Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Mini Empress (Loretta Spears Designs)

Mini Empress Cover Page Courtesy of Lara Hartley

Apparently this was also called the Mini Empress Diamond.  It was published in October 1995 as The Mini Empress by Loretta Spears Designs.


Close up of Mini Empress


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Closeup of the Empress Silk, plus Congress Cloth and gold Kreinik braid. courtesy of  eBay seller Patches10_2

Threads and Congress Cloth for Mini Empress, Courtesy of Lara Hartley



Materials List:

6 x 6 inch white Congress cloth
three shades of red Empress Silk* (#21, 74 and 75)
Kreinik very fine braid size 4, "Antique Gold" #221

*Empress Silk was overdyed Chinese silk from Needle Necessities, now discontinued.   This website has a color card and apparently some skeins left.  Substitute any silk floss in three shades of red as seen above.
http://www.needleworkplus.com/Threads/Empress_Silk/empress_silk.html

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