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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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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???!

Quite a lavish vase of late summer blossoms, this punches a generous 4 x 8. The three center flowers could almost be antique buttons instead of punching, they would look awesome tacked onto this tiny penny-rug inspired piece!

Offered as the design pre-stamped onto the Weaver's cloth.
(Not to be confused with #116 Indian Summer!)

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!

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!

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.

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?

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.

Well... I'm not sure if I've ever seen a snowlady fairy before! If you have trouble with that... change the head and wings!

Finishes approx 6 x 6 on 36ct, luscious DMC colors of the 640's, 3011's, touches of 3776... just really muted, mangy and antique-y, yummy colors!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

One of With Thy Needle's three newest punch needle designs, this one is a little egg basket! A 4 x 4 punched area of a chocolate bunny in the garden, you can back it, and finish it like a tiny basket to hold one very special egg! Offered as the design stamped onto weaver's.
Labor of Love
Farmers in the Spring Garden!!! Finishes approx 5-1/2 x 6-1/4.
Easter Egg Hunt
Charming Bunny Family beneath the spring trellis of vines! Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 7-1/2.

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 from With Thy Needle & Thread - click to see more

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.

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!

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!

Brenda's second new cross stitch design, this fat little bunny -- undoubtedly full, after eating out of your garden -- reminds you to plant his little bag of new seeds this Spring!!!

Stitched on anything you like, the complete finishing instructions describe lining fabrics to use, old buttons to get, and guides you through the coffee dying process to get the old and mangy look!!! Offered as a chart, this uses good ol' DMC floss!

I love this old fashioned look in a patriotic theme! Reminds me of 'Faded Glory' and summertime, ice cream and fireworks!!! Brenda Gervais has 5 new punch designs... a Springtime and two Christmas, along with these two... all offered as the design stamped onto weaver's cloth, ready to punch.

Liberty and Sam are approx 5 x 5 each, and punched in gorgeous burgundy, denim, cream and taupe colors. Her finishing is cool, too, as it is a distressed wooden paddle to hang on the wall. Find a fun shape, get some really grungy crackle-paint, a little sandpaper for extra grunge, and your paddle will look great!

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.

Charming old Uncle Sam is here... he finishes approx 4 x 5, very primitive in flavor. His beard has been fluffed a little, they suggest wool roving and a felting needle, but you could punch with Medici or Wisper and fluff to get the same effect. Great colors and a neat subject!
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.
First Thanksgiving
Finishing approx 4-1/2 x 5-1/2, I love the little turkey down there in with the pumpkins! Definitely the companion to Pumpkin Hollow.
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.

A fat snowman skating in the moonlight! He's holding the moon! Finishes approx 4-1/2 x 6.
Three Lit'l Mittens
Three darling little mitten designs, perfect for ornaments, each is presented on it's OWN piece of weaver's cloth. The models are topped with a simple length of fluffy yarn.
Santa's Farm
Santa is readying the reindeer! Finishes approx 5 x 5.

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!
She Seeketh Wool
Finishing approx 5 x 6, this is a gentle shepherdess pic, with stylized flowers gracing the background. Very Charming, a touch of Country French!
Have Ye Any Wool
The classic, complacent sheep... he's elegant against his burgundy and persimmon background... and the teal/denim penny rug details around him look like his show ribbons! Have Ye finishes approx 3 x 4-1/2.

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!"
Mr Cotton Tail
Finishes approx 5 x 5

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