Kit spilla ricamata con perline «La mia terra»

“My native” shows the outline of Ukraine split into a blue and a yellow half, with a red heart.

What the picture shows

The map is given as a whole silhouette, with the coastline and the western border clearly readable. The upper half is worked in blue and pale blue microbeads, the lower in yellow and gold, and the border between them runs as a wavy line roughly across the middle. A red heart of fine beads sits near the centre of the country, outlined with a darker row. Twenty-one rondelles in four kinds are scattered over both halves for uneven shine, and pearls mark a few points along the border. Leaves and drops pick out the lower edge. The kit holds 23 bead colours. 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, 23 colours
• Preciosa microbeads No. 13, 4 colours
• A microbead embroidery needle
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Decorative glass stones: hemisphere — 2 types (2 pcs), rondelle — 4 types (21 pcs), pearls — 5 pcs, drop — 2 types (5 pcs), leaf — 3 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-224
• Finished piece size: 85×60 mm (3.35×2.36 in)
• Base: art canvas with a printed design
• Bead colours: 23
• Number of beads: approx. 689
• Difficulty: average
• Technique: bead and stone embroidery, brooch assembly

The finished piece is 85×60 mm (3.35×2.36 in). The level is average: the difficulty is not in the colours but in keeping the outline of the country exact. The brooch takes the clasp from the kit. The kit holds about 689 beads in 23 colours, so the work usually spreads over a few evenings.