Stitch Style has a new series of five Halloween rounds. Hedgehog has a new Taylor Swift luggage tag. Coco Frank has a new 12 days stocking. She also has new nutcrackers and two new dog-breed ornaments. Mary Katherine has a new geometric design in holiday colors, designed to fit in a Rachel Bari clutch. Alexa has a dozen new stockings with traditional designs, available in 13 or 18 mesh. Alice and Blue has a new design for stitch clubs that’s shaped like a college pennant. There are two other new pennant designs, plus a great new two-sided scissors fob of an old-fashioned keyhole.
Alice Peterson has lots of new ornaments for Halloween and Christmas. The company has a new Gayla Elliot canvas of a donkey in a fiesta setting. The artist also has new canvases lounging in rooms, including a pair of sloths and a yak. The company has a new set of four coasters with clever sayings about cocktails. A new series is alphabet squares with floral backgrounds. A delightful new stocking has an Alpine village amid tall mountain peaks.
Blue Ridge Stitchery has a new cone-shaped Santa and Mrs. Santa. There are also a trio of canvases with angels inside Christmas tree outline. New coaster designers from Blue Ridge have different shellfish holding drinks. My favorite is the blue crab with beer. Silver Needle has three new travel rounds. Colors of Praise has new brick covers featuring animals. The company also has stunning complex canvases designed for chair backs. Cooper Oaks has several new Susan Wallace Barnes canvases, two new folk art animals (I love the rabbit), and several quiet country landscapes. There are also lots of new animal and fish canvases.
Dolittle has a new series of rounds of barns for different holidays and occasions. Fire & Iris has new “monster” mini-socks. Choose from Sasquatch, Yeti, or a Kraken. There is also a vintage trailer in your choice of two colors that’s a two-sided ornament. KCN has many delightful round key fob canvases, including a full moon. The company also has a Grateful Dead-inspired backgammon board and drinks and animal-inspired coasters. Taking a cue from the pyramids of champagne glasses, there are several tipsy tower canvases of other items.
Susan Roberts has a new brick cover with birdhouse on the top and a vine-covered picket fence on the sides. New from The Meredith Collection are two ssweet canvases with the feel of fairytale illustrations. There is also a new 12 Days of Christmas tree. The Curious Cowgirl has new gingham flower rounds that coordinate with v intage feedsacks for finishing.
Anne Fisher has a new canvas of San Francisco Bay in blue and white. This one is on my wish list. She also has her popular Provencal print design in a new shape, clutch inserts. The designer has new tiny ornaments including Chinese pots, topiaries, and Staffordshire dogs. There are also lots of new geometrics, many designed for clutches. Finally, she has three new rounds of old-fashioned choristers.
Lauren Bloch has a new licensed designer, Kathy Casey. I love her peace canvas that features two doves in a clean modern design. Rebecca Wood has a fun series of Halloween ornaments with traditional Halloween characters mixing it up on and under the ocean. I particularly liked the inner-tube-riding skeleton and the octopus choking a witch. Sundance has new bead colors and canvases of fancy tassels ready for stumpwork and fancy embellishments. There are erxquisite new canvases of fairy tale ball gowns from Barbara Elmore.
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