Customer Photos, Customer Comments

	Stitched by Kathy Sammartano "I found some cute little acrylic trivets at Michael's but I didn't like the cross stitch pattern that came with it. I loved this one, and it fits the trivet so well. I think this will make a very nice (and useful) Christmas gift." 5 x 5" Designs - Fruit of The Spirit		See Galatians 5:22 in the 5 x 5" Gallery

	Hello Sandra, Just finished Dietrich's cross stitch and I love it! The picture isn't very good, but this is what it looks like. So cool! Thanks again!! Kama & Dietrich		Name Blessings Personalized Names with Bible Verses Visit Name Blessings

	Stitched by Dan Yatzeck "Created for my wife in our first year of marriage. May the Lord continue to shine His light and salvation upon us so we never lose hope. -Dan" The verse is taken from the Septuagint, AKA Koine Greek. 8 x 10" Designs - Psalm 27:1		See the Light House Design in English

	Hello Sandra, I did this for my daughter. After having my grandson before she left the hospital they found out she had breast cancer. This verse meant a lot to her. She had me do it in pink. She is now 12 years cancer free. Joan K Taylor		Custom For You Gallery All Things Possible with God Matthew 19:26

	Thanks Sandra Not a terribly good pic, 'cos of the flash, but hopefully shows the embroidery OK? Let me know if not, will try again! Very many thanks, my Mum is THRILLED with it! Kind regards, Kathy Firth Found in the Custom Designs available to You		I Will Give You Rest - Exodus 33:14

	Hello I am sending photos of my completed "Work for the Lord" cross stitch project. I hope you are able to clearly see how nice it looks completed. I am very pleased with it. I made it as a gift for my brother in law. He does wood working as a hobby and has "Col 3:23" carved into his wood working table. Hopefully, he will hang this cross stitch design in his work shop. Thank you for providing the design. I look forward to completing more of your scripture designs. Connie Just a note - to achieve a better contrast, I think that I will use a darker gray thread for the wording if I repeat this project - especially, if I use the linen-look vintage cross stitch fabric.		5 x 5" Gallery Work for the Lord

	Dear Sandra, I thought you might like to see my version of your freebie, Isaiah 40:31. I stitched this for a young friend of mine who is going through a divorce. I am giving it to her tonight and hope that it will bring her strength to face the coming days. Thank you, Brenda Winter Found in Free and Almost Free		Wings Like Eagles - Isaiah 40:31 - Free Chart

	Sandra, I had finished the chart and framed it and gave it to a pastor friend of mine in Guatemala. Lynn Fergurson Su Nombre es Jesús, is the Spanish version of His Name is Jesus designed by Diane Higdon.		Designs not in Galleries Su Nombre es Jesús

	Dear Sandra, I am sharing with you my finished picture. I changed the colours and some of the flower designs and in the end had it professionally framed. I stitched the picture as a gift to my husband's brother's family. They said how much they liked it, and I hope it will be a blessing to them, as it was a blessing to me as I stitched it. With warm Christian Greetings Susanne Hopkins (Brighton, England) Found in the Custom Designs for you Gallery		Be Joyful Always - I Thessalonians 5:16-18

	Photo submitted of Su Nombre es Jesús, the Spanish version of His Name is Jesus designed by Diane Higdon. Christine changed the charted colors to her own, with beautiful results! This is what Christine shared about the design: I stitched this for my daughter's 18th birthday. She is fluent in Spanish and will be pursuing a double major in college next year - Pre-Med and Spanish. Her desire is to be a pediatric oncologist. She is convinced she will cure at least some kids of cancer! Even though the colors are hard to decipher- I used a mint green (very pale) 14 ct aida from DMC. Colors were 5 of them, in the aqua and green families. The real thing looks awesome!		Designs not in Galleries Su Nombre es Jesús

	Sandra, I finished your Proverbs 31 and it looks really good! I wanted you to see. I changed the flowers to purple so they would go with my bedroom better. The font you used for the verse was the icing on the cake! Thanks, Diane Higdon		Click on the image to view in the 8 x 10" Gallery

	Sandra, Thank you so much for the wonderful design of Romans 12:21. I stitched it for my boss, who is one of the most honorable men I know. He loved it and so do I. I appreciate all the hard work you put into making this design perfect. Brenda Winter		Borders and Verses Romans 12:21 - Custom Design

	Sandra, Last night I finished the design with the hands releasing the heart. At least that's how I see it. I used a different verse though - Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only. Because to me, I see us releasing our heart to God in worship, giving out heart to Him only. It was so strange and cool to be stitching hands but not using "coral" or "flesh" colors. Diane Higdon		Worship the Lord was adapted by Diane from a Mouse Pad design called "Lift Me Up" and brokenhearted is part of the 8 x 10" series. Click on each image to view in the galleries they are featured in.

