Other Designs

Designs listed here are things various folks have heard about I have no information on, or that don't fit into the Small Ornaments. Mystery Designs or Magazine Designs categories and were not published as Needle Adventures Artist Collection charts.   Since I don't have much information about some of these pieces and don't know where they fit, they are listed here. Any help you can give will be appreciated.  Just email me at this address -- LorettaSpearsDesigns@gmail.com  Designs that have photographs or other information on this site have a link to the article underneath the description.

You might also want to look at the Free Designs section.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/p/shell-pattern-roll-up-design-free-from.html

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Antique Thread Winder Sampler* (published under the Needle Adventures name in 1992) - small band sampler with space for a thread winder to be attached
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/03/antique-thread-winder-sampler-needle.html

Beginning Needlepoint Abstract is on 14 count needlepoint canvas using Elsa Williams tapestry wool,  and was used to teach beginners to stitch at Loretta's shop, Fiesta Needlearts.  I think it is about 9 inches square but that's a guess.  This is one of three shop class pieces I've uncovered.  See Quilt Pattern 1986 and Quilt Pattern 1990.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2014/10/beginning-needlepoint-at-loretta-and.html

Desert Storm (a large design sold as a kit done to commemorate the first Gulf War) - probably created in 1990 as Operation Desert Storm started in August 1990 and ended in February 1991

Diamond Brocade Egg (same as Christmas Club ornament Brocade Egg?) - ornament

A Design By Loretta Spears -- Needle Necessities (NN) free chart to promote their threads - copyright 1993 by Loretta - free promotional thread handout for ornament using NN's overdyed floss and a matching shade in NN'S overdyed perle cotton; designed to be mounted over styrofoam circle or heart shape with matching tassel made from the overdyed perle cotton
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-needle-necessities-chart.html

Quilt Pattern 1986 - taught around 1986 at Loretta's shop without charted instructions using 8 shades of DMC floss on line drawn 18 count tan canvas - This was a class piece only. This is one of three shop class pieces I've uncovered.  See Quilt Pattern 1990 and Beginning Needlepoint Abstract.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2015/06/quilt-pattern-new-loretta-spears-design.html

Quilt Pattern 1990 is similar to the 1986 Quilt Pattern but there are differences.  It was line drawn on 20-22 count white Congress cloth and is 9 1/4 inches by 13 1/4 inches.  It appears to be a class piece also but the eBay sale where this turned up had no written instructions or threads. This is one of three shop class pieces I've uncovered.  See Quilt Pattern 1986 and Beginning Needlepoint Abstract.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2018/02/quilt-pattern-unstitched.html

Shell Pattern Roll-Up - free design giveaway done for Rainbow Galley in 1994 to promote their threads -  a shell trellis pattern in a matte and sparkly thread on the same color of 18 count canvas - four colorways are included in the instructions.  There is also a Small Ornament design called Shell Pattern Roll, which may or may not be the same design.  Shell Pattern Roll-Up is copyrighted 1994 by Rainbow Gallery which has kindly made this available to Loretta's fans in the below link.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/p/shell-pattern-roll-up-design-free-from.html

Teardrop - apparently different from Tear of Joy - ornament?

Victorian Needlework Stocking —  Gray/mauve/blue stocking dated 1989 and published under the Loretta Spears Designs name - I am not sure Victorian Needlework Stocking is the right name.  Let me know if you know anything about this piece.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-loretta-mystery-to-be-solved.html

Wish Upon a Star Stocking - class project at Loretta's Fiesta Needle Arts shop, dated 1991 and similar to the Wish Upon a Star Stocking published in Needlepoint Plus magazine in 1993.  Second link below is to the magazine version of the stocking.  It appears to be identical.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-new-version-of-wish-upon-star-stocking.html

http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/01/wish-upon-star-stocking.html


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