Part two of the Gingerbread Village Series! Collect all the pieces in your Gingerbread Village series! All are specially designed and stitched on Gingerbread coloured linen, using delectable overdyed silk and cotton flosses, silks, sparkling buttons and multicoloured beads for candies! Create this wonderful Stitchers’ Etui that doubles as a delicious mantletop Christmas Tree decoration! Delicious buttons and beads make beautiful ornaments for the green branches and lots of white stitching make white icing. Underneath the bargello skirt are four snowy Christmas scenes: two stitchers, a small snowman, a sleigh-ride, and Santa and reindeer flying over town. The pincushion fits inside the Tree and one side opens up to reveal a place for your scissors, some elasticized bands to hold other needlework tools, and you can even add rings to hold your flosses! This fully lined Gingerbread Tree is trimmed with button and bead candies, and decorated with white stitched ‘icing sugar’. The matching yummy Gingerbread Pincushion is the perfect Christmas Stitching Accessory! Look at Lisa’s Finishing Instructions at the end of the booklet, and you’ll see how easy finishing can be..! You will be able to put your Gingerbread Tree in the middle of your Gingerbread Village.. or set it on your mantle, use as a centerpiece for your Christmas table, or set it beside your Stitching Chair to add some Christmas cheer. Be prepared for a few new stitches, but enjoy the Cross Stitched areas so you can relax and stitch together without losing your concentration. Merry Christmas to you all! -Thea
Suggested Fabric LAYOUT 13.5" X 36" along selvedge.
"Gingerbread Tree" 4 Sides
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Design area: 62w x 125h (4.4” wide x 8.9” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Antique Almond
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Cut 4 pieces of fabric: 6.75” wide x 11” high for finishing
"Gingerbread Tree" Pincushion
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Design area: 60w x 60h (4.25” wide x 4.25” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Antique Almond
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Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 6” wide x 6” high for finishing
"Gingerbread Tree" Bottom
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Design area: 62w x 62h (4.4” wide x 4.4” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Antique Almond
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Cut fabric: 6” wide x 6” high for finishing
"Gingerbread Tree" Scissor Case
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Design area: 62w x 37h (1.05” wide x 2.6” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Antique Almond
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Cut fabric: 4” wide x 6” high for finishing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk #087 “Forest” - multi greens
- Gloriana silk #138 “Artic Ice” multi steel blues
- Kreinik Mori #3042 - flesh
- Kreinik Mori #4216 - olive green dk
- Kreinik Mori #6104 - mauve
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Kreinik #4 Braid #002 - metallic gold
- Needlepoint Inc. #0504 - red
- Needlepoint Inc. #0126 - brick red dk
- Needlepoint Inc. #0473 - yellow
- Caron Waterlilies #139 “Kelp”- green brown
- Gentle Art ST “Raspberry Parfait” - multi reds
- Gentle Art ST “Cornflower Blue” - multi grey blues
- Gentle Art ST “Hyacinth” - multi purples
- Kreinik Mori #2066 - orange
- Kreinik Mori #4214 - olive green med
- Needlepoint Inc. #0694 - gold
- Needlepoint Inc. #0974 - brown
- Treenway 4mm silk ribbon #0222 "Creole Spice" - red
- Offray 1/8” satin ribbon - white
- SJ Designs 3.4 drop beads #58 - gold
- SJ Designs 3.4 drop beads #59 - silver
- Specialty Beads seed bead large - striped & mixed colours
- Specialty Beads seed bead small - mixed colours
- Mill Hill seed bead #00557 - gold
- Small Candy Buttons - red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white (4 - 5 yard skeins)
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton (thick twist) - white
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Antique Almond
- #24 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Bargello Wave
- Herringbone Stitch
- Lazy Daisy
- French Knot
- Upright Cross
- Rhodes Stitch flower
- Satin Stitch Triangles
- Queen Stitch
- Woven Spider Web Rose
- Whipped Spider Web Rose
- Bullion Knot
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