Patriotic and Summer Counted Cross Stitch Needlework Patterns, Leaflets, Materials and supplies from The Silver Needle, Tulsa

There are so many wonderful designs available that celebrate every season and occasion under the sun... so we thought it'd be fun to collect a few of them, and organize them for you on a set of Holiday/Seasonal Pages. I'm a "seasons" nut... so we'll be adding to these all the time! We have so many other projects and ideas in the shop, and elsewhere on the site, but this is a fun way to show you just a few ..... ENJOY!

Another itty-bitty seasonal wonder... remember, these finish a mere 1 x 2-ish... in TOTAL SIZE!!! The design comes charted like a regular cross stitch design... and includes a cut of 40ct silk gauze.

Freedom Bits joins this delightful collection of tiny seasonals... each one is as cute as the other!!!!

Join the 4th of July Celebration in Freedom Park! Lots of metallic long stitches scattered everywhere make up all the fireworks going off in the sky, and the garlands on the gazebo are actually strings of beads!

'Fireworks bursting, Flags waving, Sparklers shining, Freedom!' Add your initials on that lower right-hand edge, and you've finished a charming 6 x 13 summer sampler. Charted for DMC or overdyeds, this has a very nostalgic, hometown flavor, with pretty, soft and dusty colors.

The latest edition of this wonderful Shops-Across-America Directory is here, and loaded with over 1800 shop listings, ads, maps and extra weekend, show and festival information!!! Beautifully organized, each state in the US and province in Canada is listed, with maps indicating shop location based on cities and the Interstate or local highway system. You can tell at a glance whether your road trip is taking you close by a shop you didn't know was even there... or you can use the book to plan a SPECIAL needlework road trip!

Web addresses galore, hours, product lines carried, shop pics, special events taking place all over the country, this is an *awesome* directory, and NO needleworker should leave home without it!!!!!

Linda has rounded out her four TINY seasons with this wild seashore scene!!! The sand castle, the little terra cotta crab, pelican, bright sunshine, stormy sky, and those roiling waves... I was going to say all we needed was JAWS... but I do see a little sea turtle in those waves!!! A teeny-weeny 1 x 2 creation... this joins Spring, Autumn and Winter -- and all are *really neat!*

Each framed piece fits easily into my hand... SUCH an eye-catcher displayed individually on a small plate easel! Olde Colonial makes the little frame you see here... We can send the chart (that contains the little piece of gauze) and that petite frame! Zip-Zap - you add schnigglets of your flosses to stitch this in about 15 hours... and you're done!

The newest little wooden palette from Liberty Hill is here! Handpainted... it features an Early American Flag beside the charming house, trees, beehive and sheep. Measuring approx 3-1/2 x 4-3/4, it has 5 holes to hold flosses or silks, and is charming tucked inside a special sewing case.

If you are collecting the Thread Board set by Liberty Hill... this is your 6th board in the set! Tuck it into the holder you already have... check out the Historic Stitches Page to make sure you have everything in the set... or just choose your favorite pieces!

From the original artwork of Jane Wooster Scott... this is exquisitely charted by Heaven & Earth Designs! Absolutely HUGE, solid stitching, and breathtaking in presentation... we have several other really cool Summer and Patriotic scenes like this one, to enjoy!

Definitely a family heirloom -- if you *live through the stitching!* -- these lovely Summer and Patriotic designs are simply a treat for your *Wanna Stitch Someday Stash!* Measures 450 x 379.

Crescent Colours has released an exclusive design stitched with their threads, by Country Cottage's Nikki Lehman. Absolutely charming in color and design element, the chart comes with 10 complete skeins of crescent's hand-dyed cotton floss, and a packet of Just Another Button Co clay shells and birds.

Stitched on 28ct Natural linen (fabric options are many -- you supply that part), this finishes approx 8-1/2 x 11-1/2. All the little beach houses are just perched right there on the beach, waiting for weekend inhabitants!!! Wonderful, dusty colors, it looks weatherworn and relaxing! Too Cute!

We have three new solid sterling silver charms, hand-made by Charland (and her kids!) , that join our scallop, pirate ship, mermaid... and a bunch of others! A little flounder, a pelican and a tiny lighthouse... each of these has lots of detail... and are perfect for a charm bracelet or as embellishments on needlework! You just have to have the right things -- which most of us DO! Lovely detail... even though the pirate ship isn't the newest, it is DEFINITELY my favorite!

Mill Hill has released three Button & Bead Kits that feature the charming artwork of the Quilting Industry's favored designer, Jim Shore! Full of color and incredible detail... Shore designs resin figures that all feature detailed quilt blocks and patterns decorating them everywhere.

