Bountiful Season

Description

Using needle lace techniques, embroidery stitches and beads, the original of this design was mounted in a rectangular footstool. Suitable for intermediate to advanced embroiderers, it uses a variety of interesting stitches and techniques as under:

• 20 embroidery stitches/stitch variations
• 1 needle weaving pattern

Finished size is 310 x 220 mm

All of the stitches and techniques are to be found in the Crewel Twists book.  There are also detailed instructions, often with the video clips, in the Resources area in the workroom.

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 French edition is available at amazon.com
• The line drawing of the design screen-printed onto 400 x 450 mm ecru-coloured cotton twill, backed with cotton voile.
• The ink is indelible

Materials Pack :

Threads: 

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO GET ANCHOR THREADS. THE THREAD PACK WILL INCLUDE THE DMC EQUIVALENTS OF ALL OF THE THREADS LISTED BELOW.

• 45 skeins of DMC stranded cotton equivalent to Anchor:  0042, 0231, 0232, 0233, 0260, 0261, 0262, 0263, 0401, 0681, 0779, 0830, 0831, 0832, 0842, 0843, 0844, 0845, 0846, 0847, 0849, 0850, 0851, 0885, 0886, 0887, 0888, 0889, 0892, 0893, 0894, 0895, 0896, 0905, 0945, 0956, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1062, 1068, 1216, 8581
• 7 skeins of DMC satin equivalent to Anchor Marlitt:  0826, 0827, 0870, 0881, 0895, 1207, 1209 (or their Madeira Decora equivalents)

Needles :

• 2 x Size 28 Tapestry Needles
• 2 x Size 9 Embroidery Needles
• 1 x Size 22 Chenille Needle
• 1 x Straw / Milliner’s Needle