If you're seeing spots before your eyes don't call the doctor! Call us and order some of these fabulous colours!
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This page is a work in progress so stay tuned for a lot more spot dyed wools!
All wool is hand-dyed in house --- $19.00 1/4 yard, $36.00 1/2 yard, $70.00 1 yard
JQ = Jacquard Dyes
New Spots
Aquarium
Hendrix
Cowabunga
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Up Town Funk
Maui Wowie
Halloween
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Autumn Dance
Duskwood
Bronco Brown
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JQ - Kelly Green
JQ - Meadows
JQ - Turquoise
JQ - Royal Blue
JQ - Haunted
JQ - Periwinkle
JQ - Purple
JQ - Hot Fuchsia
JQ - Fire Red
JQ - Salmon
JQ - Pumpkin Orange
JQ - Brown
JQ - Smokey Eyes
JQ - Moon Mist
JQ - Razzle Dazzle
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JQ - Glow Worm
JQ - Land & Sea
JQ - Swagger
JQ - Brilliant Blue
JQ - Blue Rocks
JQ - Violet
JQ - Burgundy
JQ - Cherry Red
JQ - Crimson
JQ - Burnt Orange
JQ - Gold Ochre
JQ - Chestnut
JQ - Gun Metal
JQ - Primary Fusion
Got Milk
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JQ - Emerald
JQ - Spruce Tree
JQ - Sapphire Blue
JQ - Navy
JQ - Sky Blue
JQ - Lilac
JQ - Pink
JQ - Scarlet
JQ - Deep Orange
JQ - Golden Yellow
JQ - Aztec Gold
JQ - Rough Terrain
JQ - Coastal Fog
JQ - Monet's Lilies
Brown Cow
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Mermaid Tail
This is a must see. In our new book "Dye Me To The Moon". Any mermaid would love to have her tail adorned with this spot dye. Lovely for all grasses and foliage. So pretty in backgrounds and geometric designs.
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Meadow
We love this green. A "Dye Me To The Moon" spot favorite that you will fall in love with. Good for all grasses, foliage even mermaid tails and underwater plant life. |
Kermit
Great for grasses, foliage, Christmas, funky geometric designs, any place a spot of whimsical green is needed. |
Grass Green
Our most popular selling green. A warm green with mossy undertones. Great for grass and trees, shrubbery and all things green. |
Evergreen
A wonderful green for all those pines in the background of your landscape scenes. |
Emerald
A very rich green with blue undertones. Perfect for pine and fir trees. Christmas things, grass and shrubbery. |
Caribbean Sea
You can almost feel a warm breezes as you look at this delightful spot. Perfect for tropical bodies of water. Mermaid and Neptune tails. |
Antique Green
As the name implies this green is great for primitive rugs where a brighter green won't do.
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Green Pastures
Shane has been busy experimenting. This is a lovely green, compliments Green Envy in the value dyeing.
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Juniper
Thinking about hooking a forest scene, or trees in the backyard? This is the perfect wool for those, blue spruce, Norwegian pines or juniper shrubs. Would also be a great background or border treatment. |
Brilliant Green
Even Kermit would be jealous at this green. Such a happy colour to use for grasses or leaves. Richly saturated with several greens this wool will give you rug the pizzazz you were looking for. |
Algae
More exciting tropical water colours. Fun bathing suits for line of Women of Abundance patterns by Sue Cunningham. |
Jolly Green
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Spearmint
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Deep Woods
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Triton Sea
Remember crayon boxes with this fabulous colour? So beautiful! Alternate scales on mermaid tails. Funky colour for tropical waters and distant trees. |
Light Green
A tender green for light grass, foliage of any kind, sea grasses, silver birch tree leaves. |
Chartreuse
This colour seems to be all the rage. We can't keep it on our shelves. A soft, yellowy green for grasses, leaves and anywhere a bit of a happy green is needed.
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Golden Green
This spot is great for leaves in the fall, particularly for birch trees as they turn golden instead of orange. Clusters of garden flowers and flowering bushes. |
Spring Green
Early spring when everything is new. This delightful greenish yellow will fit anywhere for your landscaping designs. Perfect for in and around a Monet's garden type of scene.
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Camouflage
Great for any forest, shrub or lawns where a bit of brown is needed to show through. My lawn looks like this with four pups lifting their legs! Also wonderful for rocks with a bit of moss on them and for around shorelines.
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Early Autumn
You can see this colour in early autumn when the leaves are beginning to turn into their beautiful fall colours.
