Flosstube #66 Cross Stitch Antiques NINE new releases for Needlework Marketplace August 2026

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Kathleen Littleton of Cross Stitch Antiques presents nine new releases for the Needlework Marketplace wholesale event in August 2026. She begins with Henrietta 1870, a Bristol Orphanage sampler reproduction that was her showcase piece for the Useful Work event at Happy House Needlework. She shows the antique and her model stitched on 46 count Dirty Teacup linen, and explains the history of the four Henriettas at the orphanage. She then introduces A Home for Henrietta, a small spin-off design stitched on 40 count and displayed in a handmade burl box by Old Colonial Designs.

• Nine new releases for Needlework Marketplace, available via pre-order through local needlework shops from 21st to 23rd August.
• Henrietta 1870: a large Bristol Orphanage sampler reproduction, stitched on 46 count Dirty Teacup linen.
• A Home for Henrietta: a small design featuring Bristol Orphanage motifs, shown in a burl box by Old Colonial Designs.
• Martha Schmidt 1880: a red antique sampler reproduction, originally a free gift for Useful Work attendees.
• Useful Work of Your Hands: a personalised design based on motifs from an antique pattern album.
• Four specimen book page charts, including two by Ann Frances Kirkpatrick from Ireland and two by Ellen King's Co from England.
• Rachel D. LaRue: a Guernsey Channel Island sampler from 1825, stitched on 40 count Patriot's Brew linen with Weeks Dye Works threads.