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From Wendy
KC Designs A gorgeous garden with lots of speciality stitches, bands of stitching fun, motifs, animals - even a pond! The linen is WDW 35ct Seafoam - 13.5 x 18" piece and the threads are: Rainbow Gallery - PB28, PB207, Thread Gatherers Silk'nColors #992 My Hearts Garden, Belle Soie Puritan Blue, Espresso, Gloriana silk #140 Pigeon, #141 Sandstone Rose, #146 Gilded Pink, #156 Bordeaux, #194 Flowers of Italy, NPI #344, #401, NPI #871, DMC #503, Mill Hill petite beads #42010; JABC 1104T. Sharon's Garden is also offered as a stitching kit which contains the chart, linen, threads and beads. Sharon's Garden (chart only) is priced at £8.50 plus p&p. The Sharon's Garden kit is priced at £33.25 plus p&p Please contact Linda to order. |
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Samplers Remembered Another beautiful reproduction sampler, this piece was stitched on 28ct Antique Tan by Wichelt. The stitch count is 173 x 184 stitches and is stitched with Soie D'Alger - #1745, 3711, 3812, 1743, 3424, 2234, 3821 3835 and Noir The Miriam Chilvers 1833 sampler (chart only) is priced at £8.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Plum Street Samplers This piece is 101 w x 104 h and stitched on Lakeside Linens - 36ct. Vintage Tarnished Silver, using Crescent Colours Cottons: Black Coffee, Old Oak Tree, River Rocks, Persimmon, Amber Waves, Joshua Tree, Dandelion Stem and Antique Lace Olga (chart only) is priced at £5.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts The Saltbox Chickens Thread Palette Prims kit is #4 in the Thread Palette Prim kits. This palette is shaped like a salt boxhouse and the thread holes are the windows of the house. This is a full kit - everything is included to stitch and finish this piece. The Saltbox Chickens Thread Palette Prims kit is priced at £13.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Carolina House Designs The Stitcher's Alphabet is stitched on 30ct Swan White Legacy linen and the stitch count is 136 w x 120 h and was stitched with 1 skein of Jewel Blue Gloriana silk. The Stitcher's Alphabet (chart only) is priced at £5.00 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Acorn House Designs The piece is stitched on 40ct Lentil (18 x 27 piece is needed) and uses Gloriana silks #107 Honey Bronze, #102 Fresh Snow and #130 Sunflower. It also needs 7mm Gloriana Honey Bronze silk ribbon, a square of WDW Snow wool, Daisy Thread Rings and features the Elizabeth I scissors. Daisy Chain is also offered as a kit which includes the chart, linen, threads and silk ribbon. Daisy Chain (chart only) is priced at £9.50 plus p&p. The Daisy Chain kit is priced at £36.00 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
Scissors Shoe Kit Following on from the HUGE success of the Miniature Monogram Margin Marker Hornbook kit, here is another piece - the Scissors Shoe. I the package there is 1 folk art painted wooden shoe base, 3 designs (including all 26 monograms, a design that is a "play on a Quaker motif" and a design that is voided work) the trim and finishing instructions.The length of the shoe base is 4.25" and you can see in the image that any of the Kelmscott scissors can be house in this lovely shoe. There is a hole at the top of the shoe base, so that this piece can also be hung and displayed. The Scissors Shoe kit is priced at £6.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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From Wendy
KC Designs With the release of the Strawberry Sweet Bag with Three Sweeties last September, Wendy has created a second delicious helping. The smalls are a Thread Case, Pin Cube, Needle Caseand Ruler Case. Also included in the chart are the tiny glass pins for the Pin Cube. The linen is 32ct Flax. This piece also requires 6 Kelmscott Designs mother of pearl Heart Rings and features a 3" mother of pearl Ruler and mother of pearl Strawberry Thread Keep. We are also offering a stitching kit which contains the chart, linen, threads, braid and perle cottons. N.B. When ordering please state if you would like to order the Heart Rings/Ruler/Strawberry Thread Keep to accompany this design. A Second Helping of Strawberry Sweeties (chart only) is priced at £9.00 plus p&p. A Second Helping of Strawberry Sweeties kit is priced at £29.50 plus p&p Please contact Linda to order. |
