#ASK20: Octofleur
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Octofleur is a small
design that forms a flower with a ring of heart-shaped petals.
Several types of unusual open patterning embellish the canvas
shapes. The petals all have stripes of couched metallics. A
blackwork pattern is added to the upright hearts and an open
lattice filling is added to the diagonal hearts to form composite
patterns. The hearts have counted outlines that are applied
with a unique combination of back stitches and running stitches
that keep the lines consistent and straight. The flower center
is an open trellis formed by intersecting rows of Tied Oblong
Cross. The trellis is further embellished with isolated blackwork
stars and some metallic accents. All of the open patterns use
sequences that conceal the visibility of the traveling threads,and
the design introduces many useful techniques for handling open
treatments on canvas. The high contrast of the white thread
on a dark ground makes the design dramatic, but it would be
equally effective in a different interpretation, using either
a monochromatic treatment or a two-color treatment. Finished
Design Size: 7" circle (5 1/4" circle on 24-mesh). |
| Ground: |
Zweigart 18-mesh Levantine
blue mono canvas (Access Commodities) |
| Technique: |
Canvas/Needlepoint |
| Level: |
Intermediate |
| Price: |
$12.00 (MI Residents
add 6% Sales Tax) |
| To
order: |
ASK Order Form |
Materials:
NOTE. The design
could also be adapted to a finer 24-mesh Congress cloth
so thread substitutions for this are listed in parentheses
below.
Canvas: 12" piece Zweigart 18-mesh Levantine blue canvas
(10" piece 24-mesh Congress cloth)
Stretcher frame: 12" square (10" square)
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Braid: 7-8 yards #84B silver (7
yards #44B silver)
1 skein DMC #5 white pearl cotton (1 ball DMC #8 white pearl
cotton)
1 ball DMC #8 pearl cotton (1 ball DMC #12 white pearl cotton)
1 skein DMC white floss (2 strands Au Ver a Soie white silk)
12 mother of pearl 4mm round beads (Access Commodities)
50 white seed beads (must fit over a #8 crewel or #28 tapestry
needle threaded with #8 pearl)
Tapestry needles: #22, #24, #26, and #28 (for beading)
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