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  • COLOUR COMPLEMENTS EMBROIDERY THREAD GIVEAWAY

    Today I am excited to tell you about the NeedleNThread Colour Complements Embroidery Thread giveaway.  Each season Mary has a series entitled “A Stitcher’s Christmas” and posts various giveaways through the month to celebrate the holiday season.  On each give-away day she announces the prizes and then, in the future give-aways she announces the winners. …

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    This is the second NEEDLEPOINT stitch sample today showcasing Colour #186. Many of you who do needlepoint will likely know of Blue Dogwood Designs.  Kay of Blue Dogwood Designs offers a mystery project annually releasing new stitches each month. The above sample is a selection of squares from her Tangled Rose project.  You can find…

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    NEEDLEPOINT

    It is all about NEEDLEPOINT for the next several posts, in specific stitch samples. I will be focusing on Colour #186 which was originally dyed for a project designed by Canadian designer, Lorene Salt. It is a beautiful blend of teal, variations of purple and deep blue. I have mentioned previously that I have a…

  • AUTUMN KALEIDOSCOPE

    AUTUMN KALEIDOSCOPE is a gorgeous pattern designed by Canadian designer, Lorene Salt.  Lorene contacted me several years ago regarding dyeing up a custom colour combination specifically for this project, Colour #10 in my shop.  It will come as no surprise to many of you that as much as I loved the original colours and I do,…

  • HARDANGER

    Some gorgeous HARDANGER today.  It is always such a delight to start my day off with a photograph from a project one of my customers creates using my threads. I never quite know what to expect. Leslye lives in South Africa and ordered from me quite some time ago.  At that time, she mentioned she…

  • BLACKWORK

    BLACKWORK is a form of embroidery generally using black thread.  It is a counted-thread embroidery usually stitched on even-weave fabric.  Earlier in the year I asked if any of the members of the Embroidery Guild of Victoria did Blackwork as I wanted to show some using my threads.  Fortunately Johanna stitches various other forms of…

  • ORTS

    THANK YOU – BOTH ARE NOW SOLD. As you can well imagine having a hand dyeing thread business one collects a massive amount of ORTS!  I save these up over time and currently have one large freezer bag of a selection of colours available. There are insufficient lengths for stitching, all bits suitable for those…

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    CRAZY QUILTING

    A small section of Block #3 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies.  I have mentioned previously that I generally work on one medium size crazy quilt project annually.  This year I chose a completely different colour combination from last year in a bold primary colour palette.  You can find all the other…