Teaching children to stitch can be rewarding and challenging at the same time. The same goes for learning to stitch! The following chart, materials list, stitch diagram and finished piece will help you to complete this project which Lynda and Wendy of Forever in my Heart Designs have custom designed just for kids.
Model is stitched on 10 count Tula fabric
The completed project as shown is stitched with 1 ply Watercolours thread.
You can stitch the model in the following colors or pick your own favorite Watercolours shades.
Number & Name of Color ..........................................Symbol on Chart
..........#163 - Plum ..........................................................Solid Heart.........
..........#158 - Grape .........................................................Open Heart........
..........#162 - Periwinkle.....................................................Backslash..........
..........#166 - Creamsicle...............................................Solid Vertical Line..
..........#169 - Moss..............................................................Asterisk...........
Click here for DIAGRAM AND CHART of this month's Kid's Project Use the Color Key and Chart provided. If you have chosen different colors for the project, assign a symbol on the chart for each new color you will be using before proceeding. Stitch each symbol with an X. Follow the stitch diagram to complete each stitch. Come up at 1 and go down at 2. This is the first half of your stitch. Then come up at 3 and go down at 4 to complete your stitch. Continue with other stitches. The most important rule to follow is to have fun!
Materials sources:
10 ct. Tula available from Zweigart/Joan Toggitt LTD. (732) 562-8888.
Watercolours threads available from the Caron Collection (203) 381-9999
------Forever in my Heart Designs-------
by: Lynda Orme ---------Wendy Peatross
(208)523-9414 ----------(208)524-4283
Lyndadm@aol.com-------peatross@srv.netThe History of Forever in My Heart Designs The history of Forever in my Heart Designs is one which proves the adage that, in life, there are no coincidences. Lynda Melanson, a single mother of four, lived in El Paso, TX and worked as a high school teacher. One day Lynda happened upon a shop called The Counted Thread and ventured inside. In a flash she was transported back to the stitching she had done as a child and became a regular shop visitor and then a part time employee. Switch scenes to the same time period but now in Idaho Falls, ID, where Wendy Peatross was occupied as a married stay-at-home mother of four, who was very involved in church programs, doing cross stitch, the smocking guild and the 4H club.
Fate began to work its magic when Steve Orme of Idaho Falls, made Lynda's acquaintance on the Internet in the summer of '98. To say they hit-it-off is an understatement! Before the year was out they were married and Lynda and her family had moved to Idaho. Steve operated his own business, Pioneer Art and Frame. Frustrated that there was no comparable needlework store to the one Lynda had left behind, she opened her own in March '99, next to her husband's store and named it Forever Stitching. Lynda met Wendy first at church and showed up at the shop with a stitched piece she wanted framed. To say Wendy and Lynda hit-it-off, is the next understatement. Soon after, they came to an arrangement that Wendy would stitch shop models in exchange for framing work.Their designing business came together in a similar as-if-preordained manner, "It just sort of evolved," says Lynda. They began putting their heads together on projects for the Forever Christmas Club. Steve cut a heart shaped mat and asked if they could design something to finish it off. No Sweat, they thought. "Sure we can," they replied. True to their word, Wendy came up with charts for three: Silent Night, Jesus is the Reason, and All Hearts Come Home for Christmas. Then followed a needleroll design, May Christmas be Forever in your Heart. That verse coupled with the Lynda's shop name, Forever Stitching, formed the official name of their design venture, now a fait accompli! Both Lynda and Wendy realized they each had talents that combined would result in a seemingly limitless series of fun charts and designs and the Forever Christmas Club members certainly concurred. When questioned about how casually, , naturally, quickly and seemingly effortlessly this whole transformation in their lives came about, Lynda simply remarks, "Doesn't everybody do it [start their business] this way?" With their notebook still brimming with ideas, Forever in my Heart may just be around, well... forever.
A color catalog of Forever in my Heart Designs is available for $4.00. Charts are available to the trade from Forever in my Heart Designs and both retail and wholesale from Forever Stitching.
For wholesale orders only, contact Wendy Peatross
phone: (208) 524- 4283
e-mail: peatross@srv.netFor retail or wholesale orders contact Lynda Orme at
Forever Stitching
460 Park Avenue
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
phone: (208) 522- 0648 or (800) 804- 0648
e-mail: lyndadm@aol.com
hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 am to 6 pm
Thurs. 10 am to 8 pm
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