Waterlilies Pincushion - Embroidery and Cross Stitch Pattern - PDF Download

This lovely Victorian style wooden pincushion replica is the perfect setting for our Waterlilies and Dragonfly design.

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I’ve used delicious silks and over-dyes to create the waterlilies out of silk ribbon, and added the leaves in silk floss, and the dragonfly with regular and bugle beads. A matching “dragonfly” scissors case can be stitched to go with it! The wood pincushion is a copy of an antique spindle pincushion dated circa the mid to late 1800’s. The wooden spindle base is about 6.5" tall and is hand-made of cherry wood. It has wooden pegs for decorative thread spools, a turned spindle and then another round platform for the stuffed cushion. (Alternatively, you could finish this pattern with the Mahogany Pincushion Tray from Sudberry.) What a wonderful way to reach through the centuries to our shared needlework past with our needlework sisters! - Thea

• Design Area Pincushion:  58w x 58h (4.1” wide x 4.1” high)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - “Ice Blue”: 
• Cut fabric: 8“ wide x 8” high for finishing

• Design Area Scissor Case:  30w x 30h (2.1” wide x 2.1” high)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - “Ice Blue”: 
• Cut fabric: 6“ w x 6” h for finishing
  

Layout for both models: 28ct Cashel Linen “Ice Blue” CUT - 1 piece - 8” w x 16” h

Suggested Materials

• Gloriana silk #040 “Highland Meadow”
• Kreinik #4 Braid #002 - metallic gold
• Needlepoint Inc. #184 - brown med
• Needlepoint Inc. #253 - green med
• Needlepoint Inc. #561 - blue lt
• Needlepoint Inc. #694 - gold
• Treenway 13mm silk ribbon “Jude’s Rose”
• Needlepoint Inc. #333 - avocado med dk
• Needlepoint Inc. #656 - grass green lt
• Needlepoint Inc. #473 - yellow
• Needlepoint Inc. #955 - brown dk
• Flat Square Bead - opaque rainbow ivory
• Size A (3mm) Spangle - gold
• Mill Hill seed bead #00557 - gold
• Mill Hill seed bead #03035 - royal green
• Mill Hill seed bead #03050 - champagne
• Mill Hill seed bead #62041 - yellow
• Mill Hill size 8 (large bead) #18831 - golden emerald
• Mill Hill bugle bead #72010 - silver
• Specialty bead size 6 (extra large) - #6466 - aqua
• Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Ice Blue
• DMC #12 Perle Cotton #712 - cream (cording for finishing)
• #24 Tapestry Needle,
• #26 Tapestry Needle, 
• #10 short Beading Needle

Stitches Used: 

• Cross Stitch
• Back Stitch
• Beadwork
• Modified Loop Stitch

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