Free Project: Flower Girl Hoop

Flower Girl Hoop

By Kirsty Neale

A darling flower girl project for embroidery by hand. Perfect for any girl’s room, this adorable embroidered girl wears colourful flowers in her hair and her pink cheeks seem warmed by the sun. A great embroidery project for you to do by hand, learn fun techniques while making a sweet keepsake for someone you love.

You Will Need:

• Ivory 32-count linen

• Grey and red stranded cotton floss (We used DMC colours 413 and 304)

• Wooden embroidery hoop

• Decorative tape (We used Cath Kidston)

• Flower punch (We used McGill Mixed Baby Bloom)

• Patterned papers (We used Cath Kidston stationery box)

• White felt

Procedure:

1. Stretch and secure the linen fabric in your embroidery hoop. Wrap decorative tape around the sides of the hoop, then fold over and press down onto the front edges to decorate.
2. Draw or trace a head and shoulders onto the fabric using a vanishing marker pen. Sew over the lines with backstitch, using just two or three strands of grey (DMC 413) to keep the lines fine and clear.3. Punch out tiny flowers from a selection of coloured papers. Arrange them on your original drawing or tracing to make a fun flowered hat. Once you’re happy with the arrangement, lift them off one at a time, and fix each to your fabric with a single small cross stitch.
3. Punch out tiny flowers from a selection of coloured papers. Arrange them on your original drawing or tracing to make a fun flowered hat. Once you’re happy with the arrangement, lift them off one at a time, and fix each to your fabric with a single small cross stitch.
4. Trim away excess fabric at the back of your hoop. Cut a circle of felt to fit over the back, and glue it in place to hide the wrong side of your stitching.

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