ASK36: Blackwork Butterfly
Technique: Mixed Media - Composite Patterns with Blackwork Frameworks and Couching Accents. Alternative Canvas Background. Level: Intermediate and Beyond Canvas or Counted Thread. No previous Blackwork experience needed. Ground: 24-count Zweigart Lugana or Congress cloth Finished Size: 7 1/2" square or circle Price: $25.00 BLUE AND GREEN EXAMPLE |
Materials List:
BLUE AND GREEN EXAMPLE
12" square of Zweigart 24-count white Congress cloth or mint Lugana
fabric
Anchor #8 pearl cotton:
#876 medium dark green - 1 ball
#504 mint - 3 yards
Anchor #12 pearl cotton: #876 medium dark green - 1 ball
Anchor floss: 1 skein #878 dark green
#8 Kreinik metallic braid: #085 peacock, 3 1/2 yards
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk: #113 blue, 6 yards
Access Commodities Aventurine heart beads: 2 beads
Needles: Tapestry #24, #26, and #28 plus #24 chenille
PINK/CRANBERRY AND LAPIS BLUE EXAMPLE
(Blue-green threads indicated in parentheses to show substitutions)
12" square of Zweigart 24-count white or pink Congress cloth or pink
Lugana fabric
Anchor #8 pearl cotton:
#132 medium dark blue (#876 medium dark green) - 1 ball
# 130 light blue (#504 mint) - 3 yards
#498 cranberry - 1 ball (outline of butterfly and antennae - also for
Area filling). Used instead of #876.
#3326 light pink - 1 ball Used for border framework - Step 1.
Anchor #12 pearl cotton: Substitute #8 pearl, #498 cranberry, for the
canvas option but floss must be used on the pink Lugana (#876 medium
dark green - 1 ball)
Anchor floss: 1 skein #132 dark blue (#878 dark green)
#8 Kreinik metallic braid: #664 magenta (#085 peacock) - 1 reel
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk: #4922 medium blue (#113 blue), 6 yards
#1122 rose - 1 5 yard skein (may substitute a skein of DMC floss, #335
rose). Used in border - Step 2.
Access Commodities red jade heart beads: 2 beads
Needles: Tapestry #24, #26, and #28 plus #24 chenille
BLUE AND GREEN EXAMPLE
12" square of Zweigart 24-count white Congress cloth or mint Lugana
fabric
Anchor #8 pearl cotton:
#876 medium dark green - 1 ball
#504 mint - 3 yards
Anchor #12 pearl cotton: #876 medium dark green - 1 ball
Anchor floss: 1 skein #878 dark green
#8 Kreinik metallic braid: #085 peacock, 3 1/2 yards
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk: #113 blue, 6 yards
Access Commodities Aventurine heart beads: 2 beads
Needles: Tapestry #24, #26, and #28 plus #24 chenille
PINK/CRANBERRY AND LAPIS BLUE EXAMPLE
(Blue-green threads indicated in parentheses to show substitutions)
12" square of Zweigart 24-count white or pink Congress cloth or pink
Lugana fabric
Anchor #8 pearl cotton:
#132 medium dark blue (#876 medium dark green) - 1 ball
# 130 light blue (#504 mint) - 3 yards
#498 cranberry - 1 ball (outline of butterfly and antennae - also for
Area filling). Used instead of #876.
#3326 light pink - 1 ball Used for border framework - Step 1.
Anchor #12 pearl cotton: Substitute #8 pearl, #498 cranberry, for the
canvas option but floss must be used on the pink Lugana (#876 medium
dark green - 1 ball)
Anchor floss: 1 skein #132 dark blue (#878 dark green)
#8 Kreinik metallic braid: #664 magenta (#085 peacock) - 1 reel
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger silk: #4922 medium blue (#113 blue), 6 yards
#1122 rose - 1 5 yard skein (may substitute a skein of DMC floss, #335
rose). Used in border - Step 2.
Access Commodities red jade heart beads: 2 beads
Needles: Tapestry #24, #26, and #28 plus #24 chenille