White Narcissi, a hand embroidery kit featuring early Spring in a bowl of moss
What's in the kit?
- A hand-embroidery kit featuring fresh white narcissi and silky willow buds in a bowl of moss. This design accompanied Issue 5 of The Stitcher's Journal as a Stitcher's Journal collection kit. The bowl offers scope for personal creativity, something I always like to incorporate in each of my hand embroidery kits.
- A piece of antique French linen hand-printed in the UK by Caroline with the design.
- A thread card loaded with all the threads you will need to complete the kit or empty if you choose 'no threads'. Some people have stitched this more than once, using yellows and creams.
- A beautifully produced card folder printed with clear, step-by-step instructions including an actual-size drawing annotated with stitch and thread details.
- The finished embroidery is roughly 16 x 14 cm / 6 1/2" x 5 1/2".
"I really enjoyed stitching this design. It was one of my early attempts at embroidery and I loved it...it took hours of stitching but the end result was so pretty!"
£40.00
In stock (can be backordered)
Additional Information
This kit is one that I most enjoyed designing and stitching, inspired by a bowl of white narcissi I plant every year with twigs and moss for Christmas. For me, scented white narcissi are my favourite Christmas decorations.
If you are a beginner, you will find guides to my favourite embroidery stitches in the Free Downloads section of the shop. I am self-taught and so really try to guide you through each step with my instructions. The bowl is left for you to embroider as you wish. It looks quite interesting when painted with undiluted white gouache, leaving some of the linen visible (see gallery image). Nothing to stop you stitching underneath the paint or over its surface for a ‘studio pottery’ look. You can download my FREE guide to painting on linen for embroideries in the FREE DOWNLOADS section here.
