The Helen Ashland House – an ANG CyberPointers Project

November 1, 2012, 5:48 am
Filed under: Melita's Designs, The Helen Ashland House

The CyberPointers Chapter of ANG, of which I am a member, came up with an idea to make houses stitched by members of the various Special Interest Groups. I belong to the Hilton SIG. Luckily, the project stalled & I finally had time to stitch the house I had designed when the project was first announced. So, I’d like to welcome you to The Helen Ashland House, composed of stitches from Needlepoint Stitches by Jean Hilton.

Supplies:

18-count canvas, ecru; 10 x 10 stretcher bars; #22 and #24 tapestry needles

Thread/Color	Location	Stitch	Page Number*
ThreadworX – 11212	Outline of house and door	Half Cross	36
Watercolours – 218 Ash	Body of house	Ashland Stitch	36
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Space between outline of house	Smyrna	36
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Area around large upstairs window	Smyrna	36
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Windows in door	Small Jessica	9
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Inner circle of upstairs window	Small Jessica	9
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Door	Elongated Smyrna	45
Wildflowers – 118 Opal	Lunette, the half-moon space above door	Sprat’s Head, Flat Top	55
Vineyard Silk Shimmer – S-537	Outer circle of upstairs window	Large Jessica	9
Watercolours – 251 Sunflower Seed	Trees	Offset Scotch	38
Watercolours – 228 Honeydew	Grass turf (bottom layer)	Tent Stitch
ThreadworX – 10471	Grass blades (top layer)	Wrapped Coils	33
Flair – F502	White sheer window curtains	Straight Stitch
River Silks 4 mm Ribbon – 237 Brown	Brown window drapes	Oval Jessica, 1 around only*	9
Pebbly Perle – P061	Blue sky	Helen’s Lace	22
Watercolours – 256 Barely Blue	White clouds	Helen’s Lace	22

* From Needlepoint Stitches by Jean Hilton; Some were modified to fit the available space.

** More familiarly known as the Crescent Stitch from Stimulating Stitches by Jean Hilton (page 9).

The 2 predominant stitches are Helen’s Lace for the cloudy sky & the Ashland Stitch for the body of the house. That Ashland stitch is tricky especially because I was using an overdyed thread & didn’t want it to get streaky. I would probably do the sky again in a more thread-blended fashion. But, I like the movement the pattern gives to the clouds.