Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 15

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Cover for a Cache Pot

Pot: glass with a diameter of 18 cm and a height of 18 cm
Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 25 cm X 70 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Blanket stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling patterns.
Design: No. 23 measuring 8 cm X 12.32 cm
Filling patterns: Checkerboard Filling stitch (Openwork Pattern Samplers) and Rose stitches (Please note: Both filling patterns are worked in a grid cut 1, leave 2. The Checkerboard Filling stitch is difficult to work in such a star shape.)

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Advent Calendar – No. 13

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Label for a Special Binder

Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 14 cm X 22 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Blanket stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling pattern, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 01.1 measuring 5 cm X 10.51 cm
Filling pattern: Diagonal Cross stitch (Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework)
Additional item: a finished cover for a binder

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Advent Calendar – No. 12

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Decorative Band for a Pillow

Linen: 16/cm thread count, cut to 14 cm X 68 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 16 for Coral Knot stitches and the filling pattern Chain stitches, No. 25 for Blanket and Satin stitches, No. 30 for the outlining Chain stitches, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches in the tulip petals.
Design: No. 12 measuring 8 cm X 12.11 cm
Additional items: a finished pillow measuring 28 cm X 38 cm
and some non-woven fusible interfacing for the back of the band

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Advent Calendar – No. 11

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Elegant Cover for a Glass Jar

Linen: 16/cm thread count, cut to 40 cm X 40 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling pattern, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 20 measuring about 12 cm X 12 cm
Filling pattern: Pattern 51 (Stars)
Additional item: a glass jar with a neck

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