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Replanting The Tulip
The sun is out and the children are busy with an all important task: replanting the potted tulip somewhere in the garden where the bulb can settle down in the ground, gather strength and sprout again after a long winter's rest. Where shall we put it? Among the irises and the primroses? Teeming with life, this cross stitch pattern is brought to you by Perrette Samouiloff.
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Enjoying the outdoors with Samantha Purdy
Sweet little patterns celebrating the simple pleasures of life: enjoying breakfast on the balcony, growing seedlings and enjoying coffee with a friend. We love the "two pictures in one" effect of the later, with a lilliputian scene and oversize spring flowers, as if expressing the joy of being outdoor after a long winter (our designer is from Canada!).
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Creative Poppy Designers in the news
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Tiny Modernist - Spring Garden design
As reviewed in The World of Cross stitching magazine issue 320 on sale April/May 2022
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Symmetry & Asymmetry
How do you achieve balance in a sampler? Here is a wonderful example - an amazing late 19th century French sampler, that has newly joined Meriem Chauvet's private collection - where most of the sampler is laid out symmetrically, motifs mirroring each other, yet the large asymmetrical flower in the basin provides life and movement. The elements of this sampler are all lovely for themselves, the elaborate alphabets, the carnation border, the delicate birds, but it is the whole, as it was no doubt carefully put together, that provides this stunning visual impact.
This Reproduction Sampler is brought to you by Meriem Chauvet of Couleur Tourterelle.
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Birds gathered amongst blooms
These birds are pictured in such natural positions, they look as if they are about to suddenly turn their head around and fly away. Perrette Samouiloff, a great observer of birds as well as an expert cross stitch designer, depicts actual bird species, though she admits some artistic licence when dealing with feather colors to achieve overall harmony. This is the largest of the designer's patterns featuring birds.
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More blossom patterns
 Cherry blossom motifs (detail) Perrette Samouiloff |  Anthea-May Blossoms Faby Reilly Designs |  Bluebird Biscornu Tiny Modernist |  The old cherry Tree (detail) K's studio |
>> see all patterns with Tree blossoms
Pottering in the Garden (and having a nice chat with one's neighbor)
The simple joys of life, such as watering the plants and chatting with the nice lady next door, captured in cross stitch by Samantha Purdy. The young designer has been designing these spare, contemporary style patterns for the last couple of years, gradually building a wonderful collection of snapshots of life's happy moments.
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>> see all Spring patterns by Samantha Purdy Needlecraft
More Watering cans (and hose) by Samantha Purdy
 Night Garden |  Plant Shelf |  Watering before bed |  Vegetable garden |
More Watering cans (all designers)
 Spring Garden Tiny Modernist |  Summer Garden Riverdrift House |  Garden days Lesley Teare Designs |
>> see all patterns with Plants and Gardens (all designers)
Spring is in the air
How better to convey the feeling of spring than with this lovely pale yellow contrasting against the darker natural background. This pattern is part of a series of four, one for each season. Watch out for the next releases. A cross stitch design by Lesley Teare.
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More patterns with Houses
 Yellow House Sampler Riverdrift House |  Georgian Houses Lesley Teare Designs |  The House with the Mezzanine Gera! by Kyoko Maruoka |  I like this place Barbara Ana |
>> see all patterns with Houses (all designers)
I'm a little teapot...
...so pretty in yellow with tiny roses motifs that Lesley has chosen to use me as a vase.
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More Teapots by Lesley Teare
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Decorative Teapots Counted cross stitch pattern by Lesley Teare Designs
Small Spring and Easter Motifs by Lesley Teare
These designs by Lesley Teare are all between 20 and 55 stitches wide or high and will measure between 2 and 4 inches wide/high on 14ct. Ideal for all small projects: Easter ornaments, greeting cards, gift tags, fridge magnets, table decoration and garlands.
 30 Spring flower motifs |   Easter Egg Cards |  Easter Basket Motifs |  Blackwork Easter designs |
 30 Blackwork & Color mini motifs |  Blackwork Spring Cards |  Floral Hearts |  Bird House Tweets |
>> see all Easter patterns (all designers)
Barbara Ana - Stitch along with Barbara Ana
For those who missed Barbara Ana's latest SAL "Will you stitch along with me?", here is the story of how the pattern was unveiled, as Barbara Ana stitched the design day by day.
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Can you guess her name? Some stitchers did! She's called Frida Kathlo and is now available as a full pattern:
Counted cross stitch pattern by
Barbara Ana Designs
If you took part in the SAL, did you enjoy stitching this Barbara Ana mystery chart? Would you like some more?
Your comments and feedback are most welcome.
Lesley Teare 2022 SAL - Bird houses
The Lesley Teare 2022 Stitch-along is now ongoing. You can join at any time. It comes as a subscription in twelve monthly sections, from Jan to Dec 2022 and shows 12 different bird houses full of surprises and interesting detail.
