With all the stitching I was doing for the Ode to Joy quilt back, I got a late start on July's Floral Stitches sampler. Here's what it looked like before any stitching was done, courtesy of Rebecca of Dropcloth Embroidery Samplers @dropcloth.
Used by permission.
But I've been working on it pretty steady the last couple of weeks, and now it's done!
Without realizing the stitches I made for the blue, lavender, and green circles had a name, I later found out they did - the Smyrna stitch. Basically it's a "cross on a plus," and is considered an embellished version of the cross stitch. Good to know! Otherwise, I did a lot of straight stitch on this one, as well as chain stitch and seed stitch. Kept it pretty simple, and I'm happy with the finish, number three of the series. On to number four.
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