Hey Friends! It’s that time of year again. The Nashville Needlework Market is always the first weekend in March. We are headed to Franklin TN soon to show (and sell) our new offerings!
This pattern release is my largest ever so buckle up buttercup!
Cross Stitch Design
Find Joy booklet contains 3 cross stitch designs – Find Joy Sampler, Grateful and Robin’s Landing.
Cross Stitch Design
Hello Love features 7 cross stitch designs: Love Birds, Cupid, A Joyful Heart, My Love, Heart & Hand Valentine, Love is Life/Be Mine Valentine, None to Protest
Hello Winter features 9 wonderfully winterty designs: Snow Folly, Cozy and Warm, Copper’s Winter, Winter at Cedar Hill, Snow Queen/Snow King, Whispy Winds, A Sweet Song, Snowdays are for Stitching, Cardinal’s Friend.
Last weekend, December 5, 6 and 7, the cross stitch industry held the biggest, bestest virtual Christmas party in the land! Once the ball started at 3pm eastern on Friday, December 5, it was open 24 hours a day until midnight December 7th.
The Jingle Ball is mostly about cross stitch but you can find other needlework patterns there as well, such as, wool applique, quilting and punchneedle.
Twelve very talented designers set up a virtual shopping booth, host finishing classes,record entertainment videos, host meet n’ greets and more. Each also design an ornament for the Jingle Ball Baubles Ornament Book.
The ball is hosted by Stephanie and Jason Webb of Lindy Stitches. This year was the 4th Jingle Ball and it just gets better every year!
For a mere $15 for the admission ticket, you get access to everything but the finishing classes (they cost extra). Here’s what that golden admission tickets gets you:
Access to the shopping haul where you can shop from 12 designers who have at least one exclusive, new releases, fun accroutrement and a freebie chart.
In the main hall, there is an entertainment reel that plays all weekend….8 hours of videos from the 12 designers.
Each designer hosts a live meet & greet where you can ask your burning questions to your favorite designer.
Access to stitching tables. There are several stitching tables which are set up kinds like a zoom call. You can sit and stitch with friends or make new friends. You can come and go from table to table. They are open the entire time the ball is going on.
Speed dating! This is a fun feature. You enter speed dating and are paired with another person for 5 minutes. Then you go to the next person for 5 minutes and so on.
Classes….these cost extra, but each designer offers a class for approximatley 2 hours. I taught punchneedle this year. See photos below.
The option to buy the Jingle Ball Baubles Ornament Book. All 12 designers have an ornament tin the book.
Santa joins in on the fun Sunday evening. He is so gracious to spend time with us stitchers!
To learn more about the Jingle Ball…..and more importantly, join their email list…..go to www.thejingleball.net
Below are my contributions to the 2025 Jingle Ball.
My Prim Punchneedle Pouch Class
My punchneedle class was VERY hands on. I offered a limited amount of kits and then anyone could get a PDF. I gave the students a coupon code to get my online punchneedle tutorial for FREE. I also did a livestream a couple weeks before the ball to go over any questions or concerns they had. I used a camera facing down to give instruction.
The class was 2 hours for the finishing of the pouch and we used ALL 2 hours! lol! I wanted EVERYONE to be able to do the finishing so everything was hand sewn. A sewing machine would have made it faster but not everyone has a sewing machine. The class was so fun and the students were attentive and asked great questions!
After the class, I emailed all the students a PDF tutorial with many up close photos for the finishing. I am also charting this design for cross stitch for the students which will read “I Stitch”.
This design in punchneedle and cross stitch will be released fall 2026.
My ornament for the Jingle Ball Baubles Ornament Book
My ornament is really small. Stitch count only 52 x 67. I wanted to design something small enough to be able to stitch and have it hanging on the tree this Christmas. I also hope we all keep the true meaning of Christmas in our hearts because Jesus is the Reason for the Season.
This design will be released fall of 2026.
My Exclusive for this Year’s Jingle Ball
I adore this sweet Santa reminding us there’s no pouting during the Christmas Season!
This design will be released fall of 2026.
My Free Chart – Only Available at the Jingle Ball
Moonlit Snowfall is in honor of my Father. He passed December 18, 2014. I miss him terribly! He loved to sit in their 4 season room (three sides of the room was all windows from floor to ceiling) and watch the snow fall slowly to the ground as the birds ate from the several feeders he had in the backyard. It was a peaceful place to be during the snow. The stitch count is 142 x 37.
