Tapestry Canvas Royal Paris – Les Petits Canailles

Tapestry Canvas Royal Paris – Les Petits Canailles of Royal Paris is a tapestry made of 100% cotton. This tapestry is perfect to embroider a nice design of three cats next to a window. It measures 37 x 47.5 cm.

 You will find a design of beautiful white daisies next to a bird in a flowerpot in the lower part.

This tapestry combines different shades of wool and cotton threads.

Which threads should be used for this craft?

Royal Paris recommends you to use Anchor threads to obtain better results by combining cotton and wool. You can also use Retors Mat or the thin threads of Anchor Mouliné (You need to use twice the amount of Anchor Mouliné, not as Retors Mat).

The colours and the amount of yarns that you will have to use of Anchor threads is:

• Soft Cotton Retors Mat: 1 (x3), 128 (x1), 130 (x3), 131 (x2), 336 (x1), 10 (x1), 361 (x1), 363 (x1), 349 (x2), 359 (x1), 265 (x1), 267 (x1), 846 (x1), 830 (x3), 898 (x1), 905 (x1), 8581 (x3), 236 (x2), 403 (x2).
• Standed Mouliné: you may choose between the thread explained before or this thread. This one, you will need to double the amount. The colours will be the same numbers explained before.
• Tapisserie Wool Laine (100% wool): 8000 (x2), 8004 (x2), 9524 (x2), 8140 (x1), 8018 (x2), 9614 (x2), 9636 (x2), 8588 (x1), 8624 (x6), 8644 (x3), 8452 (x1), 8440 (x1), 9564 (x1), 9284 (x3), 9200 (x2), 9004 (x2), 9022 (x1), 9800 (x3).

You can also use DMC threads. If you use DMC, you need these products:  

• Soft Retors: blanc (x3), 2933 (x1), 2798 (x3), 2122 (x2), 2923 (x1), 2303 (x1), 2738 (x1), 2783 (x1), 2765 (x2), 2938 (x1), 2471 (x2), 2347 (x1), 2141 (x1), 2613 (x3), 2149 (x1), 2468 (x1), 2522 (x3), 2413 (x2), 2310 (x2).
• Strd Mouliné: B5200 (x7), 800 (x2), 809 (x6), 798 (x3), 3341 (x1), 351 (x1), 738 (x2), 436 (x2), 301 (x5), 898 (x1), 470 (x1), 937 (x1), 936 (x2), 644 (x7), 611 (x3), 3021 (x3), 646 (x5), 3799 (x3), 310 (x3).

Like Anchor threads, you may choose between Soft Retors and Strd Mouliné.

• DMC Wool Laine: blanc (x4), 7298 (x2), 7028 (x4), 7029 (x2), 7010 (x1), 7851 (x1), 7917 (x1), 7058 (x1), 7176 (x3), 7489 (x1), 7772 (x1), 7364 (x1), 7425 (x1), 7141 (x4), 7518 (x2), 7467 (x2), 7039 (x3), 7705 (x2), noir (x2).

We recommend you not to wash, dry or iron this product.  

You will find a drawing explanation of how to make the stitches in the back of the tapestry.

Decorate any part with this colourful cat tapestry.

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