Do you feel like stitching a Forget-me-not?
I itched to stitch Forget-me-nots while they were in bloom. I wanted to capture them so badly that I constantly made sketches of them, kept thinking how to add them to new embroideries I was working on and, of course, I took lots and lots of photos of them. And as soon as I’ve got a new blue ribbon I’ve stitched a tiny delicate sprig of those lovely flowers. The ribbon shade makes the flower look like a real thing, so I feel sort of satisfaction and it is now less itchy 🙂 Now I’m keen on stitching a Forget-me-not posy or maybe a wreath.It took me only fifteen minutes to stitch the whole flower. I worked five straight stitches 3mm long to create petals for each flower and then I made a French knot in the middle of it, wrapping the ribbon around the needle only once. I made the stem twisting the ribbon tightly and working a long straight stitch with that twisted ribbon. I passed it under the petals without piercing the fabric. Then I stitched the buds on the very end of the stem with French knots and blue and lilac ribbon.
I used following 4mm wide silk ribbons:
Stem – Dark Spring Green
Petals – Forget-me-not
Middles of the flowers – Yellow Sun
Buds – Forget-me-not, Lilac
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More good news! There are ten new ribbons of 4mm width on the website. Check out the images below.
Forget-me-not, Morning Glory, and Bluebell
Love-in-a-Mist, Sea Blue, and Virginia Bluebell
Salmon, Russet, Pastel Green, and Spruce
We’ve also got new 7mm wide ribbon – Bluebell and Teal Green
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I too am itching, my mom recently passed, making a memorial photo album to have the stiches displayed on the front cover. Thanks for the tips