I suppose there is no sense in resisting the urge to get organized and venture into 2013 with a clean slate. I'll be filming with CreativeBug again next week, so the tidying spasm I suffer is good timing. Up here in the white studio, much cleaning and organizing has been happening which is really only enjoyable once the actual mess is cleaned up and it's time to organize. I love that part. Getting sorted. Downstairs Pierrette is cleaning up the shop studio as well. We'll be filming down there no doubt too since the nice huge cutting counter is there and it's also slightly easier to move camera equipment and lighting around unlike the attic up here which quickly feels like a dollhouse the moment you try to do anything but write, draw or sew. And despite today's blue-gray light we've also been working on shooting pics of the new perle cotton palettes and the new embroidery floss palettes which will be listed in the store hopefully by the end of the day. I LOVE these new colors. The perles up there are called Sun Study. I have already been handquilting with these and relish in the light that they catch. So pretty. And the two new embroidery floss palettes are so rich and bright. Keeping it all organized can be a challenge. I know I may have a bit more thread than your average bear, but since you might be feeling all organizey too, seeing as how it's January, I thought I would share what I came up with last fall for storage. I bought some 120 yr old lengths of interior mouldings at a salvage place for just a few dollars a foot with no real plan. But loving the warmth the stained wood added to the bare studio, I decided to put them to use to store floss. My dear sweet, son (who was paid, of course) Nicolas marked out every inch with a sharpie dot along the bottom edge of one, then drill small pilot holes, then screwed in hooks for a total of about 100 hooks. His hands were quite numb afterward, but oh golly do I love this thing, and paying him helped me to feel less guilty when he complained. Anyway, I simply screwed it into the slanted wall onto the wooden ribs at a height that would have the floss hovering just above another piece of ledge moulding. Making all the holes into a moulding saves you from putting a zillion holes into the wall. The hooks are pretty deep so that I can get about 4 or 5 skeins of floss on one. I adore having the color right there in my face instead of tucked away. With the exception of a few balls of perle cotton that I tuck onto the ledge behind the floss, I mostly keep those in big clear jars. I ordered mine from Specialty Bottle, and though you have to order in multiples, I have no trouble finding uses for these all over the house. And these are particularly nice because the mouth is wide and easier to get your hand in there and dig around for the color that you want that is of course on the very bottom. We have an ultrasound on Friday and I could bust from the excitement of having a look at this little him or her. I could also bust from the butter cookies that I could probably also see on ultrsound, which reminds me to go for a walk. Running is getting silly. xoxo, AM
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Light Straw, Very Dark Straw, Ultra Very Dark Topaz, Dark Turquoise, Ultra Very Dark Turquoise, Very Dark Blue Green
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Dark Mocha Beige, Medium Topaz, Light Tan, Very Light Terra Cotta, Dark Salmon, Alizarin
DMC embroidery floss colors based on Moda's Fresh Cut fabric line!
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Medium Carnation, Medium Apricot, Medium Light Autumn Gold, Very Light Topaz, Lemon, Deep Canary
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Very Dark Navy Blue, Navy Blue, Dark Delft Blue, Very Light Cornflower Blue, White Lavender, Light Cranberry
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: White Lavender, Light Rose, Medium Gray Blue, Very Dark Wedgwood, Very Dark Antique Blue, Pewter Gray
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Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Ultra Very Dark Turquoise, Medium Blue Green, Light Yellow Beige, Very Light Mahogany, Alizarin, Very Dark Cocoa
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Medium Red, Dark Carnation, Dark Autumn Gold, Dark Straw, Light Yellow Green, Medium Forest Green
Today I'm talking about choosing floss colors as a part of Friendship Bracelet Week, hosted by Amanda and Jenn! This was originally published as a guest tutorial on The Modern Marigold. Personally, my favorite part about making Friendship Bracelets is choosing the colors! There are so many different colors of embroidery floss, it's like candy for crafters! I know however, that it can be overwhelming, especially since you're usually only choosing 4 or 5 colors! How do you narrow it down? I'm going to walk you through how I choose three different types of color palettes. I hope it makes it easier for you to put together your own color combinations! 