Last year I bought a complete BOM from The Fat Quarters, called Scandinavian Rose, which is designed by Rosalie Quinlan. I had so many other projects to sew, this was put away, and then this summer at the Festival Of Quilts I bought several skeins of Cottage Garden Threads in a variegated red (this shade is called Hugs and Kisses) that I thought would be perfect for this project, so decided to get it started at long last!... ...the design was already printed onto handkerchief linen, so once a stabilizer was fused to the back, I was ready to start stitching. This design uses 3 embroidery stitches - back stitch, chain stitch and satin stitch. Plain red Cosmo embroidery thread shade 346 was used in the block too. I've completed the stitchery for block 1, and the next part of the project will be to collect together an assortment of red/white fabrics for the small squares (these will be strip-pieced together). Then I can make a start on the stitchery for block 2!
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Lynda
18/10/2014 01:29:38 am
Love the stitching and thread is there a Uk stockist?
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Hi Lynda - unfortunately these beautiful "Cottage Garden Threads" are only available from Australia. I managed to buy 6 skeins from a stall at a quilt show last weekend - how lucky was that!! You can get them online from Lynette Andersons quilt shop though...
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Joanne Meyer
22/5/2016 12:45:51 am
Do you know where I can buy fat quarters for the Scand. Rose. ?
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Nicola
22/5/2016 09:22:01 am
Not sure what you mean Joanne... Any quilt shop will sell fat quarters of fabric that can be used for this quilt. The stitchery designs themselves are pre-printed onto linen. There is a link to the shop that I bought the complete set of stitchery designs from in the info with the pictures.
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Wendy Ryalls
12/4/2017 07:28:22 pm
Hi
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