Punch Needle work is what I have been up to

Punch Needle Angel back side that has been glued, dried, and carefully cut out

The front side of the Punch Needle Angel, just waiting for finishing touches :)

These are couple of pictures of my punch needle angel that I made the other day with Weeks Dye Works 3 strand floss. I just have to cut out the cardboard shape, glue to the back and then more finishing. I will share photos tomorrow, can't wait; but hubby has a long doc appointment in the morning so cant share until late in the day. check back then :)

donna

Sampler Email arriving later today and new cross stitch design finished

"It Just Needs Love" counted cross stitch design and embroidery

Close-up of embroidery

finished with wool leaves

Happy morning,

I have been working on the letter for all those  that have signed up for "Serenity Harbor Sampler"
I finally have all of the floss listed with color names and fabric sizes figured out for you, and now I just need to add all the email addresses to a folder for email delivery :)
But this will have to be done this afternoon because I am on my way to Camp Wool to teach class for the wool/feather trees :). So make sure to check your emails and check spam in case it could go there.
I finished the design "It Just Needs Love" in cross stitch and along with the cross stitch pattern I have the line drawing so you can embroider it like I did. Included in this chart pack will be the finishing directions for the wool embroidered bag.

I am of to curl my hair :) until later, have a good day

donna

"It Just Needs Love" and a big thank you :)

"It Just Needs Love" Punch needle design

 This is my Punch Needle design that is on Etsy and ready to go. Not everyone likes to punch needle so I made this design in Cross Stitch. I just finished it this morning and along with the cross stitch design will be the layout for the Embroidery. See my photo below, I am still working on it, and decided to make the blanket into a French Knot blanket. Almost done :)

"It Just Needs Love" cross stitch design

"It Just Needs Love" embroidery design

Our cactus on the porch is sending LOVE ,  it is just beautiful :)

I would like to thank everyone that has signed up for the "Serenity Harbor Sampler" Group. I am overwhelmed with gratitude, thank you again and the emails will be going out soon with the info for fabric sizes and floss colors, along with the invite to our special blog.

Have a good night

donna

just sent out newsletters with a small freebie and new Punch Needle design

"It Just Needs Love" Punch Needle Design

The newsletters have just gone out and they contained a small freebie for the Holidays. 

This is my new punch needle design. I used Weeks Dye Works and DMC. It will be available tomorrow on Etsy. I just finished this punch needle design with some wool tabs all around. It will include the line drawing for tracing and the templates for the tabs. I traced the tabs so that all you have to do is trace or copy the tabs onto freezer paper, iron onto your wool, cut them out and stitch away. So I traced all 30 tabs for you :) ,

One more thing that I have included is the sheet of paper that has the saying about the tree. It brings back my childhood memories, when times were so simple. The sheet also has 3 more Christmas sayings on it for you to choose from if you want to add this to your piece.  I burned mine around the edges with a candle and a dabbed with the wet sponge to stop it from burning to much. 

I am tired so off to bed early and you have a good night

donna

I made a mistake :( Mister Turkey background color for Punch Needle

I was at Camp Wool today and a customer came in and was going to purchase Mister Turkey punch needle from the shop and was having a hard time matching the background color. So since I was there I offered to help. Matching O513 with the model was not working and then I thought OH NO what have I done. I opened another draw and found the correct color. It is O153. 
So I apologize if this has caused anyone confusion. When I have my next run of charts I will correct it.
But this is all I can do is post this and send out notices to shop owners.
Pass it on please
donna

Class pic from Saturday and a Etsy Special

Class was fun on Saturday and I met some very nice ladies. 

They all finished their trees by the time class was done!! 

YEAH!!! Hope they will be making more.

I have been adding charts to Etsy and will add more tomorrow. 

Starting tomorrow if you spend $25.00 or more on Esty I will include in your mailed package the a FREE "Give Thanks Pillow Kit". 

I need to make room for more Holiday things and I have 13 of these left so when they are gone that will be the end of the SPECIAL. 

Have a great night

with a thankful heart

donna

"Blossom & Bees" special on Etsy...When supplies are gone I will not reprint :(

I have a special to offer you. I am discontinuing "Blossom and Bees" .

The regular price is $16.00 and includes the charted design, wool for the bee hive and a paper pin that I made to start your collection of pins for the hive. The sale price is $8.00 until my stock is depleted. 

I designed this in 2010 when I wanted to start using wool along with some cross stitching. I do love using wool and the little bee skep is 3 dimensional. I was also making the bee pins at the time and have not made them in a long time. Maybe I can have my daughter work on some for me and add them to the esty shop.

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Here is some more info on the design that you might find helpful.

