New Secret Garden is now available

The Secret Garden Kits are now available.  The kit includes 9 skeins of Treenway natural-dye colors in both stranded and perle silk threads, 2 skeins of Montano silk threads, a Kreinik gold metallic, some new Miyuki triangle beads and needles.

Click here for the Secret Garden page.  A basic kit is available that includes the marked canvas and instruction book.  The thread kit (see above) and a stretcher bars kit are available as separate kits.

All comes packaged in a cute little tote......and you are ready to stitch!

More thread kits

We have been working hard here at the studio to complete oure inventory of complete kits whuch include a marked canvas, instruction book and all threads/ribbons and embellishments.  We now have complete kits available for 10 designs with Secret Garden following in about 10 days.

Color Kaleidoscope (above) is the latest kit to be added to the inventory.  It has over 40 threads and beads, with lots of partial skeins, so it is not one we put together on a regular basis. Click here for more information on Color Kaleidoscope.

THREAD KIT INVENTORY as of 6/20/15:

Color Kaleidoscope  6

Safari  1

Autumn Arrows  5

Images of India  1

Funky Rose  1

Monet's Garden Oval Box  1

Wild Roses Oval Box  1

Harlequin Hearts  4

Whirlygig  5

Mediterranean Squares  4

Would it be helpful if we carried stretcher bars for each size canvas we use?  I would love to hear from you.

Terry

Harlequin Hearts and Funky Rose return

We have had many requests for Harlequin Hearts and Funky Rose over the last several years. I kept dragging my feet for one main reason.....I have to set up a work station outside and layer 5 different colors using spray misters and then iron the canvases (as in Harlequin Hearts), or mix pigments with textile medium to make my own washes and apply to the canvas (as in Funky Rose). 

So, whenever I colored them I definitely want to do multiples.  Now with the Copic Sketch markers I can easily color each canvas, or as an option, add an optional marker kit so stitchers can add their own colors.   Here is a photo of a Harleqin Hearts canvaswith the background done with Copic Sketch markers.   Rather fun. I will be putting together a tutorial to include with the instruction books.  Here is a finished Harlequin Hearts: 

And here is Funky Rose.  You can see a lot of the background and this week I'll be working on the new background using the Copic markers, and post a photo.

SO, a few Harlequin Hearts thread, bead and button kits are ready to ship now AND the Funky Rose kits will be ready in about 10 days. It's kit includes lots of thread varieties, lots of beads many sizes, wire, needles, etc.  I will be updating the website ordering for these two shortly, but if you are interested in ordering now, just send me an email.  Both these projects are fun to stitch!