1. Inspiration Fabric or Photo This is my go-to method for choosing a color scheme. Find a fabric, photo, item of clothing, or any other object that has an appealing color scheme to you. If you can, take it along with you when you shop for floss and match colors to your item. Easy! For my scheme, I choose this plum Heather Ross Mendocino print. I choose colors from the background, the mermaid's hair, her tail, and the octopus. I ended up choosing the following DMC floss colors: very dark grape (154), dark mauve (3803), very dark cranberry (600), and dark straw (3820). 2. Monochromatic Especially if you're doing a funky patterned bracelet, a monochromatic color scheme can create some cool effects! So, choose a color that you like, then choose the same color in different values (light--dark). And don't forget about neutrals! For my monochromatic scheme I went with gray. From light to dark I choose the following DMC floss colors: winter white (3865), ultra very light mocha brown (3866), very light brown gray (3024), light beaver gray (648). 3. Two-toned If you still find yourself struggling to choose colors, this is a great, easy way to put together a color scheme. In this method, you're letting the floss do the work for you! Choose any two colors that you like. In my case I choose tangerine (740), and dark seagreen (958). Now, for the next two colors, I simply choose a lighter value of my first two colors. So to pair with tangerine, I choose medium tangerine (741). And for dark seagreen, I paired it with light seagreen (964)! It's a lot easier, and more fun, to shop for floss in person. Most craft stores carry a good selection of floss! Don't be afraid to play around with different color combinations, it may take a few tries before you find something that you like! These are just a few of the many ways to put together color schemes! :) I would like to point out two great online resources if you're using DMC brand embroidery floss. The first is a Color Descriptions Chart. This lets you look up the floss by # and find the color name. The second is a Color Chart. You can see a preview of each color along with it's color #.
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Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Very Light Brown, Very Light Mahogany, Pale Golden Brown, Ultra Very Light Tan, Driftwood, Very Dark Beaver Gray
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Very Dark Beige Brown, Medium Mahogany, Light Copper, Tangerine, Electric Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Light Alizarin, Light Coral, Light Tawny, Medium Baby Green, Pine Green, Dark Pine Green
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Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Light Blue, Light Sky Blue, Medium Antique Mauve, Light Yellow Beige, Green Gray, Drab Brown
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Navy Blue, Dark Violet, Violet, Light Terra Cotta, Light Golden Brown, Dark Autumn Gold
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Very Dark Salmon, Medium Carnation, Light Orange Spice, Medium Topaz, Dark Forest Green, Ultra Dark Beaver Gray
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Dark Cornflower Blue, Medium Baby Blue, Deep Canary, Light Mocha Brown, Medium Mocha Brown, Dark Beige Brown
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Medium Dusty Rose, Desert Sand, Ultra Very Light Mahogany, Medium Old Gold, Dark Green Gray, Dark Coffee Brown
Find folk-inspired embroidery floss colors to use in your next stitching project.
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Very Dark Blue Green, Ultra Very Dark Turquoise, Ultra Very Light Baby Blue, Medium Light Driftwood, Coral, Medium Pine Green
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Dark Mauve, Dusty Rose, Ultra Light Plum, Light Forest Green, Medium Pine Green, Very Dark Gray Green
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Dark Burnt Orange, Bright Orange, Very Light Shell Pink, Very Light Gray Green, Medium Jade, Very Dark Jade
Color palette for your embroidery with the following thread colors: Dark Pine Green, Moss Green, Very Light Fern Green, Dark Autumn Gold, Medium Wedgwood, Dark Pewter Gray
Say hello to FALL with the Harvest Festival floss bundle. Featuring 8 DMC floss colors, this autumn inspired floss palette will make your next embroidery project so much fun. Each floss bundle contains 8 carefully selected colors. You will receive a full skein of each color. This listing is for the Harvest Festival Floss Bundle. © And Other Adventures Embroidery Co. All Rights Reserved.
Take the guesswork out of combining colors! This collection of coordinating DMC embroidery floss is just right for hand embroidery, cross stitch, and other needlework and craft projects. Containing 8 full skeins, It's also a great a way to build your stash. We hand selected this floss color palette using a gorgeous photo as our inspiration. This color palette is a Stitched Modern exclusive, so you will only find it here! This color collection has one skein each of the following colors: DMC 04 - Dark Tin DMC 21 - Light Alizarin DMC 23 - Apple Blossom DMC 25 - Ultra Light Lavender DMC 924 - Very Dark Gray Green DMC 930 - Dark Antique Blue DMC 3042 - Light Antique Violet DMC 3752 - Very Light Antique Blue Be sure to check out our full collection of DMC color palettes for even more color inspiration!
