Advent Calendar

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

Cover for a Calendar Book

Linen: old handwoven with an 18/cm thread count, cut to 30 cm X 55 cm
Threads: coton à broder No. 20 for Coral Knot stitches, No. 25 for Blanket and Eyelash stitches, No. 30 for the Satin stitches.
Design: No. 14 measuring 7 cm X 12.03 cm
Additional item: a calendar book

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