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Dichroic Coated Copper Foil

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What is Dichroic Coated Copper Foil and what is the big deal?  If you’re a lampworker it’s a huge deal and if you’re a lampwork collector it’s going to be a big deal for you too!

Dichroic glass is a special sparkly coating for glass (for lack of a technical description) that is expensive and can be complicated to work with.  But no more.  Coatings by Sandberg has announced their dichroic glass on a copper foil and here’s the good part:

1.  Half the price of Dichroic.
2.  You can use it with any COE glass.
3.  No pre-heating necessary.
4.  Silver and rainbow colors available.
5.  Three times as thick as regular dichro coatings.

HALF the price!  To see it in action, watch this video:

Dichroic Coated Copper Foil

Where can you get it? Contact Coatings by Sandberg (CBS).

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Mini Pumpkins and Jack o’Lanterns to Cross Stitch

I just can’t resist sharing a few more Halloween cross stitch patterns when they are as cute and quick to stitch as these!

This boo cross stitch from Luzatolye was the first little Halloween cross stitch pattern to catch my eye. I love the pumpkin Os! At just 23 by 8 stitches and using four colors, you can stitch it up in no time. On 14 count fabric it measures 1.6 by.5 inches, or about 4 by 1.27 cm. 

Another cutie from the same designer is this jack o’lantern with a witch hat. Another four-color project, this one is 14 by 18 stitches, which is an inch by just a little more than an inch, or around 3 cm square, worked on 14 count fabric. 

If you like your minis a little bit bigger, this jack o’lantern with leaves is from White Protea Art and measures 47 by 28 stitches. That comes out to 3.4 by 2 inches, or 8.5 by 5.1 cm, when stitches on 14 count fabric. It uses nine colors. 

Or there’s also this little cutie from that same designer. I love the little leaf on top of the pumpkin. At 33 by 36 stitches, it comes out to 2.4 by 2.6 inches, or 6 by 6.5 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. I think it uses around eight colors. 

Template Love Create also has two mini jack o’lantern cross stitch patterns that I like (I swear I didn’t plan to do two from each of the same designers, it’s just the whimsy of an Etsy search!). There’s one that is more round and one that’s oblong, which I like because it’s different from most of the pumpkin patterns you see. The pattern listings say both are six colors (though they look like four to me) and 28 by 28 stitches, but I don’t think that can be true. Either way they both fit in a 3 inch hoop and would be a super cute little addition to your Halloween decor.