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Samplers Remembered This piece was stitched on 40ct Zweigart Newcastle Cream and uses a combination of NPI, Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, DMC, Soie d'Alger and Gloriana threads! The Stitch count is 400 x 400 using 1 strand of floss over 2 linen threads. The Fiesta! Nicola Sabiel - 1818 A Mexican Sampler (chart only) is priced at £8.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Plum Street Samplers This is stitched on 36ct Vintage Buttercream. The stitch count is 134w x 77h and a variety of GAST threads are used. Hare's Christmas (chart only) is priced at £5.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts A lovely piece - note the lazy cat lying on the pile of quilts! This is stitched on WDW 35ct Straw, the stitch count is 113w x 53h and a variety of GAST threads are used. Airing the Quilts (chart only) is priced at £5.00 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts This is #3 in the Thread Palette Prim kits and these Hares are Hoppin into Spring! Please note that the thread holes are eggs - the finished model is absolutely gorgeous. This is a full kit, everything is included to stitch and finish this piece. The wooden folk art painted thread palette is 5" high x 4" wide. The Hoppin Hares Thread Palette Prims kit is priced at £13.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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From Carolina House Designs This is a former teaching piece and Carolyn has now released it to the public. The chart features a Sweet Bag measuring 4 & 1/2", Needlecase measuring 2 & 1/2" by 3 & 1/2", Scissors Fob measuring 3/4" diameter, Pin Keep measuring 1 & 3/4" by 2 & 1/4" on 32 count Lambswool linen and the kit includes the chart, linen, silks and perle cotton. The Sweet Strawberry Bag and Toys (chart only) is priced at £8.25 plus p&p. The Sweet Strawberry Bag and Toys kit is priced at £25.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Acorn House Designs This 2.5 inch Drum-shaped box is just the right size to hold a pair of Red Little Gem Scissors along with the fob. The piece is stitched on 28ct Phoenix and Mello Linen from Picture This Plus and uses WDW Mocha and Americana threads and Perle #5 WDW Whitewash and Perle #5 DMC 420. The piece also fearures silk ribbon - 4mm Bucilla#590 Federal Blue and 7mm Gloriana Honey Bronze. This is also offered as a stitching kit which includes the chart, linen, threads, perle cotton and ribbons. There are some wonderful speciality stitches such as Bullion, Fly, French Knot and Over 1 as well as Ribbon Embroidery Stitch Lazy Daisy. N.B. When ordering please state if you would like to order the Red Little Gem scissors (£4.75) that accompany this design. The Patriot Drum Box (chart only) is priced at £5.50 plus p&p. The Patriot Drum Box kit is priced at £15.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Acorn House Designs This lovely Needlework case folds to a mere 2.5 inches with 2 pockets, needle page and a sheath for scissors all tucked inside; mini-fob finished with magnet inside for yet another handy spot for needle parking! The piece is finished over 1 on 32ct Earthen Linen from Picture This Plus. The threads are WDW Dutch Iris (2 skeins required) and Honeysuckle. The piece is featured with Yellow Little Gem Scissors. We are also offering this as a kit which includes the chart, linen and threads. N.B. When ordering please state if you would like to order the Yellow Little Gem scissors (£4.75) that accompany this design. The Pocket-sized Posy Needlework case (chart only) is priced at £4.00 plus p&p. The Pocket-sized Posy Needlework case kit is priced at £13.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
Miniature Monogram Hornbook-Margin Marker Kit Each kit contains 1 miniature wooden hornbook, a graph of 26 antique monograms, braid for finishing, along with finishing instructions. Fall length is 3", the width of the top of the hornbook is 2" wide and the length of the handle is 1" long. The design is stitched on 32 count Lakeside Linens using 1 strand of Belle Soie silk, stitched over 1. Each finished monogram stitched this way is approximately 1" x 1". The Miniature Monogram Hornbook-Margin Marker kit is priced at £5.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Plum Street Samplers This design is stitched on Lakeside Linens - 40ct Vintage Woodsmoke using Crescent Colours. The Thirteen Owls Sampler (chart only) is priced at £5.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Plum Street Samplers This design is stitched on Lakeside Linens - 36ct Vintage Maritime White, using Belle Soie silks. The Queen's Crowns Sampler (chart only) is priced at £5.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Plum Street Samplers This design is about Elizabeth I and is stitched on Lakeside Linens - 40ct Vintage Light Examplar, using NPI silks. The Queen's Sampler - Elizabeth I (chart only) is priced at £5.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
