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 here as a free download. 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.
