Three Loretta Ornaments on eBay

An eBay seller has posted three of Loretta Spear's Needle Adventures heart ornaments.  Looks like all three auctions ended without any bids so I'll leave these up for a bit, just for you to see.

All three are Buy It Now auctions with a price of $33.00 plus $7.73 shipping via US mail.  In all three auctions you can make an offer.  All three auctions come with the instructions and a piece of needlepoint canvas.  The first ornament is 1992's "Springtime."  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/237056131133?_skw=needlepoint+loretta+spears&itmmeta=01M2ZCT5VPH9AG79CR36H4JNKM&hash=item3731a5803d:g:aosAAeSwoS5qnxkA&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA8GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xA2c78u%2B6tWgVGahA1rBTRRBN8SBfs26bEPOcoyP4liVcywB0R0Jijvq8kMCiJeLxZNFn2jpqTObiamITdPJ9d43pNGlWKv7iNgE8WD1vL3nCfuvVVMcPp3hXO71A07WER7xUhgEm1GJDWpJ3I2MQ5fuSuUFfiUMHhRo6xI1U5iSbr4nsyoiCFriO%2BAMJI7%2BrfHz6qSC41lX07zVgvhIs1cLAqfEXUhdy8xuwrgPko8Uy65jYOKWkaPdxN0dYw6YMXMTZwnO8beCv1j81iKakeRJnc8urlbjNAahjjluIrjUA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5Te6OyXaA

Auction #2 is "Christmas Heirlooms" from August 1992.  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/237055784073?_skw=needlepoint+loretta+spears&itmmeta=01M2ZCT5VP8VA6Y59X805FWT31&hash=item3731a03489:g:3-AAAeSw8qdqntxN&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDMdz0xoQqvcpONCeR2rY6Pi3I6MdMLOuqIp9pUPMLdJMlfvbYmPEBv8OZ%2ForJKGb%2BHcGvsWY1Snw22HoM4%2FINOOyAYeATAmyAjZqp67BLR%2FCo0MkW9xXvA5tZP%2FCN3ziRXqUEdKAcU409OPyZp2YSAdbG%2BM2Zgzq5QKrFvNhBdwN6mSFMIhbi%2BpcO6rDMMBta%2BWVs9%2FP7hK15eYy6%2B3ld6Gded6a%2BJVqpnKsuU%2Bz4f5ilPzHMy4V6YOgIomDxM3q0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5Te6OyXaA

The third auction is "Victorian Heart."  The date on this is unknown (I suspect it is also from 1992 but I don't know for sure) but this comes with a line drawn canvas with Loretta's LS logo.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/237056131124?_skw=needlepoint+loretta+spears&itmmeta=01M2ZCT5VPWKX1FW739FSPTRYG&hash=item3731a58034:g:f3wAAeSw7C5qnxj~&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xD6%2B4FGLwxN9Z9t5J07IeItni4MFoTBTeqXJJv1GPgyxFgZlAZwBocuplElM5HUOgw2ZxzDzKzRZNWzggDvWGHgDFAtHuDmvk9v2UlCSY12B8o2%2Bna%2BmE0VM9aaTB8hs8tY5IQ3KpzIL86HduJ1bn84y4s%2F9yFJjO6KTYilySZRvO8JVTLSQ7FpxCs1BprHGK8fDd0s8TMhXzRwo2UqzMzqke9iyK3b5b6NYETt%2FyolDOrti1Iy09N3DLAS0G3Zo6c%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5Te6OyXaA

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1994's String of Hearts on eBay

Loretta's "String of Hearts" is now available on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/366608447607?_skw=needlepoint+loretta+spears&itmmeta=01M0N7W0P7CBCVK8P2G0S8FK0W&hash=item555b90f877:g:KUoAAeSwXI1qgTbW&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCoAsiahVtnielsT3e8LNJSelqUol4t3wAXBGpjAG1xgC5WeO8IlEJXUHwRRa9v1H9YRAPwcxPkJl4Q2BaDFuFfC8E6wLWG7Tb%2BOxwtAexRPMXTltTP%2FcSkNmIEOSeKpyXpV95YqCRpHK2wLFw47n1udZ%2BcOFrPBhicMs1aruh%2BP1eptvgjhv4bY3GYnSNdHjCbIDbTD80IKcM2Aw85KhvIaJjdt91%2FVzTka1OHF3nUntkRPFw0WawfYJnPia%2F4h2SD7m8Mq7atqZK9JvYnd9s22YsA7PWdt8KD%2FZgg3l6axzV8U%2B8ZWJ05ZzO%2FuSE1T4s%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7yL8KeFaA

This is a Buy It Now auction with a price of $19.99 plus $5.40 shipping.  The auction includes the instructions, a piece of 7 inch square of gray Congress cloth with the original LS logo and a skein of red DMC cotton floss (which is not one of the recommended threads).  

