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Mystery chart quizz: here are the answers
Pattern: Christmas night by Marie-Anne Réthoret-Mélin The answer is: DMC Embroidery floss 321 and 815
The lucky winners have received a free pattern. |
Mystery chart - Question 1:
Creative Poppy designers in the news
Agnès Delage Calvet - Lace Border sampler As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine 148 - March 2011
"A stylish stitched border design sounds like a great alternative to a cardboard mount. We love the Lace border sampler by Agnès Delage-Calvet. The simple-to-stitch designs will finish off your stitched pieces perfectly".
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Agnès Delage Calvet - Lace Border sampler
Tam's Creations - Furry friends As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine 148 - March 2011
"You don't often come accross dog designs in blackwork and that's one reason we like this clever design. The sampler features amost every breed of dog, from sausage dog to a St Bernard! The chart is printed over six pages so you can buildup the design little by little."
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Merry Christmas in every language
Designer Alessandra Adelaide had already thrilled us with her Italian, Russian and Spanish inspired Christmas patterns. Now come the elegant Kerstmis (Dutch for Christmas) and Weinachten (German Christmas).
>> see all Christmas designs by Alessandra Adelaide
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Kertmis
Weinachten
New: Gift vouchers available on Creative Poppy's website
You can now purchase e-Gift vouchers that can be spent on any patterns of one's choice.
Now that's a great idea for any of your friends or family who know you love stitching and would like to make YOU a gift but don't have any clue where to start!
There is a choice of $10.00 and $20 Vouchers. You can also add a personal message with your gift. >> learn more about Gift vouchers |
Buy a pattern for a stitcher friend
We have received several requests from stitchers who had a specific pattern in mind that they wanted to buy for one of their friends. This is now possible too. This is how to proceed: 1. First place your order on our website but do NOT download your pattern. 2. Go to our contact form and select: "Buy a pattern for a friend". Send us your friend's email address and the personal message to be sent with the pattern. Your friend will shortly receive an email from us with instructions for downloading the pattern as well as your note. There's plenty of inspiration for stitchers in our Stitcher's favorite's section. |
Creative Poppy designers in the news
Lili Soleil - Openwork Alphabet As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine 147 - February 2011
"It looks like openwork but it's actually a clever arrangement of cross stitches. the largest letter has a stitch count of 74 x 63 and you can use the handy calculator on the website to work out the sizes of each letter" |
Lili Soleil - Openwork alphabet
Helga Mandl - Husband for sale As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine 147 - February 2011
"How we chuckled when we saw this 'husband for sale, remote included' design! It's stitched on 28-count linen in coordinating pistachio and avocado green threads. The chart pack includes a peacemaking pair of doves and red hearts, so your husband won't think it's all bad news!" |
Barbara Ana - Humming Bird Scissor Fob As featured in The World of Cross Stitching N 172 - January 2011
"We love the chart for this fob by Barbara Ana designs. It's made up of two little cushions featuring pretty hummingbird designs and beads - you can even personalise it with initials"
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Barbara Ana - Humming Bird Scissor Fob
Maria Diaz: new on Creative Poppy's website!
Maria Diaz is well known of British stitchers with patterns frequently published in cross stitch magazines in the UK. Now her charts will be available worldwide through Creative Poppy's website, in particular her fun and creative alphabets and minimotifs. To start with here are the Christmas themes, with more patterns to follow soon! Here are few samples of the alphabets and minimotifs for Xmas:
>> visit Maria Diaz new pattern gallery
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Christmas card motifs - Santa
Jolly snowmen ABC
Penguin & Polar Bear Alphabet
New interesting ornament shapes by Faby Reilly
Pendeloque ou pendant, what is exactly the difference? The "pendeloque" is a pretty pear-like shape, stitched on all four sides, tapered at the top and square at the base, with a stiched pattern winding all around the ornament. By contrast, the diamond pendant is a more geometrical shape with three sides, each a diamond shape and a separate pattern. Both are unique projects by Faby Reilly, to stitch for Christmas!
>> see more Christmas ornaments by Faby Reilly
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Christmas pendeloque
Papa Noël pendan
Maman Noël pendant
Stitching in red with Perrette Samouiloff
Here are some new cheerful new patterns to stitch for Christmas. Pick your favorite red, be it a solid color or an overdyed and enjoy. There are some more delightful Xmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff on our website too.
>> see all of Perrette Samouiloff's Christmas patterns.
