Silver Needle Just Nan Designs from The Silver Needle, Fine Needlework Materials, Tulsa

A new trio of small Valentine, Birthday and Friendship designs that are all tucked into the three new finishes of Nan's Whimzi frames! Offered as a small chartpack of designs, with a smattering of embellishments included, each of these designs finishes just 2 x 2... and is a 'perfect little something' for someone special to you!

Heartfelt Pink Butterfly Clip-on Charm

Friends is stitched on Light Blue 28, Birthday is on Celery, and Love is on Angel Blush 28ct... there is even a pink butterfly clip-on charm available for any of them, if you wish! Highlighting the new Whimzi finishes... you can pick and choose which you like best: Antique White Embossed (a whitewash look), Antique Brass Embossed, or Matte Silver Embossed. Choices, choices, choices!

Note: since these are part of Nan's regular line, they are NOT included in our Whimzi Surprise Automatic, which is specifically for the Whimzi limited editions.

This is one of Nan's small geometrics (approx 3-1/2 x 3-1/2) that features a jasmine charm and tiny bead embellishments. Finishing approx 3 x 3 on 28ct Natural Linen in deep shades of 930, 3041 and 3685 families of DMC, it's packaged in the small chartpack format.

Wintry Mix is still popular... so we can't wait for this one!

The second in Nan's 4-season set of Squares, Spring is a garden full of greenery, flowers, violets, bees, the gazebo... and of course, the fun Visions charm of swans swimming in the springtime pond.

Stitched on 28ct Light Mocha Cashel in lots of DMC flosses, this finishes the same size as companion design -- Winter in the Square, shown below -- 4-1/2 inches square. Pretty stitches for texture and effect, the pattern is offered as a leaflet with the Visions embellishment piece.

A quick geometric/floral by Just Nan... Garden Maze is full of raspberries and greens, stitched on 28ct Flax Linen and finishing approx 3 x 3. There are three different Vision charm embellishments that are coming with these... each is pretty... and which ever you get... you'll be surprised and smile!

No special stitches, bits of DMC... this is a fun, quick-stitch! Offered as the card-chart with Vision embellishment.

Just Nan's 15th Anniversary Creation is here!!! A delicately detailed floral band sampler, Nan indicates that she stitched her piece with a variety of silk threads in order to create special effects of color, light and texture. Offered in booklet form, the chart is stuffed full of pretty specialty stitches, and the embellishment pack contains soft silk braids, overdyeds, and perles of pinks, along with rose and lavender beads, and tiny white pearls. Inside, the chart and instructions cover 10 pages, and it makes you happy even to page through them, contemplating the time when you get to stitch this delicious piece! The verse reads: May the work of your hands be the wish of your heart. What a nice thought for Nan's anniversary piece!

Stitched on your choice of 34ct Cafe au Lait Legacy Linen in 22 different shades of silks -- plus what is included in the embellishment pack -- or with DMC flosses on 32ct flax Linen... you'll have a gorgeous piece -- Classic Nan -- that measures approx 11-1/4 x 5-1/2.

You'll want to choose the Legacy Linen to pair with the silks, OR the DMC to pair with the Flax linen, so that linen and thread colors coordinate to their best advantage. Either way, you'll get some dreamy silks to use from the embellishment package that is included!

Nan and John became grandparents on August 6th of last year, and this darling sampler commemorates little Victor! Oh gosh, his baby garden features his cradle, room for his name, a clock for his time of birth, and tons of little critters! Stitched on 28ct Natural linen, using 8 different stitches, you'll find all sorts of treasures tucked into this!

Victor has a fish pond, lots of flowers and trees, bunnies (the featured embellishment is a hand-painted bunny Charmbead), assorted bugs, frogs, birds and a nest, squirrels, kitties (Grandma's favorite animals), a turtle, spider and even a little lizard!!! What a lucky kid!!! Baby Garden finishes approx 10 x 5, and is full of Just Nan detail and elegance! Offered as a leaflet with coordinating embellishment pack, it's stitched with your stash of DMC flosses!

Stitch a charming trio of snowmen, all dressed in striped coats, earmuffs, and mittens! Stitched on 28ct Creme/Raw Newport Linen, which features a woven thread that creates little squares into the fabric, they finish approx 6 x 9. The embellishment included, a hand-painted robin charmbead, is perched on the foot of the middle snowman! That fabric adds just a bit of whimsey! Offered as a leaflet, with the embellishment.

Pretty jewel-tones create this geometric Wintry Mix that kind of reminds me of evergreen trees in the snow! The featured embellishment in the center is a painted lacy snowflake charm. Finishing approx 3-1/2 by 3-1/2 on 28ct Natural... this could be the first new ornament you stitch in 2005, for this year's Christmas tree!!! Offered as the chart and snowflake.

