LHN Birdhouse Alphabet

I was able to stitch the model for Little House Needleworks chart Birdhouse Alphabet.  It was so much fun stitching with the Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk floss.  It stitches up very quickly!

Framed LHN Family Sampler

Here is a picture of my framed Little House Needleworks Family Sampler. I went with a blue frame similar to the color of Crescent Colours Wavy Navy that I used on the house. It is proudly hanging in my family room!

LHN Family Sampler

I have been working on my Family Sampler from Little House Needleworks off and on for the last couple of years. I was blessed to stitch the model of this for Diane Williams and knew that one day I would stitch it for myself. Pictures just cannot do it justice!!! I changed colors for mine from the original to match my Americana decor. It's stitched on 32 ct linen from Sassy's Fabbys called Sable. I have loved every stitch that I put into this design so much that I would even stitch it again!!! I even took it in to be framed already and hope to have a picture to share next week of it framed!!

Some summer stitching

I stitched up the Lizzie Kate Summer from the Seasons Series. I'm also attaching a picture of how it looks next to Spring. I'm really enjoying this small project this year.

This past week I stitched up Little House Needleworks Summer Band Sampler. I didn't change any of the recommended floss colors! The colors just worked for my house as it was designed! I didn't have the recommended fabric but found another pretty color at my LNS. I stitched it on R&R Old Town Blend 30 ct linen.

Little House Needleworks Tree Farm

I just finished a couple models and wanted to stitch up an ornament so I decided to stitch LHN's Tree Farm. I just loved the recommended 28 ct Tin Roof gingham fabric from Weeks Dye Works! I used the recommended floss except substituted Crescent Colours Spinach for the green.

LHN Snow White

I finished the project that I started on for the new year on January 1st. It is Snow White by Little House Needleworks. I stitched it on 30 ct Weeks Dye Works Blue Jeans linen with Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk floss in the color of Icing. I found I needed my Ott light and also the light of day to see the "holes" in this linen to stitch it....I must be getting older or need new glasses! HA! I am so happy with how it turned out!

Works In Progress

I have a few Works In Progress (WIPs) that I want to concentrate on stitching this year. I took some pictures of them so hopefully I can see some progress on each one next month. The first one is my January 1st new start, LHN Snow White. I am stitching it on 30 ct WDW blue jeans linen with the recommended CC Icing silk.

The 2nd picture is my long forgotten LHN Family Sampler. I have a lot of color changes I'm putting into this one and really look forward to stitching on it this year.

The 3rd picture is of a WIP from a couple years ago! ACK! It is Drawn Thread's Sampler Gameboard. I'm stitching it using Vikki Clayton silks. I love this project but all the color changes caused it to go onto the back burner. I hope to "warm" it up this year.

And the last picture is a WIP that I've worked on off and on for a few years. It's Victoria Sampler's Christmas Village. It is so pretty in person!

LHN 12 Days of Christmas

I stitched the model for Little House Needleworks 12 Days of Christmas. This was so much fun to stitch and one of my favorite interpretations of the 12 Days of Christmas! It is such a beautiful piece!

LHN Frosty Flakes

LHN Frosty Flakes, a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I stitched another LHN ornament and just love it! I changed some colors in this one. It's stitched on the recommended 30 ct WDW straw linen. I used blues instead of greens so it would match my Christmas colors. I used Carrie's Creation Threads Cobalt Blue for the dark blue and Blue Dreams for the lighter blue. The green I used was DMC 934. I also added a JABCo snowflake button. This is one of my favorites so far!!

LHN Liberty & Justice

LHN Liberty & Justice, a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I really enjoyed stitching Liberty & Justice this week. I changed a few colors....used DMC 823 for the blue, 3051 & 3052 for the greens and used 823 for the running stitch around the outer edge. I've left it in my q-snap for now with my patriotic q-snap cover!

LHN Summer

LHN Summer, a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I could not wait to see how this looked stitched up! It certainly did not disappoint! I stitched this on the recommended 30 ct WDW Cocoa linen. I used the Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk (Ocean Tide) included in the pattern. I can't wait to stitch more!

