Scheduled: Saturday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Max: 9 students
Min: 6 students
Designed by Guilia Manfredini of GPA, taught by Denise DeMore of DDM Needleworks, this little sewing basket holds a needlebook and a small pincushion and was inspired by the lyric “America the Beautiful” and it is dedicated to my American friends.
All stitched sections are worked with solid and overdyed six stranded DMC cotton threads over the beautiful 32 ct linen 212L P.L. Nilo 47 by Sotema, Italy.
The basket side features three traditional American country homes, a church, trees, plants and American flags. Around the baskets upper rim, the sentence “America the Beautiful…God shed His grace on thee….1910” is cross stitched in green. The wall is mounted over a Skirtex band and finished with wool felt; the basket base, lined with finishing cotton fabric and wool felt is mounted over matboard. The handle is lined with finishing cotton fabric and wool felt. Final measurements of the basket are 4 x 6 ¼ x 3 in (7 in with the handle).
The needlebook features a little blue house with two trees and the stitcher’s initials. The needlebook sides are defined by Nun’s Stitch and the needlebook hosts a wool felt needle page. A green ribbon bow closes the needlebook.
A little pincushion completes the sewing set and features a boat with a sailor man and a little dog; the sun is shining, and a little bird is flying in the sky.
Stitches: cross stitch over two, back stitch, long stitches and Nun’s Stitch.
Stitching and finishing instructions as well as information about the model are included in the kit.
Kit includes: 32 count linen, Overdyed DMC threads, Skirtex, wool felt, cotton fabric, chart and finishing instructions. The kit includes all stitching and finishing supplies.
Please bring to class a notebook, pen, pencil, preferred tapestry needle size 26/28, plus the usual stitching supplies including Embroidery scissors, and lighting and magnification if needed.
