Needlework Stash

Current Count = 99 kits and kitted projects 

Total count at first "official" inventory 12/2019 = 142 projects.  After the Great Sort in 2015, there were over 175 projects counting WiPs and kits, but that was just a rough count.

Notes:   Kit numbers do not include chart packs and 'want to kit' or 'future purchase'.  "Chart Packs" are patterns that come with 'extras' as part of the initial purchase price, but I have not purchased any other materials to start kitting the project up.  

Kits in Italics have been pulled from the stash and are stored in the under the bed box

Other than Counted Thread

Surface Embroidery and Crewel

• Tote Bag (gift from Wilma at work)
• Bateau Bayeux (With Threaded Needle kit)
• The Leafy Tree (Mary Corbet kit)

 Needlepoint 

(Traditional painted or printed canvas OR Silk gauze tent stitch over one.)

• Borgota Iris (Maureen Appleton kit)
• Four Roses Coverlet (Nancy Sturgeon kit)
• Vintage German Needlepoint Kit - Alpen Scene (gift from Oma)

Buttonhole Cutwork

• Reboot of Vintage Cutwork Runner - Morning Glory (kitted - has a matching shorter dresser scarf completed, but cutwork areas need to be trimmed)
• Vintage Cutwork Tea Cloth 54 x 54 inches - Waterlily (kitted - has 8 matching napkins completed) 

Pictorials

• Teresa Wentzler (also several charts and books not kitted) NOTE: books with multiple patterns are in the library
  
• Peacock Tapestry (kit) - have pdf with non-hand drawn symbols (need to get into Markup)
• Mirabilia (may want to replace or overdye linens on the Mermaids)
  
• Lady of the Flag (on "We the People" fabric) (kit) - debating blue or 'statue of Liberty' conversion, if so will need to replace threads and beads
• Deepest Love (mermaid) (kit)
  
• Waiting for Ships (mermaid) (kit) 
  
• Titania (fairy) (kit)
• Dimensions
• Sacred Connection First Nations Shaman (kit) - replace navy 18 ct Aida with 36 count overdye lugana in a 'night sky' colorway (may need to dye myself)
  
• Alluring Sorceress (kit)
• Lavendar and Lace / Butternut Road / Told in a Garden
• Santa of the Forest

Modern Style Samplers

• Collaboration (Shepherd's Bush/Just Nan/Charland)
• 1999 First Collaboration Bell Pull (kitted)
• Butternut Road
• Celtic Banner Sampler
• Victoria Sampler
• A Mother's Heart (kit)
• Drawn Thread
• Boo Scissors Keeper and Purse (kitted)  
• Winter into Spring (kit)
• Summer into Autumn (kit)
• Garden Recipe (kit)
• Real Roses (kit)
• Cloister Garden (kit)
• The Acorn Sampler (class) (kit)
• Toccata One (kit)
• Just Nan
• Peacock Majesty (kit)
• Chapter and Verse - Patience (kit)
• Butterflies, Blossoms and Bees (kit) - start with Brenda 5/2025
• Star of Wonder (kit)
• Heart of Gold (kit)
• Angel Flowers (kit)
• Shepherd's Bush 
• A Mother's Heart (kit) 
• Violet Needleroll (kit)
• Pansy Needleroll (kit)
• Friendship Needleroll (kit)
• Sweetheart Tree
• Fleurescence I (kitted, check linen count)
  
• Fleurescence II (kitted, check linen count)
  
• Hillside Samplings
• Strawberry Fields Stitching bag and accessories (kit)
• Reproduction Feather Stitch Sewing Purse (kit)
  
• Moss Creek
• Elizabethan Rose Stitchery Set (kit)
• Dogwood Needleroll and Smalls (replaced 'dusty green' with 'pale green' Cashel linen)
• Misc Designers
• Samplers and Such - ABC Tin Topper (kitted) 
• Lori Birmingham - Terri's Needle Case (kit)  
• Sally Ann Designs - Winter's Whisper (kitted - maybe change linen to dark overdye?)
• Art Stitch - Mission Glass Window (kit)
• Forget-me-not in Stitches - Secret Garden Necessary (kit - smalls set)

 Ornaments

• Willmaur (WM) Heirloom Santa AND Mill Hill (MH) Santa Ornaments (perforated paper) kits currently in the stash.
  