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Red Christmas sample
Christmas welcome (small)
Muriel Brunet, drawing inspiration in the past
You may know Muriel Brunet as a collector of antique samplers (many of them available as reproduction sampler charts on Creative Poppy's website). It's worth however discovering her very own charts, including these three delicate Christmas charts.
>> see more of Muriel Brunet's own cross stitch designs
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Snowflake angels,
White Christmas,
Merry Christmas
A festival of colors with Barbara Ana
It looks like Barbara Ana had a really great time designing this colorful pattern. She picked some glorious colors of the Threadworx overdyed floss range as well as some overdyed metallics. The result is stunning. Check out for yourself!
>> see all of Barbara Ana's Xmas Christmas patterns
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Holy night....
A pattern thta's sure to keep you humming as you stitch along, we certainly did! A cute little ornament by Helga Mandl, stitched in no time.
>> see all of Helga Mandl's Christmas and winter Designs
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Holy night ornament
It's Christmas in Alessandra Adelaide's Fantasy World
You're certainly familiar with Alessandra Adelaide's Fantasy World, with the most extraordinary birds and trees. Go have a peek and see them prepare for Christmas!
>> see all of Alessandra Adelaide's Christmas patterns
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Passerolli ready for Christmas
Passerollo Santa
Christmas trees in the night
Creative Poppy designers in the news |
Couleur d'étoile - Merry Christmas As featured in Cross Stitcher N234 - January 2011
"This month, try one of these snowflake designs: Merry Christmas by Couleur d'étoile from Creative Poppy"
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Couleur d'étoile - Merry Christmas
Barbara Ana - I love you snow much As featured in Cross stitch Crazy N146 - January 2011
"Dressed in a funky pink hat and scarf, the snowman juggling snowballs in this design looks like he's having lots of fun"
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Barbara Ana - I love you snow much
Helga Mandl - Noel chart - Ornamental tree collection As featured in The Word of Cross stitching N171 - December 2010
" Top trees in stitches: For a quick stylish design, get this 'noël' chart from the ornamental tree collection"
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Helga Mandl - Noel - Ornamental tree collection
Agnès Delage-Calvet - Scandinavian Christmas As featured in Cross stitch Gold magazine N79 - November 2010
"A pretty and quick-to-stitch sampler with reindeer, wreaths, ribbons and Christmas trees."
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Agnes Delage-Calvet - Scandinavian Christmas
Faby Reilly - Christmas star As featured in The world of Cross stitching N170 - November 2010 "a unique twist on the normal star or angel, and will nestle in nicely at the top of your tree."
Barbara Ana - Lucas the love elf As featured in The world of Cross stitching N170 - November 2010
"Fans of quirky styles will adore "Lucas the Love elf" - a fab stocking filler for the young at heart"
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Faby Reilly Christmas star
Barbara Ana - Lucas the love elf
Don't miss Halloween fun, start stitching now!
Anything goes for Halloween and stitchers know its the best time time to have fun with needlework. There's plenty of styles to pick from, see how creative your favorite designers can be!
Here are two more additions to our HUGE collection of Halloween patterns! Alessandra Adelaide has created yet another tree (and how different this one!) whereas Chouett'alors has made an extraordinary halloween teapot (that doubles up as a chime for your door).
>> see all patterns designed for Halloween
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Halloween tree,
Halloween teapot,
Autumn has arrived!
Warm up with Helga Mandl's really nice mug of the month, one of our favorites with a mosaîk of leaves in different hues of golds and green. Mugs of the months come in all different shapes and themes, collect them all!
Also checkout Helga's latest Four season sampler which can be completed one season at a time or as a whole, full of cute details to cross stitch:
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September Mug of the month
Four season sampler,
>> see all patterns for autumn |
Back to school!
Back to school means lots of friends and happy times in the playground. Designer Perrette Samouiloff brings back great memories of playing with marbles, singing rhymes and skipping, swinging and rocking on the see-saw! This is a great theme that is rarely represented in cross stitch!
And while we mention school, don't forget to check these amazing silhouette patterns - one for a boy, one for a girl - imagined by Corinne Lacroix. They can be used as cover albums for a school scrapbook and can make great gifts.
