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  • 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…

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    JAPANESE TEMARI

    TEMARI – another of Verna’s lovely creations today! TEMARI are Japanese thread balls meaning “hand ball” in Japanese.  They are a folk art form originating in China and later introduced to Japan.  They were originally created as children’s toys.  Historically remnants of old kimonos were used as wadding to form the ball.  Today many use…

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    Alpine Summer Design

    Am thrilled to introduce this lovely Alpine Summer design. In late September I had the pleasure of attending a three-day workshop taught by Canadian designer Carolyn Mitchell.  I received an email from her earlier in November with the most beautiful canvas work Christmas ornament she has created using Colour Complements threads. She has called this…