PDF Download Pattern ~ OVER the POND
The embroidery design measures 19cm (7 1/2") in diameter.
This pattern is also available as FULL KIT including all the threads you need and the embroidery design printed ready to stitch.
Lazy, late summer afternoons with the quiet buzz of insects filling the air and dragonflies dancing over the water in the garden pond is what I was thinking of while stitching OVER THE POND. The embroidery is worked onto a pale sage green cotton using 13 shades of stranded silk. Padded satin stitch in shades of bright turquoise is used for the dragonflies' smooth, brightly coloured bodies and the glittering wings and cheerful buttercups are embroidered in silk shading (or long & short stitch).
I hope you will enjoy stitching your OVER THE POND as much as I did.
Happy Stitching, Anna
The embroidery design measures 19cm (7 1/2") in diameter.
This pattern is also available as FULL KIT including all the threads you need and the embroidery design printed ready to stitch.
Lazy, late summer afternoons with the quiet buzz of insects filling the air and dragonflies dancing over the water in the garden pond is what I was thinking of while stitching OVER THE POND. The embroidery is worked onto a pale sage green cotton using 13 shades of stranded silk. Padded satin stitch in shades of bright turquoise is used for the dragonflies' smooth, brightly coloured bodies and the glittering wings and cheerful buttercups are embroidered in silk shading (or long & short stitch).
I hope you will enjoy stitching your OVER THE POND as much as I did.
Happy Stitching, Anna
The embroidery design measures 19cm (7 1/2") in diameter.
This pattern is also available as FULL KIT including all the threads you need and the embroidery design printed ready to stitch.
Lazy, late summer afternoons with the quiet buzz of insects filling the air and dragonflies dancing over the water in the garden pond is what I was thinking of while stitching OVER THE POND. The embroidery is worked onto a pale sage green cotton using 13 shades of stranded silk. Padded satin stitch in shades of bright turquoise is used for the dragonflies' smooth, brightly coloured bodies and the glittering wings and cheerful buttercups are embroidered in silk shading (or long & short stitch).
I hope you will enjoy stitching your OVER THE POND as much as I did.
Happy Stitching, Anna
THE PATTERN INCLUDES:
* Full size embroidery design
* Detailed step-by-step instructions
* Conversion from stranded silk to DMC stranded cotton (The original embroidery was stitched in stranded silk however the design works equally well when embroidered in stranded cotton)
* Colour diagrams and close-up photographs.
YOU WILL ALSO NEED
* 35cm (14”) square of pale sage green medium weight linen/cotton
* 35cm (14”) square of calico or interfacing for backing
* nos. 9 & 7 crewel (embroidery) needles
* 12 shades of Au ver a Soie, stranded silk
* 1 variegated stranded silk (Waterlilies by Caron, 227 Desert Shadows)
* Fine metallic gold thread (Madeira 40)
* 12 metallic gold petit beads
* 25cm (10") embroidery hoop, inner ring bound
* Small, sharp embroidery scissors
** Intermediate - Beginner **
Over the Pont is designed as an introduction to silk shading (long & short stitch) if you have not used the technique much before.
PLEASE NOTE ~ This pattern is for personal use only. I trust that you will not duplicate or sell the instructions or designs. If you wish to sell finished items, please acknowledge the original design to Anna Scott Embroidery and include my web address.