From Wendy
KC Designs A triangular and added sides that hold needle pages, and can tie with a ribbon, the Elizabeth 1 scissors. There is a Humbug Scissors Fob and a tiny pocket to hold the Rondelle Thread Winder. It also features 3 mother of pearl hoops. This design requires a stitcher's quarter of 35ct WDW Linen and the colour is also called Linen and the treads are Belle Soie, NPI and Gloriana, along with Petite Treasure Braid, Mill Hill beads and delicas. The Walled Garden Etui and Accessories (chart only) is priced at £9.25 plus p&p. The Walled Garden Etui and Accessories kit is priced at £49.00 plus p&p Please contact Linda to order. |
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From Wendy
KC Designs Along the basket top there are designs for a threadroll, ruler, pin cube and scissors tuffet/fob. Please note that included with this chart are enough red miniature glasshead pins to complete the cube. These pieces are stitched on 35ct WDW Linen and the colour is Angel Hair - a full stitcher's quarter is required and Belle Soie, WDW and Petite Treasure Braid is used , along with Mill Hill Beads. Five Daisy Thread Rings are used on the Thread Roll. The Daisy Daisy and Accessories (chart only) is priced at £10.25 plus p&p. The Daisy Daisy and Accessories kit is priced at £48.00 plus p&p Please contact Linda to order. |
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Samplers Remembered This is a very large sampler with many words of wisdom.The stitch count is 290 w x 340 h and is stitched on 35ct R&R Cafe Kona using Soie d'alger. The Village Square Sampler - Mary Allen 1818 (chart only) is priced at £8.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Samplers Remembered There is an alphabet in this French sampler that is so lovely as there are tiny hearts within the alphabet. The stitch count is 353 w x 178 h and is stitched on 40ct Ricamo Ivory with DMC. The French Heart Alphabet & Motif Sampler (chart only) is priced at £8.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts This piece is just beautiful - the stitching (in GAST threads) on the 35ct Aztec Red by Weeks Dye. The Ohio Star (chart only) is priced at £4.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts This is Harvest Home and it is stitched on 32ct Sea Storm by Lakeside Linens, using GAST threads.f The Harvest Home (chart only) is priced at £4.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Island Cottage Needlehearts This is a full kit, everything is included to enable you to stitch and finish this piece. The wooden folk art-painted thread palette is in the shape of a 5.5" x 5.5" square and the thread holes are heart-shaped, 2 in each corner. A Heart for You Thread Palette Prims kit is priced at £17.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order |
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Carolina House Designs Carolyn has created this fantastic slipper, along with 2 other smalls. This precious slipper is stitched on 32ct white linen, using Gloriana Summer Sky silk and Mill Hill 00479 pearl beads. There is a special, wonderful inclusion with this chart pack - 2 x 12" pieces of silk ribbon (1 is 4mm and the other is 13mm) dyed to match Carolyn's request. The Snow Queen's Slipper with Accessories (chart only) is priced at £9.00 plus p&p. The Snow Queen's Slipper with Accessories kit is priced at £17.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Susan Myers of Acorn House Designs Stitching Stool (3.5 inches across) complete with needle book, scissors case and scissors fob. The Pretty Pretty Pleats (chart only) is priced at £8.00 plus p&p. The Pretty Pretty Pleats kit is priced at £22.00 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Wendy KC Designs Large Tuffet (6.5 inches across) in a fabulous Christmas design complete with four beautiful ornaments. The Christmas Potpourri Large Star Tuffet with Four Ornaments (chart only) is priced at £9.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |

Island Cottage NeedleArts - Thread Palette Prims - Angel Song
This is an all inclusive, including a folk art wooden palette, the charted design, linen, threads to stitch the design and the thread used for the cording, finishing materials and finishing instructions. All a stitcher needs are items such as the needle, glue, scissors, etc. The design is stitched on 30 count WDW Garnet (1 thread over 1) and uses GAST threads. The colour of the thread palette is approximately DMC 930.
