EP00437

Art Deco Design by Kathy Wir th

Stately columns of black-and-white stitching surround a unique screened interior,
giving this topper a majestic touch perfect for the most elegant living room!

Skill Level: Intermediate over one metal piece. Fold excess metal over ruler
Size: Fits boutique-style tissue box edge all around. Burnish metal down over mesh,
Materials covering raw edges. Repeat with remaining metal
• 11/2 sheets stiff 7-count and mesh.
plastic canvas 6. Center one metal piece on wrong side of each
• #3 pearl cotton as listed in color key side, with mesh facing down (mesh should be seen
• 1/8-inch-wide Plastic Canvas 7 Metallic through openings on sides). Glue in place.
Needlepoint Yarn from Rainbow Gallery 7. Using black and white pearl cotton combina-
yarn as listed in color key tion, Whipstitch remaining corner of sides togeth-
• #16 tapestry needle er, then Whipstitch sides to top. 
• #20 tapestry needle
• 2 (91/4-inch x 12-inch) sheets ArtEmboss metal
medium-weight aluminum from Amaco
• Wireform aluminum contour metal mesh from
Amaco
• Metal-edged ruler
• Hot-glue gun
Project Notes
Use #16 tapestry when stitching with pearl cotton.
Use #20 tapestry needle when working with metal-
lic needlepoint yarn.
To cut each skein of pearl cotton into approximately
1-yard lengths, remove wrappers and untwist skein.
Cut through loop that ties threads together, cut off
knot. Cut through entire skein at same point.
Instructions
1. Cut plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Using Slanted Gobelin Stitch, Cross Stitch and
variation of Herringbone Stitch (above), stitch pieces
with 2 strands pearl cotton (one black and one
white), keeping strands flat and untwisted and keep-
ing black strand always above white strand.
3. Overcast inside edges on top and sides with
black metallic needlepoint yarn, keeping yarn flat
and untwisted.
4. Using black and white pearl cotton combination,
Whipstitch sides together along three of the four
corners, leaving the last corner unstitched at this
time; Overcast bottom edges.
5. Cut four 5-inch-wide x 53/4-inch-high pieces of
aluminum metal and four 41/2-inch-wide x 51/4-inch-
high pieces of metal mesh. Center one mesh piece

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3 5
7 9
11 13
A 15
B
C
D
Herringbone Stitch Variation
Work each Herringbone Stitch column from
top to bottom. Start with two uppermost stitches
on right side (graph A), then work two stitches on
the left side (graph B). Work next two on right side (C),
then two on left side (D), etc., alternating down the column.

Cut out Cut out Cut out

Cut out

Art Deco Side Art Deco Top

32 holes x 36 holes 32 holes x 32 holes
Cut 4 Cut 1

COLOR KEY
#3 Pearl Cotton Yards
■ White and black combined 50 each
1/8-Inch Metallic Needlepoint Yarn

■ Black #PC11 Overcasting 16

Color number given is for Rainbow Gallery Plastic
Canvas 7 Metallic Needlepoint Yarn.

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not be reproduced or transmitted in part or in whole without written permission from the publisher.