Jeweled Egg Sighting (Needle Adventures)

Jeweled Egg (Needle Adventures March 1993)

We finally have a glimpse of Jeweled Egg, Loretta's March 1993 Needle Adventures chart, on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231658358973?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

This eBay sale includes what appears to be the original LS logo canvas and the beads, floss and metallic needed to complete the design.  The starting price for the auction is 99 cents plus $5.50 for expedited shipping.  The photographs from the sale are reproduced here courtesy of Fireside.

Supplies for Jeweled Egg

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Materials List:
7x7 18 count Tudor Rose mono needlepoint canvas
Anchor floss #1013
Balger Braid size 8 #021
Pizazz pink metallic #11 (unknown thread)
Carnelian beads #10
7x7 stretcher bars

Once again, many thanks to Fireside Stitchery for allowing the reuse of their auction photographs here and for helping clarify the materials list.

Silk (Loretta Spears Designs)

Silk Cover Page

Published in September 1995 under the Loretta Spears Designs name, Silk is a square ornament meant to be displayed on point.  The colors are pink, cream and gold and the design an intricate grid pattern.  If you are a Loretta collector, this is for sale on eBay in a Buy It Now Auction for $19.99 plus $2.00 shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Loretta-Spears-Designs-SILK-Pink-Cream-Very-Rare-/301702298990?hash=item463edbbd6e

Silk Close Up, Courtesy of Knightsbball10

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Many thanks to the eBay seller Knightsbball10 for help with information and photographs.  Fireside Stitchery also helped with a photo of the needed materials.

Courtesy of Fireside Stitchery

Materials List:

6x6 white Congress cloth
Soie d' Alger silk in both Creme and #3021 (one skein each)
Kreinik size 4 very fine braid in #002 gold

Brocade Egg (Needle Adventures)

Brocade Egg Cover Page, Courtesy of Knightsbball10

Brocade Egg was published in March 1994 by Loretta under the Needle Adventures name.  This might have been one of the Christmas Heirlooms ornaments.

Close Up, Also Courtesy of Knightsbball10

Perhaps because this was an Easter design, there is a bunny on the front page of the instructions.

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This photograph of the supplies from the eBay sale shows the outlined canvas with the LS logo typical of the kits she sold.  Many thanks to the eBay seller Knightsbball10 for help with information and photographs.

Another Close Up Courtesy of Catfansf

Materials List:

5x7 Congress cloth (color unspecified)
Marlitt, one skein each of #813, #1012, and #1007
Balger #8 braid #104C

Jeweled Box (Loretta Spears Designs)

Cover Page Courtesy of Fireside

Thanks to Jeweled Box turning up on eBay this week, I have lots of new information about this Loretta Spears Designs ornament published in December of 1995.  By the way, this item sold for $7.49.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Loretta-Spears-Designs-JEWELED-BOX-Very-Rare-/301684680052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463dcee574

Full Chart 

The ornament itself is a small rectangle and the chart is three pages plus the cover page with the usual photograph against greenery.

Original Supplies

The auction includes the instructions, red canvas, the overdyed floss, gold beads, and spool of silver Kreinik needed to stitch the design.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Loretta-Spears-Designs-JEWELED-BOX-Very-Rare-/301684680052?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463dcee574

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Materials List:

size 18 Victorian red canvas 6x8 inches
Needle Necessities overdyed floss #151 (dark greens and garnet)
Kreinik 1/16 inch metallic ribbon #001 (silver)
Toho Beads #A161 (gold)

Close up Courtesy of Fireside

Quilt Pattern, A New Loretta Spears Design UPDATED

Quilt Pattern Progress Photos

This mid-1980s design is called "Quilt Pattern" and is new to me.  I'm afraid I don't know anything about the size or if this was a line drawn canvas by Loretta.  I will post progress photos as the stitcher works this interesting and complex design.
https://needleartsandbeyond.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/quilt-pattern-by-loretta-spears/

It's being blog-stitched by Needle Arts and Beyond, the same person who stitched the beginner needlepoint design from Loretta's shop.
http://lorettaspears.blogspot.com/2014/10/beginning-needlepoint-at-loretta-and.html

Needle Arts and Beyond says this was a class project at Loretta's shop around 1986.  She goes on to say, "The design is line drawn on 18 count tan canvas and uses 8 different colors of floss from DMC – 518, 519, 951, 918, 919, 920, 921 and 922. The finished size will be 9 3/8 inches by 13 1/8 inches." You can read more about the project here and see her working the complicated inner border.
https://needleartsandbeyond.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/quilt-pattern-continuing-on/

Done!

And here is the finished piece.
https://needleartsandbeyond.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/quilt-pattern-a-completed-project/

Many thanks to Needle Arts and Beyond for bringing this to our attention!

UPDATE:  The line drawn version this with a copyright of 1990 (Loretta Spears Designs) has turned up on eBay.  There are no written instructions, just a 9 1/4 by 13 1/4 inch piece of white Congress Cloth  that the seller thinks is 20-22 count.  This must be a newer version of Loretta's class.  The outline is different than what you see above.  The size is about the same and it is also mean to be oriented vertically, but they are not identical.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/hand-printed-geometric-abstract-petitpoint-needlepoint-canvas-loretta-spears/391982805745?hash=item5b43fef2f1:g:rJQAAOSwY7tah0Eb

For more information I have written a separate article about this piece to include photographs.


This is the third class piece I've found from Loretta's store, Fiesta Needleart.  Also see this—



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