Garden Party

Description

Various Japanese motifs create this veritable party in the garden. Monique wanted the birds to be dominant, using shades of pink and purple for the original coloring so that they would stand out from the background greens. The embroidery creates a startlingly different effect with shades of salmon and turquoise, with the dragonflies in soft cream receding into the background while still ensuring a beautifully textured finish. It uses the following stitches and techniques:

• 10 embroidery stitches/stitch variations
• 2 bead embroidery stitches

Finished size is 250 mm diameter

All of the stitches and techniques are to be found in the Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas book.  There are also detail instructions, often with the video clips, in the Resources area in the workroom.

Contents of the full kit are as under:

Print Pack

• There are no instructions in the kit.  Contractual obligations dictate that you need to own the book to gain access to the instructions.
• You can buy the South African edition of the book here.  World English editions are available at amazon.com.
• The line drawing of the design screen-printed onto 400 x 400 mm Natural Cotton Linen blend base fabric with cotton voile backing overlocked around the edges.
• The ink is indelible

Materials Pack :

Threads:

• 8 skeins of DMC stranded cotton, solid colours:  597, 839, 841, 967, 3340, 3341, 3810, 3811
• 3 skeins of DMC stranded cotton, variegated: 4110, 4160, 4501

Miyuki Beads:

• 4 x 2 gram pack size 15° beads: 15°005D, 15°0572, 08°0143FR, 08°2006

Needle Pack:

• 2 x size 8 embroidery needles
• 2 x size 10 embroidery needles
• 1 x size 26 tapestry needles
• 1 x size 11 bead embroidery needles