A Biedermeier Wreath to Stitch

Irina Stepanova’s beautiful silk-on silk-gauze motif designed in the spirit of Biedermeier times. It is shown here as the cover of a delightfully simple, wooden jewelry box.

Finished Size: Stitched area, 3¼ x 5¼ inches (8.3 x 13.3 cm)
Thread: Kreinik Silk Bella, finely twisted single strand 100% silk filament thread, 22 yards (20.1 m)/spool, 1 spool each of #2013 Light Gold, #3013 Light Coral, #3021 Sherbet, #4063 Medium Holly, #4067 Very Dark Holly, #5053 Light Slate Blue, #5057 Very Dark Slate Blue, #7133 Light Bark, #8000 White, #8050 Black; www.kreinik.com; Caron Collection Soie Cristale, 12-strand 100% silk thread, 6 yards (5.5 m)/skein, 1 skein each of #3045 Salmon and #5045 Medium Lime Green; www.caronnet. Com; Gloriana Floss, 12 strand 100% silk spun thread, 6 yards (5.5 m)/skein, 1 skein of #053 Granny Smith Green; www.glorianathreads.com
Needles: John James Needle, tapestry, size 28; www.colonialneedle.com
Notions: Stitchery Tape, #2494, 30 feet (9.1 m) x 1½ inches (3.8 cm)/roll, 1 roll; www.yarntree.com; Silk fabric, 1 piece 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm), Pale Salmon; Sudberry Parquet Jewelry Box, #99921, 7½ x 5½ x 2½ inches (19.0 x 14.0 x 6.3 cm); www.sudberry.com; Kreinik Silk Gauze, 100% silk, 28 count, 1 piece of Ivory 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm) mounted in a mat frame; www.kreinik.com
Originally Published: PieceWork March-April 2015

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