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This pretty set of “toys” can be stitched and sewn and and personalized to your own taste. Use the crystals you have at hands, sew on genuine Pearls from a broken necklace – use an antique button as head of the tassel – there are many options to make this as pretty as YOU like !

Mostly cross stitch you will stitch a few Special Stitches, use normal cotton threads as well as hand-dyed, variegated Silks, braids, beads and crystals. I am sure you will have some pretty lining fabric at hands… be it silk or cotton.

Sizes: add free fabric for sewing and finishing and regard that all the shapes are squares !

Large Square = 101 x 101 stitches, 6.3 x 6.3 inches at 16ct
Medium Square = 51 x 51 stitches, 3.2 x 3.2 inches at 16ct
Small Square = 28 x 28 stitches, 1.8 x 1.8 inches at 16ct

Recommended Fabric: 16/32ct or 14/28ct in white, cream, natural, unbleached, or black… whatever you prefer! In addition you will need some Silk Dupioni of printed cotton fabric for lining
Wool Felt as backing inside the needlebook
Tassel, etc. for embellishing

Materials: Guacamole by Caron Waterlilies, Gidgee by Dinky Dyes, Twilight by Gloriana, three types of sparkly threads… an assortment of shimmering beads… You can check the complete list of materials here.

Pictures of the then-workshop-model are enclosed in your download for finishing help and ideas – but you will see that you can easily do your own. As this was a class piece in 2004, the materials from then are not longer available and have been substituted by commercially available threads etc.