Part 7 of the Gingerbread Village! It is stitched on Gingerbread colored linen and is dripping with white icing, and elegant roof details. I loved designing this building because I have fond memories of working in a needlework shop when I first started in the business. What fun it was to help my fellow stitchers find threads and patterns they liked! The best part was the classroom, and in this design you can see the classroom depicted right at the front of the shop. Richly decorated with Christmas buttons, this Gingerbread building is also a box! The roof is actually the lid to the box so you can take it off and find a large container for your needlework tools and scissors. Stitched with yummy overdyed silk flosses, Perle Cottons, sparkling beads delicious looking ‘candy’ buttons! Excellent finishing instructions and photos are included at the end of this leaflet. This year, place all six Christmas buildings on your mantle for the Holidays! You can also place them on your dining room table, or hall table to give you some extra Christmas cheer as you stitch your last minute ornaments. Look for more Gingerbread Village additions in future years! Wishing all of you a very happy Christmas, with enough stitching to last you till New Year! -Thea
Store Front and Back
- Design area: 82w x 56h (5.9” wide x 4” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - 'Gingerbread'
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 9” wide x 7” high for finishing
Store Sides 1 & 2
- Design area: 50w x 56h (3.6” wide x 4” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - 'Gingerbread'
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 7” wide x 7” high for finishing
Store Roof Lip Front and Back
- Design area: 84w x 14h (6” wide x 1” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - 'Gingerbread'
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 9” wide x 4” high for finishing
Store Roof Lip Side 1 & 2
- Design area: 52w x 14h (3.7” wide x 1” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - 'Gingerbread'
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 7” wide x 4” high for finishing
Roof Top Front and Back
- Design area: 84w x 42h (6” wide x 3” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Dk Teal Green
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 9” wide x 6” high for finishing
Roof Top Side 1 & 2
- Design area: 52w x 54h (3.7” wide x 3.9” high)
- Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Dk Teal Green
- Cut 2 pieces of fabric: 7” wide x 7” high for finishing
Materials Recommended
- Gloriana Florimell silk #135 “Bellagio” - multi
- Kreinik Mori #0553 - blue lt
- Kreinik Mori #0733 - beige
- Kreinik Mori #2063 - orange
- Kreinik Mori #3017 - red med lt
- Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
- Needlepoint Inc. #141 - flesh
- Needlepoint Inc. #294 - green med
- Needlepoint Inc. #455 - purple
- Gloriana silk #087 “Forest” - greens med lt
- Kreinik Mori #4044 - turquoise
- Kreinik Mori #4077 - green dk
- Kreinik Mori #5014 - blue dk
- Kreinik Mori #8055 - grey
- Needlepoint Inc. #304 - brown
- Needlepoint Inc. #473 - yellow
- Needlepoint Inc. #504 - red med dk
- Needlepoint Inc. #572 - melon
- Specialty seed bead #101 - mixed colours
- SJ Designs 3.4 drop beads #58 - gold
- Specialty button - Large Star - yellow
- Specialty button - Small Flower - red DISCONTINUED
- Specialty button - Small Star - red DISCONTINUED
- Specialty button - Tiny Round - white
- Specialty button - Micro Mini Round - red
- Specialty charm - Bell - antique gold
- Specialty charm - Scissor - antique gold
- Specialty button - Snowman red scarf
- Specialty button - Snowman green scarf
- Specialty buttons - Holly
- Specialty button - Green Box Red Bow
- Specialty button - Green Box Gold Bow
- Specialty button - Red Box Green Bow
- Kreinik Mori #8000 - white - enough silk floss to stitch NWShop.
Additional Materials Needed:
- 28ct Cashel Linen - Gingerbread and Dk Teal Green
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton (thick twist) - white
- DMC #12 Perle Cotton (thin twist) - white
- #24 tapestry needle
- #10 short beading needle
Sorting Threads
Remember to always sort and label in daylight near a window, not under artificial light indoors, as the colours change with the colour of the light bulbs we use. Each floss has a different number of strands in each thread length. This helps you differentiate the different colours. Needlepoint Inc. silk floss has 8 strands per length The Kreinik Mori has 6 strands per length The Gloriana Overdyed Silk has 12 thin strands per length. Dinky Dyes has 6 strands per length. We hope this extra information will help you sort your threads more easily!
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