ASK42: Blue Oriental Lantern
Description:
This elegant lantern was adapted from a silhouette in a book of Chinese paper cuts. A variety of techniques are used to embellish the lantern including blackwork, pulled thread, laidwork, and or nué. The background area is executed in a beaded open pattern of diamond outlines and the mat itself has an intricate blackwork pattern with gold accents. The pair of regal birds and the floral accents in the fretwork add a naturalistic touch to the design.The lantern and mat outlines are counted to insure perfect symmetry, and a poked hole pattern is used to establish these contours.
Color Options:
The same blues, greens and golds may be used with all color choices, but stitchers have used either peach-russet, pink-rose or lavender-purple accents.
This elegant lantern was adapted from a silhouette in a book of Chinese paper cuts. A variety of techniques are used to embellish the lantern including blackwork, pulled thread, laidwork, and or nué. The background area is executed in a beaded open pattern of diamond outlines and the mat itself has an intricate blackwork pattern with gold accents. The pair of regal birds and the floral accents in the fretwork add a naturalistic touch to the design.The lantern and mat outlines are counted to insure perfect symmetry, and a poked hole pattern is used to establish these contours.
Color Options:
The same blues, greens and golds may be used with all color choices, but stitchers have used either peach-russet, pink-rose or lavender-purple accents.
Materials List:
Zweigart 24-mesh white Congress cloth - 16" X 18" piece
DMC #8 pearl cotton: #519 light blue - 1 ball
#3347 medium green - 3 yards (roundele outline only)
DMC floss: 1 skein each unless otherwise noted (12.5 whole skeins plus 1 - 3 partial shades)
white - 2 yards
#310 black - 18" length
#3821 light gold
#3820 medium gold
#3852 medium dark gold
#3829 dark gold
#922 light peach (DMC #3806 light pink or Anchor #109 light purple)
#921 medium peach (DMC #3805 medium pink - no medium value in purple kit)
DMC #3804 dark pink - 2 yards or
Anchor #112 dark purple (no dark value in peach kit) - 1 skein
#3347 medium green
#3346 medium dark green
#311 dark blue (matches V630 Petite Velour) - 2 ½ skeins (can substitute #1036 Anchor)
#519 light blue
#518 medium blue
DMC #20 Cordonnet: 1 ball
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Braid:
#81B medium weight gold - 7 yards (6 for pink and purple kits)
14 yards #41B fine weight gold - 2 full cards kitted (20 yards)
Kreinik # Japanese #7 Gold: 4 yards (toilet paper roll w/ paper towel and tape)
Gold metallic couching thread - 5 yards
Anchor Marlitt:
#1030 light medium green - 1 skein
#1009 medium blue - 1 skein
#894 fuchsia or #817 purple (no Marlitt in peach kit) - ½ skein
Rainbow Gallery Very Velvet:
V239 - 1 ½ yards terra cotta (or V250 pink or V228 violet) - 1/4 card)
Rainbow Gallery Petite Very Velvet:
V630 - 3 yards dark blue (1/5 card)
V601 - 1/2 yard black
Sundance #11 beads - 1 tube #F631 blue
Needles: Tapestry #20, #22, #24, #26 and #28 (for beading) and #9 crewel (for basting)
Zweigart 24-mesh white Congress cloth - 16" X 18" piece
DMC #8 pearl cotton: #519 light blue - 1 ball
#3347 medium green - 3 yards (roundele outline only)
DMC floss: 1 skein each unless otherwise noted (12.5 whole skeins plus 1 - 3 partial shades)
white - 2 yards
#310 black - 18" length
#3821 light gold
#3820 medium gold
#3852 medium dark gold
#3829 dark gold
#922 light peach (DMC #3806 light pink or Anchor #109 light purple)
#921 medium peach (DMC #3805 medium pink - no medium value in purple kit)
DMC #3804 dark pink - 2 yards or
Anchor #112 dark purple (no dark value in peach kit) - 1 skein
#3347 medium green
#3346 medium dark green
#311 dark blue (matches V630 Petite Velour) - 2 ½ skeins (can substitute #1036 Anchor)
#519 light blue
#518 medium blue
DMC #20 Cordonnet: 1 ball
Rainbow Gallery Coronet Braid:
#81B medium weight gold - 7 yards (6 for pink and purple kits)
14 yards #41B fine weight gold - 2 full cards kitted (20 yards)
Kreinik # Japanese #7 Gold: 4 yards (toilet paper roll w/ paper towel and tape)
Gold metallic couching thread - 5 yards
Anchor Marlitt:
#1030 light medium green - 1 skein
#1009 medium blue - 1 skein
#894 fuchsia or #817 purple (no Marlitt in peach kit) - ½ skein
Rainbow Gallery Very Velvet:
V239 - 1 ½ yards terra cotta (or V250 pink or V228 violet) - 1/4 card)
Rainbow Gallery Petite Very Velvet:
V630 - 3 yards dark blue (1/5 card)
V601 - 1/2 yard black
Sundance #11 beads - 1 tube #F631 blue
Needles: Tapestry #20, #22, #24, #26 and #28 (for beading) and #9 crewel (for basting)