Free Charts for "Letting Your Light Shine"

Happy snowy Wednesday here!!

I did give these charts away before

 but I can not find them in my LABELS for a Free Deign

 so I am posting them again

Click on These Words for the Free Download

Have a Joyful time getting ready for the Holidays, and Keep Stitching

Hugs

donna 

Gift Certificate Giveaway starting today!!

Happy Holiday Season

We are having a Gift Certificate Giveaway for the Etsy Shop!!

How this will work:

For The first 50 Customers in the Etsy shop starting TODAY!!

 your name will be placed in a HAT!!

As Soon as we reach 50 customers

I will have a drawing for two Lucky stitchers.

Each of you will receive a Gift Certificate for the

 "By The Bay Needleart" Etsy Shop for $100.00

AND

When you are out and about checking out the shop 

you will notice that I am also having a "Special" 

It is on a Soon To Be Discontinued Design Bundle!!

$10.00 for the 2 Design Bundle

"Stitch An Inch Christmas"

There are 10 small and quick to stitch designs that 

measure 28 x 28 stitch count.

If you stitch them over (1) on 28ct linen they will 

measure one inch or if you stitch them

on 14ct Aida or 28ct linen over (2) 

they will measure two by two inches. 

A great size for a "Teachers Gift" or a "Special Gift" for a friend.....

also a good size for an ornament!

And

"Santa's Blessings"

This design has some very Special Words that we need 

to share this Holiday Season.

"Love", "Joy", and "Peace"

You can stitch up these designs to display in your 

Home and share the Message!

and one more in the pack is the "Holiday Greetings" Home.

.....the lights have been left on 

for friends and family so they know they are welcomed!!

More information can be found for these designs

 such as sizes, fabric, and fibers on this site

http://bythebayneedleartdesigns.blogspot.com/

Since these designs are being discontinued 

get them while you can, these are limited

Have a Great Week

and keep stitching

It is a stress reliever unless you are "Being visited by a Frog" OH NO!!

(Its a term used by stitchers that refers to

 taking out stitches when you make a mistake. 

When you take a stitch out you have to "Rip It" (What a FROG  says) KINDA!!

hugs

donna 

Boo Boo!!

Since we have started the "Time for Seasons" SAL and I started stitching this a few days ago

....I came across a Symbol that has gone rogue

....DMC 3052 has decided to venture out on his own

 and land in some peculiar places.  

On this section by the large tree and the house on the left he decided to hug the tree trunk

...I have highlighted him in yellow for you...so that space should really be DMC 502

And on the section by the fence and the house on the right he had landed by the fence

...I have highlighted him there and that space should be 3011

....I guess he wanted to blend in with his family HAHA

So this little NOTE! is only for the charts that are hard copies and sent to the shops

 Because I found him early enough I could fix all of the PDF's last night...

So we are good to go,  but if you have received a hard copy 

please keep your eye out for this little wanderer. 

Happy Stitching

hugs

donna 

Check out the "Old Tattered Flag" and a "Special" in the Shop This Week

This weeks Special in the shop is "Holy Night"

Purchase "Holy Night" and receive "Outline Art Christmas Pack #2" for Free

Link for the Etsy shop here

The Outline Art was a cross stitch idea I had long ago, 

It was an idea for you to cross stitch the outlines of the designs first

 and then you can just fill in the sections after with no counting, 

So if you were stitching when you could be distracted....

there would be no worry about counting because you already had the counting part finished

....you only had to color in the spaces. 

I do LOVE the Simplicity of the Dove with the word "PEACE"

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And Speaking of Trees.....Were we speaking of trees?

HAHA

Well that is the topic we are moving on to.

 "The Old Tattered Flag"

has been working with the Sizzix Machine for cutting wool strips for rug hooking

 and has the idea for the Sizzix Machine that will cut your

Wool Fringe Strips for you so can make your wool feather trees quickly, 

save your fingers, and save time...

So if you plan on making some of these tree's this will certainly help.

Here is a link to Julie talking about the machine

 and some of her other molds for cutting wool to make proddy rugs too. 

