I just finished up this Dala Horse embroidery. These motifs are from the Scandinavian Christmas embroidery pattern set.
Isn't he colorful? I really like the palette on this project. {I noted all the floss colors at the bottom of this post!}
His scalloped saddle is outlined in Blanket Stitch - I was pleasantly surprised at how easily the Blanket Stitch worked around all these curves:
I outlined the horse in Back Stitch. I used Stem Stitch for his bridle, reins the inside of the saddle and the saddle straps. The accents are done in French Knots and Lazy Daisies:
For the berry vine I used Stem Stitch for the vine, Straight Stitch for the leaves and Satin Stitch for the berries. Again I used French Knots to embellish:
Here are the colors and floss numbers I used for this project. {In case it is too bright to read :) the yellow is dmc 307}
5 comments:
This is amazing! I LOVE this! I really should learn how to do this. What will you do with this? Do you put it in a hoop to hang, or make a pillow? Just curious. This is so cute. my grandparents are from Sweden and seeing this reminds me of them. They had these all over their house.
I love the colors! This just makes me happy looking at it!
Hi Jen, Thank you! That is so great about your grandparents, I love all the Scandinavian art pieces - especially at Christmas. I am not sure what I am going to do with this yet - I like your pillow idea. I left a lot of fabric all around this so I would have a lot of options!
Darlene - Thank you!! I am so glad you like this cheerful palette!
very nice and very creative blog I must say, I like all the embroidery options that you have maintained here. Thank you for sharing. suzani embroidery
This is incredible & fun! I love how well explained your post is!
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