Kit spilla ricamata con perline «Il colore della felicità»

“The color of happiness” is a butterfly with blue upper wings and yellow lower wings.

What the picture shows

The butterfly is spread symmetrically and both pairs of wings are fully visible. The upper ones are worked in blue and pale blue microbeads with a darker edge, the lower ones in yellow and gold, so the piece reads as the two colours of the Ukrainian flag. Drops and hemispheres lie along the inner edge of the upper wings and catch the light, while small rondelles run along the lower pair. The body is narrow and dark with two pearls, and the antennae are marked with a few beads and a leaf stone. The kit holds 21 bead colours, so the shifts within the blue and the yellow are very gradual. Inside the outline the canvas is stitched densely, then cut out.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour design printed on it — no need to follow a chart on screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 21 colours
• Preciosa microbeads No. 13, 5 colours
• A microbead embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: rondelle — 3 types (6 pcs), pearls — 2 pcs, drop — 2 types (4 pcs), hemisphere — 2 pcs, leaf — 2 pcs
• Findings for assembling the brooch: a decorative clasp
• Step-by-step illustrated instructions for the embroidery and for finishing the piece

Specifications

• Article: AD-221
• Finished piece size: 70×40 mm
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 21
• Number of beads: approx. 554
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

The finished piece is 70×40 mm — wide and low, and it sits well on a lapel or a pocket. The level is average. The brooch takes the clasp from the kit; the blue and yellow ribbon in the photograph is a styling prop. There are 21 bead colours and about 554 beads here, so it is worth sorting them into compartments before you start.