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A Bowl of Daisies

A vintage embroidery transfer to download

  • A vintage hand embroidery transfer design to download free of charge by clicking DOWNLOAD.
  • Use it as a sampler for practising some of the basic embroidery stitches by referring to My Favourite Stitches, also available as a free download HERE. For more ways in which to make use of this appealing design, see below.

Additional Information

There are so many ways in which you can use this vintage design. It is a really useful for beginners to practise all the basic stitches. You can download My Favourite Stitches from this section. Try working some of the flowers in outline only, using two strands of thread and Stem or Split stitch. Try filling some of the petals with ever decreasing ovals of Split stitch, using only one strand of thread. Or outline the petals with single strand thread and then work Satin stitch over the shape, Try angling some of your Satin stitch, or fill the petals with ‘padding’ stitches to raise your Satin stitch top layer. All of this is covered in the guides to the different stitches in My Favourite Stitches. I do a couple of them a little differently and have been told that it makes them easier. You can also turn to the RSN Stitch Bank which tells and shows you pretty much everything you could ever wish to know about a vast range of stitches.

If you enlarge the design, you could work it using fine wool such as DMC’s new EcoVita range of naturally-dyed wool thread.

This design first appeared in Issue 7 of The Stitcher’s Journal, in an article about the colour orange.

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PLEASE NOTE

Update for ALL customers

8 December 2025

Just a little update.
 
We ship to the US, duty paid, by us. The postage has gone up a bit because we have to use a new system. 
 

Issue 27 of The Stitcher’s Journal will be despatched early next week. I am just working on the last tweaks now. 

As soon as it has gone to print I shall be launching a new embroidery kit to enjoy through the twelve days, and my Christmas Inspiration bundles – bundles of linen printed with Christmas foliage and motifs, interleaved with a few surprises. We will be posting these out next week as well.
 
If you are thinking of subscribing to The Stitcher’s Journal and want to try a copy, you can pre-order Issue 27. As with all the Journals, I only print for subscribers plus a few extras.  Issue 27 has two inserts with Christmas embroidery ideas and patterns.

We will be posting by Tracked 24 hour post (UK only) up to 4pm on Friday, 19th December, and we aim to post out on the day of ordering. 
 
Thank you so much as ever for your support. 
 
With very best wishes,

Caroline