A delightful stitched scene from the garden in my mind’s eye, filled with chirping birds, appliquéd butterflies, hand painted busy bee buttons and the scene stealer a punchneedle beehive.
Finished size approx. 7½”w x 7”h
Assumes 42" useable fabric from selvage to selvage
Pattern only
What You Need:
5” x 11½’ cream tonal 1, background top section
6½” x 8” cream tonal 2, background lower right section
6½” x 8” cream tonal 3, background lower left section
5” x 11½” green print, ground, hexagons and applique
5” x 8” mauve print, butterflies and hexagons (I have allowed extra to requirements of this print to allow for fussy cutting the butterfly wings)
1 (5” x 5”) square each of 8 prints, applique and hexagons
1 (10” x 10”) square blue print, binding, applique, lobster clasp tag and hexagons
9” x ½ WOF, lining
Embroidery Floss, I used Valdani 6 ply #8103 withered mulberry dark, #120 stormy sky, #P10 antique violet, #P8 old rose, #P2 olive green, #548 blackened khaki, #511 black sea, #512 chimney dust, #P5 tarnished gold and #078 aged wine
Valdani 3 ply, #P5 and #H212 for the punchneedle
39 x ¾” pre-cut hexagon paper liners
2 x busy bee buttons
8” (20cm) zipper
½” (9mm) lobster clasp
3” square fusible web, such as Soft Fuse or Vliesofix