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Grape Green
Perfect for the veins in grape leaves or the leaves in general. Highlights in flowers. Backgrounds. |
Blue Spruce
Clusters of pine trees, blue spruce and bushes. This would be great to inject in between clusters of flowers to show a bit of foliage. |
Aquarius
Another great colour for tropical waters. The bits of green will look like algea for a healthy ocean. Use for sky as well or backgrounds. |
Sea Green
This is such a beautiful combination of colours. The tones area perfect for tropical oceans, backgrounds and gardens. |
Tropical Ocean
As the name implies this is perfect for tropical oceans where a bit of algae is floating on the water.
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Blue Lagoon
One of our most popular sellers. Great for oceans and bodies of water. Perfect for anything nautical. Mermaid and Neptune colours for sure! |
Aqua Marine
Another tropical water beauty. Sky of course, backgrounds.
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Deep Blue Sea
Blue being my favorite colour I can't get enough of them to work with. This is fabulous for skies or oceans. Backgrounds birds and blueberries. |
Captain Nemo
Another blue for bodies of water or a summer sky. Blend with other blue spots for contrasting waves. A wonderful background. Mixed with orange and yellows this is a wonderful compliment. |
Blue Suede
Just like Elvis's shoes this blue is a winner. A brand new colour it is rapidly becoming a favorite in the shop. Sky, water, backgrounds, geometric rugs. If you love blue, the uses for this blue are endless!
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Old Salt's Blue
Another delicious blue. You can never have enough in your stash! Mix several blues for hooking oceans to give depth to the waves. Also good for night sky and all things blue!
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Stormy Waters
A stormy body of water, winter harbour, a night sky, backgrounds, an antiqued blue for toned down projects. |
Blue Heron/Night Sky
We also call this one Night Sky as it is perfect for those nighttime scenes. We have this behind our Deer Santa rug and Father Moon Christmas Stocking. It is also perfect for bodies of water and any place a shot of blue is needed. Elizabeth Taylor's eyes.
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Delft
Now this is my favorite of the blue spots. It goes so well for china teapots in those lovely pottery rugs. I collect blue and white china so love this complimentary blue. Perfect for all bodies of water and darker skies.
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Cerulean Sea
Wonderful for the ocean, both tropical or round these parts. Deeper skies, possibly a storm a brewing. Lovely in geometric designs and all things blue. |
Blue Mountain
Like its namesake, great for mountains in the distance. Great for mermaid tails and sea creatures. Fabulous for impressionist gardens and bushes that flower. Centers of flowers, primitive flowers. |
Loch Ness
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Dark Ocean
Love this ocean colour. We use it in a lot of our kits, especially the Lunenburg scenes. A rich ocean, teaming with life.
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Picasso Blue
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Lapis
You won't be able to tell the difference between this wool and its namesake. Perfect for backgrounds and china. Any place with a gorgeous blue is needed. Great for darker skies and any body of water. |
China Blue
This spot looks as if you are looking down into the ocean from the bow of a boat. Deep ripples of darker blue with medium and lights surrounding it appear as if it is in motion. This wool is the perfect selection for ocean waves. |
Oceania
More aqua than blue this is another choice for the ocean or bodies of water of any kind. Great for background or sky. |
Neptune
More water for all those seascapes. More for summer bodies of water or tropical oceans anytime of year. A delightful background for any rug. |
Aegean Sea
Perfect for backgrounds and all those sunny days oceans. Pools in the backyard and pretty little accent flowers. |
Blue Rocks
This spot dye is so very rich! You see these colours along the shoreline in Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia and thence the name.
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Mahone Bay
We received call from a women in Michigan to tell us that this particular spot dye was the most incredible in the new book "Dye Me To The Moon"...she said she just had to take a few minutes of her day to congratulate us on another great new dye book. She said this colour was her favorite. This is the colour of our Mahone Bay harbour in the fall...dark and brooding...waiting for the autumn storms.
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The Abyss
Another great ocean colour, this wool will take you all the way to Davy Jones' Locker. The mysteries of the deep will be revealed as you hook this into your ocean scenes. Can also be used as a night sky or a wonderful background for any lighter coloured motif. |
Calico
Here kitty kitty! Perfect for cats and dogs. Hair, tree bark, rocks and gravel.
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Grey Marble
Although grey is not a highly used colour it is a must in the stash. Great for rocks, shadows, geometric designs, backgrounds, night sky.
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Silver Brown
My favorite of the browns. Makes for perfect animal fur, rocks, tree trunks, ground, roadways, hair, backgrounds and the silvery areas make for great old barn boards.
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Tree Bark
Of course tree bark, rocks, animals, roadways, backgrounds and any place a bit of golden brown is needed.
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Agate
In the new book as well. This is perfect for rocks, tree trunks and all things earthy. Roads, animals, backgrounds and geometric designs.
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Rough Terrain
Fundy shores with a bit of clay, rocks, bark, animals, hair, backgrounds. |
Tortoise Shell
This spot is great for backgrounds, rocks, animal fur, hair, tree trunks and anywhere a golden brown is needed. |
Fawn
Bambi! This spot is great for animals, hair, rocks and backgrounds.
