Northern Needles

From our family to yours! 

I hope Santa was good to everyone and you are enjoying a wonderful day with those most special to you.

MERRY STITCHING!!!  Vivian

Sue in Ohio!!!

 Yay you!

I hope you enjoy the pattern.

Merry Christmas everyone and best wishes for the New Year!

Viv

Good news, one of my patterns has been released by X’s and Oh’s this month.  ( www.xs-and-ohs.com )

 It is Tic Tac Snow!!!!

This is a super quick stitch up and it’s fun.  I stitched my piece on ivory aida and will be finishing off as a quilted pillow (little sidenote, I’m learning to quilt and loving it!!).

i hope you enjoy it and be sure to keep an eye out for more patterns in 2009!!

First let me introduce Erynne of http://www.be-stitched.blogspot.com/.  She held a contest on her blog and I was the lucky winner of a chart that I can’t wait to stitch.  Judith Kirby’s Halloween House #15!!! 

One of the requirements of the win is that I’m to hold a contest of my own!  No great difficulty there as I tend to send on my finished charts to new homes as I can never stitch the same pattern twice.  So this time, in keeping of the rules of the previous contest, I’m offering a newer, unused chart.   

The chart is Twinklings by Just Nan and comes with the charms.  You can see a picture of it on the Just Nan site at:  http://www.justnan.com/whimzi/w-jn148.html.

The rules are similar to Erynne’s…

1.  to PIF within a month of receiving the pattern a good conditioned pattern from a fairly popular designer.

2.  that you will stitch this pattern yourself.

and 3.  that you don’t sell the pattern, it can be offered as a trade or your own contest when completed. 

I know condition number 3 is more of a request as once the pattern is out of my hands I cannot control it’s use, but I’m trusting you!  And why not pass on good fortune?

So please let your name and if you are a 123 member your member name so I can find you.  Your comment won’t show up immediately as I have to approve all comments but not to worry, it’ll be entered and show up eventually. 

The contest will end on December 13, 2008.  That way I can get your mailing address and have it in the mail on Dec 15th so maybe, just maybe, it’ll appear in your mailbox before Christmas.  I know, it’s a long shot but what the heck, play to win LOL.