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Racing around the cauldron
Mice and a friendly ghost race around a log fire playing peek-a-boo while swirls of steam emerge from a bubbling cauldron. Have fun adding all the details on the cross stitch base, including an intriguing specialty stitch, as Faby Reilly takes you by the hand with her excellent tutorials.
A cheerful Home
Joy emanates from this pretty bird house, where a couple of chirpy birds and their offspring have just moved in. The cross stitch pattern is also an opportunity to learn from expert needlework designer Faby Reilly a couple of tips, such as working some colorful seed stitches without any fear of threads showing though. Small but full of rich detail, this is the perfect pattern to take a break in between larger cross stitch projects.
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New Home | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Faby Reilly Designs |
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Welcome Spring
Brought to you by Faby Reilly, this heart shaped bouquet is perfect for welcoming spring into your house. It is also perfect for having a go at fractionals, if you have never tried them before, guided by the designer's excellent tutorial.
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Make Peace, not War
Here's a message of peace full of strong symbolism, brought to you by Faby Reilly. The cross stitch pattern has been embellished with interesting specialty stitches that add extra volume to the stitching.
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Following the Star
There is such a peaceful feel to this cross stitch nativity scene by Faby Reilly. In her beautiful streamlined style, the designer has us follow the humble shepherd, towards the manger, where Baby Jesus lays huddled between Mary and Joseph.
New colors for the holidays
Ready for a change this Christmas? Here 's a unique mix of colors to cross stitch, with baubles looking so real, you'll want to grab them and hange them onto your tree. 6 cross stitch minis brought to you by Faby Reilly
All the way from Norway
We can't tell for sure if Santa really lives close to the Artic Pole, but we can assure you that these lovely gold designs surrounding his crew are from Norway, named after the mountaineous area where this specific kind of Needlework was practiced. If you've never tried Hardanger before, here's a wonderful occasion to have a go, with a fun design and guided by Faby Reilly's excellent tutorials.
More Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
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New seaside pattern by Faby Reilly
Part of Faby Reilly's Masterclass program*, here is a delightful beach scene with the focus on a heavy anchor and its chunky chain, with a clever use of chainstitch in multiple strands to bring texture to the foreground. The background cross stitch scene includes many exquistely designed detail including seashells, lighthouse, seagulls and sailboat.
The user-friendly chart comes in two-steps, first the cross stitch, then all additional stitches. It also includes an extensive guide* detailing all the steps and tips to achieve a perfect result for all specialty stitches.
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Give Hardanger a try?
Warning: this stitch can quickly become addictive!
Part of Faby Reilly's Masterclass series; the designer takes you by the hand, starting on familiar ground with a cross stitch and backstitch background, blending in a cute Hardanger heart. Along the way, guided by excellent tutorials, you will learn how to master kloster blocks, cutwork and woven bars.
What we love about Faby Reilly's patterns and guides is that, in addition to excellent close-up step-by-step photos, they are full of excellent tips and dos and don'ts so you cannot go wrong.
>> see all Specialty Stitch Masterclass patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
A couple of stitches from from Faby Reilly's Masterclasses
Other stitches include Whipped backstitch, Colonial knots, Stumpwork and more.
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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.
>> see more patterns expressing Love, by Faby Reilly Designs
A beautiful perspective effect
This stunning perspective effect with a garland of shamrock disappearing into the distance is achieved by a clever combination of cross stitch and Stumpwork. Indeed designer Faby Reilly only works the closer leaves in cross stitch, working the further ones in Stumpwork, combining satin stitch and felt for a padded effect. The chart includes an excellent tutorial. An expert level design suitable for an experienced cross stitcher looking for a bit of challenge.
More Specialty stitch tutorials by Faby Reilly
Each of these designs focuses on a particular specialty stitch. Learn the tricks with Faby Reilly's excellent step by step guides. Once you have mastered these stitches, you will be able to add your own effects and enhance your stitching in many other projects.
