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English Cottage

NEW THIS WEEK - August 9th, 2006:

English Cottage

This week journey to the English countryside where so many wonderful traditions began. Open the gate to an English cottage garden, and stop in for a spot of tea.

Enjoy traditional English garden flower designs, potted and framed for delightful color. Relish botanical fruit designs, fresh for the picking, in art reminiscent of early etchings and engravings.

Embroider lace tea set designs, and entertain in style with an afternoon party -- tea on the terrace. These beautiful lace floral and paisley patterns are so durable, but also endearing as reminders of the fine traditional arts of crocheting and tatting.

A colorful English cottage scene is oh-so suitable for framing, for a travel tote, or a garden accessory.

Free project instructions! Create accent pieces for your tea set with freestanding lace embroidery, and construct a makeup travel caddy, complete with attached mirror.

And embroider everything from table linens or quilts with one of the most delightful flowers to be found in any cottage garden -- the English tea rose. These traditional flower designs, in seven charming shapes -- oval, circle, square, spray, and more -- can be mixed and matched to give a swirl of romance to many creative projects.

Before you fly off on your tour of London and the British Isles, sew up some quick-to-stitch scenes of famous sites you will visit. These scenes -- Big Ben, the Tower of London, Stonehenge, and more -- are this week's new Dollar Delights -- and yes, each one is only $1.

Enjoy your trip through the English country side, and enjoy this week's new designs!

A Medley of Potted Flowers to Frame
Old-fashioned clay pots, lush with flowers -- on doorsteps, window ledges, garden tables, every perch.
When you are in a floral frame of mind, fashion your favorite flowers into a wall hanging, or sew them on garden aprons, or use them in constructing your most creative patterns for totes and bags.

Violets
No shrinking violets, these! Perky purple flowerlets boldly grow from heart-shaped leaves.

Available in two sizes:
5.87"X8.28" and 4.86"X6.85"

Snapdragon
Although botanists tell us that the antirrhinum gets its botanical name from the flower's snout-like shape, as children, we all learned how to make its "jaws snap." The snapdragon has become naturalized in many places -- old walls, chalk cliffs -- an escapee from many a garden near and far.

Available in two sizes:
5.86"X8.22" and 4.87"X6.85"

Poppies
Poppies grow in many parts of the world and are a popular subject of art.
Probably the most famous poppies are those of the paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe. The
poppy has also gained significance for veterans groups, due to Colonel John McCrae's
poem, In Flanders Fields.

Available in two sizes:
5.87"X8.30" and 4.86"X6.85"

Primroses
Cheerful little pale yellow primroses bloom from early spring to May.
They grow naturally on shady banks, the edges of woodlands, or beside hedges,
but you can also entertain them in pots or in your own English country garden.

Available in two sizes:
5.87"X8.27" and 4.88"X6.84"

Marigolds
The traditional English common marigold has been planted in English country and town gardens for hundreds of years. The marvelously bright orange flowers are joyful additions to flower beds, and they have been used as food garnish for centuries.

Available in two sizes:
5.87"X8.25" and 4.85"X6.83"

Cornflowers
Cornflowers, an age-old favorite for English gardens, come in blue and pink. Both are
wonderful in garden displays, but the blue is the most popular for cut flower arrangements.

Available in two sizes:
5.87"X8.28" and 4.86"X6.85"

Potted Flower Medley Value Pack The above six medley designs are available in a value pack -- priced at only $8.97! Click on the links or images below and add the value pack to your basket.

All designs smaller than 6 x 10		All designs smaller than 5 x 7

Lacy linens for Afternoon Tea

England owes its traditional "pause for tea" to Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford. To stave off hunger while waiting for a fashionably late dinnertime in her household, she began asking for a tray of tea, bread, and cake in the late afternoon. Soon, she began inviting friends to join her. By the 1880s, society women were changing into long gowns, gloves, and hats for afternoon tea served in the drawing room. Tea became an opportunity for the hostess to exhibit her good taste and refinement, complete with teas from Indian or Ceylon, lovely linens, garden flowers, music, and delicate bone china.

