Nablopomo post no 12: Embroidery

 I started this project back during the summer to keep me from being bonkers with stress. It's a quote from the Filianic scriptures. I designed this freehand.

The lettering and the centers of the flowers are done using DMC's floss no. 799. The petals on the blossoms are using JP Coates 158. The hearts are a variegated red-pink from Designs for the Needles with out a dye lot number. And the leaves and stems are worked with Designs for the Needle's number 826.

This is a sample of sorts. The lettering is running stitch. The stems are too. The centers of the blossoms are Rhode's stitch. The petals are satin stitch. The leaves are closed fly stitch. The hearts are satin stitch. The one on the upper right is properly done satin stitch inside a running stitch border. The one on the lower left was just randomly laid satin stitches inside a running stitch border. I should have gone with proper satin stitch.