"In search of my Mother’s garden... I found my own.” This lovely and meaningful sentiment seems like the perfect addition to this Stitcher’s Garden Sampler. It has layers of meaning about growing up... finding ourselves as we often find ourselves doing as our mothers do. As we stitch, we find our own place... our ‘garden’. To encourage an atmosphere of stitching, this garden has so many lovely plants and fences.. a willow tree to shade the Victorian House, cute little frogs to remind you to stitch carefully, and sweet flowers and borders made of various specialty stitches! Designed on Light Amsterdam Blue Linen, the sampler shows off the gorgeous colours of the overdyed Silks, blended colours of silk flosses, and shimmering beads and pearls, all adding to the soft spring and summer feeling. The upper left area has a ‘window’ of basic Hardanger, Silk Ribbon flowers and Scotch Stitches. At the upper right there is an area with some lovely Drawn Thread, Pulled Thread and floral bands. On the lower right, picture yourself stitching in your fantasy garden (change your hair colour if you wish!) Finally, the bottom of the bellpull is finished with a Hardanger heart including some beautiful filling stitches. To ease your way through finishing, we’ve used optional Blanket Stitches and a Nun’s Stitched flap to wrap around your hardware! - Thea
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Design Area: 70w x 160h (5" wide x 11.5" high)
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Model: 28ct Cashel Linen “Light Amsterdam Blue”
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Cut fabric: 11" wide X 18" high for framing
Suggested Materials
- Gloriana silk floss #066 “Highland Garden”
- Access Au ver a Soie #1831 - yellow green lt
- Access Au ver a Soie #3846 - grey brown dk
- Access Au ver a Soie #4147 - pink vy lt
- Kreinik Mori #6124 - lavender lt
- Kreinik Mori #5055 - blue med
- Kreinik Mori #4166 - blue green med
- Gloriana 4mm silk ribbon #142 “Victorian Garden”
- Kreinik Mori #0113 - peach med lt
- Kreinik Mori #1094 - pink med
- Kreinik Mori #0634 - lavender dk
- Kreinik Mori #4167 - green dk
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white
- Needlepoint Inc. #0964 - grey brown med
- SJ Designs seed bead #11059P - rainbow
- SJ Designs 2mm pearl beads - white
- Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Light Amsterdam Blue
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton #blanc - white
- DMC #12 Perle Cotton #blanc - white
- #24 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Kloster Blocks
- Wrapped Bars
- Dove's Eyes
- Japanese Ribbon Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Cross Stitch
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- Herringbone Stitch
- Honeycomb Hemstitch
- Double Running Stitch
- Scotch Stitch
- Rick Rack Pulled Stitch
- Plait Stitch
- Fan Stitch
- French Knot
- Straight Stitch
- Algerian Eyelet
- Woven Bars
- Blanket Stitch
- Partial Greek Crosses
- Nun's Stitch
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