COSMO painted embroidery hoops

It's no secret that I love COSMO embroidery floss.  But today I want to share with you a new product by COSMO - these beautiful painted cypress wood embroidery hoops.  They're so pretty!  Make It Yourself magazine features them in the Wish List of their Spring/Summer 2016 issue (on newstands today).

The purple hoop inspired me to stitch up a sweet sprig of lavender.  Funny thing, though.  When I was finished the embroidery, I suddenly remembered a conversation I had - literally a week ago - with a friend about how much I love the colour combination of aqua and lavender.  So I switched the hoop and ... voila!

(The beautiful lace print fabric is from "Centenary Collection 21" by Yoko Saito for Lecien.)

I wanted to add a bow somewhere to my embroiderey piece in the.worst.way.  I auditioned both aqua AND purple ones.  Tried many positions, too ... above the word, below the word, on the flower, on the metal closure of the hoop ... but my daughters are doing their best to "modernize" me and convinced me that simple is better.  So I settled for having a bow in the photo instead.  A happy compromise. ;)

Happy Easter! xo k

Comments

[Karen Seitz]

Blue is my favorite color, but lavender and green are right up at the top too. Thanks for a fun giveaway!

[Jennifer]

I love all shades of green.

[Linda]

I love turquoise! Doesn't matter what shade or tint - Aqua, teal, peacock, mint, whatever. I love color in general, but turquoise has been my favorite since elementary school.

[leslie 2]

as I get older, I find I crave color. Red, orange, turquoise, yellow, they all bring a smile.

[Jan J]

I love the red. We all need a little vibrancy in our lives.
Thankyou for the offer.

[Deanna]

Yellow is such a bright and sunny color. Easy to use for any rainbow or children's embroidery.

[RxQuilter]

Of course it has to be the aqua color! It will match my very special Kristyne Ruby pillow and all of my hoarded B&C fabric. These are beautiful and thank you for the chance to win! Lisa in Texas aka RxQuilter

[Darcy]

Lavender, of course!

[Loretta]

Sunny and beautiful Sunflower yellow is my favorite. Although the lavendar and aqua are stunning.

[Janis Patten]

I love the turquoise. But I like all of them.

[Lou]

I love blue and Teal but an starting to love Purples now:) yea!!!
Those are beautiful hoops!!!!!

[Miss Nancy]

Thank you for this super great giveaway! I love your blog and all that you do! Absolutely beautiful and so heart warming!
Have a super great day!

[Amy DeCesare]

I love turquoise. I also really love the lavender stitchery frames in aqua. Your daughters are full of good ideas, too.

[Hetty]

I love green. All kinds of green. It's the friendliest colour i know.

[Hannah W]

I love purple. Your lavender looks great with the aqua...I'm going to remember that combo!

[Jill]

So pretty! I think the lavender is my favorite....

[liz n.]

YES to Cosmo floss! I think I was introduced to it through this blog. However I discovered it, I've been addicted to it, er, I mean, fond of it, for two or three years now.

Green is my favorite color. And while none of the Cosmo hoops come in green, that is perfectly fine, because there is always a green to go with any other color. ;)

[Susan F]

I love red and Aqua! Beautiful work!

[Vicki]

I love pink. And yellow. And aqua. My favorites change and mostly I love colors together in a fabric or design like your lovely lavender sprig with green stems and leaves. Colors look better together, I think! Thank you for the chance to win these amazing new Cosmo hoops. Very special!

[Ruthann]

Aqua is my favorite right now, as I have been adding touches of it to my sewing studio! I just love your oh so cute lavender embroidery with the aqua cosmo hoop!

[CATHIE]

Pink, pink and more pink. Thank you for the give away. They are just darling.

[Barb]

Oh, aqua...no wait, purple...mmm..no the aqua...oh do we HAVE to choose?!!!

thanks for the opportunity to participate :)

[Chris beresford]

Aqua, Aqua, and more Aqua...paired with red! My happy colors! This post is so spring time it gives me hope the snow will go away for one more year! Thanks!

[Julie]

My favourite colour is yellow!
Great giveaway!

[Kristin]

Those hoops are the sweetest! And so is your embroidery! I personally love blue.

[JanineR]

These are the prettiest hoops I have ever seen! I would have to say I like the aqua one the best, but they are all lovely.

[janice lashley]

My favorite color is red! Thank you for hosting this giveaway. janicelashley@gmail.com

[Miss Nancy]

I forgot to say that my favorite color is Yellow!

[Shelly]

Light teal is my favorite today!

[Brenda Katz]

I love the lavender...thank you!

[trevea]

I Love to Embroidery!

[Kim]

My favorite is the blue, but the red is a very close second!

[Jaime]

Either the lavender or the aqua!

[Cheryl]

I'd have to pick lavender. They are all beautiful. Your embroidery is exquisite.

[Lynn]

Love the aqua !!!

[Nancy]

I love them all, but if I HAVE to pick one, it's got to be aqua!

[lynn]

aqua!

[Janice King]

I will have to go with the turquoise! All the colors are exquisite....so hard to choose. Thanks for the giveaway.

[Jeannie D]

Am I the only one? I love yellow, bright and sunny or light and lemony! ...yup, yellow

[Colleen]

Red red I have always loved red
As a young person with dark brown hair with a very fair complexion l wore red
As an old women with white hair and still a very fair complexion I wear pink now is a form of red
Colleen

[Georgette Kennedy]

Absolutely love the turquoise! Teal and coral are one of my favorite color combinations.

[Beatriz]

My favorite color are green and blue .

[Anita Carol Gambrell]

Red is my favorite color, although I turning towards purples now!

[Sandra D in Joliet, IL]

I love all colors but I'm partial to all Purples but my sewing/craft room is pink, aqua (turquoise) and lilac-ish colors. I love your lavender embroidery and the aqua really pops but I'm sure the purple was nice too. Love those scissors also. Thanks for the chance for a giveaway.

[Debbi]

Purple but you are correct, the aqua, which is my older daughter's favorite, really rocks the purple embroidery!

[Rebecca L.]

Lately I have fallen in love with pink!

[Karen in Breezy Point]

Your lavender spring is very pretty! I love all shades and tones of blue!

[Vanessa]

Aqua and pink! Love your pretty post...just made me think of spring!

[Debra]

I like pink.

[Sara]

Aqua is the one that just shines! But lavender is a very close second! They both sing of spring to come, which can't come soon enough!
Thank you for the chance to win!