The Island Cottage NeedleArts - Thread Palette Prims - Angel Song kit is priced at £13.75 plus p & p.
Pleas contact Linda to order.

Carolina House Designs - Pink Pearls and Flowers
Carolyn Standing Webb is a well known teacher of many beautiful pieces. The above piece is not a teaching piece, but a new piece she recently designed. The detail of the roses on the outside of this piece is incredible. The piece is stitched on 30ct Porcelain Pink Legacy Linen and calls for Au Ver a Soie, Soie d’alger and Gloriana silks, along with Mill Hill Beads 02005 and 16603.
Please note that with regards to the inside image, this is pre-purchased fabric that had embroidered roses on it – the designer had this fabric in her stash for some time and does not recall where it was purchased.
The Carolina House Designs - Pink Pearls and Flowers (chart only) is priced at £7.50 plus p&p.
Please contact Linda to order.
Carolina House Designs - Quaker Garden This set is one of Carolyn’s former teaching pieces for the Swan Sampler Guild, now available to everyone! Fantastic six-sided box, along with the smalls, a lovely piece using garden motifs. The design was stitched on 32ct Cream, using 3 – 5 metre skeins of Au Ver a Soie, Soie d’alger 204. Carolyn really wants to encourage stitchers to use their own choice of linen and silk for this piece. The Carolina House Designs - Quaker Garden (chart only) is priced at £7.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Plum Street Samplers - Heaven Gave Rain Well if anyone could make
a beautiful sampler, both in look and words, about rain, it would
be Plum Street Samplers! Adore the oversized tulip and notice the
detail in the skirt of the lady – and the diamond shaped clouds! The Plum Street Samplers - Heaven Gave Rain Sampler (chart only) is priced at £5.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
Plum Street Samplers - Garden of Eerie There is no doubt, this piece
clearly has an amusement factor! Definitely a different appeal to
the Adam & Eve theme, but done so well and again, amazing use
of verse! The Plum Street Samplers - Halloween Hornbook Sampler (chart only) is priced at £5.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Plum Street Samplers - Halloween Hornbook Sampler While certainly intended for the BOO! season, this piece will no doubt look fantastic hanging on a wall for the whole year – it will be a great conversation piece and I also think that a number of the squares would be great smalls. The stitch count is 121 x 140 and the piece was stitched on 36ct vintage Quicksilver Lakeside Linens and uses Belle Soie silks. The Plum Street Samplers - Halloween Hornbook Sampler (chart only) is priced at £5.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
Plum Street Samplers - Paradise Lost Note the wonderful detail such as the giraffe with the leaf in its mouth! Stitched on 36ct vintage Light Examplar Lakeside Linens, the stitch count is 417 x 184 and uses Needlepoint Inc. and Gloriana silks. The Plum Street Samplers - Paradise Lost (chart only) is priced at £11.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Wendy KC Designs - Winter Star Treasure Box The design is stitched on 32 ct Flax and uses DMC white #8 and 12 perle cotton, Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braids PB 02 and PB 10, Belle Soie Silk - Collard Green and Mahogany, DMC 3033 floss and 1 skein of DMC 500 floss for cording around edge of box, Mill Hill 40557 Petite Gold Seed Beads - 136 beads and Mill Hill 40479 Petite White seed Beads - 81 beads The Winter Star Treasure Box (chart only) is priced at £9.50 plus p&p. The Winter Star Treasure Box kit is priced at £32.00 plus p&p The 5 x 5 handmade wooden box is £11.50 Please contact Linda to order. |
Wendy KC Designs - Strawberry Bag with 3 Sweeties This reminds me of lovely Strawberry Cream Teas! The tuffett is like a puffy scone with devon cream, and all the strawberries all over the pieces just make me think of enjoying an afternoon out in an English garden. The linen used is 32ct Flax and threads are NPI 133, NPI 991bb, TG 271, TG 090 and petite treasure braid PB25. The Strawberry Bag with 3 Sweeties (chart only) is priced at £9.50 plus p&p. The Strawberry Bag with 3 Sweeties kit is priced at £32.00 plus p&p Please contact Linda to order. |
