Calico Crossroads - Counted Thread Designs by Linda Connors - Counted Thread Designs by Linda Connors

ANTICIPATION III-SAMPLER
The third in a series of three, each one showing a different stocking on the same brick fireplace background embellished with poinsettias. Motif on this stocking is a floral sampler. Colors are predominately red, green and gold. Computer-generated chart, color photo, Retail price: $6 (Click on image for more detailed information)

ANTICIPATION II-SNOWFLAKES
The second in a series of three, each one showing a different stocking on the same brick fireplace background embellished with poinsettias. Motif on this stocking is snowflakes. Colors are predominately blue and gold. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6 (Click on image for more detailed information)

ANTICIPATION I-TREES
The first in a series of three, each one showing a different stocking on the same brick fireplace background embellished with poinsettias. Motif on this stocking consists of trees. Colors are predominately green and gold. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6 (Click on image for more detailed information)

AUTUMN BELLPULL
Third in a series of four. Elegance personified and easy, too! The look of Hardanger without any cutting--we call it Fauxdanger™! Features two pumpkins iside the letter "U." Colors are predominately ecru on ecru with golds, yellows, browns and greens. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6 (Click on image for more detailed information)

AWESOME AUTUMN
The third seasonal paperweight in the series of four! Makes you long for the cool days of autumn with it's oak leaves and acorns, squirrel and falling colorful fall leaves! Colors are predominately peach, purple and browns. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart and instructions with color cover photo. Retail price: $7 (Click on image for more detailed information)

BARNEY STONERICH

Barney Stonerich, the leprechaun, clutches his pot of gold daring anyone to try and take it! A fun seasonal piece to stitch up for St. Patty's day! Colors are (of course) predominately green (and gold)! Computer-generated chart, color image of finished design, instructions and stitch diagrams. Adapted from the artwork of Claudia Twede by Linda Connors. Retail price (which includes 4 brass charms): $10.

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CAT-O-LANTERN

This design in our on-going series of Kats by Kelly™ designs features the devilish black kat posing in a line of jack-o-lanterns. Is he trying to frighten someone or just trying to hide? Quick enough to stitch up before Halloween. Colors are predominately black on white with orange/green pumpkin & leaf. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart and instructions with color cover photo. Retail: $6.

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CHEAT THE DEVIL

One of a series of humorous bellpulls called StitchWits™ designed in a band sampler style! Cheat the Devil ("May you be in heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead.") is stitched on 30-ct. White 100% linen Stitchband from Zweigart® Fabrics & Canvas. It is worked with Silk Mori Milkpaint™ threads from Kreinik (DMC numbers given in parantheses) and Waterlilies from The Caron Collection. Charmpak available directly from Calico Crossroads®. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart with complete instructions, stitch diagrams and color photo. Retail price: Chart, $6; Charmpak, $4.

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CHICKY BAUBLE

What a cute little "bauble" to celebrate spring (and Easter, too)! The front of this ornament features little chicky taking his first peek at the new millennium from inside his cracked egg! The back is stitched with specialty stitches in lavenders, greens and whites. Colors on back can easily be changed to suit your individual tastes. Can be used as a scissor finder, too, if you prefer. Computer-generated 4-page leaflet with color-enhanced graph, stitch diagrams and instructions. Color photos of both front and back on cover. Retail price: $7.00.

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CHRISTMAS HEART

Quick and easy to stitch up, this wonderfully pretty Christmas ornament will add grace to your holiday decorating! It looks like Hardanger, but there is no cutting--just blanket stitches with eyelets and beads! Even a beginner can do this one! Very Christmasey! Colors are neutral (lambswool) fabric with burgundy, silver and green. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Back is also charted and includes three satin stitch hearts, the date and a space for personalization. Retail price (includes charms): $10.00.

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FREEZUN' SEAZUN

The fourth and final design in a series of four seasonal paperweights stitched on 32-ct. Ice Blue Belfast linen from Zweigart® with DMC floss, one of the new Simply Shaker Sampler Threads from The Gentle Art and Kreinik #4 very fine braids. Colors are predominately blue and white. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart and instructions with color cover photo. Retail: $6.00

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HOLLY MITTENS

This diminutive mitten Christmas ornament will delight all who see it! Each mitten is only 2-1/2" high (without hanger) and are very fun and quick to stitch up on 25-ct. Dublin linen with DMC and Kreinik threads. Stitched mainly in ecru and gold, you can feel confident to change the color to suit you own tastes as well as the embellishments on the front--very easy to change. The back provides a place to stitch your initials and the date. Colors are mostly ecru and gold. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart, color photo of finished ornament, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $8.

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HOLLYDAY STITCHES
This adorable petite Christmas stocking is just the thing for any stitcher on your Christmas list! Size is only 6" high. You'll just have to stitch up more than one! Colors are predominately blues and whites. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

MERRY STITCHING STOCKING
A miniature Christmas stocking made especially for stitchers only 6" high! Verse says "Merry Stitching to Thee." Colors include pink, green, burgundy and white. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

PETIT BIBELOT

A bibelot (pronounced BEE - BLOW) is described in the dictionary as "a small curio or artistic trinket." This unique Hardanger design by Leslie Howell is a perfect match for that description! The Hardanger top is stitched on linen in your choice of colors and bottom is done in a matching (or contrasting) color of satin fabric. Very elegant! Retail price: $8.00

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SEASONS OF THE HEART
A very different blackwork piece, subtle. Colors are predominately beige with pale blues, greens, pinks and yellows blackwork and some red hearts. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. All blackwork double running paths charted in detail. No thinking required! Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

SHARE YOUR HEART

This Christmas mini-stocking has a royal color scheme for a special holiday ornament! You'll love to stitch and display this stocking. The focus is on learning new stitches as is the purpose of all the ornaments in this series. The button which is a reproduction of a vintage button is included with the chart. Band 10 reproduces that same button in cross stitch over one. Colors are purples and greens on lambswool linen. Color-enhanced 4-page computer-generated chart with color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $10 w/charm.

