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Introducing my Mini Sampler Series! If you are a member of the American Needlepoint Guild, you may be familiar with “holed up minis.” If not, these are small projects introduced weekly on the American Needlepoint Guild website complimentary to members and non-members. Various designers offer these projects to help keep stitchers focused on positive things…
Are you a fan of lime green? It is one of my favourite colours to use in my stitching. I had not used it much until a couple of years ago when I stitched my Autumn Kaleidoscope. The pattern was designed in an autumn palette of colours but I chose to stitch it in a…
Am thrilled to introduce Cleopatra’s Heart today. This beautiful project is featured in the January/February 2021 issue of Needlepoint Now. Make sure you pick up a copy. Many of you already know about my local canvas group as most of the stitched samples I share on the blog are stitched by them. The group has…
Today we are going to discuss crazy quilting seam treatments. Seam treatments always begin with a foundation stitch. On many occasions I opt for simple straight stitches as a foundation while at other times I like chain, herringbone or cretan. If you are unsure of any of these stitches please visit Needle N Thread as…
Another “bloom” today in Kathleen’s wool applique project. The pattern is by Australian designer Wendy Williams called “Baby Blooms Cushion” measuring 20 inches square. Kathleen has used a grey and white polka dot cotton fabric as her background and will use this as a wall hanging when complete. Check with your local quilt shop as…
I have always been fond of bargello designs – have you? While I am not so partial to an overall design, I do like seeing sections or perhaps segments of bargello within a design. I’m sure you have seen a number of patterns from various current designers demonstrating this. Dominique started this design with the…
I always like to show different colour options for the same pattern and Forget Me Nots is the perfect small design to demonstrate this. The flower is from a pattern by Lauren Sauer and was featured in Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments 2013 issue. It is small measuring about 2 ½ inches. The background is…
Prior to Christmas, I started a series on how to construct a crazy quilt block and today, I am going to talk about embellishing crazy quilting. I specifically opted for a neutral class sample in grey, silver and white. I did this as I wanted the focus of the class to be on stitching and…
Merry Christmas! Celebrating the season with stitch sample Colour #31. If you subscribe to my blog and receive email notifications of my posts, you may encounter difficulties viewing the video above. If so, please visit the link at the bottom of your email – the link will take you directly to this blog post. Well,…
Well, I couldn’t have a star series without a Christmas Star now could I? I started posting my Christmas Star series early in December. I know it might be a bit late for Christmas stitching this year but hopefully we have inspired you to stitch some Christmas stars for next year – have we? All…
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