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What a fun collection of seasonal and whimsical designs! All offered in chart format, each is full of cheery color, and most are stitched on YOUR choice of fabric! Some of the chart covers are showing digital images of the chart, rather than the finished piece... that can get confusing when you're looking at the Biscornu designs. But rest assured, the charts inside are nicely done and very clear. Seasonal, Graduation and Everyday... it's a fun selection! Most of these call for regular DMC thread... but also ONE or TWO colors of DMC Variations flosses, which are available in a boxed set of 8 or 10 colors. Overdyed flosses will work, as well.
Barbara Ana's Patriotic ABC - The chart, Thread Board and matching Needle Minder The cross stitch design for this little eagle is charming. Sstitched in regular DMC floss, it measures just 81 x 79 in stitch count, so finishes just under 6 inches on 14ct. Next is the Thread Board - it's only 3 x 3-1/4, and finally the acrylic minder that is only 1-1/4 inches in size! I don't know what is cuter - but the chart will take longer to stitch than enjoying the board or minder!
Butterfly Dreams Barbara Ana had 5 more Dreaming Girl patterns to join her collection - we have 10 others on her pages now. All fun and whimsical... every one is on different fabric, all are coded for DMC and all are different sizes. Find one you like - and stitch it! Gorgeous colors, beautiful artwork!
Floral Dreams, Woodland Dreams, Witchy Dreams and Trick or Treat... More Dreaming Girls Floral Dreams - Stitched on 25ct Pacific Metallic blue Lugana - if you can't find that exact fabric, just look for a rich aqua color of hand-dyed. Floral finishes 5 x 7, and she's worked with DMC flosses. Another gorgeous Dreaming Girl... it's getting hard to choose a favorite! Woodland Dreams - Another fun whimsical pic... our girl has mushrooms growing out of her head! She's a little 'out-there.' One of the shop gals insists that those are horns holding up the village and trees... I don't think we're supposed to over-think this series - just smile at it! That gorgeous Azure Blue fabric against the Autumnal DMC colors is just so striking! Our fabric is on the way! Witchy Dreams - This one is wearing a tiny skull necklace, there's a kitty in a graveyard up on her hat, as well a tiny bubbling cauldron... I guess she's got lots on her mind! Trick or Treat - Only 4 x 5-1/2 I don't know what makes this so cute, but everybody is drawn to it! The speckled fabric is neat... the DMC colors are pretty, just a fun little piece!
Dreaming of Miss Claus Another charming Dream-Girl by Barbara Ana! The 7th one! Miss Claus has gingerbread earrings, and on her white-as-snow billowing hair are mountains of chocolate and a peaceful, sleepy village. The stars are done with metallic gold. Her hair is worked with 3743 and 3865. Both colors look white, but contrast each other - they make that gorgeous geometric pattern in her hair. It looks so 3-dimensional. The chart is huge, and printed in full color... very easy to see and follow, and Miss Claus finishes a mere 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 on 32ct!
Garden of Dreams Here is another pretty girl, musing and alone in her thoughts! She companions Dreaming Frieda and Dreaming Girl, but she's a little smaller, and is stitched on a neutral colored fabric. Can you see the darling little kitty up there in the hills? Measuring only 86 x 97, she finishes approx 5 x 6 on 32ct - very do-able - and is charted for 18 shades of DMC floss. So pretty!
Dreaming Girl This is a wistfully pretty piece - obviously our girl has a head full of dreams - just like the title of the piece announces! Stitched on a deep blue fabric (or choose anything you like), it is all worked with DMC floss, and finishes approx 8-1/2 x 4-/12 on 32ct. (The Stitching with the Housewives girls dye a lot of this color - they use a RIT dye from the grocery store!!!) Anyway, this design is fun... stitch it for the happy Dreamer in your life! I love everything about it!