	Polly Gulak wrote: Thank you so much for this wonderful design. This gift is for the man I'm dating, for his birthday. I asked him what his favorite scripture that he reflects on often. I love this scripture verse myself. Thanks so much Polly		Borders and Verses Micah 6:8 - Custom Design

	Sandra, I really enjoyed stitching your designs. The patterns were easy to read and follow. They didn't take too long either. See the attached pictures for the pillows that we will give to the folks at my daughter's wedding. The purple is for the minister, the dark green is for the wedding co ordinator, and the light green is for the organist. Thanks again. Betty Clifton		Sing to the Lord - Psalm 96:1, Beautiful - Ecclesiastes 3:11 and Lord Sees Heart - I Samuel 16:76 Click on each pillow to go to the galleries they are featured in

	Sandra It was one that first took my eye when first found your site. I am now in my senior years and have been a Christian for a long time now, The image of water here that Jesus used and to be rooted deeply and firmly in Christ like the roots of a tree. It says it all for myself personally. Well best go as I am running late and get my tea organise. With daylight saving we have here you never seem to get to it early enough. I do Family History and have been battling with an upgrade to my program for it all day, trying to get it downloaded and organised so now ready to give my computer away completely for today. Lyn Millington (Lyn lives in Australia)		Tree / Water - Jeremiah 17:7-8

	Sandra, Good evening. It's been awhile since I have talked to you - hope you & family are well. I think I told you that I started a new job: accounting, taxes, etc. and after nearly a month, I really like it and I enjoy going to work everyday. I finally got the Phil 4:13 needlework done and just today made it into a pillow. I am sending you a couple pictures that I took of it. Enjoy them. Thank you again for your design. I will send pictures of the Eph 4:16 as soon as I get it done; I am 1/2 done with it. Let me know what you think. Have a great weekend. Pauline		Strengthens - Philippians 4:13

	Love God Heart - Mark 12:30 and Isaiah 64:8 - Potter Clay The CD Jewel Case frames were recently eliminated but work great on any 5 x 5" design. Instructions are available to those who are interested in this framing method.		Diane Higdon wrote: Hi! I wanted to let you know that I finished two of your cross stitches. I tried framing them today in the CD cases and it worked great! The next one I'm going to do is the verse about how God looks on the heart and not the outward appearance. Then I might tackle one of the seasons. I'll attach a photo so you can see how they look. Hope you're doing well and aren't too busy during this Christmas season! Diane

	Dear Sandra Thank you very much for the lovely cross-stich kit (the brokenhearted one) - I received it over a week ago, and am making excellent progress. Some comments about doing it: I really appreciated the generous amount of fabric and thread. I ended up using a thinner needle than the one in the kit too. And I really enjoyed and was blessed by stitching a Bible verse - something I'm definitely planning to do again in future. I hope my friend will also be delighted by the result - and even if she isn't, at least I was! Blessings and peace Jeanine Shepstone		Brokenhearted - Psalm 34:18

	Hi Sandra Yes, I was pleased with the gold frame we found and put it in. I would like the chart for "Work for the Lord" with the bee, from Colossians 3:23. Thanks a lot! Jill Nadel		Light / Path - Psalm 119:105

	Dear Sandra, As an attachment I am sending you a picture of "Work hard ..." and three napkin rings. I would like to enhance them at a later date with a few small designs on each end. The material I used are bookmarks from Joann Fabric, then cut them shorter, folded and sewed the ends and attached a velcro circle on each end. If you were to create new designs I would be very happy to buy them. I am not good in creating things of that nature. Should these pictures be acceptable you are welcome to show them on your web site. If so, I would be glad to accept your offer of your new "Fruit of the Spirit" design pattern. Thank you and many blessings, Lori Schmidt		Work for the Lord - Colossians 3:23 Lori's Napkin Rings

	Hello Sandra- Here is a copy of the photo of my finished piece. I was pleased with the way that it turned out, even though there are a few small mistakes. I didn't like it framed up in the CD case, it was too close to the edge of the glass. I found a 6X6 frame and I liked how it looked. It is a nice piece! Thanks for the pattern! Thanks! Enjoy! Jill Nadel		Train a Child - Proverbs 22:6

