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I’m so excited for our new releases!
You can watch my new release Flosstube video here:
Below you’ll find all the details in case you find something you love and want to get the floss and linen ahead of time.
Thank you for your continued support!
Let’s get started!
Below is a book featuring 3 designs. With Thy Hands is the sampler in the center, Hearts to Love is the on the right and Molly’s Hands is the needlebook in the center.
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I designed this chart to hand out to attending shops at the Nashville Needlework Market 2023. We just returned home last night from a very successful show so thank you all who placed pre-orders with your LNS! We appreciate your support.
When you receive your order from your LNS (only if they attended market), there should be a copy of this design included, however, it’s just the black and white chart which is why I’m posting here so you can see it in color. It states clearly on the chart that it’s a free chart for the shops who attended the Nashville Needlework Market and they have my permission to make copies for their customers. I ask that they do not post on their website or social media so I’m asking the same of you. Please enjoy this free chart, but it’s not for sharing or posting to social media. It’s meant as a perk for the shops who attended market and those who ordered from the shops who attended market. Thank you for your understanding.
I may, at some point, release this design as a PDF in our Etsy shop or put it in a book with other designs, but, at this time, you can only get it by purchasing from a shop who attended Nashville and purchased from us 😊❤️😊
I hope you enjoy this complimentary chart. It would be fun to personalize it by changing the hair color to match you and your stitchy friend and even add your initials.
I know how much stitchy friends mean to each other and how much we love to get together to stitch. You were my inspiration for this design!
Happy Stitching!
Teresa
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I’m so excited to share my new releases with you! Nashville is just around the corner and we are ready! Well….almost. I still have the directions to write for the two new punchneedle and Needle & Flax cross stitch chart.
Before we start….I just want to thank you for your support of my designs, for your encouragement and sweet comments. If it wasn’t for YOU, none of this would happen so please give yourself a big hug from me!
The floss and linen used for my models are shown at the bottom of this post in case you want to purchase them early so you’re ready to stitch when your pattern arrives.
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Shop owners & friends… Thank you for your continued support as well. We are a team! As stated in my new release Flosstube video, I will not have the new designs in my Etsy shop for 6-8 weeks from market. I want you, your shop and your customers to have a chance to sell them first! Kevin and I support you as much as possible and hope you have a banner year this year!
NOTE: all Nashville Market pre-orders must be placed by February 20th. If you’re coming to market but don’t place a pre-order by the 20th, you’ll have to come visit us in room #407 to pull your order from the inventory we bring. If you place a pre-order by Feb 20th, we will have it packed and ready for pick up at market. If you are NOT attending market, you’re welcome to place an order at any time. We will fill those orders as soon as we return home. (wholesale prices are in the email I sent on February 11th)
Let’s get to it!
Only shops attending market will be able to purchase this design for 6 weeks. It will be available to all shops starting April 15th.
Black & white chart packaged in 9 x 12 inch bag
Full color chart in a booklet
Full color chart in a booklet
Full color chart in a booklet
Full color chart in a booklet
Full color chart in a booklet
Black & White chart packaged in 6×9 inch bag
Watch my Flosstube video sharing my new releases.
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I’m so thrilled to be sharing my new releases with you! These designs will be available from your LNS (local needlework shop) the end of August/first of September 2022. We are taking pre-orders from shops so call your LNS and preorder now. However, shops who place their order at the Needlework Expo will ship first.
The Needlework Expo is a virtual show held Aug 27, 28, 29. Go here to learn more.
We usually give the shops 4-6 weeks to sell the new designs before we sell them in our Etsy shop but since we’re going to be traveling for retreats in early October, it’ll be late October before we have them in our Etsy shop so please support your favorite LNS or ONS (online needlework shop).
Here is my new release Flosstube video:
This sampler was designed for the Silver Needle Retreat July 2021. Stitched by Cathy Lounsbury.
DMC 840 can be used in place of CCW Cocoa Bean
Hello Halloween Book Cover
Stitch Count 220 x 330
This sampler was stitched on 36 count Old Linen by XJuDesigns
NOTE: The witch with the star dress…use DMC 400 Mahogany dark in place of WDW 1229 Chickpea.
