Walk Before You Fly

Four little bluebirds all perched and ready for their first flight! This model was stitched on Wichelt's 28 count Lambswool Linen and uses DMC, along with Crescent Colours' Blueberry Tart, Deep Blue Sea and Pebble Beach and Sampler Threads' Burlap and Shutter Green.

These patterns will ship on Friday to distributors along with May Cottage so you can expect them in your shop later this month to early next month.

May Cottage

Here's the new one for all you Cottage of the Month fans out there - it's May Cottage! This design is just buzzing with bees, flowers and birds. It is of course stitched on Wichelt's 28 count Lambswool Linen, like all the other cottages. You will need DMC 676, 959, 964, 3031, 3806 and White along with Crescent Colours' Frog Legs and Weeks Dye Works' Bright Leaf to complete the design as shown.

These patterns will be shipped to distributors on Friday. Also be sure to check back here on Wednesday for a picture of our other new design, Walk Before You Fly.

Juliet's Ice Cream Social Party

My daughter Juliet turned 10 this month, and we had an Ice Cream Social Party to celebrate!

My hubby made a couple of life sized ice cream cones (not pictured) and this ice cream truck. So cute for pictures!

We had a cake and sundae stand, with ice cream toppings and this adorable cake.

Here is the milk bar, complete with white, strawberry and chocolate milk. You may also notice the design "Ice Cream Sundae" on the shelf - I couldn't resist adding it to the party. It fit the theme perfectly!

And here I am with my birthday girl :)

Party Cakes

Anxiously awaiting their debut, here are the Party Cakes! I have to say I just love this one! You have to all know that I'm a dessert lover by now right?!

And here is a side view since it has been finished into the most adorable cube by Vonna, The Twisted Stitcher. You will be able to see more pictures of the finishing here at her blog: www.thetwistedstitcher.blogspot.com.

I think this is a great design for dessert lovers (like me!) or also maybe to celebrate a special birthday perhaps. You could replace the words "cakes" with a name or date or even the words "happy birthday." Several different options, but it's cute anyway you slice it ;)

These charts will be shipping to distributor's next week along with the new April Cottages, so keep an eye out for them later this month to early next month in your shops.

April Cottage

Another month, another cottage - and now it's time for April! This one is a very springtime cottage with it's lavender house, flowers and bluebirds. And don't forget the little bunny who has his eye on those carrots! For this pattern you'll need DMC threads along with Crescent Colours' Amethyst, Sampler Threads' Chives and Weeks' Artichoke.

On Wednesday I will be posting the picture of my other new design Party Cakes, so be sure to check back here in a couple of days to see that one as well!

Our Love Nest

Surrounded by birds, our charming pink cottage is truly the perfect "love nest." You could use this piece to commemorate your home, family or anniversary. It's also a great piece to be stitching if you're in that lovey dovey (pardon the pun!) mood with Valentine's Day approaching.

These patterns, along with March Cottage, will be shipping to distributors early next week. You can also check my website then to see the complete materials lists for both designs.

March Cottage

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a nice weekend. I thought I would post the picture of March Cottage this morning and hopefully brighten everyone's Monday a bit! This month's cottage has just one overdyed thread, that being Weeks' Pecan. All the rest of the threads are DMC.

On Wednesday I'll be posting the picture of our other new design, Our Love Nest, so be sure to come back to see that one as well!

The Nutcracker

So this past weekend was Nutcracker weekend! This is Juliet's 4th year participating in her dance company's production of the quintessential Christmas ballet. And so it has become a part of our family's holiday tradition at this point - and we absolutely love it! Above is a picture of her dad and I with her after the show.

This was a picture of her taken onstage in her Arabian costume during dress rehearsal.

And here she is dressed as an Angel.

With her two best friends dressed as Party Girls onstage.

Doing leaps as Candy Canes.

In the Meadow

As I said, this is the last of our holiday designs for this year. I really love the fabric that In the Meadow is stitched on. It's Weeks' 30 count Scuppernong Linen. The piece is stitched entirely using just five Crescent Colours: Bamboo, Bramble Bush, Blackbird, Hazelnut and Steamed Broccoli but a DMC conversion is provided.

I hope that all of you are enjoying your holiday stitching!

February Cottage

Here is the next in our Cottage of the Month series, February Cottage. This one uses Crescent Colours' Poblano Pepper, Pink Posey and Pink Champagne along with a few other DMC threads. All of the models for this series will be stitched on Wichelt's 28 count Lambswool Linen. I know that many of you out there are quite excited about this series and I'm so happy about that! These patterns will be shipping to distributors mid December so you can expect them in your shops sometime after that.

And be sure to check back here tomorrow for a picture of the last of our holiday designs for this year, In the Meadow.

Sean's Camping Party

So my little man Sean turned 8 a little over a week ago and to celebrate his birthday this year we had a camping party. Now anyone who knows me will tell you that I am not a camper, but cute backyard camping is something I can totally get into! Here is Sean sitting in front of his "campfire."

My husband Derrick made these little tents for the kids to hang out in. They were very popular! We had his friends over in the evening to watch a movie, so you see the movie screen in the back.

Isn't this just the cutest cake?! I found some inspiration from some cakes online and had this cake made for Sean. And that's Luke, our golden retriever, next to him!

In addition to the cake we had a S'Mores Bar - because what's a campout without some s'mores?

And here I am with the birthday boy :)

Vintage Christmas

As many of you already know, I absolutely adore the pink and blue Christmas palate, and this new design is my homage to that vintage style. Vintage Christmas is one of those pieces that I love as a complete design, but that also works really well broken up into smaller pieces that you can turn into ornaments and other "smalls."

This pattern will be shipping to distributors mid- November along with January Cottage, and you can check my website around that time for complete supply information about them both.