Fantasy Tree Pink Embroidery
Designed by Mary Self
I come from South Taranaki where the trees are all windswept in one direction so this is a celebration of the effect of mother nature.
The stitches used are blanket stitch, lazy daisy, split stitch, running stitch and French knots.
In the following set of instructions we have described the threads and stitches that we used in our sample. However, please feel free to use other threads and your favourite stitches. This is freestyle embroidery and by varying the methods you use, your embroidery will become unique.
The outlines of the leaves, branches and trunks are stitched for you to embroider and embellish as you wish. Our sample uses the enclosed scan of the outlines for you to use as patterns for applique, either with felt as in the sample or material.
You could also just stitch them with simple stitching or paint them (we used So Soft fabric paint) and stitch outlines or just unpick the stitching … we would love to see what you will come up with.
Full Kit $50 BUY NOW
Fabric Pack $28 BUY NOW
Floating Around In Frocks
Loose – I know, but it is just a free thing, and it made me smile.
$49 BUY NOW
Floating Around In Frocks Embroidery on Felt
One summer day when the wind blew so strong
Her dress billowed out, nothing was wrong.
Floating on dreams so free and so bright
Nothing was wrong, all was so right!
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Flower Bed
The companion to Gardener's Bottom. Our glorious gal is resting up on her bed of flowers with a coffee and magazine. This design is a result of my gardening frenzy over the summer – unfortunately the drought won.
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Flower Power Blue
Designed by Mary Self
“I am always captivated by the graphic designs on ceramics so when I saw the Elayne Fallon Weston Teapot from Staffordshire Potteries I just had to stitch it. It is so reminiscent of the 1960s and 70s that as I was stitching the cool blue/teal/lime colourway I wondered how it would look in hot red/orange/pink colours.”
Available as a full kit or as a PDF pattern that will be emailed to you
Kit:$39NZ BUY NOW
Pattern as a PDF:$8NZ BUY NOW
Flower Power Red
Designed by Mary Self
“I am always captivated by the graphic designs on ceramics so when I saw the Elayne Fallon Weston Teapot from Staffordshire Potteries I just had to stitch it. It is so reminiscent of the 1960s and 70s that as I was stitching the cool blue/teal/lime colourway I wondered how it would look in hot red/orange/pink colours.”
Available as a full kit or as a PDF pattern that will be emailed to you
Kit:$39NZ BUY NOW
Pattern as a PDF:$8NZ BUY NOW
Gardeners Bottom
My mother's friend is always gardening. She has a special pair of shorts that she says she wears instead of makeup, because that is all you see of her when she is gardening..
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Giraffe Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Kate Wells
This design is based on one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Finished size: 40 x 30 cm
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Kate Wells is one of New Zealand’s most well known woven tapestry artists.
This design is based one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Wells was born in Foxton and studied textile design at Wellington Polytechnic. She received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant in 1986 that enabled her to travel to Europe to study both early and contemporary tapestries. In 1988 Wells was invited to lecture at an international tapestry symposium in Melbourne and in 1989 she won the Wool Interior Design Award. Many of her works are in public collections
Girl Talk
This is a fresh take on the deleted design “Gossip” We were asked to create a design that could be used for a bunch of friends sitting doing stitching! I figured that with this design, you could add personal bits, like something to stitch, a glass of wine etc….
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
Great Auntie Lil
We all have a Great Auntie Lil that brought a bit of glamour into our lives.
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Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon
An old favourite, and a great design to do for special children, as a gift they will treasure long after childhood..
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Hibiscus Embroidery on Felt
Gorgeous and girly, this design uses lovely bright pastels on a hot rose pink background, making this floral almost edible. This design was very satisfying to do, mostly in chain stitch – the colours fill in fast – very hard to put down!
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Hidden Valley Embroidery on Felt
A hidden valley of sunlight and bird song lay just of the path
where nobody looked, she was glad she had slipped
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Hippo Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Kate Wells
This design is based on one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Finished size: 40 x 30 cm
Full Kit $169 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $45 BUY NOW
Kate Wells is one of New Zealand’s most well known woven tapestry artists.
This design is based one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Wells was born in Foxton and studied textile design at Wellington Polytechnic. She received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant in 1986 that enabled her to travel to Europe to study both early and contemporary tapestries. In 1988 Wells was invited to lecture at an international tapestry symposium in Melbourne and in 1989 she won the Wool Interior Design Award. Many of her works are in public collections
Home is where the heart is
Feeling 40 something, and restless – I up-rooted my family and shifted to Christchurch to spend some time with Tim's family.
As we left our Wellington home I felt a tremendous sadness, and a nervousness about where we were going. This design is in response to that need to have a place to put my things and nuture my family -so… to this house I bring my heart, which makes it home…
$49 BUY NOW
See Kaffe Fassett Echinacea Glow Fabric here
Hungarian Floral
Designed by Mary Self
I like the exuberance of Hungarian Embroidery, and how many variations you can get from some simple shapes. I first digitized the pomegranate outlines, then started stitching with 8 colours of the Madeira Lana thread. Each flower has every colour in it and no two are the same. This will be the start of something more.
The stitches used are chain stitch, split stitch, French knots, satin stitch, seed stitch and what I am calling bauble stitch for the top of the pomegranates.
Full Kit $49 BUY NOW
Fabric Pack $25 BUY NOW
Hungarian Rhapsody Embroidery
Designed by Mary Self
I like the exuberance of Hungarian Embroidery, and how many variations you can get from some simple shapes.
The stitches used are running stitch, chain stitch, split stitch, French knots, couching, eyelets and fly stitch.
The outlines of the leaves, stems, flowers and pomegranates are stitched for you to embroider and embellish as you wish. Our sample uses the enclosed scan of the outlines for you to use as patterns for applique, either with felt as in the sample or material.
You could also just stitch them with simple stitching or paint them (we used So Soft fabric paint) and stitch outlines or just unpick the stitching … we would love to see what you will come up with.
Finished size: 24 x 28 cm
Full Kit $73 BUY NOW
Fabric Pack $28 BUY NOW
I Wish I Could
I wish I could…
Sing to you like an opera singer
and dance for you like a ballerina
.. what I can do,
is cook for you and nurture you
and love you for ever
(for my daughter).
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
I’d Rather Be Gardening
Let's just say there are lot's of things I should be doing…but I'd rather be gardening.
$49 BUY NOW
Immaculate Housewife
Although her mother had never actually told her that the duty of a perfect wife was to keep a perfectly clean house she felt compelled to do all that her mother had done, as well as all the new things a girl was supposed to do in the two thousands.
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In The Tangled Hedge Embroidery on Felt
In a tangle of flowers
were angels and butterflies
flitting and fluttering
singing a tune
arias for summer
and whispers for the moon
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Island Dreaming Embroidery on Felt
A holiday trip to Samoa was very inspiring.
I loved the brilliant tropical colours and foliage, and the intense turquoise coloured sea.
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Like A Red Rag To An Angel
She tricked the Angel and skilfully managed to dodge becoming an Angel herself, the crowd cheered and showered her with roses.
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
Line Dried
If she swung on the line, she'd dry out the damp spots,
blow away the cobwebs and start the day again,
as fresh as her lined dried washing.
$49 BUY NOW
Lion Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Kate Wells
This design is based on one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Finished size: 40 x 30 cm
Full Kit $169 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $45 BUY NOW
Kate Wells is one of New Zealand’s most well known woven tapestry artists.
This design is based one of Kate Wells’ designs for Dilana Rugs.
Wells was born in Foxton and studied textile design at Wellington Polytechnic. She received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant in 1986 that enabled her to travel to Europe to study both early and contemporary tapestries. In 1988 Wells was invited to lecture at an international tapestry symposium in Melbourne and in 1989 she won the Wool Interior Design Award. Many of her works are in public collections
Making Waves
A design especially for those who are ‘making waves’ – be it in your own lunch box, bath, home or place of work! I love the image of something so soothing as a bath possibly being the place where revolutions start!
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Midnight Garden
Red hot colour and big heavy dahlia heads, growing up with daisy and lobelia. When I can’t sleep at night I think about my garden at the bach. I name all the plants I can think of, and plan what I’m going to plant next. So much more colourful than counting sheep!
$49 BUY NOW
Midnight Garden Cushion
Red hot colour and big heavy dahlia heads, growing up with daisy and lobelia. When I can't sleep at night I think about my garden at the bach. I name all the plants I can think of, and plan what I'm going to plant next. So much more colourful than counting sheep!
Full Kit $176 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $89 BUY NOW
No Worries
This is my first design that shows a couple together as equal characters! I'm not sure what Freud would make of this missing component for so many years, and it's sudden appearance. The colours are a bit softer than my usual palette. This would be a great gift for the parents! Wedding anniversaries or retirement celebrations.
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On a Wing and a Prayer
Pay attention to your wish mix it up with a butterfly kiss and wrap it carefully in the softest nest.
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Pink Swallows
Designed by Mary Self
“The original idea for this design was a Bakelite brooch of three swallows that was left to me by my Great Aunt Nellie. The shapes of René Lalique’s glass swallow jewellery from the same period, was the inspiration used to create this pattern”
Available as a full kit or as a PDF pattern that will be emailed to you
Kit:$39NZ BUY NOW
Pattern as a PDF:$8NZ BUY NOW
