Embroidering Woven Roses with 2D Stitches

In the last 2D Stitch post you will have seen the Woven Rose samples shown below.

 They are woven using 1 or 2 pins - as shown in the centre of the large teaching frame here.

The roses were formed using Woven Pique Stitch, the stems in Palestrina Stitch and the leaves in Raised Leaf Stitch.

I can almost smell the roses!

Flower heads could also be made using different of thread and a Spiders Web stitch.

We hope you have enjoyed viewing these lovely textured stitches. If you would like to learn how to stitch them for yourself come along to our group on the 3rd Wednesday of the month - details in our Profile para on the top right of the blog; Barbara or another of our experienced stitchers will be happy to show you the ropes (or should I say Threads? )

Next up is the Innovative Scottish Thistle.

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.