New! Fabric Club Subscription - Winter

 

Hi there!

Wow this time of the year is THE busiest time for me and my small business. Autumn is almost over and preparations for the winter and Christmas rush is well on the way! 

It's the busiest and most intense moment for sure but also the most important in a small creative business's year. I have the Advent Calendars to prepare, November and October thread packs to dye and set out, the Winter trio of fabrics to dye and complete, Christmas orders and the 2022 Temperature SAL to design and organise!

Today I'll be showing you one of those from this list, the Winter colour trio in the Fabric Club Subscription

Fabric Club Subscription - WINTER

WINTER Trio

This is the third of the seasonal packs in the this fabric club. After the bright and sunny  SUMMER trio and the pretty autumnal AUTUMN trio here is the WINTER trio. 3 sparkly pieces of fabric perfect for your seasonal stitching in 3 festive colours: Noel, Sapin and Souris

18CT Aida

28 CT Brittney Lugana

32 CT Linen

Fabric Club Subscription

Would you like to receive a beautiful piece of hand dyed stitching fabric in your postbox every month, or every 3 months at the start of the new season? 

Choose to receive either a piece of of fabric per month or if you prefer a pack of 3 hand dyed fabrics of your choice every new season (3 months). Colours will be seasonally themed and chosen from my vast Tom & Lily stitching fabric range. Watch out for some exclusive to you only colours also! Bring some colour to your life and brighten up your stitching routine.

You choose which style of fabric you'll receive between Aida, Eavenweave or Linen. Each piece in a season will be the same fabric type (3 x Aida 16 CT for example) but another season may have the same basic fabric type but in a different size ( Aida 18CT or 20CT)

Over 12 months you'll receive 12 pieces of fabric, either 1 piece a month or 3 pieces four times in the year, created and lovingly produced from my home in France to yours!

For more information, a look at the past fabric packs and information on how to subscribe please follow this link: http://bit.ly/FabricClubSubscription

Tune in next Thursday for a new article! Until then please don't hesitate to contact me via mail: tometlily@hotmail or via messenger and let me know what you think of the Winter colour choices or ask me any question you have about my cross stitch, embroidery or coloured stitching products!

Have a great week full of crosses, colour and light!

Happy Stitching!

Melanie

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New Fabric Name + Symbolism of GREEN

Hi There!

This week I've been getting things ready for the April pack in my thread subscription..I'm trying to get ahead of myself and have one months subscription ready to go in advance...this would mean less stress at the end of the month and more time for me to create other amazing offers for you!

In this article I'll be announcing the winner of my flash fabric colour contest! Last week I revealed the new fabric colour and asked you to give me your best names for it. I had so many answers with lots of lovely colour ideas..I was a bit overwhelmed to be honest... I don't think I've ever had as many people entering one of my contests before! A sincere big thank you to you all! It's just a shame that I can't reward all of you...well maybe I can..keep an eye out on my social media platforms to find out how very soon...

To begin the article today I'll talk about the colour Green and briefly what it represents and it's symbolism! Enjoy!

Symbolism of the Colour GREEN

The colour Green is associated with the fourth chakra, that of the heart. The one halfway down the body, in the chest, representing self-love and gratitude. The heart itself is Magenta but green is all that surrounds the heart. We associate green with nature of course, and all plant life. It's soothing, refreshing and even has antiseptic healing values.

In Western culture, it's associated luck. But in the cinema and the theatre this colour is taboo and forbidden! 
This belief was inherited from the Middle Ages. At that time, copper oxide was used to dye the costumes green. This chemical compound, being very toxic, and very unstable in the presence of moisture, was known to have been at the origin of many intoxications in the acting world.  That's the reason for this strange tradition ...

Green also reflects balance and love for oneself, independence and autonomy and of course hope.  When you like this colour you're probably very comfortable being on your own, and are happy in the great outdoors!

On the contrary, not liking green often implies that a person likes to be surrounded by family and friends and likes to feel reassured and not alone.

Green in Embroidery

Green is very fashionable right now in the world of embroidery. If you have an account on Instagram or you go on Pinterest you wouldn't have been able to miss this trend. Succulents and embroidered cacti are very popular!

 Some of Sarah K Benning's work

New Green Embroidery Book by Charlène Pourias

Some well known and well used DMC green threads are 701, 906 and 987..or Sapin, Romarin and Verveine in the Fils Atalie range?!

How about you?

• Do you like green?
• Have you ever stitched any cacti or trendy succulents??
• When you see green, what do you feel?
• When you wear green, how does it make you feel?
• What does green represent for you?

Fabric Colour Contest 

Just as a quick reminder here are a few photos of the new colour, first in the bucket in colour and also ironed and ready, along with a couple of others colours that I think look great together.

Emerald (right) along with Santorini (middle) and Paon

Fabric Colour Contest Winner

And the winner is...... Julie BERNABE. CONGRATULATIONS go to her and she'll be receiving a piece of the new fabric soon!!! The new name is EMERAUDE (Emerald)..it was a very popular choice and is just right for this fabric colour.

Thank you for reading me.. and for your answers to my questions in the article ... It would be great if you could add them to the comments below. I look forward to finding out whether you like this colour or not!

If you liked my article please don't hesitate to share it with your friends and on social media!

Have a great week!

Happy Stitching

Melanie

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As Green as Grass or Luck of the Irish?

Hi There!

Today I'm talking about the colour green! No I'm not envious ... on the contrary! .. green tends to make us think of wonderful prairies or garden lawns doesn't it? It's a very fresh invigorating colour and imposes compassion.

I'm going to talk to you about the symbolism of this colour, and some other colours in different articles that will follow. In case you didn't read my red article you can read it here; the orange article here and the yellow article here). but for today, the coolest of the spectrum..Green

Symbolism

The color Green is associated with the fourth chakra, that of the heart. The one halfway down the body, in the chest, representing self-love and gratitude. We associate the green with nature of course, and all plant life. It's soothing, refreshing and even has antiseptic healing values.

In Western culture, it's associated with hope and luck. But in the cinema and the theatre this colour is taboo and forbidden! 
This belief was inherited from the Middle Ages. At that time, copper oxide was used to dye the costumes green. This chemical compound, being very toxic, and very unstable in the presence of moisture, was known to have been at the origin of many intoxications in the acting world.  That's the reason for this strange tradition ...

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It also reflects balance and love for oneself, for the universe and for others, and of course hope.

On the contrary, when there is an imbalance, green symbolises misfortune, failure and even depression.


Green in Everyday Life

Green is a refreshing colour and is used in brands and advertising to this effect. Brands like Tic Tac, Heineken and Starbucks for example

 

Green in Embroidery

Green is very fashionable right now in the world of embroidery. If you have an account on Instagram or you go on Pinterest you wouldn't have been able to miss this trend. Succulents and embroidered cacti are very popular!

 Some of Sarah K Benning's work

New Green Embroidery Book by Charlène Pourias

Some well known and well used DMC green threads are 701, 906 and 987..or Sapin, Romarin and Verveine in the Fils Atalie range?!

How about you

• Do you like green?
• Have you ever stitched any cacti or trendy succulents??
• When you see green, what do you feel?
• When you wear green, how does it make you feel?
• What does green represent for you?

Thank you for reading me so far .. and for your answers to my questions in the article ... It would be great if you could add them to the comments below.


If you liked my article please don't hesitate to share it with your friends and on social media!

Until the next article, I wish you a very pleasant week surrounded by embroidery, colour and light!

Happy Stitching!
Melanie
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