Adventures in Embroidery - Newsletters 2023

Sparkle IS a colour! ... prove me wrong Why just ADD sparkle to your stitching with metallic threads or blending filament when you can make the whole fabric sparkle!! Shimmer Fabrics have a very subtle twinkle effect in the fabric. Opalescent Fabrics have a green-tint filament woven throughout and shifts when the light hits it! Metallic Fabrics have a gold or Silver filament woven in. Picture This Plus offers their hand dyed fabrics as a "Crystal" version and if I have any of this company in stock with the sparkle I add it to this collection as well! Each listing will...

I want to shout a big THANK YOU to everyone! I tried some new Pop Up Store locations and your support and feedback was amazing! I travelled all the way to Winnipeg this May for the EAC/ACB's Teaching Seminar and met wonderful stitchers from across Canada! This fall, I did both an Edmonton & Calgary Pop Up Store and Retreat, a new format for me. I had lots of fun at both events and will be planning to do them again in 2024 (look for information in January) My Great Organization Project for 2023 still continues but I am nearing...

Blue is one of those versatile colours that can work with every season .... From Dark Twilight blues for Halloween Nights to Silvery Blues for Winter, Bright Blues for Spring skies and Turquoise Blue tropical Summer water! Some of the richest blues for both fabric and thread are created by hand dyeing the fibres. For Hand Dyed Fabrics you can filter my collection by colour! Hand Dyed Collection: Blue/Purples Colours For Threads I find that each company specializes in a different colour type. Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorwork create cotton threads that are more muted Weeks Dye Works Collection...

Browns and rich chocolates ... Hot Chocolate that is! Fall brings to mind rich browns and chocolate colours, with apple reds and pumpkin oranges! Hot Chocolate is my drink of choice this time of year or mixed in with my coffee for a sweet mocha latte! Snuggle up and start some new projects or pull out a project you put aside during the busy summer months! My Patterns are organized into a few different collections, including Pattern Theme- Autumn You can filter the collection to show the IN STOCK patterns Pattern Theme - Autumn – Embroidery Marketplace - Calgary New...

Orange ...  from Summer into Fall Orange is one of my favourite colours, it is so changeable! Bright & summer-y or rusty as fallen leaves. It is one of those colours that creates a strong reaction! I love how Orange can make a statement, from Halloween stitching black on a coloured background or pops of colour in your stitching bag! *Lady Halloween by Jardin Privé, Train Case and Oh Snap bags by Della Q storage July is also the time of year when thoughts turn to ... what else! ... Halloween! This year I received some feedback on my Christmas Advent Calendar...