His and Hers

I was going to save this post for my anniversary next month, but why put off a perfectly good blog post?

Today's juxtaposition of cross stitch patterns relates to the wonderful institution of marriage. I might like these two grouped together:

The Trouble Pincushion from Handwork Samplers

Fishes and Bait from Plum Street Samplers

I know one person making this as a wedding gift:

Tonight - Not Tonight from Acorn House Designs

Although my wisecracking intention would be to stitch "Not Tonight" on both sides....

StitchStash Parenting Tips

Oh, looky! It's my favorite saying, in cross stitch!

Pirate's Creed from Sue Hillis Designs

Off The Grid

Tomorrow, the Stash family will be taking a long-awaited vacation to England and Holland.

We'll be attending a wedding here:

And hoping to see scenes even nicer than....

I'll be back in the Studio on Monday, 4/28!

Happy Birthday, Cub

Join me in a Happy Birthday shout-out for my son, who turned 10 this week. In his honor, a selection of "real" bears....

Alaska Coming from Mystic Stitch

Heavy Going Grizzly from Janlynn

Kodiak Christmas from Imaginating

Black Bear Sampler from Cedar Hill Designs

Snow Princess from Heaven and Earth

Treck in the Woods from La D Da

Love,

Mama Bear

Something Different

Norden Crafts is distributing for some new designers, including Courtney Collection. I really like the detailed yet monochromatic look of these. View the whole set here. I will be adding them to my site, as well!

Mermaid

Pelican

Alphablu

And It Had All Been Going So Well!

Truly, I thought I had turned over a new leaf, blogger-wise. Had a lovely post about Quaker samplers ready to go, but I can't seem to get my images uploaded. So that'll have to wait, and we'll be image free today.

I did notice a piece in the Times (don't I sound smart) mentioning cross stitch, in the context of collectibles.

The very hottest goods in other categories include cross-stitch samples featuring fairies

Samples? Uh, doubt it. Samplers? Not if it's a straightforward image of a fairy. And the hottest? Hmm, I somehow doubt it. I surf eBay on and off, always with an eye towards trends, what's collectible, etc. I see a lot of finished Mirabilia and Lavender & Lace pieces for sale, but not not with hot bidding. The big money these days is in retired designs from Birds of a Feather (oh, how I miss them), and anything authentically Danish. Now we're talking mortgage money!

Alas, I guess The Gray Lady isn't a stitcher!

Feeling My Oats

Today's selection: Quakers

In A Quaker Fashion from Abbey Lane Designs

Quaker Alphabet from La D Da

Quaker Clock from Samplers and Such

A Quaker Pincushion from Carriage House Samplings

Quaker Swan, Frog, House from The Workbasket

Still working on problems loading images. My HTML skills are limited, but I was able to get the images up today, at least!