#160"Beach
Cottage" Sampler Dreams
are made of Sand and Sun...! Welcome
to our little yellow cottage by the sea!This
beautiful beach retreat is the perfect place to dream about. Surrounded
by a bountiful garden full of flowers, grasses, roses and a white picket
fence, this is truly your ideal beach getaway. You will stitch and
imagine yourself tanning on a chaise lounge, or sitting under the shade
of the beach umbrella sipping a tall cool glass of something delicious,
while the resident cat purrs by the front door. The linen used was an
overdyed aqua linen which is now discontinued. I recommend “Ice Blue”
Cashel but you can use a light blue linen of your choice.. the blue
preferably aqua toned. Lyns has several available, so enjoy choosing
your own favorite linen to bring this project to life! This is a perfect
design to hang in your home or cottage while you dream of sand and
sunshine! - Thea
"Beach Cottage" SamplerDesign
area:89w x 85h
(6.4”w x 5.7”h) Model:28ct
Ice Blue Linen Cashel Cut
fabric: 12.5”w x 12”h for finishing
#160P MAIN Accessory
Pack(enough
to stitch this long sampler) BUNDLE A Gloriana silk #019
“Tropical Seas” - multi turquoise
Gloriana silk #096 “Summer Foliage” - greens lt
Dinky Dyes silk #022 “Sapphire” - purples
Dinky Dyes silk #103 “Bougainvillea” - pinks
Kreinik Mori #0923 - yellow lt
Kreinik Mori #7014 - tan
BUNDLE B
Dinky Dyes silk #059 “Warratah” - reds
Dinky Dyes silk #069 “Swan Valley” - greens med
Kreinik Mori #2014 - yellow med
Needlepoint Inc. #481 - turquoise lt
Needlepoint Inc. #964 - grey brown
BUNDLE C
Gloriana silk #040 “Highland Meadow” - multi
Dinky Dyes silk #067 “Jacob’s Ladder” - blues
Kreinik Mori #4044 - turquoise med
Needlepoint Inc. #126 - brick red
Needlepoint Inc. #203 - flesh
BUNDLE D
SJ Designs 2mm pearl beads - white
Mill Hill seed bead #0557 - gold
Specialty charm - Star Fish - silver
#160WBFP Black and White
Accessory Pack(Enough
Black and White silk Floss to stitch this design)
Extra
Materials Needed
Needles #10
short beadingand
Tapestry Needles#24
Stitches
Used in this Sampler:
Cross Stitch
Petit Cross Stitch Backstitch
tacking stitches - (couching)
French Knots Lazy Daisy Stitches
Satin Stitches
Sorting
The Threads in your Accessory Pack: Remember to sort in
daylight near a window, not under artificial light indoors, as the
colours change with the colour of the lightbulbs we use. Each floss has
a different number of strands in each thread length. This helps you
differentiate the different colours in your pack. Needlepoint Inc. silk
floss has 8 strands per length The Kreinik Mori has 6 strands per length
The Gloriana Overdyed Silk has 12 thin strands per length. Dinky Dyes
has 6 strands per length.FYI:We
noticed that some colours have been divided into two lengths. This can
happen if a colour requires 1.5 yards. Our kitmaker might include one 1
yard length and one 0.5 yard length, so don't get confused if one colour
has more than one length of thread. We hope this extra information will
help you sort your threads more easily!