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Update:  4-way bargello Orchid I have decided to finish this project by inserting it into a Sudberry House trivet. To see a photo, please follow this link here. It will be the first photo at the beginning of that post.

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Update for Florentine Fancywork original post: Florentine Fancywork has come back from the framer. To see a photo, please follow this link here. It will be the first photo at the beginning of that post.

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Project: Floral Fantasy Designer: Susan T. Kerndt Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 3 Comments: There is a little story about these two sachets. First of all, I need to mention that my friend Terry who lives in England stitched them both. Here is what happened. Terry stitched the first sachet (the little purple one above) and mailed it to me on December 13/2010 for this past Christmas.

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  Name of project: Lee's BJ05 (since I do not know the name of this particular painted design) Designer: Lee's Needle Art, Inc. Type of needlework: Hand painted needlepoint Number of photos: 5 Lee's Needle Art's website: http://www.newleesneedlearts.com/ Comments: The first photo above shows the finished product including both the stitching and finishing. I even went the extra mile and added a

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When I started this photoblog format a little over a year ago, I thought this was a great idea. Having each project in one single post. No more having to go through lots of posts in order to find everything connected with one particular project so that the entire project could be seen at a glance. What is not to like about that?I still think it was/is a great idea, but and there is a big "but"

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This is another series that I thought would be useful to be able to see them all in one place. The Dodecagon Series consists of twelve 12-sided designs each five inches in diameter and all uniformly shaped that were created by Jim Wurth of Wurthwhile Stitching. Like I have done for such similar group postings before, there will be a link under each photograph so that if you are interested in

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This is my name tag, as if anyone needed a reminder (smiling). I love it. For more information, please follow this link. ================================== I was thinking the other day, an activity that sometimes can be dangerous to my own health, that it might be quite interesting to be able to see all the Glitzy Stitching Accessories that Carole Lake designed some years back together in one

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H A P P Y   V A L E N T I N E I was wondering what I could add to my blog for this Valentine as I have not stitched any new hearts lately and thought it could be fun to see the few hearts I have stitched so far all in one place. I have a couple that are useful to my stitching and a couple that are just decorative. The pink heart above is called Victorian Heart Pincushion and as his name

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UPDATEon initial posting dated 01/15/2011 I have just completed Orna's needlecase project and I have added a couple of additional photos on my original blog post. You can see them here.

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Project: Seeds of love bookmark Designer: This is an adaptation of a design by Brenda Ryan(Inspirations Magazine issue 51 for the designand issue 50 for the bookmark style) Type of Needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: When I was looking for something useful and pretty to make for a friend of mine, the idea of a bookmark came to mind since she loves to read when she is not stitching,

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 (Just completed Orna's needlecase after receiving some additional thread on 01/27/2011) (A different way of tying the ribbon) UPDATE: January 30, 2011 I have received more thread from Orna Willis on January 27/2011 and I was able to find some time today to finish this needlecase. I have decided that I will use this needlecase for my current projects. I have divided the inside in 4 sections, so

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(Photo of Christmas ornament made by Rinda) Project: Christmas ornament (2010) Designer: Margaret Bendig Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Comments: My good friend Rinda made this lovely Christmas ornament for me using different red and gold threads and she then finished it with lots and lots of gold and red beads. I really need to also start finishing some of mine with beads as they

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(Completed bookmark sitting on Inspiration Magazine, issue 50)  Project: Spiderweb bookmark Designer: Something I created for a friend of mine Type of Needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: I made this spiderweb bookmark for a good friend of mine as she is just like me, a big reader. I have used a spiderweb drawing that I found somewhere (can't remember where right now), but we can find

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Project: Pumpkin Scissor Fob Designer: Something I put together for a friend Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 3 Where I often get my drawings: Cathy Creatif Comments: If you have read yesterday's post about the little cat scissor fob, the process with this very smiling pumpkin was exactly the same. Found the drawing on Cathy Creatif here and proceeded as I did for the little cat. What