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Medieval Tile Stocking Kit on eBay

The full kit for Loretta's "Medieval Tile" stocking is available as a Buy It Now auction on eBay for $35 plus $8.06 USPS ground shipping.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/278135100639?_skw=needlepoint+loretta+spears&itmmeta=01KYDC418KVNZ9EMV1N1Z3K1DX&hash=item40c224d4df:g:anwAAeSwG11qQYva&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDeZk5NDABplDlsIiKkyraN%2FAGogVt4ITnXglxLMSo1nJ3Oj5Mugfk0yPzd9QGWZTTJCK5p6JTqWa43Z43OhoBUOpyHEQYWjrF4AV%2FdVDyq2g8sj9KO5RUCfxGRfPhF9SjLi7R1sZ%2BYoC1TYvYqh2bUHuWTzoT%2F5NmfMOK6fkG%2B2oUukfru%2FcIGvAVR5y7j059Y7ga0DJXJWEWHliFpfT%2BN8vWjU6r1CHDN4Bo5qih6hLNvjIt6UE5fucN%2BA7v59As%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7iUkKzzZw

This is a September 1993 chart from Needle Adventures.  The sale includes canvas on stretcher bars, the instructions, green seed beads, and two skeins of which is likely overdyed cotton floss from Needle Necessities.  A canvas on stretcher bars is also included but one picture shows the Ash Rose 18 count canvas with Loretta's LS logo but other pictures show white canvas.  

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Christmas Heirlooms April 1992 Egg

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"

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

July 1992 Square Ornament (Needle Adventures)

July 1992 Needle Adventures Ornament

A recent eBay auction appears to have a July 1992 Loretta Spears chart published under the Needle Adventures name among the items for sale.  The seller calls it hanging ornament.  This is one of a lot of charts and kits.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-21-sealed-embroidery-craft-kits-plus-4-tools/352670273871?hash=item521cc9514f:g:4k8AAOSwh0Rc5DSj:sc:USPSPriority!22611!US!-1

The ornament is a square made up to hang from one corner in dark blue and purples.  I've copied and enhanced the photos from the auction as best as I can.

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Materials List and Canvas, Threads

Materials List:

7x7 inch piece of  18 count Levantine Blue needlepoint canvas
four colors of (purple?) Anchor cotton floss
Fyre Werks
Lacquered Jewels (green?)

Courtesy of Fireside Stitchery

Bargello Fantasy (Needlepoint Plus)

Bargello Fantasy (Needlepoint Plus)

Bargello Fantasy was original published  in the July August 1991 issue of Needlepoint Plus.   In 1994 Needle Adventures republished this design as a chart with a photo of the finished model on the back cover.  The chart version of Bargello Fantasy is discussed separately.

Needleartnut's Bargello Fantasy from NP Plus

The two designs are almost, but not quite, identical.  The "ribbon" across the top of the design is shorter in this version and the lower left bargello pattern is different as you can see in this photo of the finished magazine version, courtesy of Needleartnut.  The bottom triangles may also differ.  I can't be sure of that based on the images I've seen.  The scans of the Needlepoint Plus model and magazine cover are courtesy of Ann in Baton Rouge.

Needlepoint Plus July Aug 1991

Corrections to the magazine chart are posted in the Errata tab above.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/p/errata.html

The delicate version stitched by Sue. H.

And this is Sue H.'s version on congress cloth.   It isn't framed yet.  Thanks, Sue!

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Materials List:

Hearts and Trumpets

Hearts and Trumpets

This Loretta Spears Designs chart was published in May 1996.  It is worked on ash rose canvas with two types of Kreinik metallic in an open stitch.

This piece was stitched by the Diet Pepsi and Xanax blog. The blog notes the original canvas color was rose but the stitcher saved that to resell with the design on eBay later and went with green instead. 
http://diet-pepsi-and-xanax.blogspot.com/2011/12/army-is-coming.html

http://diet-pepsi-and-xanax.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-ornaments-finished.html

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Close Up of Hearts and Trumpets

The Needleart Nut provided this closeup of the photo.  The original lavender look of the photo shows better here.

Materials List:

6 x 6 inch Ash Rose #18 mono canvas
Kreinik braid size 16, #013
Kreinik 1/16 inch ribbon, #013

Note that Kreinik 013 is now Beige.  It is likely judging from the photograph that some shade of pink or fuchsia was the original color to match the ash rose canvas (a dusty pink color).

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.

