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‘BLOOMA’
Designed by Miesje Chafer
ThreadBear is the creation of designer and maker Miesje Chafer. I have permission to put together Strand Thread and canvas to go with the downloadable PDF’s that you will need to buy directly from ThreadBear Kits
There is a link to purchase the PDFs, this will be a different shopping cart.**
Download PDF from ThreadBear Kits here
PDF contains charts for both the Red and the Black Colourway.
The Strand pack includes: 9 x 10m skeins of Strand yarn
1 x 30m skein of Strand yarn
25cm square of 12 Count interlock canvas
Tapestry Needle.
Blooma Red Strand pack $30 BUY NOW
Blooma Black Strand pack $30 BUY NOW
Finished size 15cm x 15cm approx on 12 count canvas
** As I enjoyed stitching this design with our lovely Strand yarn, I wanted to share the enjoyment with you.
As a fellow designer I believe that it is important that other designers get proper compensation from their design work.
Downloading PDFs is more eco friendly than shipping printed paper around the world.
‘CARNIVAL’
Designed by Miesje Chafer
ThreadBear is the creation of designer and maker Miesje Chafer. I have permission to put together Strand Thread and canvas to go with the downloadable PDF’s that you will need to buy directly from ThreadBear Kits
There is a link to purchase the PDFs, this will be a different shopping cart.**
Download PDF from ThreadBear Kits here
The Strand pack includes: 12 x 10m skeins of Strand yarn
25cm square of 12 Count interlock canvas
Tapestry Needle.
Carnival Strand pack $32.50 BUY NOW
Finished size 15cm x 15cm approx on 12 count canvas
** As I enjoyed stitching this design with our lovely Strand yarn, I wanted to share the enjoyment with you.
As a fellow designer I believe that it is important that other designers get proper compensation from their design work.
Downloading PDFs is more eco friendly than shipping printed paper around the world.
AIR – Floral Impressions Class
Join the Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden's Artist in Residence Mary Self as she aids you in making a small piece of Impressionist art.
Sunday 23 February 2025 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Cost $95.55 each ($90.00 + $5.55 fees)
Enroll here
Inspired by French impressionist painters such as Renoir and Monet, Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden's Artist in Residence Mary will show you how to create your own small piece of art that can be inserted into a card or framed.
We will release the dye in flowers and leaves into fabric by pounding. The resultant design will be emphasized with simple stitches in matching colours.
Only small amounts of flowers need to be used, we will provide some for you. However, if you have any of the following in your garden you are welcome to bring them, pansies, violas, wallflowers, dandelions and puha, lobelia and geraniums.
A fabric pack, including cotton lawn and felt, will be provided with a needle. A good range of stranded cotton will be available for you to select from.
Most suitable for ages 12+ and confident in threading a needle.
Located in the Treehouse Seminar Room, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā.
Mary Self is the Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden Artist in Residence 2025. The residency is from 1 February to 31 March, and she will spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Treehouse and other parts of the gardens sharing her stitched art with visitors. "Flower and plants have been depicted in art in very many ways. Some of my favourites are the simplified forms of the millefleur in Medieval tapestries, the rich Dutch Still Lives of the 17th century to the evocative gardens of the French Impressionists of the 19th century."
AIR – Stitch a Still Life Class
Join the Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden's Artist in Residence Mary Self as she teaches you how to stitch your own still life.
Sun 9 Feb 2025, 10:00am–1:00pm
Cost $126.85 each ($120.00 + $6.85 fees)
Enroll here
You'll create your own A4 size Still Life with a vase or a bowl containing three-dimensional flowers, fruit and/or leaves. Linen fabric will be provided in a range of colours so you can create your own background texture with simple stitches. A bowl or vase for you for your flowers and fruit will be appliqued.
Threads and fabrics will be provided but if you have something special you would like to incorporate into the Still Life you are welcome to bring it along and we can discuss how to best to use it. For example, the bowl for the cherries is from an old, embroidered doily and the cherries are red velvet. A piece of lace may look good on the table.
