Would you like a free chart for a doll’s house sampler?

The Artisans in Miniature online ezine has an Advent Calendar each December, which features a free project each day, for each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas. Behind the door marked ONE is the project I submitted, for a doll’s house scale sampler, with the words ‘Home Sweet Home’ on it. The sampler, once framed, measures about one and three quarters of an inch high, by about one and a half inches wide. When stitched on 28 count evenweave with one strand of Anchor cotton, it looks like this:

My website features many other designs for samplers (as well as all kinds of mini stitching for doll’s houses), available as full kits – have a look here to see them.

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Make your doll’s house into a Home Sweet Home with this sampler kit

'Home Sweet Home' sampler on 32 count evenweave fabric, measuring just two inches by two and a quarter inches

This ’Home Sweet Home’ design is featured in the latest edition of Dolls House World magazine (the June issue, number 225, which is on sale during May 2011). It is the final one in a series of sampler designs that I have been doing for the magazine over the past few months. If you get yourself a copy, you can stitch the design from the colour block chart included in the magazine. You’ll need a piece of 32 count evenweave fabric, a size 26 tapestry needle, and some Anchor stranded cotton. If you prefer to buy the full kit from me (which includes a stained and varnished wooden picture frame, to mount the  sampler in), then you can take advantage of the special offer in the magazine to get 25% off the usual kit price. Just quote the Discount Offer Code listed in the magazine when you buy online from my website, and you can buy the sampler kit for £6  instead of £7.95.

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Your chance to win a free doll’s house mini-sampler

The Count Your Blessings sampler

There’s a Giveaway Offer in this month’s New Stitches magazine, where you have the chance to win yourself one of these mini sampler kits for a doll’s house. There are ten to win, and all you have to do is write to me at the address printed in the magazine, quoting the offer code that is printed alongside the offer information. The magazine is on sale from 21st April – Issue 217.

The sampler is to be stitched using needlepoint (like half cross stitch) on 32 count evenweave fabric, and the kit contains everything you need  – including a stained and varnished wooden picture frame. The frame measures two inches by two and a quarter inches – just perfect for a twelfth scale doll’s house.

This is the issue to look out for, which contains the Giveaway offer - Issue 217

If you’d prefer to buy one instead, these sampler kits are £7.95 on my website, www.janetgranger.co.uk . Shipping is free worldwide if your order total is over £10, otherwise a flat rate of £1.25 applies.

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Finished embroidery: my latest doll’s house sampler – ‘Happiness is Home Made’

'Happiness is Home Made' miniature sampler, measuring 2 inches by 2 1/4 inches

This design is featured in the latest edition of Dolls House World magazine (the May issue, number 224, which is on sale during April 2011). It is the fifth in a series of sampler designs that I am doing for the magazine over the next few months. If you get yourself a copy, you can stitch the design from the colour block chart included in the magazine. You’ll need a piece of 32 count evenweave fabric, a size 26 tapestry needle, and some Anchor stranded cotton. If you prefer to buy the full kit from me (which includes a stained and varnished wooden picture frame, to mount the  sampler in), then you can take advantage of the special offer in the magazine to get 25% off the usual kit price. Just quote the Discount Offer Code listed in the magazine when you buy online from my website, and you can buy the sampler kit for £6  instead of £7.95.

The May Issue of Dolls House World magazine, which features a special offer on the 'Happiness' sampler

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