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  • FRENCH KNOTS

    FRENCH KNOTS!  There are a total of about 11,300 FRENCH KNOTS!  Kerry is graciously sharing this gorgeous example of embroidery today.  It was created as a gift several years ago for her Mom who chose the background fabric. Now this project required a lot of patience and time.  She tells me it took 60 hours…

  • TEMARI

    Another TEMARI ball to add to my growing collection. I have mentioned before that Verna, a fellow Canadian loves creating Temari balls. The pattern is Interlocking Spindles by Barbara Seuss. Verna used size 8 perle cotton in the following colours Colour #28 Colour #134 Colour #19 was also used which was a bold yellow has…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    More of Kathleen’s WOOL APPLIQUE version of Bloomin Beauties today.  This is Block #20!  If you have been following this project you will already know this is the Bloomin Beauties pattern by Kim Schaefer available in Kim’s Flower Festival book.  Kathleen has used a heavy black flannel for her background and a variety of Colour…

  • EMBELLISHING

    Today I have two examples provided by customers of EMBELLISHING ideas. Sheila recently purchased this mini-quilt from Jen at KNJ Studios.  It measures 17” x 10”. She embellished the carrot top with some of my ric rac.  She then added some carrot tops using Kreinik 1/16” ribbon and also added this to highlight some root…

  • TUBULAR RIBBON

    Introducing TUBULAR RIBBON.  I have not had this product in stock for quite some time but decided to dye up a small selection of colours for those of you who have requested it. TUBULAR RIBBON is a knitted rayon tube approximate 5 mm in width (3/16 of an inch).  It can be used flat as…

  • NEEDLEPOINT

    A gorgeous example of NEEDLEPOINT today.  As you all know, I love to receive photographs of projects created using my threads so you can imagine how thrilled I was to receive this.  Barb stitched this lovely design using several Colour Complements threads.  The pattern is a design by Laura Perin called Ribbons with Monogram originally…

  • 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…