Nan's second limited edition mansion sampler is here!!! After months of waiting, this is just such a treat to hold! A beautiful lacy, beaded border surrounds bands of special stitches and tiny animal details. Stitched on 28ct Flax Cashel Linen in scrumptious colors of mauve, blue, taupe, greens... the silk package offered is too pretty to open and use! Finishing approx 13 x 9, there are several different types of silks, Accentuate brand metallics and a bit of Londonderry linen thread used, but there are options for DMC floss as well, if you prefer. Embellishments include seed beads and a 1-inch square lacy metal frame charm that is featured above the mansion.

Check out the pic of the coordinating scissor slide! The reindeer charmbead is offered separately. (Finishing kits and the little reindeers will arrive sometime next week... so will ship separately.) You'll need extra linen and a bit of green floss.

I'm thinking this is a delightful seasonal companion piece to Nan's High Hopes design! GGG is a delightful design that finishes approx 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 on 28ct Cobblestone Cashel Linen, and features the one-inch miniature pewter coffin charm which actually opens to reveal the dead skeleton inside!!! (Dead skeleton, I guess, is redundant, isn't it?)

Absolutely over-the-top with rich reds, oranges, rusts, chartreuse, and purples, the spooky Halloween garden is filled with spiders, ghosts, cats and toads... quite different than the spring garden of High Hopes!!! Available as the leaflet with the coffin charm, this is absolutely charming... and you need it! Silks or DMCs are called for... whichever you wish!

The little witch is casting a spell into her cauldron, the ghosts are holding Jack 'O Lanterns, and check out the teeny toads in there! The center embellishment is a 1/2-inch pewter witch charm that has been painted with a lime green face, purple cape, black dress and orange broom... and no, it doesn't look at all like Nan!!! Definitely a 'happening little piece', a purple mat or pillow would be stunning, too! We have the special 15-reel silk-pack available for Witch Way... everything needed to stitch the piece... Access Commodities packaged it so beautifully, you'll hate to open it to stitch! Click the image at right to see it all.

Silkwood Manor Sampler is the first edition of a four-part series, one sampler due out each year for the next four! Each sampler features a mansion, and it's seasonal garden, surrounded by borders and bands of specialty stitches. Reminiscent of schoolgirl samplers in the 18th century, Silkwood Manor is the summer house in this new set. There is a matching needle case that is beautifully presented... it'll remind you of your sampler hanging at home, while the case is safely tucked in your stitching bag!

Finishing approx 9 x 13" on 30ct Old Ivory Legacy Linen, in your choices of floss or yummy silks, the leaflet is available with a corresponding stitch guide included which features all the instructions, diagrams, alphabet and graphs for the Needle Park accessories. The accessory pack, also included in the chart, contains beads, overdyed silk threads and a verdigris lion head charm -- it's the fountain sculpture in Silkwood Manor's garden!

Nan's long awaited sampler dedicated to the common bond between needleworkers has arrived. Just breathtaking, words don't describe the details, colors, design, and special feelings this sampler portrays. Lots of stitches, beautiful bead and brass charm embellishments, soft lavender-blue overdyed silk colors, great pics of the accessories, and their charts... it's simply a have-to-have design!

And there are accessories, too -- a needle book, a pin cushion and two scissor fobs. Included are the leaflet, a stitching guide booklet, and three embellishment/thread packs. You'll need the fabric, (3 choices are given), and silks or flosses to stitch the sampler. Finishing approx: 9 x 13 on 28ct, this will be a family heirloom!

Such a delicate and lacy snowflake... this glistens with silver crystal beads, white pearls, and some fire-polished Swarovski crystal beads! Stitched on 28ct Smokey Pearl Cashel Linen -- a dusky denim blue -- this is a study in monochromatic elegance! Finishing approx 7 x 7, it's stitched in luscious silks for an elegant presentation, and features Frosty Lavender Waterlilies and opalescent metallic filament. Seven different stitches, along with the beads and crystals, there is lots of texture and interest here! Hang it where a light will catch it! Offered as a leaflet with embellishment pack, the silk set and linen are available separately.

One of several new releases by Nan... this is just darling!!! Along with JN's 2004 Angel -- Serafina, Summer Night -- a new sampler, and Beach Roses -- a small pattern pack, Girl's Night out is one of three new Red Hat Stitcher designs. Click the image at the right to see all Nan's other new things!

It features three witches with red hats, holding red brooms and pocketbooks. Delightful green faces and hair that's slightly out of control, the special stitches used are Smrynas and lots of sheath-like long stitches for brooms and hair. There is a cool miniature red witches hat charm included, too! Finishing approx 4 x 5 on 28 ct, you can stitch your girlfriends in either DMC floss, or a yummy collection of 10 luscious silks.

One of four new releases by Just Nan, our box of goodies arrived today, and several have already gone out the front door!!!
"In stitches we weave our memories and embellish our dreams..." is the featured verse on this striking 5 x 8 sampler that is stuffed full of rich burgundy, lavender, and green color and neat, neat stitches! Worked on 28ct Antique White Cashel Linen, or 30ct Coconut Macaroon Legacy linen, the floral motifs -- where all the special stitches are showcased -- are framed in black. The border and interior florals are all worked over one thread.