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The playground (large pattern),
The playground (small pattern),
Old school days (boy),
Old school days (girl),
A new collection to stitch on bathroom towels
Here's a great home dec idea: These luminous butterflies are designed to be stitched on each different size of your bathroom towels, from guest to bath size towels. You can stitch them on Ready-to-stitch terry towels or on Aida bands that you can sew onto regular towels (that way the back of your stitching won't show). A free mini pattern and an alphabet come with every purchase of the charts so you can personalize your stitched piece andcreate matching toileteries pouches
>> see all patterns designed to be stitched on bathroom towels |
Butterflies - Bath towel, 
Butterflies - Hand towel, 
Butterflies - Guest towel,
Are you fond of Barbara Ana's patterns? The designer describes herself as a "little bit shy" and "absent-minded" but we find she has a bold style and tremendous sense of humour! Find out what inspires Barbara Ana and how her fabulous patterns are designed. >> read interview of designer Barbara Ana |
An interview of designer Barbara Ana
Creative Poppy designers in the news!
The four charts were selected by Cross stitch Crazy magazine N 143 - September 2010
"This delicate design was inspired by a Japanese poem about a chrysanthemum, and the lyricism comes trhough beautifully in Monique's chart"
"The beauty of this gorgeous designis that you can stitch it as a complete picture, depicting all the fun activities children engage in during autumn, or stitch all your favourite individually"
(Editor's choice) "This pretty design featuring children climbing a tree to pick apples [...] will look fabulous hung on a kitchen wall"
""Each of these three biscornu designs comes with color-coordinated threads and backing fabrics that are in tune with the gold and red hues of this time of year"
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Autumn 
Haïku : chrysanthemum, 
Happy childhood, Autumn, 
Up in the Apple tree (what did you see?),
Autumn biscornu series,
Featured in Cross Stitch Gold N 77 - Aout 2010
"The 19050's retro look is back in fashion and the stitching world is keeping its finger on its pulse as always. Mes bonnes recettes (my favorite recipes) is a simple, yet stylish, design worked in red cotton"
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Chouett'alors - "Mes bonnes recettes"New from Barbara Ana: Hummingbirds scissor fob
Here's an exciting project that we are sure will delight many stitchers. First it's really useful because it's a rather big scissor fob, so you'll be sure never - ever again - to lose your scissors (think big hotel keys!). Second, the pattern features three delightful hummingbirds in gorgeous colors (spot the fine detail of the eyes). And finally, you'll have fun putting it all together, making a twisted cord and tassel, and mounting the two small square cushions (slipstitch method) with the beads and cord.
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Gone fishing, having lots of fun...
Where have they all gone? Fishing of course! Have a look at the amazing details of this extraodinary fish themed pattern: Designer Perrette Samouiloff is a master at depicting these fish in just a few "stokes"... sorry clever combination of cross stitch, back stitch and three quarter stitches that add light and life to the pattern, as if the fish had just come out of the water. If you've never tried stitching a design by Perrette Samouiloff, why not try this one and have fun following her carefully charted patterns.
>> see all seaside patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Now why not stitch this pattern on printed Aida, it will given the background some interest. have a lokk at this example where elements of the pattern are combined in a row and stitched on Blue gingham printed Aida from the DMC Impressions range. Now it's your turn: Gone stitching... having fun!
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Gone fishing (large pattern), 
Gone fishing (small pattern
sample stitched on printed AidaTime to stitch your July and August Mugs!
Here a beautiful idea that was shared with us recently: why not stitch these colorful "Mugs of the month" on plastic (vinyl) Aida? It's available in 14ct, even in 18ct if you're looking for small and refined pieces and, most importantly you can cut them out. These miniature mugs will make great magnets for your fridge. Or you can cut them out and glue them on a thin piece of wood so they stand out dimensionally as if they were on a shelf. Add some hooks and you've good a decorative plate to hang your teatowels. Or stick them on your kitchen door! There are so many creative ideas we're sure you will come up with, please share them with us!
>> see all the Mugs designed by Helga Mandl |
Mug of the month: August, 
Mug of the month: JulyDesigner in the news
Barbara Ana - Kokeshi biscornu II As featured in The World of Cross stitching N166 - August 2010 (best buys)
Barbara Ana - Kokeshi biscornu II "Dolly delight: following the success of her first kokeshi biscornu design, Barbara Ana has now designed this adorable "Kokeshi biscornu II"
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Barbara Ana: new biscornus to collect
Many stitchers couldn't wait to see her next Kokeshi biscornu. Well here it is! This time its a little girl and she's having a walk in a Japanese garden surrounded with beautiful white flowers (check out the crisp and sharp details, stitched using Pearl cotton N12). A quick and delightful project that's different from anything else!
