Embroidery Project Packs: Colin

Description

Called everything from chicks to chooks, fowls to inkukhu, the chicken is the most widespread of the domesticated animals.  Mostly kept as a source of food, there are many varieties of chicken and this rooster is a fanciful combination of those varieties.  This colourful project uses of a wide range of interesting techniques and stitches as under:

• 29 embroidery stitches/stitch variations
• 7 bead embroidery stitches
• 1 needle lace pattern
• 5 needle weaving patterns

Finished size is 310 x 280 mm

Dictionary of Stitches and Techniques

There is a video dictionary for this design is in the workroom. In this dictionary you will find video clips of all the stitches and techniques used in this design.  Along with each video clip on the page there is a downloadable and printable document that gives you step-by-step written instructions with illustrations.

Contents of the full kit are as under:

Print Pack

• There are no instructions in the kit.  Contractual obligations dictate that you need to own the book to gain access to the instructions.
• You can buy the South African edition of the book here.  World English editions are available at amazon.com.
• The line drawing of the design screen-printed onto 450 x 450 mm natural-coloured cotton linen blend backed with cotton voile
• The ink is indelible

Materials Pack :

Threads and Special Threads:

• 21 skeins of DMC stranded cotton, solid colours: Ecru, 311, 407, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 498, 517, 543, 632, 646, 648, 738, 739, 754, 758, 760, 761, 839, 842, 3328, 3712, 3760, 3765, 3772, 3778, 3830, 3831, 3832, 3834, 3835, 3836, 3842, 3847, 3848, 3849, 3851
• 2 skeins of DMC stranded cotton, variegated: 4516
• 1 bobbins of DMC satin thread: 943
• 2 bobbins of DMC Special Dentelles #80 thread: Ecru, 437
• 5 bobbins of DMC perle #12: Ecru, 437, 842
• 3 bobbins of Presencia Finca perle #12: 8026, 8080
• 2 bobbins of Madeira Glamour #12 thread: 3037, 3229

Miyuki Beads:

• 1 x 2 gram packs size 11° beads: 579
• 4 x 2 gram packs size 15° beads: 641, 1424, 2422F, 4249

Preciosa Crystals:

• 1 x 5-pack 20ss Smoke Topaz AB

Needle Pack:

• 2 x size 7 embroidery needles
• 2 x size 10 embroidery needles
• 2 x size 24 tapestry needles
• 2 x size 26 tapestry needles
• 2 x size 11 bead embroidery needles

The original of this project was worked through batting.  If you choose to do the same thing, you will require 450 x 450 mm polyester batting.