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New for 2020 - Lesley Teare Stitch-Along
Lesley Teare's exciting new SAL is released monthly in 12 parts throughout 2020. Featured below right is part of the January Bird and Blackwork Flower motif.
>> see all Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Lesley Teare 2020 SAL
The January part in full detail
Part One comes in the top left of the design. Make sure you have downloaded the frame chart so you start stitching in the right position.
The pattern comes in bright colorful floss colors that contrast with the black outlines. Some parts such as the bird and butterfly are simply cross stitched, with some backstitch detail. Other parts of the design are worked in delicate lace-like Blackwork motifs, such as the petals of the large flower. This creates a delicate balance and adds a lot of interest to the stitching.
Notice how the black outlines vary in thickness. Some parts of the design, such as some outlines as well as the chain-like frame are indeed worked in thicker lines with 2 strands of embroidery floss. Depending on your personal preference, the designer suggests using Pearl cotton 8 instead which comes in a single thread.
Lesley Teare 2020 SAL
A sneak preview of the February chart
Part Two comes immediately to the right. It features a hummingbird and a flower with large open petals worked in a variety of Blackwork motifs, some including color. Petals fold forward creating an interesting dimensional effect. The dominant colors are bright yellow and light orange.
Part two will be available as of Feb 1st 2020 to all subscribers of the Lesley Teare 2020 SAL.
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Blackwork revisited
As you can see in the close-up image of this brand Hibiscus and Hummingbird design, Blackwork expert Lesley Teare takes a brand new approach to the technique. Lace-like mini motifs fill areas with "textures" of various density creating dimensional effects. Black gives way to color, in fine touches in the Blackwork areas, and whole-heartedly in other parts of the design. The result is Lesley Teare's signature style of Needlework designs, a unique approach to embroidery.
>> see all Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare designs
Simple and Pretty - Cross stitch projects for Mother's Day
Fridge magnets or Greeting cards, here are two sweet motifs that are quick to stitch and will go right to her heart. Also ideal for beginner cross stitchers.
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 | related pattern Crazy Quilting | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Lesley Teare Designs |
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>> see all Flower patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
>> see all Greeting card patterns (all designers)
Alphabet samplers
These classic italic script letters are embellished with leaves and arabesques, in the manner of antique white embroidery monograms. The pattern is so elegant, you can stitch it for its own sake - as well as reuse the chart for customizing any project with initials. The numbers, rarely found on an alphabet sampler, are an extra bonus (weddings and anniversaries).
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 | related pattern Alphabet - Roses | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Lesley Teare Designs |
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>> see all Alphabet and Monogram patterns
17th century Blues
Did you know that Delft tiles where originally inspired by the blue and white porcelain imported from China through Dutch ports in 17th century Holland? This explains the oriental feel of the floral motifs. Landscapes however were decidedly Dutch, depicting the mix of land and water of the Netherlands. Check out these designs close and you'll be amazed at Lesley Teare needlework expertise, replicating the tiny brush strokes in such amazing detail that you can recognize tiny drawbridges in the distance of the chimney of a potter's workshop.
>> see all patterns related to Europe and the Netherlands
Sweet Tooth
Here's a cheerful pair of yummy cupcakes. The scrumptious designs are full of sunny colors and easy to stitch (only full cross stitch).
>> see all patterns with cakes and sweets
Cute little Sunbonnet Sue: now in Blackwork and color
She's cheered generations and no doubt many to come. Lesley Teare features Sunbonnet Sue in Blackwork and in color! Square patterns make it easy to incorporate into quilt projects. Alternatively you can stitch the four together to frame or turn into a cushion cover.
More Lesley Teare news
Have you missed any of Lesley Teare's recent patterns? Catch up on all the designer's news in this dedicated section.
>> all the news for Lesley Teare Designs
>> see all patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
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Perrette Samouiloff - Walk in the Park - 1900s' Fashion
As featured in The World of Cross stitch magazine issue 290 on sale January 2020
>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
New Christmas and Seasonal patterns
We have just recently updated our Christmas sections with a wonderful series of new patterns by Tapestry Barn, Lili Violette, Barbara Ana, Riverdrift House, Shannon Christine, Lesley Teare, Tiny Modernist, Perrette Samouiloff and more. Don't miss the latest updates, check out our Christmas news section!
