Stitched Poinsettia
By Marian Chivers
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Ivory Cotton Fabric.
Stranded Cotton (See Colour Chart).
Gold and Green Seed Beads, 3mm Gold Beads.
Green Buddha Paper: BD02A4.
Glitter Vinyl: ZL000U-80.
Gold Label Stickers: ZL649U-82 Rope Borders,
ZL175U-52 Stars, XL632U-02 Borders and
XL636U-04 Wording.
Scrap of White Pearl Card and any Thin Card.
Iridescent Angel Hair and Stars: CHA17.
Iridescent Flower Sequins TSQ30 (see note).
Embroidery Needle and Hoop.
Tracing Paper, Pencil and Craft Knife.
Double Sided Tape and Sticky Fixers.
P.V.A. Craft Adhesive.
Card Mount: SF10U-69 Cryogen White.
Actual Size
TO MAKE THE CARD:
Lightly tape the ivory fabric over the diagram on
the left and trace the design and the outer oval line
onto the fabric using either a fine pencil or one of
those pens that fade away. Put the fabric in an em-
broidery hoop and work the design as follows.
Use the enlarged photo and colour chart on the
next page to guide you for the direction of stitching
within each leaf and bract and for the colours used.
Begin with the red bracts using 2 strands of red
thread and satin stitch. Work each bract in two halves
from the centre line to the edge in the direction
shown. Once all the bracts are stitched use 1 strand
of dark red and work the centre veins in stem stitch.
Work all the leaves in satin stitch using deep green.
Use a single strand of deep olive for the Gypsophila
stems, work in stem stitch from the bottom and once
you reach the top bring the needle through to the
front and add a flower as follows.
Pass the needle through the hole in a flower sequin
then through a gold seed bead. Go back down
through the sequin and through to the back of the
12
Gypsophila & Bead
fabric. Pull the thread tight and
fasten at the back as usual.
Use 1 strand of deep olive to
stitch the green seed beads and
3mm gold beads to the Poinsettia
centres.
Cut a piece of card to the size of
the inner oval border on the poin-
settia diagram then cut the fabric
to about 1cm larger all around.
Stick the stitched design onto the
DMC ANCHOR MADEIRA
oval using the outer line (drawn
earlier) to help with the positioning.
606 Red 306 0114
Add small squares of double sided
817 Dark Red 47 0211
tape all along the edge of the oval
3362 Deep Green 46 0210
card, fold the fabric edges around
3011 Deep Olive 335 0209
the card and stick down firmly.
Cut the glitter vinyl to the size of the outer border onto the card a little above centre to allow for the tag
on the diagram, leave the backing on and stick in below and stick the oval design over it using sticky
place behind the work using sticky fixers. Cut a fixers. Pull a little more angel hair and add to the top
piece of Buddha paper to same length as the card corner. Place a small piece of sticky fixer onto the
and half the width, stick in place with the left edge back of a star and stick over the same corner then
along the fold. add a silver glitter star on top too.
Pull a piece of angel hair to fit behind the oval Cut a piece of glitter vinyl to the size of the outer
design with a bit sticking out all around. Place it tag and white card to the size of the inner tag. Stick
the smaller one on top. Mount both onto the card
using sticky fixers and add the curved wording.
Please note: TSQ30 sequins are a mixed pack and
Actual Size although they do usually contain enough of the flower
sequins to make this design, some packs may not
have enough or any at all. If you are ordering them
for this project, please ask us to check.
13
Issue 51
Autumn 2008
Hello,
We hope you enjoy this free article taken from a back issue of the Craft Creations
Magazine. You may hand make copies of the card(s) featured in this project, to
give away or sell, as many times as you like. You may not use the project, text,
pattern or pictures for any other purpose nor make the project using any kind of
automated process.
All the free articles available for download on our web site are at least one year
old. If you want the latest projects, designer profiles, gallery pages and more,
then you need to subscribe to the quarterly Craft Creations Magazine.
Subscription Benefits:
A free gift with every issue.
*
10% off every order placed with Craft Creations*.
*
Ł2.50 off post and packing on orders over Ł20*.
*
Prize competitions in every issue.
*
You can subscribe to the quarterly Craft Creations Magazine or purchase any of
the back issues from our online shop.
* All Craft Creations Magazine subscribers will receive an additional 10% discount off their orders during
their subscription period only. Subscribers will also receive Ł2.50 off post and packing on orders over Ł20
(after discount). These benefits are not applicable on certain items such as: Magazine Subscriptions, Gift
Vouchers, Products already on Promotion, Special Offers or 'SPOF' packs and cannot be combined with
any other vouchers or offers.
Craft Creations Limited
Ingersoll House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 9HD, England.
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
The details above are correct as of 1st October 2009, but are subject to change without prior notice.
The UK s Original Greetings Card Making Magazine - Full Of Creative Ideas