#ASK8: Oriental Butterfly
Ann Strite-Kurz Oriental Butterfly   This elegant butterfly can be interpreted in any monochromatic color scheme, and three specific options are listed in the instruction booklet. The techniques explored include padding, couching, shading, and pulled thread. Two of the patterns are also beaded, including the background arrangement, which appears to be darning but the sequence has been altered to a back stitch path that secures the beads better and also eliminates the visibility of the traveling threads. Finished Design Size: 7.5 " circle (fits standard size circular frame and Sudberry House plate).


Ground: Zweigart 18-mesh white mono canvas
Technique: Canvas/Needlepoint
Level: Intermediate
Price: $20.00 (MI Residents add 6% Sales Tax)
To order: ASK Order Form

Materials:
NOTE. Model shown is the teal-aqua combination, but rust-peach and burgundy-pink options are listed in the instruction booklet.
Canvas: 13" square of Zweigart 18-mesh white mono canvas
Stretcher frame: 13" square
Crewel yarn: 20 strands Paternayan #521 teal or Appleton #527 turquoise (or any comparable wool that fits 18-mesh on the diagonal)
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk:
8 yards #133 medium aqua
3 yards #132 light aqua
Cotton floss: 3 yards DMC or Anchor white
#8 pearl cotton:
5 yards white
1 ball DMC #747 pale aqua
#5 pearl cotton: 1 skein #991 teal
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Braid:
gold: #81B - 8 yards (may substitute Kreinik #16 braid, 002J Japan gold)
#41B -.5 yard (may substitute Kreinik #8 braid, 002J Japan gold)
Kreinik #16 braid:
2 yards #032 pearl
1.5 yards #029 turquoise
Rocaille 10 seed beads: Gold - minimum of 100 beads Aqua - minimum of 300 beads
NOTE. Beads shown are Czechoslovakian silver-lined beads not usually carried at needlework stores, but comparable Japanese beads are readily available in Mill Hill brand.
Needles: Tapestry #20, #22, #24, #26, and #28 (#8 crewel may be substituted for beading)

 

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