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This is the first chart in the Celtic series of four designs (for now). The series is meant to represent my favourite things in nature, the things that inspire me and bring me peace.
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Easter Flowers is a little piece that I designed because I simply fell head over heels in love with a colour of floss and had to find a use for it.
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Yes, there are flowers in this one too, but the winged creatures I chose to reprent in this design are most commonly found in gardens, so I had to give them some flowers to play with.
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The third design in the Celtic series is Celtic Leaves. Living in Canada, autumn is a very colourful time of year. With the rains, the grass is at it's lushest and greenest, and the trees explode into a multitude of oranges, yellows and reds.
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Hearts Entwined features hearts, hearts and more hearts. Each section explores different specialty stitches, textures and effects.
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With a design of this nature though, I always encourage stitchers to experiment with different hand dyed threads and find a colour scheme you love.
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The design is all full cross stitches, so any type of fabric is suitable.
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Daisy is the third design in the geometric floral series.
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The original idea for it came from an antique filet crochet table centrepiece with the basket of roses motif.
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I knew there would be people who loved the flower centrepiece on the original version of Antique Lace
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The chart includes two different colourways, one in bright floral colours as shown, the second in a more muted, aged look
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Featured in the March/April 2012 issue of Just CrossStitch Magazine
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The design is stitched entirely in cross stitch, so you don't have to use linen, you could use any fabric of your choice
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The designs is all full cross stitches, so you can stitch it on any fabric of your choice.
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The project was designed as a way for beginners to learn and practice different types of specialty stitches.
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This design almost didn't make it to the finish line
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Okay, I admit I'm biased, but I just love the rich colours in this one
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I was approached by a group of stitchers who wanted to stitch the Twisted Band Sampler, but didn't want to do the specialty stitches, so I came up with this alternative
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The design is a combination of cross stitch and a few specialty stitches, beads and crystals
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Hearts, hearts and more hearts, wistful and romantic colours pinks and mauves, and lots of bling
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Shades of Gold is the first in a series of twelve shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns
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I've always loved Spanish samplers with their concentric bands, so I decided to create one of my own.
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I've always loved Spanish samplers with their concentric bands, so I decided to create one of my own.
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Shades of Wine is the second in a series of twelve shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns
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Shades of Red is the third in a series of 12 shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns
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Shades of Blue is the fourth in a series of 12 shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns
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After seeing the stunning colours that Eileen from Threadpickerz chose to stitch her Twisted Band Sampler in, I just had to design a follow up piece to use them on. The colours are so vibrant and lovely
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Like it's counterpart, Twisted Band Sampler, I released this one as a cross stitch only chart for stitchers who do not like or want to do specialty stitches. I tried to match the patterns of the bands so that it would still have the same feel overall
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Shades of Orange is the fifth in a series of 12 shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns.
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Shades of Rose is the sixth in a series of 12 shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns
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