Friday, October 14, 2011

Shades of Autumn

Shades of Autumn
by
Nancy's Needle
18ct canvas
Recommended threads

Monday, September 12, 2011

Snowflake Ornament #1

Snowflake Ornament #1
by
Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports, Inc
28 ct scrap of linen
Threadworx 1083
Mill Hill Beads

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Halloween Ghost

Halloween Ghost
by
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
by
Alice Okon for Wichelt Imports
JCS December, 1995
28 ct scrap of linen
DMC
Heart Charm substituted with Snowflake Charm

Holly Stocking
by
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
by
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
by
Alilce Okron for Wichelt Imports, Inc
Just Cross Stitch
December, 1995

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

Simply Elegant Scissor Case

Simply Elegant
Scissor Case
by
Lorri Birmingham
Threads and linen from kit

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Old Stone Church



Old Stone Church
by
Elizabeth's Designs
28 ct Lambswool Linen
Recommended WDW and DMC threads

Monday, May 23, 2011

Butterfly Lace




Butterfly Lace
by
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.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Heirloom Christmas







Heirloom Christmas
Victoria Sampler
28 ct Flax Linen
Kitted Threadpack

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Be Kind to Animals - Lizzie Kate


Be Kind to Animals
Lizzie Kate
A lot of colour conversions
28 ct linen

Thursday, January 13, 2011

To Trim A Tree

To Trim A Tree
Dragon Dreams
28 ct Millenium Blue Linen
Recommended threads (DMC and Kreinik)