Kit de point de croix compté « Fantaisie à l'aquarelle »

“Watercolor fantasy” — red poppies stitched as if just painted in wet watercolour.

What the picture shows

The flowers form a loose group: five open poppies with dark centres and several buds on thin stems. The petals have no firm edge — the colour flows from deep red through terracotta to faded pink and in places almost disappears. A patch of blurred orange lies behind them, and long runs of paint drip from the flowers below. A thin dark outline is laid over all this, following not the edge of the petal but a line beside it, slightly shifted — and that device is what makes the piece look like a watercolour study. Twenty-eight thread colours, small stitch on count 18 canvas. The buds are seen from different angles — one in profile, one from above — so the group never looks flat.

What is in the kit

• Aida canvas, count 18, white
• Stranded cotton, 102 m, 28 colours
• Cross-stitch needle
• Pattern

Specifications

• Design size: 280×280 mm
• Base: Aida canvas, count 18, white
• Thread colours: 28
• Thread length: 102 m
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: counted cross-stitch

A 280×280 mm square. A piece for a light wall in a living room or bedroom; framing is chosen separately and is not included.