This embroidery was created using a mix of various gold thread scraps and flora-cotton thread in color no. 507.
Finished dimensions: approximately 56 x 32 cm. Stitched on linen canvas (8 threads per cm) with techniques such as full and half cross-stitch, couched goldwork, and backstitch.
The process was a playful exploration of free imagination, without a set plan, and it was a joy to work with gold threads of many different qualities.
I have transformed a large amount of yarn scraps of different quality into an embroidered work: four panels, and a small tablecloth.
The panels are called: “Flowers”, “Pharmacy”, “Wood” and “Serotonin”. The tablecloth is called “Fragments”.
Each of the four panels measures approx. 118 x 32 cm. They can be used separately as a table runner. The tablecloth measures approx. 66 x 47 cm.
It is all made on linen canvas (8 threads per cm.), and is embroidered with two threads in the needle. Contour stitches are used throughout.
First, I divided the yarn scraps into four equal piles, sorted by size. The colors were also sorted.
It was fun to come up with a theme for each panel, and to stick to the pile of yarn scraps that each panel had been assigned.
The tablecloth stands out more clearly in the colors. There is only one shade for each motif. The panels have had all possible shades mixed together, and of large and small scraps. Then the colors mix, almost like when you paint.
Finished measurements approx. 75 x 75 cm.
Stitched on linen canvas (8 threads/cm) with flora cotton from fruzippe.
Use two threads in the needle. Whole and half cross stitches as well as backstitches are used. The blanks of the flowers are filled in with half cross stitches.
The pattern is free – Enjoy!
Small tablecloth, approx. size 55 x 55 cm. Made with whole and half cross stitches on linen (8 threads/cm). Thread used: flora-cotton No. 105 from fru zippe.
On the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s 50th regent’s anniversary, January 14th 2022, I have designed a tablecloth with 50 daisies.
The two patterns show a total of 10 daisies. Each daisy is embroidered 5 times.
The finished size is approx. 61 x 61 cm on 8 threaded linen canvas. Dark blue and golden threads are used.
Embroidered with contour stitches and cross stitches.
The patterns are free for you to use.
Enjoy!
Flowers picked from two bouquets have been the starting point for this tablecloth’s fantasy flowers. Finished size 65 x 40 cm. Embroidered on 8 threaded linen canvas.
The flowers are drawn directly on the fabric, and the outline is embroidered with 2 threads in the needle. It is embroidered with flora-cotton from fru zippe.
The structure of the flowers emerges when embroidering with 1 thread in the needle with whole and half cross stitches. That is, each flower is embroidered with just one color.
Embroidered on linen canvas (8 threads per cm.), with full cross stitches and contour stitches.
Threads used:
Finished size approx. 35 x 55 cm.
Optional: I have pulled threads out of the fabric to create a lace-like effect from edge to edge.
Some years ago, our old oak tree was felled. I saved a few small pieces. They now form a pattern on this small tablecloth. The pattern is made with full and half cross stitches, back stitches and contour stitches on linen canvas. Finished size is approx. 27 x 27 cm. I am very happy about the result!
On the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s 80th birthday, I have designed a daisy pattern.
The 80 flowers are embroidered on a tablecloth (linen, 10 threads per cm.), finished dimensions approx. 77 x 77 cm.
