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Punchneedle Penny Series – June, July, August
Punch your own Punchneedle Pennies all year! Each chartpak comes with the multi-use iron-on transfer and a lovely piece of hand-dyed weaver's cloth by Lakeside Linens & Designs, especially chosen for each design. The designs are also embellished with the wonderful clay buttons from Just Another Button Company; which are readily available from your needlework or quilt retailer. Each is sized to finish around 4'' in diameter so a 6'' hoop will work nicely.Each piece is designed to show off the colored weaver's cloth, but if you prefer a more solid look, you can easily draw a circle around your design (directly onto the fabric with the rest of the transferred design) and fill in with a background color of your choice, perhaps one that blends with the background fabric color. Just be sure to leave some of that lovely background fabric exposed when you finish your piece. Instructions for the seasonal wall hangings shown are included in each chartpak, so collect them all and display them year round! Wools from Weeks Dye Works are used in our models, but many of you can go to your stash and find some great colors to use! Or-mount the pennies on box tops, scrapbook covers, basket toppers - let your imagination take off!  JUNE - At The Beach As if you need a reminder to head to the beach! A colorful beach blanket and even more colorful flip-flops will get you thinking about a long weekend off! The design is punched with both the 1 and 3 strand punchneedles to create contrasting texture between the blanket and the sandals on a nice "sandy" cut of Light Exampler weaver's cloth. Several over dyed floss colors, lots of DMC and buttons plus beads are used. The flip-flops have lots of embellishment possibilities-our model shows one pair with teeny strawberry buttons and another with bright white beads (the beads are included in your chartpak).  JULY - HATS OFF! Traditional yet vivid red, white and blue colors really add punch here! The classic Uncle Sam Hat is quite festive punched in threads from Caron, Gentle Art and DMC, with just a touch of silver metallic to add pizzazz. This one works up quickly using 1 and 3 strand punchneedles on “Sea Storm” blue weaver's cloth (included).  AUGUST - DOG DAYS OF SUMMER It's always so hot in August (at least in this hemisphere!). Even then, there's reason to smile with bright sunflower buttons and your favorite friend coming to you with a can't-resist-me grin on her face! “Dog Days” uses both 1 and 3 strand punchneedles on a lovely “Sand Dune” gold weaver's cloth. Threads are from Gentle Art, Weeks, and DMC; I've filled most all the background on this one - leaving some bits of gold peeking through in the sun's rays. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER Autumn designs coming August 2006 DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY Winter designs coming October 2006 |
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