• Mill Hill Timberline Santas (set of three) - Completed:  "Scotch Pine", in progress: "Douglas Fir"
• Norway Spruce
• Family member ornaments
• WM Toymaker (in honor of my father-in-law - a woodworker)
  
• WM Tree Trimmer (in honor of my mother-in-law - the tree was her favorite Christmas tradition)
  
• WM Gardener (in honor of my dad - a master gardener)
• WM Musical (in honor of my mom - a music teacher)
  
• WM Lunar (in honor of my husband, an amateur astronomer) 
• MH Bell Ringer (for me)

Historic Reproduction Samplers

• The Scarlet Letter - The Fanny Hancock Sampler (kit)
• Kunste & Vliegwerk - Joshua & Caleb (redwork kit)
• the sampler works - Newburyport Sampler (kit)

Whitework

• A Lady's Sampler by Linda Driskell (Antique Sampler Quarterly - small kit)
• Five Band Sampler (Needlework - kitted)

Historic / Primitive Style

• Misc Designers
  
• ByGone Stitches - Christmas Quaker (in Sulky 12 weight) on 40 count linen (kitted) 
• Fox and Rabbit - Friends and Family (Quaker) - free SAL2020 (pink thread pack from Wilma's sister's estate)
• Sheepish Antiques - Mary Pampin Needleroll (will need batik/semisolid fabrics and silk ribbon for finishing) - to match Shaker Box smalls 
• Fancy Works - Whitman Vintage Red Tin Sewing Set (smalls - will need finishing supplies)
• With my Needle (Ellen Chester)
  
• Cherished Workes (husswife) and My Treasures Needlebook (kitted together as a set) 
• Quaker Needlework Treasurers (kit) - silk floss instead?
• Nostalgic Needle (Sharon Cohen)
• Tudor Knot Sweetbag (kit)
• Tudor Knot Smalls (kits) - scissor sheath and fob, needlebook, tape measure case
• Blackbird Designs - all Loose Feathers (LF) are kitted with recommended linen and threads 
•  NOTE:  These BBD projects have been finished or gifted
  
1. With My Needle - LF #2 (and a similar freebie Savior faire) - project and notions bags
   
2. Evening Shades the Garden - LF #3
3. Truly Thine - LF #6
4. Tulip Manor - LF #7
5. Sunflower House  - LF #9
6. And to all a Good Night - LF #11
   
7. Sweetheart Sampler - LF #12
8. Spring Fling - LF #13
9. Summer House - LF #14
10. Sunflower Charms - LF #15
11. Garland Fair - LF #16
12. Evergreen - LF #17
13. Strawberry Garden - LF #18
14. Quaker Garden - LF #19
15. Secret Garden - LF #20
16. Garden of Life - LF #21
17. Moonlit Garden - LF #22
18. Bluebird's Message - LF#23
19. Awake the Dawning Day - LF #25
20. Beneath the Sunlit Sky - LF #26
21. Autumn Song Sewing Box and Pillow Pincushion - LF# 27
22. Peace on Earth - LF #28
23. Where My Heart Blooms - LF # 29
24. Rites of Spring - LF #30 (finish as project bag or folio cover)
25. Peacock Pin Drum and Needlebook - LF # 35 (accessories #1)
26. The Simple Things and Pincushion (or Fob) - LF #36 (accessories #2)
27. It's Berry Time and Emery Berry - LF #37 (accessories #3)
28. Summer Basket and Threadkeep - LF # 38 (accessories #4)
29. Winter Wonderland and Pillow Pincushion - LF #39 (accessories #5)
30. Hedgerow Birds Project Bag - LF #40 (accessories #6)
31. Heart and Home Patchwork - 5-part mystery in LF 31-34, republished in A Heart Remembers 2022. (Note: LF #31 has part 1&2)
    

• Blackbird Designs books I own - so I have a better chance to not duplicate buy (again).  NOTE: books with multiple patterns are in the library.
  
• "Sewing Club" book 
• "Sweet Land of Liberty" book
  
• "Winds of Autumn" book  
• "Home for the Holidays" book

Will I ever finish?

 These are not in the 'kit' count and may eventually be un-kitted.  

My attempts at design for exchanges

I ended up using actual real designer's patterns.  Still, aspirational, so maybe I will get back to them at some point.

