Mini kit icona ricamata con perline su tela d'artista «Santa Xenia»

“St. Xenia” is a blessed woman in a blue-green jacket and a white kerchief, a staff in her hand. The most everyday-looking image in the batch.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown to the waist in a white kerchief with blue shadows, tied under the chin. Her outer garment is a loose blue-green jacket worked in beads of two tones, with a red skirt showing beneath. Her right hand is raised in blessing, her left holds a dark staff. The halo is a ring of amber beads and the ground is golden rays with red dots at the top. The beading takes the clothing, the halo and the plaque frame, while the face and hands remain printed, and the radiance stays print as well.

What is in the kit

• Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 11 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 100×150 mm (4.0×6.0 in)
• Beads: approx. 2,196
• Bead colours: 11
• Difficulty: simple
• Base: art canvas

The finished embroidery is usually stretched over card and set into a narrow frame — the frame in the photograph is sold separately. At 100×150 mm the icon stays intimate, for a personal corner. Preciosa beads are calibrated, so the rows sit evenly even on the small details.