The Share Logo

Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. serves those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or in the first few months of life. Unfortunately, this is a cause near and dear to my heart. I know many people, like myself, who have lost pregnancy after pregnancy in their pursuit to build their family. And, sadly, I have 3 close friends who have either lost full term babies or lost a baby shortly after birth. Through their local chapters, Share offers people who have experienced a loss a place of safety and understanding that they may not find elsewhere. I wanted to recognize the very important work Share does and create a way my fellow crafters could recognize a friend or relative who has gone through a loss. The wonderful people at Share gave Cuppa Joe Designs permission to create some cross stitch designs using their logo.

This design is for the people of Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc., my friends in the online *ALI (adoption, loss, and infertility) community, anyone who has suffered through a loss, and for all my fellow stitchers who want to honor any of these people.


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We also have an alphabet pattern available that can be used to personalize these patterns.

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* To learn more about the ALI community, check out Stirrup Queens and her 1800+ blogroll.

New design to be released on Saturday...

Its a few days earlier than I would usually aim for but there are reasons for that. I am so excited about this design and I hope it will mean a lot to a bunch of people who are really important to me.

Yeah, I know I'm still being cryptic. And, yes this has to do with the big secret from last Sunday. Things have come together perfectly and I will have those designs ready for public consumption by Saturday.

I have some very exciting news.

At least, its exciting to me and I hope it will be to you as well. We are negotiating with a major national charitable organization to offer their logo as a freebie. This is an organization that is near and dear to my heart. Its a group that even if you haven't availed yourself of their services, you probably know someone who might have. Hopefully, I will be getting the final word by next Monday or Tuesday and I can let you know the name of the organization then.

Smooches and Happy Stitching, Kristin

Hearts and Butterflies

Hearts and Butterflies was originally designed for a quilt the ladies of Cross Stitch Crazy made for a dear friend who was being treated for breast cancer. While there are many gorgeous breast cancer support designs out there, I wanted something a bit more personalized. Butterflies have always symbolized hope to me and the hearts symbolized the love and friendship I feel for her. I wish I could tell you the name of the fabric I stitched it on but, sadly, I can't find the label. I do know that the spectacular fabric I stitched it on was from Silkweaver.

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To download as a Word Document, click hereStitching this design will teach you how to stitch both Rhodes hearts and Rhodes butterflies. Complete instructions are included.

As always, please send us any pics you have of our designs stitched up.

Whatever You're Doing, Mommy

This design was inspired by my youngest daughter. She is often my shadow, and the title of this piece was her response when I asked her what she wanted to do one morning. When I'm worn down, she reminds me in her own way of how much she loves me. Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

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~Christa