New Kit Available

I have just added Baroque Diamonds complete design kits to the site, and at an introductory price of 15% off!  It is stitched with several textures of silk and  hand-dyed threads......not to mention it has Painter's Thread Ribbon Floss, Tila beads, bugle beads, seed beads, and Copic marker layering.  

The sale price is good until December 1st.  So click here for more details! Also, the current sale on all our other in-stock-only complete kits will be ending soon.   

We also have a new area to sign up for future newsletters and special offers.....so please check it out!  Thanks for visiting! 

Safari Kits

SAFARI has been my most popular design over the years and we regularly get requests for the complete kit.  The marked canvas and instruction book is always available but now we have COMPLETE kits in stock.  Look at all those threads and beads! 

And if you have forgotten what Safari looks like.....here it is....

Click here for more details and to purchase a complete kit.  Please contact me if you have any questions about this or any other design and/or kit. 

Also in stock now are complete kits for 14 other designs....just add stretcher bars and embroidery scissors and you are set to stitch!

Developing a Colorway

I am beginning to develop 3 or colorways for a small design.  It will be offered in November 2016 by Stitch for the Cure.  I will stitch the first colorway and provide colored renditions of the rest.  I am thinking Four Seasons?

There are several approaches to getting started.  This time I thought it would be fun to stitch with rose pinks. Shortly after I found Sue Spargo's collection of Dazzle.  It is rayon with a strand metallic and equivalent to a #8 perle.  It is a beautiful rose(see above middle).  She also has a new colors available in a beautiful perle cotton that comes in 3 sizes.  The color I hope to use is next to the Dazzle thread.  And as most of you know I like to use new threads, beads, markers, etc,.........So I just got all 15 colors of the new Planet Earth Sprinkles ribbon.  Three colors are included in the photo.....they are so cute. Plus, I knew I wanted to include some flat square beads...either Tilas or CzechMates.....see the yellow ones below. Last, but not least, I searched through my stash to see what else might work...so now I have 15 threads.  I need to eliminate at least 5. At this point I think I need to finish graphing the design and then review again.

I will post an update when I get the final palette and a "final" stitch diagram.