Designed to really show off your stitching talents, the featured charm is a tiny wildflower, which is included in the embellishment pack of glisteny rose, silver and ice beads! Really, elegant, the pattern calls for silks or flosses, your choice! Available as a three-fold leaflet with embellishment pack.

Black Magic Silks
Just Nan Black Magic Ornament

The silk package for Black Magic is a masterpiece in presentation, itself! Just a pleasure to look at, the silks... gorgeous, deep burgundys, greens and purples... are all arranged in black packaging! 'How could you open these and use them!!!?' Well, gosh...sacrifice ... and tear into them!!! Really, everything is included for your project, even the Londonderry Linen thread used to sew on the beads!

Such a pretty piece, suitable for Valentines, a wedding gift, or sentiment to someone special... this is actually designed as a teaching piece from Just Nan. Finishing approx 4-1/4 x 8-1/2 on 28ct Flax, this features beautiful burgundy silks, along with garnet seed beads and tiny gold heart beads! Featuring several special stitches, our kits are including Nan's personal notes to the teacher and student that would be covered in a class, along with the charts and embellishments.
A small 'take-out design' is included that's a short-cut of sorts -- you get to use all the silks, stitches and a few beads in it... as a sampling of the larger piece!!! So pretty, it's a monochromatic study that highlights all your stitching talents... and looks elegant in the process! Make sure to see Peacock Cypher, too... another monochromatic piece in deep teals!

A glistening display of peacock-teal beads and a handpainted peacock bead float among all the brilliant and rich teal silk colors in this monochromatic study of motifs!

Just a few simple stitches... the colors and patterns look wonderful with a bit of light shining on them. Of note, however, is the puzzle this sampler presents! There is a mumbo-jumbo of letters forming the verse... missing a special, secret letter that unlocks the secret verse! Four lines of encrypted verse... when you solve the puzzle, you're on your honor NOT to reveal it to everyone else... they'll get the challenge of solving themselves!!!

Nan even includes a plate on the back of the leaflet that you can cut out, and attach to the back of the framed piece so that future generations will have a chance at decoding the cypher! A really cool twist with your needlework... Peacock Cypher measures a respectable 4-3/4 x 16 on 28ct Taupe Cashel Linen. The teal silks are rich and deep... and sooo accented by the rainbow qualities of the beads and painted peacock charmbead. Elegant! Offered as the leaflet with emb pack.

One of three new releases by Nan, this is a detailed design depicting the four seasons... and jam packed full of Nan's creative style! So colorful, so much fun to study, stuffed full of cool specialty stitches, it's just wonderful! Stitched on 28ct Natural Linen in DMC's, this finishes approx 4 x 14, and features an embellishment set that includes a painted umbrella charm and also a painted beehive -- along with the petite seed beads. Each season has its own graph in the book, so you could stitch it individually if you want... but this is so charming 'stacked!' Tons and tons of details... every season has delightful little motifs hidden into the design! Available as the leaflet with embellishment package.

The Winter Garden version of Nan's #118 High Hopes Summer Garden, this is a 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inch square design packed full of tiny garden plants, critters, and decorations! Check out the fat winter birds, my favorite part -- the lavender glass gazing ball, which is actually metallic #4 braid!!! The special stitches used really add texture to the miniature birds nests and pine cones -- and most of the robins are stitched over one thread while the rest of the piece is over two.

The featured charm is 'metal yard art!' It's a darling pewter snowman charm... complete with a big nose, a broom, and billowing scarf! Lots of fun to look at this will be even more fun to stitch because of all the charming little details! (I think those are snowballs on the garden bench!) Available as the leaflet with charm, the metallics are available separately.

A circle of snowmen all bundled up for a cold, blustery day...the best kind if you're a snowman! Finishing a mere 4 x 4" on 28ct, think of how cute this would be over one thread! There is a painted snowflake charm featured in the center of the design... it adds a little something special.

The third and final chapter in Barnabee's quest for the perfect flower on which to savour... this is a charming floral sampler... long and thin!
Click the image at right to see Nan's model stitched from all 3 of the Barnabee designs.

Just like Lady Scarlet's Journey, this is a three-part band sampler with a garden theme. Barnabee is a little bumblebee buzzing through his garden of life, looking for the perfect flower, I imagine! There is a painted rooster charmbead in this second part, that is so colorful... you'll want him if you're a chicken collector! The first leaflet and charms are still available, as well.

The 2001 sampler is beginning, with Barnabee -- a little bumblebee -- and his yearly travels through his garden. Released in a series of three leaflets, with three separate embellishment packs, part one is here, with part two, ready to be released in April. (Let us know if you'll want to receive all three parts from us.) Finishing approx 4 x 14, Barnabee is full of bright colors -- part one has some beautiful, brilliant blue beads -- and fun stitches. Just a charming design, it's the companion to the now-retired Lady Scarlet's Journey.

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