Gentle giant

MATERIALS

• Cotton fabric: 40x40cm, dark blue, mid blue and green-blue
• Stranded cotton: see Notes
• Embroidery hoop: 18cm diameter
• Basic embroidery kit

STITCHES USED

Backstitch, Long and Short Stitch, Satin Stitch, Split Stitch, Straight Stitch, Whipped Backstitch

01 Transfer the design from the template onto the three fabrics using your preferred method. Trace the bottom wave and seaweed onto the green-blue fabric, the middle wave onto the mid blue fabric and the sky onto the dark blue fabric. This dark blue layer is your main base fabric, onto which you’ll layer the other two fabrics, so keep this layer as full size. Cut around your design along the wave lines – the top wave line for the mid blue fabric and the lower wave line for the green-blue fabric.

02 Layer and position the mid blue fabric over your dark blue fabric. Then,