ASK29: Red Oriental Lantern
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Option Stitched by Lenora Goodliffe |
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Option Stitched by Jan Dunmyer |
Description:
This elegant lantern was adapted from a Chinese paper cut. A variety of techniques are combined to produce the desired effects. These include blackwork, pulled thread, silk and metal thread couching techniques, four-way Florentine embroidery, and open canvas patterning with concealed traveling paths.
This elegant lantern was adapted from a Chinese paper cut. A variety of techniques are combined to produce the desired effects. These include blackwork, pulled thread, silk and metal thread couching techniques, four-way Florentine embroidery, and open canvas patterning with concealed traveling paths.
Materials:
(The original model is executed in a cranberry-sage green combination. The substitution thread colors for the alternative cranberry-blue combination are listed in parentheses after the green threads below. The substitution thread colors for using red-coral instead of cranberry in the design are listed in parentheses after the burgundy-pink threads below):
16" X 19" piece 24-count Zweigart ivory or light caramel Congress cloth
16" X 19" stretcher frame
DMC #3 pearl cotton:
1 yard #776 light pink (#353 light coral)
1 1/2 yards #899 medium pink (352 medium coral)
1/2 yard #368 light green (#827 light blue)
DMC #5 pearl cotton:
1 ball #498 burgundy (#350 dark coral)
DMC #8 pearl cotton:
1 ball #822 ecru (need 14 yards)
1 ball #368 light green (#827 light blue)
DMC floss:
4 skeins ##498 burgundy (#350 dark coral)
1 1/2 yards #899 medium pink (352 medium coral)
3 yards #776 light pink (#353 light coral)
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Gold Braid:
8 yards #81B medium weight gold
12 yards #41B fine weight gold
3 yards Kreinik 10 mm Japanese gold
DMC Fil Or gold metallic - 1 40m spool
2-3 yards gold metallic couching thread (any matching brand)
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk:
5 yards #1834 medium green (#1434 medium blue)
2 yards #1836 dark green (#1423 dark blue)
4 1/2 yards #2943 light pink (#911 light coral)
3 yards #2944 medium pink (#913 medium pink)
Rainbow Gallery Very Velvet: 1 yard #V224 dark green (#242 navy)
Tapestry needles: #18, #20, # 22, # 24, and #26
(The original model is executed in a cranberry-sage green combination. The substitution thread colors for the alternative cranberry-blue combination are listed in parentheses after the green threads below. The substitution thread colors for using red-coral instead of cranberry in the design are listed in parentheses after the burgundy-pink threads below):
16" X 19" piece 24-count Zweigart ivory or light caramel Congress cloth
16" X 19" stretcher frame
DMC #3 pearl cotton:
1 yard #776 light pink (#353 light coral)
1 1/2 yards #899 medium pink (352 medium coral)
1/2 yard #368 light green (#827 light blue)
DMC #5 pearl cotton:
1 ball #498 burgundy (#350 dark coral)
DMC #8 pearl cotton:
1 ball #822 ecru (need 14 yards)
1 ball #368 light green (#827 light blue)
DMC floss:
4 skeins ##498 burgundy (#350 dark coral)
1 1/2 yards #899 medium pink (352 medium coral)
3 yards #776 light pink (#353 light coral)
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Gold Braid:
8 yards #81B medium weight gold
12 yards #41B fine weight gold
3 yards Kreinik 10 mm Japanese gold
DMC Fil Or gold metallic - 1 40m spool
2-3 yards gold metallic couching thread (any matching brand)
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk:
5 yards #1834 medium green (#1434 medium blue)
2 yards #1836 dark green (#1423 dark blue)
4 1/2 yards #2943 light pink (#911 light coral)
3 yards #2944 medium pink (#913 medium pink)
Rainbow Gallery Very Velvet: 1 yard #V224 dark green (#242 navy)
Tapestry needles: #18, #20, # 22, # 24, and #26