 Stitch Count 152 X 120    Design is approx. 9.5 X 7.5

32ct Sandstone linen

• 14 ct Aida or 28ct linen over 2 10.86 X 8.58

• 16 ct Aida or 32ct linen over 2  9.5 X 7.5

• 18 ct Aida or 36ct linen over 2 8.44 X 6.66

DMC

White

434

728

730

732

733

822

834

920

3371

3712

3829

Framing By: Valley House Primitives LLC 

http://www.valleyhouseprimitives.com

I used some Rhodes Stitches in the tiny hanging Bee hives. 

Have a good night

donna

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Proverbs 16:24

"Gracious words are like a honeycomb,

    sweetness to the soul and health to the body"

New stitching Club and more photo shares from fellow stitchers

New design for the "Bay-side Sampler Club"
This is my image for the new design that I will have starting in January.
I will have more info with this Fridays newsletter regarding this once a month stitching program.

Soooo Excited for this Club!!!!

**********************************************I had a late entry for the giveaway stitching challenge.

 It is Deb , check out her blog and this is her finish. A cute ornament and I love the polka dot ribbon. 

Thank you Deb for sharing and I have a small gift on the way for you.

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I also have another stitching friend from Maine. This is some work from Jackie, she lives in Fryburg Maine.

Stitched By Jackie

Stitched By Jackie

Stitched By Jackie

Just Beautiful and I thank everyone that shares their handwork with me. I appreciate it !!

Winner of the GIVEAWAY... and a conversion for Mr Turkey.Valdani, Weeks Dye Works and DMC

Happy Sunday, 

I have a winner for the giveaway. It is Eva from Hungary , she is the only entry and the pumpkin is adorable. Please visit her site, follow her if you can. 

So the pumpkin head punch needle that I made is going on a far away trip to his new home. 

Thank you so much Eva. Your work made my day :)

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Many of you have asked for a conversion for the Valdani threads for "Mr Turkey" punch needle. 

They were wonderful to use with nice shading and I also used Weeks Dye works for the cross stitch turkey. Many of you like DMC too so I made my own conversion for the 3 different fiber companies.

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“Mister Turkey” Conversion Chart

I used Valdani 3 strand floss balls for the punch needle

 Weeks Dye for the Cross Stitch turkey 

These are my choices and they are not perfect but as close as I could choose. 

The DMC comparison should be blended or used as solids but alternating colors.

The choice is up to you. I hope this is helpful. donna.

Valdani           Weeks Dye DMC

O153 1264 Louden 831/3011

O501 4129 Swamp Water 3021/3781

O503 4121 Indian Summer 304/814

O506 2242 Cognac 921/301

O513 1236 Mocha 3863/3862

O572 3950 Chesapeake 500

P2      2197 Oscar 730/3011

P4          1107 Cattail 3033/Ecru

P12              1269 chestnut 801/938

                    1150 Spanish Moss     648/3072

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I also have an announcement!!! I will be having a special design that is available on the Blog/Etsy. 

If you remember I mentioned long ago that I have been designing a 36 inch tall cross stitch scene. 

I have been working on this design for a few years. Always making changes. 

Well I finally finished it and will be offering it as a year long project. 

If you choose to participate you will be emailed a 3 inch by 11 inch section once a month to stitch. 

There will be a blog that you will be invited to publish on and share your photos.

 I still have to think of cute names and create the blog, the design is finished as a chart but of course I have not stitched it myself. We can do this project together. 

The cost will be $7.00 per month. You must sign up for the 12 months to complete this project and at the end I will be sending out to you a special  thank you kit made just for this class. 

So check back for more information and it should be fun. Plan on starting January 1st.

donna

Giveaway update and New design pics

Here are my pictures of ?

I need a name and not TOM, to many Toms out there 

This is a close up of my stitchery turkey. I added some distress stain around the outside of the stitching to make him look old and dirty. I already had pre-coffee dyed the fabric 

I finished him as a ditty bag

The next pictures are of my cross stitch turkey

He measures approx 7 x 7 and was stitched on 32ct linen. So it was hard to find a frame for him. I used an 8 x 10 that I had, set him of to the left and then thought I should fill it in with some bittersweet.

 So I went outside and picked some, brought it in the house and started to cut it up to lay it down and realized that the little orange pieces are so wet. I couldn't use that and have it stain the stitched piece so that idea was a wash. 

Maybe fake bittersweet would do but I didn't have time to go to the store. I found some fake red berries and added those to the picture by stitching those in place. 

I am happy now :)

The punch needle turkey is kinda finished. I added him to a wool background and I am not sure if I want to hang him or lay him on a table. 

But here are his pictures

I have to pick up hubby from the hospital again. He has been there for a few days and then take him to a doctors appt. As soon as I get back home I will work on the directions and these should be ready by Sunday or Monday the latest. 

GIVEAWAY UPDATE

I will have the drawing for the punch needle pumpkin head giveaway on Sunday. So get those photos in to be eligible :)

Hope you are having a good day, the weather here is terrible, so windy and so much rain. They say we are having a nor'easter. I can not imagine if this was snow!!. Its been days :(

Have Peace today

donna