Blackbird Designs has reprinted some of their designs. They are all listed on the Hoffman Distributing website. Any local needlework shop or online shop can order them for you. The Lydia R. Cohagan chart that was an exclusive, has also been released to everyone.

They are as follows:

• Away We Ride
• Bells On Christmas Day
• Elizabeth Jane
• Farm House (Anniversaries of the Heart 5)
• Loose Feathers – All the Hills Echoed
• Loose Feathers – Autumn
• Loose Feathers – It’s Spring Fever
• Loose Feathers – Last Ripe Berries
• Loose Feathers – Pleasure of the Fleeting Year
• Loose Feathers – Sing A Song of Seasons
• Loose Feathers – Summer
• Loose Feathers – Winter
• Midnight Watch
• Moonlight Visitor (Anniversaries of the Heart)
• Strawberry Fields Forever
• Sweet Summer Come Again
• Violet’s Blue
• Winter Is Past

Alma has announced the following designs will be available from Hoffman’s Distributing at the Nashville Needlework Market.

Birds of a Feather was first released in 2006 and has been Out of Print for some time now. Retail Price is $14 for this one.

United We Stand will include three patterns celebrating the love of our country The mattress pincushion, scissor holder and The Clustered Stars needle book are all included. Retail Price for all three of these is $20.

This one is included in the Nashville 2023 Cookbook Happiness is Homemade. The charts do not usually have a title. Retail price for the cookbook is $12.

The following charts are being or have been reprinted and are available to order from your local needlework shop (LNS).

Honeysuckle Manor
Violet’s Blue
Maria Selby Humphrey 1831
Agnes Platt Strawberry Sampler Loose Feathers Spring 2013

Also being reprinted is the quilt pattern Midnight Silhouette.

According to an Instagram post on Alma’s Instagram account on March 23, 2021:

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We reprinted an old favorite. Souvenirs of Summer will be shipping out to our distributors this week. Six patterns are in this booklet celebrating sweet summertime. Look for it in your favorite cross stitch shop in the next couple of weeks!

This book has been Out of Print for some time and contains six patterns from Blackbird Designs in salute of Summer. They are called Summer Jubliee, Patriotic Bouquet, Lake House Catch, Summer Song, Summer’s Souvenir and America. All coded for Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art Sampler threads but a conversion chart for DMC is given as well.

Great news for so many.

Great news for Blackbird Design quilters, The Raven has been reprinted. The Raven, is inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s poem. Each block’s name is taken from a bit of Poe’s poetry.

The finished size of the quilt is 68″ x 68″.

From Alma’s Instagram post: Our newest book is almost ready to go to the printer. We have a bit of editing to do first, and then we will ship it out to our distributors. Look for it in your cross stitch shops in about 3 weeks!

THERE IS A CORRECTION FOR THE CHART ON PAGE 11 – Nebraska Prairie. See Winds of Autumn (the-gearys.com) Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Some of the projects included:

• First Winds of Autumn Pincushion (top left) first released as a Ladies Prim Society kit
• Spell of the Moon Pincushion (bottom right) first released as a Reward of Merit project
• October 31st Drum Pinkeep (bottom middle) first released as a Limited Edition Kit
• Mighty Acorn (Sampler shown lower left corner) NEW
• Bittersweet September
• Patchwork Pumpkin Pincushion
• Waiting for the Harvest Pincushion
• Nebraska Prairie Drum pinkeep
• A Sister’s Love Sampler
• Autumn Sound Drum pinkeep
• Blooming Sunflowers Sewing Bag (Top middle)
• Sewing Companions

From Alma Allen of Blackbird Designs: This pattern was delivered to our printer today (October 7, 2020)! We renamed this drum to prevent confusion as we have another pattern titled Merry Christmas. It’s new title is “Early Christmas Morning.” We have included numerals in the pattern to make it current. It will be available for shops soon! (Around October 21st.) The pattern was first released as a Ladies Prim Society release and called Merry Christmas Drum.

Two more of the Out of Print charts by Blackbird Designs have been reprinted and can be ordered. Dear Daughter and Casting a Spell are both listed on the Hoffman’s Distributing site.

My favorite designers, Alma Allen and Barb Adams together make up the company Blackbird Designs. Their designs are loved by many and much sought after. They recently reprinted the entire monthly stocking series which are now available from your favorite needlework shop.

Also reprinted and shipping to their distributor soon (August 2020) is the long OOP Flea Market Souvenir.