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 beaded and embellished 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 flowers. "Which is your favourite... the Pansy, Sunflower, Violet or Daisy?" Another level asks "Which is your favourite coloured balloon... Yellow, Blue, Green or Purple?" The final choice is between 4 animals... "Do you prefer a Cat, a Horse, a Rabbit or a Mouse?" Then, with a flip of your hand (and the help of your Fortune-Telling booklet & the 8 charms which are inside your chartpack) you can delight everyone with their 'reading'. Will they be advised to “Believe in Yourself”, prompted to “Make a Wish” or simply told “I love You”.

AREAS OF EMBELLISHMENT: FLOWERS ON 1ST LEVEL... Mill Hill Beads 00557 (Old Gold) & 42010 (Ice), DMC 30895 (Bottle Green Rayon); BORDER... Weeks Dye Works 1276 (Blue Spruce); FORTUNES IN THE HEART OF THE FORTUNE-TELLER... 8 charms (which are included in the chartpack).

FABRIC FOR MODEL: 16-count Clay Aida by Zweigart #3251/715 (or substitute 16-count Bayleaf Aida by Permin #355-66). Please start with a piece of fabric which measures 12" square.

STITCH COUNT: 130 stitches wide x 130 high

DESIGN AREA: approximately 8 1/4" square

MATERIALS LIST: DMC White/DMC 154 Prune Rose/DMC 327 Dark Violet/DMC 341 Hydrangea Blue/DMC 612 String Brown/DMC 680 Dark Old Gold/DMC 726 Mimosa Yellow/DMC 3033 Antique Silver/DMC 3052 Silver Green/DMC 3078 Pale Yellow/DMC 3787 Wolf Grey/DMC 3820 Maize Yellow/DMC 30895 Bottle Green Rayon/Weeks Dye Works 1276 Blue Spruce/Mill Hill Bead 00557 Old Gold/Mill Hill Petite Bead 42010 Ice... and the 8 charms which are in your chartpack.

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