embroidery floss Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/embroidery-floss/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:07:21 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg embroidery floss Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/embroidery-floss/ 32 32 Magical Cat and Its Many Lives in Art https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/magical-cat/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/magical-cat/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:33:46 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28133 This week, I present a new cross-stitch pattern based on my drawings, and ponder about my word for the year: “integrate.” It’s finally time to release the cross-stitch pattern that you, my dear blog readers, voted for in April. The pattern is based on the cats drawn for the course Magical Inkdom. Magical Inkdom is […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/magical-cat/feed/ 4 Four Art Mediums – Four Projects in Progress https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/four-art-mediums-four-projects-in-progress/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/four-art-mediums-four-projects-in-progress/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:23:12 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27688 Many Mediums – Many Versions of Style I am not overly excited about the word “focus.” I have one artistic vision, but I don’t limit art mediums much. I think my style is evident in whatever I do. This year I have allowed myself to stretch even further than before, and embrace the challenges that […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/four-art-mediums-four-projects-in-progress/feed/ 8 Designing Cross Stitch Patterns https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/designing-cross-stitch-patterns/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/designing-cross-stitch-patterns/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:41:28 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27226 This week, I have something very different than before: cross stitch! Buy my first commercial design Primavera from my Etsy shop called Needle and Peony! There are two main reasons for designing this pattern. The first is the need for creative play and the second that I couldn’t find anything like this from other designers: […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/sanditon/feed/ 16 Make Samplers to Save Bits and Pieces https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/make-samplers-to-save-bits-and-pieces/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/make-samplers-to-save-bits-and-pieces/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:12:26 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=2777 My sampler madness began when I found an unfinished embroidery project. I had started it two years ago on an online course called Happy-Go-Lucky Stitchalong. It was led by Amy Powers and the goal was to embroider a sampler showing all the things that make you happy. It was only a two-week course and I got some more […]

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