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Both pale grey/blue and mauve floss overdyed form the shaded skies, reminiscent of a faintly clouded night and serve as a backdrop for four fanciful eight-pointed stars. The center of one is a brilliant sapphire blue Hungarian Hearts pattern with a Rhodes center; one is a four-way Bargello pattern in purple; two are stylized centers of jade and red-violent. Tiny stitches of Kreinik braid add sparkle around the star centers. A subtle star pattern is repeated in the sashing highlighted with tiny colorful eyelets and bound by a Double Fishbone plaited stitch. Corner blocks of the grey/blue, jade and red-violet complete the canvasquilt blocks.

Ground: 16” Square #18 Pewter Canvas, design size 11-1/8” square

Technique: Canvas/needlepoint.

Level: Intermediate

Price: BBooklet $25 (MD residents add 5% sales tax)

Materials List:

• - #18 white mono Zweigart #18 eggshell mono canvas on 14” square canvas


• Anchor six-stranded:
  • 5 skeins of #403
  • 2 skeins of #99, 189
  • 1 skein each of #72, 108, 109, 112, 122, 123, 127, 167, 169, 170, 188
• DMC:
  • 3 skeins of #3799
• Kreinik:
  • #3 Braid 005 – 1 Reel
• Needle Necessities Tapestry Floss Overdye:
  • 2 skeins of #144
• Needle Necessities Floss Overdye:
  • 1 skein of #148