Dyed and Gone to Heaven – An Online Magazine and Needlework Resource
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The CARON Collection is a manufacturer of threads for needlepoint, cross stitch, crochet, embroidery, knitting, hardangar, crazy quilting, lacemaking, crafts, and other froms of needlework. We offer hand-dyed variegated threads in two weights of cotton, in silk, and in a 50% wool, 50% silk blend. Our threads provide a distinctive flair that have made them the preferred threads of designers around the world. We also offer solid color threads in hundreds of tantalizing shades and a full line of specialty and novelty threads to compliment our hand dyed variegated thread line. Our charted designs and handpainted needlepoint canvases offer classic elegance and innovative uses for our threads.

Dyed and Gone to Heaven, by The Caron Collection, is an online magazine and resource for needleworkers. We offer you the inspiration of other designers, along with free online classes and patterns to explore the joys and wonders of all kinds of needlework. You’ll find the tools you need to help you develop your creativity and to create your own masterpieces.

IN THE NEWS
Just Cross Stitch magazine's readers vote The Caron Collection's silk floss NUMBER ONE!

 

ARCHIVES

The Caron Collection has been the recipient of dozens of awards. Browse through our ARCHIVES for hundreds of resources and free needlework patterns.

 

DESIGNERS

The Caron Collection is always on the lookout for up and coming designers who are using our threads in their creations. We have launched quite a few careers, right here on our website with featured designers. If you are a designer or know a designer who would like to be featured in an upcoming Spotlight on our website, please give us a call at (203) 381-999 or contact us via email.

 
 

Free Online Class – Aegean Garden by Turquoise
Graphics & Designs

Get ready for summer flowers with this beautiful design, Aegean Garden by Turquoise Designs. This 61 x 61 stitch design is the perfect weekend project. Istanbul born designer, Gunay Uyan, has created an outstanding class for the delicate design with easy-to-folow instructions and excellent stitch guides and charts.

Your fingers will love the Caron Watelillies silk threads used for this design in Copper, Emerald and Bermuda Reef colors. Waterlillies, a favorite thread of Gunay, is a twelve-ply hand-dyed variegated silk. It gives a subtle sheen when stitched and has particularly good light reflection qualities. It makes for some stunning effects when stitched. New to the CARON site are downloadable PDFs of complete classes. This makes it easy for you to print out the entire class without web headers and formatting issues. We hope our visitors take advantage of this easy-to-use format.

LOIS CARON DESIGNS
Handpainted Canvases with a Middle Eastern Flair

The CARON Collection is known for its beautiful designs and meticulously handpainted canvases. Needleworkers appreciate the exacting detail of these original Handpainted Canvas beauties. We are pleased to introduce nine NEW stunning designs for you to choose from. Check out our other classic designs, too. Ask your shop to order one or click on MAIL ORDER SOURCES for a list of suppliers.

 

GET THE KIDS INTO HANDCRAFTS
Lois Caron's Colorwheel Picture Frame –
Popular Kids Project Helps Kids Learn How to Blend Colors

This easy Kids Project uses an easy-to-find 7 count plastic canvas. Kids will learn how to blend colors by threading one color of Rachel inside of another. The project includes full instructions and a chart. Makes a handy purse mirror, too, if you don't want to use it for picture frame. It's a great Father's Day project. For a totally different effect, try using CARON variegated threads in place of the solid colors

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New Charted Design as Seen in Leading Needlework Magazines
Lois Caron's Stained Glass

Our latest charted design, Stained Glass, available as a Xmas sock or as a larger pattern in two sizes and in two color ways, made its debut in Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly, Just Cross Stitch and Needlework Retailer magazines. Watch for our ads or follow this link for more on the design.

NEW! MEET A TALENTED DESIGNER IN OUR SPOTLIGHT
Gunay F. Uyan

Designer Gunay Uyan studied Computer Science in college and was immediately drawn to computer graphics. For her thesis, she worked on a method which was also applicable to representing needle-arts projects in computer generated environments. Plans of writing her own charting software were thwarted by a family and a busy life. Now she finds it a time saver to use a program to chart and create her own designs.

Like many of her peers, Gunay, finds the Internet particularly helpful in promoting her designs. Her Turquoise web site is her connection to shop-owners and stitchers. She often checks her site's web statistics and is always pleased to see that she has visitors from all around the world.

Gunay's inspiration comes from the things around her - from a little beetle on her deck, a flower in a vase, or a trip to the Aegean Coast. (No doubt her online class for our visitors may have been inspired by one of these trips). Gunay has interests in a wide range of topics - Archaeology, Ancient Languages, Computer Science and Nature to name a few. Shown above, her design Western Zodiac, another interest.

LIke many designers, Gunay has tried other forms of expression over the years, drawing, painting etc. but, creating designs with fibers is where her heart lies. We are delighted to present Gunay and her work in our DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT. Be sure to try Gunay's ONLINE CLASS, Aegean Garden, too.

Calling All Innovators!

How are you using
The CARON Collection threads?

We’ve seen our threads used in many inspiring ways – stitchery, thread paintings, Teddy Bear noses, fly fishing lures, Temari balls and the list goes on.

We’d love to share your work, whether it’s something you’ve stitched from one of our patterns or classes, a project from a popular designer, your own original design or some other unique way that you are using our thread. Email us your JPG photos with a brief description for possible inclusion in our Gallery.

 
 

A STITCHER'S DELIGHT
Mrs. Stitches
MENDHAM, NJ

Shops are the lifeblood of the needlework industry and the source of inspiration and networking opportunities for so many. It's where you find out about new threads, new stitches and have the benefit to learn som much in a class or workshop. We are pleased to profile a shop that has served its community so well. Mrs. Stitches in Mendham, NJ has been welcoming stitcher's since 1992. She offers four different levels of needlepoint classes. They are beginner, intermediate, advanced intermediate (Stained Glass), and advanced (Florentine Fantasy). In addition to the classes offered, she usually does a workshop on Sundays in the winter months. The past two years she has used Lois Caron's "Garden Patches" and "Possibilities". Both workshops were very well attended and feedback indicates that everyone had a lot of fun working on the projects. There were 4 classes, each about 1 month apart allowing time for students to catch up on the material covered during the class. We hope you'll take a minute to check out our Shop Visit with Mrs. Stitches and stop in to see here wonderful store when you are in the area.

 

BOOKS

Stitches for Effect

Many of you may not know that The CARON Collection distributes needlework books. One, Stiches for Effect by Suzanne Howren & Beth Robertson, is an 8.5 x 11, fully illustrated 65 page booklet. It's a great way to learn some new effects. Books are available through your local shop or through our mail order sources.

Visit our BOOKS page for more information on our complete offerings.
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