A New Release and a Contest Winner!

I'm happy to report that Veena, from Northern California, is the contest winner! 

She was the first to correctly identify the painting that inspired my new release, Silver Landscape.

Veena has been stitching since she was a teenager. She enjoys stitching reproduction samplers, especially those with a pastoral focus, and American folk. Congratulations, Veena!

Silver Landscape's palette was inspired by some new natural shades from DMC and beautiful Vintage Flagstone linen from Lakeside Linens.

Here, by the way, is the painting which gave me the idea for the chart. I painted it in autumn, but when I went back to the area in the winter, I found it more striking.

Chart details: 

260 wide x 183 high 

DMC / NPS

159 / 742 Gray Blue, Light

317 / 673 Pewter Gray

413 / 674 Pewter Gray, Dark

840  / 184 Beige Brown

935  / 356 Avocado Green, Dark

3011 / 345 Khaki Green, Dark 

3013 / 331 Khaki Green, Light

3782  / 971 Mocha Brown, Light

3864  / 121 Mocha Beige, Light

3884  / 964 Gray Brown

3893 / 851 Light Tan

Ecru / 992 Ecru

$12.00 suggested retail

The second winner will be announced soon! I received so many suggestions to try various paintings as cross stitch designs. Thank you, all!

Sneak Peek

We have a winner of the first part of our contest. Someone correctly identified which painting was the inspiration for an upcoming release. We'll announce the person closer to the release date, but in the meantime, here's another sneak peek.

I'm anxious to try out many of your suggestions for another design based on a painting, so hopefully I can soon announce the second winner!
Thank you all for participating!

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