Tudor Bloom

An elegant embroidered flower styled on a Tudor rose

Posted by Kelly Fletcher

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • Fabric
  • Thread
  • Beads
  • Needles
  • Hoop

Steps (4 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    You will need...

    Fabric:
    7 x 7" (18x18cm) white cotton/linen fabric

    Threads – DMC six-stranded cotton:
    469 Avocado green
    924 Very dark grey green
    727 Very light topaz yellow
    503 Medium blue green

    Beads – Mill Hill antique glass beads:
    No. 02016 (4.54g)

    Needles:
    Embroidery: size 7 and 9
    Beading: size 10

    Hoop:
    5 inches (12.5cm)

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Embroider the flower according to the embroidery instructions, by following the pattern key:

    Stem 924 (2)
    Stem = embroidery stitch
    924 = DMC thread colour
    (2) = number of strands

    Mill Hill 02016 (4.54g)
    Mill Hill = glass beads
    02016 = colour
    (4.54g) = weight

  4. 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.