You may not finish completely, but you will have been taught and practised each step.
Advice and options for finishing your piece of work for display will be given.
Most suitable for 16+ confident in threading a needle.
Located in the Treehouse Seminar Room, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā.
Mary Self is the Friends of Wellington Botanic Garden Artist in Residence 2025. The residency is from 1 February to 31 March, and she will spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Treehouse and other parts of the gardens sharing her stitched art with visitors. "Flower and plants have been depicted in art in very many ways. Some of my favourites are the simplified forms of the millefleur in Medieval tapestries, the rich Dutch Still Lives of the 17th century to the evocative gardens of the French Impressionists of the 19th century."
Archeys Frog Kit – SPECIAL
Archey’s Frog is native to New Zealand and is found in a small area near Coromandel in the North Island. Native frogs are quite different to introduced species – they have no external eardrum, no webbing between their toes and the pupil of each eye is circular rather than a slit. The male of this species of frog raises the young. The Maori name for frog is Pepeke.
Full Kit was $40 now only $25 BUY NOW
Finished size 10 x 10 cm
All needlepoint kits have the design stamped on the canvas in colour.
They come complete with STRAND unique mohair/wool yarn to finish the design and a needle.
A chart is also included.
Design is printed on 18 count canvas.
Bargello Cushion Kit
Designed by Nancy Robb
This Cushion has been charted and stitched based on an original sample stitched by Nancy Robb.
Full Kit $149 BUY NOW
Pattern $20 BUY NOW
Finished size: 30 x 42 cm
Bargello Cushion Kit includes:
14 hole per inch canvas.
A high quality steel needle.
A wool pack of Strand Yarn’
A colour stitching chart
An instruction sheet
A Full Colour Guide
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric.
Benton & Johnson Japan Copper T70, T71 and T72
Japanese thread is a goldwork thread made of a cotton core wrapped with a strip of metal foil. This means that is is quite soft and easy to manipulate while stitching and has a lovely shine.
‘Japanese thread’ is used widely in goldwork all over the world, notably China, India and Britain as well as Japan. Like all our metal threads, it is made by Benton and Johnson in the UK.
Use Japanese thread by couching over it (usually in pairs for a smooth line, but singly if you prefer). Use either a matching or contrasting sewing thread with a coating of beeswax.
In this range the colours are burnished which have a matte surface and an antique appearance. The Japanese threads are synthetic and will not tarnish.
Imitation Japanese Threads in this range are available from No. 8 (K4) which is the smallest to No. 13 (K1) which is the largest.
Imitation Japanese Threads range from T69 which is the largest to T72 which is the smallest.
T72: Approximately 0.15mm across the width of the thread.
T71: Approximately 0.25mm across the width of the thread.
T70: Approximately 0.5mm accross the width of the thread.
T69: Approximately 0.75mm accross the width of the thread.
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
T72 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T71 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T70 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Japan Gold K1, K2, K3 and K4
Japanese thread is a goldwork thread made of a cotton core wrapped with a strip of metal foil. This means that is is quite soft and easy to manipulate while stitching and has a lovely shine.
‘Japanese thread’ is used widely in goldwork all over the world, notably China, India and Britain as well as Japan. Like all our metal threads, it is made by Benton and Johnson in the UK.
Use Japanese thread by couching over it (usually in pairs for a smooth line, but singly if you prefer). Use either a matching or contrasting sewing thread with a coating of beeswax.
In this range the colours are the brightest gold with the glossiest reflective surface. The Japanese threads are synthetic and will not tarnish.
Imitation Japanese Threads in this range are available from No. 8 (K4) which is the smallest to No. 13 (K1) which is the largest.
No. 8 (K4): Approximately 0.5mm across the width of the thread.
No. 9 (K3): Approximately 0.70mm across the width of the thread.
No. 12 (K2): Approximately 0.85mm accross the width of the thread.
No. 13 (K1): Approximately 1.0mm accross the width of the thread.
