Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Mon jardin »

«My garden» is a generous bouquet of garden flowers in a woven basket, with a small ladder propped against it as if against a real tree.

What the picture shows

The basket stands at the centre, its straw weave worked in warm golden-sand beads, and out of it fan daisies, cosmos, asters and long sprays of tiny blossoms. The flowers are pink, coral, peach and crimson with yellow and cherry centres; the leaves come in several greens. A little ladder leans against the basket on the left with a bird perched on it, and a tiny figure in a bell-shaped skirt walks past below. The background is a deep emerald green streaked with fine pale lines like rain. The beadwork is partial: beads cover the flowers, leaves, basket, ladder and figures, while the green ground stays printed.

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. 4,810
• Bead colours: 25
• Base: natural artist canvas

The square format sits well on a shelf or in the space above a chest of drawers. It is for stitchers who like floral subjects with character and are not put off by a palette of twenty-five colours.