>> see all the recent news for Christmas
>> see all Christmas cross stitch patterns
Cocooning
Quick to stitch and easy to make, a hottie cover, the perfect gift for a loved one to warm up on a chilly winter night. A fun and creative idea brought to you by Tapestry Barn.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Tapestry Barn
Keeping warm on chilly days
More designs and more reasons to enjoy the chill of winter (all the while keeping toasty warm and stitching snuggly seated in a comfortable armchair).
>> see all Winter patterns
Two brown mice
Notice the colors in these two small cross stitch designs, and especially how the toned-down browns of autumn are highlighted by touches of aqua blue and orange. Designs by Barbara Ana.
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Witch Ride? | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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>> see more Autumn patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Nature at its most beautiful
Worked in wonderful hues of autumn foliage colors, this little biscornu features a fox running around among the changing leaves and berries. The biscornu shape, with its round curves is ideal for appreciating the needlework design from different angles. It's also a lot of fun to make when the two flat squares suddenly turn into this pretty little cushion.
>> see all Biscornu patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
More Foxes
>> see all patterns with Woodland animals
Spotted in Lesley Teare's Needlework Garden
A cardinal, cross stitched against a background featuring a double wreath, one with berries and green leaves, the other featuring a medley of lace-like blackwork motifs interspaced with bees and butterflies. Beautiful harmonies brought to you by Lesley Teare.
>> see more Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Period Fashion: La Belle Epoque
Here is a lively scene taking place during an afternoon stroll, with a playful young lady with a diabolo and a gentleman caught by surprise, while the musicians play and sing. The 1900's outfits are beautifully detailed, with subtle detail for the various characters. A cross stitch design by Perrette Samouiloff.
Fashion trough the ages with Perrette Samouiloff
>> More period fashion by Perrette Samouiloff
Cross stitch story telling by Kyoko Maruoka
GERA! designer Kyoko Maruoka turns well beloved folktales into beautiful little needlework gems. Her work is full of poetry, nature always making its way into her work. Check out the fun row of flowers alternating with turnips or the blissfully unaware partridges about to be trampled upon by the cat in extravagant boots.
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Puss in Boots | | Counted cross stitch pattern by GERA! by Kyoko Maruoka |
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More Children's stories by GERA!
>> see all patterns for Children by GERA! by Kyoko Maruoka
>> see all Stories and nursery Rhymes for Children (all designers)
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
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Barbara Ana Designs - Christmas Biscornu
As featured in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 262 on sale November 2019
Faby Reilly Designs - Christmas Rose Humbug
As featured in Cross Stitch Crazy magazine issue 262 on sale November 2019
>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Halloween Party: Dare you enter?
A floor squeaking, a sudden draft, eyes glittering in the dark, a candle flickering ... will you overcome your fear and dare push the door?
More Haunted Houses
>> see all Halloween Houses
A new tribute to Frida Kahlo
An extraordinary cross stitch pattern inspired by Frida Kahlo's painting entitled "The Wounded Deer" and by a phrase from a poem by Emily Dickinson "A Wounded Deer - Leaps Highest". This tribute to Frida Kahlo, by Barbara Ana is a powerful expression of how the wounded artist mustered strength in the face of life and love's adversities.
Frida Kahlo has inspired Barbara Ana two other works, which together form a lovely triptych. They are stitched in similar colors. One features the artist and Diego Rivera, as a couple, the other is a portrait, in the manner of the artist's own auto-portraits .
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
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Lesley teare Designs - 25 Christmas Tag motifs
As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine - Christmas issue 261 on sale September-October 2019
Faby Reilly designs - Petite Faby Christmas cards
As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine - Christmas issue 261 on sale September-October 2019
>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Simple pleasures of life
Stopping by a coffee cart, complimenting the lady on the potted plants. Small talk and exchanging smiles with strangers, simple joys of life, captured in cross stitch by Samantha Purdy Needlecraft.
More cups of coffee by Samantha Purdy
>> see all cross stitch patterns related to Coffee (all designers)
A visitor
A most extraordinary character, head crowned with a beautiful array of leaves, branches and fruit. Miss Mandrake is joining the party.
>> see more Halloween patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
More expressive Eyes by Barbara Ana
It is a truth universally acknowledged...
Two Riverdrift House samplers devoted to Jane Austen: now available:
The first features the famous opening lines of Pride and Prejudice, in the style of the samplers of the time.
The second is a small miniature version of Riverdrift House's Jane Austen Sampler.
>> see all the latest news for Riverdrift House
Rising from the sea in the mist...
Here comes a mermaid, perched on a pink flamingo ... The big stylized flowers, wallpaper-like background and vintage colors, bring a touch of the 70s. Barbara Ana's signature style blending unbridled fantasy and carefully thought out layout and colors.
