I’m finishing off the embroidery today! For the stems, I used Madeira stranded cotton no. 2213 for a bit of highlighting and 2214 for filling in the rest: For the acorns, I used 2208, again for highlighting, and 2209 for the rest: And that’s the embroidery done! Right at the start, I mentioned that I…
Category: Long and short stitch
Plantagenet Wreath – broom flowers

The broom flower blossoms next. No shading, just yellow. The first fifty: And the second: Although the layout is quite formal, all the flowers are slightly different – I didn’t want the design to be rigid, and so while the positioning is uniform, I drew each flower freehand. Here’s a close-up of one set, to…