This design will be release fall 2026.
NEW! Frosty Pals
Frosty Pals is a new release. It was available as a booklet to be shipped or a PDF. It was a huge hit at the ball! Below are all the details.
This design will be released at the Nashville market March 2026 and only as a booklet. No PDFs.
NEW! Midnight Santa Stocking
This guy was well received! It was available as a booklet we ship or a PDF. Below are the details.
This design will be released at the Nashville market March 2026 and only as a booklet. No PDFs.
The model was stitched on Old Top Hat…..If you are looking for Old Top Hat fabric by Elizabeth, Dames of the Needle, go to her Etsy shop to place a pre-order Click HERE.
There are also shops who carry Old Top Hat fabric: Kitten Stitcher, Hobby House and GaRon Stitchery so reach out to them.
Karen of Fox and Rabbit and Liz, @thewonderingstitcher on IG, are hosting a SAL (stitch a long) which will start January 1st. They have a Facebook Group if you want to join them. Here is a link to the group. Also…on Instagram join the fun by using the hashtag #midnightsantaSAL Fox & Rabbit are also offering pre-orders on their Ancient Ruin fabric for the stocking as an alternative.
I also debuted my wool applique Santa patterns at the ball. Watch the video below to see all that I offered this year.
I hope you were able to attend the Jingle Ball this year. If not, be sure to follow @jingleballxs on Instagram and join the newsletter here.
Until next time……happy creating and Merry Christmas! – Teresa Kogut
Hey stitchy friends! We have 6 new cross stitch releases to share with you. Below are photos of each as well as all the details for stitching each. I hope you see something you like.
All six of these designs are in-house and ready to ship to your favorite needlework shop.
Drop a comment telling me your favorite of the six new designs.
A Time to Work. This is the second in a four-chart series called “Every Season”. The Rustic Rhythm finishing board can be found at Chantelle’s 141 website or shop. The full color 8.5″ x 11″ booklet is a single chart.
2. Be Ye Ready. This is part of my Faith in Stitches series. This is stitched all in DMC. It’s a good daily reminder. The full color 8.5″ x 11″ booklet is a single chart.
3. Goodness & Mercy. Another new addition to the Faith in Stitches series. This is a very popular and well known bible verse. The full color 8.5″ x 11″ booklet is features 3 charts. Two are pictured below.
4. No Place Like Home. This design was an exclusive for Primitive Gatherings cross stitch quarterly box. It’s been a year so now it’s available to everyone. The full color 8.5″ x 11″ booklet is a single chart.
5. Risen. Another Faith in Stitches series design. The full color 8.5″ x 11″ booklet is a single chart.
6. Treasury of Compassion. One of my favorite stitches ever! I really enjoyed stitching this will one color thread. This design is part of the Faith in Stitches series featuring part of the Divine Mercy Chaplet. See below for more details about the chaplet. The 8.5″ x 11″ full color booklet is a single chart.
Even though the Nashville Market was only a few weeks ago, we have a new release. The Wren Sampler was suppose to be a Nashville Release but I didn’t get it back from the framer in time. No worries! We are ready to share it now.
This is an original sampler. I included some of my favorite motifs…..wrens, deer, flowers, angels, a red house, butterflies and sheep! The wren’s song is so pretty even the sheep are looking up at the sweet birds.
Your favorite shop will hopefully have this sampler for you and if not, ask them to get it for you. We’ll start shipping April 3rd.
It’s that time of year again! The Nashville Needlework market is the 7-9 of March and it’s coming quick! I’m so excited, as I am every year, to share with you what I’ve created (with the help of many talented ladies) for market.
The Nashville Needlework market is not open to the public. It is for needlework shops to come and purchase products for their customers. It is mostly cash and carry but some do place orders as well.
The vendors are needlework designers, fabric and floss dyers, distributors and people who create products for the needlework market, such as, finishing trims, finishing boards, etc.
When I say needlework, I’m talking cross stitch, however, there is also punchneedle and some wool applique patterns as well.
This year we have 6 cross stitch charts, 2 cross stitch books and 4 punchneedle designs. All of them are available for pre-order at your favorite needlework shop so give them a call or preorder on their website so they can pick up your goodies in Nashville. Let’s dig in!
