Steer your stitching to the high seas and create our lampshade featuring life on the ocean waves
PROJECT PACK
If you would like to stitch Light Waves, we have a materials pack with everything you need to get you stitching right away, and have it delivered straight to your door!
Your materials pack contains:
•Zweigart 28 count Cashel linen in Mushroom
•Skeins of DMC stranded cotton
•Two gold-plated tapestry needles; size 24 and size 26
•15cm drum lampshade kit
How to order: Fill in the form on page 17 or go to www.willowfabrics.com to order your project pack at the CrossStitcher reader price of £28, or the lampshade kit only at £13, both plus P&P.
- simply start the chart again from left to right once you finish the first repeat
Designed by: Maria Diaz Stitch count: 86 high x 127 wide – one pattern repeat
Design size: 15x23cm (6x9in) – one pattern repeat Stitch time: 20 hours – one pattern repeat
This design was stitched on 28 count linen over two threads of fabric.
•Zweigart Mushroom 28 Count Cashel linen, ref: 3281/309; 25x55cm (10x21½in)
•Stranded cotton as listed in the key
•Size 26 tapestry needle
•Drum lampshade kit, 15cm
Materials available from www.willowfabrics.com
Make a…lampshade
Step 1
MEASURE the height and circumference of your lampshade carefully before starting – this will give you the size that your stitching needs to be to cover the shade. For the 15cm shade you will need just over two pattern repeats to cover the shade. Your stitching should be the same size as your backing fabric, but because of the stretch in the fabric it may be slightly larger once stitched, meaning the pattern repeat may not match exactly at the back of the shade.
Step 2
PLACE the PVC self-adhesive panel on the wrong side of your stitching. Once you’re happy with the placement, peel back the backing paper from the middle out and press down the panel, attaching it to the stitching. Ch
