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Summer Days in the garden
Oh, the joy of spending time pottering in the garden on a lovely warm days with bees buzzing and birds chirping.
Lesley Teare manages to capture the atmosphere in a very British way, on a decorative teapot. And not for the first time. As you can see below the Garden-lover-designer also loves ornemental teapots and china, a great way to mix both indoor and outdoor pleasures.
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Birds of America
Expert cross stitch designer - and keen birdwatcher - Lesley Teare was once asked if she could design a pattern with birds native to America. Indeed the British designer has produced numerous designs of the birds she watches from her kitchen window. But cross a whole ocean and you will find birds strikingly differ from their overseas counterparts, even when they bear the same name.
So, at the request of American stitchers, here is a sampler fully dedicated to birds native of the New World.
For British stitchers, not to worry, there is a British Bird sampler available for you too.
More patterns with New World Birds
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King of Birds
This is actually how this tiny bird is referred to, possibly because of its conspicuous golden crest, outlined by black bands. Expert needlework designer - and keen birdwatcher - Lesley Teare is expanding her bird series with a new format with colored corners that replicate the color of the bird's feathers. Designs focus on the birds, depicted in cross stitch, while the surrounding floral wreaths are worked in lace-like blackwork patterns.
There will be more designs to come in this series. Why not collect them all!
More Blackwork Flowers and Birds, by Lesley Teare
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Blackwork Birds, with color
Here comes a new design in Lesley Teare's signature style of mixing Blackwork lace-like effects, and areas of full cross stitch. The effect is incredibly ornemental as this combination of four birds attests. If you haven't tried Blackwork before, why not give it a try?
More Blackwork patterns, designed by Lesley Teare
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Spring Wildflower motifs
Take a stroll through the English countryside with Lesley Teare and spot the spring flowers blooming: bluebells, pansies, violets, lily of the valley, primroses and even the wild strawberries and blackberries whose flowers are blooming and ripening into fruit. The easy full stitches and separate cross stitch motifs mean the pattern is very versatile and adapatble to a wealth of cross stitch projects.
More cross stitch patterns with flowers, by Lesley Teare
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A sneak preview of Lesley Teare's 2025 SAL
The ongoing Lesley Teare 2025 Stitchalong comes in 10 parts. 2 parts have been released as of February and the March part is just round the corner. The tree is beginning to fill with life as this sneak preview attests. It's still time to join the fun and watch the tree grow, with each new part full of surprises and detail.
Christmas, scandinavian style
Each designer has a special way of celebrating Christmas. We love the way Lesley Teare pays tribute to the joyful season in her very own special way: in white and gold, with white deer dancing under an ornate tree, squirrels running in its bare limbs and a pair of doves carrying a message of peace.
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Christmas in the British countryside, by Lesley Teare
Here is a beautiful cross stitch sampler featuring a typical Georgian House in winter, with red robins scavenging for food in the potted plants and deers romaing in the park. With the final Winter sampler, this seasonal series by Lesley Teare Designs is now complete.
Autumn in the British countryside, by Lesley Teare
Here is a beautiful cross stitch sampler featuring a typical Georgian House in autumn, with a potted pear-tree featured prominently in the garden and surrounded by lawn where animals roam freely. It is part of a series of classic cross stitch samplers featuring each season.
More seasonal samplers by Lesley Teare
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Sunny colors of late summer
As if somewhat faded by the summer heat, we love the soft colors of these 4 miniature motifs, the perfect size for cross stitching Greeting cards. Cross stitch chart brought to you by Lesley Teare.
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Less than 4 months until Christmas!
It's time to prepare your homemade decorations, like an Advent calendar, or to start some cute projects to cross stitch.
Lesley Teare created two samplers for Christmas, that are both extremely decorative and extra fun to stitch ahead of Christmas, as you can complete each part at a time.
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Cute little Christmas ornaments and Greeting cards to cross stitch
Perfect for making ornaments - such as these pretty Christmas stockings - or a greeting card for a Special One, these cheerful Christmas mini motifs are brought to you by Lesley Teare Designs.
More mini-motifs patterns for Christmas by Lesley Teare Designs
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Portrait of a Woodpecker, by Lesley Teare
While you may know Lesley Teare for her Cross stitch and Blackwork designs, she is also an expert birdwatcher - and it shows when she tackles the complex work of creating a portrait of a woodpecker, more often heard than seen, as it hammers a half rotten tree trunk, searching for food by chasing out surprised insects. Seen in profile, this is a wonderful portrait mixing cross stitch and a tiny touch of Blackwork.
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A Summer House and Garden by Lesley Teare
Brought to you by Lesley Teare, here is the second in a series of classic cross stitch samplers featuring a typical georgian House in the English countryside. The Summer pattern features a potted apple tree heavy with fruit and rabbits leaping across the green lawn.
More Houses patterns by Lesley Teare
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Tiny yet stylish William Morris style mini motifs
It's amazing how much Lesley Teare manages to incorporate into such tiny motifs. The expert designer has already tackled much larger design inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, but these tiny ones, involving full cross stitch only are proof of her talent.
A refined alphabet, inspired by blue and white Delft pottery
A wonderful idea brought to you by Lesley Teare with a cross stitch alphabet replicating the delicate blue and white hues of Delft pottery. Each letter is a treasure of refinement, with tiny motifs of peacocks and flowers fitted within.
More Birds patterns related to Delft pottery
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