ANOTHER NOTE: When I show this design in my video, I mention it was beautifully framed by Paula at The Craft Gallery in Findlay, Ohio. However, I had to get the book to the publisher BEFORE I could pick up the framed sampler so the frame pictured here (and in the Hello Halloween book) was photoshopped onto the sampler by me.
There they are! All of our new releases for the Needlework Expo! I hope you found something you want to stitch! Contact your favorite shop ASAP to get your order in. Happy Stitching Friends!
Let me know in the comments which one is your favorite 
-T
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Rachel of Needle and Flax has quickly become one of my favorite linen dyers for cross stitching! I heard about her from my friend Colleen of Stitching with the Sisterlies.
Rachel started a Flosstube channel on YouTube in November 2021. She grew up in California but now lives in Northern Michigan…..I’m a Michigan girl, too, so I was immediately intrigued. After watching her first video, I ordered some of her linen and in December I stitched my first “Faith in Stitches” series on 40 count Pickwick. (shown below)
Faith in Stitches Series #1 – He Will Sustain You is available as a PDF at my Etsy shop here.
Now, 5 months later, I have a nice collection of Rachel’s beautiful fabrics. I love to stitch on 40 count linen so what you are seeing is 40 count linen. When I get an order of her linen, I share it on my Flosstube channel but it’s REALLY hard to show accurate color on a video so I decided to color match her linens to DMC floss. By doing this, it will be easier for you to know what color the linen is which will make kitting your projects easier.
I highly recommend you purchase the DMC color card….the one that has the actual floss wrapped on a card. This is a priceless tool for cross stitchers and is not expensive. Here is a link where you can purchase the DMC floss card.
Read the notes for each photo….I did my best to color match to DMC but WOW….what a chore! It took me hours to do this and even a trip to JoAnns to buy some floss I didn’t have in my stash. Some colors are off….maybe too light or too dark but in the correct color family. Others might be noted a bit differently so make sure to read the notes for each photo.
I hope you find this helpful! Let me know in the comments.
If 07 and 451 had a baby….. this is another one I struggled to find matching DMC floss colors. At the top of the photo, 07 is a good match, but in other areas of the photo, the purple tones of 451 are seen although in a lighter shade.
I really stuggled to find the light color for Brea. 739 is too light as you can see but it’s in the right color family.
If 3861 and 841 had a baby, it would match the darker tones in Eastwick! There’s too much purple in 3861 but it’s a close match.
The Petoskey Stone is a beautiful, natural wonder that is unique to the state of Michigan. Learn more here. Rachel did an amazing job capturing the beautiful colors of the Petoskey Stone.
I’m not satisfied with 3864….in the photo is doesn’t look like a match….it’s too pink. I may have to go back and try this one again. It all depends on the lighting in the studio. I even photographed with a black background and again with a white background….each one looked so different but I picked the closest photo to a match 😳
The next 3 photos are showing how lighting can effect the colors of fabric and floss.
Need I say more……
This is not all of the linens Rachel offers. There are 9 more. I tend to stitch on or have my models stitchers stitch on neutrals or earthtones. I rarely design with colored fabrics.
I will add to this post when I receive new colors or when Rachel comes out with new colors.
I hope this was helpful 😊
Needle & Flax info:
Blessings -T
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I love when an artist put so much symbolism and hidden meaning into their works of art. Ukrainian Catholic artist Ivanka Demchuk’s icon of the Annunciation has depth and symbolism explained in this video from Good Catholic, a division of The Catholic Company.
Go here for the full article.
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Hey Friends,
Yarn Tree/Needlework Retailer who host the Nashville Needlework Market did something new this year. They shot a 360 degree photo of every room at the market! It’s so great to be able to see every room….even us exhibitors didn’t have time to visit EVERY room so it was a treat for me to see.
Yarn Tree/Needlework Retailer has given permission to share ENJOY!
Click here to go to their site and check out every exhibitor’s room: https://www.needleworkretailer.com/nashville360/index.htm
Below is a photo of my room #407. Click here to see a 360 view https://www.needleworkretailer.com/nashville360/407.htm
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It’s been a long time comin’. I’m finding it difficult to keep up with vlogging and blogging right now due to many deadlines with work, preparing for the Silver Needle retreat and visiting with Mom and Jerry.
