Welcome to our new Stitch-A-Long for 2024. Designer Amanda Butler has created an amazing ‘Mandala’ SAL – which you can turn into a cushion or use as a wall hanging. The design is packed with wonderful mindful sayings, which will help you to achieve a sense of calm by focusing your awareness on the present moment as you make each stitch!
MANDALA SAL
Start stitching in the centre of your fabric, using the arrows on the chart for positioning. The numbers above and down the left-hand side of the chart show the centre, and as we add more over the coming months, the numbers will expand until the chart is 230 squares wide and deep.
THE CHART
EACH square on the chart represents a single cross stitch. Start from the centre of the design and your fabric. The centre of our charts are indicated by arrows at the designs’ edges. To find your fabric’s centre, fold it in half and into quarters.
THE KEY
ALL THE symbols that appear on the chart are listed in the key with their corresponding thread codes beside them. The key also tells you the different stitches used in the design. The closest column of thread codes listed next to the chart symbols is the thread brand that’s used in the design. Similar colour matches are listed alongside it. Where no close match can be found, you may have to use a different brand of thread for that shade.
This is the complete key for the sampler, for you to buy all the stranded cotton colours needed for the entire design at one time
Designed by: Amanda Butler Complete stitch count: 230 high x 230 wide
Complete design size: 42x42cm (16½x16½in) Stitch time: 200 hours (total)
This design was stitched on 14 count aida fabri