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Rocks #1
Rocks, banks, along rivers, forest floors, bark, lichen.
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Rocks #2
Slightly lighter than Rocks #1, this is perfect for rocks with moss on them, embankments, forest floors, walkways, bark, lichen.
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Forest Canopy
Forest floors, leaves, veins of leaves, trees, rock covered with moss, lovely backgrounds.
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Bronze
This one is a favorite of mine. I use it as the last tree in my "Changes" kit. Perfect for backgrounds, foliage, autumn colours. So rich and antique in tone. |
Rustic
A rustic and rich spot for backgrounds. Animals and hair, the gorgeous brown tones with the rust and a bit antique gold make this a must have. Needs to be seen to be fully appreciated!
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Allspice
I love this spot dye. There's nothing like it in our collection of formulas. This picture does not do it justice. So rich with coppery browns and golden beiges. This is a piece of wool to begin the journey to hook a rug. Start with the wool and design around it. All things bark, rocks, bricks, animals and so much more! |
Old Brick
Bricks on a wall or paving stones for a walkway. Lumber, rocks and browning foliage. |
Ombre
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Copper
A coppery, golden tone for backgrounds and fall foliage. Use in gardens and for ground cover.
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Gold Digger
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Sunflower Gold
Great for sunflowers as its name suggests. Flowers of any kind. Primitive pineapples, backgrounds, baskets, hair.
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Yellow Amber
Of course flowers, especially sunflowers, the sun, hair, wicker, fire highlights. |
Marigold
Flowers of any kind. Sun, backgrounds, hair, baskets, fire highlights.
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Dijon
One can never have enough choice in golds and yellows. This is another fine specimen for your hooking needs. Great for gardens, hair, baskets, backgrounds, the sun, you name it!
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Corona
Such a happy yellow. Corona means sun and like the beer, it's bubbly and tasty. Good for any area you need a shot of yellow. Flowers of course, backgrounds, baskets, perfect for blond hair, especially on a mermaid.
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Bananarama
You might get scorched on this piece! Don't stare into it for long or you'll see sun spots. It's intense for those who love the brights, as close to a neon as one can get with wool. Any place where a shot of happy yellow is needed this is the pick. |
Mustard Pickles
A gold with a bit of green. Used for flowers and any place a shot of greenish yellow is needed.
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September
Wow, don't you just love to see this colour in the leaves in fall. For all lucky enough to live where seasons abound, this is a must for your autumn palettes. Use for campfires, suns, flowers, hair.
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Orange Marigold
There are so many uses for orange. Of course flowers, those beautiful lilies in your garden and marigolds as the name implies. A flickering campfire, orange haired beauties, blazing autumn leaves and possibilities galore.
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Autumn Blaze
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Amber
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Solar Storm
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Butterscotch
Yum! So many possibilities. Rooster tails, animal fur, hair, flowers, fall colours, geometric designs, backgrounds for your earth toned pieces. So much more!
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October
Gorgeous fall colours for all those landscape scenes. This is what a drive through Nova Scotia in autumn looks like! We are so lucky to see this kind of beauty right in our backyard. Great for veins in leaves, clusters of flowers in far off gardens.
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Fall Foliage
This one hooks magnificently for fall trees. We use it for our fall themed kits. Provides enough contrast next to trees hooked in Autumn Leave and Harvest. This is also hot for flowering garden bushes.
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Autumn Maple
Perfect for fall trees and highlights in leaves of orange flowering plants. This is a rich orange for pumpkin leaf highlights, Jack O'Lantern flowers.
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Autumn Blend
What lovely autumn flavour. Birch tree leaves and flowering shrubs. |
Autumn Leaves
You can't go wrong with this spot for autumn foliage. Hooking in wavy lines this makes perfect leaves in various stages of turning colour. You won't need to add bits of this or that to make it work.
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Harvest
Another fall gem. Use for foliage and bushes just beginning to turn. |
Havana Sunrise
A bit of whimsy for sure. This is a sizzling piece of wool. Great for flowers, veins for leaves, anything with a bit of colour.
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Carnation
What a hot, wild pink! It's such a pretty, virbrant colour for girlie and children's rugs, clothing, flowers. |
Cherry Garcia
I love pink and this is stunner. Used for flowers, especially primitive roses, inject bits here and there for rose bushes. Children's dresses.
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Ruby
A ruby by any other name would still be a ruby. A bit on the pinkish side. Great for flowers.
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Scarlet O'Hara
This is a very vibrant red, with an orange undertone. Use wherever a bit of electric red is needed. Flowers of course and Christmas.
