$ 3.00 - $ 5.00
These are finishing kits for several of my published projects such as Martha's Rose and the Christmas Baubles/Garland Ornament series.
Each kit has die cuts of heavy card, thin card, and three batt of either 2", 3" or 4" size to make assembling the stitched piece with your own backing faster. You don't have to find the right materials.
Martha's Rose uses a 3" set. The 2023 Christmas Baubles and 2024 Christmas Garland ornaments use the 4" set. If you purchase a 2024 Christmas Garland kit, the 4" finishing set comes with it
$ 10.00
These are finishing kits for several of my published projects. The kit has the six die cut skirtex, batt and card forms needed to make any of these slippers for pieces I have published in the past. Sized for 32 count or 36 count. Under the Needlework Projects section of my website, www.thistle-threads.com are several slipper projects.
$ 0.19
$ 6.00 - $ 11.00
The thicker thread needed for doing satin stitch work on whitework samplers is 35/2 linen thread by Bockens in 1/2 Blanc color.
Blue contact paper for backing the patterns for whitework samplers. The package is 5 sheets of 8" x 8", enough for a whole band sampler.
$ 112.00 - $ 449.00
These bundles are threads only and are for the students of the course only. The bundles are cumulative, meaning that if a thread spool was provided in Lesson 1-3 bundle and then used in later lessons, it is not duplicated as it is assumed that students have all the previous bundles. Purchases outside of the course students will be refunded.
If you are working this casket as a flat top, I suggest you purchase the threads needed independently to reduce excess cost for friezes you won't stitch.
Lesson 1-3: All Silk Purl No4/2, Silk Scallop Trim, Tiny Silk Purl, TIRE silk, plain gold check, Gilt 1 1/2 twist, 2124 Laid down Trim, and all Chardon Bouclette and Coupe. No Linen/Ground Fabric or needles
Linen - 1 piece of 36" x 71" 40 ct Restoration White Linen (enough for full casket) This is the new linen that reproduces the Old White Linen.
Lesson 4-5: All Soie Paris, Soie Gobelin, Silk Gimp, Soie Ovale, Tiny silk purl, crenelated plate, Tresse d'Soie 1/6, Soie Perlée, wire, wool roping, contact paper, muslin, and crinkle gimp.
Lesson 6-12: All Tiny silk purl, silk gimp, soie paris, soie perles, striped silk gimp, crinkle gimp, tiny silk laid down trim, soie gobelin, tresse de soie 1/6, silk cordon, beads, cream silk coil, wool stuffing, muslin and contact paper, silk soutache, soie ovale, very tiny silk laid down trim, silk cordon, gilt silk twist, tresse de soie 1/6, lace, metal threads, linen thread, and mica.
Lesson 13-16: All Tresse de Soie 1/6, Soie gobelin, Small Silk Laid Down Trim, Silk Soutache, Crenelated plate, Facette, #4 Silk Purl, Lacet, Silk Serpentine, Muslin and contact paper, wool stuffing, stumpwork forms and eyes.
Lesson 17-24: All Silk soutache, Soie gobelin, silk gimp, double twist gimp, silk wrapped wire, soie ovale, soie paris, cordon, soie perlee, tiny silk wrapped purl, #4 check purl, small silk laid down trim and small silk scallop trim, silk scallop trim, muslin and contact paper, wool felt, cotton batt, stumpwork eyes, tire silk, gilt scallop trim, skewer, duchenesse silk satin, balsa wood, black beads, mica, Japanese rice glue, lace, stumpwork forms, and silk braid.
Lesson 25-28: Silk soutache, soie gobelin, soie paris, soie ovale, small silk laid down trim, tiny silk purl, gilt sylke twist, lacet, chard bouclette, striped silk gimp, muslin and contact paper, stumpwork eyes, stumpwork forms
Lesson 29-33: Silk soutache, crenelated plate, silk serpentine gimp, facette gimp, soie perlée, soie gobelin, tiny silk purls, silk purl #2, silk purl #4, striped silk gimp, small silk scallop trim, silk scallop trim, muslin and contact paper, stumpwork forms, eyes, gilt russian rococo, bead, seed pearls, mica, silk lace, soie ovale
Lesson 34-36: Silk Cordon, Chardon Coupe, Silk Gimp, Lacet, small laid down trim, silk facet gimp, silk wrapped wire, stumpwork forms, nail, muslin and contact paper, woven interior tape, wood garden insert
Thread kits for Lessons 1-33 complete the exterior of the casket.
Finishing kit for the casket can be purchased under finishing materials.
$ 10.00 - $ 360.00
Shopping for someone else but not sure what to give them? Give them the gift of choice with a Thistle Threads Gift Card.
Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees.
$ 4.72 - $ 31.20
These threads are left over from kitting and may be useful to someone designing their own projects. They are sold at a 20% discount.
$ 60.00
'I Write the Needles Praise' A century of Sampler Making, 1630-1730 is the 2022 catalog for the exhibition Nov 2022 by Witney Antiques. If you are a lover of English band samplers, whitework samplers or spot samplers - this softcover book needs to have a space on your bookshelf. 144-book features a sampler and a page of research on it for 70 samplers. All of which are either recently on sale (call to ask Witney Antiques if still available) or brought out of private collection for the one month exhibition.
The research was done by Rebecca Scott and Isabella Rosner and covers both genealogy of the girls, new school information and comparable examples. It is written in the format of the highly coveted Feller Collection and Goodhart Sampler books published a decade ago.
This is being made available direct in the USA by Access Commodities who arranged for a special pallet of the books to be shipped here from the UK to make getting them easier as Witney does not have online ordering.