Sunday 19 April 2009

Jacobean leaves embroidery pattern: 3 of 8

I particularly like the edging of this leaf. Back stitch gives it a nice smooth edge and a row of palestrina provides texture.


It was one of those embroideries where less is definitely better. If I’d only realised this from the start, it would have saved me much unpicking. But it was a valuable lesson in embroidery design.

Download the pattern here.

The first two of eight leaves can be found here and here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for posting these patterns. I am planning to use them - soon! i like this pattern - the palestrina stitch looks great.

Liz said...

beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing your beautiful leaf patterns. I downloaded them and hope to start stitching soon.