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LARGE FLORAL SPRAY
Dimensions: 80 x 80 stitches
Approximate Stitched Sizes:
7¼" x 7¼" for Aida 11-count
5¾" x 5¾" for Aida 14-count
4½" x 4½" for Aida 18-count
5¾" x 5¾" for 28-count fabrics (stitched over 2 threads)
Anchor® Embroidery Floss as listed below*
Tapestry Needle No. 24 or 26
*(Due to the age of the original patterns, and the limitations of printing processes used in the 1920's, some colors do not reproduce as accurately as we would like. The charts have been scanned and reproduced as clearly as technology permits). |
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anchor color palette |
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NOTE: the original color numbers from 1922 are listed below. We have provided an alternative palette as a guide, but you may wish to adapt the colors to suit your own preferences.
Large Rose: 6, 10, 46, 47, 2
Rosebud: 48, 52, 50
Blue Flower: 128, 129, 132, 150, 301, 306, 398, 2
Morning Glories: 109, 301, 306, 358, 2, 111, 108
Leaves: 262, 265, 261, 267, 862
Original colors:
Pink 3
Pink 4
Beauty Pink 65
Rose 76
Lavender30
Dark Lavender 37
Lilac 63
Indian Pink 124
Light Yellow 9
Orange 11
Golden Brown 51
Russet 62
Moss Green 5
Dark Moss Green 60
Laurel Green 149
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instruction |
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NOTE: Click each diagram for an enlarged view.
1. Find center of fabric by folding it in half both ways; mark with thread or washable marker.
2. Using 18-inch (46 cm.) strands, separate plies. Place the required number of plies (2) side by side and thread needle.
3. Determine starting point by finding center of design (marked by side arrows on chart) and counting up and left from center to symbol at upper left corner. Begin stitching at this point.
4. Place fabric in hoop. Pull floss through fabric leaving 1" extending on wrong side. Hold in place so that end is overcast by first stitches taken. Never knot thread.
5. Work all the stitches in an area of the same color at one time.
6. Work each stitch according to Figure 1, crossing each “X” in the same direction.
7. To end thread, weave through several stitches on the wrong side. Cut end close to work. |
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tips |
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If thread twists while stitching, let needle dangle so that thread unwinds.
Mark off sections of stitches on chart as you work.
Prevent threads shadowing through on the front of project by ending threads, rather than making long stitches on back of work.
Work from left to right, starting at the top. Avoid jumping from one area of design to another, as it is easy to miscount.
For more tips, please check out our handy guide, the Anchor Thread Advisor. |
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