Thursday, August 30, 2018

Summer Rose (Loretta Spears Designs)



Summer Rose is a Loretta Spears Designs ornament published in (June?*) 1992.  The design is round with horizontal bands of pattern and an 8 step stitch that resembles a rose in the top band.  The overdyed floss is a pale blue and pink mix.



*The instructions page I have seen is dated C 1992.

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Materials List:

7 x 7 white size 24 Congress cloth
Needle Necessities overdye floss #185 (substitute ThreadworX #1143 Sea Flowers)
Lacquered Jewels #442 "Antique Silver"
Lacquered Jewels #425 "Pyrite"
Neon Rays N40 "Beige"
Neon Rays N91 "Silver"




The original kit Loretta sold came with a piece of Congress cloth with the circle already drawn on and the center of the circle marked. Note the "LS" logo in the corner.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

St. Patrick's Day (Loretta Spears Designs) - March 1992

St. Patrick's Day, March 1992
St. Patrick's Day, published in March 1992 under the Loretta Spears Designs name, is an egg shaped ornament done in green, silver and white.

There is another St. Patrick's Day ornament chart, published in March 1995 under the Loretta Spears Designs name.  It is a square ornament.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/07/st-patricks-day-loretta-spears-designs.html

There is also a Christmas Heirlooms design chart published in March 1992 that is nearly identical but with a green mono canvas and different beads.  I suppose Loretta changed the name of the original 1992 St. Patrick's design and changed some supplies because she also has that March 1995 St. Patrick's Day ornament under the Loretta Spears Designs name.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2018/07/christmas-heirlooms-march-1992-ornament.html

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Materials List:

6 x 8 inch size 18 mono canvas
Anchor floss #1214 "Christmas Green" - variegated green and white?
Neon Rays #2  (N02?  if so, white)
Balger Cord #001C silver
Mill Hill Beads #02020  "Creme de Mint"

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Nancy's Flower Garden




Nancy's Flower Garden was published in April, 1994 under the Needle Adventures name.  This design is a 7 inch square turned on point, stitched with eyelets, beads and bugle beads on blue Congress cloth.  There is a black silhouette of roses in a vase on the instructions page next to the materials list.

Nancy's Flower Garden in Close up


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Materials List:

7x7 inch Congress cloth light blue
Waterlilies - Blue Lavender (probably #017)
Mill Hill Petite Beads #42012 Royal Plum
Mill Hill small bugle beads - #72010 Ice - 2.5mm by 6mm