Little House Needleworks

Little House Needleworks is a charted cross stitch pattern company for stitchers who love simplicity in design. Whether your true love is a darker country palette or a softer country cottage look, we have designs that are sure to please you. We are even introducing a more whimsical line to add to our growing collection! All of the patterns are easy enough for a beginning stitcher but rewarding enough for the more experienced. In addition to our cross stitch we also offer a few punchneedle designs.”

This is the quote at the opening of the website and I think it says it all. The site is beautiful with clear picturs and full information. The site does not sell to the public but still gives you a full look at the inventory Diane offers. There are also links to her daughters design company. Enjoy!

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I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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