Easter Motifs - Part Three

I have a little more progress to show on one of my Easter motifs.  I have finished the three flowers, I filled them in with seed stitch in two different pink colors.  I like the effect the two colors give. 

I have also finished the flower stems.  Now onto all the leaves and grass and of course the eggs:

I am trying to choose the right colors for the leaves and grass.  So far, I have tried stitching some in the same green as the stems but I thought was just too much of the same shade without enough definition of where the leaves and stems meet and cross.  I also tried a darker shade that ultimately didn't work either.  You can probably see all the stitching marks along the leaves! 

I have been working with these colors and now I think I may try a combination of a few of these:

I will be sure to post some pictures of the finished piece with whichever greens I choose!

100 Stitches - Seeding Stitch

The seeding stitch is the latest stitch on my 100 Stitches  journey.  This stitch should really be called the easiest stitch ever! 

This stitch is a filling stitch and is used to fill in blank spaces inside shapes.  For my shape, I used a template:

I copied the diamond shape onto my fabric:

I first outlined the shape using the back stitch. Now to the seeding stitch. The reason the seeding stitch is so easy is that it is just small straight stitches stitched in all different directions. The only concern is to make all the straight stitches the same length. The first step I took was to come up through the fabric. I started at the top but you could start anywhere inside the shape:

Then I just started taking small straight stitches:

in a random pattern:

 stitching, stitching, stitching until…

 the whole diamond shape was filled:

So easy, and really beautiful when finished:

The underside of the stitching looks almost like the top side:

This is definitely a stitch I will use!

The seeding stitch is #72 and is in the Couching and Filling category of 100 Stitches.