The Loretta Spears Design Archive: June 2013

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Repeat eBay Sale? UPDATED

The same two charts ("Medallions" and "Today is Someday") are up on eBay again, sold by the same seller. I don't know if the buyer of last week's sale didn't pay up or if the seller is a shop with multiple copies of the charts. The current price is $2.84 with $2.39 extra for shipping costs.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Needle-Adventures-Needlepoint-Booklets-LORETTA-SPEARS-Medallion-Today-/290929298797?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43bcbccd6d

UPDATE: This sale ended with a final bid of $10.49 with $2.39 in shipping. That's not bad for two of the Needle Adventures charts from The Artists Collection.

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Repeat eBay Sale? UPDATED

The same two charts ("Medallions" and "Today is Someday") are up on eBay again, sold by the same seller. I don't know if the buyer of last week's sale didn't pay up or if the seller is a shop with multiple copies of the charts. The current price is $2.84 with $2.39 extra for shipping costs.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Needle-Adventures-Needlepoint-Booklets-LORETTA-SPEARS-Medallion-Today-/290929298797?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43bcbccd6d

UPDATE: This sale ended with a final bid of $10.49 with $2.39 in shipping. That's not bad for two of the Needle Adventures charts from The Artists Collection.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Just for Fun

Just for fun tonight I Googled "Loretta Spears" and discovered the Needle Adventures chart for Medallions for sale at Alex Paras.
http://store.apneedlearts.com/lorettaspears.html

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Just for Fun

Just for fun tonight I Googled "Loretta Spears" and discovered the Needle Adventures chart for Medallions for sale at Alex Paras.
http://store.apneedlearts.com/lorettaspears.html

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Two New Needle Adventures Charts on eBay UPDATED

Yesterday I discovered an eBay auction for two of Loretta's Needle Adventures charts. Today is Someday and Medallions are both for sale in the same auction. The starting price is ninety-nine cents plus $2.39 in shipping, which is a very good price for two designs.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Needle-Adventures-Needlepoint-Booklets-LORETTA-SPEARS-Medallion-Today-/350805960387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51adaa26c3

As always, although I might know the seller of Loretta's designs, I have no financial interest in any eBay sales. Hope these two charts go home with a fan of Loretta Spears' designs or spark interest in her work from someone who is new to her charms.

UPDATE: These two charts sold for $11.01 plus $2.39 shipping. Congratulations to the winner!

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Two New Needle Adventures Charts on eBay UPDATED

Yesterday I discovered an eBay auction for two of Loretta's Needle Adventures charts. Today is Someday and Medallions are both for sale in the same auction. The starting price is ninety-nine cents plus $2.39 in shipping, which is a very good price for two designs.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-2-Needle-Adventures-Needlepoint-Booklets-LORETTA-SPEARS-Medallion-Today-/350805960387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51adaa26c3

As always, although I might know the seller of Loretta's designs, I have no financial interest in any eBay sales. Hope these two charts go home with a fan of Loretta Spears' designs or spark interest in her work from someone who is new to her charms.

UPDATE: These two charts sold for $11.01 plus $2.39 shipping. Congratulations to the winner!

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Welcome to the Loretta Spears Design Archive

This site is a record of the designs published by Loretta Spears between roughly 1986-1996. After her death, Loretta Spears' family honored her wishes by not republishing any of her mystery designs or ornament charts and have refused multiple offers to license her designs. The only places you can find them now are on eBay or through stash sales.

I plan to list all the magazine articles and charts that include her designs, and describe them to help her fans know what is available. This is a collaborative effort and I wish to thank everyone who helped develop this site to honor and document Loretta Spears' work. By the way, the header photograph shows part of Fascination (Mystery #10) stitched by Needleartnut with the title created by lara hartley.

If you have further information about Loretta Spears' work or would like to share photographs, please email me at LorettaSpearsDesigns@gmail.com

About Loretta's Mysteries

There were fourteen mystery pieces total. Though the kindness of DH, I have the descriptions of each mystery as Loretta posted them on her old website (now gone). I also have a separate article about each mystery in blog postings which you can find by searching "Mystery #1," etc. Each mystery article has Loretta's description, a list of threads, photos of the threads she specified if I have them and finally photos of finished pieces and links to websites showing them. If the finished piece shown isn't in Loretta's colors, I'll tell you. If you don't want to see photographs of the mystery pieces, click on the Mystery Designs Checklist tab at the top of the blog under the header photo. That lists only the designs with Loretta's own description of them.

Not For Sale

Please note that this site does not have any Loretta Spears' designs for sale. In fact, I don't own any of her designs, and the kind folks who helped me with photographs and information do not wish to be asked to sell their charts. Your best source for her designs is eBay where currently mysteries go for $20-250. The small ornament charts seem to sell for around $5-50 although these don't turn up that often, making a price prediction hard. Needle Adventure charts for pieces such as Florentine Fantasy and Bargello Fantasy are common and usually sell for $5-10 although you can get bargains occasionally. (Currently the ornament charts aren't selling well so you can probably get some good bargains.) The old Needlepoint Now and Needlepoint News magazines with Loretta's charts also turn up on eBay periodically and go for $2-4 but they can be pricey due to shipping charges if you must buy a group of magazines to get the one you want.