Alex-Paras NeedleArts



Counted Cross Stitch

We stock a full range of fabrics and patterns for counted thread embroidery which do not yet appear on this website. Please contact the shop at by emailing us (thisneedle@aol.com) (best way) or calling us at (860) 257-2718 with your shopping list and we will do our best to fill your needs.

We would love to hear from you what cross stitch items you would like to see for sale on this site (ie. more fabrics, leaflets, pre-made, etc.) Let us know by one of the means above.

Note that we have tried to put a mix of charts on this site that are no longer available but also some that are still in print. Many newer charts can be found on the Hoffman, Yarn Tree or Wichelt websites through the links below. Email us title, designer & their code number and we can order any charts from these distributor's sites in for you.

See info page for shipping/return information.

Sale prices are limited to items in stock.

~!~ STOCK REDUCTION SALE ~!~ on Counted Cross Stitch Patterns
Buy one -- Get one free
In stock only -- No special orders
Lower priced title(s) is(are) the free one(s)
**Updated Rules**
Applies to all cross books numbered 001001 thru 045000
Mix & Match between Cross Stitch Designers
"Sale Price" will be applied upon processing in shop, not online store


All items are new but may be shop worn.

Thistle Needleworks -- click to enter     Visit our Parent Shop, Thistle Needleworks,
for more info not shown on this site


Search Hoffman Distributing Company
for cross-stitch patterns and embellishments not shown on this site


Search Yarn Tree
for cross-stitch patterns and more not shown on this site


Search Wichelt/Mill Hill
for cross-stitch patterns, kits and embellishments not shown on this site


Don't forget to check out our THREADS!, BEADS! & BUTTONS! section --
most of the threads used for counted thread work may be found there


We stock a wide variety of fabrics -- see the Cross Stitch Fabrics section below


NEW Counted Cross Stitch
NEW Counted Cross Stitch

Cross Stitch Fabrics & More
Cross Stitch Fabrics & More

Free Cross Stitch Leaflets
Free Cross Stitch Leaflets

Cross Stitch Thistle Patterns & Kits
Cross Stitch Thistle Patterns & Kits

Miscellaneous Cross Stitch Designers
Miscellaneous Cross Stitch Designers

Cross Stitch Kits
Cross Stitch Kits

Cross Stitch Books
Cross Stitch Books

(mostly Hard-Covered)

Americana & U.S. Military Cross Stitch
Americana & U.S. Military Cross Stitch

4 My Boys
4 My Boys

A. Fox Original
A. Fox Original

A Stitcher's Hand
A Stitcher's Hand

A&L Designs
A&L Designs

Abbey Lane Designs
Abbey Lane Designs

Abby Rose Designs
Abby Rose Designs

Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks
Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks

