Barbara Ana Designs

Barbara Ana's new Dreaming girl is a pensive little brunette, eyes closed, with a mane of hair blowing in the wind and morphing into a seascape.We love the way the cross...

Eyelids closed, she reflects and her dream comes alive with bird song and a bountiful harvest of grapes, corn and wild mushroom. Her light freckled face and red hair is...

Barbara Ana's dreaming girl re-appears as a young Asian girl, trim hair cut above her shoulders, colourful cardigan and neat white colour. Notice the touch of blue shade on her...

Like its counterparts the Spring Cat and the Summer Cat,  Barbara Ana's Christmas Cat is wearing a ballooning dress that merges into a wonderful landscape. The top part of the dress features a white collar,...

This is the second of Barbara Ana's portraits of the siblings - this time the bigger sister - of a girl meditating and letting her mind wander deep into the...

As named in the beloved story Twas the Night before Christmas, Santa's eight reindeer each have a name (Rudolf was added later). "Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,"On! Comet,...

A strange encounter in the woods, a white deer with a pale moon-lit face, an ornate head dress of flowers and mushroom, and tiny Christmas light earrings forming a halo......

With the exception of gold coins, no actual portraits remain of Queen Cleopatra, ruler of the ancient kingdom of Egypt. Yet her riches, her power, her passions and her tragic death,...

Eyes closed, she is concentrating hard, focusing on her vision of our future.... Her right hand holds a mysterious bowl, her left a lit candle. Her curly hair flows out...

The cross stitch piece depicts a pensive young woman, with a mane of red hair flowing in the wind, as if it were blown by her thoughts. A discreet Quaker pattern...

In Barbara Ana's Dreaming Girl series, here comes Miss Claus! The design comes in soft wintery colours with Golden star highlights against the blue Winter sky. The cross stitch pattern...

Such a wild untamed look, aren't these eyes the most amazing eyes ever designed in cross stitch? Is this character - definitely a she - human or a hallucination? It...

Miniature reindeer fly through the night sky, pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas night . The village below is asleep. Snow covers the ground in a pretty pattern. Although the pattern...

This mysterious design is actually several patterns in one. A heart pierced by an arrow has been engraved in the trunk of the sturdy tree at the base. Its branches...

Dreams are a way of escaping from the real world, opening the door to fantasy and designer Barbara Ana is always ready to follow the surprising paths dictated by her...

It's a gorgeous summer day. Tiny sailboats move in the distance, where the sea merges into the sky. She stands on the shore, closing her eyes and listening to the...

You can trust cross stitch designer Barbara Ana to always come up with some new exciting idea. Here is her female version of the Mad Hatter, a bizarre person wearing...

Colourful and whimsical as ever, Barbara Ana's Spring Cat is wearing a ballooning dress over a puffy white blouse with a high collar. The black neckband and pendant, as well...

This is Barbara Ana's exuberant tribute to David Bowie and offers a female version of his famous Stardust single hit. You're bound to soon be humming "There's a star (wo)man...

Steampunk is a retrofuturistic science fiction fashion, inspired by technical aspects of the 19th century industrial revolution, its technology and in particular the steam engine.No wonder Barbara Ana, both fascinated...

Like its counterpart the Spring Cat, Barbara Ana's Summer Cat is wearing a ballooning dress, that merges into a wonderful landscape. The top part of the dress is a red corset top with...

This is an exceptional piece by designer Barbara Ana that quite sums up the work she has done over the last few years. Designed in the manner of an antique...

Isn't gardening about letting your imagination bloom? Dreaming about all the beautiful flowers the little seeds you planted will turn into?  This cat character, imagined by Barbara Ana, is fully equiped...

Lost in her thoughts during a walk in the woods Barbara Ana's new dreaming girl seems to become part of the forest herself.  The pattern is an agreeable stitch, with lovely...