Little Stitches Mini Quaker Flowers Collection

I have spent quite a bit of time playing with the threads/beads/ribbon/fabric of this design. Here is the best combination that I came up with. The fabric, threadworX Cherries, and gold beads brings out the best of the designs. I wish I have more time to take better pictures of the pinkeep, biscornu and the pincushion, but my time was running out. So here it is the Mini Quaker Flowers Collection:

The pincushion design can be used to finish the following items using the same design:

The "Emery" design will appear in July 1 Gift of Stitching magazine. I have included a link to the magazine on the right side of the blog. It is a great online magazine, please go and take a look. The Emery design will be "EXCLUSIVE" for the magazine and will be available to purchase from me on August 1.

I do have a collection of Mini quaker flowers available NOW with the biscornu, scissor fob and pincushion for purchase. I have spent the whole morning trying to figure out a few purchase packages for this design collection. If you need help in ordering, please email me at anitalittlestitches@gmail.com. Let me know what you would like to order and I will email you an invoice. I have tried to make all the options very clear.

Option 1 (You have the Gift of stitching magazine and you only want to stitch the Emery)

(linen Fabric) $10.00

Accessory pack for "Emery design only". This option will not give you the EMERY CHART, you have the chart from the magazine. This will include one piece of 11" X 9" Quaker Cloth 28 ct Sand linen, 2 1/2 yards of ribbon (1 1/4 yards of Satin Edged with Gold Organza Ribbon and 1 1/4 yards of Sheer Ribbon), about 90 gold seed beads, 1 beading needle and 3 yards of ThreadworX overdyed Floss Cherries.The Ribbon and Emery detailed finishing techniques with color pictures PDF files will be included.

(Evenweave Fabric) $9.00

Acessory pack for "Emery design only". This option will not give you the EMERY CHART, you have the chart from the magazine. It will include one piece of 11" X 9" Jobelan 28 ct Beige Evenweave, 2 1/2 yards of ribbon (1 1/4 yards of Satin Edged with Gold Organza Ribbon and 1 1/4 yards of Sheer Ribbon), about 90 gold seed beads, 1 beading needle and 3 yards of ThreadworX overdyed Floss Cherries.The Ribbon and Emery detailed finishing techniques with color pictures PDF files will be included.

Option 2 (Biscornu, Pincushion, Scissor Fob PDF CHARTS ONLY with Emery Tutorials) $10.00

This chart collection has 3 PDF designs. They are biscornu, pincushion and scissor fob designs. There are 3 detailed tutorials with pictures PDF files included for Emery, Ribbon and covered buttons finishings.

Option 3 (Biscornu, Pincushion, Scissor Fob PDF CHARTS ONLY) $7.00

This chart collection has 3 designs. They are biscornu, pincushion and scissor fob designs. These are downloaded PDF charts. Only covered button tutorial will be included.

Option 4 $27 (Linen, Accessory pack for ALL 4 DESIGNS with complete tutorials)

This is a special accessory pack for the Mini Quaker flowers Collection. The PDF chart files included in this package are Emery, Biscornu, pincushion and scissor fob. However the Emery PDF file will be emailed to you on August 1, 2008. The tutorials on covered buttons, Emery and ribbon are included. The accessory pack will have materials to finish all 4 projects except the DMC for finishing. The content are a piece 18" X 27" Quaker Cloth 28 ct Sand Linen, over 260 gold seed beads, 1 beading needle, 2 1/2 yards of ribbon (1 1/4 yards of Satin Edged with Gold Organza ribbon and 1 1/4 yards of Sheer ribbon), and 6 yards of ThreadworX Cherries.

Option 5 $23 (Evenweave, Accessory pack for ALL 4 DESIGNS with complete tutorials)

This is a special accessory pack for the Mini Quaker flowers Collection. The PDF chart files included in this package are Emery, Biscornu, pincushion and scissor fob. However the Emery PDF file will be emailed to you on August 1, 2008. The tutorials on covered buttons, Emery and ribbon are included as well. The accessory pack will have materials to finish all 4 projects except the DMC for finishing. The content are a piece 18" X 27" Jolean Beige Evenweave, over 260 gold seed beads, 1 beading needle, 2 1/2 yards of ribbon (1 1/4 yards of Satin Edged with Gold Organza ribbon and 1 1/4 yards of Sheer ribbon), and 6 yards of ThreadworX Cherries.

All the Options are listed on the Little Stitches Web site:

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/quakerflower.html

Please feel free to email me with any questions at anitalittlestitches@gmail.com.

Mill Hill Tiny Treasures Diamond Kits

I always love this series of Mill Hill treasures kits and here they are, I have ordered 6 different kits. They are great as ornaments or scissor fobs. The best part is the kit included everything you need from start to finish.

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/millhillkits.html

DMC needlework threads color cards

It is a 10 pages that contain color pictures of DMC floss, pearl cotton, light effects, metallic pearl cotton, color variation floss, pearl cotton variations and santin floss. It is a great reference booklet that every stitcher should have. It is now available at Little Stitches Web site:

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/dmcthreadcard.html

Little Stitches New Product John James Curved Tapestry Needles

This is a great finishing tool. You can make "invisible" stitches in finishing your needlework pieces. I will have a tutorial later on this year on how to use it. They are available to purchase at Little stitches web site.

