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    CRAZY QUILTING

    A small section of Block #7 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies.  I have mentioned previously that I generally work on one medium size crazy quilt project annually.  This year I chose a completely different colour combination from last year in a bold primary colour palette.  You can find all the other…

  • TEMARI

    TEMARI today.  I have mentioned many times before that Verna, a fellow Canadian loves creating Temari balls.  Verna opted a beautiful black metallic background which I feel really enhances the colours.  The pattern is “Guardian Star” by Barbara Seuss. Verna used three colours of perle cotton Colour #41 Colour #134 Colour #1 She added some bling…

  • EMBROIDERY

    Some beautiful EMBROIDERY today. It is always a delight to receive photos from my customers.  Natalie is a designer residing in Slovakia.  This is one of her original designs.  She chose to use a selection of my cotton flosses for this pattern including Colour #194, Colour #127 and Colour #1 as well as various solid colour flosses. …

  • CRAZY QUILTING

    I am often asked what I do with my Crazy Quilting blocks I post here on the blog so I thought it would be a good time to respond to this question. It had always been my intent to have my crazy quilts “quilted” for wall hangings but until last year I could not find…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    A NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample today showcasing Colour #110. When I introduced my summer collection in mid June, I mentioned that the canvas satellite group of the Embroidery Guild of Victoria chose one pattern to showcase different colour combinations in the collection.  The pattern chosen is one of Freda Murfin’s “Tidbits” available on her website, Freda’s Fancy…

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    EMBROIDERY

    Another delightful example of EMBROIDERY by one of my fantastic customers.  I just want to say, I have GREAT customers and am so thrilled when I receive photos. Susan sent along this beautiful example of embroidery AND she created her own original design.  She tells me it is a take-off of a Jacobean style flower.  She…

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    AUTUMN FRUITS

    Introducing “AUTUMN FRUITS“.  Those of you who do NEEDLEPOINT will more than likely be familiar with the publication, Needlepoint Now. Last fall I received my September/October 2017 issue and a project entitled “Autumn Fruits” by designer Diane Grant caught my attention. When I completed my summer collection of new colour combinations, I thought this would…

  • ORTS

    THANK YOU – BOTH ARE NOW SOLD. As you can well imagine having a hand dyeing thread business one collects a massive amount of ORTS!  I save these up over time and currently have one large freezer bag of a selection of colours available. There are insufficient lengths for stitching, all bits suitable for those…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    A NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample today showcasing Colour #45. If you have been following my posts this week, you will know this is Freda Murfin’s “Tidbits” pattern available on her website, Freda’s Fancy Stitching HERE. Tidbits” are nine small patterns measuring a little under 3 ½” square on 18 count canvas. These would be great combined…