The perfect wedding gift!
Includes ribbon embroidery and beadwork detail with the cross-stitch.

Design area: about 25 x 31cm

Click on each part to complete the pattern.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

You'll need
50 x 45cm cream Belfast linen 13 (32 fabric threads per inch)
DMC stranded embroidery cotton and rayon as in the colour key and outlines, plus 950 light rose brown, 3761 very light sky blue, 523 light fern green (for attaching beads)
Mill Hill beads antique 03039 coral, seed 00143 light sky blue, and antique 03060 light fern green (Mosman Needlecraft, phone (02) 9969 5105, mail order available)
Water soluble marking pen
Two cards 4mm cream silk ribbon
Tapestry needle; No 18 chenille needle; No 10 crewel needle
50 x 45cm white cotton voile.

Here's how
Work the cross-stitch using two strands of yarn over two fabric threads. Work upright cross-stitch inside lattice on heart using one strand of 30739 rayon. Work back-stitch using one strand of cotton or gold yarn. Attach beads (refer to diagram) using crewel needle and one doubled strand of the corresponding thread colour. Embroider names and dates where indicated by lines using alphabet and numbers from the separate graph.

Silk ribbon embroidery
Baste cotton voile to the back of the stitched piece. Transfer the flower design using water-soluble pen mark the centres of flowers only with dots.
Referring to photograph, place a flower design in each corner and centre one above the heart.
Work the flowers and buds in lazy daisy-stitch using silk ribbon and chenille needle. Don't pull stitches too tight. Work the leaves in fly-stitch using the crewel needle and two strands of 523. Attach three light fern green beads using one doubled strand of 523 in the centre of each daisy. Dab the pen marks with a damp cotton bud to make them disappear.

Stitches

Flower design	Lazy daisy-stitch
Fly-stitch Step 1	Fly-stitch Step 2
Attaching beads	Upright cross-stitch

Source:Better Homes and Gardens August 2001

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