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Project: Cat Scissor Fob Designer: Something that I put together for a friend Type of needlework: Embroidery Wonderful website when looking for free patterns: Cathy Creatif  Photos: 2 Comments: One of my friends wanted a couple of scissor fobs for her little scissors so that she would be able to spot them easily whenever she misplaced them, which was and is still often, so I put my thinking

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UPDATE 04/22/2011: Just added a photo showing Florentine Fancywork framed. =========================== (Florentine Fancywork all stitched) Project: Florentine Fancywork Designer: Toni McKelley Type of needlework: Bargello Photos: 2 Comments: I have been wanting to stitch this piece for a while now as I love both the design and the colors used in Florentine Fancywork. I do think that this has

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Christmas time has always been very special for me ever since I can remember. When I became a stitcher, instead of just buying Christmas decorations, I could then actually make some myself and I have had a ball doing just that ever since. Since many of those Christmas projects have ended up in new homes, I thought it would be nice for me, and hopefully for all of you too, to take a few moments

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"The Morning After" Anne Stradal, designer POEM   'Twas the night before Christmas, and, oh, I was weary. My stitching unfinished, my eyes getting bleary. The stockings weren't finished, the chimney was bare. And I knew that morning soon would be there. My children and husband were tucked in their beds, But visions of backstitches ran through my head. I'd stitched ornaments and presents and

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(Santa's boots) Projects: Santa Boots, Tartan Pinecones and Stardust Designer: Pinflair kits Type of needlework: Craft and Ribbonwork Photos: 3 Pinflair website: http://pinflair.co.uk/ Comments: Terry and I exchange gifts mainly for two very special occasions during the year, Christmas and our birthdays. We have now been doing that for years. Gifts vary considerably from year to year depending

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Project: Ladies - a Christmas ornament Designer: Helen Gibb Type of needlework: Ribbon work Photo: 1 Helen's website: http://www.helengibb.com/ Comments: I thought it would be fun to make a different kind of Christmas ornament that I normally do, that does not actually involve much stitching at all, mostly at this time of the year if you are running behind as I am. This little ornament came as

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Project: Five Flower Sampler Designer: Delma Moore Type of Needlework: Brazilian Embroidery Photos: 9 (so far) Blackberry Lane website: http://www.blackberrylane.com.au/ Other Delma Moore design completed here. Other Brazilian Embroidery projects completed here. Comments: WORK IN PROGRESS This is another project that I have started but not yet completed. The fun part is yet to be done, meaning

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Project: The Thistle Designer: Carole Lake Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 4 Carole's blog: http://www.carolelake.com/ Other projects that I have stitched from Carole here. Comments: This is a little project that I wanted to stitch when I saw it. The more diverse project I can stitch, the higher goes my learning curve. On this project, I especially like trying the turkey work. I had

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UPDATE 04/24/2011: I wanted to finish this project so that it would be practical, so I have used a 6" by 6" Sudberry House trivet for it. Under the canvas I have added a piece of fabric of a color similar to the canvas itself because of all the unstitched areas. Again, I am afraid that the photo is not too good because of the glass reflection. =================================== (I am planning

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(Photo showing what has been completed so far in this project) Project: More Options ... in hardangerWORK IN PROGRESS Designer: Dale Sokolow Type of needlework: Hardanger Photos: 10 so far Another Dale hardanger project that I have stitched called "Options in Hardanger" This is an EGA correspondence course: http://www.egausa.org/ Taken through EGA CyberStitchers: http://www.cyberstitchers.org/

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Comments: I have always had fun stitching projects for Halloween and I was hoping to have some new Halloween projects to add to my blog this year, but unfortunately that has not happened so I thought of making a little Halloween Slideshow instead including the different projects that have been done through the years. If you want to have more information about some of the projects included

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(Created by Pierrette) Project: Miniature boxers for a joke Designer: Secret Knicker Gang Type of needlework: Sewing Photos: 4 Stories in past blog entries:  Miniature knickers and  ATCs  Comments: Our little Secret Knicker Gang had so much fun with our little joke that some of us pushed the envelope just a little bit further and made some miniature boxers too. If you want to read about what

