BOOKMARK FOR A FRIEND

"Daisies ye flowers of lowly birth, embroiderers of the carpet earth."


I have often used this quote by John Clare, (English Poet 1793-1864) with my embroideries and when planing to use it again this week decided to check out where it came from. Found it was part of a long poem, "Songs of Praise Imitations of the 148 Psalm", found too that the verse on the daisies was preceded by two others mentioning flowers, first cowslips then violets. The result was a completely different design than originally planned and my new bookmark design stitched for a friend has these three flowers.

CHARTS FOR MY CYCLAMEN DESIGNS

Colour Chart for Cyclamen designs.

DMC Threads-

Cross stitch.

Flowers- 3609 light plum

Flower centres- 917 medium plum

Leaves- 522 light green & 3051 dark green

Back stitch.

Flowers outlines - 3067 very dark plum

Leaf veins -522 light green

Stems -407 (3773) medium fawn

For added effect whip the back stitches of the stems to give a rounded effect.

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CYCLAMEN DESIGNS

LAST OF THE CYCLAMEN

The rain over the past week has brought to an end the flowering of the little rock cyclamen (cyclamen hederifolium).
These dainty blooms are always a welcome arrival in my garden, the first to flower are the white ones followed by the soft pink and they flower for such a long time.
I have used these many times in small embroidery designs. I will add some of these designs, which I am happy for embroiderers to copy and stitch.

To copy a design - just copy and paste to word.

Testing One! Two! Three!

After much time and effort I have got this far! however more work needed before my site is truly under way.