Minikin Garden
A diminutive embroidered garden inspired by a vintage transfer
Posted by Kelly Fletcher
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You Will Need (4 things)
- Fabric
- Threads
- Needles
- Hoop
Steps (6 steps, 120 minutes)
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You will need…
Fabric:
12 x 8" (30x20cm) white cotton/linen fabricThreads – DMC six-stranded cotton:
350 Medium coral
444 Dark lemon
906 Medium parrot green
907 Light parrot green
995 Dark electric blue
B5200 Snow white
Needles:
Embroidery: size 7 and 9
Milliner: size 8Hoop:
5 x 9 inch, oval (12.5x22.5cm) -
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Print the design provided in the download and transfer it on to the fabric using your preferred method.
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Embroider the flowers according to the embroidery instructions, by following the pattern key:
Chain 906 (2)
Chain = embroidery stitch
906 = DMC thread colour
(2) = number of strandsThese are the two flowers on the left.
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These are the two flowers in the centre.
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These are the two flowers on the right.
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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.