Get your green thumbs in gear with all-new features that celebrate the garden and the approach of the spring planting season!
Botanical illustrations have been prized for centuries for their fine attention to detail and realistic depictions of a variety of flora. Now you can bring this time-honored style to your home with fruit botanicals!
Combining realistic full-color views of apples, watermelons, peaches, lemons and more with the sketchy outline view found in most classic illustrations, these designs are great for framed wall art. Or you can use them to dress up aprons, towels and more to create a spectacular kitchen decor.
Create this handy gardening bucket with Botanical Fruit designs!
Toile designs have quickly become a favorite, and now you can spice things up with toile herbs! These simple, easy designs have only one color change and a low stitch count, making them perfect quick designs for decorating towels, making seed envelopes, or dressing up your pantry decor.
Dress up your wardrobe with three new shirt sets, featuring Wildflowers, a Checkered Garden, or elegant Daisies. Each shirt set is available in adult or child size, and includes a main feature design, button placket, collar tips and a pocket topper. Now, while we're counting down the days until it's warm enough to be outside, digging in the dirt, enjoy the new designs!
Spice up your life with new toile herbal designs! Low stitch count and just one color make these designs sew in a lickety-stitch. Sew them with tear-away stabilizer on flour sack towels for a quick-to-make towel set. Decorate potholders and dish cloths, or you can use them to create wonderful seed envelopes to keep your garden organized. Get the whole pack of herbs for just $14.97 - that's only $1.49 per design!
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Or, choose individually from the herbs below. Click on the images or links to see the price, choose your format, and add the design to your basket!
Romans believed that bay leaves protected them against thunder and the plague, while Italians and the English thought bay leaves brought good luck.
Oregano was almost unknown in the United States until after WWII, and the rise in the popularity of pizza.
Available in two sizes: 5.88" x 4.80" and 3.86" x 3.15"
Available in two sizes: 5.72" x 4.83" and 3.85" x 3.25"
The word 'dill' is derived from the old Norse word "dilla," which means "to lull." It was used to help babies to sleep.
During her flight from Egypt, the Virgin Mary draped her blue cloak on a bush, and laid a white flower on top. That night, the flower turned blue and the bush was thereafter known as the "rose of Mary". In Europe, wedding parties burned Rosemary as an incense, and judges burned it to protect against illness brought in by prisoners.
Available in two sizes: 4.80" x 5.05" and 3.66" x 3.85"
Available in two sizes: 5.75" x 4.82" and 3.85" x 3.23"
Mint is the dried leaf of a perennial herb. There are two common species, Mentha spicata L. (spearmint) and Mentha piperita L. (peppermint), which are both native to Asia.
In the Middle Ages, ladies would embroider a sprig of thyme into the scarves they gave to their favored knights. Thyme has been used to treat melancholy, reproductive system ailments, and to improve digestion.
Available in two sizes: 4.80" x 4.97" and 3.70" x 3.85"
Available in two sizes: 5.11" x 4.80" and 3.85" x 3.62"
Basil originated in India and Persia, where Hindus plant it in their homes to bring happiness to their families. Romans made basil a symbol of love and fertility.
Chives are an onion-like member of the lily family which grows wild in both eastern and western hemispheres.
Available in two sizes: 4.76" x 6.02" and 3.04" x 3.84"
Available in two sizes: 4.80" x 6.24" and 2.96" x 3.85"
Romans used parsley as a garnish and flavoring, putting it on their tables and around their necks to absorb fumes. Europeans believed they could destroy an enemy by plucking a sprig of parsley while saying the person�s name.
Sage comes from the Latin word �salia� meaning �to save." In the Middle Ages, people drank sage in tea and used it to treat colds, fevers, liver trouble, and epilepsy.
Available in two sizes: 4.78" x 5.62" and 3.28" x 3.86"
Available in two sizes: 4.80" x 5.65" and 3.26" x 3.85"
Botanists, naturalists, explorers and more have all contributed to the fascinating field of botanical illustration. Focusing upon realistic depiction over stylized, artistic interpretation, these illustrations have nonetheless captured the imaginations of many over the centuries. Now it's possible to embroider your own fruit botanicals, incorporating the cutaway view and outline greenery! Get the pack of 7 fruit botanicals for only $10.97!
