Embroidered Sunflower Napkin

 I just the stitching of this sunflower border for a table napkin.  The sunflower motif is from my Autumn pattern set.   

This stitched up beautifully and I love the colors I selected.  Happily, these napkins look great with these plates and now I need to decide which napkin ring suits them:

Here is the stitch information for this project.  The wheat sheaves are Stem Stitch, Lazy Daisy Stitch and Straight Stitch.  The sunflower petals are Long and Short Stitch.  The sunflower center is bordered with Double Knot Stitch and filled with short Straight Stitches.  The long crisscross lines are Trellis Couching Stitch:

Here is the floss color palette:

I made sure to record all the particulars in my embroidery journal.  I find this journal to be so helpful, sometimes I can't recall which pattern a certain motif is from and I can quickly find it here!

Autumn Embroidery Projects - Part One

 I have two works in progress to share.  These are Autumn embroideries, one is a sunflower table napkin - I need to find just the right color palette for the flower and the border:

The other project is also a table napkin - monogramed and will be stitched on a creamy colored, 100% linen fabric.  

You may remember that I stitched this motif before, in an almost monotone color palette:

I have the color palette for this project and I would love to add these beads and sequins...

but not sure they are a good idea for a table napkin!

I will post updates to these projects soon!

Autumn Embroidery - part two

I finished the stitching on this autumn embroidery project.  I am really pleased with the result!

I used the Back Stitch for all of the stems.  For the salmon pink colored leaves, I used Straight Stitch.  For the green leaves, I used Lazy Daisy Stitch with a Straight Stitch over the top.  The seed heads on the tarragon plants are all French Knots.

Here are the floss color numbers for the palette I used: