Adam’s Choice
The mermaid put herself forward as a contestant for Adam's choice
but she couldn't bite the apple and hold her breath at the same time.
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
Advice for New Love
Follow the flight of a bird
reach for the stars
tend your love like a garden
and bend like saplings in the wind.
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
All Things Kiwi
This design contains a few of what I see as the typical New Zealand icons. A sheep; a black shearers singlet; Hokey Pokey icecream; a chocolate fish; a pair of jandals for summer wear; the pukeko or swamp hen; an orange roughy; the cabbage or Ti tree (which looks like something out of a Dr Suess book); the Kiwifruit; and of course, the Kiwi. The stars represent the Southern Cross constellation. And the clouds represent the Maori name for New Zealand (Aotaearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud)
$49 BUY NOW
An Ordinary Day
Coming to grips with being the centre of the universe with no one appearing to notice.
$39 BUY NOW
An Overdose of Devonshire Tea
This is perhaps the most English of our designs and is for all those people (like me) who sometimes have just a little too much!
$49 BUY NOW
At the Pool
All manner of shapes can be seen at the pool
but she felt that hers was rather too much
like a beach ball.
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
Bathing Beauties
This design was inspired by a beauty contest where votes were made by donation. Whoever collected the most money won. When I was little, I thought whoever was the biggest won.
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Beach Parade
From the shade of the umbrella she marvelled the shapes
the curves and the angles,
Sale Price $49 BUY NOW
Bear With Me
“Bear with me, bear with me!” she shrieked to family, friends and colleagues, She couldn’t understand why no-one had called animal control.
$49 BUY NOW
Designed by Tess Norquay
Bikini Freedom
Our busty bather is hoola hooping with joy! She has decided NOT to be worried about what other people might think. The onlookers applaud. It's fun to do with plenty of colour changes and will make an excellent companion for our long standing “Bathing Beauties”.
$49 BUY NOW
Bring on the Men Slaves
This design has a big accent on luxury. Isn't it time all women had a man slave?
Sale Price $39 BUY NOW
Bulls in the China Shop
The bulls had an appreciation for fine china, but were often met with apprehension by the sales staff.
$49 BUY NOW
Designed by Tess Norquay
Cafe Girls
We all had a laugh at this design! One title we thought of was “Speech Bubbles”. And another idea we had was for a competition whereby people had to tell us what the conversation was about – the most imaginative won! Needless to say, the conversation degenerated from that point on until we were all on the floor in hysterics..
$49 BUY NOW
Clamshell Bargello
Designed by Mary Self
I have always loved Clamshell quilts – but they are not easy to make. One of our local quilters made a beautiful one a few years ago with a black and white stripe bias around the clamshells. This inspired this design.
$164 BUY NOW
Cloud Watcher
She lay in the meadow to watch the sky
Forming cats and dogs, and a hawk on the fly
And somewhere between, it now and then
she lost herself totally, forgetting the when!
$49 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Lemon
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Pear
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Persimmon
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Pineapple
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Strawberry
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Fruit Loop Tapestry Watermelon
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
When you have finished your Fruit Loop you can add a safety pin on the back and use it as badge, you could pop your finished work in a box frame with some double-sided tape or you could stitch it onto your backpack to show off your fancy stitching.
$25 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Daisy And Rabbit
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Drama Queen
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Fairy, Fairy
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Gallop
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Mermaid
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry Pirate
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Crafty Dog Tapestry The Chase
The Crafty Dog kitsets are Jennifer Pudney's childrens range.
We want children to have fun while they learn important fine motor skills.
$35 BUY NOW
Domestic Goddess In Training
She was really good at making cupcakes and keeping a perfect house, but didn't realise that it was exactly as her mother had been and quite likely how her daughter would be.
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Drag Along The Beach with Dog and Matching Parasol
A light breezy day walking my dog on the beach, enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
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Echinacea Glow Embroidery Kit
Designed by Anna Marie Horner and stitched by Mary Self
Welcome to our Echinacea Glow kit, using a fabric designed by Anna Marie Horner. The Echinacea Flower is also known as the Cone Flower. The fabric is embellished with two simple stitches and 2 strands of stranded cotton.
You will have enough threads to stitch two flowers of each colour. The 30cm of fabric allows you to stitch a bunch of flowers altogether or a number of single flowers for mounting separately. It is up to you.
Echinacea Glow (Pinks) Full Kit $49 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) Full Kit $49 BUY NOW
If you would like to use the fabric for something else or stitch with your own ideas you can!
Echinacea Glow (pinks) Fat Quarter $7 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow (pinks) per Metre $28 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) Fat Quarter $7 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) per metre $28 BUY NOW
Elephant 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
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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