A Great American Painting Counted Cross Stitch

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From time to time I get the urge to design something more detailed than the whimsical counted cross stitch designs for which I am most known. This counted cross stitch design entitled simply, "A Great American Painting" was inspired by just that, a great american painting. :-) It's a very rich looking design. Hope you like it.

Cross Stitch Pirate Series

Hi all and Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!

The second design in our "Pirate Critters" counted cross stitch series is available online. He is a cute one and sure to be loved by you.

New Counted Cross Stitch Design

Dance in the Moonlight is our newest counted cross stitch pattern. I have a few others on the drawing board right now so be sure to check out all of our new cross stitch designs.

Tribute to those Special Things

This new counted cross stitch design pays homage to what is really important in our lives - good stitching and good friends!

Another Musketeer Done!

Good morning all. I just finished the second design in our "Musketeer" series of counted cross stitch patterns - The Three Musketeers. I love this series!

Pirate Bear Done!

The first counted cross stitch pattern in my "Pirate" series is done. Pirate Bear is a cute little pirate sure to make your little one smile.

Pirate Bear Update

Ok, well I am still working on my Pirate Bear counted cross stitch design but I really do think I can get it done sometime today. This flu is slowing me down but hasn't completely stopped me.

Another New Counted Cross Stitch Design

I wanted to post a quick picture of another of my latest counted cross stitch designs. It's a bit different than my usual designs but lately I have been drawn to some more abstract design concepts and will be doing a few more of these counted cross stitch patterns.

Counted Cross Stitch - New Designs!

Well, what a busy few days it has been. After switching our website over to electronic counted cross stitch patterns only, we received quite a few e-mails from customers who said they would like the option of either an electronic pattern or printed pattern. So, after taking that into consideration, we re-vamped our website again and are now selling our cross stitch patterns in both formats.

So onto the next, new design! Max the Musketeer is such a cute cross stitch pattern. I am designing a series of these adorable musketeers.

Primitive Patterns

Good morning everybody! I just finished the fourth design in our Primitive Patterns' series and thought I would share these first four with you.

This first in the series is "Watermelon Annie". Stitched on dirty, 18 count linen, this adorable prim cross stitch pattern was inspired by the artwork of Cheryl Seslar. I love Cheryl's primitive artwork and will be adapting quite a few of her pieces into cross stitch patterns.

The next counted cross stitch design is Breast Cancer Annie. This Annie is holding a pink ribbon to symbolize our fight against breast cancer.

Newest Counted Cross Stitch Designs

Hi all. Well, it's a dreary day here, and I just so happen to love dreary days. They inspire me. There's a mysterious low-lying mist in the forest as I look out the window to the backyard and I wonder what it is that I can't see...

I have been designing like a madwoman lately. No particular theme. Just a little of everything and anything. When my brain feels scattered, as it does now, it influences my creativity. For better or for worse, I have no idea. It simply is.

I hope you like the new designs. Feel free to comment.

Snow Tonight (shown above) was done a while ago but it didn't get up on my site until recently due to some health issues that consumed me for a while. Nancy Murdock stitched this for me and did a fabulous job. It was quite a task too because it is a very large design. My largest in fact. It must have felt like forever to Nancy but she stuck with it and showed she is a true professional.

It's Been Too Long

Wow, I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted. A lot has happened since then.

I am in the studio recording my first CD. I am a singer/songwriter and am looking forward to completing the CD this year and then touring. It's been a challenging road but worth every drop of sweat and blood.

I stopped updating my blog because my computer crashed and I went into a bit of a depression after that. The disc on which I had saved all of my cross stitch design files was corrupt and so I was unable to retrieve all of the designs I had created (over 50 designs). I had to walk away for a while and ponder my next move.

After taking a much needed hiatus from designing, I am happy to say I am back at it again and better than ever. I have switched from publishing printed patterns to electronic patterns. The costs associated with publishing and printing has risen and I would have had to increase my prices, which I did not want to do. Postal mail is also on the rise which was also a factor in my decision.

Electronically sending you the patterns you have purchased has several pros. I can sell my patterns to you for less and get them to you faster.

The same amount of time is dedicated to creating my designs. I haven't sacrificed quality. In fact, I have grown as a designer and I am very happy with the new counted cross stitch designs.

You can get more information from my "How to Order" page on my site - Moonlight Inspirations.

The patterns are sent to you electronically via e-mail in PDF format within 48 hours of receiving your payment (most are sent within 4 hours). You just need to have the free program called Adobe Reader installed on your computer (most people already have this installed).

PDF format is so easy for the stitcher to use. You open the pattern with Adobe Reader and can make the chart any size you wish and then print it out. Bam. That's it.

Please don't make copies of your purchased patterns and give them away to people. This hurts my bottom line and I don't make much money from this business as it is. If somebody you know likes a pattern, please send them to my website so they can purchase the pattern themselves. I appreciate your understanding. :-)

So hurry over to Moonlight Inspirations and check out the new designs I have added. I hope you like them as much as I liked creating them.

You can also find Moonlight Inspirations at Patterns Online.

Spring Creek Express by James Lee

I have always loved Spring Creek Express by James Lee. A large print of it hangs in my living room and now, you can even stitch it! © Artist: James Lee. Licensed by Bentley Licensing Group.

I have recently received a few models back from my fabulous model stitchers (I say MY fabulous model stitchers because they are the best of the best and are invaluable to me, therefore I am keeping them all to myself! lol). Just waiting for some embellishments to arrive, then framing, photographing and then they will be released. I am sure I can get this all done within the next couple of weeks. :-)

We have now released a total of ten cross stitch patterns. Not a large number, but it's a start.

Back to adding beads to a bellpull and then to decide the final placement of the charms. This is my first bellpull so adding the bellpull hardware should be a challenge! :-)