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Due to some unexpected life things…. I lost a week’s worth of work to prep for market this year. Therefore, I am just now…..less than a week before market…..sharing my new punchneedle and wool applique designs.
This is the first time offering wool applique. It’s been a long time coming!
Check out my new punchneedle and wool applique designs below.
I have a Flosstube video showing these releases. You can watch it here:
Thank you so much for your love and support!
-Teresa, Kevin and Kyle Kogut
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Nashville Needlework Market Releases
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Hey friends….it’s that time of year already!!! I’ve been working feverishly behind the scenes framing and FFOing, staging and photographing for covers, writing instructions, laying out books to be published, recording videos, sending shop emails and posting on social media for the upcoming Nashville Needlework Market.
Market is March 1-3 in Franklin TN. It’s where designers, fabric dyers, floss dyers and everything under the sun that has to do with cross stitch showcase their new products in a hotel suite for shop owners to come and purchase inventory for their stores, whether they have a brick and mortar (LNS) or sell online (ONS).
It’s more than selling our new designs and products, it’s a huge reunion every year! I love connecting with friends in the industry whether it’s a shop owner or vendor, I’ve developed friendships with so many over the years and it’s great to see each other in person once a year.
This market we are offering 10 new cross stitch designs and 1 new cross stitch book which includes 8 designs.
We will have a few new punchneedle and a couple new wool applique designs as well but they’re not ready for their appearance yet, so watch for a post in a couple weeks showing those designs.
Let get to it!
Spring is Hope
Voice So Sweet
Strawberry Sheep
Simple Life
Remembrance
Wherever There Are Birds
Needleworker’s Oath
Nashville Exclusive
The Nashville exclusive will only be available to purchase for shops who attended the Nashville Market. After 6 weeks, all shops will be able to order this chart.
Sacred
Faith in Stitches Series
And God Saw
CW Sampler
Serenity
CW Sampler
Hello Spring Book
Watch my Flosstube video where I show and talk about my inspiration behind each design.
Please hit the thumbs up and subscribe to my channel too. Also, click the bell for notifications when I have a new video. Thank you in advance!
My sweet friend, Chantelle of Chantelle’s 141 Design Company, made an incredible vlog showcasing Needleworker’s Oath. Check it out below and be sure to subscribe to her channel while your’re there.
Thank you for your support of my work. Let me know in the comments which is your favorite of my new releases 
-Teresa Kogut
All photos, designs and artwork are copyright protected. All rights reserved.
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Hey friends, 2024 is off to a great start! We had a release of 4 charts. They’re all part of my Early American Folkart series. They have a Pennsylvania Dutch Folkart look. Each one was designed after my acrylic paintings.
Hope you find something you like! They have been shipping to shops for a couple weeks now so they’re easy to find at your favorite LNS and ONS.
Foxes Have Dens
Common Looking
A Clean Heart
1810 Folkart
Thanks for stopping by! Let me know in the comments which one is your favorite.
happy stitching,
Teresa
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Jingle Ball Mixology 2.0
Cocktail Recipes
Kevin and I enjoyed making these amazing drinks for the Jingle Ball this year. In case you missed the Jingle Ball……we recorded ourselves making and taste testing the following Christmas cocktails.
The video played during the Jingle Ball Cross Stitch event which will be (or was, depending on when you see this post) held Dec 1-3, 2023. Go here to get your tickets. Tickets will be for sale until Dec 2, 2023.
Visit Stephanie Webb of Lindy Stitches website to learn more about the Jingle Ball or watch her video explaining what the ball is all about.
After the Jingle Ball is over, the only place you’ll be able to watch our Mixology 2.0 video is in my Patreon, which you can learn more about here.
Mrs. Claus
INGREDIENTS
• 3 cups eggnog
• 3 shots (3 tablespoons or 4.5 ounce) white chocolate liaueur
• 3 tablespoon peppermint Schnapps
• Whipped cream for garnish
• Crushed candy canes for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pour the eggnog, white chocolate liqueur, and peppermint Schnapps into desired glass and stir to combine completely.
2. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of crushed candy cane.
3. Enjoy!
Mistletoe Martini
Ingredients
• 11/2 ounce vodka
• 1/2 ounce elderflower liqueur
• 11/2 ounce cranberry juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• Cranberries
• Mint leaves
Instructions
1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice.
2. Pour in the vodka, elderberry liqueur, cranberry juice and simple syrup.
3. Shake until chilled
4. Strain into a martini glass.
5. Garnish by tossing in a few cranberries and floating mint leaves on top.
Jack Frost
Ingredients
• Light corn syrup or honey for rimming glasses
• Flaked coconut for rimming glasses
• 8 cups ice (more or less depending on desired consistency)
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup blue curacao
• 1/2 cup vodka or light rum (I used vodka)
• 1/2 cup cream of coconut
Instructions
1. Rim the glasses: Pour a thin layer of corn syrup onto a plate and dip the rims into the corn syrup, then dip in coconut flakes.
2. In a blender, blend ice, pineapple juice, blue curacao, vodka and cream of coconut until desired consistency is reached. Pour
into glasses and serve immediately.
Sugar Cookie Martini
Ingredients
FOR THE MARTINI
1/2 c. whole milk
1/4 c. Baileys
2 oz. vanilla vodka
2 oz. amaretto
Ice
FOR THE RIM
1/2 c. vanilla frosting
1/4 c. sprinkles
Instructions
Using a spatula, spread a thin layer of frosting onto rim of
two martini glasses. Pour ¼ cup sprinkles onto a small plate then
dip rims in sprinkles to coat.