Under the Sea by Barbara Ana
>> see all patterns with Mermaids (all designers)
Flamingos in cross stitch
>> see all Tropical Bird patterns
In Lesley Teare's Neeedlework Garden
Here are two designs featuring - by popular demand - some North American birds, a blue Jay and a Chickadee. They are both part of a beautiful series by Lesley Teare where the designer mixes needlework techniques, some parts delicate lace-like Blackwork, some parts cross stitch to create very unique designs.
>> see all Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
More Tits by Lesley Teare
>> see all Bird patterns by Lesley Teare
Golden Pears, Rosy Apples and Purple Figs
Worked in wonderful deep colors, this cross stitch piece by Perrette Samouiloff is a tribute to well-loved apple and pear varieties.
>> see all cross stitch patterns with Apples (all designers)
More Autumn Joys seen through the eyes of Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all Autumn patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Bountiful Harvest
Worked in the Assisi style of cross stitch, with only the purple background stitched and the motif showing in the blank parts, here is a beautifully pictured arrangement of seasonal fruit. The elegant and decorative design, brought to you by Gracewood stitches is part of their monthly cross stitch calendar.
Coming soon: December - Celebrate!
>> see all the latest news for Gracewood Stitches
More Purple patterns by Gracewood stitches
>> See all Purple cross stitch patterns (all designers)
Now or never, time to cross stitch for Halloween
Eyes glowing in the dark, owls flying low, bubbling cauldrons....It's the time of year when stitchers forget to be serious and get stitching some really quirky stuff.
There are over 50 Halloween projects to pick from on Creative Poppy's website. What will you be stitching this year?
>> see all recent news for Halloween
>> see all cross stitch patterns for Halloween
Coming up soon: Creative Poppy's Christmas Special
Don't miss our next newsletter, with plenty of new releases and inspiration for the festive season.
Creative Poppy Designers in the news
Searching for a cross stitch pattern you've seen featured in a needlework magazine?
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Agnès Delage-Calvet - Santa's advent calendar
As featured in World of Cross Stitch magazine issue 286 on sale September/October 2019
>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Beguiling Witches by Barbara Ana
Three new irresistible series of witches, just released by Barbara Ana Designs. They come in Barbara Ana's signature style that mixes humour, whimsiness, a reminiscence of Quaker samplers, a huge dose of creativity and a very subtle sense of color.
More Witches by Barbara Ana
>> see all Halloween patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
>> see all the latest news for Barbara Ana Designs
Join the party!
More Halloween fun with Lilli Violette and her band of friends gathering for an all night party. Dress code - including for pets - is... polka dots of course, in Lilli Violette's signature style.
More Fancy Dresses for Halloween
>> see all patterns for Halloween (all designers)
Scarecrow with a message
It's harvest time. Scarecrow Sam is ready at the roadside with a huge pumpkin lantern and delivering his cheerful message: "Happy Boo to you!" A design by Tempting Tangles.
More Pumpkins by Tempting Tangles
>> see all Seasonal patterns by Tempting Tangles Designs
Home-spun wool
The warm feeling of being all wrapped up in a cosy warm blanket of home-spun wool. This tartan based cross stitch pattern with an oak leaf and acorn motif is the design for October, In Gracewood Stitches monthly calendar. Soon to come: November Bounty.
>> see all Autumn foliage patterns (all designers)
More Autumn patterns by Gracewood Stitches
>> see all patterns by Gracewood Stitches
More Autumn Foliage
>> see all cross stitch patterns with Trees in Autum
Let she Show begin!
To the delight of all, young and old alike, two new designs by Perrette Samouiloff take us to the show! First the Circus, then to the Theatre with the Commedia del Arte theater.
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Circus | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Perrette Samouiloff |
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More Leisure time activities with Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all Leisure Time activities by Perrette Samouiloff
Toile de Jouy - in Scarlet and Pink
After the blue version, and by popular request - here is the red version of Lesley Teare's exceptional cross stitch pattern. The remarkably detailed pattern recreates in cross stitch and backstitch the effects of late 18th century fabrics famous for their bucolic landscapes.
>> see the blue version of Toile de Jouy by Lesley Teare
A House full of cats
Amanda Stevenson, Riverdrift House's designer, loves cats. There are six of them in her house. Here's a family portrait in colorful cross stitch.
