Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Aube étoilée »

“Starry dawn” — an old windmill at night under a starry sky and a large greenish moon. A fairy-tale view, slightly naive in manner.

What the picture shows

Right of centre stands a wooden windmill with four sails; its windows and door glow warm yellow, and the roof and walls are worked in brown and ochre shades. A large crescent moon, yellow-green inside, hangs at the upper left, and threads strung with tiny stars and flowers come down from the top edge. The sky is deep ink-blue, sown with yellow, white and pale blue stars. Below are green grass with yellow flowers, a wooden fence, and a small pale chick with a pink bow standing beside it. The beadwork is partial: you bead the windmill, the moon, the fence, the grass and the stars themselves, while the night sky between them stays as dark print on the canvas.

What you get

• Natural artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Colour key for Czech Preciosa beads
• Beads, needles and thread are chosen separately

Specifications

• Finished size: 200×200 mm (7.8×7.8 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 4,157
• Bead colours: 13
• Base: natural artist canvas

The dark ground sets off the shine of the beads, so the piece reads well even in low light. The square suits a child's room, a bedroom or a snug corner of a living room.