Chinese Dragon Gate

This design features a bright and dazzling Dragon in vivid colors, encrusted with scales of Special Stitches and beads. Above the Dragon is a typical Chinese Gate, richly carved and embellished with lacquerwork and glazed tiles in lovely shades of teal and turquoise. The silhouette of a far-away landscape is faintly visible and two Cranes fly over the horizon....

The design is framed by an ornate brocade frame in deep blues, interrupted by 4 different Bonsai-Trees. Corner ornaments pull the design together - in the bottom half there are additional Camelia Flowers for "Good Luck". "Luck" is the scripted Chinese sign in the center of the gate you can stitch - or use the added (western) Alphabet to put in your initials and a year.

Please note that we can no longer get the Eterna threads. There is a DMC conversion included in the materials list which you can use instead of the Eterna silks.

Specialty Threads:
2 skeins Caron Collection Waterlilies
8 cards Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid
1 skein Dinky-Dyes Silks
2 skeins EdMar Rayon

Gloriana Threads:
7 skeins Gloriana Threads Silks
4 skeins Gloriana Florimell

Bead Pack:
4 colors Delica Beads
4 colors Swarovski Bicones

Suggested Fabric:
27" x 27" Antique White Cashel