African Tiles

African Tiles is a wonderful tapestry to stitch with its addictive patchwork squares and zigzag border. The strong colours are very forgiving for any lapses of tension. African Tiles is a relaxing project for anyone with tapestry experience and is also a good design for an adult beginner who will find stitching the design one 'tile' at a time very encouraging.

African Tiles looks wonderful made into a cushion or used as a panel in a tapestry bag.

Kit Contents - Complete Kit

• Each complete kit comes with a large red rope-handled bag with colour illustration for reference
• Colour printed canvas (10hpi)
• Reference chart
• A generous supply of Anchor tapestry wool to stitch the design in half cross or tent stitch
• John James tapestry needle (size 18)
• Stitch instructions for half cross and tent stitch

Kit Contents - Canvas Only

• Colour printed canvas (10hpi)
• Reference chart with an additional alphabet and numbers chart (and instructions for planning)
• NO WOOL, allowing you to create your own colour palette and use up your own yarn
• John James tapestry needle (size 18)
• Stitch instructions for half cross and tent stitch
• Small red bag with colour illustration for reference

Design Size

Printed Canvas design area: 13" x 13" (33cm x 33cm)

Choosing  a Tapestry Frame

A tapestry frame is not essential but using one will help to prevent your work going out of shape. A frame makes it easy to resume stitching the next day or after a break. We stock a good range of British made no-sew tapestry clip frames which take only a few minutes to assemble. The canvas is attached by sturdy clips, allowing you to switch between projects if necessary.

For African Tiles, we recommend either a CF219, CF2112, CF249 or a CF2412 frame. Choose the CF249 or CF2412 if you may stitch larger designs in the future.

See all our frames in our Frames and Accessories category.