Vibrant color, and charming designs, we now have Clarissa Cow, Percy Pig and Sophie Sheep that are joining our three cats -- all are offered as complete kits of charts, tons of beads and flosses, and a special button embellishment, along with the 14ct perforated paper. So breathtakingly pretty... the beads always catch the light with these, and they look like 'a million bucks!'

Another of Charland's cute little etui houses... Beach House is too cute to set in the sand by the water! Stitched on all four sides and the roof, simply lift off that roof to find all the 'pages' inside to store needles, threaders, scissors and tiny what-nots.

Decorated with mermaids, seashells, waves and a sterling starfish charm, this is a complete kit that contains the Birdhouse Enterprises box kit of pre-cut boards.
The threads included in the kit are quite varied: Crescents, Weeks and Gentle Art overdyed flosses, Wildflowers hand-dyed silks, and a bit of icy-blue metallic braid, the colors are dusty, nautical and lovely.
All lining fabrics are included, so your beach house will look like our pic... and be MUCH easier to afford and maintain than its counterpart by the sea! Check out the matching scissor case, too!

'I love soap 'n water, makes me smell just like I ought'r' Oh my gosh, isn't this just the cutest thing???! It BEGS to be stitched for a little boy to hang in his bathroom! Or a rodeo-gal , to hang in hers!!!

Offered as a chart, it finishes 7 x 7 on 14/28ct, and is simple crosses using overdyed flosses. Just darling... it'd be fun in the laundery room, too!!!

Head to the Grocery Store to buy 16 oz of Mrs Fields Cookies!!! You'll find them in a metal heart-shaped tin... that you'll need for this cute stitching box! Liberty Tin Sewing Box was originally designed in 2005 -- and the tins are still on the market -- so you'll need 28ct natural linen, and regular DMC flosses, and some cute patriotic lining fabric to make your look like the pic. (Actually, I think I would get my lining fabric first, then change any thread colors you need to. More thread choices than seasonal fabric choices these days!)

Anyhow, the tin top features red stripes of Smryna Cross Stitch over 4 threads -- speedy to execute! Leaves on the tree are Lazy Daisies. The blue area is decorated with 13 Mill Hill ceramic star buttons -- Homespun Elegance's Olde Brass Buttons would be stunning on this, as well. Notice the tiny pin cushion tucked inside -- it's pretty cute, too! Just a fun piece to have! Offered as the chart.

Prairie Moon has 4 wild, new scissor fob kits that are Over-The-Top-Cute dressed with seasonal embellishments! For the sake of space on our Just Arrived Page, we're picturing the USA set here, and tucking the Halloween set onto PM's inside web pages. So... enjoy the little Star Fob and Firecracker Fob! Simple designs stitched with overdyed flosses, they finish a petite 2 x 2 on 32ct. Dressed with your twisted cord, what makes them so cute are all the extra embellishments Prairie Moon has added to the bottoms!

Scissors pictured are not included... but all the hanging trinkets ARE! You're going to get a painted tin star that measures 1-3/4 inches from tip to tip and a little stuffed stars and stripes bird that is 2-1/2 inches long, along with some glittery stars and fun beads. Package contains the charts, embellishments and finishing instructions. They do call for Weeks Dungarees or Merlot wool on the backs... feels nice in your hand.

This year... we have a set of 6 new magnet designs... most of them aimed at tempting you to break your diet!!! Stitch a miniature root beer float, a bucket of popcorn, a tall and frosty glass of lemonade... or go right for the banana split!!! There is a darling little flip-flop design... but we know the run-away best seller will be the festive Happy Birthday greeting!!!

Always offered in complete kits, these are such a good value. You get the chart, beads, flosses and any other called-for embellishments, along with a magnetic backing for the frig! Finishing approx 2-1/2 inches in size... I'm in love with that little banana creation!!! (Scrap book with these -- embellish your pages! The flip-flops need to grace the cover of the vacation picture album -- they'd be kind of fun stuck (forget the magnet!) onto the front of a digital picture frame! And, of course, the Happy Birthday needs to be a package tie! Always cute and quick!

I have three new designs in this series... Camper Van deserves a space here because it makes you think of your summer vacation... instead of the upcoming colder weather!

Our Hippie Van has 'so much happen'in, man...' check out the sea gull cooking breakfast! The roof is packed with beach umbrellas and chairs, the dog is waiting in the front seat for us to GO! Sausages on the grill out there, stuff buried in the sand... and that post of directional signs pointing to the surf, and rentals... this needs to hang in your summer house! Offered as a chart, it joins The North Pole, and a Windmill as Bothy's newest Cut Thru designs!

Mill Hill has licensed the artwork of Jim Shore and charted his designs into cross stitch! The first three publications are here, and they are stunning! Offered in leaflet form, each is stitched with DMC flosses and embellished with Mill Hill beads and MH's Jim Shore buttons.

