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CyberPointers SEPTEMBER Meeting Program:
“Poinsettia, A Sampler of Laid Filling”

by Joni Stevenson
from the 2009 Chapter Project Book

This luminous design has beautifully written instructions. The chart includes directions for painting the congress cloth, transferring the design from paper, and many laid filling stitches. You must purchase the chart to participate in the September program. Order quickly, since the charts will be mailed the week of August 16th so you can paint your canvas before the meeting begins. If you order after August 12th, you might not have your chart in time to paint before the meeting. The order form will remain active until the day after the meeting, September 7, 2010. Prices: US Canada Other International $4.00 $5.00 $7.00 (Intn'l First Class Mail) $14.00 ( Intn'l Priority Mail) Materials List: Ground Fabric: 23-count Congress Cloth, white, cut to 9” x 9” Threads: Choose either silk or cotton threads in the following list, but not both: Silk Splendor #S820, Red 1 yard Splendor #S822, Dark Red 2 yards Splendor #S831, Green 1 yard Elegance #E820, Red 3 yards Elegance #E822, Dark Red 7 yards Elegance #832, Green 5 yards Cotton DMC floss #321, Red 2 yards DMC floss#498, Dark Red 4 yards DMC floss #500, Green 2 yards DMC #8 perle cotton #321, Red 3 yards DMC #8 perle cotton #498, Dark Red 7 yards DMC #8 perle cotton #500, Green 5 yards The following are necessary threads regardless of your choice of silk or cotton threads above: Metallic Kreinik #4 Very Fine Braid #003, Red 5 yards Kreinik #4 Very Fine Braid #009, Emerald 8 yards Kreinik #4 Very Fine Braid #061, Ruby 4 yards Cotton White Sewing Thread 8 yards Light Yellow Sewing Thread 2 yards Beads Mill Hill Petite Glass Beads #42011, Yellow 2 dozen Other Necessary Supplies: 1 piece white tissue paper, 7”x7” 1 acrylic paint brush, size #6 1 small bottle acrylic paint, Liquitex Bright Gold or Iridescent 2 tablespoons at most tweezers with a fine, pointed end 1 ball point sewing needle size #9 or #10 1 beading needle 1 laying tool 2-3 size 24 tapestry needles 2-3 size 26 tapestry needles 2 sets of 9” stretcher bars tacks or staples masking tape or seam binding tape to bind the edges of the Congress cloth 1 hard lead pencil, 2H 1 small plastic cup to hold water 1 small plastic margarine top to hold 1 tablespoon of paint white paper towels newspaper to protect the table surface from the paint hair dryer iron large towel, folded on table to protect the table from the iron

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