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Cross-stitching:
To count or not to count
If you’re looking for a craft with
a country flavor, why not sample
cross-stitching? The craft is easy
to leam, whether you count
threads and follow a chart or stitch
over a pre-printed design.
Since both methods are
relatively easy only the stitcher
can decide whether “to count or
not to count.” With kits and sup
plies for both methods available,
you can make an attractive
sampler either way.
Whether you work from a kit, or
cross-stitch on your own, however,
the sampler is an ideal project. It
is a source of warmth in the home
and an ideal gift for a friend.
In the past, samplers were quite
literally samples of stitches,
alphabets and designs. They were
made by every school girl and used
as reference guides for
needlework.
As samplers evolved, they
became more and more
decorative. They commemorated
births, recited prayers, and ex
pressed messages of welcome and
friendship.
Today’s samplers feature almost
any sayings and designs.
“Welcome to our home” and
“Friendship is to people what
sunshine is to flowers” are just two
examples. Today, the alternatives
in samplers and cross-stitching are
unlimited.
If you wish to try cross-stitching
on your own, the following
directions show how to draw your
own design on special cross-stitch
fabric and then stitch over the
design.
MATERIALS: “Aida,” “har
danger” or other even-weave cloth
from your local craft, needlework
or fabric shop; needle; em
broidery floss; pencil; paper;
ruler; colored markers;
dressmaker’s carbon paper;
FISHER AND STOLTZFUS
TRAILER SALES
717-768*3832 between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
or call 717*354*0723 after 6 p.m.
East of New Holland, Pa.
scissors. Optional: embroidery
hoop.
DESIGN: 1. Draw or trace a
design onto paper. 2. To copy a
large design from a book or
magazine, reduce according to
directions below.
REDUCING DESIGN: 1. Draw a
graph over your large design.
Draw another graph on smaller
paper with the same number of
boxes. 2. Fill each square of your
smaller graph with whatt/er is in
the corresponding square of the
larger design. 3. Color in the
reduced designs.
PREPARATION: 1. Using
dressmaker’s carbon paper, trace
design onto fabric. 2. Position
fabric in embroidery hoop. 3.
Thread needle with two strands of
floss.
STITCHING: 1. Stitch your
design with cross-stitches as
illustrated (a). 2. Use colors of
floss to correspond with colors in
your design. 3. Stitch over in
tersections in fabric where
horizontal and vertical threads
meet. 4. Do not knot ends. Instead,
hide ends by running them through
stitches on back of fabric.
HINTS: 1. Remove needle and
hoop when not stitching. Other
wise, fabric may get permanent
holes and creases. 2. Don’t jump
too far from one area to another.
Instead, end off and begin again in
new areas. 3. Dry clean finished
cross-stitching to remove all
traces of dressmaker’s carbon
paper.
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Craft Classes Scheduled at Museum
LANCASTER Craft classes
will be held at the Pennsylvania
Farm Museum during November.
Public registration begins October 19
and continues until Nov. 1.
Members of the Landis Valley
Associates may enroll in classes at
the October Associates meeting.
The following courses will be
offered during November: Ap
plique Quilting; Doris Riexinger,
Monday evenings, November 7,14,
21,28 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.;
Applique Quilting; Doris
Riexinger, Tuesday afternoons,
November 8, 15, 22, 29 from 1:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Canvas Em
broidery; Donna Horst, Wed
nesday evenings, November 2,9,
16, 23 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.;
Conservation and Restoration of
Antiques; Clair Garman, Wed
nesday evenings, November 2,9,
16,23 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Chair Caning; Hazel Riggs,
Tuesday mornings, November 1,8,
15, 22 from 10:00 a.m. to noon;
Fraktur; Rosalia Smith, Tuesday
evenings, November 1,8, 15, 22
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Rug
Braiding; Mae Breneman, Wed
nesday mornings, November 2,9,
16.23 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m,;
Rug Hooking; Maud Zane, Wed
nesday mornings, November 2,9,
16.23 from 10:00 a.m. to noon; Rye
Straw Basketry; Steve Miller,
Thursday mornings, November 3,
10,17, December 1 from 10:00 a.m.
to noon.
Splint Basketry I; Bill Ooster
man, Monday evenings, November
7,14, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.;
Splint Basketry I; Bill Oosterman,
Tuesday afternoons, November 8,
15 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
Tinsmithing I; Eugene Smith,
Saturday mornings, November 5,
12 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.;
Wood Graining; Marge Yoder,
Saturday morning, November 12
from9:ooa.|n. -3:00 p.m.
The registration fee is $l5 per
course, payable to the Landis
Valley Associates. Most classes
also charge a materials fee
ranging from $1 to $2O.
Register at the Farm Museum
office or by mail, beginning Oc
tober 19. The Museum will be open
Tuesday through Saturday from
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and
Sunday 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m.
For additional information, please
call or visit the Pennsylvania
Farm Museum 2451 Kissel Hill
Road, Lancaster, PA 17601.
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Saturday, Oct 22
Lancaster Society 32 meets at the
farm of Nancy Martin for a
Couples Harvest Party.
Lancaster Society 4 meets with
Catherine Brubaker for a hobo
party.
Wednesday, Oct 26
Lancaster Society 24 will sponsor a
party with their husbands.
Thursday, Oct 27
Lancaster Society 28 meets to hear
a dietitian from Lancaster
Osteopathic Hospital.
Lancaster Society 11 meets at the
home of Margaret Swarr,
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