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Embroidered flowers and bee in DROPS Air. The flowers are embroidered with chain stitch and back-stitch knot. The bee is embroidered with flat stitch and with chain stitch for the wings. Theme: Embroidery
DROPS 222-44 |
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------------------------------------------------------- START THE PIECE HERE: ------------------------------------------------------- FLOWERS AND BEE – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE: 3 different flowers are embroidered Flower 1: 5 petals are worked with double strand Flower 2: 7 petals are worked with single strand Flower 3: 4 petals are worked with double strand The bee is embroidered with a single strand and stripes of flat stitch. 2 wings in chain stitch are worked on top. FLOWER 1: Start by working a back-stitch knot with color rose DROPS Air - see diagram A and diagram explanation - the knot should be approx. 1 cm = ⅜" in diameter. This is the middle of the flower. Then work chain stitches around the knot with color off-white and double strand - see diagram B and diagram explanation; work 5 chain stitches around the knot, each of length 2 - 2.5 cm = ¾" – ⅞". Cut and fasten the strands. FLOWER 2: Start by working a back-stitch knot with color yellow DROPS Air - see diagram A and diagram explanation - the knot should be approx. 1 cm = ⅜" in diameter. This is the middle of the flower. Then work chain stitches around the knot with color off white and single strand - see diagram B and diagram explanation. Work 7 chain stitches, each of length 2 – 2.5 cm = ¾" – 1". Cut and fasten the strands. FLOWER 3: Start by working a back-stitch knot with color yellow DROPS Air– see diagram A and diagram explanation - the knot should be approx. 1 cm = ⅜" in diameter, then work another knot just above the first. This is the middle of the flower. Then work chain stitches around the bottom of the knots with color off white and double strand - see diagram B and diagram explanation. Work 4 chain stitches, each of length 2 - 2.5 cm = ¾" – 1" and pointing downwards. Cut and fasten the strands. BEE – BODY WITH BLACK: Start with 1 strand of color black - see diagram C and diagram explanation. Work 2 flat stitches close together approx. 0.5 cm = ⅛" long, skip 0.5 cm = ⅛", then work 4 flat stitches close together, parallel to the first 2 stitches and approx.1 cm = ⅜" long (= middle of the bee), skip 0.5 cm = ⅛", work 2 flat stitches, parallel to the middle stitches approx. 0.5 cm = ⅛" long and close together. Now embroider the legs under the middle of the 4 middle stitches by working 2 flat stitches for the legs approx. 0.5 cm = ⅛" long. BEE – BODY WITH YELLOW: Change to 1 strand of color yellow. Work flat stitches between the middle and front of the bee - 4 flat stitches, the same length as the black stitches they are next to. Then work flat stitches between the middle and back of the bee - 4 flat stitches, the same length as the black stitches they are next to. BEE - WINGS: Using 1 strand of color off-white, the wings consist of 2 chain stitches starting from the same hole. Start as follows: STITCH 1: Work 1 chain stitch of length 1-1.5 cm = ⅜"-½", directed down and out a little towards the back of the bee - see diagram B and diagram explanation. STITCH 2: Work 1 chain stitch of length 1-1.5 cm = ⅜"-½", directed down and out a little towards the front of the bee. |
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Diagram explanations |
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Marisol wrote:
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17.01.2023 - 21:05