Hand Embroidered Ice Cream Cone

 

I have a finished project to share ... this is a chocolate chip mint ice cream cone.  This motif is from my Summer hand embroidery pattern set.  

You may remember these other projects from this pattern: 

These projects have such bright colors!  For the ice cream, I wanted to have a cool, refreshing tone.  The mint green of chocolate chip mint ice cream is perfect!  I added some white floss as well:

For the waffle cone, I used a variety of browns:

For the stitches, I outlined the cone with Stem Stitch and then whipped it with white floss.  The inside is filled with random rows of Straight Stitch and Seeding Stitch for the chocolate chips.  

The waffle cone is outlined with Back Stitch and filled with rows of Straight Stitch.  

Here are the floss color numbers I used in this palette:

This was such a quick project, perfect for summer stitching!

Whipped Satin Stitch

This is the latest stitch on my 100 Stitches list.  As the name says, this easy and beautiful stitch is composed of a Satin Stitched shape that is then whipped.  

It is especially effective if the whipping is done with a contrasting color.  For my demonstration, I am using chartreuse {DMC #12} and electric blue {DMC #3843} 

For the Satin Stitch filled shape, I used a rectangle from a bullet journal template

For complete Satin Stitch instructions, you can refer to my 100 Stitches post here.  I first outlined the shape with Back Stitch

Next, I finished the Satin Stitch portion:

For the whipping part, I used perle cotton thread

To start the whipping, I came up through the fabric on the edge of the Satin Stitched shape:

I crossed diagonally over the Satin Stitched shape and went back into the fabric on the opposite side: 

I continued to form diagonal lines all along the shape:

I found the instructions for this stitch in the book Embroidery Stitches by Mary Webb.  She notes that this stitch may have the whipping either diagonally or straight across.