embroideries

Stocking

Linen: old handwoven with an 18/cm thread count, cut to 27 cm X 84 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 16 for the Star stitches of the small stars, No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 30 for the Chain stitches and the filling patterns.
Design: No. 27 size 3
Filling patterns – from small to large: Double Crosses in straight rows (Openwork Pattern Samplers); Cable stitch grid (Openwork Pattern Samplers or Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework); Röserich A2 on the straight of grain, adjacent sides on the bias (Röserich Filling Patterns); Grid (Wickelstiche); Raster with Rose stitches (Wickelstiche)
Border: Christmas stripe (Fancy Hems)
Additional items: fine cotton fabric for lining and hanging loop and some non-woven fusible interfacing for the back of the front side

Heart

Linen: old handwoven 17/cm thread count, cut to about 25 cm X 60 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 16 for interlacing the Herringbone stitches and for the needlelace; No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches; No. 30 for Chain stitches, Herringbone stitches, and the filling patterns; 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin and Stem stitches.
Design: No. 16 measuring 14 cm X 16.93 cm
Filling patterns: heart – “Herzgeflecht” (Limetrosen II), wings of the bird – Plumage (Limetrosen I), body of the bird – interlaced Herringbone stitches variant “a” (Schwalm Curved Lines, Narrow Borders, and Ornamental Stitches)
Needlelace: Multirow needlelace arches (Schwalm Needlelace edge decorations)
If you want to use it as bag for a gift bag, you can work a button border closure on the back of the heart.

Cover for a Needle Book

Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 24 cm X 30 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Blanket and Satin stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling patterns.
Design: No. 08 measuring 6 cm X 9 cm
Filling patterns: heart – Ostertulpe – dicht (Limetrosen II); circle – Small Ox Eye Grid (Limetrosen I)
Additional item: Inlay for the needle book

Ornament

Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 14 cm X 26 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches; No. 25 for Lazy Daisy, Blanket, and Eyelash stitches; 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 17 measuring 6 cm X 8.68 cm
Additional items: transparent plastic to be inserted between layers to provide a little stiffness, decorative cord

Cover for a Box Lid

Linen: old handwoven with a 18/cm thread count, cut to 20 cm X 20 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 16 for the Lazy Daisy stitches of the filling pattern, No. 20 for the Chain stitches outlining the star, No. 30 for the Chain stitches outlining the hearts and for the Rose stitches of the filling pattern, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches in the hearts.
Design: part of No. 25 measuring 8 cm X 8 cm
Filling pattern: Combination of four Lazy Daisy stitches establishing a cross and Rose stitches
Additional item: box and ribbon