Pam and Susan have been best friends for over 30 years. Pam is a retired public librarian and Susan is a elementry school teacher. They have been avid stitchers for over 35 years and have been designing samplers for the last 8 years. The company of Praiseworty Stitches started in 2002 as an outgrowth of their love for stitching. What's Up! Check out our new Blog! We have finally gotten the nerve and taken the plunge.   See what we are doing! Also friend us on facebook!! www.praiseworthystitches.blogspot.com      New Designs for the Needlework Show 2011!   The online Needlework Show runs October 20-25! Make sure that you get a chance to visit and enter our contest for a chance to win our doorprize drawing.  Check us out at www.needleworkshow.com    Pumpkins is tribute to the fall.  We just love all the variety of pumpkins that are harvested! This piece is fun and fast to stitch!  Christmas Biscornu is an elegant little pincushion that any stitcher would love.  Since it stitches up and finishes very quickly, it is the ideal size to stitch as a gift for those special friends in your life.  Ravenmoon Hall is the next in our series of haunted houses! The children are arriving and the party is starting, but wait! Who is that in the upstairs and what is going on in the attic?  Looks like there maybe more tricks than treats this night! The Secrets of the Nereid is the second in the Seafarer series and features a stitched tray that makes a false bottom and a large silk pocket underneath.  It is the perfect place to stash your secret treasures! All construction details are included! Seafarer’s Valentine (released this past Feb)is a box styled after the antique Sailor’s Valentines that were given by sea captains to their wives and sweethearts. It is stitched on top and on the inside there are 4 pockets for threads and miscellaneous needlework items. This is the first of a three part series. This will also feature a series of “letters” that we will be posting on our blog between the sea captain & his wife. These will be included in piece as well. We included complete stitching, box construction and finishing instructions. The third and last part will be out at Nashville 2012.  These beautiful smalls are called the Mermaid's Love Tokens     Only a very limited number of Whimsies are left!! Wonderfully Wicked Whimsies Kit is an adorable kit that features a Haunted House needlebook complete with a felt ghost needle rest inside.  The back had a ruched ribbon decoration with a spooky stitch counter.  There is also a pumpkin pincushion, a beaded spider thread holder, a 2-sided pin disc, a beaded scissor fob (scissors not included) & lastly a skeletal slide tin that has a spooky surprise inside.  If you have any questions please email us at praiseworthystch@bellsouth.net and we will be glad to help you. Please let us hear from you--it is such a fun way to get to know you better! Also we would love to see your stitching!! Send pictures and we will be posting them in the near future. Take care and keep stitching!!! We will be in touch. Pam and Susan	Simple Gifts--Love 1st in a series of Quaker designs	Simple Gifts--Hope 2nd in a series of Quaker designs Bramble Berry Cottage
	The Visit This is a piece that celebrates the 30th anniversary of our friendship, we hope that you will enjoy stitching and remembering all those wonderful visits with family and friends.	Temptation It's the all about who's to blame--Adam or Eve. Or is it the Snake.  Everyone blames the other person or reptile.  Check out all the excuses that they give.
	Contentment Contentment is a fun sampler with many different motifs.  It has a pomegranate border, birdhouses and lots of color. The verse is a reminder to be content with the good things that God has given us and not longing for those things that we do not have. Live in Joy!	Sweet Baby