Love is in the Air

♥♥  Love is in the Air ♥♥

We all love our hearts especially as we get closer to Valentine’s Day.  We have several of Kate Dickerson hearts in stock and ready for pick up or we can ship them to you.  You will receive a complementary stitch guide with the purchase of threads.

Give us a call and one of these lovely hearts can be yours.

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Snow Day – Tuesday, Feb. 2nd

Snow Day!

Kate Dickerson Virtual Trunk Show

Kate Dickerson Virtual Trunk Show

We are very excited to be hosting the Kate Dickerson Virtual Trunk Show this month.  A snow day is a perfect day to sit by your computer and take a peek at all of her wonderful canvases.  Not sure how you would like to finish the canvas you picked out, look at the section under “Finished Examples” for ideas.  We are offering 20% off all trunk show canvases.  To view Kate’s full line, visit her website at https://www.katedickerson.com.

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New Stitch Monday With a Twist – Week 9

New Stitch Monday With a Twist – Week 9

This week’s stitch went through a lot of changes.  When I started stitching the letter “I” on the Raymond Crawford “NEEDLEPOINT’ canvas the original stitch that I was going to use was a Rice stitch variation.  As I was working on it, I really didn’t like the way it looked.  I had the base 4 by 4 Cross stitch stitched using Entice 209.   Once this was completed, I realized the stitch was beginning to look like 4-way Continental Variation which is not a new stitch to me.  A funny thing is that in the end 4-Way Continental, Alicia’s Lace Variation and the stitch I finally did do, Trellis Cross, all look very similar. Luckily, I never did Trellis Cross so I did do a stitch that was new to me.

If you like open stitches leave the letter “I” as is doing Steps 1 & 2 as shown on the stitched sample and diagram.  I found it easier to complete all of the 4 by 4 Cross stitches with E209 and then went back and added the Upright cross stitches also using E209.

To complete the stitch, add the additional Upright Crosses using 4 strands of Splendor S960 as shown blue on diagram.

I hope you can add this to your new stitches for 2021.  Give it a try!

Happy Stitching – Stephanie

Letter I – open stitch          Letter I – Completed

Trellis Cross Steps 1 and 2

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