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Project: Crazy Quilting Eyeglass Case Designer: Jill made this for me Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 2 Comments: Jill made this little crazy quilting eyeglass case for me a few years back. I remember her making quite a few of them at the time, all different designs depending on each person preference. I always had it in my mind to make a few myself, but so far I have never gotten

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Project: Burke Designer: Ruth Dilts Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Ruth's website: http://www.ruthdiltsdesign.com/ Comments: This is the first Ruth Dilts Christmas ball I have done and finished this one as a rounded ball as you can see on the photograph below. I am now working on a second one also designed by Ruth, which is called "Windsor" and it is a gorgeous bargello design this

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(Photo that came with instructions) Project: Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm Designer: Thea Dueck (The Victoria Sampler) Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photos: 2 so far The Victoria Sampler website: http://www.victoriasampler.com/ Comments: This is a project that I have started many years ago and have not very much to show for myself. I have only worked on the first section and have not even

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(Photo of Shalimar that came with the instruction booklet) Project: Shalimar (WORK IN PROGRESS) Designer: Carol Costello(Fancy Work & Fantasies) Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 9 so far Comments: This is another work in progress and I am almost done with this project. Only the middle section remains. This project is on 14-mesh tan Zweigart canvas and only needs a few different threads

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(Crazy Quilting Garden Blockwith lots more work needed) Project: Crazy Quilting Garden (WORK IN PROGRESS) Designer: This is a joint project with Terry Type of needlework: Crazy quilting Photos: 8 photos so far Comments: Terry and I started this project many years ago. Once finished this should represent a crazy quilt garden. Terry has done the first part of it, embroidering different things

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Project: Kaleidoscope Designer: Kaleidoscope is an adaptation of a Sue Lentz design, then adapted by Anthony Minieri for Needle Necessities Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 5 (so far) as this is a work in progress Comments: This is a project that has been started some years back. I love the design and I think that what has kept me from completing it so far is the fact that there are lots

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Project: The Guardian Angels of Hollyhock House Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 12 (so far) Comments: This is a rather big project. The congress cloth used measures 18 1/2" wide by 24 1/2" long. Threads used are mostly Soie d'Alger (a 7-ply silk) together with a few other threads. There are 145 pages of instructions. You will see photos of what I have stitched so

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Project: Night Blossom Nugget Box Designer: Debbie Deem of StitchArtz Photo: 1 Debbie's website: http://www.stitchartz.com/ Debbie's blog: http://blog.artneedlethreadstitches.com/ Comments: I remember when I first read about this little project on one of the blog that I read on a regular basis that I thought this was a really cute little project and that it would be fun to stitch it. I love

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Project: Have a Purrfect Christmas Designer: Unknown to me Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photo: 1 Comments: Here is a cute little cat ornament that has the words "Have a Purrfect Christmas" stitched on his tummy. The design is called "Purrfect" Christmas. He measures approx. 7 inches tall with his tail curled up. There is a small jingle bell hanging just below the bow. Purchased from Janet

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Project: Bead Scissor Fob Designer: Can't remember Type of needlework: Beading Photo: 1 Comments: One of my friend is always on the lookout for some scissor fob, so when I saw this one, I made it for her. Simple enough, some beads and a little tassel, but rather cute.

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Project: Halloween Ornament Designer: My friend Terry Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: Another little ornament that was made by my friend Terry on the spur of the moment as she knows that I always have so much fun making them myself too, so she thought of surprising me with one and she did. The broom is also our way of transporting each others from America to Europe and vice

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Project: Christmas Crazy Quilting BlockWORK IN PROGRESS Designer: Something that I am creating Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 10 A great resource for Crazy Quilters: http://www.pintangle.com/ Comments: This is an unfinished project which I really want to complete. I have chosen a Christmas theme for this Crazy Quilting block as I thought it might inspire me to do something special as

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Project: Rapunzel(WORK IN PROGRESS) Designer: Marion Scoular Type of needlework: Blackwork Photos: 4 photos and more to come Some of Marion's designs and books here Marion's Achievement Award at National Academy of Needlearts here Photos showing some of Marion's work here and here Free online class here Example of one Marion Scoular hardanger class here While doing research I found this very

