Four Letter Words - Hope is the last in my Four Letter Words series. The four words are Give, Grow, Love, and Hope. Each of the four designs uses the same colors. If your customers are interested in doing all four designs, I recommend they get two skeins each of Mountain Mist, Brandy, Americana,... Read more
Celebrate the beginning of the giving season with this intricate monochrome design featuring words from a favorite Thanksgiving hymn. This easy to kit up project will be a customer favorite.
stitched on 40 count fabric using Au Ver A Soie floss. Stitch count is 259 x 91. Finished size is 12.95" x 4.55".
Note from designer: Love is the third offering in my Birds of Color Series and this one focuses on the color red. What bird better represents the color red than the cardinal and his lovely female counterpart? As with other colors, the color red represents several different meanings including anger,... Read more
Summer is here and we're going to the beach in the last of the Sunshine seasonal series. Come stitch and enjoy the sunshine mandala and build a sandcastle while the gulls fly overhead.
stitched on 40 count fabric using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversion included. Stitch count is 79 x 88. Finished size is 5.1" x 5.05".
Blue Velvet is a design for all of the blue lovers out there. It features gorgeous, bold borders alongside design elements that have the feel of old-fashioned wallpapers. This design uses only four colors of blue variegated cottons, creating a beautiful tapestry of stitching that your customers will... Read more
Love is the third part in my Four Letter Words series, following Give and Grow which were released earlier this year. Featuring cool greens and blues and warm golds, this series give words of encouragement in sweet, floral displays, sure to be a hit with your customers. The fourth and last part of... Read more
Winter Sunshine is a part of a series that has fun with mandala motifs acting as the "sun" in each design. Winter focuses on the whites, blues and grays of the winter season, with the swirls giving a blustery feel, blowing snowflakes through the air.
My new Four Letter Words series is a fun twist on what we usually think of as four letter words. This series celebrates positive words, set in small square designs in soft shades of blues, golds and greens. This series of four different words will release throughout the year, approximately once a... Read more
Rose Lejeune 1900 is a reproduction of an antique French Sampler. Rose was 12 years old when she finished stitching this sampler on June 24, 1900. She loved the color pink, and that color shines in this sampler! While the pink I chose from Cottage Garden Threads isn't quite as bright as what... Read more
Some days can be tough, and some days are great. On the tough days, I find I have to remind myself that I am living a wonderful life and have much for which to be grateful. Designing this piece helped me focus on the things I love about my life and the little things that make me happy and give me... Read more
Welcome to my Winter Wonderland, where the world is blanketed in delicate snowflakes in shades of blue, rather than white, and the pines stand quiet watch over the world. My fabulous finisher, Maria Kutzner, finished this as a fun scissor pocket, but it would be equally adorable as a little pillow.
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Hello Fall is the beginning of a four-part seasonal series that will be releasing over the next year. Hello Fall features the soft colors of fall against a brilliant blue "sky". These little bite-sizes squares are fast and fun to stitch, creating a wonderful small for your customers to add... Read more
The Summer Meadow Sampler is bursting with flowers, bugs and birds - all of the beautiful bits of nature one can find in a summer meadow. Stitched on a "dirt-colored" fabric, this sampler will bring these beautiful parts of nature into your home.
Four Letter Words - Grow is the second in my Four Letter Words series. The four words are Give, Grow, Love, and Hope. Each of the four designs uses the same colors. Give was released at Market. Love and Hope will be released later this year. If your customers are interested in doing all four... Read more
My Vintage ABCs of Christmas Book is a compilation inspired by my previously released Vintage Christmas Alphabet Ornament series. In the book, you will find a big design of all of the ornaments combined, named The Vintage ABCs of Christmas. The ornament designs have been modified a bit to fit the... Read more
This sweet design is bursting with spring color. This is part of a seasonal series, all of which feature a large corner mandala-style design and motifs representative of the season. Winter has already been released. Look for the remaining seasons coming out later this year.
CRS 1713 is done! What a ride! Part 4 consists of fun borders and small alphabets. Part 4 is a lot smaller than the previous two parts and stitches up very quickly.