>> see all patterns mixing cross stitch and other specialty stitches (all designers)
The final part of Faby Reilly's year-round calendar
With a wonderful flower arrangement for each month of the year, here is Faby Reilly last design, a super-cute arrangement of seasonal flowers. It comes with an extra bonus: a template and alphabet that will also let you create your very own greeting cards.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
Poinsettia and Holly - Assisi style
Brought to you by Faby Reilly, a new and unique take on the popular Christmas motifs rendered in the Assisi technique. Indeed they appear in white, where the fabric is left blank, while the background is cross stitched in deep red. Like Assisi designs of yore - dating back to Renaissance Italy - the design includes numerous flourishes in Holbein stitch.
More poinsettia Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
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Flower of the month: November Chinese lanterns
The Physalys bears cheerful orange fruit in Autumn. Designer Faby Reilly skillfully depicts in cross stitch the puffy lanterns housing the little round fruit. One of the lanterns has already disintegrated into its lace like shape (pictured right and worked in Gold metallic). The flowers are thus known in French as "Amour en cage" or Love in a cage.
The pattern is part of the designer's delightful year-round collection of needlework flowers, one for each month of the year, the Anthea collection.
Flower of the month: October Cyclamen
You will recognize the shapes of their petals turned towards the light, and the dark foliage veined in white. This floral pattern is part of the designer's delightful year-round collection of needlework flowers, one for each month of the year, the Anthea collection.
>> see all Year-round and Calendar patterns (all designers)
New Faby Reilly Masterclass: Long and short Stitch
For her latest masterclass, designer Faby Reilly picked the thistle, emblem of Scotland, and framed within a matching tartan motif. The needlework pattern is used to introduce us to very useful specialty stitch - the long and short stitch. You will be able to practice this stitch guided by Faby Reilly's excellent tutorials.
Harbinger of Autumn
As days grow shorter and morning mist lingers, the tiny heads of the Colchicum or Autumn crocus, sprout in the fields. A sure sign of the arrival of fall and the perfect flower for the month of September. Part of the Anthea collection by Faby Reilly, with a flower to cross stitch for each month.
And the Seasons, they go round and round....
The year has gone full circle and the collection of delightful seasonal wreaths by Faby Reilly is now complete. Once your stitching is done, you can proudly display and rotate them as the year goes round.
>> see all year round patterns (all designers)
Starfish on the beach
As the waves softly ebb, a starfish appears among the sea shells. This exquisite cross stitch pattern includes a specialty stitch, providing a dimensional effect to the work. Thanks to an excellent step by step tutorial included with the chart, the woven picot stitch will have no more secrets for you. This pattern is part of Faby Reilly's Masterclass series, introducing a specialty stitch, one at a time in each design.
Spot this stitch: the Rhodes Butterfly
You might be familiar with the Rhodes stitch? Or the Rhodes Heart stitch? But have you ever seen a Rhodes Butterfly stitch? We just love it!
The tiny stitch is just so cute, you'll want to fit it into some many of your works. Thing repeating it in a regular pattern in the background to liven up a design, or adding a flutter of colorful butterflies in a floral scenery....
Thanks to Faby Reilly and her excellent tutorials, you can give it a try straight away!
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Butterfly Trail
Rhodes Butterfly Masterclass | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Faby Reilly Designs |
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Flower of the Month: Lavender
Check these twigs of lavender closely and you'll almost feel their scent. Faby Reilly needlework expertise has no equal when it comes to designing a pretty bouquet of lavender, worked on a cross stitch base dotted with French or Colonial knots (whichever work best for you - she encourages you to compare and provides a handy tutorial for both). The July flower, part of the Anthea collection of monthly flowers, also comes with an extra blank chart and cross stitch alphabet, so you can stitch any words of you own - particularly handy for decorative room plaques in your home.