	Clean Heart, submitted by Jill Nadel.		Clean Heart - Psalm 51:10

	Hello Joyful Expressions, I wanted to send you a photo of the kit I just completed called Beautiful. I was pleased at how easy and fun it was to stitch in just a few evenings. I was impressed with the kit as it had individual floss on bobbins and even a frame I was able to display it right away! Thanks for the nice design! Debbie Schwartz		Beautiful - Ecclesiastes 3:11

	This was a charity concert and silent auction for the Florida hurricane victims. It was called Sounds of Hope. Lynn Johnson		Potter/Clay - Isaiah 64:8 and Solomon/Lillies - Matthew 6:29

Customer Comments

Dear Sandra,

Christian greetings from Japan! This is Koyuki Sami. Thank you for your quick reply to Miyo Kimura who is helping me in this ministry. Thank you so much for your interest in our ministry as well as your permission to use your charts.

Let me tell you about our ministry, Pili Project. I am a missionary of OMF International, an international mission organization which was founded by Hudson Taylor in 1865.

I worked in the Philippines from 1992 to 2005 among the urban poor as well as the rural poor, and did church planting and community development.

Pili is the name of the rural fishing/farming community where I was ministering. It is located on Mindoro island of the Philippines. Pili Project was started in 2003 by a local evangelical church called Pili Bible Church. I led the community development committee of the church and Pili Project was born.

The Pili project is consist of 4 different projects, farming, fishing, race marketing and cross-stitch project. The aim of the Pili project is to provide more income for the participants and community and also is to run a Christian kindergarten for children of the poor families in the community.

At the same time they learn to use and develop their talents which God has given to them. Now the cross-stitch project has about 40 workers, cross-stitching, sawing and making different items such as cards, book marks, bible covers and bags etc.. The main market of the project is in Japan, Christian book shops, churches and individuals.

Now I am back in Japan, doing mobilization work for the mission at the same time helping the Pili project with coordinating and selling products. Miyo has joined me in this ministry recently, and has been such a blessing to me. She also designs cross-stitches! We are constantly in search of new designs. We liked your His Name design very much. We are delighted to hear from you and to get your permission to use it.

You can see our

Home Page and Internet Shop , but unfortunately the site is in Japanese, at least you can see pictures there.

We will visit your site from time to time and probably will find other good designs for the purpose.

Thank you again. God bless you! For His Glory!

Koyuki Sami

Hi Sandra,

I thought you might like to know the story behind this, in a nutshell. (Custom Design of John 3:16)

I am a member of my Church's choir (Crawley Baptist Church) and one of the songs we did for our Carol Service was one using these beautiful words. We have a lady that supports our choir in prayer said that we were like threads and God was the needle sewing the Choir together to make a beautiful picture. and this gave me the idea to find a cross stitch of the words, have it made up and give it to our Choir Leader as a thank you gift She was absolutely thrilled with it .

Thanks once again

Barbara Marks

I have just purchased and downloaded two beautiful charts from your site.
I am making these into pillows as thank you gifts for the minister,
wedding coordinator, and organist at our daughter's wedding in May.
They will be paid, but they have each been more special than just money.
I love to cross stitch so Sarah asked me to do this for them.
I am so happy to find your web site. It is now bookmarked in my computer.

Thank you.

Betty Clifton

Sandra,

you are really getting some lovely things on your site. I just can't wait until I can start ordering charts.
So many wonderful things to chose from. What a blessing and gift you have!
I hope you are still loving Missouri as much as you thought you would. it is lovely here!

huggles, Michelle

-- You can't always control what happens to you in life, but you can control how you react to it!

I know my Redeemer liveth!

My blog: Ozark Stitching

Dear Sandra,

Hi from Australia.

I have almost finished "Wonderfully Made" pattern for another recent great nephew born in September.
I now have 8 great nephews and 13 great nieces. I am a single person and all these little ones are dear to me.
It is the third boy for this couple and the mum was rather upset at first as she really wanted a girl.
they are going to have another one and be happy with what ever they get next time. there plan has always been to have four children.
She had much trouble falling pregnant in the first place and didn't think she would have any at all. I felt the verse fitted the situation.
The mum and her husband who is my nephew are a lovely Christian couple.

Lyn

Sandra,

Thank you so much for your response. I have your site in my
favorites and I was really excited about finding just what I was looking
for. It was nice of you to let me choose another chart, although it's really
not necessary. I am on my way to work now so I don't have much time, but I
will get back to you later. There is something I want to share with you that
maybe I could purchase a custom with this idea. Thanks again.