Capture the Old World look of traditional lace and tatting, and set the scene for elegance. In a unique paisley and floral pattern, these charming accents of lacy freestanding embroidery are easy to make, too. Just embroider the design onto a piece of water-soluble stabilizer, then soak it away!

Lace Tea Set Napkin Cuff
A nifty little wrap that will give a special elegant touch to your tea time napkins.

Available in two sizes:
Large size: 6.86"X4.17"
Small size is in 2 pieces; left and right sides measure 3.25"X3.86"

Lace Tea Set Oval
Perfect footing for a teapot or floral centerpiece for the table.

Available in two sizes:
5.89"X8.03" and 4.87"X6.63"

Lace Tea Set Circle
Set the creamer or sugar bowl on the large size;
the smaller size makes a wonderful coaster.

Available in three sizes:
5.88"X5.87" and 4.83"X4.81" and 3.88"X3.85"

Lace Tea Set Border
Wherever you want a little lace -- hem or trim with this lace border.

Available in two sizes:
6.85"X1.34" and 3.47"X1.32"

English Tea Set (Lace) Value Pack The lace English tea set designs are available in a value pack -- priced at only $7.97! Click on the links or images below and add the value pack to your basket.

All designs smaller than 6 x 10		All designs smaller than 5 x 7

Shapely English Tea Rose patterns

The most delightful and fragrant flower of any English cottage garden, the English tea rose grows more shrub-like than the hybrid tea rose. Roses figure prominently in legends, romantic stories, and poetry. Superstitions abound in which roses were helpful to maidens in identifying their true loves.
From quilt squares to apparel, table and bed linens to towels, these English tea roses will produce
a swirl of romantic elegance for so many creative projects.

English Tea Rose square

Available in three sizes:
7.81"X7.80" and 5.88"X5.87" and 4.86"X4.82"

English Tea Rose circle

Available in three sizes:
7.73"X7.75" and 5.87"X5.88" and 4.90"X4.89"

English Tea Rose oval

Available in two sizes:
5.85"X8.27" and 4.83"X6.84"

English Tea Rose rectangle

Available in two sizes:
9.41"X4.68" and 6.00"X3.08"

English Tea Rose spray		English Tea Rose spray - mirror image

Available in two sizes: 2.71"X9.41" and 1.97"X6.81"		Available in two sizes: 2.71"X9.41" and 1.97"X6.81"

English Tea Rose corner		English Tea Rose single

Available in one size: 3.88"X3.88"		Available in one size: 2.75"X2.63"

English Tea Roses Value Pack The above eight English tea rose designs are available in a value pack -- priced at only $11.97! Click on the links or images below and add the value pack to your basket. Oh, my Love is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June Oh, my Love is like the melody, That's sweetly played in tune. -- Robert Burns

All designs smaller than 6 x 10		All designs smaller than 5 x 7

Berry Botanicals
The variety of fruit grown in England is enormous. Besides tree fruit, many berries, including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries are grown by small producers, who sell their fruit on a pick-your-own basis, allowing customers to enjoy the harvest itself, and the fruit at its freshest.

"Botanical" designs feature fruit, flowers, and foliage drawn in the style that is reminiscent of metal etchings and bookplates. Early botanists illustrated fruits and vegetables by showing the various stages of growth from flower to fully ripened fruit. This classic look is especially popular on kitchen towels, aprons, potholders, and more, but will be equally beautiful as framed embroidery or sewn on tote bags.

Raspberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
8.68"X5.85" and 6.78"X4.56" and 3.85"X2.59"

Cranberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
9.13"X5.85" and 6.79"X4.36" and 3.85"X2.49"

Lingonberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
8.93"X5.85" and 6.82"X4.45" and 3.85"X2.49"

Blueberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
8.64"X5.85" and 6.80"X4.60" and 3.85"X2.63"

Blackberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
8.91"X5.85" and 6.80"X4.45" and 3.86"X2.54"

Strawberry Botanical

Available in three sizes:
9.29"X5.85" and 6.81"X3.69" and 3.86"X2.11"

Berry Botanicals Value Pack The above six berry botanical designs are available in a value pack -- priced at only $8.97! Click on the links or images below and add the value pack to your basket.

