Saturday 8 December 2012

Free Christmas Tree design


It's that time of year again. Lots of Christmas projects  everywhere. I needed a plain, contemporary design. So I came up with this, quick  and simple, but with a slight twist in the stitching!






I back stitched around the tree and baubles, and outlined the trunk in Portuguese knotted stem stitch. Then I added a some muted colour with  dampened watercolour pencils- so the paint would bleed out slightly. My twist (and the fun bit) was to couch a heavier gold thread over the tree in wriggly lines to create the tinsel. A sparkly star at the top finishes it off.

The design is here:



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5 comments:

  1. thanks for sharing your tree with us, have done a sketch to refer back to, no hand made cards I am afraid this year but net year hopefully.

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  2. How sweet is that. Thank you for sharing your design.

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  3. Thanks for sharing the lovely tree design. It is very pretty stitched up. Hugs judy

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  4. Thanks Jules - it is wonderful! I love the tinsel, really nice stitching. Cute pincushion too :)

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