Wooooo.... These Stitchin’ Witches are stirring up a wicked brew of crows and bats and cat’s whiskers! What could be more fun than combining stitching with these colourful and cackling Hallowe’en Witches? Just look at the top of the sampler, where one of our witches in residence is stitching her quilt of orange and black while bats fly overhead under the new moon. Our Witches live in a cottage in the woods, surrounded by pumpkins and gnarled old trees, and the black lace really sets off each of the panels. Specialty stitches with wonderful colour combinations are found throughout. The middle panel shows another Stitchin’ Witch all in a muddle.. crows are stealing her precious black silk, and she’s vainly trying to remember a spell to stop the thievery! Then more black lace, and some perfectly round tiny orange buttons and the bottom panel appears. The moon is full, and now our witches are sitting around their bubbling cauldron as they stitch. Who says a watched pot never boils..? A wonderful deep band of black lace gives the next specialty stitch bands a wonderful setting! This sampler was inspired by a group of stitching friends who call themselves the Stitchin’ Witches. I met them in a retreat many years ago and their fun was contagious! You can stitch the smaller panels by themselves, or stitch the whole fabulously colourful Witchy and Stitchy sampler to hang on your walls for Halloween! - Thea
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Design area: 249h x 72w (17.8" high x 5.1" wide)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Summer Khaki
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Cut fabric: 24” high x 11” wide for finishing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk #053 “Granny Smith Green” - lt
- Kreinik Mori #2063 - pumpkin lt
- Kreinik Mori #6083 - purple
- Needlepoint Inc. #304 - red brown
- Needlepoint Inc. #473 - yellow
- Needlepoint Inc. #967 - grey brown vy dk
- Gloriana silk #066A “Highland Garden Dark” - multi
- Gloriana silk #117 “Elizabethan Green” - dk
- Kreinik Mori #0113 - flesh
- Needlepoint Inc. #556 - bright orange
- Needlepoint Inc. #721 - pumpkin vy dk
- Needlepoint Inc. #964 - grey brown med
- Gloriana silk #87 “Forest” - greens med
- Kreinik Mori #2016 - gold
- Kreinik Mori #2066 - pumpkin med
- Kreinik Mori #3017 - red
- Kreinik Mori #7024 - tan
- Needlepoint Inc. #974 - brown dk
- SJ Designs petite beads #1809 - green lt
- SJ Designs petite beads #1844 - lavender pearl
- SJ Designs petite beads #1871 - midnight iris
- SJ Designs seed beads #1102 - black
- Mill Hill seed beads #2033 - orange
- Specialty buttons micro mini round - orange
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black (3 - 5 yard skeins)
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Summer Khaki
- #24 Tapestry needle
- #10 short Beading needle
Stitches Used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Back Stitch
- Herringbone Stitch
- Tied Rhodes Stitch
- Modified Smyrna Cross Stitch
- Plaited Stitch
- Tied Cross Stitch
- Partial Rhodes Stitch
- Captive Triple Cross Stitch
- Foliage Stitch
- Algerian Eyelet
- Satin Stitch Scallops
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