An Innovative Scottish Thistle

The last couple of 2D samples we have to show you are this lovely Scottish Thistle using Lazy Daisy Stitch and  Sunburst flower using the same stitch and weaving over them the same way you would when doing Spiders Web to form a ring around the centre.

Thistle stem and leaves are Palestrina Stitches very close together. Stem Stitch makes up the purple 'cup' at the base of the flower and 11 very loose Lazy Daisy Stitches fan out from this. 
The turquoise part is made using Stranded embroidery thread to whip the lazy daisy stitches as in a Spider Web pattern and lastly the same lazy daisy stitches were Smocked to give the triangular effect at the top of the thistle.

No these are not for badminton - they are templates to help you make a Thistle for yourself.

The Sunburst Flower shows off the same techniques as the Thistle using Lazy Daisy Stitches and weaving around them.

The centre is filled with large French Knots using a thick thread.

More template shapes below may give you ideas for your own flowers.

Simply draw around the template onto your fabric using a light pencil or Dis-solvable marker pen for embroidery, hoop it up and use it to guide the placement of your stitches.

We hope that these past few posts on 2D stitches have inspired you to get going with your own Happy Stitching.