Wednesday

Yarrow Flourish Embroidery

Everlasting love is the meaning given to one of the most beautiful wildflower/herb in the garden, my garden.   Bushes of yellow, red, orange and pink grow in every garden around our property.  They grow each year as our perennials sprout and keep the deer away.  I'm not sure if that is why they are called the everlasting love plant, but I pledge my love to them for keeping my gardens protected.


Yarrow is one of the oldest herbs recorded in history and was used for protection and to ward off dangerous spirits, not saying that deer are dangerous, but I suppose they are to my other flowers.  I love the deer at our home on the mountain.  


Besides it's symbolism, the vibrant little flowers come in all of my favorite golden colors and even when dried, they fade into a warm amber and stay through to the first snow.  As a embroidery artist they look like tons of little French Knots all piled together in the formation of a cloud.  


As I designed this month's pattern, I wanted the simple lines to stand tall as their stems and all of the dots to be the millions of golden to amber buds on each flower.  It is a simple pattern to transfer and to embroider.


To transfer the pattern right click on the photo at the end of this post.  Print on your home computer.  Place the paper on a light source (window or light box), lay your stitching cloth over the top of the paper so that you can see the design under the fabric.  Trace the design onto the fabric using a heat sensitive pen.  


Choose green floss for the stems and petals.  Use three to six strands when stitching to get the maximum texture.  Use a variegated floss to increase the natural color variations.  DMC has beautiful variegation, as does Cosmo and Wonderfil.  Stem Stitch the stems.  Laisy Daisy the leaves.  and lots of French Knots for the flowering buds.  All of the stitches can be watched on the Tweetle Dee You Tube Channel.  


I'm crazy in love with this flower/herb, and I hope you enjoy stitching it too. Watch my Instagram stories for how I used one of my Yarrow plants to dye some stitching fabric to make a individual Flourish Botanical piece.  The fabric is soaking now into a gorgeous golden color.  I can't wait to share it.  


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