Autumn is my favorite season. The colors are stunning, the air is crisp, and everything is just a bit cozier. This little design is my ode to the season.
The model is stitched on 32 count Winter Moon linen by Zweigart using a single strand of wool floss by The Gentle Arts. The pillow is... Read more
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Glory to God in the highest! So the angels sang to the shepherds 2000 years ago, and so we still sing today. Gloria is the third pattern in our Christmas carol smalls series, and is our take on Angels We Have Heard on High.
This pattern is executed mostly in cross... Read more
Some time in the late 18th century 12 year old Agnes Mitchell stitched a beautiful Scottish sampler in red and green. We have reproduced her sampler as "Agnes Mitchell Aged 12." As we were working on that reproduction, we decided to create a smaller Christmas sampler inspired by Agnes, so... Read more
We don't know much for certain about Agnes. The one family that seems to ?t the the initials included in this sampler, does not have a child named Agnes. If this is truly the family that she lived with, then her sampler dates no later than 1793. It is possible that she is a niece or a ward to... Read more
Communication is never an easy thing whether between friends, family, or (maybe especially) people on the internet. A few years ago, our children's youth group came up with these rules for communication among members. Within a solid community, no question is out of bounds, listening is crucial,... Read more
All of my life I have associated the phrase "sweet land of liberty" with a romantic view of the family farm. (I grew up in the midwest on a farm, though not as a farmer, so maybe that's why.) This pattern is a nod to that association.
The model was stitched on 40-count Americana... Read more