PieceWork magazine's A Winter Wreath by Pat Olski

PieceWork magazine has created "Twelve Months of Ornaments" for their All Access subscribers.  The December ornament is the lovely Winter Wreath designed and stitched by PieceWork editor Pat Olski, using Treenway Silks threads and ribbons.

We love the beauty and elegance of this lovely wreath...it can grace your home all year long. CLICK HERE to read PieceWork's online "A Winter Wreath" article.

We've put together a thread and ribbon pack for your convenience. Each thread & ribbon pack includes:
    1 skein Harmony (6-strand silk floss) #39 Tasmanian Myrtle
    1 skein Zen Shin (spun silk thread) #206 Danish Blue
    1 skein Zen Shin (spun silk thread) #211 Triumph Green
    1 skein 3.5mm silk ribbon in Montano color "Cedar"
    1 skein 3.5mm silk ribbon in Montano color "Rhododendron"
    1 skein 3.5mm silk ribbon in #42 Opera Velvet
    1 skein 3.5mm silk ribbon in #43 Harlequin

50 yards total

Photo credit for image styled and stitched project, Katrina King for PieceWork magazine.

DETAILS & Tips About the Threads & Ribbons A Winter Wreath Pack
--All of the silks are from the Bombyx mori silk worm, often referred to as "mulberry" silk.
--Hand-dyed in Colorado--color fast. We use acid dyes with heat and then rinse until water runs clear.
--Wash in tepid to cold water

Harmony—100% Spun Silk—6 strand floss

--equivalent in size and twist to cotton embroidery floss
--each of the individual 6 strands is a 2-ply thread for pleasurable stitching
--Harmony silk thread can easily be divided or “stranded"
10 yards (1/2 skein fits onto a standard sewing machine bobbin)

Zen Shin—100% Spun Silk—20/2

--equivalent in size and twist to #8 perle
--2-ply thread, not designed to separate the strands
--a wonderfully easy thread to use
--suitable for decorative stitches on 18-mesh canvas
10 yards (1 skein fits onto a standard sewing machine bobbin)

About Treenway Silks’ Ribbons (5-yards each skein)
--All widths of Treenway Silk's ribbons are woven with selvage edges.  The selvage edge can hold up to stitching on fabric or being pulled through canvas.
--The silk used is the highest quality reeled silk which still has the sericin in it.  The sericin acts as a natural sizing. 
     --The warp (length-wise) threads are two strands of fine silk which are twisted together. There are 300 fine warp threads per inch.
     --The weft (cross-wise threads) is a single silk strand.
     --The ribbon is woven in plain weave, where the weft thread goes over and under each individual warp thread, all the way across the ribbon, giving a strong, stable ribbon.