Kit de broche à broder de perles « Mes ailes »

“My wings” is a bird in blue and yellow with long turquoise feathers.

What the picture shows

The bird lifts upwards with its wings thrown out to either side. The upper wing and the head are worked in blue and dark blue microbeads, the breast and lower wing in yellow and gold, and the border between them runs on the diagonal. Sixteen drops in four kinds lie along the wings and read as single quills. Hemispheres of three kinds add volume where the wing folds. The tail is made of decorative feathers on a ribbon — turquoise, long and noticeably lighter than the embroidered part. The kit holds 20 bead colours in all. Inside the outline the canvas is stitched densely.

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, 20 colours
• Preciosa microbeads No. 13, 3 colours
• A microbead embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: rondelle — 2 types (10 pcs), hemisphere — 3 types (3 pcs), drop — 4 types (16 pcs), leaf — 2 pcs
• Decorative feathers on a ribbon
• Findings for assembling the brooch: a decorative clasp
• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for the embroidery and for finishing the piece

Specifications

• Article: AD-223
• Finished piece size: 95×65 mm
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 20
• Number of beads: approx. 418
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

With the feathers the piece measures 95×65 mm, making it one of the largest brooches in the range. The level is average. It is fitted with the decorative clasp from the kit, and the feathers are best straightened once the brooch is assembled. The work is fine, so it is worth having good light and a small magnifier close at hand.