Avlea Folk Embroidery Flowers Cross Stitch Kits

The Little Leaves BitKit folk embroidery kit features a delicate little border of interlocking leaves, a design common to the folk embroidery of many lands. Stitched in a warm palette of terra cotta, gold, green, and soft blue, it works up quickly for a bit of folk embroidery charm.

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Stitch a trio of charming bookmarks while you explore authentic folk embroidery cross stitch fabrics. Great for gift giving!

Kit includes: 3 pieces of my most popular folk fabrics in ivory/natural (26ct Traditional Groundcloth, 26ct Mikini ivory, and 30ct Mikini ivory), DMC floss, John... Read more about Folk Fabric Sampler Ivory - Cross Stitch Kit

The Arcadian Peony folk embroidery kit showcases beautiful peony flowers atop lush greenery and outlined with a laurel leaf border. This beautiful table runner evokes classical art of the ancient world yet looks stunning in the modern home. Worked in rich and saturated colors, it is sure to become a... Read more about Arcadian Peony - Cross Stitch Kit

Delightful sprays of blue cornflowers alternate with deep green cypress trees, a common motif in Mediterranean embroidery featured in the Delphian Cornflower folk embroidery kit. I've arranged this charming floral design as a mirrored border, but you could easily use the designs in a variety of... Read more about Delphian Cornflower - Cross Stitch Kit

"Florina" is a popular Romanian girl's name meaning flower and the Florina folk embroidery kit evokes a little stitched garden. Graceful branches alternate with stylized carnations and bluebells in a trellis framework. This design creates a charming small table mat or can be used for a... Read more about Florina - Cross Stitch Kit

Myriam's Garden folk embroidery is the first heirloom I embroidered for my granddaughter, Myriam. I saw the original motif on an embroidered cushion cover made in the Cyclades Islands in the 1700s and I fell in love with its fresh and cheery flowers and vines. Once I added corner motifs, it looked... Read more about Myriam's Garden - Cross Stitch Kit

The Iris' Paintbox folk embroidery kit is inspired by an embroidered table scarf a friend purchased from a needleworker in the Agrinio area of mainland Greece in the 1970s which was in turn inspired by a Greek folk costume. Its vibrant color palette sets a lively rainbow of hues within a traditional... Read more about Iris Paintbox - Cross Stitch Kit

The Blue Larkspur folk embroidery kit features graceful larkspur motifs which fill each corner, while the sides features a stylized primrose. Each primrose sprig originates in a broad leaf that pierces the outer border, thereby forming a striking diamond-within-a-square arrangement that provides... Read more about Blue Larkspur - Cross Stitch Kit

Graceful stylized flowers branch at each corner to form a delicate stalk of petals and leaves in the Evangeline Border folk embroidery kit. Worked in a traditional color palette of three colors, each in a light and dark shade), the effect is beautiful and striking. While shown as a table runner, the... Read more about Evangeline Border - Cross Stitch Kit

Mediterranean Sampler folk embroidery kit features four common motifs used in Mediterranean art: the cross, the star, the carnation, and the scroll. These motifs are seen in woodcarving, stonework, textiles, and painted architectural borders from antiquity through the age of Byzantium and are seen... Read more about Mediterranean Sampler - Cross Stitch Kit

The Calliope's Meadow folk embroidery kit-inspired by a tiny border on a traditional bed curtain from the Greek islands-is made up of carnations alternating with flower bud sprays which create a beautiful chevron border effect. The fresh and delicate colors evoke a meadow presided over by Calliope,... Read more about Calliope's Meadow - Cross Stitch Kit

The Santorini Floral folk embroidery kit is inspired by a vintage Greek embroidery and showcases colorful floral sprays set within a graceful blue border that are reminiscent of the iconic flowers and blue rooflines of the island of Santorini. The center of the design features a diamond-in-square... Read more about Santorini Floral - Cross Stitch Kit

A beautiful design inspired by a vintage Ukrainian table runner, the Kyivan Stars folk embroidery kit features dense borders at each end that are connected with delicate rows of stitches and stylized floral motifs across the runner. Delightful and unique, the color palette has been updated to retain... Read more about Kyivan Stars - Cross Stitch Kit

The Blue Indigo cross stitch folk embroidery kit is inspired by vintage bags that were made in the 1920s in Greece and sold to fund relief efforts following the Lausanne population exchange of 1923. It features a stylized indigo floral spray, a plant prized for its rich blue dyes that has been used... Read more about Blue Indigo Bag - Cross Stitch Kit

Sprinkled with delicate celandine flowers-a type of yellow poppy that blooms throughout the Mediterranean in springtime--the Golden Celandine folk embroidery kit is inspired by a vintage Greek table mat I acquired years ago. Diamonds and scrolls stitched in golden olive with navy and green accents... Read more about Golden Celandine - Cross Stitch Kit

The Crimson Peony cross stitch folk embroidery kit features a stylized peony design found in many types of folk embroidery. Stitched as an intricate border with highlights of gold and alizarin, the embroidery is finished as a beautiful drawstring bag with coordinating Liberty Tana Lawn lining ... Read more about Crimson Peony Bag - Cross Stitch Kit

Clara's Garden folk embroidery kit features an ornate border reminiscent of embroidery designs influenced by Venetian textiles in the mid-1700s and worked throughout the Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in the Aegean sea. Tulips, cornflowers, and carnations are combined with scrolling leaves and... Read more about Clara's Garden - Cross Stitch Kit

The Ionian Floral folk embroidery kit is inspired by a 17th-century embroidered cushion from the Ionian islands. Stylized flowers bloom from an intricate stem and leaf motif and are accented with tiny golden urns and a sprinkling of small florets. The design is stitched in alternating shades of blue... Read more about Ionian Floral - Cross Stitch Kit

Tuscan Bergamon folk embroidery kit creates a table runner embroidered with a gorgeous garden with lush leaves, overblown flowers, and delicate tendrils is worked in rich shades of garnet, alizarin, green, blue, and gold. The leaves are reminiscent of Venetian brocade motifs while the large flowers... Read more about Tuscan Bergamot - Cross Stitch Kit

The BitKit Mykonos Meadow folk embroidery kit is inspired by stylized floral and leaf motifs from Greek island folk embroideries. Stitched in a cheerful palette of coral, leaf green, antique blue and soft yellow, it makes a delightful little table mat to brighten any room.

