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Halloween Colour Palette

As we dive into the spirit of Halloween, we’ve chosen to step away from the usual and traditional colours of black, purple, and orange hues. Instead, we are presenting you with a playful and imaginative Halloween-inspired palette. It creatively interprets other colours you may see during the spooky season! At the heart of this palette…

teal purple perle cotton

Popular Colour

This month we are featuring one of the most popular colour combinations, Colour #186 from our collection! It is a gorgeous and very popular combination of dark blue, purple and teal. I dyed this colour combination several years ago for Lorene Salt, a Canadian designer. This colour combination is featured in several blog posts on…

simple-stitches

Simple Stitches

Who says you need to be an expert needle worker to create a stunning design? Today’s heart demonstrates the use of very simple stitches.  I have talked about using bands in designs previously and this is another great example. While there is no specific pattern used, this is an adaptation of a design featured in…

lavender-bargello

Lavender Bargello

Since our colour feature focuses on purple/lavender this month, I’m going to share not one but two bargello samples — both with a beautiful lavender colour feature. If you are new to the series, each month we feature one Bargello sample (two this month) using a particular colour theme as inspiration. Hopefully, you will find…

spring-stitching

Spring Stitching

Are you ready for some spring stitching? I think it is time, don’t you!? While we are not seeing much spring weather here on the west coast (YET), this colour combination reminds me of daffodils and iris in the garden. I’m looking forward to seeing some daffodils pop up soon as I planted a lot…

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Purple

We are celebrating the colour PURPLE throughout the month of April. Welcoming April means welcoming spring here on the west coast. When I thought about what colour to choose for my monthly Colour Feature Series, I could easily have chosen pink, yellows or greens. BUT, I opted to select the colour purple as it reminds…