More Lavender patterns by Faby Reilly
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Apples & Roses
Thanks to Faby Reilly, you can embellish your home all year round with a pretty seasonal wreath. Here is the one for summer, with ripe red apples and sweet little summer roses. Like all of Faby Reilly's work, always supported by excellent tutorials, it is a delicate mix of needlework techniques and stitches achieving a wonderful decorative effect.
More Roses by Faby Reilly
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June Cornflower
The flower for June is the cornflower, exquisitely depicted in intricate detail and colors, with bead highlights. Also by Faby Reilly.
Cherry Blossoms
Cherry trees are in bloom in Faby Reilly's needlewwork garden, with a pretty branch mixing buds and blooming flowers. The eyelet stitch mother-of-pearl sequins represent the flying petals. Pure embroidered poetry
Violets are the flower of the month
The delicate purple flowers, beribboned in Gold and a sprinkling of purple, grace this month's Anthea calendar designed by Faby Reilly.This time, guided by the designer's excellent tutorials, you will be introduced to the colonial knot, a good alternative to the French knot.
More Violet designs by Faby Reilly
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Rose Wreath
Here is the second in Faby Reilly's collection of seasonal wreaths, which you can stitch and display in your home throughout the year. Each chart will introduce you to some specialty stitches, in this case the lazy daisy stitch and the woven spider web stitch, guided by Faby Reilly's excellent tutorials.
More Roses by Faby Reilly
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Spring Daffodils
This cheerful bunch of daffodils fits into the lower left-hand corner of a square, but can be expanded to fit any text of your choice using the alphabet provided (Thank you, Happy Easter, Welcome Spring, ...). Or you might want to stitch the whole series of designs with one chart for each month. A cross stitch chart designed by Faby Reilly.
Prickly stitches
This little hedgehog, emerging from a pile of leaves behind a log, looks so real and lively, it almost looks as if you might hurt your fingers stitching this prickly friend. A cross stitch chart by Faby Reilly.
February Flowers
Faby Reilly's flowers of the month are pure white lilies and arums. Part of a year-round calendar they can also be used for making greeting cards using the customisable chart and alphabet provided.
January Flowers
Designer Faby Reilly will accompany us year-round with a flower for each month of the year. Faby's patterns are exquisitely designed in intricate detail, yet do not include any fractional stitches. Quite a feat given the amount of detail. The January flower is a snowdrop.
A beautifully embellished wreath for Christmas
Guided by Faby Reilly's excellent stitch tutorials, how about stitching this exquisitely detailed Christmas pattern and learning a couple of new stitches at the same time. This new release (part of a series with one for each season) features a ribbed spider web stitch, in blue on the photo.
Jewel-like needlework ornaments
Faby Reilly has a special talent for transforming a small piece of fabric into the most exquisite of jewels, shining with a thousand reflections. Each side of this cube is embellished with a pattern inspired by ice and snow crystals, mixing silver threads, seed beads and sequins on a cross stitch base. A wonderful hand-stitched ornament to display in your home for the festive season.
Matching ornaments - Let it Snow collection
> see all Festive Season ornaments by Faby Reilly
Christmas in Paradise
Faby Reilly takes us to exotic lands for this festive season, with tiny blue-feathered birds nesting among flowering birds of paradise. As always with Faby Reilly, beauty is in the exquisite detail of her intricate needlework designs combining cross stitch and many interesting embellishments of beads and threads. Hours of pleasurable stitching await!
>> see more Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
Beyond cross stitch
Does cross stitch not hold any more secrets for you?
How about learning some new stitches that work wonders combined with cross stitch.
The Biscobourse project is the perfect opportunity to discover a couple of new stitches, learning under the expert guidance of Faby Reilly and her wonderful tutorials.
To make sure the charts are perfectly adapted to your needs, Faby Reilly offers you the choice between two levels:
- intermediate level where you learn just 3 specialty stitches, including the pretty and easy lazy daisy stitch.
