Hollyhocks
This is the topic chosen by the vote proposed to the subscribers of this blog.
We look forward to working with you. It’s a generous project, as it will allow us to make a choice of explosive colors, but also to focus on technique, using a whole series of special stitches to bring structure to the work.
Below you’ll find the instructions we need to get started on this project, which we’ll begin embroidering next week.
Here’s the design that inspired your choice.
I’ve reworked it by simplifying the strokes to make it easier to embroider, and you can download it HERE.
And here’s the picture that guided my choice of colors.
To make this project easy, I chose to make it with DMC stranded cotton.
Here’s a first selection of colors to embroider the 3 hollyhocks featured in this design. The choice of colors for the leaves will be made later.
727, 725, 972, 741, 900
963, 3716, 3708, 961, 3803
353, 351, 349, 309, 777
746, 3348, 907
I’ll see you next week to embroider the first flower of this project!
Hollyhocks part 5
Hollyhocks The leaves part 5Here are the photos and their explanations for making the second part of the leaves. I embroidered them in the same colors as the first part.First embroider a blanket stitch spaced all around the leaf, then insert a straight stitch in a...
Hollyhocks part 4
Hollyhocks The foliage This new article is devoted to hollyhock foliage, in particular the branch visible on the right of the drawing. I wanted to show how possible it is, with a few well-chosen stitches and a subtle play of colors, to bring leaves to life and make...
Hollyhocks part 3
Hollyhocks part 3 This article explains how to make the two remaining flowers. I used a variety of stitches to give structure to the design. You'll find explanations of these stitches in the stitches menu of this blog. To make the orange flower, I added two new...
Hollyhocks part 2
Hollyhocks part 2 This article explains how to create the flower at the bottom left of the design, embroidered in the pink tones suggested last week. I added 2 new variegated threads to the original palette and used a series of various stitches to give structure to...
Hollyhocks
Hollyhocks This is the topic chosen by the vote proposed to the subscribers of this blog. We look forward to working with you. It's a generous project, as it will allow us to make a choice of explosive colors, but also to focus on technique, using a whole series of...