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Arty is a little dragon who blows bubbles rather than breathing fire and is adorable. The White Knight of Flowers found him sleeping and blowing bubbles under a sunflower hiding from the Black Kn...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2014/07/artimagus-the-adorable-or-arty-for-short/

Pixel Scrapper has a designer call for words and fonts and since I will not have time to create new ones I am adding four pages that I have created earlier. One spring, one winter. Personal use o...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2014/05/two-seasonal-overlays-for-creating-your-own-papers-and-tags/

Two more pages of Godey Ladies for you. These ladies along with the earlier page are all from the same vintage McCall’s transfer book. I love them all. They remind me of “Gone With the Wind�...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/12/more-vintage-ladies-for-your-embroideries/

These three rugs are hooked. What a great way to recycle your old woolens or sew the motives onto a background using wool felt. Done in bright colours, they could be updated to look right at home...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/08/vintage-wedding-rugs-and-patterns/

The Cross Stitch and Country Crafts Magazine was a great little magazine and this insert from 1992 has plenty of cute and timely embroidery patterns. This month I am posting the wedding and anniv...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/03/spring-wedding-embroideries/

The first cards are from an exchange last fall…..colourful buildings. The theme was chosen after Valerie Hearder posted some photos from her holiday in Mexico. The buildings were fantastic. The...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/03/colourful-buildings-of-the-world/

Although this image is tiny this little ‘choo-choo’ shines. Each train car is a separate stocking. What a great pattern for above a fireplace or on a window shelf. It could choo-choo around a...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/02/vintage-christmas-in-february/

These two fishing boats were published in the McCall’s Needle Art Volume IV magazine. A romantic piece of embroidery that was sewn on canvas using the sewing machine and straight stitch. Felt w...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2011/02/fishing-boats-in-felt-and-embroidery/

Silk…..these collages were published in the McCall’s Needlework Fall/Winter 1973/74 magazine….. is the fabric of choice for many thread artists now. What a great way to practice your stitch...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2010/12/embroidered-silk-collages/

These cats from McCall’s Fall/Winter 1965-66 magazine are ready to “strut their stuff” under the moon on the spooky night. They were appliqued on a black pillow and would look just as good ...

https://cottonartsboutique.com/2010/09/halloween-cats-are-holiday-purrfect/