Mom and Jerry arrived the day we arrived in Tennessee for Gabby and JTs wedding. It was sad to be away when they arrived but it worked out good because they took care of the dogs while we were away.
They’ve been here about a month now and we’ve had so much fun. I’m absorbing as much time with them as possible while they’re here this summer.
The best and most thorough way to see what I’ve been up to is to subscribe to BOTH of my YouTube channels. Flosstube is more of a sit-down visit where I share what I’ve been up to on a weekly basis and Creatube is more of a bi-weekly vlog where I share day-to-day happenings in my life and studio. Flosstube can be found here. Creatube can be found here.
The angel is our last lesson in session 5 of CW LIVE. We will finish her this Tuesday. Session 6 starts August 3rd. To learn about CW Live, go here.
Below is what I was working on for Whatcha Paintin Wednesday. WPW is a live paint-and-chat on my Facebook and YouTube Wednesdays at 1pm eastern time.
I’ve taken a break from it to work on my bear calendar.
Still pluggin away at my cross stitch project. This design will be one of nine designs in a patriotic book to be released in March at the Nashville Needlework Market.
I painted an abstract landscape “Desolate” for our downstairs bathroom. I used Dixie Bell iron pantina for the rust effect.
In CW Live we created photo collages!! What fun!! The first one is our grandson and below that is one of our granddaughter.
#helpsomeone was the next painting lesson in session 5 of CW Live. The crackle turned out amazing on this one! The students also did a fantastic job on their paintings. So proud of them!
I’ve been painting a bear calendar in watercolor since 1999. I need 3 paintings done for the 2023 calendar by this week! Here is the first one I painted. This is the June image “Three Bluebirds”.
Here is the 2nd painting for the calendar, “Bring Me Apples” – November 2023.
This is just a smidge of what I’ve bought………
My first teeny tiny sewing machine….I’ve acquired 2 more since this photo……
I’ve also gotten in a ton of Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss, Blackberry Primitives wool and linen swatches, books and more! Watch my YouTube videos to see everything.
Below is my contribution to the summer 2021 issue of PNPSM, “Patriotic Ewe” punchneedle.
That’s it for now! Wishing you a great July! My next post will be after the Silver Needle Retreat. I will share as much as possible…this is my first time as a guest designer at a retreat. Wish me luck!
Blessings,
Teresa
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I’m so excited to be sharing my first fabric line with Riley Blake Designs. For the Love of Nature will be in quilt shops this fall and shops are pre-ordering now.
After a 10 year hiatus, I’m back designing quilting fabric and it feels so good!
Inspiration for the line is exactly what the title reads…..
Living on 5 acres in Michigan surrounded by farm fields, ponds, creeks, wooded areas, a park and a river means we see a lot of wildlife. Our pond is directly outside my studio door and we’ve seen deer, fox, coyotes, racoon (at one time two baby racoons got into my studio!), quirrel, bunnies, wild turkey, Canandian geese, blue heron, green heron and all types of ducks. I feel blessed living among all the beauty.
In 2019 I designed a cross stitch sampler “For the Love of Nature”. The elements from the sampler where the inspiration for the fabric line as well. Just this month I released the cross stitch chart pictured below.
Watch the YouTube video here.
Below are photos of the design card so the color isn’t accurate….watch the video to see of the prints.
FREE QUILT PATTERN will be available here.
FREE QUILT PATTERN will be available here.
OR
You can buy the kit which will include the pattern and fabric for the quilt top and binding. The kit comes in the box shown in the above photo.
The next three photos seem very light to me but remember these are the first strike-offs. The color will be corrected but I wanted to go ahead and show you the prints.
A HUGE thank you to Cindy and the Riley Blake team for working on this line with me and for trusting in me and my designs enough to partner with me. I’m truly grateful.
If you like what you see, contact your local quilt shop and make sure they’ve pre-ordered this line. It will be in quilt shops this fall!
Blessings,
Teresa
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