Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Doux été »

“Sweet summer” — an ice cream cart in a park, with a bunch of balloons beside it and buckets of flowers on the ground. The scene is warm and slightly fairground-like.

What the picture shows

At the centre stands a wooden cart on a large spoked wheel, with a pink-and-white striped canopy and a pennant on top. The counter is set with cones of multicoloured ice cream, little dishes, cups, apples and a hand of bananas, and ICE CREAM runs across the front board in pale lettering. A generous bunch of balloons — lilac, green, pink and blue — rises to the upper right. Buckets of yellow and pink flowers stand on both sides. Behind it all are a green tree and a warm sky. The fill is partial: beads cover the canopy, the counter with its sweets, the wheel and the lettering, the balloons and the flowers in the buckets, while the painted trees, sky and path stay printed 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. 3,380
• Bead colours: 20
• Base: natural artist canvas

A square piece with a great many small details. It will look good in a kitchen, a dining room or a child’s room.