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Project: Casalguidi and Lavender Designer: Barbara M. Kershaw Type of needlework: Casalguidi Photos: 3 so far - more to come as I keep working on this project Barbara on EGA Barbara on EAC: You can see a group course of hers there EGA project: http://www.egausa.org/ Taken with EGA CyberStitchers: http://www.cyberstitchers.org/ Comments: This is an unfinished project I have learned from Barbara

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Project: Terra Rosa(1990) Designer: Elsa M. Parrish Type of needlework: Needlepoint(Line drawing) Photos: So far 8 Comments: This is an ongoing project coming from my UFO pile. As we all knew when I started this new blog that one day I would be more or less caught up with previously finished projects that were on my old blog and that most posting would be either about UFOs that are screaming to

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Project: Patriotic Heart Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 6 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://www.shiningneedlesociety.com/ Comments: Gay Ann has a series of little hearts

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Project: Blackeyed Susans Designer: Esther Begleiter(Stitch Arts, Inc.) Type of needlework: Brazilian Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: This is a little design I stitched years ago when I wanted to learn how to do Brazilian embroidery. I just love Blakeyed Susans. Have had some in my garden for years now and looking out the window I can see them in full bloom from my stitching/computer room

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Project: Gold and White Ornament(In my case it is Gold and Burgundy Ornament) Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html/ Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://

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Project: Christmas Tree ornament Designer: My friend Terry made this Type of needlework: Mixed media Photos: 2 Comments: This ornament is just so typical of my friend Terry. She often says that she fly by the seat of her pants. She gets an idea in her head and then proceed to work on it and hope for the best. Just writing this makes me smile. So, one day, years ago, before one of our Christmas

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Project: Keyboard Pencil Holder Designer: Can't recall at all Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Comments: I have stitched many of those for the local Guild many many years ago and also stitched one for myself while at it. I think it is rather cute and also useful. I have a piano and been keeping mine there with a few pencils since the time it was made. I don't remember much details

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Project: Sachet Designer: Jill made this for me Type of needlework: Mixed media Photo: 1 Comments: When Jill made me the lovely angel here, she also made me this little sachet accompanied by a lovely bottle of perfume so that I could add a few drops whenever the smell had evaporated from the sachet. I thought it was a really lovely gesture. This is something that is easy to make and the

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Project: Honeybee Hive Designer: My friend Terry made this for me Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: Terry and I have been having this ongoing joke about little bees and one day she surprised me with this little card that she created herself. I think it is darling and it makes me smile every time I look at it thinking of our little private joke. (Closeup photo)

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Project: Napkin Rings Designer: Brenda Day Type of needlework: Bargello Photos: 5 Brenda Day's book called: Bargello, A fresh approach to Florentine embroidery Comments: It is very rare that I do more than one project from one single book, but with this book, I have already done the two napkin rings (photos above and below),  a Florentine pincushion, which in my case is a little decorative

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Project: Hearts to Hold Tussie Mussie (1996) Name of designer: Annaliese Noel Type of needlework: Needlepoint and Beading Photos: 4 Comments: At the moment I saw this design, I knew that I wanted to stitch it. It is just so beautiful and delicate. In her project description, Annaliese Noel says the following "Hearts to Hold is a gentle reminder of another time. Fill it with potpourri and hang

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Project: The Morning After(Painted canvas) Designer: Anne Stradal Type of needlework: Needlepoint on painted canvas Photos: 4 Anne's website: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/ Anne's Website Guest Gallery: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/guest_gallery.htm Anne's blog: http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/ Comments: This was a fun project. I have pretty much stitched mine just like Anne stitched

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Project: Crazy Quilt Memory Pillow Designer: My friend Terry made this for me Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 12 Comments: This is the second Crazy Quilting pillow that Terry made for me. This one is a Crazy Quilting Memory Pillow. In order for her to make this one, I had to send her a bunch of photographs that I particularly liked. She printed the ones she needed for the pillow in