Allura Design
Allura Design

Alma Lynne Designs
Alma Lynne Designs

Amaryllis Artworks
Amaryllis Artworks

American School of Needlework
American School of Needlework

Amy Bruecken Designs
Amy Bruecken Designs

Angel Stitchin
Angel Stitchin

Annalee Waite Designs
Annalee Waite Designs

Annie Beez Folk Art
Annie Beez Folk Art

Arachne's Silken Web
Arachne's Silken Web

Art-Stitch
Art-Stitch

The Artists Collection
The Artists Collection

ArtVentures
ArtVentures

Astor Place
Astor Place

At The Hop
At The Hop

AuryTM
AuryTM

Barbara Ana Designs
Barbara Ana Designs

Bendy Stitchy
Bendy Stitchy

Bent Creek
Bent Creek

Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather

Black Swan Designs
Black Swan Designs

Blackberry Lane Designs
Blackberry Lane Designs

Blackbird Designs
Blackbird Designs

The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower

Blue Ribbon Designs
Blue Ribbon Designs

Blue Whale Designs
Blue Whale Designs

Bobbie G. Designs
Bobbie G. Designs

Boyd Designs
Boyd Designs

Brenda Franklin Designs
Brenda Franklin Designs

BrightNeedle
BrightNeedle

Brittercup Designs
Brittercup Designs

Brown House Studio
Brown House Studio

Bushmountain Designs
Bushmountain Designs

By The Bay
By The Bay

Calico Crossroads
Calico Crossroads

Canvas Creations
Canvas Creations

Carolyn Manning Designs
Carolyn Manning Designs

Cat's Cradle Needleworks
Cat's Cradle Needleworks

Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill

Character Creations
Character Creations

Charland Designs
Charland Designs

Chatelaine by Martina Weber
Chatelaine by Martina Weber

Cherished Stitches
Cherished Stitches

CherryWood Design Studio
CherryWood Design Studio

Chessie & Me
Chessie & Me

Cindy Valentine Designs
Cindy Valentine Designs

The City Stitcher
The City Stitcher

Color Charts
Color Charts

CornerHouse Designs
CornerHouse Designs

Cottage Garden Samplings
Cottage Garden Samplings

Couchman Creations
Couchman Creations

Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings

Country Cottage Needleworks
Country Cottage Needleworks

Courtney Collection
Courtney Collection

Covered  Crossings Stitchery
Covered Crossings Stitchery

Creative Moments
Creative Moments

(a division of Dunfield, Inc.)

The Cross-Eyed Cricket
The Cross-Eyed Cricket

Cross Eyed Kat
Cross Eyed Kat

Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart

Cross 'N Patch / Emie Bishop
Cross 'N Patch / Emie Bishop

Cross Stitch Wonders
Cross Stitch Wonders

Cross the Lillibridge
Cross the Lillibridge

Crossed Wing Collection
Crossed Wing Collection

Crown & Thistle
Crown & Thistle

Curtis Boehringer
Curtis Boehringer

CW Designs
CW Designs

Dames of the Needle
Dames of the Needle

Darling & Whimsy Designs
Darling & Whimsy Designs

DebBee's Designs
DebBee's Designs

Debbie Draper Designs
Debbie Draper Designs

The Design Connection
The Design Connection

Designing Women Unlimited
Designing Women Unlimited

Designs By Gloria & Pat
Designs By Gloria & Pat

Designs By Linda Myers
Designs By Linda Myers

Designs by Lisa
Designs by Lisa

Designs From Margaret Lee
Designs From Margaret Lee

Designs From Pamela
Designs From Pamela

Diane Graebner Designs
Diane Graebner Designs

Dimensions
Dimensions

DKT Originals
DKT Originals

Douglas Designs / Raspbery Patch Design Studio
Douglas Designs / Raspbery Patch Design Studio

Down Under Designs
Down Under Designs

Dragon Dreams
Dragon Dreams

Dragon Fire Designs
Dragon Fire Designs

The Drawn Thread
The Drawn Thread

Dreams of Stitches
Dreams of Stitches

Dutch Treat Designs
Dutch Treat Designs

Earth Threads
Earth Threads

Elegant Designs & The Elegant Needle
Elegant Designs & The Elegant Needle

(Elizabeth Ann Angus)

Elizabeth's Designs
Elizabeth's Designs

and Counted Illuminations

Enchanting Lair
Enchanting Lair

Erica Michaels
Erica Michaels

The Essamplaire
The Essamplaire

Ewe & Eye & Friends
Ewe & Eye & Friends

Faces
Faces

Fanci That
Fanci That

Filigram
Filigram

Finger Step Designs
Finger Step Designs

Fireside Originals
Fireside Originals

Forever In My Heart Designs
Forever In My Heart Designs

Forget-Me-Nots In Stitches
Forget-Me-Nots In Stitches

Foxwood Crossings
Foxwood Crossings

Friends Indeed
Friends Indeed

Frog Hollow Designs
Frog Hollow Designs

From the Heart
From the Heart

Frony Ritter Designs
Frony Ritter Designs

The Gathering Place
The Gathering Place

Ginger & Spice
Ginger & Spice

Giulia Punti Antichi
Giulia Punti Antichi

Glendon Place
Glendon Place

Glory Bee
Glory Bee

The Goode Huswife
The Goode Huswife

Great Big Graphs
Great Big Graphs

Green Apple
Green Apple

Haberdashery Designs
Haberdashery Designs

Handblessings
Handblessings

Hands Across the Sea Samplers
Hands Across the Sea Samplers

Hands On Design
Hands On Design

Handwork
Handwork

Heart In Hand Needleart
Heart In Hand Needleart

Cross Stitch patterns, kits & charms

Hearthside Designs
Hearthside Designs

Heartstring Samplery
Heartstring Samplery

Heaven and Earth Designs
Heaven and Earth Designs

Heirloom Needlecraft
Heirloom Needlecraft

hello from Liz Matthews
hello from Liz Matthews

(formally Elizabeth's Garden)

Heritage Crafts
Heritage Crafts

(Designs by John Clayton and more)

