Pointed Petal Flower

While the box chart gave one method for completing the centre of the ‘Pointed Petal Flower’, during the morning lecture Tamura-san gave a detailed description of an alternative method. It was difficult to miss his obvious desire that some of us attempt the ‘mischievous effect’ that he himself had devised. The central circle of the flower is already divided into a grid on the printed design. In both the box chart and the alternative method the first step is to work round knots in the center of each square.

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Step two differed according to which design you chose to stitch. The box chart called for a blister stitch to be worked over each round knot but Tamura-san’s alternative method suggested working a weft layer foundation over the entire motive before working step three.

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For both methods, Step 3 is to stitch the grid in #1 gold and to couch the intersections with a small straight stitch.

© JEC/Carol-Anne Conway

I am a bit of a teacher’s pet, but also I like to experiment with something new so there are no surprises as to which method I chose!

Happy Stitching