WISH LIST

Favorite designers:

Blackbird Designs, Ewe & I & Friends, Heartstring Samplery, Hillside Samplings, Just Nan, La D Da, Lizzie Kate, Mary Beale, Mary Garry, Merry Cox, Prairie Schooler, Reflets de Soie, The Drawn Thread, The Goode Huswife, The Sampler Girl, Threadwork Primitives, With Thy Needle and Thread

 

Favorite stitching themes:

Adam & Eve, Americana/patriotic, bees and hives, black cats and pumpkins, cherries, crowns, flower designs (daffodils, pansy, cabbage roses, lily of the valley), holly and berries, hornbooks, mermaids, oak leaves and acorns, pineapples, Prairie Schooler santas, Quaker designs, snowmen, strawberries

Types of floss I use:

Weeks Dye Works, Gentle Arts, Crescent Colors, Belle Soie (when I'm splurging) or any silk brand

Types of fabric I use:

32ct -40ct linen
I’m not wild about the really splotchy over dyes that look tie-dyed.

Types of needles I use:

I like Bohin or DMC in size 26 or 28.

Things I collect – stitch related:

Finishing supplies (I do my own finishing), buttons, stitching gadgets, strawberry emeries, embroidery scissors, tote bags/project bags of any shape or size

Things I collect – not stitch related:

Brighton beads/charms, blue sponge ware, shaker boxes, anything with an "L" on it, anything with the Eiffel tower or a Union Jack on it, Whitman tins, earrings (posts or wires), anything by Susan Branch

My favorite time of year:

Summer and Fall. 

My favorite colors for decorating, fashion, stitching:

My house is fairly neutral (brown, beige, sage green, teal), I wear a lot of pinks, purples, red, grey and blue, I love polka dots and paisley, my favorite floss colors are pinks, purples, and reds, I like most any neutral color linen

My favorite edible treats:

Dark chocolate (but not the 60% or higher stuff just regular old dark for me), dark chocolate Lindor truffles or Ferrero Rocher truffles, Heath bars (especially the minis; excellent toffee to chocolate ratio there!), Bit o'Honey, Candy Corn, Peeps, Malted Milk Balls

My favorite drinks:

I'm a self-confessed tea lover (loose or bags)!  I like hot chocolate too.

Not a coffee fan though. I never acquired a taste for the stuff. Yuck!

I’m not really a fan of:

Primitive stuff that's sparsely stitched or dirty/worn/torn looking, fairies, Gothic, fantasy, Celtic, nothing too cutesy or cartoonish