Needlework Retailer News

Happy Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah! Here are some new Judaic designs recently released in Needlework Retailer:

Dreidel Beginners kit from DeElda

 

 

 

 

 

Lee's Needlepoint Yarmulkes

 

Lee's Tallis Bag

 

 

 

 

Lee's Judaic Needlepoint

 

 

 

 

State of Love needlepoint canvas from Ruth Schmuff Designs

Want to know what’s popular with the next generation? Ask the next generation; they design and stitch too. 3″ x 6″ stitchpainted on 18ct mono. Fits Stirling Leather Wallet and Checkbook Cover. Canvases available wholesale from Ruth Schmuff Designs.

 

Quaker Quadrielle cross stitch ornament from The Sweetheart Tree

Quaker Quadrielle is monochromatic with a different Quaker flower motif cross stitched on each of its four sides. The model is stitched in deep rich blue but the design can be worked in any color. You can easily work the design over-one for a tiny Quadrielle. Each kit in the Quadrielle series is all-inclusive so everything needed to stitch them (except your stuffing material) will be included in the kit for you...even the needles. Retail $27.00. Contact The Sweetheart Tree.

 

Flake Appreciation Day!

Flake Appreciation Day is a fun day created to encourage us to take notice of snow flakes and to be mesmerized by each icy one that falls. Celebrate by stitching a snowflake today!

The Snow Queen Doily by BellaCrochet available wholesale from ICG Crafts.

 

 

 

 

Winter Snowflakes Bell Pull from Images stitchery design.

 

 

 

Large Green Christmas Stocking with snowflakes from Yarn Tree

 

 

 

 

 

Jingle All The Way by The Scarlett House. Available wholesale from Hoffman Distributing.

 

 

Garden of Eden cross stitch design from Rosewood Manor

This cross stitch design is really a miniature quilt. The inspiration is from a circa 1830 quilt titled "Adam & Eve In the Garden of Eden." The colors the quilter used were bold. Karen captured them and the design of the original quilt perfectly. Contact Rosewood Manor.

 

Noel Fifteen-sided Biscornu and Fob from The Victoria Sampler

Beautiful and elegant, this fifteen-sided Biscornu and matching scissors fob are fun and easy to stitch and finish. The five no-cut Hardanger sides are especially for beginners. The other squares are each stitched with a small rhodes heart, silver boughs and some lovely pine and fir needles. The Noel Biscornu is stitched using blue-greens, Victorian reds and silver. Chart retail US $10.98, accessory pack US $21.82 (enough flosses, overdyed Wildflowers, sparkling metallic and beads for the ornament and fob). Wholesale contact The Victoria Sampler.

 

Alpaca Knitting Gauge from Puffin & Company

Great stocking stuffer! This hardwood solid alder knitting needle gauge is embellished with a cute, handcrafted metal baby alpaca. Laser cut, the piece is precise and measures 0-17 US. Two tic marks exactly 2″ from the point make this a dual purpose tool as it can be used to measure your stitches. A conversion chart is included for metric and crochet sizing. Contact Diane Zielinsky, Puffin & Company.

 

Merchant Mermaid from Mirabilia

With abundant Mill Hill treasures and beads, the Merchant Mermaid from Mirabilia will definitely add sparkle to any room. Nora Corbett has again captured the essence of a true mermaid, one with long flowing hair and tail. The mermaid is stitched on 32ct Laurel Linen from Wichelt Imports. An embellishment package is also available. Wholesale contact Wichelt Imports, Inc.

 

High Cotton from Hyla H. Hurley

Hyla Hurley has added 21 new colors to her line of 5ply Egyptian cotton. See the new colors at TNNA Phoenix. Wholesale Contact: Hyla
Hurley Designs/High Cotton.

 

Gingerbread House Day

Gingerbread House Day is about celebrating the fun of building gingerbread houses and the fun in eating them too. Why not stitch this beautiful and permanant version you can enjoy year and year?

Gingerbread Church from The Victoria Sampler