I am presently working on a sweet pea flower fairy block and this is the motif I have done on it. I used a pattern from the A - Z of Embroidered Flowers and it is about 2-1/2 inches in diameter. It took me the better part of two days, lol. I used the tracing paper method of transferring the pattern, doing the stems and tendrils in stem stitch. Then the leaves and flower petals were outlined in stem stitch. After that, I went back and used satin stitch to fill them all in. Covering the stem stitch with the satin stitch gave it a nice edge and a bit of padding. It was all done in one strand of DMC cotton floss.
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Your DH did a miracle with the house wow!I am more than impressed!
I bow to your patience to live in a construction area!
I love the diy on the LOV button thank you so much for the wonderful Idea!
and last but not least I find using the old ends to sewing patterns from clothing and such works better for embroidery not as stiff and easier to pick out of the floss line!, I also get better details and not so much is disturbed or pulled out of place when I have to take the paper out or when you have over sewn it it dissolves well after a while.