All designs smaller than 6 x 10	All designs smaller than 5 x 7	All designs smaller than 4 x 4

English Cottage Scene
Classical English gardens are filled with beautiful perennials, pathways, arbors of climbing roses, and fruit trees. Sew this Victorian-like cottage with its thatched roof, and imagine meeting the residents inside, who no doubt, share your passion for flowers, birds, country gardens and orchards.
The perfect design for a wall hanging or travel bag, this idyllic scene is one of blissful peace.

Available in three sizes:
7.81"X7.01" and 6.50"X5.85" and 5.39"X4.85"

New Dollar Delights -- British Tour in Toile
Whether London is your favorite spot, or you're planning to visit soon, or the journey is still a dream, you'll be inspired by these great icons of the British Isles. If you're already packing, you'll have just enough time to sew these fast and frugal toile designs --and best of all, the price is just $1 each. Just click on the images or links below and add the designs to your shopping basket.

Stonehenge
Visitors are in awe when they see this mysterious, prehistoric site of megaliths mysteriously arranged in concentric circles and horseshoe patterns. Archeologists know that it was constructed sometime between 3000 to 1500 B.C., even before the Celtic Druids appeared on the scene, but they can still only guess its purpose: religious ceremonies? astronomical calendar? And even more mystifying, what ancient technique was involved in transporting, standing, and arranging these 100,000-pound rocks?

Available in two sizes:
6.79"X3.18" and 3.89"X1.85"

Big Ben
The world's most famous clock face is in St. Stephen's tower, which is part of the structure for the Houses of Parliament. "Big Ben" is the name of the largest bell inside the tower of bells and chimes.

Available in two sizes:
6.32"X4.84" and 3.85"X2.96"

Tower of London
For more than one thousand years, the tower has been an integral part of British royal history.
This is where the crown jewels are displayed, and tourists come to see them and to hear
fascinating tales of royal imprisonments and executions.

Available in two sizes:
6.84"X4.74" and 3.84"X2.65"

Westminster Abbey
The famed site of coronations, marriages, and burial of Britain's monarchs,
Westminster Abbey was built (and built onto) between the 13th and 16th centuries.

Available in two sizes:
6.85"X4.63" and 3.84"X2.62"

St. Paul's Cathedral
Four cathedrals dedicated to St. Paul have stood on this site since 604 A.D. The current structure was built between 1675 and 1710 and has served as the venue for royal celebrations and state funerals.

Available in two sizes:
6.70"X4.35" and 3.75"X2.44"

The London Eye
Resembling a gigantic, spoked bicycle wheel, this huge observation wheel provides a 360 degree panoramic view of London from a height of 130 meters. Also known as the Millennium Wheel (it opened in 1999), it can carry 15,000 passengers a day into the skies for a 30-minute gander at London.

Available in two sizes:
4.85"X5.85" and 3.20"X3.85"

Special Request of the Week Embroidery Library is always inspired by your design suggestions, and we thank you for sending us thousands of terrific ideas, which we incorporate into the weekly design themes. As a way to expand on designs that meet your specific quests, this space is dedicated to the "Request of the Week." Here is this week's request:
Red Hat Lace Barb wrote to tell us how much she and her friend Louella enjoy sewing Embroidery Library's lace designs. "I just finished embroidering two sets of the lace butterflies and two sets of flowers -- one for my daughter and one for me, and we have them hanging in our windows," she said. One day, as Barb and Louella were riding together to a Red Hat meeting and talking about embroidery, they came up with several ideas for designs. She writes, "We were wondering if maybe you could make some Red Hat lace designs?" Excellent idea, Barb! And, here they are: .
Boater Red Hat with bow		Pamela Red Hat with rose		Cartwheel Red Hat with ribbon

Available in one size: 3.88"X2.21"		Available in one size: 3.91"X2.90"		Available in one size: 3.91"X2.40"

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