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  • Sprouting Denim
  • From "Carol Duvall Show"
    episode CDS-1013


    Project designed by Vivian Peritts.

    Materials:

    pre-washed jeans
    DMC cotton embroidery floss
    embroidery needle
    scissors
    transfer paper
    light-colored permanent pen
    iron
    Creative Crystals Bejeweler tool
    Creative Crystals heal apply mirrors - 12 each of seven-millimeter and nine-millimeter, eight each of 11-millimeter
    Creative Crystals heat apply Austrian crystal rhinestones - assorted colors and sizes


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    Vivian Peritts' Sprouting Jeans design seen here on a denim bracelet

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    Figure A

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    Figure B


    Chain stitch

    Steps:

    1. Tie a knot at the end of the thread and poke the needle through the fabric from the bottom side. Pull the thread through the fabric.

    2. Thread the needle down through the same hole, and then poke it back through the material about 1/4 inch in front of the original hole so that the thread is pulled through the loop created (figure A).

    3. Thread the needle down through the loop again, bringing it back up through the fabric 1/4 inch in front of the loop (figure B). Continue this pattern to create a chain stitch.

    Sprouting jeans

    Steps:


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    Figure C
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    Figure D
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    Figure E

    1. Reduce or enlarge the design in figure C as desired, then transfer it onto the jeans. Reinforce the design with a light-colored permanent marker.


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    Figure F
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    Try incorporating these extra patterns into your design, compliments of Vivian Peritts.

    2. Using diagrams from figures D, E and F, chain stitch the parts of the pattern corresponding to the figure C image. Use three strands of floss for all stitches.

    3. Add crystals as seen in figures D, E and F.


    RESOURCES :
    embroidery floss and Aida cloth
    Available at local craft and fabric stores.
    DMC Corporation
    Website: www.dmc-usa.com

    Bejeweler Heat Tool
    Creative Crystal Co
    6222 Tower Lane, Suite B-7
    Sarasota, FL 34240
    Toll Free Phone: 800-578-0716
    Fax: 941-377-8047
    Email: crystal@creative-crystal.com
    URL: www.creative-crystal.com


    GUESTS :
    Vivian Peritts
    Author / Designer, Vivian's Originals
    763 Dover St.
    Marietta, GA 30066
    E-mail: vperitts@earthlink.net

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