Fold the linen in half and crease down the centre using your iron.

Stitch the centre as shown in the photograph, this will give you a guide for placement for each of the designs. Iron the linen once again so as the crease does not show

• House
• Garden
• Farm Animals
• 2 Trees

Good example as to how to rectify mistakes!!!

You will notice I have two faults ...

1) I forgot to line up with the house steps to the garden ...If you look closely the garden path and the house steps are the exact same width, so as you can have the flow from the house steps to the garden path

2) The next mistake ...Between the garden design and cow design there is to much of a space

For the pathway I used a cross stitch and did 8 lines accross then on either side of the cross stitch as shown in the photograph leaves and flowers.

First I stitched 3 leaves in green thread No. 123 on either side

Then over the stems of the leaves I stitched the 3 flowers No. 159 in pink thread

Rectifing the problem between the garden design and cow design I used the leave stitch No. 123 in greeen thread and then stitched the flower stitch No. 159 in pale yellow thread

Using tracing paper, draw the curves or border you would like for your Bell Pull. I designed one side and then mirrored the design using the tracing the paper.

Stitch the zigzag stitch border in black thread L=1.0 W= 2.5

Stitch the satin stitch over the zigzag you just did in black thread L=.40 W=4.5

Stitch No. 17 over the top of the satin stitch a pale blue thread

Stitch No. 18 on the inside of the black satin stitch L=0.5 W=3.0 pale yellow

To make a binding to go around the Bell Pull

contrasting gingham fabric
Venetian blind cording, which is excellent for cording

To stitch out the Farm Animals, 2 Trees and Garden on each of the cushions I used the following

• White cotton fabric
• 2 very thin batting
• White cotton fabric

Instructions for the border using the decortive stitches

Close up of 2 Tree Cushion

• Stitch out No. 180 in blue thread
• Stitch out No. 165 stitch in red thread, I stitched over the red decorative stitch twice, just to give that nice round look
• On either side of the decorative stitch No. 180, I stitched a satin stitch in white thread
• Over the top of the satin stitch border I stitched No. 111 in blue thread

Decorative Stitches used for the border design including the widths and lengths of each stitch

Instructions for the border using the decortive stitches

Close up of the Garden Cushion

• On the linen fabric stitch a satin stitch border using a grey dark blue thread
• To the left of the satin stitch border stitch No. 123 light blue thread
• At the top of stitch No. 123, stitch No 162 in a pale yellow thread and allowing some of the flower to stitch over the grey dark blue thread
• On the outer border stitch in a pale yellow thread satin stitch
• Over the top of the pale yellow satin stitch, stitch No. 102 in a light green thread
• Every 5th cross I stitched using No. 165 in the grey dark blue thread