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  • FREEFORM EMBROIDERY

    Some FREEFORM EMBROIDERY today.  Patricia recently sent me an example of her beautiful embroidery. She is a member of the Wild Threads Textile Group in West Cork Ireland having joined the group several years ago.  She derives much of her inspiration from the coastline of West Cork and the rich flora in the hedgerows.  Her…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    As promised, a NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample today showcasing my Chorus of Colours from Wednesday. The pattern is “Bali Hai” by Michael Boren and Carole Lake. It is lovely and a free pattern from the Caron Collection.   It measures about 3” on 18 count canvas. You will need one skein of each of the following Colour…

  • VERY VELVET PETITE

    VERY VELVET PETITE is back in stock!  NINE new colour combinations.  For those of you who have not tried this yet, please do – it is fun to work with and creates lovely texture! Very Velvet Petite is a nylon velour thread which creates the appearance of velvet when stitched.  It is comparable to a size 5…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    WOOL APPLIQUE.  Kathleen’s  version of Bloomin Beauties pattern by Kim Schaefer.  This is Block #19. You can find this pattern in Kim’s Flower Festival book.  Kathleen used a heavy black flannel for her background and a variety of Colour Complements threads. WOW, WOW, WOW!  OK, another of my favourites.  Honestly, I love everything about it….

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    TEMARI

    By now you are all aware that I adore TEMARI.  I have always admired it.  Several years ago I came across Verna who is a fellow Canadian who loves creating them.  Verna was kind enough to agree to create another ten Temari balls to add to my existing collection.  This is the third add to…

  • SAMPLERS

    SAMPLERS are in the shop!  Just in case you may have missed it, I introduced some new sampler packs in my SHOP earlier this month.  I have added the purple/blue/turquoise combination shown in the top left – even more lovely “in person”.   I also have quite an unusual blend of seafoam, turquoise, golden brown and…

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    CRAZY QUILTING

    Block #3 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Buttferlies, the final reveal.  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 posts pertaining to this project under…

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    JEWEL BOX

    The grand finale of my JEWEL BOX project.  If you have been following my posts for the last week, I posted earlier that I like to use at least one colour combination in a larger project to showcase my new collection.  This spring I opted to showcase all four NEW colours in Laura Perin’s Jewel…