Country Garden Stitchery

I decided to jump to early spring for this design and embroider a row of crocus flowers on a kitchen towel. I liked the yellow and green stripes on the towel and went with a yellow theme.  It's titled  Hello Spring .  Did you know some people like to give crocus flowers on Valentine's Day rather than roses? There is a legend of St. Valentine, a physician, who was imprisoned and sentenced to death in Rome.  One of his patients was the jailer's blind daughter.  On the day of his execution he gave the jailer a note with a saffron crocus flower in it to give to his daughter. Upon opening the note she saw a flower for the first time, her eyesight was restored. This occurred on February 14.  Find Hello Spring embroidery pattern   here  

My new design is now available! click here to see Sweet Pea Dragonfly It is embroidered on a white and grey linen tea towel with The Gentle Art Sampler flosses.  Pretty gift for someone who loves sweet peas! The pattern is available as a kit with a variety of photos, the towel, and two skeins of floss in Green Pasture and Red Plum. Please stop back by as I'll be posting  my new pattern for autumn soon.    

My new hand embroidery pattern is my most adventurous project yet.  Usually I like simple outline embroidery and in this pattern I have more areas filled in and used floss blends to get even more color ranges. The pattern is designed to be as detailed as you want. The twigs can be filled in more, more French knots for the plants, and more satin stitches on the leaves.  It's a fun pattern to experiment with adding other stitches as well.  Click here for more details.  The painting I used as inspiration for the pattern.   

I've put together some nice gift hand embroidery sets that have a pattern book, a handmade needlecase, and four skeins of lovely hand dyed floss Click here for details This is my kitchen towels embroidery book with a pretty rose needlecase and four skeins of hand dyed floss.  Click here for details. This is an embroidery book filled with baby embroidery patterns that are nice if you have a little one you want to make something for. It comes with a cheerful butterfly needlecase and four skeins of hand dyed floss. Click here for details Get them while they last!

Free shipping on Spoonflower fabrics through March 8th. A great time to try their fabrics if you've been curious. They are wonderful! Click here to go to my Spoonflower shop  The shades of purple, blue, and green in the Cranesbill Geranium prints beautifully.   Lovely home decor fabric. Click here for details on my Cranesbill Geraniums fabric My Green Veggies fabric is fun for market totes.  Customers have made totes with this fabric using the canvas fabric. Fun to add to your shopping bag collection!    Click here to see my Green Veggies fabric