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SHARE YOUR HEART BUTTON
Hand-painted vintage violet button (and cotter pin for attaching) for Share Your Heart mini-stocking design. (Click on image for more detailed information.)

SILENT NIGHT?

This needlework adaptation by Linda Connors of the artwork of Kathleen Kelly of Kats by Kelly" shows our little mischievious fellow irreverently but comfortably sitting in the manger of the nativity scene under the Christmas tree! Colors are predominately black on white (as usual) with a touch of yellow straw, red garland and green paper in the nativity box. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart, instructions, stitch diagrams and color photo of finished project. Fits into any standard 8x10 off-the-shelf frame. Retail price: $6

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SING HOSANNA!
A pretty Christmas angel dressed in green and red singing atop a cloud! Colors are predominately red, green and gold with some blues. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

SNOW IS MY LIFE
Everyone should be this happy! It is obvious he is having a very bad hair day! Companion piece to Angel Kissez. Colors include purple, blue, pink, green and white. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

SNOWKAT

A design in our on-going series of whimsical cat designs featuring the zany artwork of Kathleen Kelly of Kats by Kelly" adapted by Linda Connors. Fits into any standard 8x10 off-the-shelf frame. Colors are predominately black and white with a yellow/purple scarf and a orange carrot nose. Computer-enhanced computer-generated chart with color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6. (Click on image for more detailed information)

SPRING BELLPULL

First in a series of four. Elegance personified and easy, too! The look of Hardanger without any cutting--we call it Fauxdanger™! Features a vibrant pansy in the center of the letter "G" at bottom of bellpull. Colors are predominately ecru on ecru with purples and greens. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6.00

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STAR SPANGLED SCISSOR FINDER
Celebrate the Fourth of July by stitching up this patriotic finder for your scissors! Stitched over one in traditional red, white and blue colors, it is sure to be just the thing to keep your scissors from getting lost! Even the edging is worked so the seam is red, white and blue! Ask for it at your local needlework shop! Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

SUMMER BELLPULL
Second in a series of four. Elegance personified and easy, too! The look of Hardanger without any cutting--we call it Fauxdanger™! Features a rose in the center of the letter "U." Colors are predominately ecru on ecru with pinks and greens. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams.Retail price $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

SUMMER GRACE

The second in our seasonal paperweight series! Summer Grace depicts a bucolic scene with a sheep grazing on grassy hills under a fruit tree (purple fruit--maybe it's plums!) with distant trees and mountains in the background and birds flying overhead. Looks so peaceful and lazy--just like summer should be! Colors are predominately green and lavender with yellow. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart, color photo, stitch diagrams and instructions. Can be used as a pin cushion instead of a paperweight! Retail price: $6.00

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THE GIFT

This tiny 3-D Christmas ornament (2" square) will delight all who see it! The purple version is stitched on 32-ct. Dark Lavender Mist linen from Wichelt Imports and the pearl version is stitched on French Lace linen also from Wichelt Imports. It is embellished with two 12mm gold jingle bells and an innovative new technique has been "invented" for the curly ribbon bow on top! Colors are purple and gold OR cream and gold. Complete finishing instructions and materials list included. Computer-generated, color-enhanced chart with instructions, stitch diagrams and color photos. Retail price: $7.00

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THINK SPRING!

Spring has sprung! The newest addition to our counted thread line is the first in a series of seasonal paperweights. Think Spring! is worked in bright springy colors on Carnation Pink Belfast linen from Zweigart®. Colors are mostly pinks. Can be used as a pincushion if you desire. Computer-generated leaflet with color-enhanced graph, stitch diagrams and instructions with color photo. Start your collection today and watch for the other three seasonal paperweights to be released throughout this year. Retail price: $6.00

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TRICKY TREATS

Another zany design from Kats by Kelly™ adapted by Linda Connors from the original artwork of Kathleen Kelly just in time for Halloween! Is that paperbag his Unknown Comic costume or he is just looking for more catnippy treats that those he's abandoned? We'll never know! Colors are predominately black on white with multi-colored candies. Computer-generated color-enhanced chart with color cover photo. Retail price: $6.

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VALENTINA HARTMAN
What a sweet little cupid out to get your heart! You'll want to stitch up this valentine angel for your sweetie (or yourself)! Colors are predominately pink/red. Computer-generated chart, color image of finished design, instructions and stitch diagrams. Adapted from the artwork of Claudia Twede by Linda Connors. Retail price: $7.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

WINTER BELLPULL
Fourth in a series of four. Elegance personified and easy, too! The look of Hardanger without any cutting--we call it Fauxdanger™! Features a blue carnation inside the letter "E." Colors are predominately ecru on ecru with blues, greens and silver. Computer-generated chart, color photo, instructions and stitch diagrams. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

YULETIDE WISHES
This miniature Christmas stocking is just the thing for any stitcher on your gift list and is only 6" high. Great fun with many, many specialty stitches and special fibers. Wonderful learning/teaching piece! Colors are burgundy, green and silver. Retail price: $6.00 (Click on image for more detailed information)

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