The Loretta Spears Design Archive: June 2025

Christmas Heirlooms April 1992

Thanks to Fireside Stitchery's eBay stash sales, I have a brand new Loretta Spears design to show--her April 1992 Christmas Heirlooms. This is an egg-shaped ornament in what appears to be reds and purples.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/236149583443?itmmeta=01JYBPDDFA8C0KWHZV785M71XW&hash=item36fb9cae53:g:MdQAAOSwbzFoTGpS&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eqtPxEtqkeei9MztGmarzYtm0ybZ4VKkHay7MG0K6Deg1JaGAC6xi68mxI%2F6RKv%2BmojA1yMIxPBFSANomLk%2FBe6drlyfkWgM6HKBZCeeN99zdNZXaT4vMvEH9XGRrAE8129VkMcnpf%2Fc4ui6z%2Fyjeat0x6nQRnQz9MN92G09%2BqHm8yyFumEHzEQ0%2Fqipzbmuk4p%2BCoQPCGuf2fUIapCJPBsac47K2deS5IND1EAeXPGw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-bXtfbyZQ

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Materials List:

7 x 7 inch square of 18 count canvas in French blue

Needle Necessities overdyed floss 193 "Anemone" (substitute Threadworx 1152 "Very Berry")

Overdyed Rachel 274

Lacquered Jewels 415 "Ruby"

Fireside Stitchery, which is a regular eBay stash seller, has ten of Loretta Spears' charts for sale.

The current price is $3.35 plus $10 post office ground shipping. The designs are:

Bargello Hearts Mini Stocking (August 1995) - with threads and canvas

Christmas Heirlooms Medieval Tile (Sept. 1993) - with canvas only

Christmas Heirlooms (April 1992) - new egg design with Loretta's line drawn canvas with her logo only

Christmas Heirlooms Midnight Jewels (December 1993) - canvas, thread and beads in red instead of Loretta's blue

Heart of My Hearts (February 1996) - canvas only

Christmas Heirlooms White Christmas (1991?) - canvas only

Needle Adventures chart Cameo Box Top - (also in Nov/Dec. 1990 issue of Needlepoint Plus magazine) - canvas only

Northern Lights - canvas only

Christmas Heirlooms (Oct. 1992) - with Loretta's line drawn canvas with her logo only

Christmas Heirloom Beaded Circle (Sept. 1992) - with Loretta's line drawn canvas with her logo only

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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.

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