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Between Friends - A Fall Sampling - Cross Stitch Book from Hands On Design. Note from the designer: "Between Friends - A Fall Sampling is the 3rd of 4 seasonal books from Hands On Design & Summer House Stitche Workes. Beautiful photographs, detailed finishing instructions, with 8 projects to inspire." Projects included in the book use both 32ct Flax Dirty Belfast & 32ct Tiger's Eye from Weeks Dye Works with DMC flosses. A complete guide for readily available Resources is included in the…

Don't pay for cross stitch patterns when you can find so many beautiful and free cross stitch patterns for free from DMC and Country Living Magazine!

I thought it might be kind of fun to do a timeline of my Glitter Village by Country Cottage Needleworks...sort of a slow unveiling....;) I started Glitter Village back in December of 2018, with Glitter House 1 & 2. I'm stitching it on 32 count Raw/Silver Linen with all the called for Classic Colorworks except Bamboo...I substituted DMC 3865 in its place. I picked my village again in February and finished Glitter House 3 on the 13th...then it sat for a little bit in the mocking box of…

Hi everyone! Hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing week. I stitched another Little House Needleworks piece over the past few days. "Season of Plenty" was stitched over one on 28 ct. cream Lugana using DMC threads. I had to change the color of the floss for the months and use a darker shade because the suggested color just didn't show up on my fabric. It was the first time I had ever stitched on Lugana, but I really enjoyed it. Do you have a favorite fabric? I will stitch on just about…

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that before Christmas I collected some framing I had done during the year. Most of my framing is done by a friend of mine, Willie, who likes to do a bit of woodwork in his spare time. He has framed several of my stitched pieces over the years and at the start of 2014 I gave him a couple of things to work on during the year. These were stitched over the past two or so years. Santa's Village by Country Cottage Needleworks Christmas Mystery…

We’re featuring this beautiful Snow Village done by @itsallaboutthecrafts today! ⛄️❄️🎄 #countrycottageneedleworks