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Project: Crazy Quilt Pillow Designer: My friend Terry made this lovely pillow for me Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 6 Comments: A few years back when Terry and I were involved in Crazy Quilting, she made this lovely pillow for me. Some close-up photos have included showing various sections of the pillow in more details. (Photo showing top left of pillow) (Photo showing top right

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Projects: Postcards Designers: Type of needlework: Mixed Media Photos: 3 Comments: These three postcards were received as part of group exchanges that I participated in. The first one above is a special Victorian Valentine postcard made by Terry W. Photos of some I have made myself and given away:  Dracula Spider, Under the SeaThis postcard (above) was made by Elaine E. and had a more modern

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Project: Artistic Trading Cards received during exchanges Designers: Names under each ATC whenever I could find identification which is all except one person Type of needlework: Mixed media Photos: 5 Comments: I have recently found in my treasure box some Artistic Trading Cards received during various exchanges done in the past and I thought it would be fun to put them on my blog. I took group

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Project: Pansy Lady Crazy Quilting Needlebook Designer: Original design from Peggy White Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 6 Comments: This project was originally designed for a pouch, but I thought that I would probably never use it so I turned around and made a needlebook instead with the design. There was a little kit coming with this project, a fabric image of lady with pansies, a

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Project: Guardian Angel for a Friend Designer: Something I put together Type of needlework: Embroidery Photo: 1 Comments: When a very dear friend of mine got sick a few years ago, I wanted her to have something special with her during that difficult time, something that she could carry with her wherever she went, something that would let her know that she was not alone, that she was loved and

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Project: Bookmark Designer: Bernice Designs Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photos: 2 Comments: My friend Terry knows how much I love bookmarks so she stitched one for me and send me a second one for me to stitch (grinning). One interesting aspect of these bookmarks is that once you have stitched the design you slide it inside the card mount and there is even a little envelope in which you can

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Project: Patchwork Christmas ornament Designer: Gift received from Mireille (Belgium) Type of needlework: Patchwork Photo: 1 Comments: What a lovely surprise when I received this Christmas gift from my friend Mireille all the way from Belgium. I love her choice of colors and how she decorated it. It goes on my Christmas tree yearly with all my lovely hand made decorations.

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Project: Spring Bouquet Tissue Holder(Inspirations magazine project) Designer: Angela Watson of Queensland Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Comments: Those of you who have been following my blog know how much I love the Australian magazine called Inspirations. I found this absolutely lovely and practical tissue holder envelope in their issue number 28  Angela said that a travelling pack

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Project: Crazy Quilting Christmas Bell Ornament Designer: Something I put together myself Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photos: 2 Interesting online magazine about crazy quilting: http://cqmagonline.com/ Leslie Levison's "Crazy Quilt Patchwork Block" Online Class here. Vintage Vogue where there are lots of links on the left side of the page Lots of crazy quilting images here. Article:

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Project: Angelina Fibers Golden Heart ornament Designer: My friend Terry Type of needlework: Mixed media Photo: 1 Angelina Fibers Tutorial here on the Joggles website  Article here about Angelina Fibers called Angelina—Reflected & Refracted Light by Sonja Lee-Austin   Interesting project ideas on this blog: http://fembellish.wordpress.com/category/fibers/angelina/   Comments: Terry surprised

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Project: Rose Arbour Sampler Designer: Thea Dueck for The Victoria Sampler Type of needlework: Mixed Media Photos: 2 Beautiful free projects on The Victoria Sampler website here. Comments: This pattern from The Victoria Sampler was stitched as a gift for a friend. I mailed it to her unframed and I must say that her framer has done a wonderful job with it. It looks very similar to the one from

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Project: Miniature Garden Gate Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://www.shiningneedlesociety.com/ Finishing forms used for this project can

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Project: Miniature Georgian House Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photo: 1 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://www.shiningneedlesociety.com/ Comments: I thought it would be fun to

