Kit de broche à broder de perles « Citrouille dorée »

“Golden pumpkin” is a round pumpkin in orange and golden beads.

What the picture shows

The pumpkin is shown almost head-on, with clear vertical lobes. Each lobe is filled separately: the middle ones light and orange, the outer ones darker, with brown and bronze tones, so the fruit reads as round. Rows of golden beads mark the borders between the lobes and run together towards the stalk. The stalk is short and dark, with a pair of bicones. Rondelles and drops of two kinds are scattered over the sides for uneven shine, and hemispheres sit in the hollows. Bullion wire in two kinds, fifteen centimetres together, outlines the lower edge. The kit holds 18 bead colours. Inside the outline the canvas is stitched densely, then cut out.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour design printed on it — no need to follow a chart on screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 18 colours
• An embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: rondelle — 2 types (8 pcs), bicone — 2 types (5 pcs), hemisphere — 2 types (2 pcs), drop — 2 types (3 pcs)
• Bullion wire — 2 types (15 cm)
• Findings for assembling the brooch: a decorative clasp
• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for the embroidery and for finishing the piece

Specifications

• Article: AD-234
• Finished piece size: 52×53 mm (2.05×2.09 in)
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 18
• Number of beads: approx. 370
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

The finished piece is 52×53 mm — small and almost square. The level is average and the work is short. It is fitted with the decorative clasp from the kit; the orange and green beads scattered in the photograph are not part of it. The work is fine, so it is worth having good light and a small magnifier close at hand.