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/needles.html

New designs and new products coming up soon

I just returned from my vacation in Branson, Missouri. I will have an update soon on my new designs, and new products. Thank you for visiting my blog and have a wonderful weekend.

Web Site with oversea shipping calculation

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/

I had to make some changes on the web site yesterday. I moved to a new web hosting company. I resolved the issue of oversea shipping calculation. Now the shopping cart will calculate overseas and domestic shipping. Any major difference between the calculated shipping and actual shipping will be refunded. You are always welcome to email me with shipping estimate. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting my blog and web site. If you need any assistance in ordering my designs, please feel free to email me at anitalittlestitches@gmail.com.

Stitchers' finishes

These are pictures of Stitchers that bought my designs.

From Brenda, UK:

From Olga, UK:

This is from Elena, Italy:

Thank you Brenda, Olga, and Elena for sharing your beautiful finishes with us.

Opalescent Cashel 28 count linen raw and white special purchases

These are Opalescent Cashel linen that are white and raw, 18 X 27. They are on a special price now for $12.50. You will find the online stores are selling them for at least $16 each. The fabric has small tiny sparkles, they are perfect for christmas and regular stitching. These are special items and they won't be available on the web site once they sold out:

They are listed under Linen/cashel linen:


http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/cashellinen.html

Access commodities Thread Drops

These are cute little thread drops to tie your special threads or threads that I just added to my web site:

They are listed under accessories or you can click here:

http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/accesscommoditiesthreaddrops.html

Little Stitches Web Site is now open

WWW. anitalittlestitches.com

Building the Little Stitches web site has been quite an experience for me. My web site is very simple but it has taken me a lot of time and effort. I carry the following items:

Overdyed floss:

- Threadworx
- Vadani overdyed floss
- 2 DMC color variations

Fabric, selective seletion:

- Jobelan 28 and 32 counts
- Lugana
-Jazlyn
-Belfast
-Quaker cloth
-Cashel
-Pearl linen
-Dublin linen
-Wichelt linen
-Glasgow

Assessories:

- John James needles
- Cover buttons

If there is anything that I can special order for you, please let me know. My every day prices are generally 10-25% off of suggested retails.

Shipping is only calculated on US purchases. To make a long story short, I have paid extra money for this USPS module and the issue was not at my end. I have spent so much time and frustration in trying to resolve the issue but at this time, I can't do anything about it. I am very sorry for the inconvenience. The only solution at this time is to email me with your purchases at anitalittlestitches@gmail.com. I will invoice you through PayPal for payment including shipping. I am working on the issue, but I don't know when I can resolve it. It is more or less out of my control and I am at the mercy of my web hosting technical support.

Shopping cart:

After you fiinish your shopping, you will need to enter your name, email address, password info and a security question. Then you will will be directed to the "Account information" screen, SKIP this page, and choose go "back to the cart" and continue to "checkout". Then it will lead you to PayPal payment and direct you to their secured site.

All your purchases on my web site is going to be labelled "PAYPAL SHOPSITE" on your credit card statement. "Shopsite" is the web site program that I am using.

If you run into any question, please do not hestitate to email me at anitalittlestitches@gmail.com. I have tested the system a few things and it is working properly. Thank you so much for your business and support.


http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/

Little Stitches Patriotic Collection is now available

First of all thank you so much for the purchases. Since I posted the Patriotic collection preview, I have sold over 30 of the designs already since Sunday. Here are the info:

- Patriotic collection $10.00
(the collection includes 4 designs, an Emery, a biscoru, a scissor fob, and a pinkeep)

- Patriotic collection accessory pack $6.00
(the accessory pack includes over 450 beads, a cover button set, over 3 yards of ribbon, 3 jingle bells and a beading needle)

- Recommended fabric: Glasgow 28 ct Flax Linen 18 X 27 $11 ( most stores sold this for over $16)
Jobelan evenweave Beige 18 X 27 $8.00

You can purchase it on my web site at http://www.anitalittlestitches.com/ or you can always email me at anitalittlestitches@gmail. Thank you so much for all your support and business. Have a wonderful weekend.

Preview on Little Stitches new Patriotic designs

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and purchases. I have enjoyed the emails and the new friendship. I have been working on my web site and it should be running next week.I have ordered more fabric, more overdyed floss and more products. A new Patriotic design will be out in next week as well.

I always have a hard time finding "buttons" for biscornu. Therefore in this new design, I am going to show you how to make a "custom" buttoons for biscornu using 2 cover button products. I will be carrying the button products on my web site as well. Here are the examples of 2 buttons that I made for the biscornu:

here are pictures of the new Patriotic Design chart:

Emery:

You can see I included 3 jingle bells in the emery, they do jingle:

Biscornu: front and back

Scissor fob:

Pinkeep:

Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting.