -- colored photos of the assembly process, and all. A section for the front and back covers follows -- with its thread package, then another for the Mosaic Muze piece -- with its thread package, as well. (LOVELY hand-dyeds.) Because of the binder format, everything is so easy to follow, and so very organized!
Each Chapter will ship to you in chart format with the thread package, and will be approximately the same price ($40-45-ish). We will be able to get each chapter 'open stock' so if the auto-ship isn't a good option for you right now... availability will be good for a while. We are in the middle of an auto-ship for this series... you can join that if you want... even beginning with THIS sampler... and picking up the previous parts as budget allows. Or, if you want it all, you can choose to start the Auto from the beginning, and we'll catch you up and then continue to send them as they come in!
(Note: if you purchase an auto-ship, it will show up on your order form as a "zero-cost" item, as we won't charge your credit card until we make the auto shipments. FYI: the first auto-ship comes with the Getting Started package, Covers, Chapter One and threads for both, and runs $106.00. Subsequent Chapters will run $40-50-ish each.) |
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My Stitching Treasures AccessoriesJeannette has designed four lovely accessories to accompany her My Stitching Treasures Box. These will slip nicely into your completed dowry box or into your favorite sewing bag.
We talked to Jeannette and she has decided not to do a thread pack for this design. She said the threads left over from the Treasures Box will do most of the stitching… with the exception of the Williamsburg Blues and the Blue Grass. There is a slight chance you will be short on the Honey Bronze. This is a wonderful opportunity to go through your fiber stash and use some of your favorites.
The Pineapple PinWheelie, Grape Needlebook, Monogram Scissor Sheath, Motif Scissor Fob, and Alphabet Band are all stitched on 32 count fabric. She has included the micro buttons and you can choose buttons from your collection for the scissor case; or we are expecting some beautifully detailed Mother-of-Pearl buttons that will be stunning.
Fifteen pages of charts, stitch diagrams, and finishing directions. This is a must have!
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Pomegranate & Pear StitchesOne of 4 new pieces by Jeannette Douglas, this is an exquisite piece; filled with specialty stitches as well as lovely pomegranates and pears. Stitched with a delicious assortment of hand-dyed persimmon, pineapple, butterscotch and cinnamon silks, wools, metallics and cottons, the thread pack is simply too pretty to use!!! (well, not really...) The accent dusty teal/blue accent color just *pops* amidst the rich, warm colors in the sampler. Offered as a leaflet, Jeannette delivers us a piece that finishes approx 6 x 7 on 32ct linen. It is a companion piece to Seaside, Acorn, Vintage and Silver Needle Stitches! Framed, or mounted into one of Olde Colonial's medium sized Dowry Boxes, this is simply gorgeous either way. Offered as the leaflet with thread pack, either the light or dark birdseye maple dowry box looks great with the finished piece. Also available is a matching little needlebook! A tiny 1 x 1-/2 inch trifold, offered as a small chart, you'll have enough threads left over from the main piece to stitch this little treat!
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Silver Needle StitchesYou might recognize this pretty piece... it's the one Jeannette designed for her appearance and class at The Silver Needle last summer!!! A companion piece to Pomegranate & Pears, Seaside, Acorn and Vintage Stitches... of course, this is one of my favorite *new* things!!! 'Scissors like satin oh so fine, a silver needle so divine, a silken thread so sublime, make for heavenly stitching time.' Offered as a leaflet, with needed thread pack FULL of silks, metallics, little button embellishments and a sterling heart charm, the colors are all the warm lacquered golds, olives, rosewood, and cinnamon. (of course we have a 'mouse grey' and 'mud pie' in there, too!) Anyway, lots of pretty stitches, and all of it finishes into a petite 6 x 7-ish size, and is stitched on lovely hand-dyed 32ct Vintage Sand Dune linen by Lakeside. Offered as the leaflet with threads and embellishments, this piece has a matching small tri-fold needlebook companion, as well, that uses leftover threads from the main piece!
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The Bay State SamplerWow... what a charming tribute to the state of Massachusetts! Another in Jeannette Douglas's American Journey Series of samplers (Sunshine State, East Coast Sampler, Northwoods and New York/New Jersey), she designed and taught this piece for Stitcher's Hideaway in MA. Unbelievable in detail... the pages of the leaflet are full of history and trivia tidbits, all describing why motifs are in here... she even has website links included so you can read MORE history about Paul Revere! The Mohawk Trail, the Freedom Trail starting at Boston Common, the Old North Church and witchcraft, seafood and lighthouses... this is so much fun to page through! The sampler finishes approx 5 x 12-1/2 on 32ct, and is stitched in an assortment of rich chestnut browns, mossy greens, brick and creams and golds... mostly overdyed flosses... but bits of Gloriana and Caron Waterlilies hand-dyed silk. Offered as the chart with thread pack. Awesome!!!
