Silk Berry
Stitch count:
205 x 121
Suggested fabric option for silk berry: select your favorite even weave in a color similar to DMC 3865 or 3866.
Threads:
Classic Colorworks: Bamboo (10 yards for background fill), Blacksmith Blue, Desert Mesquite, Gingerbread, Holly Berry, Old Blue Jeans, Razzleberry, Smoke, Zach Black
DMC: 834, 3021
Finishing Details:
Weeks Dye Works: Dungarees GP wool
Just Another Button Company: Just Sampler Stitches #jp126 Just Pins
Plus-Size Berry:
40 count Legacy linen from Picture This Plus
Kudzu, Pecan and Dove wools from Weeks Dye Works
Vintage Ruler twill tape from Lady Dot Creates.
Linen Berry
Stitch count:
126 x 72
Fabric:
Picture This Plus: 36 count Wren linen
Threads:
The Gentle Art: Crystal Lake, Dried Thyme, Garden Gate, Grecian Gold, Heirloom Gold, Rose Garden, Uniform Blue, Weathered Barn
DMC: 3021
Finishing Details:
Weeks Dye Works: Juniper GP
Just Another Button Company: Quilty Pin-Mini #jpm414
My Needle Berry
Antique sewing birds were the inspiration as the centerpiece of a stitching-themed berry. In addition to the bird on it's brass stand, I've tucked in assorted other supplies we all keep on hand.
You will notice the plus-size berry in the photos. This is an example of the silk berry chart (a much larger stitch count versus the linen berry) when it is stitched over two threads on 40 count linen. It finishes about 6" long and 4" in diameter - much bigger, but still a great piece!
My Needle Berry is sold as a “partner” chartpak, a format which includes instructions and charts for linen and silk berries.
MY NEEDLE BERRY, Copyright 2018. Original counted thread designs by Linda Stolz for Erica Michaels Designs.