Welcome to the ‘Bees and Blossoms’ Sew A Lengthy
This Sew A Lengthy is going down for 10 weeks on the Stitchdoodles weblog – Beginning Wednesday 18th Could 2022 and ending on Wednesday twentieth July 2022.
Every Wednesday through the SAL – a brand new tutorial shall be printed on the weblog with all the data it’s essential full part of the Bees and Blossom Sample.
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A Sew A Lengthy doesn’t give you the step-by-step directions for the stitches themselves – it’s a tutorial on find out how to sew the sample design – colors, methods and stitches used and so on. I’ll hyperlink to a ‘The way to’ for sure stitches the place I can, should you want additional steerage, please have a look right here …The way to Educate Your self Hand Embroidery Stitches
Welcome to Week 8
This week we’re including in much more blooms to your lovely embroidery. Right here’s the sew space we shall be finishing…
Stitching the Flower Association…
You will want the next colors… #333, #340, #712, #211, #471, #472
Use 2 strands all through except said in any other case.
Sew the Flower First, as follows…
- #333: Straight sew the petals.
- #712: Small straight sew equally spaced aside across the inside circle edge.
- #340: French Knots to fill the centre.
Subsequent, the greenery and buds…
#340: Chain Sew the Petals for the buds.
Sew the remaining foliage as proven…
For a last element, #211: Straight sew contained in the chain sew on the buds.
The two little buds left on the ends could be finished in satin sew.
Right here’s the way it ought to look when all stitched on each side of the centre flower…
That simply leaves a few additional particulars for this week…
Hexagons
You will want the next colors: #3820, #729, #3853
Every Hexagon is stitched by weaving. Sew evenly spaced strains throughout the hexie after which weave excessive of those strains from left to proper and again once more to fill the house. This is identical as you probably did for the Bee Hive. As soon as the hexagon is stuffed, lengthy sew across the periphery to complete.
Sew all 3 hexagons in the identical approach however every in a unique color as proven within the photograph.
Easy Flower / #472, #3712
Cut up sew the stems.
Chain sew the flowers and straight sew inside to fill.
There is only one little honeycombe left to sew for this part and you’re all finished.
Week 8 is full!
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Week 9 is on the weblog Wednesday thirteenth July… See you then!
Blissful Stitching!
