Our design made the back cover!

We were super excited when we received our copy of Just Cross Stitch Halloween Collection 2011 and turned it over and saw our Candy Corn Buddy on the back cover! He's the one that's shaped like a candy corn and circled in red :) 

 He's actually in the book a total of 4 times! 

Sorry. This is our first design that has been published by someone other than us. Can you tell we're excited!

New Halloween cat bellpulls!

This is the first bellpull in our new product line of metal stitching accessories and finishings. Click on picture to be taken to our website. Retail min is 1 bellpull. Wholesale is 2. This black cat bellpull is purr-fect for Halloween or any cat-lover!  Could also be used to hang a small towel.

Overall dimensions: 9" wide x 9 1/2" tall
Thickness: 1.024 mm
Slot for fabric: 4 1/2" x 3/8"

Made in the USA!

DMC & Buttons

 

We've got the DMC & button colors picked out for our newest design. Love these colors together. Now just have to get this thing stitched.

Retro Spots preview

 

Here's a preview of our newest design called Retro Spots. When Mike designed this, it originally started out as garden spots. I thought the design looked sort of retro so we picked out retro colors-turquoise, orange, brown, and white and went with that. As you can see it's not quite have way finished. Each square takes about 4 hours to stitch so I still have a bit of stitching to do.

June Vacation

I know it's been a while since we posted anything. June was a very busy month for us after taking off 10 days for a vacation.

 

The vacation was wonderful. We got to spend it with family in North Carolina on the Outter Banks. (keep an eye out for some beach/ocean patterns :0) I had only been to the ocean twice before. Once was just a quick stop on a mission trip...not long enough to swim. The 2nd was with my sister and a friend in April...to cold to swim. So this time it was nice and warm and we were there for an entire week so I finally got to swim in the ocean!

We stopped at the North Carolina Aquarium. It was much nicer to see the sharks from behind glass then out in person out in the ocean.

Mike, his dad & mom took a plane ride over the islands. I passed on the plane rid but he got some good pictures and that was good enough for me :)

One of the last evening we went to an outdoor drama Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island called The Last Colony. It was absolutely amazing and ended up being one of my favorite parts of the trip.

 Now we're back at work designing some new patterns. I'll try and post a few previews the next couple a days.

Patriotic Pincusion

As promised, here is a quick picture of the Patriotic Pincushion. The entire design is stitched in Kreinik threads. The new Hot Wire is great for adding dimension! We are working on the special pins for this. This will be released as a pattern only (no kit this time). Accessory packs will be available though.

We also have stitched a vintage version. This uses all Gentle Art threads except for black DMC for the "fuses". There are cute little glass stars attached for an extra dazzle.

Sneak Peek at Turtle Love

 

Bright Colors

 

Antique Colors

My husband loves turtles so I designed us a cute little wedding sampler for our 5th Anniversary. There is also a bright colors version that we had stitched in honor of my sister and her new husband. We should be getting these framed this coming week. We also have been working on another new pattern called Retro Spots. It's about 1/3 of the way finished. Lastly I got one version of the newest pincushion stitched this morning. I'll try to post a sneak peek of it as well within the next few days. All 3 new designs will be releasing in

June (hopefully before vacation :)