• "Kansas" Smalls
• "Patriot" Smalls
• Modification of Mill Hill Buttons and Beads "Quilts" on fabric - bell pull

Willing to sell (make an offer)

• Teresa Wentzler - "The Guardian (dragon) (kit)
• Heirloom Anniversary Sampler (kitted with silks) - Victoria Sampler
• Extra Copy of Blackbird Designs "Winds of Autumn" book 
• Shepherd's Bush "Millennium Needleroll" (repurpose - so totally obsolete)

Want to Kit (chart packs)

• Collaborations (Shepherd's Bush / Just Nan / Charland)
• 1999 Christmas Collaboration (have patterns and charms, but no linen)(may have threads)
  
• 2000 Friendship Collaboration (have patterns and charms, but no linen or threads)
• 2001 Celestial Collaboration (have patterns and charms, but no linen or threads)
  
• Drawn Thread - Little Spot Sampler (pattern includes charm, but no linen or threads) 
• Sampler Cove (Diane Jourdan) - Quaker Huswife (do in silks, casket to match? NOTE: pattern has custom linen cut with it and the ivory thread winder and piano key ruler)
• Just Nan - Common Ground (have bead pack and smalls finishing pack, but no linen or threads)
  
• Wildflower Cottage Creations - Mini Whitman's Valentine Tin (have pattern and tin, but no linen or floss) 
• Heinzeit "Beer" (pattern includes charm pack, no linen or threads)

Want to Kit (have pattern only)

• Ross Originals
• White Tiger (to match the one from 1994 - check fabric count on completed orange tiger)
• Victoria Sampler 
• Stumpwork Bee (pdf - need to print) - do last and modify corner to go with dragonfly and butterflies to make a square display
  
• Stumpwork Butterfly (pdf - need to print) - do both hydrangea (yellow butterfly) and daisy (multicolor butterfly) versions
• Lavender & Lace Celtic Ladies - possibly do together ala Stitching Mommy
• Celtic Summer (have some of the needlepaint floss)
• Celtic Spring
• Celtic Autumn (oranges conversion with falling leaves in hands)  
• Celtic Winter (possible conversion with blue cape / hood) 
  
• Lavendar & Lace/Told in A Garden/Butternut Road - Fairy
• Carriage House Samplings - Houses of Hawk Run Hollow (change verse to 'house' theme)
• Needle's Prayse - Treasured Friends Sampler 
• Plum Street Samplers - Twelve Days (as ornaments) - free SAL2015 (need to print off)
• Birds of a Feather 
• "No Honey"
• "Bitter Flower"
• Mirabilla 
• "Raven Queen"
• Long Dog Samplers - Renaissance (will need a hank of silk)
• Heaven and Earth Designs
• Half Sick of Shadows (Waterhouse) - paper (need to re-buy PDF)
• Garden of Delights (William Morris Tapestry) - paper (need to re-buy PDF)
  
• Raven God (S Law) - PDF - have e pattern in PK
  
• Blackbird Designs (single patterns)
  
• Ella Vaughn Adams 
• Unconventional X Stitch
• Field Notes: Dragon - PDF - e pattern in PK

Caught my eye - future pattern purchase

• Mill Hill and Willmaur Santa Ornaments to buy
  
•  my heritage - 2015 'Celtic' Santas (Scottish and Irish ones)  'English' (Williamsburg) and 'German' (slightly modify the 'bishop' one?)
• Need to figure out Mill Hill Santas for JC, Angie, Carl, Alexis, Kimi
• Misc Samplers
• "Three Things" by Moria Blackburn (wanted this one for a LONG time) 
• Abby Rose "Sister's Sampler" (Bronte quote)
•  Cross Stitch Antiques "Mary Alice Clark" aka "Father kind and true - 100/3 silk
• From the Heart Needlearts "Quaker Bees"
• Plum Street: "American Sampler" and "American Welcome" (hat tip to Salt Box Stitcher)
• Pictorials
• Mirabilia "Garden Prelude" (for Kimi - change hair to strawberry blond)
  
• Bella Fillipna "Bellatrix"
  
• Carriage House Samplings - other "Hawk Run Hollow" designs - esp Halloween
  
• "Guardians of Notre Dame" by Ingleside  Imaginarium
• Lavender & Lace "Guardian Angel"
  
• "Fredrick the Literate" (Cat in Library) by Dimensions
• Blackbird Designs
• "Raven Bewitched"
• "Bells of Christmas Day" book
  
• Lolacrow SALS (on Etsy)
• Haunted Library
• Greenhouse of Oddities
• Deadly Aquarium
• Lila's Studio 
• "Nevermore"
• "Halloween Quaker" - on dark mottled linen
• "Anna Ohman 1873" - red monochrome
  
• The Blue Flower
• Moonlight Sampler "I have loved the stars...."
• Huckleberry Farm (40 count purplish linen ala Handworkmaniac)
  
• Tudor Bee
• Quilting Bee
  
• Long Dog
  
• "Opening Gambit" - in Sulky 12 weight variegated on 40 count linen (or higher)
• Ragnarok
• Pilgrim
  
• Full Coverage
  
• HAED /Spangler "Literate Dragon" or "Dragon Bookshelf" or 'Technology you can count on'
• Carolyn Manning "Northern Lights" (50 count over two in silk?)