Santa's workshop finishes approx 12 x 15, Harvest Trio finishes approx 5 x 12, and Awaken finishes approx 8 x 10. So colorful and pretty, we've packaged the beads and buttons together if you need them!

This is a set of miniature wool candle mats... all created with our Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed wools!!! NO Cross Stitches involved... no sewing machines... these are tiny 10-inch round mini-mats -- doilies -- if you will. Designed to be Straight Stitched out of wool pieces... think about Punch Needle for these! Offered as the line drawings, they are PERFECT for punch, as well as the wool!

Little Stitchies 136 Chicks Candle Mat Pattern from Bareroots -- click to see more

Now, in most Primitive-Stitch wool projects, you Blanket Stitch everything together. Blanket gets confusing when you run out of thread and turn corners... but these aren't like that! These just use little TACK STITCHES to attach everything! Look at the little chicks -- you can really see what I mean on that one!

These are absolutely the most charming little things! You'll need a 1/4 cut of Weeks wool for your background piece... choose black, it's the 1/2-inch piece showing as the outside border. Then, we sell *millions* of Schnigglet pieces -- 8 x 8-ish in size -- and several of those are all you need for all the cut-outs! If you're going to punch instead... use a 3 strand needle... or even a 6 stand for the background!

Little Stitchies 144 Firecrackers Candle Mat Pattern from Bareroots -- click to see more

Absolutely nothing to do with Cross Stitch... I fell in LOVE with these when I saw them... I couldn't help myself, and I bought them all!!! Offered as actual sized line drawings ready to be traced and cut out. Wool Combination 'recipe of colors' also included. 1/4 Yard wool cuts run $18 each... Schnigglet cuts $3.50 each.Use the Comments Box to tell us if you want wool... and for which pieces! Or just go to our Weeks Wool page and go for it!

The last in the Summer Snapperland set is finally here! Sorry we don't have a nicer image of the entire thing, but we'll get one up as soon as we finish our own model. The first design is darling... it's a tiny beach house, complete with a whale weathervane and little red crab on the sandy beach!

Offered as the small individual card, there are snap embellishments included for the each design. As with Spring and Winter Snapperland, Bent Creek has designed a really neat border chart, so that you can stitch all four designs in this mini-set as one bigger design. That border design reads, 'Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.' Along with the sunshine and shells, there are seahorses in the border design as well, and the special embellishment package contains more snaps, clay sand dollars and a sea scallop. (We'll have a nicer image up of the whole thing as soon as our own model is finished.)

Stitched on 32ct Rue Green Belfast Linen... each design finishes approx 3 x 3. Stitched together with the freebie border, the entire piece finishes approx 5 x 15. SOOO cute!

Bent Creek is releasing a new design, primitive and patriotic, just in time for the summer! Americana Angel is floating amidst the stars... she's funky and slightly 'askew!' We decided her cheeks really look like she's carrying a skein of floss between her teeth... a stitcher after our own hearts!!

Included with the chart is the 32ct Natural Linen, Crescent Colours overdyed flosses, star embellishments and the needle. Ms Angel finishes approx 5 x 5, and will be offered as a limited edition kit... I imagine 2000 copies... till she's gone. So... don't wait for her to 'land'... get her while she's 'Flying By!'

This is the cutest one of these! Check out those little doodle-ladybugs on there! Finishing a whopping 2 x 19... this whole set has been fun, because it's perfect to hang on that skinny wall everybody has between two door frames! The other three Soapboxes are pictured on the back cover, so when you get this, check your stash, and make sure you have the other three! You could even get industrious, and stitch all four side by side on one chunk of fabric, add some clay buttons, and make quite an impressive piece! Summer Soapbox is presented as a leaflet.

Lizzie Kate is offering a limited edition release of 1000 of this patriotic & nautical piece! Sweet Land of Liberty... it is stitched on 32ct Confederate Gray Belfast Linen with bits of overdyeds from your stash. Embellishments include a tiny Liberty Bell charm and 9 little white micro-buttons.

Available only while the 1000 last, it finishes approx 2-1/4 x 6-1/2, and is a quick stitch of Sky and Twilight blue, Ohio Lemon Pie, Louisiana Hot Sauce red and Whitewash! Sounds very Americana! Kit includes the chart, linen, charm and buttons.

Blue Ribbons's newest checkerboard design, this one is stuffed full on 'teeny-weeny beachy' things!!! Mixed in between the alphabet, you'll find sand castles, fish, mermaids, a bikini, sun tan lotion, a camera, octopus, beach ball, sun glasses, a cool tropical drink, flip flops and sea shells, palm trees, a sea horse, a flamingo, sail boats... I'm going on and on!!!

