Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 9




Bookmark
Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to 18 cm X 24 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Satin, Blanket and Eyelash
stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling pattern, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the
Satin stitches in the heart.
Design: No. 02.1 measuring 6 cm X 12.71 cm
Filling pattern: Ziegenhainer Museumsmuster (This is pattern “Small Flowers with Gap”
[Limetrosen I] with 3 double wide Satin stitches worked in the gaps.)
Additional item: transparent plastic to be inserted between layers to provide a little stiffness

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 8







Container for Utensils
Linen: 20/cm thread count, cut to about 20 cm X 42 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, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 19 measuring 9 cm X 8.58 cm
Filling patterns: Röserich (Röserich Filling Patterns) and Rose stitches (Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework)
Additional item: a transparent round container

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 6






Small Bag
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 Satin stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the filling patterns.
Design: No. 09 measuring 5 cm X 9.41 cm
Filling patterns: heart – High and Low – warped (Limetrosen I); tulip – High and Low – simple (Limetrosen I) Please note: thread withdrawing in both shapes is cut 1, leave 3 vertically and cut 1, leave 4 horizontally!

Advent Calendar 2017 – No. 5





Cover for a Storm Lamp
Lamp: glass with a diameter of 18 cm and a height of 18 cm
Linen: old handwoven with a 17/cm thread count, cut to 22 cm X 66 cm (Please note: One long edge had the original hem from the untouched linen roll. I wanted to preserve it, so I only needed a seam allowance for one side.)
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches and the needleweaving stitches of the filling pattern, No. 25 for Blanket stitches and the Satin stitches, No. 30 for Chain stitches and the Cable stitch grid.
Design: No. 24 measuring 10 cm X 12.42 cm
Filling pattern: No. 139 (Openwork Needleweaving Patterns)