Did you see this?

South Bend Red Round

I saw this on the Facebook page

of 

South Bend/Michiana

(Indiana) Chapter - EGA

Followed the link to Etsy Shop

This pattern was digitalized from a photo of a cross stitch piece owned by the

 Center for History in South Bend, Indiana.

The proceeds from the sale will support the framing and conservation of needlework pieces owned by the museum.

Sixth Annual Midwest Stash Exchange

Saturday, August 18, 2012

10am - 3pm

House of Stitches

Back Parking Lot

1700 Lincolnway, Suite 4

LaPorte, IN 46350

Above is the flyer for

Sixth Annual 

Midwest Stash Exchange

Table Rental is $20.00 and all

of the proceeds will go to Riley Children's Hospital

Contact House of Stitches 

for additional details

(219) 326-0544

(800) 455 8517

Tulip Slip

Tulip Slip
Copyright Tricia Wilson Nguyen for Thistle Threads, 2010
Stitched by Kris Andrews

To raise $5000 (to complete budget) for a new
(per blog) .... exhibition being planned/worked on at Winterthur is With Cunning Needle: Four Centuries of Embroidery.
(It will run from September 3, 2011 – January 8, 2012. )


Tricia Wilson Nguyen, Thistle Threads has a Tulip Slip kit for sale. $10.00 of each kit is being donated to Winterthur.

Per blog: The reproduction Needlework Nibble is worked on 34 count linen with Soie d’Alger thread. The stitching kit is $18 with $10 of the kit price being donated to Winterthur in support of the exhibition budget.

What a beautiful design --- for more information
check out
tent stitch: Tulip Slip
and details for kit purchase

Per blog: The Tulip Slip is based off of a real 17th century slip in private collection.