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New York/New Jersey SamplerOH... this is for anyone who loves New York and/or New Jersey!!! Jeannette is a great traveler, and after a visit to New York City... she designed this charming medley of everything fun and cool about New York! (She even used her own skyline picture she took while on the Ferry for her cover!) Offered as a leaflet with awesome silks, metallics and assorted embellishments, you are treated to a band sampler full of fun stitches and the neatest motifs! The Statue of Liberty, the clock on 5th Ave, Atlantic City's Boardwalk, a Big Apple, Sugar Maples and Northern Red Oaks, Goldfinches and Bluebirds. The Brooklyn Bridge, the Jersey Shores and Cape May, even a short lesson on how to hail a cab!!! She has tidbits about New York and New Jersey history all throughout the pattern -- explaining why everything is in here... the whole thing is just like a miniature vacation -- all from your stitching chair! Finishes approx 5 x 14 on 32ct Confederate Gray Belfast Linen.
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A Needle & Thread SamplerA needle pulling thread Has not changed from old As mindful of our stitches A sampler does unfold. Stuffed FULL of Eyelets, Scotch Stitches, Rays, Herringbone, Satin, Leaf Stitches and Upright Wovens... each of the diamond shapes at the top is made of 16 Eyelets nestled together. Pretty lavenders, greens and golds, it measures approx 3 x 9 on 32ct Flax Belfast Linen and is stitched in lots of silks. Just a lovely little piece!
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Seaside StitchesOne of three stunning new pieces by Jeannette Douglas... Seaside Stitches is full of special stitches, intricate motifs and stitch details, and special threads! Stitched on 32ct Meadow Mist Belfast Linen in 29 different silks, hand-dyeds, metallics and a wool, the thread pack listing is a miniature 'Who's Who' in the world of threads!!! The piece finishes approx 6 x 8 and is shown on the leaflet cover in one of Olde Colonial's exquisite Birdseye Maple Dowry boxes. I can't tell what is my favorite part in all of this... there is a handpainted crab charm, lots of mermaids (with metallic tails), seashells and anchor motifs all stitched over one thread, the ship in the center has chain stitches around it... like a miniature rope. The Soie d'Alger, Silk 'n Colors, Waterlilies, Glorianna Silks, Luminescence, Princess Perle Petite, Lorikeet and Needlepoint Silks in here are a luscious blend of light, medium and dark corals, seaside blues and greens, rich jewel green and blue metallic, soft sand browns and creams... it is truly a miniature work of needleart! Offered as the leaflet with threads and embellishments, linen and box are offered separately.
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Vintage StitchesAll grap-y and leaf-y... this is a gorgeous piece that is full of luscious, deep purples and raisins... reaching all the way into bright chartreuse-y greens! The second of Jeannette's 3 newly released samplers that are all a 6 x 8 size, Vintage Stitches puts you right in the middle of a vineyard! (I picture myself in a vineyard in the South of France!) It is stuffed full of Milanese, Satin, Ray, Hungarian, Rhodes, Smrynas and Algerian Stitches -- SO MUCH texture and detail in here.  We are treated to another thread pack that includes that 'Who's Who' listing of designer silks, metallics and wools. 25 Different threads in this piece, it also includes a handpainted grape cluster charm, some beads, and even little clay buttons! What a fun way to try all the pretty threads, doing all the fun stitches! The leaflet has great stitch diagrams, a huge working chart, and best of all, you end of with a charming piece that is a finishible size!!! Offered as the leaflet with threads and embellishments. Choose your favorite shade of a 32ct Linen.
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Acorn Stitches SamplerThe third new piece by Jeannette Douglas, Acorn Stitches is full of eggplant and Tuscan golds, with touches of moss green and antiqued gold metallic. Finishing the 6 x 8 size... it features lots of Rhodes, Mosaic, 4-Sided, Knitting, Byzantine, Couching, Double Running, Satins, Hungarians and Padded Stitches... all to accent the tiny Fall leaves and acorns scattered everywhere! The threads -- 17 different ones --  include solid and hand-dyed Soie d'Alger and Silk 'n Colors, Silken Chenille, Trebizond, Bijoux and Kreink Metallic and Glorianna's Luminescense. The center features a handpainted acorn button, as well. Simply exquisite... I love all the colors and feel of the threads, and the textures an play of light the special stitches offer! Leaflet with threads, fabric and box are offered separately. Choose a 32ct linen with a brown-cast to it -- there are so many pretty ones!
