Kits

The Sweet Hive

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by Bird Brain Designs
This sweet little hive is created with a golden honey colored hand dyed wool roving over a core of 100% wool. A Needled Felted Bee flies over their sweet home and is attached with your needle felting needle – Clever! 3" x 3 1/2" plus Bees! Our complete kit includes all the wool roving you will need plus felting needles and step by step instructions.

Elizabethan Bouquet Kit

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linen size 11" x 11" (28 x 28 cm)
design size 6" x 5" (15 x 13 cm)

The kits we ordered from The Crewel Work Company were so well received, we have ordered several more.

They are all designed by renowned British needleworker Phillipa Turnbull.

As an added bonus, when you buy one of our kits and you are new to crewel embroidery, we have an instructional DVD you may borrow as it is available. There is only one so it will be in and out frequently.

We have one of each kit shown.

Each kit contains:

- top quality pure linen twill, exclusively woven in Scotland for The Crewel Work Company.

-The designs are already outlined for you on the twill.

- Appleton crewel wool skeins

- Gold-plated crewel needle

- Detailed step-by-step instructions

- Easy to read stitch and color chart

- Color image of the finished kit

- A beginner booklet full of handy hints

- A high-quality paper tote bag with full color picture of the project on the front for each kit.

Jenny McWhinney Kits

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These kits is made by the renowned Jenny McWhinney from Australia. Her work has appeared in several publications. This kit is for a square pillow embroidered with a basketball or baseball motif. All you need to complete the project is included in the kit. The project first appeared in Inspirations magazine issue #38. That magazine has the pattern and instructions and is included in this offer. Please specify if you want the baseball or basketball motif.

Price $35 (includes Inspirations magazine issue #38).

Pincushion Caddy Pattern

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This caddy drapes over the arm of a chair or couch with pouches on both sides for incidentals (thread, scissors, etc). You chose two different colors of wool felt and then you can embellish, embroider or applique it as you please. The picture on the pattern is just the basic caddy without any extras.You can then chose your own colors of wool felt and embroider, applique, or embellish the caddy . Instead of cutting out the pattern with regular scissors, try using pinking shears. As you can imagine, the choices are limitless. One such option is pictured here in pink and white with embroidered bullion roses . The pattern with instructions for the basic caddy sells for $5.

Eye Glasses Case

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Fully Lined, Finished Size 3.5" x 7" (approx 9cm x 12 cm)

Available in White or Navy with same embroidery design. Kits feature Australian blanketing wool and are embroidered with Appleton crewel wool.

Kits come complete with everything needed. No other materials to purchase.