Cover Girl!

Thanks to 

Needlework Retailer 

for putting 

Christmas Joy Ride 

on the cover of their holiday issue! 

Also, I've received a number of questions about 

a new DMC color in this design,

 # 3882, Medium Light Cocoa. 

Apparently it's not so easy to find, but

# 839 Brown is almost identical!

Thanks again to 

Lakeside Linens for the 40-count Misty Rain linen

Weeks Dye Works for the Hand Over Dyed floss

Valley House Primitives for the hand-grained frame

Kathy Bonham for her excellent stitching skills

and Megan Chriswisser, Editor of Needlework Retailer, 

for making sure the cover printed just right!

Another reason to visit Fayetteville, NY

Please stop by A Stitcher's Garden housed in a renovated barn along the Erie Canal, complete with a view of a beautiful pond. Jan's shop specializes in counted cross stitch supplies, and offers stitch-ins, classes and an annual retreat. She is currently displaying an assortment of Carriage House Samplings models until Christmas.

Thank you, Jan!

A New Carriage House Release

Family Tree Portraits 

was inspired by folk art portraits...

lockets with portraits ...

(I saw this in Virginia's Museum of the Shenandoah Valley with my mother-in-law) 

And silhouette-art ...

(here I am circa 1964)

Plus, someone told me at a needlework show that she'd love to 

stitch her family tree!

So I'm providing three charts

with three distinctive borders

that show a couple,

and a two-generation family,

and a three-generation family tree,

designed so that you can choose

hair colors and styles

hats and glasses

that reflect your family members.

Expand or trim the borders to hold as many generations as you like.

Add a family pet...

Fill with medallions and hearts

And in the case of the family tree,

use hearts to show marriages and

use brackets to show offspring

Thanks to Lakeside Linens for providing the fabric

Needlepoint Silk for the floss (DMC conversions are provided)

East Side Mouldings for building the frames

and Sherri Berkman, Sharon Schutjer and Kathy Bonham

for stitching the models.

Suggested retail: $18.00 for all three designs

Last Sneak Peek

Family Tree Portraits 

will let you create your own family tree

Add glasses and hats...

Change hair, eye, skin, clothing colors... 

Even add a family pet!