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  • Colour #77

    Playing Around With A Bright Orange Colour Combination My needlepoint sample video features Colour #77 today – a beautiful orange colour combination.  This is the final colour combination from my 2021 fall collection. When I dye my collections, I always like to include at least one blend that works well combined with several of the…

  • Plum Sparkle

    As the name of this blog illustrates, today’s stitch sample was created using the Plum Sparkle pattern. With a name like Plum Sparkle, you would think I would use plums/purples/pinks BUT no, I opted for Colour #76 in my new fall collection. There always seems to be at least one colour combination that comes about…

  • Colour #76

    A Beautiful Combination of Blended Fall Colours: Introducing Colour #76 Today’s stitch sample video features Colour #76, which consists of blended fall colours. It is the third new colour in my fall collection for 2021. How these blended fall colours were created Colour #76 came about a bit by accident. While three out of four…

  • Blackwork Stitched Samples

    Last week I shared two blackwork samples and today I’d like to share the remaining two using my new fall collection colours.  I discussed in my previous post that we opted to stitch Blackwork samples for our counted thread technique featuring the fall collection colours.  You can find the pattern for these leaves in Blackwork…

  • 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…