Welcome to the home of The Workbasket, specializing in designs inspired from traditional needlework and nature itself. We offer cross stitch designs as well as needlepoint canvasses, punch needle kits and special limited offer kits. Please continue opening our pages to find out more about our company, ourselves and our designs. Let us inspire you with something from our Workbasket  for your workbasket.

1 March, 2010

I have added pictures of our new designs to the "NEW" page.  Hope you like them.  Both Mary and I enjoyed designing and stitching them.  I will leave their descriptions below here for awhile. 

ALSO.......I have added a new chart on the FREE page--Quaker Acorn.  This is a small chart with a 2nd acorn which is different from the Quaker Squirrel and Acorn chart.  We hope you like it.  I finished it as a small bag and will get a picture up soon.  I will also add a Quaker Penguin as a freebie. 

Somehow my link to the email address listed in contacts became unlinked and I apologize profusely for that.  Through a few computer crashes, I have been out of contact for most of the Fall, I think.  It is now linked again so for all of you who sent emails with questions or comments, please re-send.  I am so sorry for this inconvenience. 

Our Quaker Maritimes and Sunnyside/Sun Sampler both have to be reprinted due to a few technical problems.  They should be available in a few weeks.  Many shops have ordered them at market and they will have the charts as soon as the reprint is finished.  Thank you in advance for you patience with this. 

The new chart descriptions follow.......

Cheers,
Candy

O Morning Star is one of Mary's quilt-inspired creations.  She chose shades of aqua and brown and blue to stitch this wonderful design.  It is complete with a few lines from a hymn.

Sun Sampler and Sunny Side is a chart of two sayings--One saying is based on a hymn--"Jesus mine in me shine" and the other on a popular song/saying "Walk on the sunny side, stay on the sunny side of life." The chart is full of suns and sunny motives.  It is sure to brighten your life.

Quaker Mermaid and Quaker Whale--Quaker Maritimes--is our newest in the continuing Quaker series.  It is a whale of a chart, ha, ha. 

Mary has done it again with another large house based on a season--Summer Farm House.  This is a lovely chart with a farmhouse surrounded by flowers and a few summer critters.  It is the second in her series. 

Memory Keeper is a design I have had in my mind for years.  It is a large finished envelope (12 inches by 12 inches) to hold your treasured memorabilia and is stitched with  sayings pertaining to friendships, a house and garden and animals and....and.... It is a must to see. 

Our website was stitched on Lakeside Linen's 40 count Woodsmoke using one strand of Silk 'N Colors in Texas Bluebonnet from The Thread Gatherer.