Black Cat Hollow - All Three Parts! This is a whole village scene complete with pumpkin vine border, little haunted houses, black cats, and witches with big behinds!!!! (better them, than me!) Cute as can be, it is full of stars and moons, lots of Autumn vegetation and witches and bats everywhere. Originally released in three separate charts, we have all of them together, so you can have the set at one time rather than chasing down all the parts. Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. Measuring 151 in stitch count, this will finish approx 11 x 11 on 28ct, and is charted for just 9 shades of regular DMC floss! Go for it, and add hand-dyeds, metallics for the house windows and bats... wool thread for the cats?
Portuguese Bird Sampler Love, Love the colors in this! Tell me ye knowing and discerning few, where I may find a friend both firm and true. Who dares stand by me when in deep distress and then his love and friendship most express. Quite large, the stitch count on this is 275 x 335 -- so it finishes almost 14 x 16 on 40ct, and would be 17 x 21 on 32. I guess you could leave off a band or two, but everything is so pretty on here, I don't know what you'd want to leave off!!! Fun to add Satins on the border acorns... you could always do Rice Stitches for the lettering. Charted for regular stitches with 22 shades of regular DMC floss, on white.
Autumn Keeper This is a small-ish piece - pin cushion-sized on 40ct - that is worked in only 9 shades of DMC floss. Your proper Miss is keeper-of-the-key - possibly to the autumn garden full of Bittersweet and acorns. Stitch count is just 77 x 85. We think some lush chenille trim would really accent this little piece! Presented as a chart.
Rooster Ride Here's a brightly colored pin cushion design -- a funky little bird that will finish approx 3 x 3. It calls for only DMC of 3371, 919, 783, 829, 422, 501, 822, 503 and 780. In looking at it, the 501 and 503 are supposed to look bright aqua... I don't think they do, so you may want to change your thread a little to get to match this charming picture! I like the contrast of the teal/aqua against the rust and gold. Anyway, just a fun little chart!
Funky Bird Oh, I LOVE this little guy... his shape, the spindly alphabet, and the terrific color selections to stitch it all! Finishing only 5 x 8-ish on 35ct cream linen, this little guy is worked with ONLY 11 shades of regular DMC floss! He is shown finished into a sewing pocket, but you could leave off the alphabet and make him into a pin cushion instead -- he's only 85 x 85 stitches so he'd be about 5 inches in size. He's just a different kind of bird all around!!! Presented as a chart.
All Creatures Great and Small Barbara Ana has a charming new sampler that celebrates life!!! Presented as a chart, it measures 317 x 248 in stitch count -- 20 x 15 on 32ct! Choose any fabric count and color you like, and grab your DMC flosses -- no hand-dyeds in this! Every row is full of tiny animals, there are barns and buildings, a windmill, the fisherman with kitty watching from the dock -- even a graveyard! It has lots of color and design balance... lots to captivate the eye... lots to 'discuss' when you look at it! It would be stunning in a hallway or bedroom... get the family name in the center, and maybe their 'date established' in there as well!
Spring Scissor Fob Puffy-cheeked bunnies, the buzzing bees in the garden, and of course the lush and delicious carrots, lots of cute-ness in this 65 x 69 square of stitching! 13 Shades of DMC floss.
The Snooty Parrots Sampler *No glory I covet! No riches I want! Ambition is nothing to me. The one thing I beg of kind Heaven to grant is a mind independent and free.* Barbara Ana has a charming new sampler - but - she designed it to look and feel very old. A cool, unbalanced border, lots of little mistakes in counting scattered everywhere, and great motifs throughout... Check out the stars of the piece -- The Snooty Parrots! So much pretty color it is stitched in either DMC or Sampler Threads and measures 248 x 329 stitches. onyx, Bayberry, sea spray, apple cider, cranberry, Grecian gold, dark chocolate, baby spinach, rhubarb and oatmeal, this piece is colorful and quite endearing! Offered as a chart. One of 3 new designs.
Halloween Heart This has a stitch count of 168 x 126 -- and measures approx 8 x 11 on 32ct Cream Belfast. Coded for 6 colors of DMC or Valdani floss, it doesn't call for any embellishments or specialty stitches -- it's just cute the way it is! You get the little village complete with graveyard in it... little cats everywhere... and at least 3 witches in here. Just fun... think about some mangy hand-dyed linen and maybe a few beads or buttons?? Offered as the chart.