Counted Thread Rocky Mountains Under The Arch: FREE Embroidery Instructions
Counted Thread Rocky Mountains Under The Arch: FREE Embroidery Instructions
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The Rocky Mountains Under the Arch (arch of chinook clouds) is a counted thread design using blackwork patterns. I am providing the blackwork embroidery and canvas work embroidery instructions for free as a digital download PDF File.
I also have an option for purchasing a kit of materials with a hard copy of the instructions.
Separate PDF instructions can be purchased for how to make a needle case on my website: Needle Case Construction
The original blackwork embroidery was worked on 28 count antique white lugana (even weave) fabric with black DMC embroidery cotton and black YLI silk thread. The finished picture can be framed as a picture or made into a cover for a needle case
The original embroidery picture was worked on 18 count leventeen blue mono canvas with white DMC No.8 Perle cotton.
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The Hapsburg Lace Bookmark is a beginners canvas work design.
The lacy stitches are worked in Perle cotton on 18 count mono canvas. It is an easy technique, great for all level of stitches and can be worked in the hand in your most comfy chair (no frame necessary).
It is also a good project to take with you when you are traveling as it is easy to pick up and put down without losing your place and without having to deal with lots of different threads.
Hapsburg Lace Bookmark Kit
The Hapsburg Lace Bookmark is a beginners canvas work design.
The lacy stitches are worked in Perle cotton on 18 count mono canvas. It is an easy technique, great for all level of stitches and can be worked in the hand in your most comfy chair (no frame necessary).
It is also a good project to take with you when you are traveling as it is easy to pick up and put down without losing your place and without having to deal with lots of different threads.
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Stiletto Brass
The brass stiletto is a lovely smooth and sturdy tool and is my favourite tool for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs.
Length of Stiletto with Cover: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm)
Stiletto Brass
The brass stiletto is a lovely smooth and sturdy tool and is my favourite tool for enlarging holes at the center of eyelets when working my Hapsburg Lace designs.
Length of Stiletto with Cover: 3 3/4 inches (9 1/2 cm)
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Needles – Tapestry Size 24
Tapestry needles have a blunt end to the point of the needle so that the needle does not catch or pierce the threads of the counted fabric when working from one hole to the next. The tapestry needle has a long eye for easier threading.
IÂ use the No. 24 Tapestry needles in my Hapsburg Lace kits.
Needles – Tapestry Size 24
Tapestry needles have a blunt end to the point of the needle so that the needle does not catch or pierce the threads of the counted fabric when working from one hole to the next. The tapestry needle has a long eye for easier threading.
IÂ use the No. 24 Tapestry needles in my Hapsburg Lace kits.
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The Rocky Mountains Under the Arch (arch of chinook clouds) is a counted thread design using blackwork patterns. I am providing the blackwork embroidery and canvas work embroidery instructions for free as a digital download PDF File.
I also have an option for purchasing a kit of materials with a hard copy of the instructions.
Separate PDF instructions can be purchased for how to make a needle case on my website: Needle Case Construction
The original blackwork embroidery was worked on 28 count antique white lugana (even weave) fabric with black DMC embroidery cotton and black YLI silk thread. The finished picture can be framed as a picture or made into a cover for a needle case
The original embroidery picture was worked on 18 count leventeen blue mono canvas with white DMC No.8 Perle cotton.
Below is list of the finished embroidery size on different types of fabric.
BLACKWORK:
28 count fabric using one strand of DMC embroidery cotton and one strand of YLI silk thread, working the stitches over two threads of the fabric. Size: 4 ½ inches high by 5 ½ inches wide.
32 count fabric using one strand of DMC embroidery cotton and one strand of YLI silk thread, working the stitches over two threads of the fabric. Size: 4 inches high by 4 ¾ inches wide.
14 count fabric using one strand of DMC embroidery cotton and one strand of YLI silk thread, working the stitches over one thread of the fabric. Size: 4 ½ inches high by 5 ½ inches wide.
16 count fabric using one strand of DMC embroidery cotton and one strand of YLI silk thread, working the stitches over one thread of the fabric. Size: 4 inches high by 4 ¾ inches wide.
CANVAS WORK:
18 count mono canvas using one strand of white DMC No. 8 Perle cotton, working the stitches over two threads of the canvas. Size: 7 inches high by 9 inches wide.
14 count aida fabric using two strands of DMC embroidery cotton, working the stitches over two threads of the fabric. Size: 9 inches high by 11 inches wide.
16 count aida fabric using two strands of DMC embroidery cotton, working the stitches over two threads of the fabric. Size: 8 inches high by 10 inches wide.
OPTIONAL Kit For The Blackwork Embroidery:
- Hard Copy Instruction Booklet and Free PDF File for the Needle Case Construction
- A Piece of 28 Count Off White Lugana Fabric 9 inches (22 1/2 cm) by by 11 inch (27 1/2 cm)
- One Skein of Black DMC Embroidery Cotton
- One Yard of Black YLI Silk Thread
- Two Size 26 Tapestry Needles
- Two Wire Needle Threaders
OPTIONAL Kit For The Canvas Work Embroidery:
- Hard Copy Instruction Booklet
- A Piece of 18 Count Mono Canvas 13 1/3 inches (33 1/4 cm) by 15 inches (37 1/2 cm)
- One Spool of White DMC No. 8 Perle Cotton
- Two Size 24 Tapestry Needles
| Weight | .20 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 40 × 30 × 3 cm |
| Select | Free Downloadable PDF Instructions For The Blackwork and Canvas Work Embroidery, Downloadable PDF File Instructions For The Needle Case Construction, Kit of Supplies and Hard Copy Instruction Booklet – For the Blackwork Embroidery and PDF File For Needle Case Instructions, Kit of Supplies and Hard Copy Instruction Booklet – For the Canvas Work Embroidery |
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