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We Stitch, We Share, We CreateThis is a charming design for a 3 x 9 tri-fold needle and scissor case. The verse reads: We share, spending countless hours on stitching that we love. A blessing to create for all to share thereof. Stitched in 11 different silks of rusts, golds, sea green, purples and teals, the front is a tiny spot-motif sampler full of special stitches, while the back is a tiny band sampler -- rows and rows of stitches. Lots of Queens, Eyelets, Rice, Scotch and Rhodes, this is a pretty little case. Offered as a leaflet with all the necessary silks, there are 4 pages included with photos of the finishing process, along with the necessary silks for that finishing. If you'd rather... the whole piece can be framed ... that option is pictured on the back of the book!
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 Olde Colonial Medium-Sized Dowry Boxes for Jeannette Douglas's Stitches Sampler Series
These beautiful boxes have been made to fit Jeannette Douglas's series of Stitches Samplers. Handmade by Olde Colonial, the boxes are available in the Birdseye Maple -- a rich reddish brown finish, or a smoother, darker brown finish. Overall measurements are 9 x 11 x 3, with a top opening of approx 8-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches. Just lovely, this box is the smaller version of the box featured in My Stitching Treasures.
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Autumn StitchesJeannette's 4th in her seasonal set of pieces... the colors of this one are just incredible! Measuring approx 3 x 3 on 40ct, or almost 5 x 5 on 28ct, you get to execute lots of long-arm stitches and satins. Although the colors on the leaflet front look pink and bright blue, the colors are actually cinnamons, butterscotch, dusky teal blue, terra cotta, browns and antiqued gold metallic. Each tiny motif is worked in a different stitch... each section is a perfect 'take-out!' Offered as a leaflet with the necessary silks and brass acorn charm, the other three are still offered if you want the complete seasonal set... or you can just choose one or two! Very pretty!
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 Spring and Summer StitchesJeannette's two newest 'Stitches' designs, each of these is a miniature confection of wonderful specialty stitches all tucked into a 3-inch square!!! Patterns call for a 40ct linen, so if you aren't that brave, your pieces could turn out a larger 5 x 5-ish on 28ct! Joining Winter Stitches, Jeannette brings us fun, miniature motifs for each season, luscious silks to stitch them, and so many neat and unique specialty stitches that give each piece lots of texture and real interest. Offered as leaflets with the silks and charm embellishments (Spring has an umbrella, and Summer features a bug), the stitch diagrams are nicely done, and there is a lot of variety. Summer has lots of blues and greens, Spring uses lots of lavenders and light blues. So much detail in such a tiny space... this kind of thing is always fun to stitch, because you get to do so many different little blocks of things, in cool stitches... in not too much time!!!
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Bug Collector This is a fun little piece published in 2002! It's a band sampler full of colorful bugs and wonderful, textured specialty stitches. Ladybugs, ants, butterflies, bees and dragonflies, it comes with all the overdyeds and two little clay bug buttons!
Finishing a petite 3 x 7 on 32ct linen... wouldn't it be cute hanging right by the back door -- the favored entry point of every bug in the house?!
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The Sunshine State SamplerFlamingoes, sailboats, palm trees, orchid and orange blossoms, hibiscus and flip-flops, crabs and fish... the only thing missing from this delightful tropical sampler is the margarita drink in the pineapple -- complete with the little paper umbrella!!! What a fun thing to stitch to remember a vacation, or to put in your sun-room, or your house in the Bahamas!!! Designed by Jeannette Douglas, this is offered as the leaflet with all the necessary threads and embellishments. It finishes approx 4 x 11 on 32ct Meadow Mist Belfast Linen. The silks and overdyeds are rich, bright pinks, aquas, lime greens and yellow. The tiny embellishments include a scallop, starfish and palm trees. Lots of special stitches... go somewhere warm and sunny for vacation, and make THIS your vacation project! (Remember how certain projects stand out in your mind? You remember that you were stitching something in particular when something important was happening in your life... you always remember that time in your life when you look at that piece.) If you're not going to Florida, but somewhere else sunny and tropical, then leave off the place or substitute your destination. This is your summer 2006 sampler!
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Winter Stitches
A charming mini-sampling of wintry color... this 3 x 3 piece (stitched on 40ct!), is full of special stitches and lots of texture. Offered as a leaflet, with the necessary Threadgatherer's Silk 'n Colors, Accentuate Metallic and Au Ver A Soie Silks threads, the design features lots of Eyelets, Satins, and a really neat pine tree treatment of something like Scotch Stitches.