In a cocktail shaker, combine milk, Baileys, vodka, and amaretto.
Add ice and shake until cold. Pour into glasses.
The Grinch
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ ounces of Midori
- ½ ounce vodka
- 1 ounce pineapple juice
- 1 ounce dry sparkling wine
- 1 cherry for garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients, except sparkling wine and garnish, in a cocktail shaker.
Shake for a few seconds just to combine ingredients.
Pour in a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with sparkling wine.
Garnish with cherry.
Kevin and I enjoyed every one of these drinks. All delicious, festive and easy to make!
Merry Christmas and may God bless you in the coming year!
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Create Jack o’ Lanterns from Tangerines or Cuties
Ten years ago (2013) I created these fun jack o’ lanterns from tangerines. I sold most of what I made at a craft show. The 3 left over became part of my Halloween display in my studio. Since they were made 10 years ago, the orange coloring had faded to brown. Well….a few days ago, I used orange acrylic paint and dry brushed them. It gave them new life! Now they will forever be orange. Below are photos of the 3 jack o’s I made 10 years ago with a face lift.
I have them hanging on a black feather tree I purchased several years ago from Bethany Lowe.
The Boston Terrier Halloween ornament was purchased from the very talented Arbutus Hunter. I did an interview with her years ago. Click here for the interview and to see more of her work.
NEW JACK O’s
Earlier this week I created 8 new jack o’s made from cuties. They are much smaller than the ones I made from tangerines. They are very cute but were more difficult to carve because of their small size. I created a video tutorial for my Whimsies (this is my Patreon membership account, more on that later) where I show step by step how to make these adorable Jack O’s for your Halloween decorating or you can make them for gifts.
Below are the photos of how they turned out. The tree was purchased from Amazon which you can purchase here.
I love how they all have different personalities!
My intention was to put orange battery operated tea lights inside so they would glow in the dark but because I made with with cuties, they are too small to fit the tea light inside! So, if you make some, I recommend using tangerines.
I filled them with rose hips available at Factory Direct Craft online but you could fill them with moss, cinnamon scented potpourri, bittersweet (real or fake), etc.
I used rusty wire for the hangers which you can purchase from Factory Direct Craft online. The orange tea lights are available here.
To see the entire process via a video tutorial, you’d need to join my Patreon at tier 4. My Patreon is geared towards needlearts, such as, cross stitch and punchneedle, but recently I’ve decided to offer monthly DIY projects. Some projects will use PDF downloads of my original paintings so your projects will truly be unique. To learn more about becoming a Whimsy, check out my Patreon here.
Happy Creating!
-Teresa
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How to Finish a Biscornu
This is the first biscornu I finished by myself (I had a great teacher)
What is a biscornu?
“Biscornu” is a french word meaning “which has an irregular, strange shape”
It is used as a pin cushion or just as a fun, quirky and cute decoration. Some people love making them so much they put them in a LARGE glass jar. It looks great that way and fun to pull them out and show them to people.
They can be embellished with beads to give it a little flair.
Basically, any chart which is square can be made into a biscornu. It consists of two squares (top & bottom). They have to be stitched on the same count fabric to they will be the same size and preferably from the same fabric manufacturer or fabric dyer.
There is a one-thread back stitch around each piece which have to be exactly the same size. The pattern will indicate this backstitch with a line on the chart. It’s VERY IMPORTANT that the backstitch on both top and bottom are the same size.
Click the link below for written instructions including photos that Donna Fedewa (my sweet friend, the biscornu queen) and I put together so finishing your biscornu will be a breeze.
Download the instructional PDF here.
Here are a few other of my biscornu designs:
This was the first biscornu I ever designed! Pattern released March 2020
All of these biscornu charts can be purchased at our Etsy shop here.
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October Release – Hello Autumn Book
We are so excited for this book to FINALLY be released. It was slated for an August release but with other deadlines, vacation and prepping for the Primitive Gatherings retreat, I ran out of time.
Autumn is my favorite time of the year so this book means so much to me! I love scarecrows, squirrels, pumpkins, sunflowers and the smells of Autumn to go along with it.
The book contains eight designs. Five are past Patreon designs and three are new. (to learn about Patreon go to www.patreon.com/teresakogut)
Hello Autumn
Harvest Scarecrow
Folksy Thomas
Harvest Ted & Harvest Tina
Autumn
Sunflower Sam
Autumnal Bliss
This book is in stock as of today, October 9, 2023! Contact your Local Needlework shop to get your copy. It will be in our Etsy shop in a few weeks.
Tell me which design is your favorite in the comments below
Happy Stitching!
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New September Releases
We are excited to show you are new pattern releases for September 2023.
First is Pernice Manor. This was a retreat exclusive for Quilter’s Station Cross Stitch Extravaganza September 2022. It’s been a year so now we can offer it to everyone. This chart is black and white. It’s mostly full cross except for 5 fractional stitches in the goat’s face. Below is the photo and all the details for this lovely sampler.
Pernice Manor
Next we have Harvest Friendship. This booklet contains 3 designs: a sampler-ish piece, a biscornu and a drum. This book is full color. All three designs are full stitches.
Harvest Friends
Harvest Friendship Biscornu
Harvest Friendship Drum
Below is my Flosstube video showing everything
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NEW RELEASES for August
Seaworthy book features 3 designs. They are shown below with the floss requirements for each.
Dwelling Place book features 4 designs. They are shown below with the floss requirements for each.
Enjoy the Flosstube video showing all of my new releases! They are available for pre-order now from your favorite needlework shop. Orders will start shipping Monday, August 21.
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