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  • CROSS STITCH

    Another lovely sample of CROSS STITCH today highlighting one of my Spring Collection colours. I mentioned previously that I recently joined the Cowichan Valley Needle Arts Guild and am once again fortunate to have a very talented group stitching some samples for me.  Pyra, has created a scissor fob and it is great to see…

  • NEEDLEPOINT

    A lovely interpretation of my Fall Walk NEEDLEPOINT pattern stitched with some of my spring collection colours. Some of you may remember last fall when I introduced my fall collection, I had Sue Dulle create an original design for Colour Complements.  You may recognize Sue’s name as she has designed several “freebies” offered on the…

  • HARDANGER

    I am excited to share an example of HARDANGER today.  I have a number of customers who use my threads for Hardanger but I rarely see examples of their work.  I do on occasion but not frequently so please send any photos of samples along! I mentioned previously that I recently joined the Cowichan Valley…

  • CROSS STITCH

    A lovely sample of cross stitch today.  I have a number of customers over the last year or so who have contacted me regarding colour choices for Michelle Ink Designs patterns.  As you likely already know, I do not cross stitch myself so was not familiar with this designer.  To date, all of the designs…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    The third NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample highlighting my Spring Collection of new colour combinations.  As I mentioned last week, the stitch group selected Freda Murfin’s Tidbits #1 for these needlepoint samples.  The pattern is available at Freda’s Fancy Stitching.  Each “tidbit” measures 3 ½ inches square on 18 count canvas. Marie has combined all three colours…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    Another NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample highlighting my Spring Collection of new colour combinations.  As I mentioned on Wednesday, the stitch group selected Freda Murfin’s Tidbits #1 for these samples.  The pattern is available a Freda’s Fancy Stitching. Each “tidbit” measures 3 ½ inches square on 18 count canvas. Marie has combined all three colours from my…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    Some gorgeous NEEDLEPOINT stitch samples this week highlighting my Spring Collection of new colour combinations. I have mentioned in several blog posts that I am very fortunate to have a satellite group of the Victoria Embroiderer’s Guild where I am a member.  These women are extremely talented advanced stitchers who stitch many of my samples…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    Kathleen’s new WOOL APPLIQUE project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo.  As I mentioned previously, the background is a soft green wool and the entire sampler measures 16×22. Butterfly #9 today.  The butterfly is a pale blue wool.  The body is stitched using closed buttonhole (I think).  The upper wings are layered with a patterned fabric…

  • KALEIDOSCOPES

    Some lovely embroidered KALEIDOSCOPES today.  These are two patterns stitched by Diane, a fellow Canadian. Diane has stitched the example above using Colour Complements Colour #10 in a size 5 perle cotton and and Colour Complements Colour #35, also in a size 5 perle cotton.  She has also used Colour Complements Colour #32 below in cotton…

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    CRAZY QUILTING

    Another section of Block #11 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies.  If you are interested in following this project, you can find all the posts under “Black Butterflies” in the right sidebar under Categories.  The bottom seam treatment is a base of hand dyed lace trim.  I stitched this in place using…