It's Spring Time - that means freshly cut flowers, birdhouses, and leisurely days spent in the garden. Model stitched on 28 Ct. Light Rose Lugana with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 89W x 112H.
Model stitched over one thread on 25 Ct. White Dublin linen using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 350W x 529H. Finished Size: 14" x 21"
Please use 1 strand of floss or 2 depending on your coverage preference. You may also use the tent stitch or full crosses depending on your preference.
This is a large project that will offer many hours of stitching pleasure!
"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than cherries." Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Putty Linen by Weeks Dye Works using Valdani Vintage Hues Sampler Collection. Stitch count: 137W x 108H. Finihsed Size: 10" x 8"
Model stitched using two over two on 32 Ct. Belfast Linen with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count: 277W X 33H. Design Size: 18" x 3"
Mother's Garden, full of flowers and blackbirds! Suggested fabric is 30ct Irish Cream. Stitch count: 119w x 201h. Finished size is approx. 7.93 in wide X 13.4 in high on 30 ct.
"Garden Goddess", "Kitchen Goddess", "Domestic Goddess." Models stitched on 28 Ct. White Cashel linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count for each designs: 108x44. Design Size: 8" x 4" Color charts.
Model stitched over two, except the bees are stitched over one using a tent stitch. Stitched on 40 Ct. Putty linen by Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and Gentle Arts Sampler threads. Stitch count 119x69.
Reproduction of a previously discontinued pattern. Model stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Bayleaf Jobelan using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 82H x 250W. Design Size: 5 1/8" x 15 5/8"
Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Samplar featuring a sampler with the phrase "Please bless these seeds I sow. Keep them safe in the ground below until the rain comes tumbling down"!
This design is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthrone's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter" in which Dr. Rappaccini cultivates a beautiful but deadly garden filled with wonderous plants. Inspired by this story, I "gathered" plants from my own life and experience and put them together with... Read more
"Despite the dreary weather today, this teenage witch is having fun with gardening! She loves the seemingly harmless yet carnivorous plants that are all over the place, with pots and seeds scattered everywhere. Oh, and let's not forget, those big pumpkins are almost ready for Halloween."
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Cross stitch pattern from Robin Pickens featuring beautiful flowers designed for the Rainbow Night Garden SAL!
Pattern is stitched on 28 count Kiwi Linen from Fiber on a Whim using Threadworx threads. Stitch count is 54 wide x 56 high. Finished size is 1.93 in wide X 2 in high.
"I have a garden of my own, but so with roses overgrown, and lilies that you would it guess, to be a little wilderness." Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Vintage Country Mocha Belfast with Needlepoint Silk Inc. (or DMC floss 729, 502, 500, 902, 3726, 3727, 930, 932, 3862, 782, 676, 640). Stitch Count: 239W x 239H. Design Size: 15" x 15".
"Blossom by blossom, the Spring begins." Part 3 in the 12 part My Garden Journal Series. Each of the designs are perfect to stitch alone, but can also be stitched as one large piece on 40 Ct. Lambswool linen. Stitch count as one piece would be 379W x 302H.
Note from the designer: "A sweet trio of smalls based on a teeny vintage sewing kit in my collection - there is a soft tray, a berry, and a needle book. The berry and needle book were a club project from 2020; this chartpak adds a third piece to that original pair."
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Vintage Country Mocha, Light Mocha, or Raw linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 117W x 177H. Design Size: 8" x 12"
This is the 6th design in the "Home Is" series. The inspiration for this bright and cheery addition comes from a dear friend's garden and the photos she has shared over the years.
Pattern is stitched on 32 Ct Linen using DMC, Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch Count: 96 x 128.
Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... Read more
In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:
There is so much going on in this fascinating English sampler that it's hard to know where to begin looking. Apart from the somewhat conventional Adam and Eve at the top center, adorable flying cherubs flank them and the apple tree, bearing gold rings and sprays of flowers. The verse is as... Read more
Delicate and colorful sampler filled with insects, flowers and fruit! Standard DMC colors are used for this pattern. Pattern is shown in easy-to-read full color blocks with symbols. Stitch count is 96 x 99.
Cross stitch pattern from Stacy Nash Primitives featuring a sweet litle drum and needle kep with lots of specialty stitches.
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Winter Wren from Fox and Rabbit using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 160 x 67 and 67 x 67. Finished sizes are 8.89 in wide X 3.72 in high and 3.72 in wide X 3.72 in high
Model stitched over two on 28 Ct. Rit Dyed with Evening Blue and Tea/Coffee dunked Evenweave using Classic Colorworks (or DMC floss 3865, 310, 3733, 931, 721, 320, 347, 729, 935, 642, 543). Stitch Count: 98x70. Design Size: 7" x 5"
Break out the sunscreen and head to the garden! I brought in some flowers and garden plants, as well as a few animal companions to celebrate the joys of gardening. So far we haven't shared our lettuce with the rabbits, but I expect they'll find it one of these days.
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Mocha Weeks Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 139W X 106H. Finished size: 10 x 8".
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring a rabbit getting ready for spring gardening! Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa linen with Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss. Stitch Count:65W x 94H. Finished size: 4 1/3" x 6 1/4".
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa Week Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works, Valdani and DMC floss. Also Required, but not listed above 1 Ball of H206 Washed Orange, 1 Ball of P2 Olive Green, and 1 ball of O524 Maroon Moss. Stitch Count: 145 X 81. Finished size: 9.5 x 5.5".