Pattern is stitched on Mason Linen Antique Button Med. Dark 46 ct. Stitch count is 160 x 193. The overall stitch count for the entire piece is 160 x 874. Finished size is 7 x 8.4 for 46 count fabric.
Jan Hicks creates the design "CRS 1713", an antique sampler from the Saxon region of Germany. The original stitcher is known by the initials CRS.
Jan has released the sampler in three parts, making the stitching process manageable. The total stitch count for all three parts is 160 x 874.
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Fall Sunshine is the first in a seasonal series of smalls featuring mandalas. Fall Sunshine is stitched in gorgeous jewel-toned over-dyed flosses. As always, I provide a DMC conversion in the chart as well. This design was previously released in the fall issue of Punch Needle and Primitive Stitcher... Read more
Jan Hicks creates the design "CRS 1713", an antique sampler from the Saxon region of Germany. The original stitcher is known by the initials CRS.
Jan has released the sampler in three parts, making the stitching process manageable. The total stitch count for all three parts is 160 x 874.
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Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring a colorful crow sitting on a branch!
Model is stitched on 40 ct Button Box Dark linen by Mason Linens using Weeks Dye Works and The Gentle Arts threads, with DMC conversion provided. Stitch count is 80w x 80h.
Note from designer: Colors of Mexico is an adaptation/reproduction of an antique Mexican sampler. I chose colors from both the back and the front of the sampler. This is a gorgeous, colorful, fun design with such a variety of borders and motifs that it is never boring. It also has a beautiful... Read more
Note from designer: I am happy to introduce the next in my Florigaphica 2 series, Iris. This series shows off variegated threads to their best advantage and uses a combination of Cottage Garden Threads, Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts. I have also provided a conversion from the Cottage Garden... Read more
The burgundy model is stitched on 40 ct Old Stationary by Seraphim Hand-dyed Fabrics using one strand of floss over two linen threads. The green model is stitched on 40 ct Stony Brook by Hobby House Dye Company also using one strand of floss over 2 linen threads. Stitch count is 253w x 239h.
Continuing the celebration of the beauty that comes with diversity, I am happy to share Love is Love with you, celebrating the many marginalized communities around the world. This flag represents the LGBT Progress Pride flag, and brings awareness and love to those marginalized groups in the LGBQT ... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring the Christmas themed letters E and D!
Model stitched on 40 ct. Legacy by Picture this Plus using DMC thread. Stitch count is 58 x 56 for D and 60 x 58 for E.
Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring a mixed media piece made of lace and fabric. The In My Heart cross stitch design brings together traditional elements with non-traditional Valentine's colors to give you a warm, antique look if you aren't so much into the reds and pinks.
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Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring an original sampler that started with the quote. The quote was built on, using traditional sampler motifs and decorative border designs, making this into a band sampler! "What is a home without a sampler"
Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring an idea of a peace-filled winter night. The title of this Christmas hymn came to my mind as I started to design it, and it all fell together from there. I knew I wanted some forest animals in the scene as well as a little cabin with candlelight... Read more
This sampler, which I have named the Sewing Box Sampler 1 because it and another were found in a sewing box, is of unknown date and origin. As you can see, there is no name or date on this sampler, and as you can see from the original, it was unfinished. Perhaps the stitcher meant to stitch her name... Read more
This is the second set in the Samplings of Lace series. These are stitched in NPI silks, the same colors used in Seasons in Lace - Fall. Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Vintage Country Mocha from Zweigert. Stitch Count for 1 (mandala, grapes and acorns): 68 x 67 Stitch Count for 2 (other pillow): 55 x 55 Stitch Count for 3 (Strawberry): 140 x 67.
Antonia Rosel y Garcia 1886 is a reproduction of an antique Spanish sampler.The Faded model is stitched on 40 ct Antique Lace by Seraphim Hand-dyed Fabrics using one strand of the silks over two linen threads. The Bright is stitched on 36 ct Affogato by Fibers on a Whim using one strand of silk over... Read more