Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 18






Cover for a Tall Cylindrical Container

Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 26 cm X 38 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches; No. 25 for Satin stitches; No. 30 for Chain, Blanket, and Eyelash stitches and the filling patterns.
Design: No. 05 measuring 8 cm X 12.59 cm
Filling patterns: big heart – a variant of filling pattern 481; small heart – Wave (Limetrosen I); body of the bird – Wave stitches (Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework)
Additional item: a tall cylindrical container

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 17




Bag for a Napkin or the Menu

Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 14 cm X 28 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches; No. 25 for the Satin stitches of the leaves, the Stem stitches, and the Satin stitches of the filling pattern; No. 30 for Chain stitches and the Rose stitches of the filling pattern.
Design: No. 21 measuring 8.5 cm X 8.5 cm
Filling pattern: double wide Satin stitches in a Rose stitch grid
Additional item: thin cotton fabric for lining

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 16





Bag

Linen: 16/cm thread count, cut to 19 cm X 66 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Blanket stitches and the filling pattern of the heart, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling pattern of the bloom, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 07 measuring 7 cm X 12.31 cm
Filling patterns: heart – Magic Net (Limetrosen I); bloom – Diagonal Cross stitch (Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework)
Additional items: a milk carton, some white paint or white adhesive film

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 15





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.)