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NEW! Kooler Design created this label design for the Quilts of Valor organization that supports our troops.
Quilts of Valor Label (1.1 Mb PDF)
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Kooler Design brings you Christmas in a Box by Maria Parrish --a fresh new cross-stitch done in the popular Japanese Anime/Manga style. Download it for free, exclusively from Kooler Design Studio.
Christmas in a Box (953Kb PDF)
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Barbara Baatz Hillman
designed our series of free cross-stitch charts:
Perfect Pansies and Grapes are two our three designs which resemble the
slips of the 16th and 17th centuries. The 20th century definition of
slip usually refers to either a petticoat or a pillowcase. However, in
this case we refer to the embroidery motifs, which consist of a flower
with its leaves and stem which ends in either a small heel or a piece
of the root attached and was probably based on illustrations from early
herbals. Sometimes the floral motif will have both the flower and the
fruit on the same stem, usually a botanical impossibility, but which
provides more color and visual appeal. There is some disagreement among
today's embroiderers about whether to included insects, birds and other
animals within this definition.
Slips were first stitched on linen, cut out, and then appliquéd
onto velvet, satin or silk fabric. After being appliquéd onto
the ground fabric, the outer perimeter was finished with couched cord
and the finer design details (small tendrils or insect legs, for
example) were stitched directly onto the ground fabric. The finished
items were usually used for furnishings textiles, such as wall
hangings, bed curtains or cushion covers. However these same slips
could be stitched directly onto lighter-weight fabrics and used for
clothing items.
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We now have two charts of the Hebrew Alphabet and a Star of David:
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