4th of July Embroidery

Isn't this combination of floss beautiful?! I used these three when I stitched up this heart full of stars from the 4th of July pattern:

This was such a quick and simple project!  It is a nice size too, here it is in my 6" hoop:

I used three different stitches for this project.  The outline is done in Stem Stitch, always a great choice of a stitch for a curved line.  The dots are French Knots and the stars are done in Roumanian Couching Stitch.  I like the Roumanian Couching Stitch to fill shapes, plus it really shows off the color variations in the floss:

I am not sure what I am going to do with this...

I have a dark denim tote bag that it would look good on:

The floss I used was dmc perle cotton color variations.  Here are the numbers:

I am transferring some more motifs from this pattern, I will be back to share those projects soon!