The Family Hearth General Store

Needlework Traditions

What Can Be More Traditional Than Stitching at the Family Hearth?

  The Family Hearth General Store also specializes in fine linens, threads and charts for samplers and cross stitch supplies and is located in Frankfort near New Lenox, Illinois.

Shop for Kathleen’s Original and Antique Sampler Reproductions to Stitch!

Shop for Today’s Top Designers’ Stitching Charts, Linens, and Fibers!
Visit Our New Page, Stitching at the Family Hearth.

Stitching Gatherings
Bring your own stitching project!
Gather with other stitchers for a relaxing time and lively conversation.
Attend weekly on Wednesdays from 10am-Noon.
Evening and Saturday times by request.
Call or email to attend – no charge.

Stitching Classes
Learn the basic stitches and must-knows for cross stitch or crochet.
Held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month from 11am-Noon.
Evening and Saturday times by request.
Call or email to attend – Cost $30 includes 2 sessions and supplies.

Crochet Project Workshops
Make a Keepsake Baby Afghan or Vintage Scarf.
Meets Four Times for One Hour.
Call or email for session times and projects – Cost $60, bring your own supplies.

Stitch-A-Long Sampler Workshops
Make an heirloom sampler!
Join our stitching circle around our Family Hearth or virtually around yours at home!
Meet weekly to stitch together on the same project or keep up at home.
Call or email for our latest Stitch-a-Long Sampler project – Cost of kits TBD, no charge for the stitch-a-long.


Check out some finished products!