>> see all cross stitch patterns with cats (all designers)
Popular cats... and a mouse
>> see all cross stitch patterns with Cats
Sewing motifs in three different scales
For those of us who cannot resist the urge to create with a piece of fabric, a button, some embroidery floss or a pretty pin, here is a wonderful chart. It contains all the cross stitch motifs you can dream of, in three different scales. This means you can adapt the designs to virtually any project related to needlework, be it the cover of a large box or a tiny scissor fob or tape measure - and they will all match. A clever design and idea by Tiny Modernist.
>> see more Vintage and Retro-style patterns by Tiny Modernist
More Box cover ideas to cross stitch
>> see all patterns for sewing boxes and needlework organizers
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.
Marie-Anne Réthoret - Christmas Hearts
As featured in Cross stitch Crazy magazine issue 260 on sale September 2019
>> see all the patterns featured in cross stitch and needlework magazines
Blood-red dots in a sea of golden wheat
How best to capture the fragile beauty of the poppy? With needle and thread, as demonstrated in this lovely summer biscornu design by Tiny Modernist.
>> see all biscornu patterns by Tiny Modernist
More red poppies
>> see all cross stitch patterns with poppies
Little Sailor
Celebrate the arrival of a new-born baby with this sunny and cheerful birth announcement sampler. The child will have pleasure discovering the tiny nautical motives. A Riverdrift House design.
>> see all patterns celebrating the birth of a Baby (all designers)
>> see all patterns related to the Sea and Seaside (all designers)
An explosion of colors
Joyful colors seem to come bursting out of this new cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana, appropriately named color therapy. The piece was stitched directly on a denim shirt using waste canvas.
>> see more patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
>> see all the latest news for Barbara Ana Designs
Fruit of the month: Juicy red Cherries
>> see all Cherry patterns to cross stitch
Roaming Baby Boars
A unique design inspired by the Japanese zodiac: this year is the year of the boar. Designer Kyoko Maruoka of Gera! shows the little boars roaming among flowers native to Japan, including coral red Higanbana (red spider lilies). The second design features a sparrow and forget-me-not.
More Needlework Boxes and Organizers
>> see all Needlework Boxes and Organizers
His Helmet is of Gold
A cross stitch tribute by Deborah A. Dick of Tempting Tangles to Emily Dickinson's poem "The Bee" with stitches and colours that perfectly complement the words.
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Bees in Clover | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Tempting Tangles Designs |
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More poetic Words in Stitches by Tempting Tangles
Arc of WhiteA spider sewed at night. Without a light. Upon an arc of white. | 
Myrtle & Rose (detail)Knowest thou the land where the lemon trees bloom, Where the golden orange glows in the deep thicket’s gloom,
Where a wind ever soft .... | 
Second Star...So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever | 
Red Finch Winter SongSilvery Dusk and Blushing Dawn, The Red Finch sings his Winter Song |
>> see all Words, Wisdom and Poetry by Tempting Tangles
Liberty for all
All around the globe, let the bells of Liberty resound. Freedom, a universal human right celebrated in cross stitch by Tempting Tangles.
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Freedom | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Tempting Tangles |
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>> see more patterns with Quotes by Tempting Tangles
Garden mosaic
The mansion looks beautiful in the background with large windows opening directly onto the grounds. The highlight though is the garden, with a beautiful terrace paved with colorful tiles, like a carpet. It is surrounded by basins of flowers and topiaries. Everywhere birds, flowers, a little corner of paradise.
Part of Riverdrift House's beautiful collection of cross stitch samplers featuring manor houses and gardens.
18th century England
Here's another cross stitch pattern dedicated to "classic" country homes and Georgian architecture. Wonderful little miniatures brought to you by Lesley Teare Designs.
>> see all patterns with Houses (all designers)
More Manors and Country Homes in cross stitch
The sweet sounds of Music
Brought to you by Riverdrift House, here is an elegant cross stitch sampler that will delight any music lover. As your eyes wander from word to word, no doubt you will start to hear the sweet sound of music.
More cross stitch patterns related to music
>> see all patterns related to Music
Quilt Block Village
A couple of houses, people relaxing at home or pottering about... But look closer: do you notice anything special about the trees?
Samantha Purdy's unique cross stitch style and creativity.
More Quilt Block inspired patterns
>> see all cross stitch patterns inspired by Quilting & Patchwork
Night Owl
Day and Night, big eyes watching you. A Glow-in-the-Dark pattern by Faby Reilly.
More Glow-in-the-Dark patterns
>> see all cross stitch patterns using Glow-in-the-Dark floss
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.
That's not all! More news continued on next page...
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