September's here and I've been busy designing more free needlepoint patterns for this site.

I just added a new pattern today for a versatile Pumpkin Head for you to stitch.

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After all the excitement leading up to our daughter's wedding last weekend, my hubby decided we needed a fun excursion.

So, we packed a picnic lunch and headed an hour or two north for a day of antiquing!

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New Free Pattern - Stitch a batch of pretty napkin rings in leaf stitch!

The pretty leaf design worked up quickly enough that you can whip up an entire batch in about a day.

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I hope everyone has been having a wonderful summer! I know I have, and will be sorry to see summer gone... :-(

If you're like me, you are already looking ahead to Autumn and Winter stitching projects (stitching projects like these takes time...), so I do have a few suggestions for freebie patterns to share with you.

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Add to your collection of monthly needlepoint ice creams!

Next in the Ice Cream on a Stick Pattern Series is the pattern representing the month of October.

This fun pattern features a kleptomaniac spider attempting to make off with one of the letters in "BOO!"

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We're counting down the days until our daughter's wedding this Saturday, so stitching and designing has been a little bit "light" lately.

That doesn't mean there's nothing going on! There's always a project or two (or more) in progress.

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My friend Beth was recently visiting family - now elderly - while in Montana.

During her visit, her father-in-law presented her with a metal tin containing these gorgeous pieces of needlepoint.

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One of my daughters is getting married in just 16 days, and I wanted to make a little something that I could stitch and tuck into a small gift bag, to be opened on their first Christmas.

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Stitch a batch of hip, retro, rainbow-colored daisies for Summer!

The August Daisies pattern features a floating green border and is stitched in 20 colors of tapestry wool in Continental Stitch on a simple, white background. Each flower is worked in 3 shades of blue, yellow, pink, tangerine or purple.

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I spend a lot of time nosing around other needlework sites (not just needlepoint), and one of the common comments I see from non-needlepointers is that "Needlepoint is too expensive".

Some stitchers have mentioned that by the time they pick their desired threads and purchase canvas, the cost of the project is much more than they expected, so they have chosen to do other forms of needlework instead.

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