Winter Holiday Sampler - Christmas Embroidery and Cross Stitch Pattern - PDF Download

“Fresh snow blankets the hillside Snowballs fly through the air, Sleighbells are merrily ringing, Holiday fun everywhere..!”  A sampler for the whole winter! I was inspired by the Holiday Season but this beautiful sampler can be stitched and enjoyed all winter long. In this sampler, between bands of specialty stitches, flowers, and snowy white lace, people of all ages are shown playing and enjoying themselves outdoors; skiing on a high mountain, throwing snowballs, skating, and sleighing. We never seem to get enough snow on the west coast, and when I think of winter, I always hope for a few days of snow. I can then sit with my stitching in my favorite chair by the fire, and dream and stitch away by my window overlooking the fields and trees covered with a white sparkly blanket. Everything always looks so beautiful! I love to see people all bundled up in colourful hats and coats, as they come out of their houses to play in the snow. The sampler is designed on a beautiful stormy grey fabric and I used colourful silks and overdyes to create an atmosphere of fun and excitement. I know you’ll have fun stitching this after your winter excursions, or on those precious winter mornings by a sunny window! I hope that this sampler will remind you of the glorious fun, happiness and beauty of the winter season! - Thea

• Design area: 293h x 64w (20.9” high x 4.6” wide)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Smokey Pearl 
• Cut fabric: 27” high x 11” wide for framing

Accessory Pack

BUNDLE A

• Gloriana silk #115 “Topiary” - multi
• Dinky Dyes #069 “Swan Valley” - blue greens
• DMC Floss #0321 - christmas red
• DMC Floss #3752 - antique blue lt
• DMC Floss #3834 - purple dk
• Kreinik #4 Braid #002 metallic - gold
• Kreinik Mori #0733 - yellow lt
• Kreinik Mori #4044 - turquoise

BUNDLE B 

• Gloriana silk #072A “Sierra Haze Lt” - blue, grey, tan
• Gentle Art “Maple Syrup” - browns
• Kreinik Mori #2014 - yellow
• Kreinik Mori #4076 - grey green
• Kreinik Mori #5055 - antique blue med
• Kreinik Mori #6114 - mauve
• Access Au ver a Soie #5025 - blue green dk
• Needlepoint Inc. #503 - red

BUNDLE C

• Kreinik Mori #0103 - flesh
• Kreinik Mori #4216 - olive green dk
• Kreinik Mori #5091 - aqua vy lt
• Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
• Access Au ver a Soie #1844 - green
• Needlepoint Inc. #0126 - brick red dk
• Needlepoint Inc. #0324 - teal dk
• Needlepoint Inc. #0964 - grey brown 

BUNDLE D

• Mill Hill seed bead #00479 - white
• Mill Hill seed bead #00557 - gold
• Mill Hill petite bead #40479 - white
• SJ Designs petite bead #1813 - red
• SJ Designs petite bead #1818 - silver

Sorting Threads in your Accessory Pack

Remember to sort in daylight near a window, not under artificial light indoors, as the colours change with the colour of the light bulbs we use. Packaged in Bundles for easier sorting!!! :) To make your thread sorting much easier, we have sorted your fibers into bundles within the Accessory Pack. Each of these bundles contains at least one easily identifiable thread so you can tell which bundle is which. Each floss has a different number of strands in each thread length. This helps you differentiate the different colours in your pack. Needlepoint Inc. silk floss has 8 strands per length The Kreinik Mori has 6 strands per length The Gloriana Overdyed Silk has 12 thin strands per length. Dinky Dyes has 6 strands per length. FYI: We noticed that some colours have been divided into two lengths. This can happen if a colour requires 1.5 yards. Our kit maker might include one 1 yard length and one 0.5 yard length, so don't get confused if one colour has more than one length of thread. We hope this extra information will help you sort your threads more easily!

White Silk Floss Accessory Pack

• Kreinik Mori #8000 - white

Additional Materials Needed:

• Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Smoky Pearl 
• 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
• Cross Stitch over ONE fabric thread
• Back Stitch
• Pulled Back Stitch
  
• Satin Stitch pins
• Reversed Cushion Stitch
• Fly Stitch
• Modified Smyrna Cross
• Upright Cross Stitch
• Arrowhead Stitch
• Lazy Daisy Stitch
• Vandyke Stitch
• Algerian Eyelets
• Diamond Ray Stitch
• Herringbone Stitch
• Blanket Stitch Pinwheels
• Modified Partial Smyrna Rice Stitch
• Double Rice Stitch
• Ray Stitch flower
• Rhodes Heart
• Partial Diamond Eyelet
• French Knot
• Partial Honeycomb Stitch
• Four-Sided Stitch
• Modified Diamond Eyelets
• Overlaping Cross Stitch

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