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  • Hot Red Star

    We’re celebrating the Holiday season with this bold, red Temari ball, fittingly called “Hot Red Star”! And hot, hot, HOT indeed is this bold, fun, and modern design. Design Details of this Red Temari Ball This is one of the last Temari balls in the series that used a black coloured background as the canvas….

  • Stitch Sample – Colour #18

    Today, my stitch sample video features Colour #18, which takes on a beautiful green colour palette.  Colour #18 is a gorgeous blend of various greens. I dyed it a number of years ago and is one of my best sellers.  I can’t say I’m surprised as anyone who does any type of needlework uses green….

  • Colourful Straight Stitch Sampler

    Our third sampler features a colourful straight stitch sampler using a different palette of vibrant colours. In this particular design, there is no specific colour palette that I’ve chosen – it simply is a beautiful array of cool and warm colours perfectly blended together. Our third sampler features quite a different palette of colours.  Once…

  • Straight Stitches Sampler

    Today is the second Straight Stitches Sampler showcasing our seasonal palette. In my last blog post, I talked about how the mini needlepoint sampler series was inspired by one of Marilyn Owen’s designs for the American Needlepoint Guild program “holed up minis”. If you are not familiar with this program, small projects are introduced on…

  • Seasonal Stitch Sampler

    Each December I like to showcase stitched projects using seasonal palettes.  If you have been following the blog this year, you will be familiar with the mini sampler series.  You can find all the previous samplers in the right sidebar under categories – mini samplers.  There are TWELVE of them!! The Colour Complements mini needlepoint…

  • COLOURFUL ORTS

    I have TWO orts bags available.   Orts are those bits of threads left over once you complete stitching!  Now, my orts are not bits from stitching but bits from dyeing.  All the contents are hand-dyed and insufficient lengths for stitching but will interest any of you who do various types of fiber art, especially needle felting. …

  • Scotch Stitch Samplers

    This month we are featuring two samples of Scotch Stitch Samplers in our mini sampler series.  The mini sampler series was introduced in January of this year featuring one sampler per month. You can find all the previous samplers in the right sidebar under categories – mini samplers. The Colour Complements mini needlepoint sampler series…