A lovely floral box to hold all your treasures or to give to a special friend. Embellished with ribbon embroidery.
Download the painting outline for the jewellery box.
Measurements
Embroidered lid measures approx. 17.5cm x 11cm.
Materials
Satin jewellery box or similar (ours measured 17.5cm x 11cm x 6.5cm)
25cm square natural seeded homespun
Tracing paper
Soft lead pencil
Water-soluble pen
Masking tape
Acrylic paint – avocado green, buttermilk yellow and toffee brown
Soft bristle paint brush
20cm embroidery hoop
One skein Rajmahal Art Silk in each of the following colours:
Charcoal 29, laurel green 65, light tan 171, maidenhair 521, verdigris 926
YLI 2mm-wide silk ribbon in each of the following colours and quantities:
Very pale pink 5 (1m), pale lemon 13 (0.5m) medium grass green 20 (0.5m), dark forest green 21 (0.5m), light mauve 22 (0.5m), light apple green 31 (0.5m), light blue-green 32 (0.5m), medium blue-green 33 (0.5m), raspberry pink 128 (0.5m), dark cream 156 (1m), medium grape 179 (0.5m)
Madeira Metallic Machine Thread: silver
Needles: chenille sizes 18-22, crewel size 9
Tracing design
Print out our design outline and trace onto tracing paper.
Tape traced outline to a light source and centre homespun over it. Tape in place. Trace pickets with soft lead pencil, lightly mark in the position of the path. Mark all the major stem lines etc.
Painting
Paint using a light wash of colour. Water down your paints and test on a piece of paper before applying paint to the fabric.
Allow drying time in between the application of each paint colour.
Apply avocado green paint as a background for the flowers and stems.
Apply buttermilk yellow paint to the pickets. Apply toffee brown paint for the path.
Embroidery
Place fabric into embroidery hoop and adjust to create an even tension.
Using stem stitch and one strand of Art Silk 171, work over pencil outlines of picket fence. If you have drawn these lightly, the stem stitch should cover them completely.
Using a light touch and the water-soluble pen, mark in the major stem lines again.
Work the flowers in the order indicated on the design outline.
One strand of Art Silk has been used throughout.
1 CLIMBING ROSE Stems – Art silk 521, 2 rows stem stitch
Branches – Art Silk 521, stem stitch
Roses – 4mm ribbon 13, spider web rose
Buds – 4mm ribbon 13, ribbon stitch
Bud Details – Art Silk 521, fly stitch and straight stitch
Leaves – 4mm ribbon 20, ribbon stitch
2 DAFFODILS
Leaves – 2mm ribbon 33, extended ribbon stitch and couched ribbon stitch
Trumpet – 4mm ribbon 15, loop stitch
Petals – 2mm ribbon 156, ribbon stitch
Buds – 4mm ribbon 15, ribbon stitch
Stems – Art Silk 926, straight stitch
3 FOXGLOVES
Stems – Art Silk 926, stem stitch
Flowers – 4mm ribbon 90, 125 or 44, French knots and ribbon stitch
Leaves – 4mm ribbon 32, ribbon stitch
4 GERANIUM
Stems – Art Silk 521, stem stitch
Flowers – 4mm ribbon 163, French knots
Leaves – 4mm ribbon 72, ribbon stitch
5 LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY
Stems – Art Silk 65, stem stitch
Leaves – 2mm ribbon 21 – extended ribbon stitch and couched ribbon stitch
Flowers – 4mm ribbon, 3 French knots
6 GRAPE HYACINTHS
Stems – Art Silk 65, stem stitch
Leaves – 2mm ribbon 21, extended ribbon stitch and couched ribbon stitch
Flowers – 4mm ribbon 102, ribbon stitch
7 DAISIES Stems – Art Silk 521, stem stitch
Leaves – 2mm ribbon 20, ribbon stitch
Centres – 4mm ribbon 15, French knots
Petals – 2mm ribbon 156, ribbon stitch
8 FORGET-ME-KNOTS
Centres – 4mm ribbon 15, French knots
Petals – 4mm ribbon 125 or 163, French knots
Leaves – 2mm ribbon 31, ribbon stitch
9 FLOWERING FOLIAGE
Stems – Art Silk 926, stem stitch
Leaves – 4mm ribbon 32, ribbon stitch
Flowers – 2mm ribbon 5, French knots
10 GROUND COVER DAISIES
Centres – 4mm ribbon 13, French knots
Petals – 2mm ribbon 5, ribbon stitch
011 ANEMONES
Centres – Art Silk 29, French knots
Petals – 2mm ribbon 22, 179, 13, 128 or 5, ribbon stitch
12 SPIDER WEB AND SPIDER
Web – Madeira Metallic Silver – straight stitch
Spider – Art Silk 29, French knot
Finishing
When your embroidery is complete, remove any visible blue lines by dabbing them gently with a cotton bud dipped in cold water. Allow embroidery to dry completely.
1To mount embroidery in the box lid, simple tape or glue it in place over the insert and slip it back in place on the top of the box.
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