Midsummer Night Musings
Friday, October 23, 2009

These are fun

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I saw these recently and thought they were fun. I wonder if it was common for cross stitch to be used on postcards? I imagine these are earl...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Stitching Treasures

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I'd completely forgotten about this until I got my email this morning. It looks like Kirsten did a great job with the finishing, I'...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Joy

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This was my design for the Just Cross Stitch annual Christmas Ornament issue this year. Now I'm trying to think of ideas for next year. ...
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Vintage needlework graphics

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I love these.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Antique Sampler Verses

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I've collected sampler verses for quite a while now and thought I'd share a few. Do I know where they came from or what year or what...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Sampler theme box of drawers

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This is an idea I was excited to try though in the end my execution of it is only so-so. This is a Countdown Calendar from Karen Foster Desi...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Teach Me Samplers

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I love comparing antique samplers that have the same verse. The samplers above all are stitched with "Teach me to feel another's wo...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

~Good luck Nick~

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Just wanted to say good luck to my son who has gone to Savannah to finish up his BFA as a transfer student at Savannah College of Art and De...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

A small preview

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I thought I'd show you a small piece (and the only over one part) of my new Family Record Sampler. I've done it all in pale greens/b...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Blessed Harvest

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Here's another new release, Blessed Harvest. Well, as you can see by the date, it's not THAT new, in fact, I've had nothing but ...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Cottage Pinkeep Sampler

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First I would like to say thank you to all who have participated in the Angel in my Pocket project as seen below. I so appreciate each and e...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Simple Pleasures and Friendship Pocket

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The above is Simple Pleasures stitched on 32 ct Antique Ivory from Zweigart. Below is Friendship Pocket on 40 ct Vintage Examplar from Lakes...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

2 new designs and more to come

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The above design is "Garden Angels" and is stitched on 32 ct Antique Ivory using Gentle Arts floss. The one below is "Strawbe...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

A few more offerings

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Well, I don't know what got into me but I've been a stitching fiend for the past few weeks and have produced some new designs. The f...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Primitive Wizard of Oz finished

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Finished! This is my primitive Wizard of Oz that I talked about below. It scanned a bit light but you'll get the idea, lol. Hope you lik...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Primitive Wizard of Oz

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Here's a little sneak preview of my flying monkey. I just designed and am currently stitching a primitive Wizard of Oz sampler. My daugh...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Sheep's Paradise

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Just a quick note and photo of my latest design, "Sheep's Paradise". It's done on 40 ct Sandstone with Crescent Colours co...
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Sunday, March 08, 2009

Jesus Permit Thy Gracious Name samplers

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One of the more popular verses on antique samplers seems to be " Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand as the first efforts of this i...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Good news

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The above painting is by Jerome Rozen and is something I came across while on my travels across the internet. I believe it's an oil pain...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Cool!

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I love looking at old samplers and I'm always on the lookout for familiar names. So I was pleasantly surprised to find this pair of Engl...
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Deborah
Welcome to my blog! I am the owner/designer for Midsummer Night Designs.I live in Tucson,AZ with my husband and have a son who graduated from Savannah College or Art and Design (SCAD) and a daughter who is a a graduate in Japanese at The University of Wash. and is currently getting her masters and working as a TA. Both live in Seattle. This blog is an assortment of my designs, stitching and thoughts and I hope you'll enjoy it.
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