PUNCHNEEDLE
CROSS STITCH
My Heart is Fed is the Nashville Exclusive!!
Which means it’s only available to the shops who come to Nashville.
Four weeks after the Nashville market it will be available for all shops to purchase.
Humble Cottage features three charts. Thy Neighbor, Happy House and I Live in a Cottage. Each are shown below.
Faithful Kind & True features a sampler, sewing roll, needle keep & drum which are shared below.
That’s it! Those are my Nashville Needlework releases for March 2025. Contact your favorite needlework shop to pre-order your favorites today.
Below is my Flosstube video where I share all of the information and inspiration for each design.
Green Coat Santa was first introduced in my Patreon July 2022. My friend, Denise, is a member of my Patreon and she stitched it for herself. I had the design charted with DMC floss. Denise wanted to use a variegated floss for his coat so she stitched him using Bayberry from Weeks Dye Works. It came out soooo good!
Most of the time I hire model stitchers to stitch my models for me so I have them to photograph, to show on my Flosstube video, to show at the Nashville market and to take with me to any retreats where I may have a pop-up shop.
However, when I was getting the Hello Santa book designed and ready for the publisher, I knew Denise and another sweet friend Dawna had already stitched some of the Santas for themselves so I asked to borrow their finished pieces to photograph for the book.
Denise of Dot Dot Goose Designs had stitched Green Coat Santa and she was so kind to let me borrow him. I intended to put her floss conversion in the book but I forgot. She only changed one color and it was the green of the coat.
Keep in mind, hand dyed floss can change over time. She stitched it 2 years before the book was released so the Weeks Dye Works Bayberry may be slightly different than what you see on the cover. Another good floss for the green coat is Grassland by Weeks Dye Works.
Sorry for any confusion this may have caused when you received your book and wondered what floss was used for his coat. Remember, I’m human and make mistakes too.
One last thing….Denise used 2 skeins of Bayberry from Weeks Dye Works because she stitched 2 over 2 on 32 count fabric. The chart in the book tells how many stitches for each floss color. To determine how many skeins you’ll need for the fabric count you are using, you can do the math using Lindy Stitches chart by clicking here.
The Jingle Ball 2024 was a huge success! We’ve had great feedback from those who attended the ball. Let’s start with what the Jingle Ball is all about. It’s a virtual cross stitch retreat/Christmas party with exclusive shopping, a 7 hour entertainment reel, stitching tables, speed dating, live meet and greets, classes AND a visit from Santa!
Where else can you stay in your PJs all weekend and stitch while enjoying hours of entertainment, join friends at a stitching table and make new friends…..only at the Jingle Ball!
Stephanie Webb of Lindy Stitches is the creator and host of this event. The first Jingle Ball was December 2022. Stephanie invites 11 designers to help create exclusive designs, host classes and create entertainment videos. To learn more, go here.
The event started 6pm eastern, Friday, Dec 6 and ended Sunday at midnight pacific time.
If you are a cross stitcher and have never heard of the Jingle Ball, you must join the email list so you can go next year! It really is a magical weekend where stitchers from all over the globe come together to chat, stitch, shop and laugh….all this for only $10!
I’ve been fortunate enough to have been invited to be a designer at all of the Jingle Ball events so this was my 3rd year. Boy it’s a lot of work but it’s so worth it to see the smile on so many faces.
Below are my exclusive designs for this year’s Jingle Ball. These designs will be released to the public a year from now.
I had some other exclusive products available in my shop. Mugs, totes, stickers and a Santa keychain.
Each designer is required to make an entertainment video…..back by popular demand, Kevin and I did our Mixology again this year. We mixed it up by adding in friends and our sweet pup Teeny. Below are a few fun photos from the video.
Drinks with Beth and Matt Twist at their lovely home when we were out in Oregon for the Acorns and Threads retreat.
A couple drinks were made with Denise of Dot Dot Goose Designs when we were together in the Fall for the Farmgirl retreat in Iowa followed by the Primitive Gatherings retreat in Wisconsin.
This year we included our beloved Teeny Woo for a non-alcoholic beverage.
We ended the video here at home in Michigan with Kevin and I.
The drinks this year were fantastic! If you would like the recipes, I have them as downloadable PDFs here.
I have all three of our Mixology videos available to watch in my Patreon. If you would like to learn more about Patreon, go here
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