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To botanists, tomatoes are a fruit. A fruit is classified as the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds. A vegetable is the edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant. Tomatoes are also cousin to nightshade, a deadly member of the same botanical family.
Available in two sizes: 6.83" x 4.80" and 3.85" x 2.69"
Lemons have natural chemicals called 'monoterpenes' in their skin that have been shown to both protect cells against becoming cancerous, and to help fight existing cancers.
Available in two sizes: 6.80" x 4.79" and 3.85" x 2.73"
Watermelon is native to the Kalahari desert of Southern Africa. There are two branches of watermelon varieties. One branch is bitter, because of a glucoside called 'cucurbbitacin'. The other variety lacks this glucoside, and is the origin of all domesticated watermelons
Available in two sizes: 6.72" x 4.83" and 3.85" x 2.77"
Apples are a unique fruit because they have variety of flavors, degrees of sugar and acid, different flesh textures, and differing juiciness. The number of varieties is unknown, but only a very few of the known varieties are produced commercially.
Available in two sizes: 6.55" x 4.80" and 3.85" x 2.84"
Peaches are a fleeting fruit of the summer. They don't keep well, and must be picked at just the right time if they are to ripen 'off the tree' but not go bad in store. Firmer and more deeply yellow varieties are grown for commercial canning.
Available in two sizes: 6.80" x 4.78" and 3.85" x 2.73"
Spanish Padres brought the pomegranate to California, growing them at missions over 200 years ago. Today, the San Joaquin Valley is the only place in the United States where pomegranates are commercially grown. They are also cultivated in Western and Central Asia, Mediterranean countries and Northern India.
Available in two sizes: 6.81" x 4.70" and 3.85" x 2.68"
The starfruit is also known by its Spanish name, 'carambola'. The starfruit grows almost everywhere on the island of Bali, where many different varieties are available. Like an apple, the starfruit can be eaten skin-and-all.
Available in two sizes: 5.94" x 4.81" and 3.85" x 3.14"
Click here for the Child Wildflower Shirt Set!
Wildflower Feature
Available in two sizes: 5.49" x 3.83" and 3.86" x 2.68"
Wildflower Button Placket
Wildflower Pocket Topper
1.01" x 2.08"
Available in two sizes: 4.50" x 2.03" and 3.50" x 1.58"
Left Wildflower Collar Tip
Right Wildflower Collar Tip
0.75" x 0.68"
0.76" x 0.68"
Click here for the Child Checkered Gardening Shirt Set!
Checkered Garden Feature
Available in two sizes: 5.51" x 3.53" and 3.86" x 2.47"
0.79" x 0.79"
0.78" x 0.79"
0.51" x 2.24"
Checkered Gardening Pocket Topper
Available in two sizes: 4.52" x 2.41" and 3.86" x 2.05"
Bring the classic elegant beauty of yellow and white daisies to your wardrobe with these great Daisy Shirt Sets. The lovely floral design includes collar tips, a pocket topper, button placket and a basket of daisies feature.
Click here for the Adult Daisy Shirt Set!
Click here for the Child Daisy Shirt Set!
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?" Show off how well it grows with this lush design, featuring a garden that any green thumb would envy! Melons, onions, tomatoes, cabbages and corn create a riot of greenery that would make a great inspirational wall decoration!
Available in two sizes: 9.41" x 4.48" and 6.84" x 3.26"
This cheery Gardening Angel flits on silvery wings, delivering the perfect amount of water for your garden.
Available in two sizes: 5.30" x 4.85" and 3.81" x 3.49"
The Gardening Angel helps to plant flowers in a dainty row, bringing light and cheer to the garden.
Available in two sizes: 6.50" x 4.85" and 3.85" x 2.87"
This Gardening Angel keeps watch over the tomatoes, picking them when they hit the perfect shade of red, showing their plump, juicy ripeness!
Available in two sizes: 5.42" x 4.85" and 3.85" x 3.46"
The Gardening Angels watch over your garden, caretakers of nature and crops. This Gardening Angel ensures a baby bluebird returns safely to the nest.
Available in two sizes: 5.36" x 4.82" and 3.86" x 3.47"