Grab your basket and come join me in my Spring garden in the sunshine! We’re on the hunt for yummy chocolate and candy eggs the Easter Bunny left us..! At the top of the sampler is our town, with a little church and a trees with lovely pink cherry blossoms. Then you come across a wee little garden where the bees and the hummingbirds buzz overhead. In the next full panel, the Easter Bunny himself is dancing to the sounds of the birds as he’s carefully hiding each precious egg. He’s having such fun..! Next are our happy and excited children carrying their Easter baskets and neatly lined up for Mom’s signal! What fun and laughter, as children run all over in heady anticipation of their treasures! The dividing bands between the panels are also in on the fun; flowers, painted eggs, baskets, daffodils, hyacinths and drawn thread.. and the optional Hardanger flower motif below.. what a joyful sampler! If you’ve always wanted to stitch something to celebrate the fun and joy of this traditional egg hunt, come stitch this one..! I’ve stitched my Easter Egg Hunt sampler on Ice Blue but you can choose your own coloured linen, with silks in bright colours ! Frame or fashion into a bellpull and hang this in your hall at Easter time! - Thea
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Design area: 40w x 235h (2.85” wide x 16.8” high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
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Cut fabric: 9” wide x 23” high for finishing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk #053 “Granny Smith Green” - greens lt
- Gloriana silk #084 “Laura’s Garden” - multi
- Dinky Dyes #067 “Jacob’s Ladder” - blues lt
- Dinky Dyes #092 “Eungella” - grey greens
- Dinky Dyes #103 “Bougainvillea” - pinks
- Kreinik Mori #2014 - yellow
- Gloriana silk #087 “Forest” - greens med
- Dinky Dyes #022 “Sapphire” - blues med
- Dinky Dyes #027 “Bush Fire” - corals
- Kreinik Mori #1092 - pink lt
- Kreinik Mori #7087 - antique gold
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white
- Needlepoint Inc. #304 - brown
- Gentle Art ST “Spring Grass” - greens bright
- Kreinik Mori #1114 - red
- Kreinik Mori #4216 - olive green dk
- Kreinik Mori #6116 - mauve
- Kreinik Mori #7024 - tan
- Kreinik Mori #7124 - cream
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- SJ Designs petite bead #1805 - white
- SJ Designs petite bead #1809 - green lt
- Mill Hill petite bead #42024 - heather mauve
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
- 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
- French Knot
- Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
- Back Stitch
- Modified Fern Stitch
- Herringbone Stitch
- Arrowhead Stitch
- Lazy Daisy
- Interlaced Hemstitch
- Upright Cross Stitch
- Algerian Eyelets
- Satin Stitch
- Double Running Stitch
- Plain Hemstitch
- Four-Sided Stitch
- Kloster Blocks
- Divided Wrapped Bars with Doves Eyes
- Greek Cross
- Blanket Stitch Flower
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