CRAZY QUILTING
Crazy quilting using Colour Complements hand dyed embroidery threads
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WOOL APPLIQUE
Another butterfly block in Kathleen’s WOOL APPLIQUE project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo. This is Butterfly #6. Kathleen chose a soft green wool background for the entire sampler which measures 16×22. The butterfly body is a brown wool embellished with a tete a beouf stitch. The wings are lavender wool. The upper wings are layered…
NEEDLEPOINT WITH FLAT RIBBON
any of my customers purchase my threads for painted canvas NEEDLEPOINT projects so I am always delighted to receive photographs of their ongoing projects. I was particularly excited to see that Tess has used my FLAT RIBBON which I include in my sampler packs. This is a viscose knitted rayon approximately 2 mm in width…
MERRY CHRISTMAS
MERRY CHRISTMAS! In case you missed it previously, I have a selection of Petite Very Velvet in the shop. Yes, one of the colours is sold out and several are low in stock but I continue to have a good selection. I also have some lovely samplers in stock. I will be taking a two…
CRAZY QUILTING
A section of Block #10 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 did have rather…
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 #5 today. The butterfly body is embellished with bullion stitches in a medium and dark brown perle cotton. The upper wings are bordered with stem stitch and…
NEEDLEPOINT
The final NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample featuring Colour #189. I mentioned on Wednesday’s post that Susan chose a selection of 1” squares from Blue Dogwood Designs “Tangled Rose” mystery project. You can find the project HERE. The squares above are #5, #2, #34 . The stitch guides are HERE. Her sample measures approximately 2 ½” on…
NEEDLEPOINT
This is the second NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample today featuring Colour #189. Many of you who do needlepoint will likely know of Blue Dogwood Designs. Kay of Blue Dogwood Designs offers a mystery project annually releasing new stitches each month. The above sample is a selection of squares from her Tangled Rose project HERE. You can…
NEEDLEPOINT
This week I will be featuring a series of three NEEDLEPOINT stitch samples featuring Colour #189. Susan is a member of the Victoria Embroiderers’ Guild and she stitched all three samples I will share with you this week. This particular sample measures about 3” on 18 count canvas. Susan opted to start with the central part…
PETITE VERY VELVET
PETITE VERY VELVET is back in stock. I have received many requests over the last number of months regarding this product and when it would be back in stock. I am delighted to introduce TEN new colour combinations. There is a gorgeous red not shown above. My American customers will likely be very familiar with…