Hillside Samplings
Hillside Samplings

Hinzeit
Hinzeit

Historic Handworkes
Historic Handworkes

Hollis Designs
Hollis Designs

Holly House Designs
Holly House Designs

Homespun Collectibles
Homespun Collectibles

Homespun Elegance
Homespun Elegance

Imaginating
Imaginating

Indigo Rose
Indigo Rose

Ink Circles
Ink Circles

JBW Designs
JBW Designs

JD Collections
JD Collections

Jardin Prive'
Jardin Prive'

Jeanette Ardern Designs
Jeanette Ardern Designs

Jeanette Crews Designs
Jeanette Crews Designs

Jeannette Douglas Designs
Jeannette Douglas Designs

Jeremiah Junction
Jeremiah Junction

Just Nan
Just Nan

K. Elaine Kramer Designs
K. Elaine Kramer Designs

Kappie Originals
Kappie Originals

Kathy Barrick
Kathy Barrick

(including Carriage House Samplings & Barrick Samplers)

Keslyn's
Keslyn's

Kingsland
Kingsland

Kit & Bixby
Kit & Bixby

Kulik Kreations
Kulik Kreations

Kustom Krafts
Kustom Krafts

La Broderie
La Broderie

La Chatelaine
La Chatelaine

La-D-Da
La-D-Da

Lagniappe Designs
Lagniappe Designs

Lattuca Designs
Lattuca Designs

Lavender Wings
Lavender Wings

Leisure Arts
Leisure Arts

Lesa Steele Designs
Lesa Steele Designs

Liberty Street Designs
Liberty Street Designs

Lila's Studio
Lila's Studio

Lili Points
Lili Points

Lilybet Designs
Lilybet Designs

Linen Flowers Designs
Linen Flowers Designs

Lisa Cowell
Lisa Cowell

Little House Needleworks
Little House Needleworks

Little Stitch Girl
Little Stitch Girl

Liz Navickas Designs
Liz Navickas Designs

Liz Turner Diehl
Liz Turner Diehl

Lizzie Kate
Lizzie Kate

Lone Deer - Sonagolese Designs
Lone Deer - Sonagolese Designs

Long Dog Samplers
Long Dog Samplers

Lynne Nicoletti
Lynne Nicoletti

Lynne Tomlinson Designs
Lynne Tomlinson Designs

M Designs
M Designs

Madame Chantilly
Madame Chantilly

Mani di Donna
Mani di Donna

Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum
Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum

