Heirloom Wedding Treasures

What a delight! Creamy white silk threads, white silk ribbon, shimmering metallic and soft silky perles lend the same enchantment to these wedding treasures as you find in the Heirloom Wedding Sampler leaflet. The new Ring Bearer’s Pillow, the beautiful floral pearl encrusted potpourri jar lids, the exquisite Hardanger purse for the bride to carry on her special day, and the lovely Bible Bookmark all show the same attention to detail you expect from the heirloom samplers. The importance of LOVE as the underlying reason for a wedding celebration shows in each piece! The Ring Bearer’s pillow model was stitched on 25ct Platinum linen, using white Trebizond for all the Hardanger satin stitching, and a variety of luscious fibers and precious beads to enhance the area where the rings go. There is a close-up photo on the back cover of the leaflet, so you can see more clearly. All the other pieces are stitched on 28ct Platinum Cashel and its recommend that you use the Soie Perlee white for the satin stitches, especially the buttonhole stitching, for these pieces. You can use all the elements and bands of the Heirloom Wedding charts to embellish other items you might like, such as place cards, candle holders, garters or sachets full of rose petals. However, you use these designs we hope you stitch this pattern with joy and kindness as a true Labour of Love.

Ring Pillow

• Design area: 186h x 186w - 14.9" high x 14.9" wide (or 13.3" h x 13.3" w)
• Model: 25ct Dublin Linen - Platinum (or 28ct Cashel Linen - Platinum)
• Cut fabric: 19" high x 19" wide (or 18" h x 18" w)

Purse - Flap

• Design area: 88h x 70w (6.25" h x 5" w)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Platinum 
• Cut fabric: 11" high x 9" wide

Larger Crystal Jar Lid

• Design area: 34h x 34w (2.4" high x 2.4" wide)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Platinum  
• Cut fabric: 7" high x 7" wide

Bible Bookmark

• Design area: 22w x 102h (1.6" wide x 7.3" high
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen - Platinum  
• Cut fabric: 6" wide x 13" high

Suggested Materials

• YLI #1 white silk ribbon 4mm
• Needlepoint Inc #0974 - taupe dk
• Kreinik #4 Braid #032 pearl white
• Kreinik Silk Mori #8000 white
• SJ Designs 2mm pearl beads - white 
• SJ Designs #WO36 3mm x 6mm oval pearl beads - white
• Access Mother of Pearl heart beads
• 25ct Dublin Linen and/or 28ct Cashel Linen - Platinum
• DMC #12 Pearl Cotton white
• Trebizond or Soie Perlee pack(s) 
• #7 Straw or Milliner's needle
• #24-22 Tapestry Needles
• #10 short Beading needle

Choose to stitch all the Klosters and Satin Stitches with one of the following types of twisted Thread. Trebizond will cover better but is a bit more labor intensive. Soie Perlee is also beautiful silk, will not cover as well, but is much easier to work with. I suggest you work with Soie Perlee for ease of use as long as you stitch on off white or antique white linen. 

• Trebizond TRA125 white (10 X 10M spools)
• Soie Perlee white (2 X 50M spool)