Cross Stitch Kit "Spring dreams"

“Spring dreams” shows a fox cub asleep, curled up inside a wreath of spring flowers.

What the picture shows

The ginger cub lies with its eyes closed, its tail across its muzzle. A closed wreath of pink, lilac and white flowers runs around it — tulips, bells and small clustered blooms with green leaves and thin stems. The palette is pastel, almost watercolour, with no sharp contrasts. The white canvas is left unstitched and holds the light inside the circle. Twenty floss colours with many close shades, and several flower centres are worked in beads. The cub's fur uses three shades of ginger with a white underside, and the flowers carry soft transitions inside every petal.

What is in the kit

• Aida canvas, count 14, white
• Cotton floss, 20 colours, 35 m
• Tapestry needle
• Czech Preciosa seed beads No. 10 and a beading needle
• Embroidery hoop, 170 mm diameter, blue
• Symbol chart
• Step-by-step instructions

Specifications

• Design size: 150×150 mm (5.91×5.91 in)
• Base: Aida canvas, count 14, white
• Floss colours: 20
• Floss length: 35 m
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: counted cross stitch

A 150×150 mm design, 35 m of floss, rated average because of the fine transitions in the petals. The finished piece can stay in a hoop or go into a round frame; neither the hoop nor the frame is included in this kit. It is convenient to work from the centre: the cub first, then the wreath, so the symmetry of the circle is not lost.