Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Hibiscus écarlate »

“Scarlet Hibiscus” shows two large hibiscus flowers opened across the whole canvas, with their characteristic striped petals.

What the picture shows

The blooms are set on a diagonal: the larger one at lower left, the second at upper right, with a bud and several small ones beside them. The petals are red-crimson, veined with dark lines and fine white and blue stripes radiating from the centre; yellow stamens project on long columns. The leaves are large and toothed, with clear pale veins. The background is a soft watercolour wash where yellow, lime and pale blue flow into one another. Here the beadwork is nearly full: beads cover both flowers, the leaves, the buds and the background inside the frame, while the narrow strips at top and bottom, with their faintly sketched pink flowers, stay printed. The blooms are shown very large, almost close-up, so the piece reads like a botanical study. The contrast between the cool blue stripes on the petals and the warm background is the main effect of this pattern.

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 (11.8×11.8 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 9,448
• Bead colours: 12
• Base: natural artist canvas

A 300×300 mm square. The volume is large — over nine thousand beads in twelve colours. It takes time, but the result reads as a solid field of beadwork.