Cross-stitch projects are meant to spread autumn cheer throughout a home. Our hand-stitched towels can be used in the kitchen or bath, but be sure to hang them in a place of prominence.
What you need to make a cross-stitch
- 18x19 – inch piece of 14 count ivory cloth.
- Cotton embroidery floss of the colors listed in the key points of Step 1
- Size 26 or 24 tapestry needle
For the frame
- A wooden frame with an 8-1/4 x 9-1/8 inch opening
- Delta Ceramcoat Arcylic Paint : Forest Green #2010
- Tack cloth
- Medium – grit sandpaper.
- Self-stick mounting board
- Transfer paper
- Tracing paper
- Thin sheet of rusty tin
- 9x10 inch piece of fleece
- Self-stick mounting board
- Tin snips
- Thin sheet of rusty tin
- 10 small twigs
- Hot glue and glue pen
- Sheet moss
Instructions:-
Step 1 – Decide on the free pattern and color key for this project.
Step 2 – Make a zig-zag stitch or overcast the edges of the fabric to prevent the material from fraying. Next find the center of the chart and the fabric, as stitching is to start from there. Use two strands of floss to work on the cross- stitches. Work on the backstitches using only one ply of floss. Now work the French knots, using one strand of floss wrapped twice around the needle.
Step 3 – The finished stitchery now has to be pressed. Place the fabric face down on a soft towel and press it from the back. Center the design and trim the stitchery to 12x13 inches.
Step 4 –A good color for the frame will be forest green. Finish painting the frame and let the paint dry. To give it a rustic look its best to sand off some of the paint from the edges and corners. Wipe the frame with a tack cloth to remove sanding dust.
Step 5 – Cut the self-stick mounting board, in order to make it fit to the opening of the frame. The fleece can be centered over the self-stick mounting board. Then trim off the excess fleece. Center the pressed stitchery, on the fleece-covered board. Then wrap the excess fabric over the mounting board and tape it in place. Next, using small brads of glazier’s points, secure the mounted stitchery over the frame.
Step 6 – Now add pumpkins made of tin. Trace the pumpkins made of tin, onto a tracing paper. Transfer one small and two large pumpkins onto the rusty tin using a transfer paper. Cut the shapes out using tin snips.
Step 7 – Decorate the frame, referring the photograph for placement. Then use a glue gun to adhere moss and twigs to the two corners of the frame. Glue the tin pumpkin shapes, on the twigs and moss.
Repeat the pattern to make a longer strand of large towels. You have successfully framed an eye-catching harvest cross-stitch. These cross-stitched towels look great in a bathroom, kitchen and dining space.
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