Bead Embroidery Kit on Art Canvas "Tweeters"

“Tweeters” shows two budgerigars perched on the handset of an antique telephone, beaks touching. It is a light, warm subject with a good dose of humour.

What the picture shows

The birds sit side by side: a bright yellow one with black speckles on its wings on the left, a lime green one on the right. Below them is a telephone with a bronze body, a carved base and a pale dial, its black cord curling down off the table. The table is covered with a white cloth, and red cherries on a sprig and small apples lie beside it. The background is pale olive with a faint damask-style leaf pattern. Beadwork covers the budgies, the telephone, the cherries and the cord, while the patterned background and the tablecloth stay as print on the canvas, so the main details come out rounded and stand slightly proud of the surface. The pale dial and the small fittings are picked out bead by bead, so the telephone looks like a genuine antique. The budgies’ plumage is worked in soft gradations from lemon to grass green.

What is in the kit

• Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 14 colours
• Beading needles
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 300×300 mm (11.8×11.8 in)
• Beads: approx. 3,539
• Bead colours: 14
• Difficulty: average
• Base: artist canvas

The square format sits well in a kitchen, a living room or a child’s room, and the modest bead count makes this a comfortable choice for a first larger project. Gallery finishing is possible — no frame or mount needed.