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CANYAS

Yarn Quantities

Madeira Cotton Metres

med green	1704	40
dark green	1204	48
mauve	2613	20
mauve	0805	80
purple	0714	48
rust	0811	48
crimson	0602	48
green	1703	20
brown	2009	52
Madeira Decora
burgundy	1435	39
gold	1425	79

♦ The stitch chart shows the basie design for this cushion and should be repeated as many times as necessary to complete the example stitched. This pattern can be adjusted to any size or shape desired.

♦ Cut the canvas to the desired size, allowing a border of 5 cm (2 in) all around for finishing.

♦ Tape or stitch all four sides to prevent fraying, see Carwas, page 138 for details.

♦ Outline the approximate size and shape of the design with a tested, waterproof indelible ink marker, allowing for the border pattern. Then draw horizontal and vertical lines. The designs center point is where these lines cross.

♦ Using a blue fast-drying spray enamel paint, spray across the canvas surface to unify any color showing through.

FOLLOWING THE CHART

♦ This imaginative design looks complicated but is based on a traditional single row pattern which then mirrors itself, all subsequent rows merely following.

♦ The top right-hand section with the border first should be stitched with a mitred corner (see Stitching, page 138), then the inside pattern stitched next. This single motif design is then completed one row at a time, starting within the established corner border, working from right to left until each horizontal row is completed.

♦ After finishing the upper half of the stitching first, reverse the canvas to complete the lower half, once again taking care that the mitred corner border meets.

STITCHING

♦ For instructions, see Stitching, page 138.

♦ Use Madeira Decora and Madeira 6 Stranded Cotton doubled.

MAKING THE CUSHION

♦ To complete this bargello cushion, see Finishing, page 13 9.