Summer rose

Summer Rosę

Actual Size

By Helga Dharmpaul

Materials Reguired:

Tracing pa per.

Single pricking toni or needle pressed into a cork. Clear adhesive tape.

Madeira Glissen Gloss in the followingcolours: Sterling06, Rainbow 611.

Madeira Metallic in the following colours:

Astro 4, Metallic 305.

Gard mount - DF03U.

To Make The Card:

Tracę the dots onto the tracing paper or make a photocopy of them. Place the central panel of the card on an embossing pad or some folded kitchen roli. Place the traced design onto the face of the card ensuring that the card is unfolded and taking care to position it cent rally. Hołd it in position with a little masking tape, it is important that it does not move while you are pricking the design. Using the needle or pricking tuol, pierce a hole through the pattem and card at cach dot.

Using Sterling 06, stitch the flower centre. Fix the end of the thread to the wrong side of the card with a smali piece of elear tape. Fol Iow the diagram on the next page to determine which hole to start with and continue until all the holes are used. Outline the centre circle with Running Stitch.

Work ench petal in tum using Rainbow 611 thread, once again using the diagram to determine which holes to use first and adding the Running Stitch once complete. just use the Running Stitch an.nmd the outer edges and in between the petals, not around the centre ot the flower.

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