A Redo for 13th Colony Bays available as a PDF in the Etsy shop

 

The design 13th Colony Bay with all 3 designs as a whole is now availabe in the Etsy shop....

As I was creating this PDF I want to mention that the floss that I LOVE DMC 730 series and 830 series has been changed. 

DMC did discontinue 731 and 831, which I did use in this design and others also. 

So the only thing I can come up with is that if you stitch with 2 strands of floss and that when it calls for 731 that you use 1 strand of 730 and 1 strand of 732, hopefully that will make a slight variation...But I have noticed lately that 730 and 732 are looking very similar in color also :(

But they are my favorite, I did love the slight gradiant change they made in the scene. 

You could also substitute on overdyed in some areas....

Just be creative and enjoy you stitching!

Here is the link in you would like it as a whole design and not have to put the scene togather. 

13th Colony Bay as a whole design.

And I am off to finish with the directions for 

STITCH An INCH FALL #2

Have a Blessed Day

hugs

donna B. 

A little mistake on the Secret Garden pattern

 

Good day everyone, 

Jennie brought it to my attention that there is a little mistake on the Secret Garden. 

You can see the motif in the solid symbols.....the one highlighted in orange should be over 1 space by the full set of 4 squares.

I thought I would pass that along if you did not notice it.

Thank you Jennie

Keeping you up to date ..... I hope haha

 My Secret Garden design on fabric with a bit of watercolor added....and now onto embellishing

YEAH!! I have a spot at the York Corner Mercantile on Rt 1 in York ME.

I just left there today and dropped of so many of my models.

Lots of models for Fall and some kits along with come pins and finished Pincushion's.

I will be sharing a space upstairs with my daughter Meagan and

more things to come for September.

Here are some pics of the models that I just dropped off.

 

  

  

  

  

Those are just a few of the models that will be at the York Corner Mercantile.

So if you are on an adventure on the way to Maine please

 check out her shop...

There are so many more things

 like antiques

 and 

the dried pressed flowers are being displayed there too from my daughter. 

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And for the Book Club Stitch A Long

 we are onto

Pride and Prejudice

Here is a look at some of the Bookmarks that are included only

 with the Stitch A Long,  These are a Freebie and thank you from me to you!

They will be released in the future as a design in a group pack for cross stitching.

And I do have one more thing to share

I am working on another 

Stitch An Inch Fall

It will be one similar to the last one,

 but you will be able to attach it 

to the end of the last one 

to make a VERY LONG design. 

This is the last one

Well that is it for today

Have a Blessed weekend

and be safe

🙏

😊

Your freebie is on the way and I have missed you!

Good day everyone, It has been a while again since I posted....it's been a busy summer.

I am designing a new Stitch An Inch Fall scene. Here is the one that is available and with the next one that I design you will be able to continue and extend it from the first one. 

The original one measures 28 x 196 and if you wanted to stitch both of them together it would measure approximately 28 x 392, and if you do stitch it on 28ct over 1 thread it would be about 14 inches long with so much tiny detail :)

I can't wait to show you, but it will have to wait until next week because I am still drawing it out. 

But since I am in a FALL mood I thought I would share the FALL Ornis that are a quick stitch and available in the Etsy shop as a PDF chart...

If you signed up for the newsletter this is the Freebie for you...

A little blue lobster!

You could also change the colors and grab 2 shades of red to make him a popular red one.

I am on my way to the York Corner Mercantile

Have a good weekend and until next week....I promise to post more often

hugs

donna B. 

Etsy Shop SALE Heritage Homestead

 

The 4th of July is almost here and I did not make a Special design for this Holiday…..I’ve been really busy but I do have “George and Martha”

“Heritage Homestead”  is the name for the design.

It was a Stitch a Long…long ago.

I love the home in Mount Vernon with the rolling hills, trees, and the Potomac River.

It is available as a PDFand will be on Special until the 4th of July.

Regular $35.00 on SALE for $25.00

Link Here

It also has the Words

"In God We Trust"

All of the bookmarks are together and are in the charts packs on their way to your local needlework shop (if they signed up) HAHA!

Each Novel has a corresponding bookmark with motifs and also the cross stitch pattern to stitch one for yourself or a friend.

Well I am really busy today!!!!!

So I will make this quick

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND

TRY TO GET SOME REST

Hugs 

donna B. 

Shops that are Participating in the Book Club Stitch A Long

 

I wanted to share the Shops that have reached out to me

 to say that they will be participating in the "Book Club" Stitch A Long

If you would like to join to receive the Hard Copies

 please reach out to them or maybe your own

 Local Needlework shop that you would like to support to :)

Here is the list

Beach Cottage Stitchers

A Stitching Shop

 Silver Needle

Crazy Annies

Inspired Needle

Stitch New England

123 Stitch

Needle In A Haystack

Thank you so much to all that have reached out!

Have a great day and the newsletters have gone out too. 

:)

donna

Anne of Green Gables video....start to refresh your Book Club Journey

 

Good afternoon everyone.

Since we are starting the "Book Club" with Anne of Green Gables

I thought I could find a version for you to watch ahead of time. 

I know there are so many more versions of the story out there but this is the one I found on YouTube.

So if you would like to watch it or maybe read the Book since this is a Book Club haha, please enjoy the

 video 😉

And Amazon books here too

Amazon.com : anne of green gables book

hugs

donna B. 

The newsletters just went out with a Freebie

 

The above design was free in this weeks newsletter!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Spring....it is finally here in Maine. I can see more flowers blooming and I am so happy. 

I have been getting ready for the Stitch A Long and planning on my stitching for mine....it will be embroidered, painted, and some stumpwork added.....I am so excited. 

I hope you have a blessed weekend and I am off to do errands, draw, paint, clean and so much more.

💓

donna B. 

The Book Club information page is up and ready

 

I have the Special Page on the blog with all of the information you will need to sign up

Here is the link 

And Happy Creating, I am so excited...

Summer Stitching and reading, here we come 😉

donna B. 

New SAL "The Book Club"

 

I’ve finally finished designing “The Book Club,” one of my 2026 Stitch-A-Longs.
Each section is inspired by a novel filled with characters and stories we can all learn from. Every month, I’ll release a new section featuring characters and motifs related to the story.
Summer is the perfect time to relax, stitch, and read, while remembering the moments that captivate us. At the end of the Stitch-A-Long, I’ll also have the top and bottom of the bookcase available for those who want to add them to their design.
The release date is set for the end of May, just in time for your summer reading list. More details will be shared soon, and if you’d like your local needlework shop to join in, have them contact me to be added to the list when information becomes available.

The six Books that we will be stitching and maybe reading too are:

Anne of Green Gables

The Secret Garden

Pride and Prejudice

Heidi

Little House on the Prairie

Little Women

Have a great day

hugs

donna