Picture Perfect by Kathy Schmitz: Small Stitcheries and Embroidered Niceties

Kathy Schmitz is back with sixteen more charming embroideries and perfect projects for gifting. Each is 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" and can be worked up in short order.

Picture Perfect includes designs with birds, a cottage, nature and garden scenes, a beehive, a cat and a bunny. I have a hard time deciding which are my favorites!

Mix and match the designs to make any number of small projects. The pillows are made with five designs.

Or, mat and frame your projects. I envision filling a small wall space with several!

 Imagine how pleased friends and family would be to get one of these as a gift!

 The matting images are available online to download and print.

I want to make these sachets and fill them with lavender from my garden next year!

Embroidery on a loose-woven fabric, mounted on blank cardstock or cards, creates custom notecards. I make my own cards and I love this idea!

I love Schmitz's designs and enjoy embroidery. Since these patterns are small I could take them with me to work anywhere--and complete them in short order!

I was given access to a free ebook by the publisher through Edelweiss. My review is fair and unbiased.

Picture Perfect
by Kathy Schmitz
That Patchwork Place
Publication: December 6, 2019
ISBN 9781683560401, 168356040X
Paperback $25.99 USD (-$8 less for ebook only)

Celebrate Yuletide with Embroidery from Kathy Schmitz

Last fall I fell in love with Kathy Schmitz's Stitches from the Harvest. Now it is time to start your projects for Christmas! And Kathy has come up with adorable embroidery patterns to celebrate the Yuletide.

Stitches for the Yuletide includes fifteen projects with winter themes including snowman and deer and holly and pine bows. There are patterns for a sachet, a tea cozy, gift tags, embroidered tea towels, ornaments, wall art, hangings, a notions holder and a needle book, pillows, and table runner. 

 You can adorn your home or create gifts to give.

Kathy's sketches and watercolor paintings, photos of the projects and decor ideas adorn the pages of instructions.

My favorite is this wonderful stocking. The embroidery stitch is not hard, but the end product is spectacular.

Kathy includes stitch diagrams, instructions on cord making, and a conversion chart for the floss she used in the projects and the easily available DMC floss and sources for supplies.

She uses kitchen towels from Miller's Dry Goods in Millersburg, OH (MIllersDryGoods.com). After reading Stitches from the Harvest I placed an order and bought a pile of towels. They are just wonderful.

I received a free ebook from the publisher in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.


Stitches from the Yuletide
by Kathy Schmitz
On Sale Date: May 15, 2018
ISBN 9781604688955, 1604688955
Paperback |  80 pages
$25.99 USD, £22.99 GBP
e-book also available

Sitches From the Harvest: Hand Embroidery Inspired by Autumn by Kathy Schmitz

I love hand embroidery. And Autumn is my favorite season. In Stitches from the Harvest, Kathy Schmitz has combined both with some of my favorite motifs--oak leaves and acorns, rabbits, squirrels, and birds--in these 15 lovely new designs.

Hazel, from Stitches From the Harvest

Hazel, above, is one of my favorites from the book. I am working on it now, in different colors! I am reminded of Hazel, the main character in Richard Adam's novel Watership Down!

I also love this landscape with a cornucopia and cottage on the hill.

Welcome Home from Stitches From the Harvest

Simpler patterns will appeal to new at stitching, such as the squirrel and bird motifs for linen kitchen towels as shown below.

Great Rewards from Stitches From the Harvest

This pear and vine motif table runner would look lovely with a harvest dinner table.

Gather Together table runner from Stitches from the Harvest

Are you into less decorative items? There are patterns for zippered pouches, a bird coat pin, a tote, a sachet, and a pincushion, seen below.

Wild Oaks Pincushion from Stitching from the Harvest

Below is a needle keeper, and a pocketed notion keeper pattern is also shared.

Autumn Sheaf Needle Keeper from Stitching From the Harvest

Crimson Bounty Tote Bag from Stiches From the Harvest

The ebook has links to the website to download and print a PDF of the patterns. Embroidery basics, cording basics, floss color chart, and a resource guide is included in the book.

Schmitz is a MODA fabric designer and sells her own patterns. Her previous book is Stitches From the Garden; the pillow below is from that book.

pillow from Stitches From the Garden

I just adore these patterns!

I received a free ebook from the publisher in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

link to the publisher's webpage for photos from the book:
http://www.shopmartingale.com/stitche...

Stitches from the Harvest - Hand Embroidery Inspired by Autumn

By Kathy Schmitz

Print Version + eBook $24.99

eBook Only $16.99

ISBN: 9781604688634

Publication Date: September 6th, 2017