Lanarte The Bride

Description: Brand: Lanarte / Type: Knitting / Crocheting / Sewing / Kit contains chart and instructions, needle, 36 count ... more

Lanarte The Bride ... background printed with a mottled effect linen and pre-sorted DMC stranded cotton threads. This design is stitched using one strand over two threads to produce the delicate effect.

Newest Review: ... comes as a kit which includes the fabric, threads and pattern. As with the Lady kit the fabric used is also cream linen which ... more

... has a beige wash to provide a slightly more interesting background. The threads used are DMC and are in similar colours to the Lady kit. The size of this cross stitch is 39 x 49cm so this is a larger project to work on. I do find the use of a magnifier essential to stitch on linen but linen fabric gives a much better finish than canvas and this picture would be ruined on canvas. I would urge anyone to persevere with linen as once you are used to it, you will never go back to canvas. As with the Lady this is sti...more

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Lanarte The Bride: My all time favourite cross stitch. (270 words)
by - written on 03/05/09 (Useful, 12 readings)
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I ordered this cross stitch through www.sewandso.co.uk, which I have always found to be a very good website with competitive pricing. At present this kit costs around £42 and is beautiful on it's own, but works well hung alongside Lanarte's Lady with the Lilac Flowers. This comes as a kit which includes the fabric, threads and pattern. As with the Lady kit the fabric used is also cream linen which has a beige wash to provide a slightly more interesting background. The threads used are DMC and are in similar colours to the Lady kit. The size of this cross stitch is 39 x 49cm so this is a larger project to work on. I do find the use of a magnifier ... Read the complete review