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Needlework Chart for A Thanksgiving or Fall Pumpkin

From Lesley Shepherd, About.com

Needlework Chart for a miniature Thanksgiving pumpkin

A small squared needlework chart of a pumpkin suitable for use as a 1:12 scale dolls house cushion or a needle pillow.

Photo ©2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.

This single miniature pumpkin can be worked as counted thread cross stitch or a petitpoint for a fall or Thanksgiving design. For dolls house scale cushions, this petit point was worked with double strand DMC embroidery cotton over 32 stitch per inch Lugana Fabric.

The size of a finished piece of work is based on the number of stitches and the stitch size of the fabric you use. To determine the finished size of your work, which is 49 x 56 stitches on the single pumpkin chart, use this handy sizing chart from about.coms cross stitch guide.

If you have never done a cross stitch or a petitpoint but would like to try this as a first project, simple tips and starting instructions are available from about.coms cross stitch guides your first cross stitch article , or the learn needlepoint article from the needlepoint guide.

A printable PDF of this Pumpkin Vine Design can be downloaded

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