Also I believe you have to have Facebook to be able to see the video....Im not sure though!!

So here is a link to her website also 

Old Tattered Flag

So hop on over to the "Old Tattered Flag" and grab a cup of coffee 

and watch the video with Julie and her Mom

Have a good weekend and Enjoy stitch too

hugs

donna 

I just wanted to remind everyone that has made Wool Feather Trees of just wants to make some decorations for your own trees that I have directions on my blog for these little quick wool roses.  You could also add these to a barrette or stitch them on-top of any of your stitching, maybe onto a garden scene. 

Here is the link to the post with more information. it is from 2013 but still good directions HAHA

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Have a great Tuesday

hugs

donna 

Having A SALE in the Etsy shop

"Mister Turkey"

 Punch Needle PDF design 

on sale for $5.00 for a limited time

Stitch An Inch Halloween"

Counted Cross Stitch design

Hard Copy

On sale for $5.00

Making room for new things !!

I am gathering my supplies for the new SAL

"Time For Seasons"

and there was a question regarding the center of the design

The stitch count is 112 x 112.

Maybe someone would like to chart their own idea for the center

 or just need this count for any other ideas you may have!!

I just love it when you are creative and share your thoughts 

and

Speaking about being CREATIVE, Deborah Hendrix on the Facebook group had an idea for the POSTCARDS.

Here idea is to make a postcard book with “Seasons” on the cover

 and then an individual postcard on each page

....kind of a little coffee or side table accessory.

I LOVE it 💓

Dont forget to sign up for the Facebook Group so you can share you progress 

and ideas and the # for Instagram is #timeforseasonssal

Check it out and sign up to to see what everyone else is working on

have a good rainy Thursday here 

hugs

donna

Postcards

My Other Centers and some work along the way

These are the other ways that I worked on the design, 

I had the Bible verse and then I made it into a shorter verse 

and then I just added the corners to the center!!

Well as I said I kept changing things and finally decided 

on the darker borders I have and a

 simple word "Seasons" 

and then I did like the Sailboat too!!

So yes!! I am in a quandary,

 because I am giving the smaller Postcard borders free 

every month to fit the 1/8 sections and then 

at the end of the SAL I am giving the 1/4 Seasons 

with the added motif's as a Thank You for joining in the SAL

And There are the new options for either the Sailboat or the Word Seasons, 

So I dont think I can give these other options away too.

But .........Maybe towards the middle of the SAL I can make

 these Center options as a PDF for download 

if you email me and request them, as long as you signed up for the SAL

 ......But at the moment I have to many Seasons to chart out 

with directions, along with covers for Hard copies

 and then for PDF's, along with email list and billing list

.....HAHA I am sure you know what I am jabbering about  

So that is my ramble for today 

hugs

donna 

Optional Center Ideas

I have a few different center designs that I made along the way from the Bible Verse

 and then a Simple saying and then just the Word "Seasons". 

All of the others were to busy for the design 

because the design is so busy itself, 

so I settled on the Word "Season". 

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I have added one of the others as an option

"The Sailboat" 

I figure we are all sailing through life each in our own Season 

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My other option was to give you a suggestion about the center 

and leave it blank, 

find a framer that could make you a frame 

or at least a Mat that would fit the design

 and then in the center of the open mat instead of a photo

 you could add a mirror.

 I have posted a couple of pictures from Pinterest

 with this idea. I Do love old things and I especially love Stumpwork

.....Maybe I could draw this design out,

 have it printed onto fabric 

and make a stumpwork class, 

but I would have to paint the background sky, hills,and grasses

...Oh that would be awesome.

I could go on and on HAHA

But lets get on with the cross stitching first !!

Photo Credit Link

These are just samples for framing with a mirror in the center!

Photo Credit Link

Peek 5 of 5 Final Reveal for New SAL

YEAH!!!

Here is the final picture that all those puzzle pieces made

Click here to be taken t the Page with all of the info for the SAL

Thank you so much for reading all my posts

hugs

donna

and lets get stitching!!