Header Image

The header image at the top is Rainbow Row in Charleston SC. The chart itself is a design by Barbara and Cheryl. You can view the finished piece Rainbow Row.


Cross Stitch Christmas

Christmas is a special time of year. Part of the fun of Christmas is decorating the tree and the house. When Jim and I were first married in 1982, we had a real tree. We’d bundle up, head out to the local tree farm, pick out the perfect tree, bring it home and [...]

Friendship Memories

 

Friendship Memories Wall Hanging

 

This pattern appeared in the May/June 1991 issue of CrossStitch & Country Crafts. It can be worked in shades of pink and green or red and blue and you have two choices for the bottom design. You could, of course, choose your own color scheme.

Reunions, farewells, [...]

Home Sweet Away From Home Sampler

Home Sweet Away From Home Sampler

I first stitched this sampler when Jim and I were traveling in our 21′ Sunline travel trailer. It hung in the trailer during all of our travels. When Jim’s daughter, Martha, and her husband, Paul, started using an old family farmhouse as a summer retreat, I thought [...]

Narcissus and Myrtle Counted Cross Stitch

Narcissus and Myrtle by Ginger & Spice

Narcissus and Myrtle

Some time ago, I started on a beautiful floral piece from Ginger & Spice. It is called Narcissus and Myrtle and I am stitching it on white 28 ct Jobelen over 2 threads. It is coming along slowly as I have also been [...]

A Stitch in Time Mini Sampler

The chart for A Stitch in Time Mini Sampler appear in the Jan/Feb 1988 issue of CrossStitch & Country Crafts. Stitched on 14 count white Aida, the sampler was framed without a mat in a shadowbox bronze frame to keep the glass of the [...]