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
No. 8 (K4) $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
No. 9 (K3) $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
No. 12 (K2) $1.30 per metre BUY NOW
No. 13 (K1) $1.30 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Japan Gold T70, T71 and T72
Japanese thread is a goldwork thread made of a cotton core wrapped with a strip of metal foil. This means that is is quite soft and easy to manipulate while stitching and has a lovely shine.
‘Japanese thread’ is used widely in goldwork all over the world, notably China, India and Britain as well as Japan. Like all our metal threads, it is made by Benton and Johnson in the UK.
Use Japanese thread by couching over it (usually in pairs for a smooth line, but singly if you prefer). Use either a matching or contrasting sewing thread with a coating of beeswax.
In this range the colours are burnished which have a matte surface and an antique appearance. The Japanese threads are synthetic and will not tarnish.
Imitation Japanese Threads range from T69 which is the largest to T72 which is the smallest.
T72: Approximately 0.15mm across the width of the thread.
T71: Approximately 0.25mm across the width of the thread.
T70: Approximately 0.5mm accross the width of the thread.
T69: Approximately 0.75mm accross the width of the thread.
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
T72 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T71 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T70 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Japan Silver T69, T70, T71 and T72
Japanese thread is a goldwork thread made of a cotton core wrapped with a strip of metal foil. This means that is is quite soft and easy to manipulate while stitching and has a lovely shine.
‘Japanese thread’ is used widely in goldwork all over the world, notably China, India and Britain as well as Japan. Like all our metal threads, it is made by Benton and Johnson in the UK.
Use Japanese thread by couching over it (usually in pairs for a smooth line, but singly if you prefer). Use either a matching or contrasting sewing thread with a coating of beeswax.
In this range the colours are burnished which have a matte surface and an antique appearance. The Japanese threads are synthetic and will not tarnish.
Imitation Japanese Threads range from T69 which is the largest to T72 which is the smallest.
T72: Approximately 0.15mm across the width of the thread.
T71: Approximately 0.25mm across the width of the thread.
T70: Approximately 0.5mm accross the width of the thread.
T69: Approximately 0.75mm accross the width of the thread.
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
T72 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T71 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T70 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
T69 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Copper Pearl Purl 1
Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.
Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
Pearl Purl 1 is 0.9mm in diameter.
30cm length $3 BUY NOW
50cm length $5 BUY NOW
1 Metre length $10 BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Copper Smooth Passing No 6
Passing thread is made up of a fine wire tightly wrapped around a thread core. The thread is straight and smooth in appearance. It can be couched singularly or as a pair with a matching or contrasting thread.
It is often used in Or Nue Embroidery.
Number 4 is finer than Number 6
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
No. 6 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Gilt Pearl Purl 1
Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.
Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
The Gilt threads are made of silver with a fine layer of gold.
Pearl Purl 1 is 0.9mm in diameter.
30cm length $3.90 BUY NOW
50cm length $6.50 BUY NOW
1 Metre length $13 BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Gilt Pearl Purl Super
Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.
Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
The Gilt threads are made of silver with a fine layer of gold.
Pearl Purl is finer than No 1.
30cm length $3.30 BUY NOW
50cm length $5.50 BUY NOW
1 Metre length $11 BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Gilt Smooth Passing No 4 and No 6
Passing thread is made up of a fine wire tightly wrapped around a thread core. The thread is straight and smooth in appearance. It can be couched singularly or as a pair with a matching or contrasting thread.
It is often used in Or Nue Embroidery.
Number 4 is finer than Number 6
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
No. 4 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
No. 6 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Silver Pearl Purl 1
Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.
Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
Pearl Purl 1 is 0.9mm in diameter.
30cm length $3 BUY NOW
50cm length $5 BUY NOW
1 Metre length $10 BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Silver Pearl Purl Super
Pearl Purl thread is a fine wire effectively made into a coil like a spring. The wire is rounded which means that when you look at the wire it looks like a string of rounded beads or like the back of knitting hence the name purl.
Can be cut up into short lengths and attached like beads, or it is often used slightly stretched around the edge of stitching or metallic kid designs. The thread is couched down with a waxed thread between the beads.