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Now here's another cute project, the tweet biscornu, with four delightful blue tits collecting red berries. This will make a nice pincushion.
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>> see all cross stitch patterns designed by Barbara Ana |
Kokeshi III biscornu, 
Tweet biscornu,
Helga Mandl: Summer breeze and wise thoughts
Bright cheerful colors and a cute quick and easy pattern that will immediately transport you to the seaside. Can you hear the seagulls?
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Now for the wise thoughts.... in pretty stitches ready to frame and hang in our homes. We love the Shaker style and warm colors.
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"Today is the first day of the rest of your life" |
"Smile and give yourself a holiday!" |
"All glory comes from daring to begin"
>> see all cross stitch patterns by Helga Mandl |
On the wings of the breeze, 
Cherish each day,
Smile, 
Daring to,
Perrette Samouiloff's little musicians
Designer Perrette Samouiloff has a special talent for observing children, capturing their attitudes and transposing it all into cross stitch. Here she tackles a whole orchestra with no less than thirteen different musical instruments, each of them skillfully rendered in stitches. If you love music of know someones who does, this is one of the best charts ever.
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>> see all cross stitch patterns by Perrette Samouiloff |
The little orchestra (large pattern), 
The little orchestra (small pattern),
Irresistibly happy with Alessandra Adelaide
How can you resist feeling irresistibly happy with designer Alessandra Adelaide's patterns, so full of life and cheerfulness? Here are two more in her tree series. Pure bliss!
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>> see more cross stitch patterns by Alessandra Adelaide Needleworks
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Fantasy tree,
The nest
A recipe book cover
Here's a fun project that will make a great gift, especially if you add a few of your own recipes inside! The project has a delighful 1950's feel and the French title "mes bonnes recettes" stitched on the book cover simply means "my best recipes".
>> see all cross stitch patterns by Chouett'alors |
Recipe book cover,
Great finishing ideas: a menu pin board
We received this picture from Guylaine and found is so cute we wanted to share it with you all. Guylaine designed a menu pin board for pinning up the week's menus. On the left she stitched Barbara Ana's fun little cook (from the Kiss the cook pattern) and finally she added several tiny kitchen acessories buttons.
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Menu board (left) adapted from Barbara Ana's Kiss the cook pattern (right)
Creative Poppy designers in the news:
Sylvie Teytaud - Ready for Breakfast As featured in Cross stitch Gold magazine N76, July 2010
"Ready for Breakfast by Sylvie Teytaud is a sweet design that would look great as a picture, but would also make a very decorative pocket [...] on an apron."
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| Faby Reilly - Lavender Bouquet Needlebook As featured in The World of Cross stitching N165 - July 2010 (Ask the experts)   "Best of three lavender gifts: If you're looking for a pretty gift for a fellow stitcher, we'd recommend Faby Reilly's elegant 'Lavender bouquet needlebook'. " |
| Roses now in bloom with Faby Reilly Here are some great new projects that will keep you busy stitching for friends and relatives. They make fantastic gifts and can also be personalized for weddings, wedding anniversaries. This small romantic heart is a great home decor item. Stuff it with rose-scented pot-pourri and give an elegant touch to a bedroom or a bathroom.   "Sweet Roses" heart, cross stitch pattern designed by Faby Reilly |
The "Sweet roses" sampler is a larger project, perfect for a wedding and wedding anniversary.  "Sweet Roses" Sampler, cross stitch pattern designed by Faby Reilly |
Finally, here is a different theme, the "Sepia rose" with lovely powdery colors and a biscornu shape. It can also be used as a wedding ring cushion.  Sepia Rose Biscornu, cross stitch pattern designed by Faby Reilly >> see all of Faby Reilly's Rose patterns |
| Free Heart shape tutorial by Faby Reilly Wondering how to make a cushion or ornament with a perfect heart shape? Check out Faby Reilly's latest downloadable tutorial. You will find it with all our other free tutorials in our Stitcher's Resource section |
| New Kokeshi biscornu by Barbara Ana Did we tell you we wished for more? Well Barbara Ana has been quite inspired and here is already the second Kokeshi. Isn't she sweet with her cherry blossom kimono? Start collecting them now!   Kokeshi II, cross stitch pattern designed by Barbara Ana >> see all biscornu patterns by Barbara Ana |
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