DEBBIE’S TREAT

©2013 Debbie Rowley for DebBee’s Designs. All rights reserved.

Design size 92 x 92 stitches, approximately 5” square on 18 ct. canvas
 Debbie's Treat

Copyright 2013 Debbie Rowley

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By Debbie Rowley

This little project is a “Thank You!” for supporters of DebBee’s Designs! Feel free to
make changes to the colors, textures or even stitches if you like!
Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 336 Navy Blue

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 742 Light Tangerine

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 915 Dark Plum

Cotton floss DMC 336 Navy Blue

Cotton floss DMC 550 Very Dark Violet

Cotton floss DMC 740 Light Tangerine

Cotton floss DMC 936 Very Dark Avocado Green

Fine metallic braid Kreinik #8 Braid 061 Ruby

Fine metallic braid Kreinik #8 Braid 3270 Amber

Silk metallic braid Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame’ Braid

SL145 Fool’s Gold
Hand painted heavy cotton Caron Collection Watercolours
238 Glowing Embers
The finished design size is 5” square, 92 x 92 stitches. Begin stitching with the outside
border.
Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 336 Navy Blue

With the #5 pearl cotton, stitch the outside border

of Rhodes stitches, shown in Diagram 1. There are
23 Rhodes stitches on each side.

Diagram 1
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 915 Dark Plum

Next, use the #5 pearl cotton to stitch the interior borders.

Again, this is a Rhodes stitch.

Diagram 2

Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

Fine metallic braid Kreinik #8 Braid 3270 Amber

Cotton floss DMC 550 Very Dark Violet

Cotton floss DMC 936 Very Dark Avocado Green

I began filling the squares with the top right square. First lay long lines with the fine
metallic braid, shown in Diagram 3.
Diagram 3
Thread Type As Shown Your Choice
Cotton floss DMC 550 Very Dark Violet (3)

Cotton floss DMC 936 Very Dark Avocado Green (3)

Use 3 strands of the cotton floss to stitch the Victorian step pattern over the trame’
lines. It doesn’t matter which color you begin with, and I recommend stitching with 2
needles. Stitch with one color (shown in dark gray), beginning in the upper left corner,
and work diagonally down to the lower right corner. Then stitch with the other color
(shown in white), again beginning in the upper left corner and stitching down to the
lower right corner. After the first rows with each corner have been stitched, you can
stitch up or down, because the pattern has been established.

Diagram 4
Diagram 5
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice
Cotton floss DMC 336 Navy Blue (4)

Silk metallic braid Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame’ Braid

SL145 Fool’s Gold

In the area below the Victorian step section, first

stitch Rhodes diamonds in the area with the silk me-
tallic braid, shown in Diagram 6.

After stitching the Rhodes diamonds, stitch the Hun-

garian diamonds around the Rhodes diamonds with 4
strands of the cotton floss, illustrated in Diagram 7.

Diagram 6

Diagram 7
Diagram 8
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice
Hand painted heavy cotton Caron Collection Watercolours
238 Glowing Embers (1)
#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 742 Light Tangerine

In the lower right section begin with either thread. Use 1 strand of the hand painted
cotton. First stitch as shown in Diagram 9 with one of the threads, then stitch as
shown in Diagram 10 with the other thread.

Diagram 9

Diagram 10
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice
Fine metallic braid Kreinik #8 Braid 061 Ruby

Stitch trellis cross stitches with the fine metallic braid over the scotch stitches, shown
in Diagram 11.

Diagram 11

Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 742 Light Tangerine

Stitch rice stitches in the long area in the center of

the design, with the #5 pearl cotton. There are 4
rice stitches in each band; there are 2 bands.