30cm length $3 BUY NOW
50cm length $5 BUY NOW
1 Metre length $10 BUY NOW
Benton & Johnson Silver Smooth Passing No 4 and No 6
Passing thread is made up of a fine wire tightly wrapped around a thread core. The thread is straight and smooth in appearance. It can be couched singularly or as a pair with a matching or contrasting thread.
It is often used in Or Nue Embroidery.
Number 4 is finer than Number 6
Priced by the metre. Update the number of metres in the shopping cart, multiple metres of the same thread will be one continuous piece.
No. 4 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
No. 6 $1.00 per metre BUY NOW
Blue Oriental Rug Kit – SPECIAL
ORIENTAL RUGS offer a glimpse of an unknown and mysterious world. Here is a chance to explore it!
Our design uses common motifs and borders. A gul, the Persian word for flower is the inspiration for this design. In a rug in would form an all over pattern field.
Full Kit $40 now only $25 BUY NOW
Finished size 10 x 10 cm
All needlepoint kits have the design stamped on the canvas in colour.
They come complete with STRAND unique mohair/wool yarn to finish the design and a needle.
A chart is also included.
Design is printed on 18 count canvas.
Blue Swallows Cross Stitch
Designed by Mary Self
“The original idea for this design was a Bakelite brooch of three swallows that was left to me by my Great Aunt Nellie. The shapes of René Lalique’s glass swallow jewellery from the same period, was the inspiration used to create this pattern”
Available as a Full Kit or as a Printed Pattern or as a PDF pattern that will be emailed to you
Full Kit $39 BUY NOW
Printed Pattern $20 BUY NOW
PDF Pattern $8 BUY NOW
Finished size: 27 x 7 cm
Cross Stitch Kit includes
14 count Natural Aida Cloth
A high quality steel needle
Pre-cut six stranded cotton threads
A colour cross stitch chart
A colour guide picture
An instruction sheet
Clamshell Bargello Cushion Kit
Designed by Mary Self
I have always loved Clamshell quilts – but they are not easy to make. One of our local quilters made a beautiful one a few years ago with a black and white stripe bias around the clamshells. This inspired this design.
Full Kit $164 BUY NOW
Pattern $20 BUY NOW
Finished size: 30 x 42 cm
Clamshell Bargello Cushion Kit includes:
14 hole per inch canvas.
A high quality steel needle.
A wool pack of Strand Yarn’
A colour stitching chart
An instruction sheet
A Full Colour Guide
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric.
Comfort of Home Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Mary Self
Inspired by Jane Austen Quote
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort”
Full Kit $157 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $89 BUY NOW
Finished size: 40 x 28 cm
Needlepoint Cushion Kit includes:
A colour printed design on 12 hole per inch canvas.
A high quality steel needle.
A wool pack of Strand Yarn
An instruction sheet
A Full Colour Guide
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric.
Dahlia Needlepoint Kit
Designed by Arna Horn
Soft delicate colours
Full Kit $190 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $89 BUY NOW
Finished size: 40 x 28 cm
Needlepoint Cushion Kit includes:
A colour printed design on 12 hole per inch canvas.
A high quality steel needle.
A wool pack of Strand Yarn
An instruction sheet
A Full Colour Guide
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric.
Daisy Chain Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Mary Self
Full Kit $153 BUY NOW
Finished size 42cm by 29cm
Needlepoint Cushion Kit includes:
A colour printed design on 12 hole per inch canvas.
High quality steel beading and Tapestry needles.
A wool pack of STRAND unique mohair/wool Yarn
An instruction sheet
A colour guide in a Black Carry bag to keep your project in
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric, see our cushion making up service.
Dragonfly’s Delight Crewel Embroidery Kit
Designed by Nancy Robb
The pattern in this kit is from a sample designed and stitched by the late Nancy Robb. It reflects her love of crewel embroidery and the style of the times.
