Redbird Designs Catalog: Out of Print

After receiving a lot of questions about Redbird Designs, I decided to put together a photo catalog of the designs as a reference for stitchers who are looking for them. Since my collection is far from complete, I'm being graciously assisted in this project by several stitchers who are sharing photographs of their Redbird Designs stash. 

As far as I know, the two shops that carry these designs are Stitches From the Heart in San Antonio, Texas, and 3 Stitches in Spring, Texas.

As far as I know, these designs are out of print.

I'll be updating this post as I receive photographs.

Texas Sampler, 2001

A Texas Garden (2008?)

A Texas Home (2008?)

Birds of Texas Limited Edition Kit, 2015 (I do not know for sure if this kit is out-of-print, but I put it in this section since it was a limited edition.)

Boo Y'all (date unknown; photo courtesy of Lois Anne)

Texas Alphabet Quilt (2005; photos courtesy of Lois Anne)

Red Hot Chili Pepper (2000; photo courtesy of Lois Anne)

 Texas Wildflower Sampler (2003; photo courtesy of Joyce)

Wildflowers of Texas No. 7 (2007; photo courtesy of Joyce)

Texas Monthly Minis I (photo courtesy of Rita)

Texas Monthly Minis (photo courtesy of Rita)

Texas Monthly Minis III (photo courtesy of Rita)

Texas Monthly Minis IV (photo courtesy of Rita)

Texas Twirl (2001; photo courtesy of Rita)

Stitching is... (photo courtesy of Linda)

 A Texas Blessing (2005; photo courtesy of Lois)

Texas in Spring (2005; photo courtesy of Lois)

Texas Born (photo courtesy of Rita)

Our State Wildflower (2000; photo courtesy of Lois)

Our State Wildflower III (2000; photo courtesy of Lois)

Redbird of the Southwest (1999; photo courtesy of Lois)

Texas Sage in Bloom (1999; photo courtesy of Lois)

Texas Treats (2001; photo courtesy of Lois)

Summer Sun (2009; photo courtesy of Sandi)

Autumn Leaves (2007; photo courtesy of Sandi)

A Texas Blessing (2016; photo courtesy of Mary) I do not know for sure if this kit is out-of-print, but I put it in this section since it was a limited edition. 

Fiesta Texas (2016; photo courtesy of Mary) I do not know for sure if this kit is out-of-print,

but I put it in this section since it was a limited edition.

Western Boot Bouquet-October (photo courtesy of Rita)

Western Boot Bouquet-November (photo courtesy of Rita)

If you have more current information on any of these designs, please feel free to share in the comments.

More Texas, more tiny baking!

The Texas goodies continue to flow in! This super cute chart arrived today from Robin in Virginia. I'm already thinking of ways to customize it. Thank you, Robin!

These pretties arrived from a shop in Texas, part of last week's mini Texas shopping spree. The two Redbird Designs charts will be small enough for my Texas basket; the wildflower design on the right would be too big, but I couldn't resist it.

And speaking of goodies, I did a little more tiny baking today. This is a mini sprinkle cake, only 6"! You could use any of the seasonal color combinations of sprinkles: pastels for spring, red/white/blue for summer, brown/orange/yellow for fall, red/green for Christmas. Just a fun little cake when you want to celebrate something--anything, really. Like making it through the week. The recipe is in Christina Lane's Sweet & Simple.

Isn't this cute? I found the tiny cake stand at Michael's earlier this spring.

Mr. Wonderful is treating himself to a little carbohydrate-heavy NFL draft party tonight. I couldn't find any football-y paper goods, so I went with something bright and cheerful.

You probably need a tiny cake, too. I'm pretty sure everyone does.

Texas Basket Update

I've been stitching away and have a couple of finishes for my summer Texas basket! Here's the Indian Paintbrush that matches the Bluebonnet I've already done.

Here's an old Redbird Designs freebie that was sent to me a few years ago by a sweet lady in Texas. I stitched it on PTP's new fabric Oaken, which I absolutely love.

And I think this will be my next project. I found this gorgeous Bluebonnet fabric on Etsy and will be using it to back some of my finishes.

I hope I'll be able to get some finishing done over the next few days. I've got a couple more Christmas pieces to finish, and then I can get started on finishing these Texas pieces. 

I need a Texas basket, y'all.

Okay. So if you've been visiting for a while, you know I have a thing for seasonal stitchy baskets. If you've just arrived, you can see all of them here. I love stitching small designs for my baskets, and I'm always adding finishes to them. This year, I think I'll have enough fall finishes to have separate fall and Halloween baskets. Anyway. My summer basket is just sad. I am not a summery type person and I don't really stitch summery themes. What to do?

A few days ago, it hit me. You know that feeling you get when you have an idea that was so obvious you should have had it ages ago? It was that feeling. My summer basket should be a Texas basket. Of course. Bright colors, flowers (yes, Texas wildflowers are spring flowers, but shhhh...), waving flags. It would be perfect for summer.

Well, then I was off down the rabbit hole: pulling out all my small Texas charts...

...running to my LNS to find the perfect Bluebonnet blue and Indian Paintbrush red, and dusty green and fire engine red and lovely scraps of fabric...

...and collecting supplies for my first official Texas basket project, the Indian Paintbrush companion to this Bluebonnet I recently finished.

I'm supposed to be working on other things, but this has captured my imagination and I need to run with it. Sometimes what you plan to do is not what you need to do. Just as your body will tell you when it needs food and sleep, your mind will tell you when it needs to be let off the leash for a while. So I'm off leash! Let's see what happens!

And a Few Winter Finishes

Link to this freebie in this post.

This is from the 2016 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue. My changes are listed in this post.

Link to this freebie in this post.

A Few Fall Finishes

Link to this pumpkin freebie in this post.

Link to this October freebie in this post.

And I also made a chocolate chip cookie needle minder. For obvious reasons.