Some of My Finishes

Friday, September 28, 2012

Cocoa Snowmen - Joan Elliott

Design Works Crafts

Joan Elliott

Cocoa Snowman

32ct White Lugana

Threads from kit

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Victoria Sampler

Beautiful Finishing 1

Bellpulls

28ct white Zweigart Linen

Thread Pack from Victoria Sampler

Updated on Oct 15th, 2012 to show the finished bellpull.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Holiday Ornaments Series 1

Holiday Ornaments Series 1
American Quilt Collection
Laura Perin Designs
18ct mono canvas
Suggested threads

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Handblessings Pumpkins and Cornstalks

Pumpkins and Cornstalks
Handblessings
32 ct Chalice from Picture this Plus
DMC

Monday, September 03, 2012

Michael Powell's Lighthouse

Michael Powell
Lighthouse
28 ct White Lugana
Anchor Threads provided in kit

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Prairie Schooler and Periwinkle Promises

The chickadee is by The Prairie Schooler - Holiday Homestead

Finished on 28ct Antique Linen using DMC threads

The small sampler is by Periwinkle Cottages - Strawberry Jam

Finished on White Linen using the silk threads provided in the kit

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Santa

Santa
by
Janlynn
BIG Aida and yarn supplied in the kit

Friday, October 14, 2011

Shades of Autumn

Nancy's Needle

18ct canvas

Recommended threads

Monday, September 12, 2011

Snowflake Ornament #1

Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports, Inc

28 ct scrap of linen

Threadworx 1083

Mill Hill Beads

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Halloween Ghost

San-Man originals

JCS Sept/Oct 2010

32ct Wondering Ivy Jobelan

DMC

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Victorian Tea Rose Stocking 3 and 4

Heart Stocking

Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports

JCS December, 1995

28 ct scrap of linen

DMC

Heart Charm substituted with Snowflake Charm

Holly Stocking

Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports

JCS December, 1995

28 ct scrap of linen

DMC

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Victorian Tea Rose Stocking 2

Candle Stocking

Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports

Just Cross Stitch

December, 1995

DMC

28 ct Scrap of Linen

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Victorian Rose Stocking 1

Christmas Tree Stocking

Alilce Okron for Wichelt Imports, Inc

Just Cross Stitch

December, 1995

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Diane Graebner - Edge of the Pond

Edge of the Pond

Diane Graebner

32 Ct Cream Linen

DMC

Country Garden Stitchery - Needlework Accessories

Needlework Accessories

Country Garden Stitchery

28ct Natural Linen

GAST and DMC

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

Simply Elegant Scissor Case

Simply Elegant

Scissor Case

Lorri Birmingham

Threads and linen from kit

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Old Stone Church

Elizabeth's Designs

28 ct Lambswool Linen

Recommended WDW and DMC threads

Monday, May 23, 2011

Butterfly Lace

Victoria Sampler

32 ct Antique White Linen

Thread pack

Finish-Finished June 2015

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Eastern Seaboard Sampler

Eastern Seaboard Sampler
by
Jeanette Douglas
28 ct white linen
Recommended thread pack

Row 1: Anne of Green Gables House
Row 2: Anne's freckles
Row 3: Lupines that can be seen all over New Brunswick
Row 4: Fiddleheads that are harvested and eaten
Row5: PEI is known for potatoes and NB also has a whole lot of them
Row 6: The mock buttonhole stitch represents the red soil
Row 7: Milanese water
Row 8: Apple trees are all over the Maritimes, but the Annapolis Valley is especially well-known for their apples.

Row 9: Rhodes apples
Row 10: Annapolis Valley is in Nova Scotia
Row 11: Sand and Marram grass found on some of the dry sandy beaches
Row 12: Medieval stitch represents the Atlantic Ocean
Row 13: Lobster traps
Row 14: First fish is Tuna, second is lobster, and third is Cod
Row 15: Irish moss and dulse (purplish seaweed that we dry and eat)
Row 16: Ringing stitch represents the fishing weirs used in New Brunswick

Row 17: Great Blue Heron and the Puffin
Row 18: Bargello stitch represents the rolling hills seen in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Row 19: Wild flowers - Heather and Purple thistle
Row 20: Nova Scotia tarten
Row 21: Star Halifax Citadel

Row 22: Fishing boats
Row 23: Norwich stitch represents the huge ice burgs seen in Newfoundland
Row 24: The Bluenose
Row 25: Humpback Wales
Row 26: 1st Lighthouse - Cape Bonavista, NFLD
2nd Lighthouse - North cape, PEI
3rd Lighthouse - West Point, PEI
4th Lighthouse - Peggy's Cove, NS
5th Lighthouse - Head Harbour, NB
6th Lighthouse - Old Cape Spear, NFLD
Row 27: The Fjords of NFLD satin stitched
Row 28: Atlantic Seaboard
Row 29:Bay of Fundy tides are the highest tides in the world and are represented here by Swedish Weaving
Row 30: "Smartie" and "Jelly Bean" houses seen through the Maritimes
Row 31: Christmas trees from NS - NS sends a Christmas tree to Boston every year in thanks for the help Boston provided after the massive explosion in Halifax when two ships collided and one was carrying explosives in 1917.
Row 32 and 33 are both rows used to finish off the sampler.