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Project: Complimentary Cup of Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate Designer: Drawing from http://cathycreatif.free.fr/index_galerie.php Type of needlework: Mixed media Photo: 1 Comments: After tracing the drawing, I painted the saucer and the cup with watercolor paint and stitched the outline. I thought this little design was just the thing for when I have something fun and/or interesting for you to

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Project: End-of-Term Examination ornament(following Mystery in a Corner project) Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 5 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://

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Project: The Stone Bridge Designer: Rowandean Embroidery Type of needlework: Embroidery Photo: 1 Rowandean link where this project came from is here. Comments: My friend Terry stitched this lovely design for me and surprised me with it years ago. Looking at the Rowandean Embroidery website, they have some fascinating ideas. I love that part of the embroidery design goes over the mat and also

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Project: Braid bookmark Designer: Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell Type of needlework: Mixed media Photo: 2 Comments: When I take the time to look INSIDE all the wonderful books I have in my library, I find all kinds of wonderful ideas. When opening the book called "The Victorian Book of Ribbons and Roses", an Inspiring Collection of Delightful Projects and Pastimes from a Bygone Age by Deborah

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Project: Winter Frost(1996) Designer: M. Lashley-Liston Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 3 This design can be seen here on the ANG website Comments: When I saw this project, I immediately wanted to stitch it as I just loved the elegance of its design and the stitches used. If you are wondering what kind of blue shade the canvas for this project is,  it is Leviathan blue. This project

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Project: Tear of Joy Loretta Spears' Needle Adventures Christmas Heirlooms Collection October 1993 Name of designer: Loretta Spears Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 4 Comments: I love stitching designs from Loretta Spears. This one is an unpretentious little Christmas designs that Loretta included in her Neelde Adventures, Christmas Heirlooms Collection and I am glad that she did. There

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Project: Christmas Ornament Designer: Ornament stitched by Pauline and given to me in a 2004 Christmas ornament exchange Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photo: 1 Comments: This is a Christmas ornament that I have received from Pauline on an exchange made on a Brazilian Yahoo group. I was a bit surprised when I got it (well, a lot surprised actually) as I expected that all the ornaments

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Projects: Crazy Quilting Round Robin Blocks Type of needlework: Mixed media Designer: Work I have done on some CQ Round Robin blocks Photos: 5 Interesting online Crazy Quilting Magazine: http://www.cqmagonline.com/ Comments: At one point in my life I did a bit of Crazy Quilting. I have never done much of it as I love to create projects by themselves and not just blocks. I do love its

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Project: Antique Ivory pincushionDesigner: Karen Kraus(Moonspun Designs) Type of needlework: Mixed media Photo: 1 Moonspun's website: http://www.moonspundesigns.com/ Comments: I have actually made 3 of those lovely pincushion designs. Have kept one for myself and given two away to friends. This one was given to Rengin and went all the way to Turkey where it found a good home. These designs are

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Project: Mystery in a Corner Designer: Gay Ann Rogers Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 34 Gay Ann's website: http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html Gay Ann's blog: http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/ Gay Ann's Classroom at SNS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_GAR_Classroom/ Shining Needle Society: http://www.shiningneedlesociety.com/ Comments: One of the goal for Gay Ann Rogers

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Project: Dancing Queen Designer: Jean Walter Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photos: 2 Free pattern can be found here at the Chart-Shop on http://www.cross-stitching.com/ Comments: New Year Eve was coming fast and I happened to come across this funny cross stitch chart and I immediately thought of a good friend of mine. I could actually visualize her dancing the night away and I could not

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Project: In the Blue(2007 Easter Egg Exchange) Designer: Anne Stradal Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photo: 1 Anne's website: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/ Anne's Website Guest Gallery: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/guest_gallery.htm Anne's blog: http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/ Anne's Original Easter egg stitched in pink here. Needlepoint_Etc Yahoo group Comments: This lovely egg

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Project: 2004 Christmas Ornament Exchange Designer: Unknown to me Ornament stitched by Mary Georges Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photo: 1 Yahoo group: Needlepoint_etc Comments: Many years ago, we used to do exchanges at Christmas on this group, but they were stopped as there were too many difficulties with such exchanges with so many members in the group. The honor system involved in such

