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  • Merry & Bright

    Introducing Merry & Bright: A Fall Inspired Needlepoint Sample Merry & Bright is the second fall inspired needlepoint sample, this one featuring Colour #75 in my fall collection. While the name is representative of a Christmas themed project, I have opted to stitch this with a fall themed palette of colours. Once again, I have…

  • Wintergreen

    I’m excited to share our first stitch sample, entitled Wintergreen! This particular design proudly features one of my new fall collection colours. I mentioned in my previous posts that my fall collection was inspired by autumn leaves, particularly focusing on the colour ORANGE! Colour #74 was the first new colour I dyed for this collection….

  • Colour #74

    Today’s video features Colour #74 – a beautiful palette of southwestern colours Colour #74 was the first colour combination I dyed for my fall collection this year.  I’ve been experimenting with various combinations of orange and blue for some time but until now I was not able to come up with a combination that really…

  • New Fall Colours

    Introducing My New Fall Colour Collection Each year, I must admit my fall colour collection always seems to be the easiest to create. I suppose this shouldn’t surprise me as I welcome fall each year enjoying lovely sunny days followed by cooler nights.   As is true with all my colours, I draw inspiration from nature…

  • Merry Go Round

    Today we are featuring an embroidered temari ball highlighting a design that is a bit more “masculine” – meaning less pinks and reds and more neutral shades of blue, mauve and brown. Merry Go Round is the perfect name for this temari, given the circular design that makes up the overall pattern. What do you think?…

  • Heart Greeting Card

    Throughout the year I’ve been sharing a number of larger needlepoint hearts for the Hearts for Hospice project but today I want to share a small heart greeting card. The ladies in my stitch group have been experimenting with stitching different size hearts and this particular one is smaller making it ideal to create a…

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    Spring Flower Applique: Circle Design #3

    It’s only fitting our third circle features a beautiful Spring-inspired flower applique! If you have been following this project, we’re creating and stitching our own circle sampler, with some inspiration drawn from Sue Spargo’s Toned Down Circle Sampler that was introduced last March. It was a fun stitch along at that time and I believe…

  • Jasmine

    Coincidentally enough, many of the Temari thread ball patterns that I’ve been featuring lately really echo the natural flora and fauna of Asia. This particular Temari ball we’re featuring today is no different. The temari above is titled Jasmine.  This pattern as well as many of the other temari I will be sharing on the…