Fire Dragon Progress

Lee-Ann, out model stitcher, just sent us a picture of the progress she's made on the Fire Dragon. She's doing an amazing job. Plus she's quick! ;)

Tiny Turtle Crochet Bookmark

I know I should be cross stitching on my St. Patrick's Sampler design but I came across this little guy and got side tracked. Mike loves turtles and I had to make this for him. As you tell by the picture, he's a little lopsided. He still needs 2 legs but I ran out of thread :(

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A couple of days ago we released Valentine Square. In the last few days we've been busy with other holidays. Above are previews of St. Patrick's Square & Easter Square. We've been trying to keep them all around 5.3" to 5.7" on 18 count. Other holidays are coming soon!

New Release Valentine Square

Stitched all in one color of floss on red Aida, this Valentine design really "jumps" out at you. A tiny border of hearts separates the design into four squares. In each square is symbol of things associated with Valentine's day, such as roses, candy, hearts, love, and sending Valentines.
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Come on Spring!

  It's supposed to be 2 degrees tonight with a wind chill of 10 below. Brrr! We cannot wait for spring! Here's a peek at 3 of many new designs that I've been stitching on to help chase away the winter blues. I just love the color of the 14 count Summer Yellow aida (picture doesn't do it justice) and wanted to design something to stitch on it. When I look at the deep yellow it made me think of sunflowers. Since the fabric is so bright I thought using one color would really stand out. It ended up being so "fun" to design and stitch we couldn't stop so now we've got a whole series of these! :)  We're still picking out fabrics for the rest of the flowers. Hopefully we all start to see the Daffodils coming up soon!

Mike is on a Dragon kick!

Mike took over the computer last night and this morning to do some designing. He is on a Chinese dragon kick right now so he has got rough drafts of 5 new designs! The dragons are each a different color with a Chinese symbol inside. There is Earth, Fire, Galaxy/Universe, Water, and Stone dragons.

New Releases! Field of Hearts and Irish St. Patty's Day

Two new releases for the Counted Wishes Festival! Just in time for Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day. 

 

First in a new series of kits is Field of Hearts Pincushion.

  The design if full of red, pink, and white hearts. Embellished with beads, Kreinik, and 3 exclusive heart pins. (shown to the right)

Makes a great gift! Quick stitch with a stitch count is 29 x 29. This is a limited edition kit.

Kit includes 28ct. Dirty linen, DMC & Kreinik blending filament, Mill Hill beads, exclusive pattern, 2.5" flower pot (unpainted-you paint the color you desire), and three 1.25" tall heart pins. There is a limited amount of these kits available. Materials needed but NOT included: paint (your choice) for the flowerpot,
2.5" Styrofoam ball (used in model) or cotton batting to fill pot and stick pins in, glue or pins to secure the design if using Styrofoam ball.

  

Irish St. Patty's Day

This design has "La Fheile Padraig"(Irish for St. Paytrick's Day) written in stylish old english style. The words are set off by the sparkling shamrock border. Stitched in 2 colors of DMC and 1 color of Kreinik. Chart only. 

Approx Finished Size : 9.4" x 5.6"
Stitch Count: 131 x 79
Floss: DMC & Kreinik blending filament
Fabric: 14ct white aida
Item Number: #006
Stitches Used: cross stitch & backstitch