Happy 2010!

New chart: Fleur d'Orleans

Here's one for you as we start this Mardi Gras season.

And, for those football fans out there - a little creative coloring lets you show you are Saints Fan!

Chart and Silk pack are available

Fleur d'Orleans
Ink Circles has a blog! Check it out to see what is going on behind the scenes and to see what Ink Circles projects stitchers like you are working on. Drop me an email if you've got something to share - I can't do this on my own!

Winter Mandala in JCSNew from Ink Circles:

Mandalas to celebrate the four seasons! This is a series of four charts, starting with the Winter Mandala in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue, exclusively in Just Cross Stitch magazine.

They are all stitched in Vikki Clayton's Hand-Dyed Fibers (a very affordable, wonderful silk) on Lakeside Linen's 32 count Attic Lace linen. A fabric/fiber kit is available for purchase on the JCS website. The four pieces will be the same size and general style, for those of you planning ahead.

 

Please look for AAN designs via Yarn Tree and European Cross Stitch. Stickideen von der Wiehenburg, Monasterium Designs and Seba Designs will all be available through Dinky Dyes.

See the October releases in the online catalog here or see them in person at the Trunk Show now up at Acorns & Threads in Portland, OR.

(That's Jeannine of A&T on the left and me on the right.)

Jeannine (of A&T, Left) and Me

 

Trunk show at A&T


Growth Rings by Ink Circles

 

Back Issues still available.

Growth Rings by Ink Circles

Find this pattern only in the March/April issue of
Just CrossStitch Magazine

(I don't have copies for sale, nor can I distribute this in any other form - click the JCS mag link to order)

This pattern uses two colors of Vikki Clayton's hand-dyed premium weight silk (6 skeins Exemplar Flannel Dark; 2 skeins Yawning Mountain) on Lakeside Linen 32 ct Bittersweet fabric. It was stitched 1 strand over 2 threads of linen, no partial or specialty stitches.

We've found just a few minor transcription errors in the chart:

Click here to see an errata page for this chart

photo courtesy of Just CrossStitch Magazine.

 

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Mandala painting - click to go to my painting/drawing siteWelcome to the Ink Circles web site. The site is now dedicated just to cross stitch. Painted Mandalas and inked drawings have been moved off to their new site, www.tracyhorner.com.