Honey Bees and Flowers

 This is from my Honey Bee hand embroidery pattern.  

I really like the variety of stitches used and my color palette!

The large flowers are all Spiderweb Filling Stitch.

The stem and leaves are Stem Stitch.  The daisy flowers are Lazy Daisy Stitch:

The buds and the bee bodies are all French Knots.  The bee wings are Straight Stitch using blending filament.  This is Kreinik brand.

Here is the floss color information:

 

I almost ran out of the pink floss before I finished this project.  You can see the small amount I had left...I also didn't have the color number!  Good thing I had enough left to match to the sample in my Embroidery Floss Swatch book:

Honey Bee Embroidery Design - Details

Remember this project?  Here are all the project details: the stitch list and the color palette floss numbers. 

For the red berry clusters, I used French Knots.  The stems were done with Stem Stitch.  The crown was done with Back Stitch and Straight Stitch.  The bee antennae and top of the wing outline are Stem Stitch.  The bee's head is Satin Stitch:  

To mark off the color lines on the bee's body, I used Double Knot Stitch.

The circles are done with Back Stitch, the dark teal flowers are Lazy Daisy Stitch and the bluish green flowers are outlined with Chain Stitch and filled with Pistil Stitch:

Here are the floss color numbers that I used for this project:

Honey Bee Embroidery Pattern

 I have a new hand embroidery pattern available in my Etsy shop.

Here is a look at the pattern set: 

I will be back to share all the stitch and floss color details I used on this bee soon!