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"

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

Christmas Heirlooms March 1992 Ornament

Christmas Heirlooms March 1992

A new ornament has turned up on eBay, the Christmas Heirlooms March 1992 ornament, which is an egg-shaped design in green and white on 18 count mono canvas.  The ornament itself is 2 3/4 inches by 4 1/4 inches according to the seller.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123231190578?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

I've seen this as a Loretta Spears Designs chart called St. Patrick's Day published in March 1992 that uses 18 count mono with no color listed and Mill Hill beads.  There appear to be two versions of this design, in other words.  It is possible that Loretta renamed this design and changed the supplies used because there is also a St. Patrick's Day ornament in March 1995 under the Loretta Spears Designs name.
https://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2018/08/st-patricks-day-loretta-spears-designs.html

The auction bidding starts at $9.99 plus $3 for "standard shipping."  Included are the chart and what appears to be the original Santa Fe green mono canvas with Loretta's LS logo.    Many thanks to Aggiestitcher for the photographs.


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Materials List and Line Drawn Canvas (with LS logo?)

Materials List:

7x7 piece Santa Fe green 18 count mono canvas
Anchor cotton floss #1214 "Christmas Green" which is variegated green and white
Neon Rays #2
AK beads 14/210A ( I think this means size 14 beads in color 210A)
Balgar cord #001C (now Kreinik cord in silver 001)

The Antique Thread Winder Sampler Stitched...

The Needleart Nut is going to stitch Loretta's Antique Thread Winder Sampler on her blog.  Stay tuned!
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/antique-thread-winder-sampler.html

She is using white Congress cloth and ThreadworX overdyed floss and perle cotton in a pale lavender/mint green mix with a touch of pink.  Very springtime!
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/overall.html

You can see as Pat works the design that it really is a band sampler.  Each row changes to a different pattern, and sometimes a different thread.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-next-bands.html

https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/two-more-bands.html

Two more, and a start on a series of darning patterns.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/two-more.html

The darning patterns are very pretty!
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/pattern-darning.html

https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-last-of-patterns.html

The side and bottom borders are very pretty as well. They are unusual.
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/maltese-crosses.html

Here is the final result with an old mother of pearl thread winder attached in the bottom right corner.
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2018/03/it-is-finish.html

Once Pat's version is framed I'll post a link here.


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Pat is changing the colors in her version.   If you would like to look at Loretta's original model, click on this link.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2012/03/antique-thread-winder-sampler-needle.html

Christmas Heirloom January 1993

Cover Page, Courtesy of Fireside Stitchery

Christmas Heirloom (published January 1993 under the Needle Adventures name) is a diamond-shaped design on 7x7 inch piece of rose 18 count needlepoint canvas using pink, purple and rose DMC cotton floss plus an overdyed floss in shades of pink, rose, purple and a teal green.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-Needlepoint-Pattern-Christmas-Heirloom-Ornaments-Xmas-in-July-Snowman-FJ93/232672456324?hash=item362c5bee84:g:k~QAAOSwmRFajGYV

Closeup of the Design

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Stitching Underway - Notice Outside Border in Pink

Materials List:
7x7 inch piece of rose 18 count needlepoint canvas
pink DMC cotton floss (#968?)
purple DMC cotton floss
rose DMC cotton floss
Needle Necessities overdyed floss #150 in shades of pink, rose, purple and a teal green

Quilt Pattern Unstitched (1990 Version)

Quilt Pattern Line Drawing

Quilt Pattern, an outlined canvas for a class at Loretta's shop, Fiesta Needleart, has turned up on eBay.  The outline (copyright 1990 Loretta Spears Designs) is on a piece of 9 1/4 by 13 1/4 inch Congress cloth.  The seller thinks the Congress Cloth is 20-22 inch.  The auction doesn't have any written material included.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/hand-printed-geometric-abstract-petitpoint-needlepoint-canvas-loretta-spears/391982805745?hash=item5b43fef2f1:g:rJQAAOSwY7tah0Eb

This is what the 1986 class version looks like stitched.  Note that it is on 18 count tan canvas.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2015/06/quilt-pattern-new-loretta-spears-design.html


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Christmas Heirlooms Traditional (Needle Adventures)

Christmas Heirlooms Traditional

Traditional is a red and green diamond-shaped Christmas Heirlooms ornament published under the Needle Adventures name in Deccember 1992.  I discovered it listed on eBay today.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LORETTA-SPEARS-Needle-Adventures-Christmas-Heirlooms-TRADITIONAL-Canvas-/302277657607?hash=item4661270407:g:nkQAAOSwmgJY6WY0

It didn't sell and was relisted.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LORETTA-SPEARS-Needle-Adventures-Christmas-Heirlooms-034-TRADITIONAL-034-Canvas-/302310897574?

I have asked the seller for information about the threads needed but have not received a response to date.


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Materials List:
7x7 inch piece of (18 count gray?) mono canvas