I love Sunflowers! Bright yellows and golds, surrounding the heart of the sunflower where the delicious seeds grow, they are some of my favorite flowers in a Harvest Garden. We've included detailed colour photos and finishing instructions for the pillow as well! Stitched with luscious over-dyed silks, ribbons, silk flosses, metallic, and sparkling beads, it is perfectly designed for the student. It is not too big, so you can more effectively learn how to stitch the few lovely specialty stitches like Bullion Knots, Triple Cross Stitches, and Silk Ribbon work; some Drawn Thread; and even a band of Pulled Thread work. Cross Stitched areas at the top and bottom depict a basket of Sunflowers just picked from the garden surrounding the sweet little cottage. You can finish stitching this little sampler in less than a week, although you may want to take a lot more time to fully enjoy the step-by-step journey to “Sunflower Street”. Savor your stitching! -Thea
- Design area: 64w x 101h (4.6” wide x 7.2” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
- Cut fabric: 11” wide x 13” high for finishing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana #073 Cottage Woods - multi pink, greens
- Kreiniik #4 Braid #9294 - metallic multi blue vy lt
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Needlepoint Inc. #113 - bright blue
- Needlepoint Inc. #184 - brown
- Needlepoint Inc. #253 - green med
- Needlepoint Inc. #473 - yellow
- Needlepoint Inc. #635 - salmon dk
- Needlepoint Inc. #761 - tan lt
- Gloriana silk #087 “Forest” - greens
- Gloriana silk #178 “Mocha” - taupes
- Kreinik Mori #0712 - yellow ultra lt
- Kreinik Mori #6106 - purple
- Needlepoint Inc. #476 - caramel
- Needlepoint Inc. #571 - salmon lt
- Needlepoint Inc. #811 - blue lt
- Treenway 3.5mm silk ribbon #037 “Maize” - yellow
- Mill Hill seed bead #00123 - cream
- SJ Designs bead #11462EP - olive plated rainbow
- SJ Designs petite bead #1809 - grass green
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton - #3325 baby blue
- DMC #12 Perle Cotton - #676 old gold
- #24 tapestry needle
- #26 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
- #7 straw/milliners needle
Stitches Used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Whipped Back Stitch
- Satin Stitch
- Japanese Ribbon Stitch
- French Knot
- Herringbone Stitch
- Smyrna Cross Stitch
- Satin Stitch Triangles
- Honeycomb Hemstitch
- Bullion Knot
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- Four-Sided Stitch
- Eyelet Stitch
- Triple Cross Stitch
- Kloster Blocks
- Algerian Eyelet
- Blanket Stitch
- Blanket Stitch flower
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