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The Gentle Art Needlecase

Materials Required:

• 10” x 7” piece of 28 count antique white Jobelan Linen
   
• 1 skein of each of the following colors from The Gentle Art:  Pomegranate Woodrose and Butternut Squash (Simply Shaker Sampler Threads)  Sea Spray (Sampler Threads)
    
• Black and white sewing thread
   
• Felt for insert
   
• 10” x 7” piece of linen or other material for backing
   

Instructions:

1. Each line of the graph equals one thread of the fabric.
     
2. Find the centre of your material.  The left side of the pattern will be next to the centre fold of your needlecase.  Using the black sewing thread, stitch the outline of the shape in the diagram (rightt).  The black threads will be removed later.
     
3. The entire needlecase is stitched with one stitch (see diagram below).  Starting in the centre with one strand of Sea Spray, work the centre diamond shape.  Change colors for each section continuing with the pattern.  Use compensation stitches to fit each color into its shape.
   A = Sea Spray
   B = Butternut Squash
   C = Pomegrante
   D = Woodrose
     
4. After all stitching is complete, remove black thread outlines.  Finish by sewing backing material to the stitched piece with the white sewing thread.  Cut two pieces of felt slightly smaller than the needlecase, and sew through the centre, attaching them to the needlecase cover.

Hardanger Bow

Materials Required:
 

• 6" x 6" piece of 22 count Hardanger Material, white
• 2 yards Caron's Wildflowers thread, Highland Mist #142
• 4 yards DMC #8 Perle Cotton

Notes:

• These instructions are for intermediate stitcher. If you need reference books, two good books for beginners are: 

  • Beginner's Charted Hardanger Embroidery, by Susan L. Meier and Rosalyn K. Watnemo (from Nordic Needle)

  • Teach Yourself Hardanger Embroidery, by Adelaide Stockdale (by Leisure Arts, Leaflet # 330)
     

• Each line of the graph equals one thread of the fabric

• Use 1 strand of thread through the whole pattern

Instructions:

• Please click on the chart below to open it up into a new screen.  You may find it easier to print it and work from paper.

• Work all the Kloster Blocks first, using 1 strand of Watercolors thread.
   

• Work the ribbon ends next. When all satin stitching has been completed , cut the area inside the bow loops that were created from the Kloster Block stitching.
    

• Do the Needleweaving and Dove's Eye Stitch with 1 strand of DMC #8 Perle Cotton.
  Happy Stitching!      Carol