Love Embroidery

The joys of spring

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MATERIALS

⬤ Cotton fabric: 60x60cm, light blue; 25x25cm, teal

⬤ Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of 154 (dark purple), 552 (purple), 721 (orange), 761 (light pink), 762 (very light grey), 798 (dark blue), 799 (blue), 800 (light blue), 820 (very dark blue), 823 (navy blue), 972 (yellow), 3804 (dark pink), 3812 (green), 3825 (peach), 3836 (lilac), 3855 (light yellow)

⬤ Large embroidery frame stand or embroidery hoop: 18cm diameter Iron-on adhesive Iron-on interfacing 28cm wooden ring Glue gun Basic embroidery kit

STITCHES USED

⬤ Satin Stitch, Split Stitch, Straight Stitch

Stitched in a pretty palette of spring hues, Lucy Freeman’s stunning pansy wreath is on a mission to bring seasonal style to your embroidery hoop and home. It’s full of gorgeous detail and depth thanks to some clever colour-blending techniques, and its sweet floral motifs are so exquisite, that we can’t help planning what we are going to sew them onto next. Sweaters, napkins, gift tags, mini hoops...

Transfer the design from the template onto the light blue fabric using your preferred method. We used a pencil and a lightbox. Back the fabric with iron-on adhesive and interfacing before starting the embroidery. Then, mount the

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