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Hear the buzz!
Pay tribute to the honey bee queen with this cute little pattern by Barbara Ana that will fit perfectly in a 4 inch hoop.
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Queen Bee | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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New Barbara Ana Stitch-along
This new mystery cross stitch chart is lush with gold and precious stones, and loaded with history.
The SAL comes in 3 parts released every two weeks, and the first one is already available !
Spirit of the forest
Why do mushroom pop out mysteriously overnight? No doubt the work of the Spirit of the Forest, seen here appearing through the branches of a sturdy tree. A sense of melancholy emanates from this design shrouded in autumnal light. Vintage Barbara Ana, full of her favorite leitmotivs.
More Autumn patterns by Barbara Ana
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New Summer pattern by Barbara Ana
Amazing colors for this summer pattern by Barbara Ana, combining a terracotta fabric and a unique contrast of blue and brick. Order reigns on the left side of the pattern but in the shaded part, hair flows with the wind, morphing into waves with tiny sailboats and fish tossed about. Maybe a taste of what dreams are made of....
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Blue Dreams | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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A Dandelion growing... Underwater ?
Trust Barbara Ana's wild imagination. Yes, it is possible, at least in cross stitch. And fans will recognize the amount of fun detail she manages to squeeze in, be it a miniature.
More Summer patterns by Barbara Ana
Take in the sunshine with Barbara Ana's cool and colorful cross stitch patterns.
>> see all Summer patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Seasonal companion
Following in the footsteps of Barbara Ana's Spring cat, here is its new companion, the Summer cat. Both are elegantly dressed in tight wasted ballooning dresses that form an "image within the image". It's amazing the amount of detail the designer has managed to fit into this bay view, with a clever use of light where distant sailboats and hot-air balloons only appear as silhouettes against the scorching sun.
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Summer cat | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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More Cat characters by Barbara Ana
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Walk on the wild side, by Barbara Ana
Staring straight ahead, with hypnotic eyes. A strange vision. Barbara Ana more mysterious and fascinating than ever.
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Gothic Light | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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More fantastical creatures by Barbara Ana
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A wildflower garden by Barbara Ana
A surreal vision, hypnotic eyes, a dream maybe, lush wildflowers growing in a garden, vintage Barbara Ana
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Wildflowers | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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Cat in Blooms
Colorful and whimsical as ever, Barbara Ana's Spring Cat is spreading her arms as if bearing an arch of flowers. She is wearing a crinoline shaped dress that blends into a countryside scene with oversize dandelion seeds blowing in the wind. Interestingly the rich and dense design is featured against a printed fabric mimicking a batik hand-dyed look.
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Spring Cat | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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There's a star (wo)man waiting in the sky...
Check out this new addition to Barbara Ana's Dreaming Girls collection, a vibrant tribute to David Bowie, inspired by his famous hit Stardust.
Look closely at the lovely details hidden in this pattern and the meticulous way in which the designer portrays our Starwoman, from her asymmetrical makeup to her flaming hair.
*This pattern was initially introduced as an SAL
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Starwoman | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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Psychic readings
Wearing the most amazing outfit of gold, precious stones, luxurious silks and feathers, and equiped with all the tools of the trade, from magic potions to crystal ball, Barbara Ana's fortune teller is deep in concentration, connecting with mysterious spirits, travelling into the cosmos searching for the clues to our destiny.
It is amazing how much detail designer Barbara Ana manages to fit into a concise cross stitch pattern. Textures are stunning too with plush effects rendered using a couple of simple cotton threads.
>> see all Portrait patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Oldies but Goldies by Barbara Ana Designs
Since day one when she starting creating cross stitch patterns just for the fun in the mid 2000's, Barbara Ana never stopped. Her humor, her creativity, her curiosity and her sense of fun are endless. Here's a compilation of the patterns she first created, dozens and dozens of them... still relevant today!
>> see all Oldies but Goldies by Barbara Ana Designs (all designers)
The space invaders are back
New by Barbara Ana, a gorgeously designed dreaming girl, body and mind dissolving into the cosmos, together with a playful hint at the little pixel monsters that haunted the 1970's, when early video games appeared.
The Dreamer is the bigger sister. Her sibling is the first Cosmic Dreams design. Why not stitch them as a pair?
More poetical dreams by Barbara Ana
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Retrofuturistic Fashion
Enjoy the ride! Barbara Ana takes you onto another wild and whimsical ride, combining her interest into weird trends - Steampunk anyone? and her own favorite leitmotifs (hat and sunglasses a late addition). Each new design seems to be moving on from the previous, always with an interesting tweak. Here the background fabric, evocative of steam plays an important role in the design.
Whimsical Harvest
Part of the Dreaming girl series, here comes another young lady with a lush harvest that seems to be springing out of her arms. Vintage Barbara Ana, the cross stitch pattern is stuffed with fun detail including a hidden face.