- expert level covering a large number of stitches including for example the bullion stitch, which gives extra dimension to your stiching, and the buttonhole cartwheel. A whole new world to discover step by step.
>> see all patterns involving a mix of cross stitch and embroidery (all designers)
Woven roses: a spiderweb stitch tutorial
Brought to you by Faby Reilly, here is a fun and colorful cross stitch pattern that doubles up as a spiderweb tutorial. How about discovering new stitches that will enhance your cross stitch projects? This is a new series by Faby Reilly that will focus on a specialty stitch at a time. Watch out for more.
>> see more patterns with mixed needlework techniques (all designers)
Feel the sand between your toes
Spot those fantastic Lolita-style sunglasses. This cross stitch pattern is bound to bring back happy memories of seaside fun. A design by Faby Reilly.
Personalized Wedding Gifts
How better to celebrate a wedding than by stitching a truly personalized gift. This project can even be completed as a pair, the sampler and the cute little cushion that will bear the rings during the wedding ceremony. Brough to you, with beautiful stitched detail and finishing touches, by Faby Reilly Designs
More Wedding Ring Cushions by Faby Reilly
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Cherry Blossoms
Spring is here, so why not celebrate with this remarkable needlework cushion, brought to you by Faby Reilly. Notice the delicacy of the flower petals and pistils embellished with golden seed beads.
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
Night Owl
Day and Night, big eyes watching you. A Glow-in-the-Dark pattern by Faby Reilly.
Fragrant Lilac flowers
A little bumblebee digs his head deep into the tiny flowers, amazingly rendered in cross stitch by Faby Reilly in a rich palette of light purples.
More Flower Biscornu by Faby Reilly
Part of a collection of over 20 flowers, each exquisitely designed.
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Peacock Needlework Accessory set
Brought to you by Faby Reilly, a stunning set of assorted Needlework accessories including a Scissor case & Fob, a Needlebook and a Pin-cushion Biscornu. Each cross stitch chart comes with a fully detailed finishing tutorial. .
>> see more Stitcher's accessory patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
Sweet Peas and Honeysuckle by Faby Reilly
Here comes a splendid pair of fragrant blossoms, joining a gallery of flowers, some humble, some majestic, all coming to life in stitches under Faby Reilly's magic touch.
With its outer curves and central hollow, the biscornu is an ideal shape for these flower themed cross stitch patterns.
More Flower Biscornus in Faby Reilly's collection
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Just about to bloom: magnolias
Buds are swelling, soon the big white petals will open one by one ...
Capture the beauty of the magnolia flower with a pretty bookmark. A design by Faby Reilly.
More Magnolia patterns
There is more in this series: check out the sweet little biscornu, the heart or the large sampler.
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Greeting cards embellished with beads and sequins
Let it snow! these small motifs by Faby Reilly are worked in cross stitch on a Zweigart natural linen canvas with small printed dots looking like soft white snowflakes. The cross stitch base is further embellished with gold threads, pearl sequins, red seed beads. Irresistible isn't it?
>> see more Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
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Christmas in Silver and Blue
Light sparkles in Faby Reilly's works with metallic threads, sequins and beads capturing light and adding extra dimension. Here are two new releases, a Christmas tree busrting with fine detail and a star ornament with intricately silver snowflakes.
More star ornaments by Faby Reilly
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Purple Symphony
Generous bunches of wisteria flowers, cross stitched on a biscornu, with subtle variations of color, from lavender to purple. Here's a new flower, in the biscornu series, a collection that continues to grow. Exquisite designing work by Faby Reilly Designs.
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Elegant & practical
For anything you want to slip into your handbag, and keep away from other things, here's a lovely little pouch that fits in a purse or in a desk drawer. An opening on the top of the cover allows to slide a small object of your choice (cards, tickets, headphones, etc.). The little fob also has a small opening and can also serve as a key holder. A Faby Reilly Design.
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Flora Pouch | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Faby Reilly Designs |
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