My Best,

Betsy Beck

Sandra,

Thank you! I have downloaded the chart and have started the beautiful design.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your site, your art work and the scriptures.
This design will be so important for the family of Taylor to hold onto the truths of God's Word as they journey through this deep valley.
It is the richest blessing to know that God impresses the center people,
at the center time with the needed skills to create something that brings His comfort into being!

Bless you for your faithfulness in using your God given talent to enrich the lives of those who seek
and find joy, peace and comfort from The King of Kings.

In the fullness of His love,

Marta

Dear Sandra,

Thanks so much for this. I've just finished Paths - it's being framed at the moment as a gift for a baby boy
due to be born on 23rd Nov. The mother was 18 last month and became pregnant
having run away from home (she is home again now.) The baby's father is currently in a mental hospital
but will be allowed out with a nurse to attend the delivery. Please do pray for this new life and the Lord's special protection
and blessing for him and for new parents Katherine and Martyn and grandparents Judy
(a dear friend of mine for 40 years since we were classmates) and William.

I'm currently stitching El Fruto del Espiritu for friends who are missionaries in Peru with SIM - BIll and Jean Williamson.
They are currently working in the shanty towns outside Lima with a number of feeding and outreach programmes for mothers and children.
Please pray that God would strenghten and sustain them in this very demanding work and that they would see more and more people coming to know the Lord.

A little thought - is it possible to have English instructions instead of Spanish with a Spanish kit?
I don't have a word of Spanish but would like Spanish kits to stitch as presents for other friends in Peru.

Many thanks for your lovely ministry. It has helped me so much to be able to share with you the burden and heartache I feel for this new baby.
What a wonderful refreshing change from normal shopping online.

God bless you both.

Love,

Jane Langfield - United Kingdom

Your designs are truly a blessing from God!!
I have also been searching for patterns that are not "cutsie" and have had terrible trouble finding something.
Your work is beautiful & an inspiration. Please continue to "create".

May God richly bless you in all that you do!

Holly Roberts

I was absolutely thrilled to find your website.
I was an infant teacher for 30 years but had to retire early in 2002
due a cancerous tumour on my spine so I spend a great deal of time cross stitching.
I make gifts and pictures with a Christian theme to give to people at church for Christmas and birthdays.

My intention is to actually order all charts eventually.
Being on a pension my funds are a bit limited otherwise I would have ordered the entire set yesterday.

Many thanks for setting up this website. My heart was truly lifted to find you.I will put you on my prayer list and trust it will go really well.

Thank you again.

Marilyn - United Kingdom

I've just ordered five of your kits. I have no clue on how to read a chart.
I did cross stitch when I was very young in missionettes club in church.
However, it been twenty something years and I cannot read a chart. Prayerfully, I can do this.
I just love the ministry you have and would like to share this hand made gifts with friends and loved ones.
I believe it to be a great way of spreading the gospel and uplifting spirits.
Please pray for me that I may be able to do this.

God Bless!

Valerie Gonzalez

I don't have the first clue about cross stitching, and don't really have time to learn.. but I love all your designs. The scripture "Behold, I will do something new; now it will spring forth, do you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:19 , Well, this is the 1st scripture God gave me during our journey through adoption. 5 months before we adopted Antonio, God totally spoke to me, letting me know something NEW was coming - a child was coming. God did make a way that seemed impossible, possible. And, Antonio did spring forth from his birthmom's womb (he was a C-section baby), so Pedro and I saw him spring forth into our lives, on the day he was born. Isn't God so AWESOME! Anyway, when I saw this scripture on your new design, it made my heart jump for joy! Take Care! IN HIM, MICHELLE

Hello Sandra-

I have enjoyed my order that I have from you. I am currently working on one of them,
and have not found any errors, and so far it is easy to follow. (I am over 1/2 way done).
I have not framed it yet, but I plan to try to CD jewel case and see how I like that.
Some verses that I would like to see are: Psalm 19:14 (May the words of my mouth...), MAtthew 4:19 (Fishers of men),
Isaiah 26:3 (I will keep you in perfect peace...) etc,.

I may order again from you in the future, I will check back in a few months.
I am planning on stitching these for myself, but I may do some as a gift too. Thank you!

Jill Nadel

I am so glad I discovered this site - I think it is great that we can stitch things which show our faith and love for our Lord

Isabel Campbell

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