Northwoods Santas

"Northwoods Santa" Embroidered Artwork Home Decor Wall Hanging

Includes:
Woodland Santa - A Fisherman with a fox.
Nordic Santa - Friends with deer and carries a pine tree
Arctic Santa - Friends with penguin and polar bear

This was originally a kit from Astor Place Heirloom Santas Entitled: Northwoods Santas published by Willmaur Crafts Corp. It is embroidery floss stitched on Perforated paper which is a card stock or heavier weight paper with a counted cross stitch grid of wholes. I've never used this type of foundation before. It takes longer than fabric as it uses a stab or stick method of stitching. You can't pull it through two wholes at once.

Each Santa is carefully trimmed out, mounted on Stampin' Up Black cardstock and inserted into a 4" x 6" opening in an 11" x 22" frame. The frame is black and each opening is bordered by a metal copper lace trim that was painted brown to antique it. The frame has two openings on the back to hang it on the wall.

Nordic Santa

 Trimming the Artic Santa: I found it easier to use an exacto knife. (Yes, I know mine is a little rusted, but the blade is still super sharp.)

Woodsland Santa

 Framed:

~Sarah

Welcome Pillow - Candlewicking

Slate Blue Decorative "Welcome" Pillow -
Hand Embroidered, Candlewicking Style

This welcome pillow would make a beautiful addition to a guest room. It is a thin 2 ply slate blue yarn stitched on unbleached muslin cloth. The Muslin is framed by a tree pattern blue fabric. The back was created using this same fabric. This measures approximately 9 inches x 15 inches.

Candlewicking is a technique that uses French Knots (or Colonial Knots) as well as other embroidery techniques on unbleached muslin using thread, floss, or thin yarn. The thread used is typically Ecru (or cream color), but I used a light blue thin 2 ply yarn.

This welcome pattern originally came from a Canterbury Designs kit entitled "Welcome". It was originally supposed to be matted and a fabric frame for display, but I liked the pillow idea better!

Oh....if you don't remember from previous posts... I really dislike French Knots, but I like how they look!

~Sarah

Shadow Box Sampler

Country Cross Stitch "Shadow Box" Embroidery Sampler

This little sampler was made from a kit from Country Cross-Stitch. It is stitched on size 20 Jobelan Evenweave light tan colored fabric. This means there are 20 stitches to an inch. This is a thicker fabric with a weave that is much harder to work with than a typical Aida fabric. it was stitched with DMC Floss.

This sampler is filled with fun country items like apples, books, a cat, a rocking horse, a woven basket with hearts, a goose, and a country doll. It's colors are browns, grays and blues.

It will fit in a 5"x7" frame without a mat or in a 9"x11" frame with a mat.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/180748189/country-cross-stitch-shadow-box?ref=shop_home_active_2

The Back

~Sarah

Country Fresh

Kitchen Vegetable Canning "Country Fresh" Cross Stitch Embroidery Sampler

This sampler was made from a kit from Bucilla entitled "Country Fresh". It is stitched on size 14 count 100% cotton tan Aida Cloth. It was stitched with DMC Floss.

This sampler is filled with fresh food straight from the farm. It has eggs, corn, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, carrots and peppers. There are a couple Ball canning jars and a coffee pot. This would be a perfect wall decor for a country kitchen.

It will fit in a 4 1/2" x 13" frame without a mat or in a 8 1/2" x 17" frame with a mat.

~Sarah

The Backside

Four Season Chairs - Summer, Spring, Autumn, Winter

Counted Cross Stitch Sampler Picture “Four Season Chairs” (Not Framed)
Four Season Chairs - Summer, Spring, Autumn, Winter

This large embroidered artwork contains 4 different samplers all stitched into in 1 final embroidered piece.
It took about 9  12-14 hour days to complete this project. I'm not sure I want to part with this project!

• Summer: This season has an Adirondack chair sitting in the sun at the beach facing the water.
• Spring: Spring has gardening tools, flowers and a Ra-tan Love Seat waiting for a couple to have a seat.
• Autumn: Autumn has an old fashioned high back chair with a handmade afghan with a fringe on it. Pumpkins and corn round out the look.
• Winter: A Snow covered rocking chair sitting on a porch in front of the shuttered window and glowing candles are in this winter scene. A wreath adorns the rocking chair.

This is a Janlynn Needlecraft Counted Cross Stitch Pattern entitled “Four Season Chairs.” It was stitched using cotton thread on 14 count Aida fabric. There are 39 different colors embroidered into these 4 samplers. It has been washed and ironed.

It will fit in a 16”x16” frame without a mat or in a 20”x20” frame with a mat.
This item can be found at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/178500725/cross-stitch-embroidered-four-season?ref=shop_home_active_1
~Sarah