Merry Little Christmas Ornament

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CHARTED NEEDLEWORK DESIGNS

Silk ‘N Colors 089 or Weeks Dye Works 1276 or DMC Floss 520 Cross Stitch 1 ply

Silk ‘N Colors 023 or Weeks Dye Works 2264 or DMC Floss 815 Back Stitch 1 ply

Silk ‘N Colors 089 or Weeks Dye Works 1276 or DMC Floss 520 Back Stitch 1 ply

Sew on Mill Hill Petite Seed Bead 42012 using 1 ply Silk ‘N Colors 023, Weeks Dye Works 2264 or DMC 815

Sew on Mill Hill Seed Bead - 02012 using 1 ply Silk ‘N Colors 023, Weeks Dye Works 2264 or DMC 815

Merry Little Christmas Ornament42 Stitches Wide X 42 Stitches Tall

© C.A. Zittel • The Drawn Thread • 2010This chart may be freely printed for use by recipients but may not be commercially reproduced and sold.

Finishing Your Merry Little Ornament

1. Count out 16 threads from the back stitched border (about 1/2”) and trim each piece between the 16th and 17th threads. Measure the size of each piece between the back stitched borders and cut a piece of matt board or mounting board just slightly smaller than this measurement.

MountingBoard

Top of Loop ofFolded Ribbon

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4. Lay the ornament face down (with the wrong side facing you). Position the batting covered mounting board in the center of the piece, edges aligned with the back stitched borders and glue or tack it in place (see illustration below).

Wrong Side of Ornament

Folded Under Seam Allowance

Folded Under Seam Allowance

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Wrong Side of Stitched Piecewith seam allowances

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Folded Under Seam Allowance

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6. Carefully lining up the back stitches on all sides and ladder stitch the back stitches together using 1 ply of whatever thread you used to make the back stitches. You will be taking the needle and thread under each back stitch once, first through one stitch on the back of the ornament, then through one on the front of the ornament. As you come to the beads shown on the master chart, thread a bead on your floss before you make the ladder stitch. Work this stitch all around the ornament until all sides have been stitchedtogether (see illustration at right). Pull the ladder stitches tightly each time you pass from the front to the back to pull the sides of the ornamenttogether. Stitch right through the ribbon pieces when you come to them.

7. Use the remaining piece of silk ribbon and tie a bow around the base of the top loop. Trim the ends of the ribbon.

3. Fold the raw edges of each piece toward the back along the edge of the back stitched borders (see illustration below) mitering the corners as you fold..

5. Place the other piece on top of this piece, wrong sides together. You are now ready to join the two sides of the ornament.

2. Find the vertical center of the board and draw a pencil line from top to bottom of board. Cut a 14” length of ribbon from the 24” piece and fold in half. Glue one bottom half to the vertical center of one side of the mounting board and the other bottom half to the other side (see illustration at right). Cut two pieces of quilt batting the same size as the board and glue one piece to each side of the board (over the ribbon)

© C.A. Zittel • The Drawn Thread • 2010This chart may be freely printed for use by recipients but no part of this publication may be commercially reproduced and sold.

SUPPLIES:

34 Count “Wren Wing” Legac y L inen cut to 6” wide 12” long

(or any 36 to 32 Count Natura l Undyed, D i r t y or Khaki L inen)

Merry Little Christmas Ornament42 Stitches Wide X 42 Stitches Tall

Thread G atherer S i lk ‘N Co lors

089 - Dark Forest

023 - Frosted Auburns

Weeks D ye Works

1276 - B lue Spruce

2264 - G arnet

DMC Embro ider y Floss

520 - Dark G reen

815 - B urgundy

OR

M i l l H i l l Pet i te S eed B eads in

42012 - R oya l P lum

M il l H i l l S eed B eads in

02012 - R oya l P lum

Smal l p iece o f matt board or mount ing board

Smal l amount o f qu i l t bat t ing

Fabr ic g lue

24” o f 3/8” G reen Sat in R ibbon

Merry Christmas 2010 from The Drawn Thread

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Steamboat Springs, CO 80488

970 . 819 . 8339

www.drawnthread.com

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