The February bird house turns out to be a flower pot with a pair of lovebirds perched upon a heart. Right is a picture of a version sent to us stitched on blue/purple hand-dyed 32ct linen. What will the third bird house look like? Send us a picture of yours!
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Cups teaming with life
These twelve cups* are teeming with life: flowers and fruit, birds, bees and butterflies. In a fun mirror effect the cups themselves are decorated with matching themes. A cross stitch chart designed by Lesley Teare.
* originally the 2021 Lesley Teare SAL
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Tea cups, Mugs & Bowls in cross stitch
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Creative Poppy Designers in the news
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GERA! - Woman 1
As featured in The World of Cross stitching magazine issue 319 on sale March/April 2022
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Barbara Ana Designs - Stitch Along with me - Mystery chart subscription
As featured in the Best Buys section of The World of Cross stitching magazine issue 319 on sale March/April 2022
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Barbara Ana - Total Surprise mystery chart
There are no clues whatsoever for Barbara Ana's latest Mystery chart, but you can trust the designer to take you on a very imaginative and creative trip. And this time you will stitch together with Barbara Ana who will share images of her stitching as the work progresses.
The list of supplies is now available so that you can source your supplies ahead of time. You can subscribe to the SAL from now on. The first chart will be available for download as of February 1st. Have fun!
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Travelling through time
Meriem Chauvet, the designer of Couleur Tourterelle collects old samplers, looking for the smallest detail that tells its story, analyzing the slightest traces of fibers on the wrong side - those that have resisted light and hungry moths - bringing colors back to life, identifying every single cross stitch, even when it is shifted by a single thread of fabric.
Thanks to her painstaking efforts, samplers regain the splendor of their youth, such as this trio of works of French origin and dating from mid 19th century onwards. Stitchers have always loved color and when colorful woollen yarns became available, they certainly knew how to make good use of them!
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Fun with Colors
No doubt the art class is their favourite, they have so much fun. Perrette Samouiloff's latest children's release is playful and colorful as ever.
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More children having fun
 The Ballet dance lesson |  Pony Club |  The little orchestra |
>> see more patterns for Children by Perrette Samouiloff
Say it in stitches
How about stitching this cute bundle of heart shaped balloons for this year's Valentine card? The pattern comes with an extra bonus, a two-color whipped backstitch Masterclass by Faby Reilly, supported by outstanding tutorials. The fun stitch will let you embellish many of your needlework projects with decorative cord-like effects.
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>> see more patterns expressing Love, by Faby Reilly Designs
More patterns for Valentine's day
Stitch a token of your love. Here are a couple of cute ideas, big or small. Check out the whole section of Valentine patterns below.
 Love Humbug Faby Reilly Designs |  Volo d'Amore Alessandra Adelaide Needlework |  Love Biscornu Barbara Ana Designs |  Valentine Chouett'alors |
>> see all patterns for Valentine's Day
Lesley Teare's Oriental Crane - revisited in crochet
We love it when stitchers come up with creative ideas for using a design to suit their own projects. We just received this message from Delia H who was struck by Lesley' Teare Oriental crane design and decided
to use as a guide to crochet a panel in her own choice of colors.
"It came out so beautiful, and my 19-year old daughter (who this is for) absolutely LOVES it."
Congratulations Delia, and thanks so much for sharing this lovely creative idea.
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More Japan inspired patterns
>> see all cross stitch patterns related to Japan
Coming up soon: Easter
Easter is on April 17th this year. Still plenty of time for stitching some cute patterns and adding a cheerful spring touch to your home. Check out all Creative Poppy's latest ideas and patterns for Easter cross stitching.
>> see all cross stitch patterns for Easter
A rare cathedral and a wonderful story by Couleur Tourterelle
Meriem Chauvet, Couleur Tourterelle's designer always amazes us with the discoveries she makes, just by observing a sampler - closely it must be said because she spots the smallest capricious cross stitch - and digging through archives . One of her recent finds is a cathedral stitched in 1841 by Florentine Picard. She learns there isn't one but two twin samplers and goes on to tell us the story of two little French country girls living in neighboring villages, stitching two almost identical samplers a few months apart. What a wonderful story a sampler can tell!
The 2nd sampler presented here, that of Maria S, is not stitched by Maria Sadella as would appear, but by a 11-year-old girl, with an anonymous surname. The two samplers, stitched 13 years apart, have interesting points in common.
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While we wait for Spring
Mellow yellows and mauves contrast with the icy spikes of the blackwork crystals. While winter bites, mother nature is slowly but surely piercing through the snow and timid flowers sprout. A Blackwork and cross stitch design by Lesley Teare.
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