MarNic Designs
MarNic Designs

Mary Hickmott Designs
Mary Hickmott Designs

Medeiros Needlecraft Design
Medeiros Needlecraft Design

Midsummer Night Designs
Midsummer Night Designs

Mirabilia Designs / Nora Corbett
Mirabilia Designs / Nora Corbett

The MonkeyWorks
The MonkeyWorks

monsterbubbles
monsterbubbles

Moon Pi Madness
Moon Pi Madness

Mosey 'N Me
Mosey 'N Me

Mount Forest FrameWorks
Mount Forest FrameWorks

My Big Toe Designs
My Big Toe Designs

My Mark
My Mark

Mystic Stitch
Mystic Stitch

The Nebby Needle
The Nebby Needle

Needle Bling Designs
Needle Bling Designs

Needlemade Designs
Needlemade Designs

Needle Maid Designs
Needle Maid Designs

The Needle's Notion
The Needle's Notion

The Needle's Prayse and Darlene O'Steen
The Needle's Prayse and Darlene O'Steen

NeedleWorkPress
NeedleWorkPress

Nessy Lynn's
Nessy Lynn's

Nikyscreations
Nikyscreations

The Nostalgic Needle
The Nostalgic Needle

Notforgotten Farm
Notforgotten Farm

Nutmeg Needle
Nutmeg Needle

Oberlin Samplers
Oberlin Samplers

October House Fiber Arts
October House Fiber Arts

Of Female Worth
Of Female Worth

Old Lakewood
Old Lakewood

Olde Colonial Designs
Olde Colonial Designs

Open Road Abode
Open Road Abode

Papillon Creations
Papillon Creations

Passione Ricamo
Passione Ricamo

Pegasus Originals
Pegasus Originals

Pepperberry Designs
Pepperberry Designs

Periwinkle Promises
Periwinkle Promises

Permin Of Copenhagan
Permin Of Copenhagan

Pickle Barrel Designs
Pickle Barrel Designs

Pixie Dust
Pixie Dust

Plum Pudding Needleart
Plum Pudding Needleart

Plum Street Samplers
Plum Street Samplers

Poppy Kreations
Poppy Kreations

Prairie Grove Peddler
Prairie Grove Peddler

Prairie Moon
Prairie Moon

Prairie Schooler
Prairie Schooler

Praiseworthy Stitches
Praiseworthy Stitches

The Primitive Hare
The Primitive Hare

Priscilla's Pocket
Priscilla's Pocket

Puntini Puntini
Puntini Puntini

Purrfect Spots By Nan
Purrfect Spots By Nan

Queenstown Sampler Designs
Queenstown Sampler Designs

R & R Reproductions
R & R Reproductions

Rabbit Works
Rabbit Works

Raise The Roof
Raise The Roof

Ronnie Rowe Designs
Ronnie Rowe Designs

Rosewood Manor
Rosewood Manor

Cross Stitch

Ross Originals
Ross Originals

Rovaris
Rovaris

Rural Samplings
Rural Samplings

Sally Ann Designs
Sally Ann Designs

SamSarah Design Studio
SamSarah Design Studio

The Scarlett House
The Scarlett House

Scattered Seed Samplers
Scattered Seed Samplers

Schoolroom Samplings Cross Stitch
Schoolroom Samplings Cross Stitch

Serendipity Designs
Serendipity Designs

(including MarBek &
Dobber Designs)

The Sewing Circle
The Sewing Circle

Shakespeare's Peddler
Shakespeare's Peddler

Sheepish Designs
Sheepish Designs

Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush

Sigrid Designs
Sigrid Designs

Silver Creek Samplers
Silver Creek Samplers

The Silver Lining
The Silver Lining

Cross Stitch

Simple Stitches
Simple Stitches

Simply Old-Fashioned
Simply Old-Fashioned

Simply Stephie
Simply Stephie

Sisters and Best Friends
Sisters and Best Friends

Something In Common
Something In Common

Southern Cross Needlework
Southern Cross Needlework

S.P. Ink
S.P. Ink

Spot Colors
Spot Colors

Springberry Kreek Designs
Springberry Kreek Designs

Stacy Nash Primitives
Stacy Nash Primitives

The Stitcher's Habit
The Stitcher's Habit

Stitcher's Heaven
Stitcher's Heaven

The Stitcherhood
The Stitcherhood

Stitches from the Heartland
Stitches from the Heartland

Stitches 'N' Stones
Stitches 'N' Stones

The Stitching Parlor
The Stitching Parlor

The Stitching Studio
The Stitching Studio

The Stitchworks
The Stitchworks

Stoney Creek Collection
Stoney Creek Collection

Sudberry House
Sudberry House

Sue Hillis Designs
Sue Hillis Designs

The Sugarplum Express
The Sugarplum Express

Summer House Stitche Workes
Summer House Stitche Workes

Sunflower Samplings
Sunflower Samplings

The Sunflower Seed
The Sunflower Seed

Sweetheart Co.
Sweetheart Co.

The Sweetheart Tree
The Sweetheart Tree

Tamaris Designs
Tamaris Designs

Teresa Kogut
Teresa Kogut

Textured Treasures
Textured Treasures

Thistledown Threads
Thistledown Threads

Thistles
Thistles

Threads Of Gold (and friends)
Threads Of Gold (and friends)

Threads Through Time
Threads Through Time

Thumblands
Thumblands

Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor

Trail Creek Farm
Trail Creek Farm

Tralala
Tralala

The Trilogy
The Trilogy

Trinity Designs
Trinity Designs

True Colors International
True Colors International

TW Designworks
TW Designworks

Twisted Oaks Designs
Twisted Oaks Designs

Twisted Threads
Twisted Threads

Under The Rainbow
Under The Rainbow

Unity Station Originals
Unity Station Originals

Ursula Michael Designs
Ursula Michael Designs

Val's Stuff
Val's Stuff

Vera K Design Studio
Vera K Design Studio

The Vermillion Stitchery
The Vermillion Stitchery

Vickery Collection
Vickery Collection

The Victoria Sampler
The Victoria Sampler

(and friends)

Victorian Rose Needlearts
Victorian Rose Needlearts

Water's Edge
Water's Edge

Waxing Moon Designs
Waxing Moon Designs

Whimsey & Wit
Whimsey & Wit

Whiskey Creek Ink
Whiskey Creek Ink

Whispered by the Wind
Whispered by the Wind

Whitley Julip Designs
Whitley Julip Designs

Wildflower Stitchery
Wildflower Stitchery

With My Needle
With My Needle

With Thy Needle & Thread
With Thy Needle & Thread

(Designs by Brenda Gervais)

The Workbasket
The Workbasket

X-Appeal
X-Appeal

X's & Oh's
X's & Oh's

Discounted Magazines
Discounted Magazines



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