Ellen of Serendipity gave a lesson on Chottie’s Plaid yesterday. I left our ANG Main Line Stitchers chapter Stitch-in an hour early to listen to the talk. Ellen focused on a simple pattern to teach the ones that never heard of it before.
I’ve done the reversible birthday plaid for Bill and I with areas up to 9 wide and 7 number combinations. So, it has to be a decent space to get at least 3 repeats.
Ellen got me thinking about a smaller, simpler plaid. Can you see what’s my small sett (the sequence and number of coloured threads which produces that tartan’s distinct look when woven in criss-crossing vertical and horizontal stripes)?
The colors may have given it away. Do you know now? It’s 12 25 in white (1 row of Silk Lame Braid for 18 count), red (2 rows each of Bella Lusso and Kreink Braid #8, and green (5 rows of Bella Lusso). I outlined in a silver Kreinik (#8 would have been better than #12 but 12 works) over 2 rows in a diagonal gobelin in order to place the canvas under the edge of the frame. I cut the canvas right up to the stitched edges.
It was easy to stitch up and the perfect piece as I watched Game 2 of the World Series last night. It looks like Christmas windows to me. Each year, Michael’s has the cutest little frames that can hold a small piece of canvas. I have 2 more (rounds) from last year’s batch to stitch up.
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Sue C from New Jersey Needle Artists Chapter had this frame in her unwanted stash pile, and I knew that I would make a nice ornament for the chapter’s tree at the Festival of Trees held annually.
There will be 2 large rooms on display at the Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge, NJ (190 Lord Stirling Rd). You can see them Friday, December 6, through Sunday, December 29 (except 24th and 25th).
So, I dubbed this ornament Festive Tree for the Festival of Trees. There is silver Kreinik #8 Braid in a diagonal gobelin stitch to secure the edges the size of the frame (doesn’t show). One length of green Silk Lame Braid for 18 count was used to form the base and criss-crossed upward to create the tree. There is a silver sequin and a bead for the tree top and 3 beads of 5 different colors (blue, green, red, yellow, and orange) making up the lights. The canvas has silver sparkle in it.
I delivered it, and the Christmas Plaid ornament I posted previously to Jacqui at the November of the Central Jersey Chapter (CJC) Saturday meeting/Stitch-in (every 3rd Saturday 10-3).