Darling, it is offered as a chart, and finishes approx 9 x 10 on 32ct. Stitched in Crescent Colours overdyeds or regular DMCs... the border is worked in Fishbone Stitch, and I bet you can find lots of other places to add other fun stitches and a few cute embellishments! Cute and different!

A third companion to the Village and Houses of Hawk Run Hollow, this is another exquisite piece by Kathy Barrick. 12 Blocks of nautical flavor... you can stitch them all together, or choose a block or two that is a favorite. Every block is a little work of art by itself! Mermaids, fish, anchors, tall ships, and that awesome seaside house, there is always something new to discover when you look at this piece!

Breathtaking stitched on any fabric you choose, this finishes approx 15 x 20-1/2 on 40ct or 14 x 18-1/2 on 36ct Vintage Autumn Gold by Lakeside Linens. Stitched in either DMC floss or Needlepoint Inc silks, it uses 32 colors -- so many lovely shades of blues and teals, crisp whites, weathered reds and grays... I absolutely LOVE it!

Offered as a chart, we have two different Lakeside linen counts available... and many other fabric options, as well, along with the silks (should arrive in a week or so) or flosses!

Summer Garden from Country Cottage Needleworks

Cherry Hill from Country Cottage Needleworks -- click to see more

Oh... this is so pretty! A balanced little row of organized summer flowers... do you think the kitty knows the rabbit is hiding between them? Offered as a chart, this is stitched on 32ct Waterlily linen in 18 luscious shades of regular DMC floss! Finishes approx 5 x 10. So cheerful!

Cherry Hill
This is a sweet piece stitched in both Crescent and DMC flosses. Finishing approx 6 x 6 on a 28ct cream, I love the dusty pink and green shades!

One 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.

Flamingoes, 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!

Quite a commanding piece, this is a medley of patriotic designs by Little House Needleworks that fits beautifully together nestled in a Crescent Colours frame. Stitched on 30ct hand-dyed linen (we have several Weeks shades that are awesome!), each block is a single design all by itself... and some are garnished with clay buttons as well.

Offered as a Special Release Kit, it includes the chart, clay pack of 6 buttons, and 11 complete skeins of Crescent Colours hand-dyed flosses! Finishing approx 11 x 13 on the 30ct, it fits into Crescent's navy blue frame beautifully.

It's framed in The Family Tree Co's (a busy little division of Crescent Colours!) Beatrice 12 x 15 frame, with their 'timeworn' finish in the 'blackbird' color. Perfect! Great colors, lots of color definition, a VERY nice piece... this is a *definite!*

A verse taken from 'Under the Stars' by William Rice, Diane has set it to an endearing needlework design! Using pretty overdyeds, this is charted for either Crescent Colours Belle Soie Silk or cotton flosses, and finishes approx 6-1/2 x 11 on 28ct linen.

Red for brave hearts, white for peace... the colors and design are perfect for a family room, and I think the finished piece would make an awesome gift! Offered as the chart.

Take a peek at these, and remember a favorite vacation, or special weekend off somewhere! (Actually, these remind me of some of my favorite movies, too!) There are red and white wines -- Italy or California? Tropical Hideaway is the hotel patio that overlooks the ocean! Lakeside Retreat is that cabin somewhere slightly cool, Seaside Sampler reminds you of everything wet, while On The Range reminds me of the movie 'City Slickers!'

Offered as complete kits of the 14ct Perforated Paper, flosses and tons of Mill Hill beads and a button or two, they measure approx 5 x 5 when stitched. Our shop models are always on 28ct linen, because we like to make these into small, hanging cabinet-pull pillows. BUT... think about stitching these on the paper to frame next to a fav trip shot? Or front of the trip scrapbook??? In the pics, you'll notice the small decorations on the frames... those are the companion beaded ornament kits, also new, that compliment this set!

Here is the 2007 set of small ornament/pin kits by Mill Hill. Really, really nice, generic designs, they go with the larger Button & Bead kits, also freshly released! The tiny Tuscan cottage is pretty, the wine glass would make a DARLING wine bottle decoration for a special gift. Kitty and Dog are always popular. The sailboat is awesomely contemporary, and the western boot is SO Oklahoma... those Mill Hill gals in Wisconsin have no idea how much these Oklahomans love their boots! (However, I too, am from WI... and don't own any cowboy boots!!!... even though I've lived in Oklahoma for 25 years!)

Anyway, these 2 x 3-ish inch kits come complete with the pattern, paper, beads and necessary flosses. Quite a good value, they are really fun to stitch, and require only scissors to cut them out for finishing! Think about these for neat scrapbook ideas, or something fun to attach to a favorite picture frame as an added embellishment!

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