Pretty burgundys, teals, mosses and frosty silver, this will finish slightly larger on larger linens. I think the thread pack will tolerate a 32ct... if your eyes aren't up to a 40!
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Northwoods Sampler
This is the first in Jeannette's series of American Journey Samplers! It's depicting special highlights of Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Wisconsin -- the flora and fauna -- all presented in band sampler format. The thread and embellishment packet that is included is full of wonderful russets, teals, greens and lake blues of silks, overdyeds and metallics. The special stitches highlight the textures in all the flowers and animals. This is one of those pieces that keeps your interest, because you discover new details every time you look at it! The charms include a moose and a deer, and there are even stitched mosquitoes -- rumored to be the state bird of Wisconsin!!! The tiny cabin in the woods, the canoe paddles, the pine trees, this is just so much fun! Jeannette has even given you history and trivia in here, explaining why she's chosen what she has for the motifs!
Finishing approx 3 x 11 on 32ct, this is definitely something you'll want to stitch if you've ever vacationed in the Northwoods, or are from there... or have a cabin there... (I'm a Wisconsin girl... so this is for me!) Offered as the leaflet full of great stitch diagrams and trivia, as well as the fat little thread and embellishment pack that seems pricey, but a great value!
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East Coast Sampler
The second in the American Journey Sampler Series, this celebrates the areas of Connecticut, Mystic, Nantucket, the seashore... so many charming areas! The charms included are a lighthouse, and anchor, and the motifs are a wonderful medley of boats, pumpkins, landscapes, bees... fall leaves... I can go on and on! Finishing approx 12 x 4 on 32ct, the colors are luscious teals and sea blues, greens and rusts... just picture seaside colors and falling leaves! The thread pack is full of overdyeds, and Gloriana silks, and the little charms. Just so creative and pretty, the leaflets are even fun to page through to read! Offered as the leaflet with thread and embellishment pack.
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A Home in the Woods
A cozy mountain hideaway or cabin in the woods... this leaflet offers two different designs for your special place! Loaded with special stitches, the pine trees and pine cones look real! Rich greens, browns, golds and greys... very restful!
The large sampler measures approx 3-1/2 x 9-1/2... the smaller is roughly 3 x 3 on 28ct! Offered as the leaflet with all the necessary threads and charms in the embellishment package.
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My Stitching Treasures
What a beautiful needlework piece! Definitely an heirloom... you NEED this! Presented in a four-color folder, this design is charted and diagrammed on 14 pages. It's stuffed FULL of charm, color and cool special stitches!!! Stitched in antiqued and overdyed shades of mauve, lavender, dusty blues, golds and soft greens, the silks used include Soie 'd Alger, Glorianna overdyeds, Splendor, Needlepoint Inc silks, and Silk 'n Colors. all are included in the silk pack offered. The embellishments include glass seed beads (not in charm pack) along with quite an impressive collection of sterling silver charms from Charland, some hand-painted buttons and a few other charms... that look pretty intriguing from our pics!
Finishing approx 8 x 10-1/2, it's presented in a custom Birdseye Maple Dowry Box from Olde Colonial Designs, which measures approx 11 x 14. So elegant! Featured stitches include variations of Leaf, Rhodes, Hungarian, Florentine, Queen, Van Dyke, lots of Darnings, Milanese...on and on! Just gorgeous, we can't wait for a finished shop model!!! Stitched on 32ct linen, any number of shades will work...Lambswool, Flax, Summer Khaki, the Country French colors... choose your favorite! This is just stunning!
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Take Time to Stitch Too!
One of 8 incredible miniature works of stitching art... Take Time to Stitch Too, the newest from Jeannette Douglas Designs, joins seven other 5 x 5 designs that are stuffed full of special stitches, overdyed silks, beads and tiny charms! Offered as a leaflet, it features a large, clear chart, and great stitch diagrams. Stitched on your choice of Flax Linen counts... the 28 finishes approx 5 x 5, while the 40ct finishes 3-1/2 x 3-1/2... and fits a bit tightly into the new Olde Colonial Easel Back Horizontal Desk Clock. (approx 5 x 9, it includes the works, hands, and features a 3-1/4 inch opening for stitching!)  Threads used include Needle Necessities and Weeks overdyed flosses, and the little charm is a brass snail. Jeannette suggests stitching the sectional lines first, then filling in with all the stitches. You can even change that little verse, if you'd like. Luscious browns, golds, burgundy and grey-blue... really quite pretty!
