Baubles and Fairy Lights Advent Calendar Stitchalong
This listing is to purchase the Baubles and Fairy Lights Advent Calendar Stitchalong! You will receive a new section of the pattern by email every day through the traditional advent calendar period, from 1st to 24th December - a daily advent treat in your inbox! You can then take time out during the run up to Christmas to relax and stitch this beautiful seasonal piece.
This piece is designed to go well with last year's Snowflakes and Stars Advent Calendar Stitchalong, and also to be a standalone piece.
The pattern is predominantly baubles, with some fairy lights and other elements. The piece uses full cross stitches and full backstitches, and a few fractional backstitches. There are no fractional cross stitches or French knots. The design is a mixture between blackwork and cross stitch. 12 thread colours are used in the design.
The border of fairy lights is in the introductory PDF booklet, available as instant download when you purchase the stitchalong. You can stitch the border before 1st December, or during December in between stitching the installments. The border does not have to be stitched in advance so it's entirely up to you.
The introductory PDF booklet also gives lots of information on the design. This includes the thread colours and suggestions on changing thread colours if you wish to do so, and for incorporating beads. The pattern was designed to be stitched on dark fabric but you can easily change the thread colours to stitch it on pale fabric if you prefer.
When you purchase the stitchalong you will receive a link to download the introductory PDF booklet and cross stitch instructions. Note that the download link will be sent to the email address given in your order, not to the email address you've typed in the request box, if the two are different. There will also be a link to download the files directly from the completed order page. The files are sent as PDFs in one zip file. Please unzip the file (right click > extract all) after downloading, and then you can open each PDF within the file.
You will then receive the other sections by email on the following dates:
Part 1: 1st December 2024
Part 2: 2nd December 2024
Part 3: 3rd December 2024
Part 4: 4th December 2024
Part 5: 5th December 2024
Part 6: 6th December 2024
Part 7: 7th December 2024
Part 8: 8th December 2024
Part 9: 9th December 2024
Part 10: 10th December 2024
Part 11: 11th December 2024
Part 12: 12th December 2024
Part 13: 13th December 2024
Part 14: 14th December 2024
Part 15: 15th December 2024
Part 16: 16th December 2024
Part 17: 17th December 2024
Part 18: 18th December 2024
Part 19: 19th December 2024
Part 20: 20th December 2024
Part 21: 21st December 2024
Part 22: 22nd December 2024
Part 23: 23rd December 2024
Part 24: 24th December 2024
Each section is emailed out at 9am UK time. The emails will be sent to the email address you've typed in the request box.
***You will receive the patterns by digital download and email, and not by physical mail. No physical products are included in this purchase***
If you’re not already in the busy and friendly Climbing Goat Designs stitcher’ Facebook group, please come and join us there if you’d like to chat and share your progress: https://www.facebook.com/groups/climbinggoatdesigns/ or search for the group name on Facebook. And to share on Instagram the stitchalong hashtag is #BaubleSAL
The stitched area of the finished piece is: 133 stitches wide x 133 stitches high
On 14 count fabric this is approximately 9.5 x 9.5 inches or 24.1 x 24.1 cm
On 16 count fabric this is approximately 8.3 x 8.3 inches or 21.1 x 21.1 cm
On 18 count fabric this is approximately 7.4 x 7.4 inches or 18.8 x 18.8 cm
These dimensions do not include the border of fabric you will need to leave around the design. I recommend you leave a further 2-3 inches all the way round (which means that you need to add 4-6 inches to your size measurements) - or as much fabric as you need to mount it in the hoop size of your choice, if you want to mount it in a hoop.
The final piece is circular in shape and so can be mounted easily in a hoop. Alternatively, if you prefer to mount it in a frame, that would also look great - it doesn’t have to be in a hoop.
Suggested hoop sizes are:
For 14 count fabric: 11 inch hoop
For 16 count fabric: 10 inch hoop
For 18 count fabric: 9 inch hoop
The pattern was model stitched on 16 count hand dyed fabric from FinnStitcher’s Factory, entitled ‘Night Sky’. This beautiful fabric is available from Kaarina Anttila in Finland via her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/FinnStitchersFactory The model is displayed in a 10 inch hoop.
A skein pack for the SAL is available from Lakeside Needlecraft.
On each section release date you will receive two pattern booklets, one with colour patterns and one with black & white patterns. The pattern booklets include split page and single page patterns, and an enlarged pattern of that day's section.
Skill level: Suitable for those with some experience of cross stitch.
Patterns are for personal use only.
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