Oak leaves – third and final green

Finishing off the leaves with the final shade of green.  This is comprised of one strand of Madeira stranded cotton 1411 and one of 1412, filling in all the space left.

The first leaf:

The first completed oak leaf

And the second:

The second leaf with the stitching completed

And the third:

The third fully stitched oak leaf

The veins up the centre of the leaf look dark, but that’s just shadow cast by the stitching meeting in the middle.  I’ve tidied that up with a single line of split stitch using two strands of 1412, the darkest shade in use on the leaf:

Oak leaves with central veins

Here’s a close up of one of the leaves, so you can see it in a bit more detail:

Close-up of a finished embroidered leaf

That’s the leaves done – stems and acorns next.