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Hands On Design has worked with several leading magazines in the needlework industry. It gives me an outlet to occasionally push my creativity with a certain design or finishing style. There have been a monthly series, seasonal designs & of course always an honor to be part of 'the' Ornament Issue!

Craftways: A Cross-Stitch Christmas December 2015 Issue – Pinecones & Ribbon Table Set

Craftways: A Cross-Stitch Christmas December 2015 Issue – Pinecones & Ribbon Table Set

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Keepsake Calendar: Cross Stitch Calendar 2016 – Spookiest House on the Block

Keepsake Calendar: Cross Stitch Calendar 2016 – Spookiest House on the Block

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Cross Stitch & Needlework Magazine: 2014 A Year of Celebrations

Cross Stitch & Needlework Magazine: 2014 A Year of Celebrations

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Punch Needle & Prim Stitcher: May 2015 Issue – Spring Mends

Punch Needle & Prim Stitcher: May 2015 Issue – Spring Mends

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: October 2015 Issue – I’m So Glad

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: October 2015 Issue – I’m So Glad

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: February 2016 Issue – Seasons in Chalk ‘Winter’

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: February 2016 Issue – Seasons in Chalk ‘Winter’

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: August 2015 Issue – Knee High

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: August 2015 Issue – Knee High

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: April 2015 Issue – Live Life Simply Pincushion

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: April 2015 Issue – Live Life Simply Pincushion

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: April 2016 Issue – Seasons in Chalk ‘Spring’

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: April 2016 Issue – Seasons in Chalk ‘Spring’

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Just Cross Stitch Magazine: June 2015 Issue – Celebrate the Years

Just Cross Stitch Magazine: June 2015 Issue – Celebrate the Years

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Hands On Design Instagoodness …

Heading to VA and class @salemstitches - we’re ‘Celebrating Spring’

 I still have no voice, so stitchers might be in for a treat…Mr. HOD as your teacher 😆 (class starts Friday, I’m sure it will be all good by then 🤞🏻

 Final class prep is today’s car project. I wrap double sided stitchery tape on rods for each student!! 

We stop tonight in Indiana - hey @lindystitches - what’s for dinner?! (wouldn’t you be surprised) 🤣

#handsondesign #finishingclass #roadtrip #salemstitches #classprep #needlework #workingdesigner #designeratwork #stitch #doublesidedtape #stitcherytape #needleworktools #stitchsomehappy
The weather might not agree that it’s officially The weather might not agree that it’s officially Spring, but I have started to spot some of our feathered friends out & about.

Well Rounded - Perennial Pinwheels: available from your local or online shop as well as my website.

#handsondesign #wellrounded #perennialpinwheels #perennials #fabricsbystephanie #dmc #ladydotcreates #handdyedlinen #handdyedtrims #hungrybird #babyrobin #flosstube #stitch #needlework #pointdecroix #welcomespring #stitchsomehappy
I get asked a lot ‘what is your favorite design’.

No easy answer here. I love when a design comes together with a powerful message, one that I wrote, with meaning and a flow that picked up momentum the second I opened the window on my computer screen. 

The Smallest Seed, from the very beginning, has served as a philanthropy design. It hangs in my home as a daily reminder. 

#handsondesign #thesmallestseed #crossstitchforacause #moderncrossstitch #pointdecroix #needlework #flosstube #stitchsomehappy
Such a fun weekend with my stitching peeps. I as Such a fun weekend with my stitching peeps. 

I asked my friends if they would be ‘student testers’ for a class that I am teaching next week @salemstitches - They were troopers and passed with flying colors. 

I hope you have a group of friends like this. So much laughter, amazing food (wore my stretchy pants), storytelling and enabling (we are staying at a quilt shop!)

#handsondesign #thequiltedsteeple #algonaiowa #stitchyfriendsarethebest #retreatweekend #quiltshop #crossstitchretreat #makeabox #girlfriendsweekend #practiceclass #stitchsomehappy
For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. 
Good health, good luck & happiness for today and every day. 

#handsondesign #happystpatricksday #stpatricksday #crossstitch #season2 #moderncrossstitch #flosstube #stitchsomehappy
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Not everyt I’ll let you in on a little secret. 

Not everything I had designed made it to Nashville Market…it happens. You know its’s gonna be really cool but it just needs a little more time.

Life is running at the speed of crazy right now, it’s OK to say, you just need to wait for the right time little one

#handsondesign #futurerelease #pointdecroix #crossstitch #flosstube #vintagetomato #vintage #toohexie #allingoodtime #pincushion #itsallgood #stitchsomehappy
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