Limited Edition Heirloom Mystery #7 Stocking SOLD

Loretta's Limited Edition Heirloom Stocking (Mystery #7 from 1995) is available on eBay. SOLD for $34.88

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235391185258?hash=item36ce68716a:g:jM8AAOSwONtlp--q&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Nob202q9KK3k6b8ibRNspSZRtsaEZQQOpt1KThUhH2fRNHMwPk2INtKhgmYvGLkIJ1rCRfiQlhWrJlHWIrEV%2BimPYpsyQ29maFFL0IfjxuWVRwYZjREpj6cynEkoIAyOasBO4oPMpL5xDWCRq8CEqmJYla2pHg6rZD%2Ba51s9bOJajAQMvJbqdZs94ktWpnxJZAbSdNFc4rfnNfEAhRQAupZBHPCIU7m01bjS2kMwiQUyqFzYh65mtIxuUNj1OhiBzcnoWJfxlJbJ1Kmcttfdr7ildFDJ2REMswTGRSss8%2Bc%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6LT_IulYw

The kit comes with some threads, the canvas that is partly stitched, the instructions and Lorette's certificate of authenticity.  The starting bid is 99 cents plus $9.00 for "standard shipping."

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Watching Florentine Fantasy Grow

The Needleart Nut blog is stitching one of the pieces from Loretta's chart "Florentine Fantasy" and posting progress photos on her blog.  I'll post updates (latest on the bottom) as she stitches.  By the way, she is stitching this on linen, not needlepoint canvas.

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She will do the long Bargello piece on blue canvas.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/08/jsome-counted-work.html

The first band on the sampler is in position.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-first-band.html

The second motif is cotton floss and Kreinik metallic.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-second-design.html

http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/moving-along.html

Now the third motif is introduced.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/starting-section-c.html

The third motif is done and so is the star.
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/star-and-some-stripes.html

The curvy Bargello stripe is next.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-bargello-stripe.html

And now the Bargello stripe curves are done.

http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-bargello-line.html

Flame stitch is next.

https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/another-section.html

A four-way Bargello flower shape is the next-to-the-last motif.

https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/another-bargello-design.html

And the Bargello spot sampler is done!

http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2020/09/finished.html

Personally, I am not a sampler person or a fan of Bargello, but I think this is lovely.

My Pocket (Loretta Spears Designs)

My Pocket

My Pocket, a Loretta Spears Design chart, turned up on eBay this week in an auction with a group of Loretta charts.  The date this was published is unknown.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-Needlepoint-Pattern-MyPocket-VictorianHeart-XmasHeirloom-SparklingPlaid-PN538/333511094265?hash=item4da6cf6ff9:g:GX4AAOSwEj5eQbIx

Apparently this is a pocket style with an opening at the top.

It is stitched using gold Kreinik metallic and two shades of Anchor Matlitt on white canvas.   The threads appear to be silver and white.

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Materials List:

white canvas
Marlitt #
Marlitt #

Victorian Heart (Needle Adventures)

Victorian Heart

Victorian Heart has turned up on eBay this week.  Published under Needle Adventures name, this is a heart sampler with rows of hearts, Bargello, and Smyrna crosses in shades of pink and at least one overdye on white line drawn canvas.  Date unknown.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-Needlepoint-Pattern-MyPocket-VictorianHeart-XmasHeirloom-SparklingPlaid-PN538/333511094265?hash=item4da6cf6ff9:g:GX4AAOSwEj5eQbIx

Materials List:
white needlepoint canvas
pink overdye, probably Needle Necessities. #180?

lavender Anchor cotton floss?

Mill Hill beads #2010

silver Kreinik metallic

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A New Patchwork Heart Pattern? UPDATED

I just stumbled across this unknown Loretta design on Pinterest. It appears to be a patchwork pattern made into a heart ornament.   The person who uploaded the photo says it is a Loretta design stitched as an Apple Blossom Chapter (of the American Needlepoint Guild) project.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/83035186857019305/

Thanks to the sharp eyes on Facebook's Needlepoint Nation group, I now know that this ornament is Loretta's "Victorian Heart," published in the January-February 1991 issue of Needlepoint Plus magazine.  Appreciate your help, Terry!  It's amazing how different it looks in different colors.  Or maybe it is just different cameras.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/01/victorian-heart.html