…and here you have the fiery and brilliant sunset collection! The six-stranded floss collection above, with five meters of floss wound on 16 card bobbins, is called “Seven Seas.” …and one of those ways is in themed color collections. What first piqued my interest, then, when researching House of Embroidery threads was the fact that they offer their lines of embroidery threads in different ways… It took me hours to put together those colors. I was hoping that you would say “sunset” – and many of you did say that. You might remember that I showed you this collection of thread colors a while back, and asked you what comes to mind when you see them. Lately, I’ve been working with designs that I want to work in color “themes” – that is, in colors that suggest something particular. When it comes to choosing colors for embroidery projects that I design myself, I have a hard time narrowing down color choices. She recently delved into explorations in needlepainting with them, and I couldn’t resist begging her to let me publish the photos for you to see, too – for obvious reasons! She has magic in her needle. We’ve been chatting about the threads back and forth for a while. (More on that, below.)Īnd thanks to Margaret Cobleigh, who has graciously allowed me to use some photos of her recent work with House of Embroidery threads. Thanks to Richard for sending along some gorgeous thread collections, so that I could play with the threads and stitch up a sample or two (or three…), and for working out a really good deal for Needle ‘n Thread readers who want to try the threads, too.

(They’ve extended a discount to Needle ‘n Thread readers for thread purchases – more information on that below!) Thanks to the folks at House of Embroidery for putting me in touch with Richard at Global Artisans (formerly Akonye Kena), the US distributor of House of Embroidery threads.

Without your prompting, I probably wouldn’t have, and then where would we be? Oh, the things I do for you! Like I said, it’s a tough job…chortle chortle.īefore launching into the nitty-gritty, some big Thanks all around! First, to those of you who forced me to hit the pavement and track down the threads. So I put on my Needle ‘n Thread Hat, did some research, made some connections, tested some threads (gosh, it’s a tough job!), took lots of photos, begged for some favors, arranged a terrific thread deal for you (update 2017: the deal has expired – sorry!) – and today’s article is the result of all that “hard work.” The review prompted a slew of inquiries about finding House of Embroidery threads in the US. Used throughout the design (and in many other Roseworks kits) are threads from House of Embroidery, a dye house also located in South Africa. You might remember that a while back, I reviewed this dragon embroidery kit from Roseworks Embroidery Designs in South Africa.