Snowdrift Table Runner - Snowflake #3

Let it snow! 

Snowflake trivia -

Frances Chickering, from Maine, was the first person to cut out snowflakes after studying the snowflakes 
on her window sill.  She published a book of her paper snowflakes in 1864 called Cloud Crystals.

Snowflake #3

The first step is to whip stitch the small circle to the medium circle using the Sulky 12wt thread.

  Then embroider these two before stitching them onto the large circle.  

A whipstitch is a very simple stitch to connect the two pieces of wool together.

Need help with your French knots? Please check out this video on my YouTube channel - To the Point with Kathy Schmitz and go to the 7-minute mark.

If you look closely at my snowflake it's pretty obvious that my stitches are not uniform and that's perfectly OK!  Nothing in nature is perfect so my stitching isn't either.  There isn't a need to trace the design.  These are simple enough to eyeball.  If you feel you need a little help, you can use a Pilot FriXion pen which will disappear with the heat of an iron or another type of temporary marking tool. 

SNOWFLAKE #3

Click HERE to download the snowflake pattern

Please visit the previous blog posts for the initial instructions, the supply list, and the other snowflake patterns.

Share a close up of your snowflake on Instagram with #SnowdriftTableRunner and tag me!

SNOW CONES

I have ideas for your extra wool!

I'm working on a variety of little 4" cone ornaments that I will be sharing with you soon.  I have also designed a PDF sheet of miniature Christmas images to cut out and add to the cones!  I will be making kits of "extra" goodies like mini jingle bells, red glitter berries, fake greens, and more.  

I will let you now when the extras and the patterns are ready for you.

In the meantime, start collecting little ephemera to add to your cones.

This will be fun to see what everyone comes up with!

Happy Stitching!

Kathy