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It will come as no surprise at all that I LOVE playing with colours! Recently I was creating a palette that I thought would work for one of my stitch group members. Susan is currently designing a project for publication next year. She and I were “playing with colours” to see what might work and…
Yes, it is ALL ABOUT COLOUR today! Bold beautiful colour. I love purple – do you? Purple is often associated with royalty, luxury and power. Here it is combined with Colour #30 which is a bold blend of yellow, orange and pink. I think it POPS! What do you think? Dominique has stitched this sample…
Last week I posted the first of my Crystal Waters posts showcasing my new spring collection of colours. If you recall, the ladies who stitch up my samples chose one pattern. I requested each stitcher use the same colour combination but placed in different locations in the design. By doing this it really shows how…
I’ve been a fan of Michelle Ink Designs for some time. I was originally introduce to these designs by one of my customers several years ago. Since that time, I’ve had a number of customers purchase various Colour Complements floss to stitch the designs. Since I don’t do cross stitch myself, I asked Pyra to…
Over the last year I have had a number of requests for my hand dyed Kreinik braid. SO, here it is, six new colour combinations, all variegated. I decided to offer blends of colours in this dye lot to hopefully coordinate/complement various colour palettes. Colour #1 – blues & pinks Colour #2 – reds &…
I have two wool projects to share today from Kerry. If you have been following me for some time you will know that Kerry is one of my customers who is a prolific stitcher. She recently completed the scissor holders above using a wool base with some simple stitching using cotton floss and size 8…
CREWEL EMBROIDERY is a type of surface embroidery generally stitched with wool. The technique is a style of free embroidery versus a counted thread technique and dates back to the seventeeth century. Backgrounds commonly used are tightly woven linen but other fabrics such as silk, cotton, velvet, organza and jute have been used in recent…
A NEEDLEPOINT STITCH SAMPLE today showcasing all three new colours in my summer collection. The pattern is available on Laura Perin Designs website as a freebie called A Little Summer Fun 1. It measures 3 ½ inches on 18 count mono canvas. Lorna has stitched this sample using the following threads Colour #53 size 5…
Always a pleasure to show some EMBROIDERY stitched by one of my customers. Recently I have had an increasing interest in what I would refer to as modern embroidery. There are a lot of examples of this in both Etsy shops as well as on both Pinterest and Instagram. The first sample is a flower…
INTARSIA iii I am excited to introduce Intarsia iii designed by Lois Caron and stitched by one of the members of my stitch group, Dominique. I LOVE this! he design measures approximately 6 ½” square and is stitched on 24 count congress cloth which was spray painted providing an antique backdrop for her stitching. Dominique…
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