Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Épanouissement »

“Heiday” shows a woman from behind whose gown turns into an enormous flowering train spread across half the canvas.

What the picture shows

The background is deep, almost blue-black, and vertical strings of gold and green dots fall through it from top to bottom like rain or the threads of a beaded curtain. At the centre is the slender back of a girl, shoulder blades bare, a flower pinned in her gathered hair. From her waist the train opens out: roses, asters, peonies, daisies, ferns and wavy ribbons of lilac, mint, raspberry and lime. On the right an arc of blue and violet petals sweeps upward. Beading is partial: the flowers, the ribbons, the falling lines and the figure itself are worked in beads, while the dark night ground between them stays 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: 300×300 mm (11.81×11.81 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 10,100
• Bead colours: 20
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is square and hard to overlook: the dark ground makes the colours glow, so it wants a light wall and a little space around it.