REMEMBER SUMMERS WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
A CHARMING PIECE OF NOSTALGIC FUN THAT WILL REMIND YOU OF YOUR CHILDHOOD
*8 Fortune-Telling Charms, complete stitching and folding directions, an alphabet and a Fortune-Telling Booklet are included in your chartpack
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE: $11.50CAN ($14.00US)
"As the day grew long and the sun fell in the sky, the giggling reel of teeter-totters, swings and round-abouts, hopscotch, tag and hide-and-seek gave way to more tranquil times sitting among circles of friends in the shade of old trees. The last few moments of yet another carefree, Summer day were spent with spiky Jacks and tangled knots of cats-cradles or playing Gypsy seers with our folded paper fortune-tellers.".
DESIGN DETAILS... A full alphabet (included in your chartpack) allows you to customize the 'heart' of your charmed and charming Fortune-Teller with your name and, perhaps, a dedication to the children you love. The first layer of your delightful plaything offers your friends, children, grand-children, lover... whoever... a choice of SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE CATS.. "Which do you love?...A FLUFFY PERSIAN, SOPHISTICATED SIAMESE, SWEET RAGDOLL OR WILD-LOOKING MAINE COON?" The next level asks "Would your cat play with CATNIP, YARN, A MOUSE or A BALL?" The final choice is between 4 coat colours... "Do you prefer CALICO, GINGER, BLACK or TABBY?" Then, with a flip of your hand (and the help of your FORTUNE-TELLING BOOKLET and the 8 CHARMS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR CHARTPACK) you can delight them all with their 'reading'. Will you advise them to "Believe in Yourself", prompt them to "Make a Wish" or simply say "I Love You"?
AREAS OF EMBELLISHMENT: 1ST LEVEL... Rainbow Gallery W88 White Wisper (adds fluffiness to Cats); Kreinik #4 Braid 2122 Curry (decorative perimeter for Fortune-Teller) HEART OF FORTUNE-TELLER... 8 charms which are included in the chartpack (allow for fortune-telling).
FABRIC FOR MODEL: 16-count Water Lily Aida (#355203)... a little greener than DMC 3033 Please start with a piece of fabric which measures 12" square.
STITCH COUNT: 128 stitches wide x 128 high
DESIGN AREA: approximately 8 1/4" square
MATERIALS LIST: DMC Ecru/DMC 223 Med. Dusty Pink/DMC 310 Black/DMC 317 Steel Grey/DMC 318 Granite Grey/DMC 414 Lead Grey/DMC 415 Chrome Grey/DMC 841 Deer Brown/DMC 977 Caramel Brown/DMC 3021 Cliff Grey/DMC 3347 Insect Green/DMC 3348 Lettuce Heart Green/DMC 3790 Cappuccino Brown/DMC 3839 Mediterranean Blue/DMC B5200 Bright White/KREINIK #4 Braid 2122 Curry/RAINBOW GALLERY W88 White Wisper... and the 8 charms which are included in your chartpack.
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