Full Kit $150 BUY NOW
Fabric Pack $68 BUY NOW
Finished size: 32 x 34 cm
The Fabric Pack includes:
Wool Twill fabric with design outline printed on to the fabric.
Embroidery needle to suit your thread
Stitch Booklet
Full Colour Picture
The full kit also includes 28 skeins Appletons Crewel yarn
Echinacea Glow Embroidery Kit
Designed by Anna Marie Horner and stitched by Mary Self
Welcome to our Echinacea Glow kit, using a fabric designed by Anna Marie Horner. The Echinacea Flower is also known as the Cone Flower. The fabric is embellished with two simple stitches and 2 strands of stranded cotton.
You will have enough threads to stitch two flowers of each colour. The 30cm of fabric allows you to stitch a bunch of flowers altogether or a number of single flowers for mounting separately. It is up to you.
Echinacea Glow (Pinks) Full Kit $49 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) Full Kit $49 BUY NOW
If you would like to use the fabric for something else or stitch with your own ideas you can!
Echinacea Glow (pinks) Fat Quarter $7 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow (pinks) per Metre $28 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) Fat Quarter $7 BUY NOW
Echinacea Glow Algae (Greens) per metre $28 BUY NOW
Finished size: 30cm x 110cm
See the Home is Where the Heart Is Jennifer Pudney Needlepoint Kit here
The Full Kit includes:
30cm Echinacea Glow Fabric in either Glow or Algae colourway
Stranded Cotton threads in eight colours
Embroidery needle to suit your thread
Colour intsruction sheet
Full Colour Picture
Elephant Garden Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Mary Self
Inspired by Indian Folk Embroidery
Full Kit $153 BUY NOW
Finished size 38cm by 27cm
Needlepoint Cushion Kit includes:
A colour printed design on 12 hole per inch canvas.
High quality steel Tapestry needle.
A wool pack of STRAND unique mohair/wool Yarn
An instruction sheet
A Full colour guide
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric. Contact us here
Elephant Needlepoint Cushion Kit
Designed by Kate Wells
Full Kit $169 BUY NOW
Canvas Only $45 BUY NOW
Finished size: 40 x 30 cm
Needlepoint Cushion Kit includes:
A colour printed design on 12 hole per inch canvas.
A high quality steel needle.
A wool pack of Strand Yarn
An instruction sheet
We can back and pipe your cushion with a co-ordinating cotton fabric. Contact us here
Essex Linen 1005 Aqua
Contents: 55% LINEN, 45% COTTON
Width: 112cm, 43'' wide
A great fabric for many embroidery projects. I enjoy stitching on this fabric as the linen provides a soft yet firm fabrics to support the stitching.
Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Perfect size for most embroidery projects
Half Metre (50cm x 112cm) $14.00 BUY NOW
Enough for the front and back of a cushion
By the Metre $28.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 1039 Bordeaux
Contents: 55% LINEN, 45% COTTON
Width: 112cm, 43'' wide
A great fabric for many embroidery projects. I enjoy stitching on this fabric as the linen provides a soft yet firm fabrics to support the stitching.
Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Perfect size for most embroidery projects
Half Metre (50cm x 112cm) $14.00 BUY NOW
Enough for the front and back of a cushion
By the Metre $28.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 114 Chambray
Contents: 55% LINEN, 45% COTTON
Width: 112cm, 43'' wide
A great fabric for many embroidery projects. I enjoy stitching on this fabric as the linen provides a soft yet firm fabrics to support the stitching.
Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Perfect size for most embroidery projects
Half Metre (50cm x 112cm) $14.00 BUY NOW
Enough for the front and back of a cushion
By the Metre $28.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 1163 Hot Pink
Contents: 55% LINEN, 45% COTTON
Width: 112cm, 43'' wide
A great fabric for many embroidery projects. I enjoy stitching on this fabric as the linen provides a soft yet firm fabrics to support the stitching.
Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Perfect size for most embroidery projects
Half Metre (50cm x 112cm) $14.00 BUY NOW
Enough for the front and back of a cushion
By the Metre $28.00 BUY NOW