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Geranium
Perfect for geraniums of course but other flowers as well. Anything Christmas, especially a poinsettia. More of a red's red.
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Gladiola
Glads are my favorite flowers so I had to name a dye formula after it. This is perfect for flowers of any kinds, veins of leaves, impressionistic gardens where colours meld into one another.
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Red Maple
Red maple foliage. Any red flower. Antiqued so great for Father Christmas attire. Poppies, red hair, bricks. I just used it in the Christmas stocking I am hooking.
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Padula Dark
A Padula is a make believe flower. There are no rules on which colours to use so a bit of whimsy is in order. Great for primitive flowers, veins of leaves, fall foliage.
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Clamato
So rich and antique looking this delightful orangey red mottle should be on the list for all things autumn. Perfect for leaves and fall foliage, those red maple trees in the backyard and all manor of flowers. Perfect for bricks and Christmas themed objects. |
Burnished Autumn
This was used in our rug called Nautical Runner that is in hubby's study. I dyed all the colours to match the decor and this was a combination of the gold, green and rust to tie the colours together and was used for the compass rose in the center. It was amazing how that rug turned out. My friend the late Jean Morse hooked this piece for us as a gift.
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Purple Haze
Love this spot and Jimmy Hendrix! Gorgeous blend of purple, orangey rust and green. Use for gardens and fields of wild flowers.
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Night Blooms
Rich garden accents, peony flowers, lilac and all manor of garden delights. This would also be a great background for jewel toned rugs.
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Hyacinth
This is a keeper in your stash. Perfect for background or details of any rug. Flowers of course but this can be used for geometric style patterns. The highlights would already be dyed in for bunches of lilacs. |
Orchid Pink
A gorgeous jewel tone for all those loving this type of palette. Make great grapes and flowers. goes great with Triton Sea.
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Lupin
Another fabulous purple. Grapes of course and then all kinds of flowers like pansies, gladiolas, lavender, great for backgrounds on jewel tone rugs.
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Purple Grape
Perfect for grapes as the name implies. Backgrounds behind fruit and florals. Rich borders and geometric designs. Distant mountains.
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Deep Purple
What a rich purple. Low contrasting bits of dark and light this is perfect for a background. Flowers of course, lilacs and lavender. |
Oriental Night
Another garden beauty. Would work well with Deep Purple for highlights. Lavender and lilac but wonderful for backgrounds. |
Purple Rain
Purple rain just like the song. Prince would approve of this wonderful blend of purple and purple violet. Use for grapes and flowers like Larkspur garden ornamentals. Backgrounds.
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Lilac
This spot is so delicate with soft mauves and greens. Perfect for veins in leaves. Flowers and fruit. Use this in an impressionistic garden or for fields of lavender!
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Clematis
How soft is this? Use for flowers, sky, water, There is a bit of green that may not show on your monitor.
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Wild Rose Mottle
This is wonderful blend of Army Green, Cranberry and Midnight Blue. I use it in my Harem Kit for the border around the lamb's tongue border.
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Moon Mist
Looks just like the ice cream this spot was named after. These rich colours will make a beautiful Monet style flower garden.
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Monet's Garden
As the name implies this looks like a Monet painting. Gorgeous mauves and gold with a hit of green will make any rock garden come to life. |
Nasturtium
I've used this colour for years for my Funky Fish bodies. Whimsical. It is also used in the Celtic Swirl design on my patterns page. Great for backgrounds and geometric designs.
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Sky Blue Pink
The cover of one of our dye books this is a bit of poison for all those spots where you want a pop of colour. Flower gardens and funky bathing suits.
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Rainbow
What one refers to as a piece of poison. Use for impressionistic garden views. Flowers, another choice for mermaids.....aren't they lucky to wear such delicious colours on their tails!
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Primary Fusion
Psychedelic or what! Maybe you can tell me what you would use it for and I'll write it here. It's almost like looking into a Kaleidoscope you keep seeing something different as you state. |
Razzle Dazzle
As the name implies this wool will dazzle you with its whimsy. Not for the plain Jane. This is for all your brights; flowers, flowers flowers! This would make great glue to tie all the other fanciful colours together. This is one of Sue Cunningham's favourites for her Women of Abundance bathing suits. http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/sue-cunningham.html
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Wildflowers
More gardens ablaze with summer colour. Primitive flowers, let your imagination fly!
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Zinnias
Wow, this is a scorcher. Hot pink with blazing yellow make great highlights in a campfire. Sizzling bathing suits for lounging on the beach.
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Impressionist
A bit wild but don't we all love to go a bit wild every now and then! Nice background! |
Opal
Soft hues of pint, mauve and gold make this a wonderful palette for garden flowers and baby rugs. |
Rose
How lovely for gardens of flowers and veins for fruit and flower leaves. Nice background!
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