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Tropical foliage in bold colours, inspired by a vintage design
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- 2018-08-10-080308-LeafyTropicsFreeEmbroideryPattern_KellyFletcher.pdf 9.43 MB [ Download ]
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Joanne B. favorited Leafy Tropics
29 May 19:19
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Kelly Fletcher published their project Leafy Tropics
23 Sep 09:00
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Step 1You will need...
Fabric
12 x 12" (30x30cm) white cotton/linen fabricThreads – DMC six-stranded cotton:
16 Light chartreuse
307 Lemon
347 Very dark salmon
699 Green
700 Bright green
701 Light green
702 Kelly green
741 Medium tangerine
824 Very dark blue
825 Dark blue
828 Very light sky blue
973 Bright canary
Needles:
Embroidery: size 7 and 9
Milliner: size 7Hoop:
10 inches (25cm) -
Step 2
Print the design provided in the download and transfer it on to the fabric using your preferred method.
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Step 3Embroider the leaves according to the embroidery instructions, by following the pattern key:
Back 700 (4)
Back = embroidery stitch
700 = DMC thread colour
(4) = number of strands -
Step 4The two leaves on the left are embroidered in the same way.
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Step 5
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.
