Needlework Stash

Total count at first inventory 12/2019 = 142 projects (not including 'want to kit' or 'future purchase')

Current Count = 107

  (101 fully kitted, 6 partially kitted) 

Kits in italics are not started, but have been pulled from stash for near term projects. Stored in box under bed.

Other than Counted Thread

Surface Embroidery and Crewel

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

Buttonhole Cutwork

• Vintage Cutwork Tea Cloth 54 x 54 inches - Waterlily (kitted - has 8 matching napkins completed) 
• Reboot of Vintage Cutwork Runner - Morning Glory (kitted - has a matching shorter dresser scarf completed)

 Silk Gauze, Tent Stitch over one, Traditional Needlepoint

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

Pictorials

• Teresa Wentzler  (also several charts and books not kitted) NOTE: books with multiple patterns are in the library
  
• The Guardian (dragon) (kit)
• Peacock Tapestry (kit) - have patternsonline.com chart (need to download software)
  
• Mirabilia (may want to replace or overdye linens on these)
  
• Deepest Love (mermaid) (kit) replace linen with Ice Goddess by Hand Dyed by Stephanie
  
• Waiting for Ships (mermaid) (kit) replace linen with Vintage Pear by Lakeside
  
• Titania (fairy) (kit)
  
• Lavender and Lace / Butternut Road / Told in a Garden
• Santa of the Forest (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)

Modern Style Samplers

• 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)
• Star of Wonder (kit)
• Heart of Gold (kit)
• Angel Flowers (kit)
• Whitework
  
• A Lady's Sampler by Linda Driskell (Antique Sampler Quarterly - small kit)
• Five Band Sampler (Needlework - kitted)
• Collaboration (Shepherd's Bush/Just Nan/Charland)
• 1999 First Collaboration Bell Pull (kitted)
• 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 (kit - maybe change linen to dark overdye?)
• Art Stitch - Mission Glass Window (kit)

 Ornaments

• Willmaur (WM) Heirloom Santa AND Mill Hill (MH) Santa Ornaments (perforated paper) - 10 kits currently in the stash
  
•  Willmaur Animal Santas (set of four) - Completed: "Canine"/"Equine"
• Wildlife
• Feline
• 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)
  
• Mill Hill Timberline Santas (set of three) - "Scotch Pine" in progress as a travel project
  
• Douglas Fir
• Norway Spruce
  

Historic Reproduction Samplers

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

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 
• 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. Blessings and Kind Wishes - LF #31 (and mystery parts #1 and #2)
26. Keepsake Box and Pinkeep - LF #33 (and mystery part #4) - note: kitted with silks, linen replaced with 40 count to make pinpillow and fob.
    
27. Peacock Pin Drum and Needlebook - LF # 35 (accessories #1)
28. The Simple Things and Pincushion (or Fob) - LF #36 (accessories #2)
29. It's Berry Time and Emery Berry - LF #37 (accessories #3)
30. Summer Basket and Threadkeep - LF # 38 (accessories #4)
31. Winter Wonderland and Pillow Pincushion - LF #39 (accessories #5)
32. Hedgerow Birds Project Bag - LF #40 (accessories #6)
33. Heart and Home Patchwork - 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
  

Partial Kits

• Mirabilia - "Lady of the Flag" (have fabric, need floss and beads) - statue of Liberty color conversion
  
• Lavender and Lace / Butternut Road / Told in a Garden 
• Celtic Summer (have needle paints, need rest of floss, beads and linen)
• Celtic Banner Sampler (have linen and some threads) 
• Forget-me-not in Stitches - Secret Garden "Necessary" (partial kit - needs floss)
• Sampler Cove (Diane Jourdan)- Quaker Huswif - (have linen, need finishing supplies and hank of silk - also for casket - using same silk as "Quaker Huswif" and smaller count linen that matches)
• Fancy Works - Whitman's Vintage Red Tin Sewing Set (partial kit - needs linen and finishing supplies)

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

Willing to sell (make an offer)

• Lady of Shallot (kit) - Teresa Wentzler  (going to do the HAED one instead)
  
• 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 pack, but no linen or threads) 
• 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 tin, but no linen or floss) 

Want to Kit (have pattern only)

• Lavender & Lace Celtic Ladies
  
• Celtic Spring
• Celtic Autumn (oranges conversion)  
• Celtic Winter (possible conversion with blue cape / hood) 
  
• 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)
  
• Victoria Sampler 
• Stumpwork Bee (pdf - need to print)
  
• Stumpwork Butterfly  (pdf - need to print)
• Birds of a Feather "No Honey"
  
• 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)
  
• Miranda (Waterhouse) - PDF (but not PK compatible)
  
• 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  

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
• 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"
  
• Blackbird Designs
• "Raven Bewitched"
• "Bells of Christmas Day" book
  
• 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?)