![]() ![]() I placed my ladybird on a large green leaf and surrounded it with a couple of rosebuds. A tiny little butterfly adds a dainty feel to the design and adds an extra embellishment to it.Īs I’d chosen a colour palette of reds and salmon-pinks it seemed only natural to include a brightly coloured ladybird to this set of designs! They’re really attractive little creatures and their red and black colouring is so striking. The curling stems echo the circular stitchable shape. ![]() The little flower buds in the background create a bit of a polka dot pattern and make the background pretty and interesting to stitch.įor the circular stitchable shape I thought it would be really pretty to have a large flower as the main focal point, so I decided upon a rose in the centre with curling stems. So for my heart-shaped design I decided to have a central image of a rosebud and that I wanted to place it on a pale pink ground. These are just a few working examples of how I used my most favoured flower. The single red rose design is available as a downloadable pdf chart to buy from my Etsy shop, ‘Susan Bates Stitch Shop’. The other images above show many different ways that I’ve incorporated roses into my work including posies of flowers and a vintage style postcard. It was a cherished design that I’ve created for cross stitch. The top left image shows lots of roses and other flowers arranged into a heart-shaped garland. I’ve always loved polka dot patterns - for me they are a design classic - they have a fun feel to them too. The roses are bold but still delicately beautiful and the pink and red polka dot background is pleasing to the eye and gives the central image a nice ‘frame’. One design that I loved creating was an image of two roses in a circular frame it also featured a polka dot background (see image above). Sometimes looking at my past work I am able to find undeveloped or abandoned ideas and gain motivation from them, so it's a good place to start for inspiration. The inspiration for my stitchable rose designsįor this set of rose themed stitchable cards I looked back over some of my previous designs that have featured Roses to see if anything sparked off any fresh ideas. They have connotations of beauty, love and romance, and so to reflect this I decided to go for a romantic colour palette of red and salmon-pink colours and I contrasted these shades with some luscious green colours. They lend themselves so beautifully to embroidery and are particularly pleasing in cross stitch as well. Roses are such beautiful flowers and are a common motif in textile design. ![]() We decided that we’d like to produce a set of designs on the theme of roses. So we agreed that I would design a cross stitch pattern for each of the 4 shapes. Nina and I discussed the first set of stitchable card shapes that she was going to produce - there would be 4 shaped stitchable cards initially: a square, a rectangle, a circle and a heart shape. All of this that appealed to Nina about my cross stitch designs. I’m very particular about the colours that I use in my designs - to me colours can make or break a design. I love floral designs but also enjoy turning my hand to many other subjects as well. I’ve always loved textiles and I am naturally drawn to print and pattern. My cross stitch designs blend the contemporary and the classic. Her idea about her stitchable cards creations intrigued me also. Nina described to me her idea of combining cross stitch and card-making. ![]() I was so pleased when Nina from Waffle Flower Crafts approached me and asked me to do some cross stitch designs for her company she produces beautiful card-making products and designs on her website. ![]()
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