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I've finished my Winter Botanicals design on a natural linen tea towel.  I used hand dyed cotton floss from The Gentle Art in Oatmeal which has a nice range of white shades that go nicely with the colors in the towel. I used my lightbox and #02 Micron pen to transfer the pattern.  The pattern shows through to the towel fabric nicely using a lightbox.  There are a variety of stitches for the plants that add interest to the design.  Lots of lazy daisy stitches, one of my favorite stitches. You can click here to get the Winter Botanical embroidery pattern in my Etsy shop.  

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Thinking of Easter I painted some white rabbits and chickadees this week for greeting cards and a different type of embroidery pattern than what I've done before.    I made the initial drawing into a pattern and it will work as a coloring page too.  There seems to be coloring pages all over now.  Coloring books for adults.  I love them.  Great for relaxation and a meditative experience.   More information on the  White Rabbit Embroidery pattern here. 

I took a bit of a break from designing embroidery over the holidays.  I hope your holidays were good.  I've been inspired by winter plants and natural linen tea towels.  A light box is definitely nice for transferring the pattern to natural linen tea towels since the fabric is a little thicker than the white linen.  It's a fun pattern with lots of lazy daisies (one of my favorite stitches) and the white oatmeal colored floss from The Gentle Art looks great on the linen. 

Redwork embroidery is really nice for the holidays.   This embroidery is done on a linen towel. You can click here for more information. This design is embroidered on a flour sack towel.  I think it's a bit easier to embroider on the cotton flour sack towel to begin with.  This is a simple outline embroidery pattern that's great for beginners or a quick project.   You can click here for more information.    

My new pattern for autumn is now available!   I used Gentle Art flosses on a Dunroven House kitchen towel.  I find those towels at the quilt shops in my area.  They may be at Michaels too and other craft shops.   I transfer my patterns using a lightbox and a #2 Micron pen or a fine Sharpie pen.  On thicker fabric like these towels that are off white the Sharpie pen works well.