"Where quilters gather.... friendships blossom" - This beautiful sampler brings Quilting and Stitching together in a way that touches your heart. The top shows a scene familiar to most quilters, a group of friends working on a quilt together. Chatting and telling each other their stories, creating a quilt brings people together in so many magical ways. Regular meetings of a quilting group and the camaraderie of stitching are emotional ‘ties that bind’ when we work with our needles. The symbolic branches overhead, give the feeling of shelter and safety. Below the scene is a lovely line of lace, embellished with bugle beads, and right below that is a wonderful quilt of specialty stitches. The quilt is similar to the one worked on in the scene at the top of the sampler, and has the same colours. I’ve created the impression of some typical colourful quilt blocks put together with some special whitework blocks, and bound the entire quilt with a gorgeous floral garland band. What a beautiful quilt... I almost wish I had one on my bed! At the bottom of the sampler you can see a band of Hardanger with beautiful woven patterns, and a lovely band of flowers. Other special stitches in this sampler are Four Sided stitches, various Eyelet Stitches, Plait Stitches, Queen Stitches, Three Sided Eyelets, Ray Stitches, and Rhodes Stitches. You can choose to frame the top scene or to create a lovely pillow as shown here and on the back cover. The 25 squares are a wonderful challenge, but not too difficult for most stitchers. Enjoy stitching this sampler for yourself or your quilting friends! - Thea
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Design Area: 100w x 226h (7” wide x 16” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Raw Linen:
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Cut fabric: 13” wide x 22” high)
Suggested Materials
- Access Soie Perlee #550 - grey green
- Gloriana #128 “Cherry Tart” - pinks
- Gloriana #087 “Forest” - greens
- Gentle Art Simply Wool “Maple Syrup” - browns
- Kreinik Mori #4216 - olive green dk
- Kreinik Mori #5055 - blue
- Kreinik Mori #6124 - lavender
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Needlepoint Inc. #0763 - golden tan
- Needlepoint Inc. #0981 - tan lt
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton #644 - beige grey med
- Caron Waterlilies #139 ‘Kelp” - multi brown, green
- Needlepoint Inc. #0141 - flesh
- Needlepoint Inc. #0143 - rose
- Needlepoint Inc. #0184 - brown
- Needlepoint Inc. #0322 - grey blue
- Needelpoint Inc. #0641 - green lt
- Needlepoint Inc. #0694 - yellow
- Needlepoint Inc. #0967 - grey brown dk
- Needlepoint Inc. #0991 - white
- Mill Hill small bugle beads #72045 - green
- Mill Hill petite beads - #40479 - white
- SJ Designs seed beads - #11114 - bronze iris
- SJ Designs 2mm pearl beads - white
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Raw Linen
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton (thick twist) - white
- DMC #12 Perle Cotton (thin twist) - white
- #24 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- French Knot
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Rhodes Heart
- Satin Stitch Triangles
- Apple Blossom Flower
- Blanket Stitch
- Plait Stitch
- Rice Stitch
- Ray Stitch
- Partial Diamond Eyelet
- Diamond Eyelet
- Satin Stitch Pins
- Satin Stitch Flower
- Modified Star Stitch
- Modified Ray Stitch
- Algerian Eyelet
- Four-Sided Stitch
- Satin Stitch Hearts
- Smyrna Cross Stitch
- Three Sided Eyelet
- Flat Stitch
- Queen Stitch
- Rhodes Butterfly
- Scotch Stitch
- Kloster Blocks
- Divided Wrapped Bars
- Dove's Eye
- Woven Bars
- Partial Greek Cross
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