LHN The North Wind

LHN The North Wind , a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I finished stitching my January 1st project! This is Little House Needleworks The North Wind. It's stitched with the recommended Crescent Colours floss and Lakeside Linen fabric. I just love the color of this 32 ct Vintage Tundra fabric.

LHN "Red" House in Winter

LHN Red House in Winter, a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I loved the original colors for this design with the red house but since my Christmas decorating is done in shades of blue I wanted this to match. I stitched this on the recommended 30 count Northern Cross linen. I used all the recommended DMC colors except changed the red to CC Wavy Navy and the white (except for the snow) to GAST Old Blue Paint.

LHN Winter Sheep

LHN Winter Sheep, a photo by Renee's Stitching on Flickr.

I finished stitching LHN's Winter Sheep ornament. I chose to use the suggestion from the pattern to switch the red to blue and the cardinal button to a bluebird button. I used all recommended floss colors except the blue is Carrie's Creation Antique Slate floss. My Christmas decoration colors are in shades of blue so I love how this turned out. It's stitched on 30 ct WDW Straw linen.

LHN Snowy Pines

I stitched up this little cutie Snowy Pines by Little House Needleworks.  I fell behind stitching this ornament set last year and my goal is to finish the 2010 LHN ornaments by the end of 2011.  I'm in a Christmas SAL group at my LNS that meets once a month to stitch only Christmas items.  This ornament is stitched on the recommended 30 ct Natural Linen with the recommended DMC floss and Mill Hill glass beads.  Next ornament for me will be LHN Winter Sheep.  How fun!

LHN Chocolate Box

I stitched 4 of the chocolates and a modified border from Little House Needleworks Chocolate Box.  Stitching this sure made me crave chocolate!  This is for an exchange on one of my yahoo cross stitching groups and we stitch 6" x 6" blocks so I used part of the design and adapted it to work.  I don't want to part with it but I guess the best blocks are the ones you want to keep for yourself.  This is stitched with the recommended floss on 28 ct lambswool linen.

Ornament Exchange

I stitched these 2 ornaments for an ornament exchange for my friend Julie.  Hope is one of the Lizzie Kate 12 Blessings of Christmas and Christmas Joy is by Angel Stitchin from the JCS 2006 Ornament Issue.

This is the back of the Christmas Joy ornament.

This is the beautiful ornament that Julie stitched for me.  It's Glory to God by Little House Needleworks.  Julie stitched it over one and it is just gorgeous!  This design is from the JCS 2008 Ornament issue.

LHN Pumpkin Hollow Farms

I stitched Pumpkin Hollow Farms from Little House Needleworks. What an absolute joy it was to stitch! I added a few changes to customize it for me. I changed the house to WDW Lancaster Red to match the house my grandma always lived in. I used WDW Kohl for the roof. The pumpkins were changed to GAST Fragrant Cloves and I used Antique Gold from Carrie's Creations Threads in place of GAST Brandy. I used the same red from the house for the flowers below. I added a JABCo blackbird button over the house a gold maple leaf button under the tree. It's stitched on 32 ct Caramel Creme belfast linen from Sassy's Fabbys. I want to frame this in a black frame like the original model.

LHN He's A Flake

I stitched He's a Flake by Little House Needleworks on the recommended 30 count Dove Linen from Weeks Dye Works. I made a few changes including adding a JABCo snowflake button in place of one of the stitched snowflakes. I changed the green from CC Spinach to Carrie's Creation Frosty Pine. I also changed the red from DMC 918 to DMC 3777.

LHN The Family Sampler

I had the great honor of stitching the model for Little House Needleworks The Family Sampler. After having stitched this once I can honestly say that I cannot wait to stitch it again for myself too! In fact it was quite the struggle sending it back to Diane and not keeping it! HA! She has thought of everything on this sampler and has many options included in this chart that aren't shown stitched in the above picture. I'm really looking forward to personalizing it for my family.