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Christmas Doily 2003 from Dutch
Treat Designs
Instructions and Pattern Compliments of Claudia
Dutcher
copyright © 2003
Dutch Treat Designs
"A tabletopper is a stitched doily. At Christmas we always decorate with lots of doilies. Christmas is the time for candles and poinsettias. So for your holiday decorating, I present you with this 2003 Christmas
design: an easy to stitch, easy to maintain "doily"
for your house from me!" Claudia Dutcher
The easy way to stitch this doily
Stitch the doily by sides. Begin with the left corner square first. Stitch the left corner poinsettia and then the middle candle. Turn the piece 1/4 turn and repeat. You will see your stitches crossed in the same direction as you complete each side, but your stitches will not technically cross all in the same direction when looking at the entire finished piece. When the design is finished then complete the Nun stitch edge. This doily is stitched over two threads. The chart is graphed so that each box represents two threads. When working with the Caron Watercolours thread complete each stitch as you go for best color flow.
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Nun Stitched Edge
The Nun stitch is a finishing stitch that, when completed, will keep your piece from unraveling. It is a pulled stitch done using size 12 pearl cotton with a #24 tapestry needle. The Nun stitch looks like a backward "C". It is an "over two" stitch. See the stitch diagram for instruction and the pattern chart for placement. Use one strand of the #12 pearl cotton. The arrows are for stitch direction only.
Begin by pulling out the seventh thread beyond the end of the pine bough. This will leave four threads between the pine bough edge and the inside edge of your Nun stitch. The "ditch", the vacant thread track, will mark the outer boundary for your Nun stitch. Begin stitching on the upper left side with the front of the doily facing you. Bring your thread up in the "ditch" to start. When you reach the woven borders of the Anne Cloth, treat them as if they are two threads. When you arrive at the corner, turn the fabric one quarter turn clockwise. The back of the "C" now becomes the top of the "C" on the new side.
Fringing
Pull out the 15th thread on the outside of the finished Nun stitched edge. Use this as a cutting guide to even up the fabric so that all four edges will be the same width. Fringe by pulling out the long threads parallel to the Nun stitched edge. This doily can be
machine washed. Enjoy!
Dutch Treat Designs, Dutch Treat Needlecrafts, 291 South
Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550-4651
Phone: 925-294-8621 / Email:
dutchtreat @ dutchtreat.com
Acknowledgements:
Watercolour Thread from The Caron Collection, Pearl cotton from
DMC Corporation, Anne Cloth from Zweigart, Kreinik braid from Kreinik Mfg. Co.
Permission granted for shops and guilds to photocopy for
free distribution only.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: None of these designs
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