Kathy Barrick Page 2

Model stitched over two on 36 Ct Doubloon from Picture This Plus using Needlepoint Silks. The frame was a custom made one at their local craft store. Stitch count 155 x 149. Fabric size needed 15"x15". Finished Size is 8.61 in wide X 8.28 in high.

Model stitched on 36 Ct Relic using Needlepoint Inc silk. Stitch count is 95W x 119H.

Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Sand using Needlepoint Inc. Silk. Stitch count: 152W x 201H. Design size: 8 3/8" x 11 1/8"

Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Heartland using Needlepoint Inc. Silk. Stitch Count: 140W x 192H. Design Size: 7" x 9 1/2"

Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Beige linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 156W x 164H. Design Size: 8 5/8" x 9"

"I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions." Model stitched on 36 Ct. Beige Linen with Needlepoint Silks. The design is worked over 2 threads and also over 1 thread for the girl's face. Stitch Count: 112W x 110H

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a beatiful swan with ocean themed imagery around it. Inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe quote featured on the design "And the sea it hath my treasure and the sea it hath my love".

This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox and Rabbit with NPI silk floss. The stitch count is 158 x 175 and the finished size is 7.9" x 8.75".

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring quilt blocks but done in cross stitch! Note from the designer, "I've done two versions of this design, both the same size, but using different color palettes and mixing up the squares a bit. I find the darker version to be more dramatic and the lighter version... Read more about Quilt Squares - Cross Stitch Pattern

How cozy is this?! Santa filling the stockings in a room full of samplers!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Linen using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch Count: 150 Wide by 160 High. Finished size is 7.5" x 8".

Ocean Blue stocking was stitched and finished by Rindy Richards. Rindy is SO good at these stockings!! She even added tiny pearls to the very bottom of the stocking around the treasure chest. Perfect! Check out that whale!!

The stocking is stitched on 40 Ct. Arctic from Picture This Plus... Read more about Ocean Blue Stocking - Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

I found these sweet small frames at my local Michael's Store about a year ago and knew they needed samplers. I immediately posted a photo of them on Instagram encouraging stitchers to grab them up. I hope many of them did! In November I designed these sweet birth samplers and love how they look... Read more about Birth Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

I was invited to join the XStitch the Rainbow team and design a piece using the Night Garden palette. Each designer was assigned the same ThreadworX colors and a maximum size piece to design. And this is what I designed!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Wheat from Fiber on a Whim using Threadworx threads. Stitch count is 59 x 60. Finished size is 2.95" x 3".

This design is called "Happiness" and it weirdly/oddly/strangely/a little bit is a self portrait. Feeding all the wild animals in my back yard brings me such joy. And while I don't have squirrels climbing up my skirts, they are starting to recognize me when I'm outside feeding them! ... Read more about Happiness - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is another Christmas collaboration by Liz and me!

This design is stitched on 40-Count linen Weeks Dye Works threads. The Stitch Count is 114 Wide by 143 High.

I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more about Cookie Cutters 1 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Originally, I planned for these to be included in the Animals sampler design above, but the project quickly grew into something to big to be included in that chart pack.

These designs are so fun and can be stitched in any color, on any linen, and finished in any way possible! Each pincushion has a Stitch Count of: 74 Wide by 52 High. FOr Camels and Tigers needs DMC0313.

I absolutely could not resist doing more Cookie Cutters! When I designed Vibrant Flowers this past winter, I designed another version that was much larger and contained tons of flowers. So, when it came time to design Cookie Cutters, I knew exactly what to do! The finish on these are a bit more... Read more about Cookie Cutters 3 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design uses the same cat shape as I used in my Cat & Mouse design a long time ago! This cat, however, is all dressed up for Halloween!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit using one strand of Needlepoint Silk over two threads of linen. Cross stitch is used throughout with the exception of one French Knot. Stitch count: 131x145.

Model stitched on 36ct. Beige linen from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. The tiny pumpkin on the top was made using "Onion Skin" velveteen from Lady Dot Creates Stitch count is 170W x 78H.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a brown fish owl with the alphabet!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using DMC floss. Stitch count is 147 x 223.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a white moth!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Sand from Fiber on a Whim using NPI floss. Stitch count is 197 x 110.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a Christmas tree and the phrase "Wrought with a needle in my hand December 25 1834 Sophia Jane Minor. Happy Christmas to all"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Sand from Fiber on a Whim using DMC floss. Stitch count is 146 x 177.

Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Wren using Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 86W x 130H. Design Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"

Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Havana using Needlepoint Inc. Silks and Silk N Colors. Stitch Count: 246W x 318H. Design Size: 12 1/4" x 15 7/8".

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Meadow Rue linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 102x114.

Model stitched on 40 ct Maritime White from Lakeside Linens using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count 106x153.

"Mary Cotton Her Work in the year 1827." Model stitched over two threads on 40 Count Light Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Needlepoint inc Silks. Stitch Count: 213W x 195W.

Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Mocha using DMC floss. Stitch count 58x173.

Model stitched on 40 Ct. Wren by Picture this Plus over two using DMC floss. Stitch count 88x151.

"Repeat the sounding joy."

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Fossil linen by Picture This Plus with NPI Silks. Stitch Count: 200 x 162 and the finished size is 10" x 8.1".

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Havana by Weeks Dye Works with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 133W x 74H.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Legacy linen from Picture This Plus with Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 155W x 146H.

This fun design centers around the 1929 song, Dance Around in Your Bones. I couldn't resist! This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit using Needlepoint Silk. Cross stitch, French Knots and straight stitches are used in this design, as are a bit of cross stitch over one thread. The stitch count is: 129 Wide by 178 High.

I so loved the verse on the original Good Intentions design, I wanted to use it again! And I wanted it to be entirely different, and this one is! Ive designed two versions of the same design. One is a sampler stitched on 40-Count Seaweed linen from Fox and Rabbit, and the other is a pin drum... Read more about Good Intentions Revisited - Cross Stitch Pattern

I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more about Cookie Cutters 2 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Years and years ago, I designed a piece called Pennsylvania Pinwheel. It was a Carriage House samplings design and a few months ago I saw a photo of it on someone's blog and loved the motion I saw in the design. I just had to recreate that feeling!

The sampler version of this design is... Read more about Caught in the Swirl - Cross Stitch Pattern

This was a fun piece to design! I'm all about animals and can't seem to use them enough!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Thornfield from Needle & Flax using Needlepoint Silks. The Stitch Count is: 112 Wide by 143 High.

This design is called Well Hidden and features a sweet deer hanging out with his buddy in a birch forest. It's totally me!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Sand from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. The stitch count is 143 Square.

Elisabeth LeConte, 1786 is a reproduction of an antique sampler I found here in Maryland. This was a teaching piece at the 2023 Sunshine Stitchers Retreat in Florida last spring.

My reproduction is stitched on 40-Count Hawthorne linen from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. The stitch count is 197 Wide by 167 High.

Same shapes, different designs and colors! I absolutely could not resist doing more Cookie Cutters! When I designed Vibrant Flowers this past winter, I designed another version that was much larger and contained tons of flowers. So, when it came time to design Cookie Cutters, I knew exactly what... Read more about Cookie Cutters 4 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a lovely sampler with the phrase "Let the beauty of Autumn fill your heart with peace and joy"!

This piece was stitched on 40-Count linen using Needlepoint Silks. The Stitch Count is 197 Wide by 197 High.

This design is the first Mother-Daughter collaboration by Liz (Hello From Liz Mathews) and me. It was so much fun to do!

It is stitched on 40-Count linen using Needlepoint Silks. The Stitch Count is 187 Wide by 128 High.

Santa and his reindeer are enjoying a bit of down time up in the starry sky!

This design is stitched on 40 ct Sapphire linen from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silk threads. The stitch count is 183 Wide by 166 High. Finished size on 40 ct is 9 1/8" x 8 1/4".

I've been wanting to do a small sampler with an antique look and finally did it!

The sampler is stitched on 40-Count Sapphire linen from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count is 77 x 63. Finished size is 3.85" x 3.15".

These pincushion make for a great quick stitch! Each is done in a different color-way to give stitchers options.

Both are stitched on 40-Count Wheat linen from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. The M. Lake pincushion has a stitch count of 81 Wide by 47 High. Finished size is 4.05 in wide X 2.35 in high.

I honestly wasn't planning to do another tombstone angel design, but when I saw an image of an early tombstone with the phrase "Nip't in the Bud" on it, I knew I had do another. It truly touches my heart.

Both are stitched on 40-Count linen using one strand of Needlepoint Silk... Read more about Nip't in the Bud - Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern

A quick and sweet stitch for Halloween!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Wheat from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. Cross stitch with a few French knots are used throughout. Stitch Count: 59 Wide by 59 High. Finished size is 3" x 3".

Santa took off his boots before standing on his reindeer's back to hang the moon for the evening!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Wheat from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch Count: 99 Wide by 169 High. Finished size is 4.95" x 8.45".