“Wish star” shows a girl in a long dress reaching up for a star against a night sky. A narrow vertical format, 200×380 mm.
What the picture shows
The figure is seen from behind, in profile to the viewer: one raised hand holds a small star, the other hangs down, the hair is gathered into a high knot. The full-skirted dress occupies the lower third of the piece and is worked in warm beige-pink with deep grey shadows in the folds. The ground is a night sky shading from violet to near black, sown with hundreds of small pale specks. Around the raised hand the specks thicken into a glow, as though the star had just flared. There are no outlines: the silhouette holds together purely on the difference between light and dark.
What is in the kit
- Aida fabric, 14 count, 300×500 mm, black
- Threads, 62 m, on a card organiser
- Embroidery needle
- Symbol chart with stitch guide and finishing notes
- QR codes: the chart as a PDF and a file for mobile cross-stitch apps
Specifications
- Finished size: 200×380 mm (7,87×14,96 in)
- Thread colours: 18
- Fabric: Aida, 14 count
- Difficulty: average
Eighteen colours across 20×38 cm is not many, and that is the point: the whole piece is built on gradient rather than detail, so it stitches calmly and evenly.