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Happy Easter! It’s a lovely long weekend here in the UK - and the glorious sunshine is becoming sporadic, ready for the rain, chilly winds and cloudy skies that are traditional for all true British bank holidays...so the perfect stitching weekend awaits! 🐝🐝🐝 . In between stitching my next sampler, I plan to eat toasted hot cross buns smothered in butter, devour a salted caramel chocolate egg (aren’t you proud I’ve not started it yet @sandiwoodsdesigner ??🤣) and ignore all housework... . Do you have lovely stitching/crafting and eating plans for the long weekend too? 🐣 . To order the Spring Rabbit, visit bluecoppice.com or message me for details 🐰🌸🐝 . . #bluecoppice #miniaturemotifs #springrabbit #rabbitsofinstagram #countedthreadembroidery #samplerstitchersofinstagram #stayhomeandstitch #bewellandstitch #stitchersofinstagram #handmadeornaments #stitchingsmalls #pinbadge #handmadebuttons (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKdaHYLxZR/?igshid=1jwbj9d0ie3m

When designing the Arboretum Sampler, I drew on a number of my favourite places to create my perfect autumn woodland walk. The leaves are crisp underfoot, the air is fresh and there’s glorious colour everywhere you look…and you can start stitching it today because it’s now available as a digital download! . Click on the image or the link in my profile, or visit bluecoppice.com for all details 🍂🍁🍂🐝 . If you fancy trying out a smaller piece and building up your confidence before starting a sampler, don’t forget I’m teaching the exclusive new Beehive Trellis design in Rugby soon! Limited places available - click on the link in my profile for details! . #bluecoppice #honeyapplemeadow #countedthreadembroidery #stitchersofinstagram #samplerstitchersofinstagram #crossstitch #embroideryworkshop #rugbyartgalleryandmuseum #rugbytowncentre #artatthealex @artatthealex #rugbyartistsandmakers #sampler (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqG1sTEtMHZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Did you know that all the plants in the Kitchen Garden Sampler are edible? Pea shoots, pea flowers, pea pods, nasturtiums, strawberries, mint, chives, apples, lettuce, endives, beetroot, parsnips, turnips, leeks and both purple and orange carrots…🥬🍓🍏🥕…did you also spot the other fruit…? 🤨 . Sadly for the gardener, the chickens have escaped from Home Farm and found their way into the lettuce a@d endive beds, Mrs Rabbit is selecting the best specimens for her famous vegetable soup and the snails are steadily eating their way up the garden… 😱🐓🐇🐌🐌🐌 . You can start stitching your Kitchen Garden Sampler today - simply click the image or visit bluecoppice.com, select the digital download option and in minutes, the chart and full instructions will arrive in your inbox as a PDF 🌱🐝 . (And the other fruit? There’s a pineapple in the iron gate and another in the gateway above, carved from Cotswold stone🍍🍍) . #bluecoppice #honeyapplemeadow #countedthreadembroidery #samplerstitchersofinstagram #kitchengarden #sampler #raisedwork #stumpwork #stitchersofinstagram #needleart #embroiderylove #wicheltlinen #dmcthreads (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0tdO_LSj4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I first stitched the Floral Sampler back in 2004 and it’s still a favourite with my lovely customers! Now available as a PDF download, you can order, start stitching immediately and be finished in time for summer…🌸☀️🪴 . So take a walk among the tulips and anemones, stroll by the forget-me-knots, trim a topiary tree and brush past the lavender while the bees buzz about the clematis and dive into the hives…visit bluecoppice.com or click on the image for more details 💐🐝 . #bluecoppice #honeyapplemeadow #countedthreadembroidery #samplerstitchersofinstagram #sampler #inspirations #samplerlove #crossstitching #needleart #handcraft #embroiderylove #zweigartlinen #dmcthreads (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdTn3SNHpw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If you’re a subscriber to my newsletter, quick! Go and check your emails!! If not, get yourself over to bluecoppice.com so you don’t miss out on the exclusive subscriber special offer next time…🤩 . Today’s newsletter has all the latest updates about what I’m up to over the next few months - and one of those updates will be very exciting to all international folk…*cue drumroll*…🥁🥁🥁🥁 . Blue Coppice has gone digital!! 🎉🎉🎉 From this weekend, I’m rolling out PDF downloads of all my charts, starting with the samplers. Let me know which pieces you’d like to see going digital next! 🤩👑🌸🐝 . (Hope the music didn’t surprise you too much - it’s always been one of my favourites and seemed appropriate for a launch! 😂) . #bluecoppice #samplers #samplerstitchersofinstagram #crossstitching #countedthreadembroidery #stumpwork #crownsandflowers #antiquesampler #embroiderylove (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpI5rUTL38C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wondering what to do this weekend? Starting to think about (say it quietly) Christmas presents? I’m back at @artatthealex this weekend, selling and demonstrating along with the very talented @blackcatsilver @saraisbron @shirotokuro and @stevedavies1st 🥳 . We’ve got the added bonus of @ericgaskellart joining on Saturday to talk about his fabulous prints (some of which can be seen in the cafe gallery) and @sandiwoodsdesigner demonstrating contemporary bobbin lace on Sunday, using beautiful coloured silks as fine as spider threads…🤤🕸 . If you can’t make it, my new 100% tea towels (made and printed in the UK) are now up on bluecoppice.com with all my counted thread embroidery designs - click on the image or find the link in my bio for more info 🐝🐝🐝 . #bluecoppice #honeyapplemeadow #countedthreadembroidery #samplers #samplerstitchersofinstagram #christmasgifts #housewarminggift #kitchendecor #rugbyobserver #rugbyartistsandmakers #artatthealex (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjnwvCQNp1N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Feeling autumnal but too busy to stitch? 🍂🦌🍂 Fancy a new seasonal addition to your autumn decorations? 🍂🍄🍂 My new super-soft 100% cotton tea towels have been out in the wild at local shows for a few weeks (as shown here at @artatthealex 🥳) and are now available online too - and the Arboretum, complete with folly, maze, Japanese garden, Pinetum and ice-house, is filled with vivid autumn colour ready to brighten up a dull day… . Use them as tray cloths to serve afternoon tea or cover cloths for your embroidery frame or lace pillow, use poster hangers to put them in the wall or get crafty and turn them into cute cushions or tote bags, or even use them to dry the dishes…😉 I’d love to see what you creative folk decide to do with them 😃👩‍🎨 . To order, click on the image, head to the link in my bio or visit bluecoppice.com 🐝 . #bluecoppice #honeyapplemeadow #samplerstitchersofinstagram #arboretum #sampler #afternoontea #bridgerton #japanesegarden #pinetum #maze #madeintheuk (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjRKu2yt57D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The bunting is up, the fizz is chilling, there’s a street party later…the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is finally here!! 🥳 And what better way to celebrate than with stitched crowns, tiny dogs and flowers? 👑🐕🌸 . I will, of course, be taking my current piece with me later to work on amongst the vol-u-vents and quiche but it’s not very Jubilee-themed 😂 So here’s a close up of the original Crowns and Flowers Sampler which dates from around the 1820s/1830s - it seemed a perfect fit for today! 👑🌸🐕 . For more details, visit bluecoppice.com… . #bluecoppice #crownsandflowers #sampler #samplerstitchersofinstagram #jubileestitching #jubilee #crossstitch #crossstitchersofinstagram #handmade #antiquesampler (at Rugby, Warwickshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeVfNPitVci/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=