This super luxury embroidery kit contains a 5 piece thread pack from the Parisienne brand Au Ver a Soie. plus a 50cm pure linen panel in soft white, and it also includes all of the other materials that you will need to make a luxurious drawstring bag .
Au Ver a Soie have been making silk threads in Paris since the early 1800's, so they absolutely know a thing or two about making super high quality threads!
The pure silk thread colours wll be mixed from Au Ver a Soie's Discovery Packs, and you will receive a pack of five of their most iconic threads, that's four spools and one skein;
Soie d'Alger; 7 strands of silk for easy separation. Made from spun silk making it super soft - 5 metres.
Soie Perlee: 3 Ply twisted filament silk made of gorgeous raw silk - 16 metres.
Metalisse Tresse 4: Metallic thread - 10 metres.
Soie Ovale: Low twist flat filament silk - 30 metres.
Soie de Paris: 2 ply spun silk - 16 metres.
I love curating thread colours, so I have mixed the colours within the packs to give a versatile thread choice meaning that you can create your own unique colour combination. You will receive a mix of the colours shown in the packs. The packaging will be the Au Ver a Soie packaging shown and has a detailed explanation of each type of thread on the reverse side.
I was inspired by the Art Deco era when designing this, it's an era that I adore, as it was so beautiful and glamorous. I have taken flavours of the Art Deco aesthetic and applied it this alphabet design on gorgeous soft white pure linen. This stylish kit makes a self lined drawstring bag, or a cushion front cover, perfect for personalised gifting, or as a gift for yourself.
The alphabet pack contains the following printed to size ready for stitching:
- Upper case
- Lower case
- Numbers
- Symbols; A star, and a heart, and the words 'Love' and 'Home.' The images shown on the green and the black linen are an example of some of the letters and symbols contained in the kit.
Contents included in the kit:
- Pure linen fabric panel, 50 x 50 cm.
- Five piece thread pack from Au Ver a Soie, containing four pure silk threads and one metallic thread (four spools and one skein).
- Two John James Chenille embroidery needle, a chenille and a darner.
- Drawstring, cotton webbing drawstring, over 1m in length.
- Full colour printed instruction booklet with all the alphabet and symbol pages, and a stitch guide, 15 page.
- Printed to size embroidery pattern template featuring all of the alphabet, upper and lower case, and numbers, symbols, and the words 'Love' and 'Home.'
- Carbon tracing paper for tracing your design.
- Video stitch tutorials at my website.
- Free delivery in the UK.
Stitches used in this design
There are videos at my website, and free downloadable Stitch Lessons for these stitches:
- Split Stitch.
- Satin Stitch.
- French Knots.
- Seed Stitch
- Couched Stitch
The bag measures approximately 22 x 24 cm when finished and is lined with the same fabric throughout, making it feel very luxurious.
The kit contains all the materials you will need to make the bag, apart from scissors to cut the thread and fabric. You will receive a 50cm x 50cm pure linen panel in one square, so if preferred you could make a cushion or a large bag with the panel.
The kit is suitable for beginners and advanced stitchers alike, as the stitches are easy to master, and there are videos at the website for the stitches.
If you are creating a cushion then all you will need is the stuffing and a back cover or a smaller cushion could be made using the fabric supplied. You will need a pair of scissors to cut the thread. Instructions are provided as to how I make hand sewn cushions from these panels.
Not suitable for children as it includes an embroidery needle and small parts.
The fabric and threads are washable by cool hand wash. Pre wash the linen panel if you intend on washing the finished embroidery.