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Take Time to Stitch
A companion design of Jeannette Douglas's in the 'Take Time' set... this is worked in luscious shades of creme, gold, soft moss greens, and light browns. Absolutely delicious, the threads used are: Silk 'n Colors, Needle Necessities (Jungle Boogie!) floss, and six different shades of Au Ver A Soie silk. There is also a tiny pair of brass scissors featured as the charm.
Lots of stitches in this one.. some of them are: Jessica, Tied Windmill, Fanvaulting, Amadeus Tree, Norwich ... not your plain, old run-of-the-mill stuff!!! So pretty, this is offered as the leaflet with threads and charm. On 28ct it finishes approx 5 x 5, but any count of linen will do nicely! You'll need to use Mill Hill petite beads from your stash.
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Take Time to Knit
This is an awesome little piece, perfect for a special knitter in your life!!! The same 5 x 5 sampler format, this is STUFFED FULL of details and cool stitches! The miniature 'knitted afghan' in the top right-hand corner is the showpiece of your stitching. It is actually woven on there... and it looks just like knitting! There is so much texture and detail in this design, it's one of my favorites in the set!
The 13 different threads featured include Rainbow Tweed for the sheep, Gloriana overdyed silks, and Needlepoint Inc silks. The charms include a tiny clay sheep from Just Another Button Company, and a darling set of miniature sterling silver mittens!!! Wonderful mauves, dusty blues and greens... the stitch diagrams are just a treat for the eyes!!!
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Take Time to Garden
Pretty springtime colors of soft greens, buttermilk, creme and periwinkle blue... this features a miniature shovel charm! The featured threads, Moss, Periwinkle and Redwood Waterlilies are accented with Old Lace Silk 'n colors, coordinating Needle Necessities overdyed floss and 4 Au Ver A Soie silks of yellow, greens and brown. Mill Hill beads needed are 42036 Bayleaf, and 42012 Royal Plum. I just love how she's put different stitches together to create all these little details! The finial in box #7 is a tiny work of art! There is an urn in here, an arbor, all sorts of small garden-y surprises!!!
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The Take Time to Quilt Series!
The next four designs to follow are quilts celebrating the 4 seasons. Each is the same size -- the 5 x 5 on a 28ct... but any count will be fine! Each of the four seasons features different threads and there are NO duplicated special stitches between them!!! Just awesome... the stitches just make the motifs POP out at you!!! |
Take Time to Quilt -- Spring
Features soft roses, moss greens, creme and a touch of soft blue. Threads included are Dried Roses Silk 'n Colors, and 9 matching Au Ver a Soie silks. The featured charm is a tiny brass stork scissor. Stitches include a Pinwheel, and entire area of a combination stitched quilt, Flower Heads, Sutherland Hearts, Cross Over Milanese... and quite a few others. The motif in the top right corner is made up of Rhodes, Half Diamond, Sprat's Head, and Vandyke! Totally Awesome!
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Take Time to Quilt -- Summer
Pretty butterscotch, mauve and soft moss greens... Summer features a brass beehive and two bumble bee charms! Plum Honey Silk 'n colors is the main color, and the thread pack includes it, along with 9 matching Au Ver A Soie silks of green, gold, brown and purples. Again, quite a plethora of cool stitches that add so much to the design! The roof on the cottage is done in Hungarian, and features outlined shingles!!!
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Take Time to Quilt -- Autumn
The colors of Autumn just seem to draw me... and this design is simply striking!!! Stitched in Autumn Twilight Silk 'n colors, with 7 matching Au Ver A Soie silks of peach, rose, burgundy, and purples, Kreinik Cinnamon Vintage #4 Braid, and some lilac and plum Mill Hill beads, the featured embellishment is a tiny sewing machine! Deep green, rusts, and browns into light cinnamons... the back of the leaflet is, again, stuffed full of special stitches for those cool colors!!! I think what makes the stitches even neater, is the fact that JD combines so many of them to create the miniature quilt blocks and borders. Each section of all of these samplers are miniature works of art by themselves!
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Take Time to Quilt -- Winter
Oh gosh... the pine trees stitched in the rich hand-dyed deep green silks, all the Double Rices, miniature quilt block motifs in here... just everything... will make your stitching fingers ITCH!!! I think the only regular x's in here are the dividing lines between the blocks of snowflakes, poinsettias, cottage and quilt designs. The threads include Winter Woods and Olive Green Gloriana Silks, along with 7 matching Au Ver A Soie colors of rose, cream, brown and green. There is a bitty brass snowflake charm, too. Sable and Champagne Mill Hill beads round out the yummy colors!
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