Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Sainte Faïna »

«St. Faina» shows the martyr with her gaze lifted. The tone is restrained, in a warm brick-and-pink range.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown to the waist, her head slightly turned and raised. A blue-and-white veil in soft folds, worked in pale beads, covers her hair. Her right hand holds a small dark cross at her breast, her left a rolled pale scroll. The outer garment is a pink terracotta in broad calm folds, with a blue sleeve showing beneath. The halo is assembled from rings of yellow, gold and warm brown. The cream-olive background with its printed leaf scroll stays free of beads: beading covers the figure, the veil, the cross, the halo, the side ornamental bands, the corner rosettes and the name cartouche below. The coverage is partial, and it noticeably keeps the whole composition light. The face and hands stay painted — no beads are laid over them, which is why the image keeps its painterly softness.

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: 170×230 mm (6.7×9.06 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 4,959
• Bead colours: 13
• Base: natural artist canvas

The orientation is vertical, meant as a name icon. Few colours and little fine detail — a good choice if you want steady, unhurried stitching.