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A terrific project to experience folk embroidery, the Clara's Garden cross stitch kit is inspired by ornate borders stitched on folk embroideries throughout the Greek islands. Tulips, cornflowers, and carnations are combined with scrolling leaves and stitched in a cheerful palette on authentic folk... Read more about Clara's Garden Hoop - Cross Stitch Kit

The Carpathian Bluebells cross stitch folk embroidery kit centers on a classic eight-petal flower, a motif that turns up across folk embroidery traditions from the Balkans to the British Isles, and never loses its appeal. This version originated in Ukrainian folk embroidery and I've reimagined it in... Read more about Carpathian Bluebells - Cross Stitch Kit

The Corfu Wildflowers cross stitch folk embroidery kit is a profusion of traditional floral motifs inspired by historic textiles from the Greek islands and stitched in a classic Mediterranean palette of terra cotta, alizarin, antique blue, deep green, and golden olive. It's a rich, layered design... Read more about Corfu Wildflowers - Cross Stitch Kit

The Ione cross stitch folk embroidery kit features a delicate floral border from a vintage Greek embroidery, stitched on European linen and finished as a lined drawstring bag with coordinating Liberty Tana Lawn. Small and satisfying to stitch, it's the kind of everyday object that quietly becomes a... Read more about Ione Lined Bag - Cross Stitch Kit

The Anthea cross stitch folk embroidery kit is a lovely example of the beauty of repetition, one of folk embroidery's most satisfying qualities. Delicate floral squares repeat across the cloth and are anchored by a geometric border, creating a table runner that feels both rhythmic to stitch and... Read more about Anthea Table Runner - Cross Stitch Kit

The Kalamata Courtyard cross stitch folk embroidery kit is adapted from a vintage embroidery pattern from the Peloponnesian region of Greece, an area with a long and venerable history of beautiful textiles. The intricate outlining and juxtaposition of floral and geometric elements worked in bright... Read more about Kalamata Courtyard - Cross Stitch Kit

The Mediterranean Floral cross stitch folk embroidery kit holds a special place in the Avlea collection as my first table runner design. I found the original pattern in a vintage needlework book in Thessaloniki, and the flowers have an overblown, lush quality that speaks to Venetian aesthetic... Read more about Mediterranean Floral - Cross Stitch Kit

The Sofia Tulips cross stitch folk embroidery kit is one of my personal favorites as it's one of the cushions that lives on my couch so I see it every time I sit down to stitch! Inspired by a vintage Bulgarian embroidery, it features stylized tulips with eight-pointed stars in a lavish, complex... Read more about Sofia Tulips - Cross Stitch Kit

The Aegean Arbor cross stitch folk embroidery kit brings the feeling of a shady Mediterranean garden into your stitching - stylized flowers, fences, and little garden paths worked in soft warm blue and two shades of golden olive on heirloom-quality linen. The palette is calm and the stitching deeply... Read more about Aegean Arbor Table Runner - Cross Stitch Kit

The Blue Hellebore cross stitch folk embroidery kit is one of my favorite kinds of folk embroidery - a single small motif, rotated and repeated to create both the graceful central floral medallions and the intricate meander border that frames them. The paradox of it is part of the pleasure: it looks... Read more about Blue Hellebore - Cross Stitch Kit

The Byzantine Rose cross stitch folk embroidery kit is a stunning ode to the Byzantine artistic influence on Greek folk embroidery. Stylized roses are set within octagons bordered by intricate meanders, and stitched in a traditional palette of black, red, and soft olive on Ashwood linen. In... Read more about Byzantine Rose - Cross Stitch Kit

The Peloponnesian Poppies cross stitch folk embroidery kit features rows of Greek vases filled with stylized red poppies, worked in a classic palette of green and coral with accents of blue. The vase is one of the most enduring motifs in Greek art, appearing in ancient pottery long before it found... Read more about Peloponnesian Poppies - Cross Stitch Kit

The Taline's Tulip Small cross stitch folk embroidery kit shares the same origin as the large version--an heirloom folk embroidery shared with me by Taline Voskeritchian, who asked me to keep it alive. This version centers on a single central motif of crosses, tulips, and arrows, a design found in... Read more about Taline's Tulips Small - Cross Stitch Kit

The Thracian Rose folk embroidery kit is a graceful example of traditional folk embroidery, this design originates in a vintage embroidery from Greece. Large, stylized roses are set within the corners of a simple repeating floral border for an intricate yet delicate effect. Worked in the same color... Read more about Thracian Rose - Cross Stitch Kit

The Ukrainian Tulips cross stitch folk embroidery kit is a lavish geometric border design in the great tradition of Ukrainian folk embroidery, where simple elements combine and repeat to create something genuinely intricate and beautiful. Traditionally worked in high contrast red, green, and orange,... Read more about Ukrainian Tulips - Cross Stitch Kit