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Wendy KC Designs - Garden of Hearts and Flowers This lovely set reminds me of all the French gardens that are so immaculate and symmetrical. Think of the lovely antique silver, lilacs and lavenders at Versailles. Also available as a kit. The design was stitched on 28 ct Antique White with #12 ecru perle cotton, TG094 and NPI 897A. The Garden of
Hearts and Flowers (chart only) is priced at £6.50 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
Wendy KC Designs - Bees's Garden Stitching Accessories Chart To make Treasure Box, Scissors Case, Scissors Fob and Pinkeep Bee's Garden Stitching Accessories (chart only) is available at £9.25 plus Postage and packing Please contact Linda to order |
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Wendy KC Designs - More Stitching Accessories in the Bees' Garden Chart
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To make Threadroll, Needle Case and Biscornu
More Stitching Accessories in the Bee's Garden (chart only) is available at £9.25 plus Postage and packing
Please contact Linda to order
Anne Hathaway's Cottage Needlebook A needlebook inspired by Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford on Avon. The front is extremely intricate and there is silk ribbon around the edging of the whole book and then 4 charms hang off the ribbons so it will look gorgeous standing up in a curio cabinet. On the inside left, along with the back there are lovely verses and words and on the inside right is a place to put a piece of wool and another charm. The 5 required charms are included. The Anne Hathaway's Cottage Needlebook (chart only) is priced at £7.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order.
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Reversible Cross Stitch Sampler with Scissors Fob and Needlebook This is an amazing design and would be an excellent learning project. If you want the back of your stitching to look as perfect as the front, this is the chart for you! Seeing it in real life, it is absolutely beautiful. The Reversible Cross Stitch Sampler with Scissors Fob and Needlebook (chart only) is priced at £7.75 plus postage & packing. Please contact Linda to order. |
Plum Street Samplers - Rubie Owl The Plum Street Samplers - Rubie Owl is stitched on 36ct Vintage Autumn Gold and all threads, except for 3 are Belle Soie silks - the other 3 were NPI. I absolutely love the saying and love that Rubie is wearing a crown while she walks her dog! Paulette is a designer that puts so much detail into a sampler, Paula. The Plum Street Samplers - Rubie Owl (chart only) is priced at £6.25 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Dames of the Needle - Owl Scissors Book Another talented designer was quite taken with the scissors and it inspired her to write this poem on the left. She was determined to find a finishing technique that would allow for the Owl scissors to be housed upright - it looks like they have a small hat on their head! The top image is the outside, the bottom the inside and this piece has quite a rustic feel. The dames of the Needle - Owl Scissors Book (chart only) is priced at £8.75 plus postage & packing. Please contact Linda to order. |
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Variations Part 1 A silk-lined, stitched pocket with attached needle case and a stitched "shoe" to hold your special thimble. The linen is 40 count Lakeside Vintage Green Slate and the main silk is Windwhistle Cottage Silk n Colors from Thread Gatherer. Other items are 100/3 silk in color #45 from Access Commodities, Splendor silk #S902 from Rainbow Galleries and Weeks Dye Works wool felt in Gingerbread or Chestnut. There is also a finishing kit sold separately that contains silk for lining, antique shoe button, shirt weight and lightweight fusible interfacing. The Ackworth
Variations Part 1 (chart only) is priced at £9.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order.
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Variations Part 2 The Scissors cases are silk-lined. Note that the top scissor case was made for the Putford scissors. Along with the linens and threads listed in Part 1, this piece also requires Riversilk 4mm silk ribbon in color #198. There is also a finishing kit sold separately that contains silk for lining/backing, two antique shoe buttons, upholsters skirting, shirt weight fusible interfacing, cotton quilt batting. The Ackworth
Variations Part 2 (chart only) is priced at £9.75 plus p&p. Please contact Linda to order.
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