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What are embroidery thread bits? As you can no doubt imagine having a hand-dyed embroidery thread business means I accumulate lots of small lengths of threads. In the past I used to keep a lot of these for my personal stitching but after eight years I now have enough bits to last me more than…
Are you familiar with Flying Fish Kits? I’ve been featuring Kathleen’s wool applique project over the last year. The pattern is designed by Wendy Williams who owns Flying Fish Kits. She is an Australian designer and this particular pattern is called “Baby Blooms Cushion”. Kathleen created a wall hanging versus a cushion. The pattern measures…
Several years ago prior to starting my business, I was asked to teach a crazy quilting class at one of my local quilt stores. I’ll start by saying I really love taking classes and workshops but I don’t consider myself a teacher. Needless to say I was very unsure I wanted to do this at…
I am excited to share some tree motifs. They are tiny and all are stitched with Colour #18. Colour 18 is a fabulous blend of various values of medium to dark GREENS. It is by far the most popular colour I sell, so much so I end up dyeing it multiple times every year. A…
As the holidays approach I always like to dye a Christmas Sampler for those of you stitching various Christmas projects. I have chosen classic red and green this year for the simple reason it remains the most popular colour combination. Yes, there are always new trends but red and green is number one. Every holiday…
Meet Screech! If you are visiting for the first time, my What a Hoot series is a collection of six owls! All are counted canvas versus painted canvas. And, if you are looking for all six, they are available in my shop. Screech is the fifth owl in the series. He is my Halloween themed…
Central Asian Embroideries is a book by the DMC library. Some of you may be familiar with this book but if not here is a little history for you today. The DMC Library was initiated by Thérèse de Dillmont in France over a century ago. Have you heard of Dillmont’s Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886)? She…
The above sample is a segment of Stitchplay Designs, Fiesta Blue. Since it does not have any blue other than the beads, I think we could refer to it more as a fiesta of colours for this version! This is an intermediate level counted canvas design offering a variety of stitches in the full design. …
St. Margaret’s Star is a lovely pattern designed by Carole Lake & Michael Boren. The sample above is a segment of the overall pattern with a variation. It measures 3 ¼ inches on 18 count canvas. When I sent off my new colours for samples, I never know how each stitcher will decide to “place”…
Does this flower remind you of one found in an oriental garden? I must admit I had to look closely once I received the stitched sample partly because it was upside down at the time. The members of my local needlework guild are always searching for various small designs suitable as card inserts, not always…
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