Advent Calendar

Cover for a Sliding Box
Linen: old handwoven with a 18/cm thread count, cut to 28 cm X 72 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for the Blanket stitches and the Satin stitches of the divided leaves, 2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton for all remaining Satin stitches.
Design: No.10 measuring 7 cm X 9.96 cm

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!

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)