Patricia Andrle/Counted Illumination Designs

 

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 Designs by Patricia Andrle (available in these magazine issues only)

BH&G Cross Stitch Christmas Magazine
1993 Christmas Is Coming

BH&G Cross Stitch & Country Crafts/
Cross Stitch & Needlework Magazine
Sept/Oct 94 Christmas House* (also an out of print BH&G leaflet “Christmas All Around the House”
and a Bucilla kit “Christmas House”)
Nov/Dec 94 Owl Sampler
Nov/Dec 94 Cardinal Sampler
Mar/April 95 Illuminated House Blessing
May/June 95 Bee Sampler
Sept/Oct 95 The Goblins
July/Aug 95 Romantic Gazebo (Secret Garden)*
Nov/Dec 95 Gloria Sampler
Nov/Dec 95 Peace and Plenty
Jan/Feb 96 Christmas Bells
Jan/Feb 96 The Flower Shop*
Mar/April 96 Trellis Sampler
Nov/Dec 96 The Toy Shop*
Jan/Feb 97 Choose Thy Love
Mar/April 97 Beauty of the House
Sept/Oct 97 Halloween Window*
Jan/Feb 98 Victorian House*
Jan/Feb 98 Four Seasons Sampler
Sept/Oct 99 Circle Sampler
April 99 Blackwork Treasure Box
June 99 Needlework Tool Case
Jan/Feb 00 Intertwined Squares

Just Cross Stitch Magazine
July/Aug 94 Swimming Swans
Sept/Oct 94 The Jousters (profile article)
July/Aug 95 Fine Feathers
Nov/Dec 95 Three Ships

*Hardanger designs

Gloria progress

I am getting to a very exciting point in my stitching on the superb Patricia Andrle "Gloria".  I am about to finish stitching the next to last line.  The last line is a gold motif with the word "Deo" in gold.  That completes the inner design and then will be the bottom border.  See the image below. 

The above image is a photo of the magazine page and it does not touch the beauty of the actual piece.  I will finish stitching it and then gently wash and press it.  I have a piece of lightweight interfacing that I will press on.  This will keep the threads in back in place.  Once that is accomplished I will attach the gold beads with white floss and it will be ready to take to C.C.& Company to pick out the frame.  I am so cuffed with this project, the beauty of the blending filament and the opalescence of the fabric is beyond words. I can hardly stitch because my eye keeps wandering over it in admiration of the sparkle.  If I am diligent it could be as short as 2 weeks before done.  I am not holding my breath for diligence.