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| Palma's Halloween Cracker |
To celebrate Halloween, Palma Seljan posted this free stitch guide for one of Melissa Shirley's Halloween cracker canvases on Facebook's Needlepoint Group. With Palma's permission, I am sharing the guide here for folks who don't "do" FB. Here's the link to the entire set of Halloween Crackers.
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galsearch/index.cgi?index=1314913607_26893&col=
Happy Halloween!
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Area
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Thread
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Stitch
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Background in small box
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Silk and Colors 1029
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Diagonal Mosaic
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Sock
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you can use any yellow and orange threads you may have I used Kreinik
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Tent stitch
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Boot
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Ultra-suede (got mine from a pack from Orna Willis and it is a really good one). Got it from her website
Cotton Perle 310
River Silks 204 7 mm ribbon
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I had a copy made of the canvas and cut the outline of the boot. Place it on a ultra-suede piece and tacked it in place. I padded the area before tacking the suede with some frenck Knots with Cotton Perle to raise it a bit. I added 2 beads but you can also use sequins; whatever you have home as you only will need 2.
Make a bow with the River Silks and tack it in place
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Gold line around central box
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FyreWerks FT15
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Tent over 2 horizontally and one vertically
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Purple area around central box
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Pearl Cotton 553
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Mosaic
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Side Panels:
Orange area
Purple area
Yellow area
Black area
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Sparkles, orange
Painters Thread ribbon 126
Petite Very Velvet 246
Ribbon Floss Metallic 007
Pearl Cotton 301
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Couch the Sparkles in place
Satin Stitch
Interlocking gobelin
Padded satin (I padded the area with the Pearl Cotton)
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Green border
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Bead chain (from Soronan Beads, link below)
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Before I couched it in place I stitched the area with a matching green that I had which was Burmilana 3908 but you can use something you may have at home
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Borders:
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Ribbon Floss metallic 007 and 104
Pearl Cotton 301 and 553
Delica Duracoat, DB1835-TB beads (chattreuse)
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Padded Satin (padded with the Pearl Cotton)
String the beads and attach to the border
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Links: For Orna’s ultra-suede: http://www.ornadesign.com/v2/shop/notions/ultrasuede/
For the bead chain: http://shop.sonoranbeads.com/SilverSilk_gold_or_silver_bead_chain_capture_p/2733.htm
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