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Textured Treasures

@texturedtreasures.bsky.social

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🇨🇦 Counted Thread embroidery needlework artist - creating without conforming. Ottawa, CA #Needlepoint #CountedThread #Embroidery #TexturedTreasures #Needlework I design, I stitch, I learn, I start the cycle again. I share. www.texturedtreasures.ca

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · 9h

Have been feeling nostalgic and was watching Three's Company, but we're out of country and it's not available in US, so am at a loss.....

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · 12d

Saw this lone leaf imprint on my way to the coffee shop this morning, and had to go back and photograph it. Just seemed so perfect for the day.

Happy Tuesday all.

#photograph #Ottawa

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · 14d

I didn't even notice that. Had to go back to the photos...and yup...I totally 👍 great observation

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · 14d

Oops, forgot most tags....brain is mush, travelling through Montréal on way back from Albany, NY. #Needlepoint #Embroidery #CountedThread #RainbowGallery #Sulky

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · 14d

Made some good progress this weekend on my newest design, #Foundation. With some luck I'll have it ready for Market in February 2026. Thoughts? Comments? Critique?

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Sep 26

Kinda losing the depression battle, these were my last art cards...I think it's showing.

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Sep 12

Some golden skeleton love for this weekend's #613Flea here in #Ottawa.

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Sep 10

Getting the Autumn and #Halloween #embroidered notecards ready for Market. Hope to see you this weekend at the #613Flea here in #Ottawa

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Aug 11

Having so much fun creating with #Watercolours and then overstitching with #Sulky #Blendables

I love a pretty #Ginkgo #Leaf
#Embroidery #Art

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Aug 5

I've been taken with #MixedMedia and have been creating #ArtCards with watercolours 🎨, acrylics, markers, and assorted 🧶🪡🧵 fibres from Sullivans and Kreinik. What do you think?

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jul 12

I have a #FridayFinish

The #Autumn #QuakerBall has been assembled. Now I need to finish the charts in time for a fall release.

#Needlepoint
#Embroidery
#Handmade

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sounds truly heavenly!

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jul 11

Finally at the assembly stage for my new #Autumn #QuakerBall. it's a #CountedThread #Needlepoint #Embroidery project that has taken up a good part of 2025!!! Hope to have some "finished" pics soon

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jul 2

Do it!!! (And share pics, because that would be awesome!!)

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jul 2

I think DMC's name is "Steel Grey Variegated"

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 29

Quite happy with how the #embroidered #Hexagons are coming along for the #Autumn #QuakerBall
#CountedThread
#TexturedTreasures

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 25

LOL....I've SO many sample boxes around, AND retired full-out models. I did pull a bunch of sample stitches a while back, and combined them into a new design - so you never know where your next creation might come from! Called it "A Collected Decade" as the samples were from previous 10 years.

A counted thread, pulled thread needlework design from #TexturedTreasures. The design is stitched in hues of lavender on a mocha Lugana evenweave cloth. Within a darker lavender border are 5 diamonds in the four corners and centre of the piece: each of which feature a different #PulledThread stitch. At the top centre and bottom centre are 2 stylized X zones in lighter lavender, that are created with a range of #Needlepoint stitches. The left and right centre similarly have two star motifs created with Bargello type #embroidery stitches.

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 25

Love the fabric you've stitched these on, so very complimentary.

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 25

Dear #Ottawa, we're BACK!!!!

@613flea ❤️
🗓 Saturday July 5th
⏰10am-4pm
📍 Lansdown Park
🐶 Friendly Dogs Welcome
♿️ Accessible Venue
🛍150 Vendors!
🎟 Free Admission!

Come see the #StitchLibrary in person - shop local, shop #Canadian

We will also bring a selection of summer Mill Hill kits.

Photo of an open binder against a wooden background. To the left of the central binder spine can be stitch diagrams for hockey card sized pockets. To the right of the central binder spine is a card collector page, that holds 9 cards. The displayed cards are for #TexturedTreasures #StitchLibrary. Each card features 3 stitches done in a single colour of #SULKY 12wt Blendable cotton. At the lower right of the bottom 3 cards are 4 digit numbers representing the colour Blendable cotton used.

Photo of a Stitch Library "by the page" kit against a wooden background. There are two packages, to show the back and front of a single kit. On the left is the front of the package, showing one of the stitch library #needlework charts. On the right is the back of a kit, showing the 9 spools of #SULKY 12wt Blendable cotton, and the John James needles included in the kit. Not visible are the 12 pre-cut aida cards that are also included, along with the collector page in which to store the 9 cards once stitched. This is a great way for stitchers to learn and bank a range of new stitches in a lovely binder format. From #TexturedTreasures.

www.texturedtreasures.ca

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 19

We're in Ottawa, Canada. Off-setting it with our CBC book club pick "Other Worlds" by André Alexis

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 19

My UK friends have arrived! Bearing my favorite num nums and an extra treat!!! @stuhennigan.bsky.social #GhostSigns

Looking forward to some solid social conscience reading.

Photo of a hand holding the book Ghost Signs, by Stu Hennigan in the foreground. In the aground are assorted British snacks (crisps, instant coffee, Yorkshire Gold tea), and few Corwall tea towels and an adorable stuffed teddy wearing a Cornwall T-Shirt

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 7

Totally forgot the relevant tags!!! #embroidery #TexturedTreasures #CountedThread #Blackwork

Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 7

FREE DESIGN - For all those in love this #PrideMonth . #LoveInRainbowColour is a design I created a few years ago and the complete chart is free via the Textured Treasures Free Stuff group on fb (or message me for the pdf).

Photo of a blackwork design done in a rainbow of colours. The photo is taken on a diagonal perspective with a red heart in the lower left, a green and yellow heart in the middle and blue and purple heart on the upper right. Around the hearts is apx 1/4" of negative space where just the fabric is visible. And then, aroudn the hearts is a radiating rainbow of colour "blackwork" with reds closest to the hearts, then yellows, greens, blues and indigo. Finally there is a black stitched outer border.

This is a FREE design available to anyone who asks - so we can all celebrate love.

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · Jun 7

Oooooh, I need these!! Went for our first evening ride of the season and it would have been so much more fun all glowy

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Textured Treasures @texturedtreasures.bsky.social · May 27

Update on this design, in case anyone is reading my posts....the chart is free, you can get it from me or via the #TexturedTreasures free stuff page on fb. The ACTUAL stitched piece was purchased by a delightful person at #WESTFest to be gifted to a Union Rep. I couldn't be happier!! #Solidarity