Floche Star Ornament
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February 17, 2019, 8:41 pm
Filed under: ANG Keystone Garden Chapter, Christmas Ornaments, Floche Star Ornament, Melita's Other Completed Pieces
Filed under: ANG Keystone Garden Chapter, Christmas Ornaments, Floche Star Ornament, Melita's Other Completed Pieces
My ANG Keystone Garden chapter gave us a free project (Floche and canvas) adapted from Marion Scoular’s Star Sapphire Four-way Florentine Box Insert from Needlepoint Now July/August 1999.
I didn’t see the stitches over 5 canvas threads in the top and bottom of the centers until I’d stitched 2 diamonds!
Then, I realized that I didn’t have enough thread to do that portion over again. But, I really didn’t like using 4 threads anyway. It seemed too bulky even though it looks ok in the picture.
So, I went to 3 threads which laid nicely with good coverage and I had enough to finish it.
When I switched directions moving up/down, I took a single vertical stitch over 1 canvas thread to maintain proper pull better. Basically, it is a tuck stitch that gets covered up by an over 4 stitch anyway. I also anchored the last stitch that way before moving a quarter turn to continue with the same thread. And, I anchored the first stitch in the new area to get the proper pull and get better/stronger coverage on the back.
Trish Vine wrote out and showed pictures of how to finish it. And, I did! The wonder clips worked great to hold the folded edges as I stitched the edges together. I just wasn’t up for tackling the twisted cord machine since I haven’t used it in awhile.
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Lovely!
Comment by Linda Wright Granger February 17, 2019 @ 9:22 pmthis is lovely, what color/brand is the gold?
Comment by Jeri Burtchell March 27, 2019 @ 6:45 pmThanks Jeri. The threads are DMC Floche but we didn’t get told what colors they were. I have the browns in the 430s & I know it’s not them. My guess is that they are the Topaz 725 & 726 (you can see colors pretty well at http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Thread/DMC_Floche.html ). And, I heard the whole Floche line has been discontinued.
Comment by melitastitches4fun March 27, 2019 @ 9:48 pm