Love Embroidery

Time for change

MATERIALS

• Calico fabric: 20x20cm, natural
• Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of beige, blue, flint blue, light blue, sky blue, steel blue, brown, dark brown, light brown, green, forest green, sage green, grey, orange, pink, brick red, deep red, white and light yellow
• Embroidery hoop: 13cm diameter
• Felt circle: 12cm diameter, white
• Basic embroidery kit

STITCHES USED

French Knot, Long and Short Stitch, Satin Stitch, Straight Stitch

01 Transfer the design from the template onto the fabric using your preferred method. We used

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