Advent Calendar

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

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

Card Holder

Linen: old handwoven with a 18/cm thread count, cut to about 18 cm X 75 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches and French Knots, No. 30 for Chain stitches and filling pattern, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for the Stem stitches, the Satin stitches, and – please note – the tiny Back stitches around the French Knot of the eye.
Design: No. 26.1 measuring 11 cm X 7,43 cm
Filling pattern: Federkleid (Limetrosen II)
Additional items: a hanging fixture

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

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