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  • TEMARI

    If you are not familiar with TEMARI balls then you are in for a treat today.  I was very surprised at the recent EAC seminar when I was presented with one of Verna’s beautiful temari balls as a gift.  She had made it especially for me using Colour Complements threads.  Verna specializes in temari balls…

  • FAIRY HOUSES

    On a recent window shopping trip in one of our local towns, I came across these beautiful crocheted FAIRY HOUSES!  Someone put a lot of time and effort into these beauties.  If you look closely, you can see the detail.  I looked up fairy houses online and found they are small structures for the fairies…

  • CRAZY QUILTING

    Earlier this year I posted about Beth’s CRAZY QUILTING project.  Beth is part of a group of crazy quilters in Michigan.  Every two years each participant receives a crazy quilt block to embellish.  Once complete, the blocks are sewn together to create a quilt which is raffled to raise money for local women who are…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    Another butterfly in Kathleen’s WOOL APPLIQUE project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo.  If you are following this project then you will know that Kathleen opted for a soft green wool background and the entire sampler measures 16×22.  Butterfly #12 today.  For this project Kathleen opted for softer more muted colours with the exception of this darker purple…

  • CRAZY QUILTING

    The first section of Block #12 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies.  This year I chose a bold primary colour palette for my crazy quilt project.  If you are interested in following this project, you can find all the posts under “Black Butterflies” in the right sidebar under Categories.  I picked up…

  • EMBROIDERY

    Always a pleasure to show some EMBROIDERY stitched by one of my customers. Recently I have had an increasing interest in what I would refer to as modern embroidery.  There are a lot of examples of this in both Etsy shops as well as on both Pinterest and Instagram.  The first sample is a flower…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    Another butterfly in Kathleen’s WOOL APPLIQUE  project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo.  If you are following this project then you will know that Kathleen opted for a soft green wool background and the entire sampler measures 16×22. Butterfly #11 today.  I love the yellow and purple combination on this one.  The butterfly body is embellished…

  • NEEDLEPOINT

    Several weeks ago I posted examples of mini NEEDLEPOINT samples and I have a few more today. You can find my previous post HERE. The Victoria Embroiderers’ Guild are hosting the annual Embroidery Association of Canada seminar to be held in Victoria, B.C. from May 14-19th offering classes and a Stitcher’s Boutique where you will…

  • LIVING CORAL

    A gorgeous example of Living Coral using Colour Complements Colour #39 today.  The stitch sample above measures about 4 inches on 18 count canvas and was stitched using size 5 perle cottons.  The sample is designed by Tony Minieri for Needlepoint Now called Persian Tile and is available as a freebie on the Caron Collection…

  • LIVING CORAL

    This week is all about Pantone’s Colour of the Year – Living Coral.  As I mentioned in Monday’s post, Colour Complements Colour #39 is my interpretation of Living Coral.  The stitch sample above measures about 4 inches on 18 count canvas and was stitched using size 5 perle cottons.  The sample is designed by Laura…