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

“Ipomoea” — a hanging planter with pink flowers on a watercolour ground. A light, airy piece with plenty of open space.

What the picture shows

A white openwork planter hangs from a thin chain, its wrought scrolls showing a pale green pot behind them. Small pink flowers and soft greenery spill over the top, and to the right two large ipomoea blooms have opened — pink, with white veins radiating from the centre and wavy petal edges. Below hangs a stem of rounded green leaves and one more small flower. The background is a watercolour of light patches: olive, lilac, plum and cream. The beadwork is partial: you bead the flowers, the leaves and the planter itself, while the painted patches of background stay as print and keep the piece soft and washy.

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. 3,082
• Bead colours: 10
• Base: natural artist canvas

The short colour list makes this an easy pattern to start with. The square format looks well on a veranda, in a bedroom or in a light kitchen.