New Design Pic of Road Home

I got this back from the framer's today, and let me just say I am thrilled with it! It is so incredibly rich in colors and the frame moulding is just right for the piece! I was able to get a fairly decent picture for the front covers of the patterns, which hopefully will be ready for retail sale, next week!

Please do click on the picture, it will take you a larger pic, and will help you see the design better!

Road Home, by Tree of Life Samplings
Stitched on 35 ct Weeks Dye Works, Parchment
Stitched with Belle Soie Silks, with a conversion for Crescent Colours cottons
There are areas in the bottom half, for personalization! More information will be included with the chart!

I hope you love it at least half as much as I do!

Thank you for taking a look, for commenting and for purchasing! If your local needlework shop does not yet have my patterns, tell them to please contact me! If you would like to purchase directly from me, feel free to email me! Thanks again!

Don't forget, if you haven't yet signed up for my giveaway, to close on Saturday, the 17th, please comment in the previous post, on this blog! Good luck to you all!

Fondly, Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings

Sneak Peek of New Design and Giveaway!!

I have a new design at the framer's! It is titled Road Home! I hope to have it back next week, in time to get it formatted and for retail sale! It is stitched on Weeks Dye Works 35 ct Parchment linen with Belle Soie Silks, two threads over two threads and it turned out so lovely!

Here is a small sneak peek...you know I can't show you all of it, until it is in it's wonderful frame moulding!!

I also want to offer a giveaway and this will be for my last new chart The Sparrow and I will send the lucky winner the fabric and fibers to stitch it with; Gentle Art and Crescent Colours overdyed fibers on 40 ct Lakeside Light Examplar linen, in addition to the chart! So all you need to do is be a follower of my blog already, if not become a follower and also post to this blog. Also if you would like to shout out the word to others on your blog about the giveaway, please post twice to this thread, by midnight eastern time July 17, 2010, and I will give you two entries! Don't forget to post twice, so I will be sure and count you twice for two entries! OH what fun, I do love giveaways, and I love my followers! Your comments are so encouraging to me, I appreciate them more then you know!

Thanks again so much for your support and encouragement! Good luck with the giveaway!

Affectionately, Jan

Complimentary Pattern for the 4th of July!

Worked on this this afternoon, after realizing it has been some time since I have offered a complimentary design. And I did want to do something patriotic, so I think that My Sweet Land fits nicely into my world, and I hope that it does yours! My land (country) is very sweet to me and I couldn't resist adding Mr Cardinal as he is a daily backyard visitor at my home!

Please email me for symbol chart, thanks for your patience!

Warmly, Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings

Another beautiful Quaker Silence finished!

Another finish, and this one was stitched by Mary on the recommended 40 ct Vintage Meadow Rue, but with only one color. She used Belle Soie Ocean Tide Silk and it turned out so lovely! Thank you, for sharing a picture of your finish, Mary!

I have been approached about designing a companion piece, or one similar and I am definitely thinking of doing just that! Stay tuned!

Spend some time with your needle and thread today!

Warmly, Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings

'The Sparrow' Unveiled!

Excited to have picked up my finished The Sparrow from the framer yesterday! Alas, I did try for a mini photo shoot, but light wasn't the best and I had to stop! I did get a few, but I do want to get some better pictures, to choose for the front cover of the design! This wasn't awful, but I know I can get a better picture!

This design gave me lots of peace and calmness while I was designing it! And I think if you stitch it, it will also give you that same peace and calmness! Some softer colors mixed in with more prominent colors, done with a mix of overdyed fibers from Crescent Colours and Gentle Art Simply Shaker Threads on Lakeside Linens Vintage Examplar 40 ct linen. I love it, and I hope that you do too!

This one does show the frame choice better:

Do you see the sparrows in the tree?

I hope to have the patterns formatted and completed by the first of the week, if not sooner! If you would like a copy, please shoot me an email!

Thanks so much for visiting Tree of Life Samplings blog and as always your comments are very much enjoyed!

Warmly, Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings

Sneak Peeks of Newest Design!

Introducing, well with a sneak peek or two, of Tree of Life Samplings newest offering, 'The Sparrow'!

It is now at the frame store, hoping to have it back home and a photo session with it, by the first of next week! It was a joy to design, I love how it turned out and I hope you all do too! If you have any questions about it, shoot away, I will be glad to answer!

Have a most wonderful stitchey week!

Fondly, Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings

Sharing a Quaker Silence beauty!!

I thought you might like to see a finished Quaker Silence done in two colors instead of the cover model's palette! So pretty, don't you think? This was stitched by Kathy and she shared the finished picture with me. Kathy used the recommended fabric (40 ct Lakeside Meadow Rue) but went with Belle Soie Silks for her color palette.

 If you have a picture of one of my designs that you have stitched, please do email me with all of the particulars and a picture of the completed design! I love seeing what everyone does with their projects!!

I will be posting again soon, with a design update or two! Please forgive my extended absence, without getting into a lot of detail, I have been very ill and even spent a couple of weeks in the hospital. I am feeling so much better now and look forward to giving you more designs to stitch. Hoping that will be soon!!

Have some fun with your stitching!

Jan @ Tree of Life Samplings