Australian Homespun — May 2017

STITCHERY GUIDE cont ...

Design area Thread Stitch

Body outline Medium Olive Green Pearl 5 (280) Stem stitch

Tail feathers Medium Olive Green Pearl 5 (280) Cast-on stitch – see Step 15

Tail centre Medium Olive Green Pearl 5 (280) Cross stitch

Eye Dark Salmon Perlé 5 (3328) Two-wrap French knot

Beak Dark Salmon Perlé 5 (3328) Straight stitch

Legs and feet Brown Pearl 8 Straight stitch

Flower petals Medium Olive Green stranded (280)Dark Salmon stranded (3328) or Detached chain (lazy daisy) stitch – see Step 16

Flower centres Medium Light Topaz stranded (306) or Medium Avocado stranded (267) Three-wrap French knot – see Step 16

Leaves Medium Avocado stranded (267) (lazy daisy) stitchDetached chain

Dots Old Wheat Perlé 5 (2120) One-wrap French knot

Bird

Flowers and leaves

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