Diagram 12
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

Hand painted heavy cotton Caron Collection Watercolours

238 Glowing Embers
Silk metallic braid Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame’ Braid
SL145 Fool’s Gold

Stitch waffle stitches in the spaces between the rice stitch bands. Begin with 1 strand
of the hand painted cotton for the top waffle stitch, and the bottom waffle stitch. Be-
gin with the silk metallic braid for the middle waffle stitch. Stitch as shown in Diagram
13. The last stitch, stitch 30, slides under stitch 27 before ending.

Diagram 13
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

Hand painted heavy cotton Caron Collection Watercolours

238 Glowing Embers (1)
Cotton floss DMC 550 Very Dark Violet (4)
Cotton floss DMC 740 Light Tangerine (4)
Cotton floss DMC 936 Very Dark Avocado Green (4)

Stitch the bargello section in the lower left corner using 4 strands of cotton floss and 1
strand of the hand painted cotton. Stitch as shown in Diagram 14 (gray lines represent
the hand painted cotton).

Diagram 14
 Thread Type As Shown Your Choice

Hand painted heavy cotton Caron Collection Watercolours

238 Glowing Embers (1)
#5 Pearl Cotton DMC #5 742 Light Tangerine
Fine metallic braid Kreinik #8 Braid 061 Ruby

In the upper left area, stitch upright rice stitches. Stitch the base stitches with the
hand painted cotton, shown in dark gray. Stitch the longer lines with the #5 pearl cot-
ton, shown in light gray. Finish with the fine metallic braid, shown in black.

Diagram 15
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DMC Kreinik
#5 Pearl Cotton #8 061 Ruby
336 Navy Blue #8 3270 Amber
742 Light Tangerine
915 Dark Plum Rainbow Gallery
Cotton Floss Silk Lame’ Braid SL145 Fool’s Gold
336 Navy Blue
550 Very Dark Violet Caron Collection
742 Light Tangerine Watercolours 238 Glowing Embers
936 Very Dark Avocado Green

Other materials needed:

Zweigart 18 ct. White mono canvas, 11” x 11”
2 pairs of 11” stretcher bars
22 tapestry needle
Laying tool

About DebBee’s Designs

This project is designed as a thank you for supporters of DebBee’s Designs. It is
a gift for email subscribers at my website, www.DebBeesDesigns.com. Please don’t
share it, but direct your friends or others you think might enjoy this project to my
website and I’ll send them one too.

As with all of my designs, feel free to change the colors or textures of threads if
you like. You should always stitch with colors that make you happy! I put my finished
project in a box, an easy finish for this small project.
Debbie Rowley
[email protected]
www.DebBeesDesigns.com

RESOURCES
THREADS:
DMC, South Kearny, NJ 07032-4688, www.dmc-usa.com
Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc., PO Box 1966, Parkersburg, WV 26102, [email protected],
1-800-537-2166, www.kreinik.com
Caron Collection, 55 Old South Avenue, Stratford, CT 06615, www.caron-net.com
Rainbow Gallery, 7412 Fulton Ave. #5, North Hollywood, CA 91605-4126, www.rainbowgallery.com
CANVAS:
Zweigart, 262 Old New Brunswick Rd., Ste. E, Piscataway, NJ, 08854-3756, www.zweigart.com
SOFTWARE:
EasyGrapher Stitch Wiz, Davis Computer Services, Inc., PO Box 750141, New Orleans, LA 70175, www.easygrapher.com
Easy Cross DeLuxe, Fulford Software Solutions, 92 Penrhyn Crescent, Chilwell, Nottingham, NG9 5PA, www.easycross.co.uk
REFERENCES
I recommend the following books for additional information on needlework:
Favorite Stitches for Linen and Canvas, Volumes I, II, III and IV, by Linda Driskell, Needlecrafts Unlimited Co., Gadsden, AL,
www.888needleu.com
The Needlepoint Book, by Jo Ippolito Christensen, a Fireside Book by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1976 and 1999, 1230 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10020
Needlepoint Stitches (1988) and Stimulating Stitches (1992) by Jean Hilton, 43479 Alto Dr., Hemet, CA 92344

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