Background

Cicely Mary Barker (1895 - 1973) was an English artist who created the famous Flower Fairies - happy children with butterfly-style wings alongside botanically accurate depictions of their particular flower.

Flower Fairies are tiny creatures that live in gardens, grassy meadows and on distant marches.  Each Flower Fairy lives in their chosen flower, plant or tree and as it grows the fairy grows too.  Flower Fairies are very shy creatures who have extra sensitive ears and an outfit made out of their own leaves and flowers so it's easy for them to hide.

Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairy paintings originally became well known in 1911 when they were reproduced as greeting cards by the stationer, Raphael Tuck.  They were later turned in to a series of books and are now shown on many household objects and have been very popular in the  cross stitch market for many years. 

Cross Stitch Designs  

DMC have been awarded the licence to adapt the Flower Fairies paintings into cross stitch designs.  Their range of cross stitch Flower Fairies is arguably the most popular range of cross stitch kits in the market today.  A selection of the most popular Flower Fairies cross stitch designs is shown here.  Simply click on the image to navigate to our on-line product selection.

Flower Fairies Collection of Cross Stitch Designs