Microbead Embroidery Postcard-Envelope Kit "Provence"

“Provence” frames a river and a thatched cottage with pink briar roses. The flowers come forward, the landscape stays behind.

What the picture shows

A branch with large pink flowers curves along the left edge and across the bottom: the petals are worked in three shades, from pale pink at the rim to a deeper tone near the heart, and the centres are built from yellow and white beads. The leaves are long and green, with veins picked out bead by bead. A cluster of blue forget-me-nots and one darker blue flower are added at the lower right. The whole middle and the upper right corner stay as printing: a still river, the white walls of a cottage under a russet thatched roof, trees and a strip of sky. The micro beads outline the flowers and foliage without covering the canvas, which is exactly why the landscape reads as distance behind the bouquet.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with the full-colour design already printed on it — no chart to follow on screen
• Czech Preciosa micro beads, 10 colours
• Needles for micro-bead embroidery
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Cardboard blank
• Instructions

Specifications

• Finished size: 84×140 mm (3.3×5.9 in)
• Beads: approx. 1,586
• Bead colours: 10
• Difficulty: high
• Base: art canvas

The finished size is 84×140 mm. Ten colours, around 1,586 beads, a high difficulty rating. The finished card is often set into a mat, which — like the frame in the photograph — is chosen separately.