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Sublime colors
An extraordinary new sampler from Barbara Ana: mixing smoked blues, golden hazel and green fern - and even a touch of light pink - the appeal of this sampler lies in particular in the richness and balance of colors, proof of the immense talent and expertise of the designer.
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>> see more Sampler patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
>> see all the latest news for Barbara Ana Designs
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
Click on the picture to access to the corresponding design.
Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks - Easter Tree
As featured in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 240 on sale March/April 2018
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>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Blackwork wonders by Lesley Teare
Expertly designed and stunning projects for the stitcher looking for a little challenge.
Lesley Teare's signature style approach to Blackwork, achieving contrast and dimension through a variety of tiny blackwork motifs.
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>> see more Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
>> see all the latest news for Lesley Teare Designs
More dragons and oriental patterns
Menacing dragons, contemplative flowers and more. Visit our oriental section for more exotic patterns.
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>> see more oriental patterns (all designers)
A tribute to the magnolia flower
This embroidery by Faby Reilly is a hymn to the beauty of the magnolia, ephemeral flower unfurling its light pink buds, always at the mercy of a shower or a gust of wind. This one, by contrast, will always preserve its splendor. Mounted into a small heart shape, almost small enough to fit in the hand, it will grace a doorknob or encase fragrance in your chest of drawers.
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In the same collection
More variations on the flower. The natural linen background used for the sampler gives more softness, while the white linen used for the biscornu brings out the freshness of the colors.
 Magnolia sampler |  Magnolia sampler (detail) |  Magnolia Biscornu |  Magnolia Biscornu (detail) |
>> see all flower patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
Spick and span
Thought down to the smallest detail, Faby Reilly has designed the cutest of small needlework cases. Folding into a triptych, it houses your scissors, embroidery needles and needle threader.
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>> see all the latest news for Faby Reilly Designs
Neat and organized
Let's get rid of clutter. There is no better way to start work on a project than with threads, needles and scissors neatly organized in a handy pouch or box, that you can take with you. How about making your own?
 Roll-up Organizer Pouch Muriel Berceville |  Pins and Needles Needlework Wallet Muriel Berceville |  Cranberry sewing set Tam's Creations |  Gnomes In Springfield GERA! Kyoko Maruoka |
>> see all patterns for needlework organizers
Mother and Child
Barbara Ana's latest cross stitch design oozes with tenderness. A little girl, dressed exactly like her mother, quietly observing as her Mom potters in the garden. It's stitched in beautiful rustic Moire woolen yarn.
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>> see more Spring patterns by Barbara Ana designs
>> see all the latest news for Barbara Ana designs
More Parent & Child patterns
Many of our designers have tackled the idea of family and parenting in needlework, with immense tenderness. Here is a selection of designs, showing the beautiful relation between parent and child.
 Spring Scissor Fob Barbara Ana |  Mother and baby animals, in Winter Perrette Samouiloff |  Mother and baby animals (detail) Perrette Samouiloff |  Owl family Chouett'alors |  The Three Bears Gera! by Kyoko Maruoka |
Ethereal flower
This flower is full of contrast. Leaves, petals and corolla spring into round curves, arabesques and flaming spikes. Yet the flower retains lightness and delicacy, with a delicate mesh of cross stitch lines, that let the light through and create soft hues. Designed by Alessandra Adelaide, a Creative Poppy exclusive.
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Grace & elegance, flower designs by Alessandra Adelaide
Inspired by nature, yet with a strong feel for balance and movement, Alessandra's flowers and botanical studies are beautifully designed and make exquisite projects to cross stitch.
 Rose & Butterfly |  Wildberries |  Garofano Selvatico |  Starflower |  Summer flower |
>> see more flower patterns by Alessandra Adelaide
Cross stitching for Easter
With Barbara Ana
>> see all Easter & Spring patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
 Hoppy Easter |  Egg Hunt |  Vive la Vie |  Thinking about you (detail) |  Spring Biscornu |
With Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all Easter & Spring patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
 8 Easter motifs |  Chicks in a Spring Garden |  Motifs for Spring ornaments |  Hickety, Pickety... |  Little chicks |
Stitching with Alessandra Adelaide Needlework
>> see all Easter & Seasonal patterns by Alessandra Adelaide Needlework
 Easter is here (detail) |  Easter tree(detail) |  Easter in Red(detail) |  Easter time (detail) |  Happy Easter(detail) |
>> see all Easter patterns (all designers)
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
Click on the picture to access to the corresponding design.
Barbara Ana designs - Kokeshi Biscornu
As featured in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 239 on sale February/March
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>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Cute hand made greeting cards
There's nothing like receiving a hand made card, one you know the sender has put a lot of thought and time into.
And conversely, there is no bigger pleasure than cross stitching for a loved one, each stitch packed with tenderness and joy.
This handy little pack contains 4 notecard and matching gift tags. A Peacock & Fig design.
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>> see more patterns by Peacock & Fig
>> see all the latest news for Peacock & Fig
Coming up soon:
Valentine's day, February 14th 2018
Valentine's Day is coming up, but do we really need a pretext for celebrating the happiness of loving and being loved?
We've just published a digest of all topics and patterns featured in Creative Poppy's newsletter, and related to celebrating Love through Needlework. There are so many different ways of expressing those special feelings in cross stitches.
