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Below is a list of designs that we found using Kreinik threads that are available through your favorite (or maybe soon-to-be favorite) designers. Visit the designers' websites or ask your local needlework shop for more information.

Visit your local needlework shop monthly to see what's new. Purchase Kreinik products from them or our online shop at www.kreinik.com.

Tea Lovers:
" Tea Lover's Heart" by Sekas & Company offers cheery green and pink colors. Design calls for Tapestry #12 Braid 007 Pink.
For more info: visit www.sekas-and-co.com

Sampler Style:

"Iris Biscornu" by LoopyLou Designs is beautifully created with sage greens and dusty plums in Kreinik Silk Mori &6126, 6076) and Silk Bella (6124), plus Very Fine #4 Braid 023 Lilac. www.loopyloudesigns.co.uk. "Memory Lane" features decorative stitches that will make you fall in love with threads all over again. You will need #4 Braid 4005 Sugar Cube. www.loopyloudesigns.co.uk. Keslyn's "Chevalier" is a lovely box-top featuring specialty stitches. It is accented with Kreinik Cable 001P. Visit www.keslyns.com.

Home is where the stitch is

"Our House is a Fine House" is cross stitched with love, and Blending Filament 032 Pearl and Very Fine #4 Braid 5510 Persimmon. www.foreverinmyheart.com "In This Home" features rules to live by, stitched with Blending Filament 032 Pearl and #4 Braid 5510 Persimmon for highlights. www.foreverinmyheart.com.

Fantasy fans:

• "Days of Dragons: Evening Dreaming" from Dracolair features specialty threads to make the dragon come alive on fabric. You will need Blending Filament 023 and 061. www.dracolair.com.
  

What every girl needs:

From Cherrywood Design Studios, stitch the fresh and funny "Every Girl Needs A Tiara", featuring Kreinik Blending Filament 007 Pink. Visit www.cherrywooddesignstudios.com for info.

Contemporary Flair:

"Thank you" by Dracolair features a vintage 1970s look. It calls for #4 Braid 005HL for extra interest and texture. www.dracolair.com "Blossom & Grow" also by Dracolair designs will put a smile on your face with its funky flowers. It calls for #4 Braid 015, 3506, 5510, 5555. www.dracolair.com

Stitching for Summer:

• "Summer Ewes" features cute sheep designs, cross stitched with Blending Filament 032 and 002. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
• "America Your Land, My Land" is a colorful, contemporary take on the popular song. You will need one spool of Very Fine #4 Braid 091 Star Yellow. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
• "Summer Breeze" is a garden-sampler-styled beauty to decorate your home. You will need Silk Mori 0634, 4162, 4163, 4164, 6112, 6116, and Very Fine #4 Braid 9294 Periwinkle. www.loopyloudesigns.co.uk
  

Fall for Autumn:

Get started on stitching autumn projects now and you will have beautiful new items to decorate your home this year. New from Glendon Place Designs (email them at cpatric1@tampabay.rr.com): GP-151 "Nuts About Autumn" calls for #4 Braid 052HL Bronze Hi Lustre GP-152 "Floating Leaves" calls for #4 Braid 027 Orange and 052HL GP-153 "Harvest Gourds" needs #4 Braid 002 Gold GP-154 "Sixteen Gobbles" calls for #4 Braid 002 Gold and 028 Citron

Also for autumn:

"Big Fat Pumpkin Cat" from Forever In My Heart will have you smiling all season. You will need one spool of Very Fine #4 Braid 3503 Red flamenco. www.foreverinmyheart.com. "Ghoulies and Ghosties" is a Halloween prayer. You will need Blending Filament 032 Pearl, #4 Braid 012HL Purple Hi Lustre, and 015 Chartreuse. www.foreverinmyheart.com.

Inspiration station:

• "Wings of the Butterfly" reminds you to find your own "butterfly wings", and uses Blending Filament 006 Blue, 023 Lilac, 061 ruby, and 032 Pearl for that magical glistening touch. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
• "True Harvest of My Life" features the stitched saying, "The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little stardust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched." You will need one spool of #4 Braid 002. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
• "Grow flowers in the soil of prayer" is stitched with sunshine, flowers - and Blending Filament 013 Beige. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
• Forever In My Heart design company also has a new line of leaflets featuring inspirational words stitched on Zwiegart's wire-edged linen band (so easy for finishing). They encourage you to use your stash of threads and make the designs your own. www.foreverinmyheart.com.
  

Hardanger for the holidays:

• "Christmas tidings" by LoopyLou Designs is so beautiful, it will become an instant heirloom. You will need Fine #8 Braid 238 Christmas and Very Fine #4 Braid 002J Japan Gold. www.loopyloudesigns.co.uk
  

And now, for something really different!

• Calico Crossroads design company has a new series of stitched optical-illusion paper toys, called thaumatrope. They are fun, easy to stitch, and quite different. "Melody" (bird themed) and "Blossoms" (floral) both call for Kreinik #16 Braid 100HL White Hi Lustre.