>> see all Dreaming Girl patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Wild and mysterious
Facing us with large hypnotic eyes is Awbow! , Barbara Ana's latest cross stitch portrait, a mysterious tortoise-like-but-winged creature surging out of a lush tropical garden, its stunning colors standing out against the deep black background fabric.
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AWBOW! | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!
A delightful new Christmas cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana, portraying her favorite in Santa's awesome team of reindeer. Lady Dancer is pictured wearing a warm woolen sweater, red of course. Powdery snow is falling from her antlers where a tiny village is nested. The date 1823 featured in the cross stitch medallion refers to the year the author of the poem, Clement Clarke Moore, wrote the story initially titled A Visit from St. Nicholas.
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Dancer | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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Bah Humbug!
Barbara Ana takes us on a wild ride in this Christmas cross stitch pattern combining eeriness and attraction in a surprising mirror effect. Vintage humor by Barbara Ana Designs.
Lights in the night
Whimsical, vintage Barbara Ana.
Lights shine in the night. Come close and discover the most extraordinary creature, a stylish deer, clad in a 1970's vintage jacket, face white in the moonlight and wearing a head dress, with luminous lanterns and silver droplets hanging from her antlers in a halo of light.
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Deer Dreams | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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New Christmas releases by Barbara Ana
This pair of ornament size patterns can fit into a small hoop. You will recognize designer Barbara Ana's unmistakable style in the depiction of the sleepy village , the pretty quaker motifs appearing in the snow, Assisi style, and the beautiful detail of the miniature reindeer.
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Holy Night | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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More Christmas designs by Barbara Ana
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We're all Mad Here
SAL subscribers will have recognized her. Here is Barbara Ana's female version of Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter. Drinking tea and wearing an oversize green hat, with price tag still attached. Any resemblance stops here though and the rest is left to the designer's imagination.
The Bonkers SAL has now ended. If you are an existing subscriber, you can still download your patterns from your download page. Else please purchase the regular pattern
>> see more Dreaming Girl patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Portrait of a lady
Lady squirrel seems to be posing for a painting, actually a cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana. We love the contrast between the aqua blue of the dress and the natural colors. The light variations in color of the dress are achieved through the use of a nuanced thread from the DMC Color Variations range.
The Dreaming Girl grows Wings
Initially introduced in steps as an SAL, this design is now available as a whole pattern. Part of the amazing Dreaming girl series, she has grown colorful wings and turned into a butterfly. In between her delicate antenna is a tiny hat carrying her sunshades.
>> see all Dreaming Girl patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
And yet another butterfly...
This time our dreaming girl is in Asia, her motionless figure contrasting with her vivid dream.
>> see all Dreaming Girl patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
A dreaming Girl in a different light
Talking of another dreaming girl, we received from Nona J. this wonderful picture of her Dreaming girl reappearing as Peter Pan's Wendy Darling. We love it when stitchers reinterpret and reappropriate a design. Nona switched background colors, which gives the piece a very different look, and accompanied her piece with a quote from Peter Pan: "Second Star to the Right, then Straight on till Morning".
The alphabet that she chose to be "Pan-worthy" is from a Better Homes and Gardens hardcover book of "Alphabets and Borders", page 151, "Elegant Swerve Alphabet".
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Dreaming Girl | by Barbara Ana Designs Original right, Left reinterpreted by Nona J. |
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This is not Nona's first reinterpretation of a Barbara Ana Design. She also turned Dreaming of Klimt into the Queen of Sheba (check her out in Barbara Ana's news section below)
Fiery Night
An amazing tribute by Barbara Ana to impressionnist painter Vincent Van Gogh and his world-known Starry night. The designer manages to recreate in cross stitch the movement, colors and vision of the tormented artist, blending in her own images, brighlty lit homes and a dreaming girl with hair raising like flames.
>> see all Dreaming Girl patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Dreaming of Klimt - revisited as the Queen of Sheba
We love it when a stitcher is inspired by a pattern, and turns it into a unique work. Here is a wonderful idea shared by Nona J. who was inspired by one of Barbara Ana's designs:
"I tried a couple of variations with Klimt. I stitched on a 7 ct. aida so she would look kind of like a tapestry. As I worked, I wanted to give her an identity, so she became the queen of Sheba. It is very imperfect and looks coarse from the 7 ct., but I like the way it reflects Klimpt's own contrasting quirks....using precious, fine gold, yet painting in unpredictable blocks of color. I also used a shiny rayon thread for jewel tones and after watching a documentary on Klimt, painting over gold leaf, I infused quite a bit of metallic gold thread. Just thought you'd enjoy a glimpse. It's not perfect, but I love her. Happy creating, Nona J."
 | Nona's work (left and below) Original design (right)
Dreaming of Klimt | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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We find that the Queen of Sheba theme fits perfectly with Barbara Ana's work and tribute to Klimt.
Thank you so much Nona for sharing such a wonderful idea!
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