>> see all features related to Love
Or you can view all patterns directly:
>> see all patterns for Valentine's Day
>> see all patterns expressing Love
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
Click on the picture to access to the corresponding design.
Monique Bonnin - Incoming Storm (Avis de tempête)
As featured in Cross stitch Gold magazine issue 144 on sale January/February
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Lesley Teare Designs - Blackwork Flower with Wren
As featured in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 238 on sale Jan-Feb 2018
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Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks - Volo d'Amore
As featured in "Three of the Best" section of Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 238 on sale Jan-Feb 2018
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Perrette Samouiloff - Getting Dressed
As featured in the "Questions & Answers" page of Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 238 on sale Jan-Feb 2018
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>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Dramatic effects of light in cross stitch
When it comes to cross stitch design expertise, landscapes might be the most challenging subjects a designer can tackle. This pattern pushes the boundaries with expert use of color to render the dramatic light of the winter moonscape, and exquistely designed areas of focus at a smaller scale in the background. Superb design brought to you by Deborah A. Dick of Tempting Tangles.
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>> see all the latest news for Tempting Tangles
Highlights of Winter
Winter is not all doom and gloom. Think of the frozen icicles shining in the pale morning sun, frost motifs on the windows, red berries in the bushes attracting all kinds of birds. Deborah A. Dick of Tempting Tangles, captures the spirit of Winter in this very pretty design.
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>> see more Seasonal patterns by Tempting Tangles
'Twas the night before Christmas...
A delightful cross stitch ornament showing the stockings of all the family, from Dad's big wooly socks, to the baby's tiny little red one.
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>> see all Christmas ornament patterns (all designers)
Winter Beauties
Winter, a season without flowers? Think again. Sylvie Teytaud proves us wrong with a collection of four white flowers, Edelweiss, Snowdrop, Hyacinth and Christmas rose. Each has a little matching fairy. You can cross stitch these pale harmonies of winter on a natural linen background.
 Edelweiss fairy |  Christmas Rose Fairy |  Hyacinth Fairy |  Snowdrop fairy |
More Winter Blooms
Perfect to stitch for the season, a delicate wreath weaving motifs of winter flowers and intricate needlework embellishments, beautifully arranged on a biscornu. A design by Faby Reilly.
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More seasonal patterns
5 models to get into the mood and stitch the soft colors of winter.
 Winter Welcome Perrette Samouiloff |  Northern Nights Gracewood Stitches |  Winter fairytale Sylvie Teytaud | Mother and baby animals Perrette Samouiloff |  Japanese Snowscape Maria Diaz |
>> see all cross stitch patterns for Winter
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
Click on the picture to access to the corresponding design.
GERA! Kyoko Maruoka - Baby Sampler
As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine January issue 237
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Barbara Ana Designs - Holy Mud Biscornu
As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine issue 237 on sale December
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>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
A Hungry Wolf
Here's a new Sampler by Barbara Ana, which reads like a story. Each of the many characters in this scene, be it farmer, wild animal, farm animal, is closely observing someone. How will the story finish and will the skinny wolf eat his fill today?
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>> see more sampler patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
>> see all cross stitch patterns with farms (all designers)
More Animals by Barbara Ana
Animals play a prominent part in Barbara Ana's work. Here are a few examples of animals in her recent cross stitch works.
 Sadie Woods Sampler |  Remember me |  All Creatures Great and Small |  The Fall |  A New World - Part 2 |
A greeting card with a vintage touch
So delicate and exquisitely designed, we love Monique Bonnin's latest vintage postcard, just in time for Seasons' greetings!
It's so beautiful you might want to keep it for yourself...
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More vintage Greeting Cards by Monique Bonnin
How about collecting them? You can even mount them on stiff cardboard and send them by the post. Don't forget to stick a real stamp though!
 Best wishes - Postcard |  Nostalgia - Greeting card |
|  Happy New Year - Greeting card |
>> see all vintage postcard patterns by Monique Bonnin
>> see all greeting cards (all designers)
Needlework choreography
Like the sequences of movements of dancers twirling on the dance floor, of which is was inspired, Tussie-Mussie is a vigorous and compelling cross stitch motif. A Gracewood Stitches design, by Kathy Bungard, ever perfecting the art of abstract needlework design.
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>> see all the latest news for Gracewood Stitches
More abstract cross stitch designs
Abstraction can be quite stunning in needlework. Here's a selection of non-figurative designs where color and form are combined into powerful creations.
 Waves Tam's Creations |  Bursts of Blue Gracewood Stitches |  Starmania Tam's Creations |  Kaleidoscopes - K1 Gracewood Stitches |  Biggie Biscornu Tam's Creations |
>> see all abstract and ornamental cross stitch patterns (all designers)
Did you know Creative Poppy also offers chart packs?
Creative Poppy patterns are available as downloadable pattern files. However, if you would like to receive professionally printed charts, we can also deliver your charts directly to your mail box.
This is ideal if you don't want to bother with downloading and printing your files, or if you can't obtain best quality print-outs at home. Also it's nice to have a beautiful chart you can archive.
What you get:
- Professionally printed color charts on beautiful extra smooth paper. Each chart is packaged individually in a sleeve.
- Chart packs are shipped in a strong flat box so they reach you in perfect state.
>> find out about our Shipping by Mail service
By the way, you still get your downloadable chart. So you can source your supplies while you wait for the postman, you can print out working copies that can be used for highlighting while stitching.
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