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Project: Christmas Crystal Bell Designer: This is actually an adaptation of Christmas Crystal design for Rainbow Gallery designed by Joan Lohr. Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photo: 1 Some of Joan Lohr designs and books seen on Rainbow Gallery. A free pattern here Rainbow Gallery free designs here. Comments: It has been such a long time that I have stitched this project that I can't recall the

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Project: Crazy Quilt Heart Name of designer: I created this little heart with a bit of this and a bit of that like all crazy quilting projects Type of needlework: Crazy Quilting Photo: 1 Comments: This is a little crazy quilt heart experiment that I did with this project. I found some fabric that I thought went well together. I had a special cigarette silk print lady that I wanted to use for

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Project: Faithful Companions(Scissor fobs) Designer: Susan O'Connor of Victoria, Australia Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Inspirations magazine Issue #25 project, pages 28 - 33 Some of Susan other designs here. Comments: I have made those two lovely scissor fobs designed by Susan O'Connor for a friend some years ago. She was in need of some scissor fobs and I had just seen some in

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ATC # 1: Created by Elaine Project: A Litttle Story with Artistic Trading Cards Designers: The Secret Knicker Gang Type of needlwork: Artistic Trading Cards Photos: 7 Comments: The idea of creating a little story with ATCs (Artistic Trading Cards) came to the Secret Knicker Gang, minus myself, during the time we were making the miniature knickers. As I said in a previous post here, we had lots

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(Created by Catharine) Project: Miniature knickers for a friend in need Designers: The Secret Knicker Gang Type of needlework: Mixed media and Sewing Photos: 8 Comments: I bet that some of you are wondering what miniature knickers are doing on my blog. I sometimes  mention that I used to co-own a crazy quilt group with a friend. Well, it all started back then as a big joke concerning my good

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Project: All dressed up(Bookmark) Designer: A composite of drawings that I put together to create a bookmark for the son of a friend who was studying Arts Type of needlework: Embroidery and painting Photo: 1 Comments: I was looking for something special to make as a gift for the adult son of a dear friend of mine who had returned to university in order to study Arts. He was doing lots of

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Project: Tara Designer: Devaki Parasuramar of South Australia Type of needlework: Ribbon work, silk ribbon and embroidery Photos: 2 Inspirations magazine: Project comming from Issue #23, pages 52 - 55 Embroidery Canada: Framing article from Susan Donn called "It's time to display"(Issue Spring 2007)Comments: This is another of those projects that when I saw it, I wanted to make it. Devaki, the

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Project: Wild Rose Designer: Patricia Hartman Type of needlework: Bargello Photos: 2 Other designs from Patricia Hartman here. ANG National: http://www.needlepoint.org/index.php ANG Chapter Booklet:  http://www.needlepoint.org/CPB/index.php ANG CyberPointers: http://www.cyberpointers.org/ Comments: This is a free project that came from the Chapter Project Booklet that as a member of

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Project: Rose Vine Christmas ornament(adaptation of Windie's pinwheel project) Designer: Wendie Young Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 2 Wendie's project can be seen on this website here. Project found in Embroidery and Cross Stitch magazine, Volume 10, No. 2, pages 16 - 21 Comments: When I came upon this design it was at a time when I was thinking about making Christmas projects. I

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Project: Stitching Accessories Trio Designer: Created by my friend Terry as a gift for me Type of needlework: Brazilian embroidery Photo: 4 Comments: My friend Terry created this little trio (needlecase, pincushion and scissor fob) as a gift for me for a special occasion like a past birthday or Christmas. I can't recall exactly as we have been exchanging gifts for years. To make the trio, she

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Project: Mauve Flame Credit Card Case Designer: Debbie Rowley Type of needlework: Bargello Photos: 8 DebBee's website: http://www.debbeesdesigns.com/ Comments: I remember looking for both a checkbook cover and a credit card case at the time and asked around for anyone who could direct me to some lovely designs and that is how I found out about DebBee's Designs. I purchased both the bargello

