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Florentine Romance

Designed by Mary Polityka Bush

Design size: about 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

This small project shows off metallic threads, dimensional Rhodes stitch, and fun eyelets. You can stitch it in your own desired colorway or replicate our model. 

Materials needed:

• Kreinik Tapestry #12 Braid 018 Navy (5 yards), 021 Copper (1 reel), 025 Grey (5 yards)
• 7" x 7" Zweigart white Congress Cloth (#9406/194/50)or Soft Congress Cloth (#3990/100/50)
• #24 Tapestry needle, masking tape, two pairs of 7" stretcher bars, tacks or staples

Instructions:

Refer to graph below. Note: only lower right 1/4 of pattern is graphed; work remaining 3/4 as mirror images

1. Tape Congress Cloth edges; mount on stretcher bars.

2. Thread needle with #025 Gray. Place away knot at right side of canvas. Work center row of Algerian Eyelets from lower right to upper left, beginning 1 1/4" from center of canvas. Work remaining rows in same manner.

3. Thread needle with #018 Navy. Beginning with waste knot, work 2 bands of slanted Gobelin, changing direction of slant at  midpoint of each side.

4. Thread needle with #021 Copper. Beginning by burying tail in back of slanted Gobelin stitches, fill areas between eyelets with 2x2 cross stitches worked in long diagonal rows.

5. Thread needle with a 22" length of #021 Copper. Beginning by working two tent stitches over thread tail in center of area to be worked, work 1 Rhodes heart outside corner edge of Gobelin bands. work remaining Rhodes hearts in same manner, using 22" for each.

6. To finish: remove from bars. Mat and frame; back with fabric and stuff or fill with potpourri to make ornament or sachet; or mount in box with 3 1/2" opening.