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Bell Bloom

An elegant embroidered flower styled on tubular blooms

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/bell-bloom • Posted by Kelly Fletcher

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
Medium 2018 08 10 075004 bellbloom kellyfletcher

Description

Instructions

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    You will need... Fabric: 7 x 7" (18x18cm) white cotton/linen fabric Threads – DMC six-stranded cotton: 725 Medium light topaz yellow 726 Light topaz yellow 772 Very light yellow green 988 Medium forest green Beads – Mill Hill antique glass beads: No. 42036 (1.60g) Needles: Embroidery: size 7 and 9 Beading: size 10 Hoop: 5 inches (12.5cm)

  2. Print the design provided in the download and transfer it on to the fabric using your preferred method.

  3. Small 2018 08 10 075310 bellbloom2 kellyfletcher

    Embroider the flower according to the embroidery instructions, by following the pattern key: Back 772 (2) Back = embroidery stitch 772 = DMC thread colour (2) = number of strands Mill Hill 42036 (1.60g) Mill Hill = glass beads 42036 = colour (1.60g) = weight

  4. You'll find instructions for all the stitches used in this pattern in my ebook, 120 Embroidery Stitches. Otherwise there are loads of stitch tutorials online, just search for the stitch by name.