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Project: Patches of Snow(Mini Stocking)(1994) Designer: Kaitlyn Marie Designs Type of needlework: Beading and needlepoint Photos: 7 Comments: I think that mini stockings are such a nice addition in any Christmas tree and the more the merrier. This is actually my second mini stocking that I have done from Kaitlyn Marie Designs, the first one being called Fancy That: Emerald Gold Mini Stocking and

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Project: Florentine Holiday Designer: Susan T. Kerndt Type of needlework: Bargello Photos: 3 Designer Spotlight here Gorgeous Florentine needlecase freebee here If anyone is interested in this design it can be found here on the Stitchers Paradise website. Comments: This is one of those projects that when I saw it the first time around I immediately fell in love with it and promised myself that

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Project: Cottage surrounded by bird, insects and flowers Designer: A gift received from my friend Terry(She says it is probably either a DMC or Anchor kit that she purchased ages ago) Type of needlework: Embroidery Photo: 2 Comments: This is a little cottage that my friend Terry said that was either a DMC kit or an Anchor one but she can't be certain as it has been way too long ago that she has 

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Project: Little Horse Scene needlecase Designer: Drawing taken from "The Crafter's Design Library: Animals" by Sharon Bennett(photo of the book below) Type of needlework: Embroidery and Painting Photos: 4 Comments: I need to start by saying that this little project was so much fun to do. My goal with this project was to make a little something for my very good friend Terry, something that

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Project: Ivy cottage Designer: Di van Niekerk Type of needlework: Embroidery Photos: 6 Website: http://www.dicraft.co.za/ Comments: My friend Terry stitched this lovely Ivy Cottage for me for one of my birthday. She knew that I had always admired them so much that she could not go wrong with this gift. As you can see here, there were many cottages to choose from and I love them all. She could

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Project: Elizabethan Pencil box Designer: Barbara Jackson Type of needlework: Crewel embroidery Photos: 6 Tristan Brooks Designs web site: http://www.tristanbrooks.com/ Comments: I had always been a bit nostalgic about old times when I had my own wooden pencil box when going to school and I had been looking for one for a long time when I saw this one on the Tristan Brooks website. The design was

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Project: Biscornu Designer: Dinky Dyes design Type of needlework: Cross Stitch Photo: 1 Website: Handcrafts Online http://ehandcrafts.com/BK.php Mary Kathryn's blog: http://marykathryn.wordpress.com/ Dinky Dyes website: http://www.dinkydyes.iinet.net.au/ Comments: My friend Terry made this lovely biscornu for me, so I have never actually stitched one myself. For anyone just like myself who

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Project: Shades of Autumn Designer: Delma Moore Type of needlework: Brazilian embroidery Photos: 4 Blackberry Lane website: http://www.blackberrylane.com.au/ Comments: I love Autumn and the colors associated with that season, so when I saw this design, I wanted to stitch it. The design came already printed on the fabric with complete instructions. You can also find this design and all the

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Project: "Pinn" Cushion Doggy Designer: Susa Glenn Type of needlework: Photos: 2 Susa Glenn's website: http://www.susaglenndesigns.com/ Comments:  My friend Terry surprised me one day with this lovely pincushion. I love the fact that this little dog carries often used stitching accessories. Susan has other pincushion designs too for those of you who might prefer something else. You can see them

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Project: Quiltwork(Rainbow Gallery, 1994) Designer: Ruth Dilts Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photos: 2 Ruth Dilts' website:  http://www.ruthdiltsdesign.com/ Comments: This may have been my second project when I started stitching. Gosh, this seems like a lifetime ago, but it is not really. I guess, it just feels like it is. This project had 4 different colorways to choose from and I choose the

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Project: Needlepoint Sampler Pillow Designer: Ruth L. Hatten Type of needlework: Needlepoint Photo: 1 Comments:  When I decided to start stitching near the end of August of 1995, this is the very first project that I have ever done. This is what started me on this new path. I stopped stitching for a while as my day job was just too demanding and I was also taking piano lessons at the time. Years

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