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

By Luzine Happel on 8. December 2017   /   Advent Calendar, blog, small projects, embroideries   /   2 Comments

2 Comments

1. Louise Daoust

   4:47 am on December 8, 2017

   Hello Luzine,

   I love Schwalm embroidery. I have never tried it but I will. Your Advent Calendar is beautiful. I love all the designs that you have chosen for it.

   I visit your website often, to view the designs that you have made.

   Thank you for sharing your work with us.

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   • Luzine Happel

     6:32 am on December 8, 2017

     Thank you, Louise. Yes, please try Schwalm embroidery. It is such a richly diverse technique. Learn in small steps, so that you do not get frustrated.

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