Colonial Knot Phlox Flower

This Phlox Bouquet is found on pg. 71 in the book "Encyclopedia of Embroidered Flowers" by Barbara Baatz.

I chose this flower from the book specifically because it is stitched with Colonial Knots - a stitch I have never done before.

I didn't have the exact floss colors listed in the book so I used the closest colors I had on hand.

Stems: Stem Stitch (2 strands of floss)

Leaves: Buttonhole Stitch (3 strands of floss)

You will notice in the above photo I added dots to mark where my flowers/knots would be stitched as a guide.

Flowers: Colonial Knots (6 strands of floss)

I watched this  Colonial Knot Video Tutorial to learn the stitch.

Flower Centers: Black French Knots (3 strands) instead of beads as suggested in the book.

 My Pistil Stitch flower (left) and Buttonhole Stitch flower (right) on each side of the Phlox.

The Colonial Knot and the French Knot look very similar. I prefer the French Knot, only because I am more comfortable stitching them, but I am glad I finally gave the Colonial Knot a try!

Slowly adding to my flower sampler below... All my flowers stitched so far can be found on the Flowers page.

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Embroidered Lupine Blossom

This Lupine blossom is from the book "Encyclopedia of Embroidered Flowers" by Barbara Baatz.

(Found on page 60 in case anyone out there happens to have the book also)

I didn't have all the exact floss colors listed, so I picked the closest colors I already had.

First stems stitched with stem stitch. The leaves are detached chain stitch filled with one straight stitch.

The flowers petals are satin stitch

Then add yellow detached chain stitches with a darker yellow straight stitch inside - topped off with a couple french knot buds.

Zoomed out with more of my stitched flowers.



All the flowers are listed on the Flowers page.

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White Woven Picot Stitch Flower

One of my goals this year for embroidery is to learn more stump work and 3-dimensional stitches. 

The woven picot is my first 3-dimensional stitch to learn.

I recently did a tutorial post on Feeling Stitchy about the woven picot stitch.

Check it out if you want more step-by-step photos.

(Plus, I love how my blue flower turned out)

Here is another woven picot stitch flower with white Perle cotton floss on black fabric.

Dont be surprised if you see many more of these on here - I just finished a blue flower that I will share photos of soon.

Embroidered Flower Lady - Start to Finish!

Hopefully you haven't grown sick of seeing this flower girl on my blog, but I thought it was would be fun to do a "start to finish" post.

I originally stitched the lady outline back in 2013. My husband drew it and I stitched it with a purple variegated floss.

Not knowing what to do with it, I put it in a box with some other embroidery pieces where it would sit for a few years.

Then last year (2015) - we were in the process of moving and I was packing my embroidery stuff, I started looking through my projects and found it again. It looked so bare and unfinished. I decided I would fill it in with flowers.

Slowly adding in flowers. 

The following two photos it was removed from the hoop so the fabric looks a bit puckered and wrinkly. 

I should also mention that this is stitched on a tea towel, but I am not going to use it as a tea towel, I just really like stitching on that fabric.

Back in the hoop for more stitching!!

Added leaves and greenery.

Then I filled in her hair with straight stitches - almost a satin stitch but intentionally left spacing between each stitch.

I think she is finished for now. I only wanted to fill her legs and "booty" with flowers.

Embroidered Queen Anne's Lace Flower Blossom

This Queen Anne's Lace is from the book "Encyclopedia of Embroidered Flowers" by Barbara Baatz.


(Found on Page 75 in case anyone out there happens to have the book also)

First, work the stems with - you guessed it -  stem stitch!

Added detached daisy chain stitches for the leaves.

Added french knots in white and very light blue for the flowers.

Here it is with the rest of my flowers. Check out the Flower page for links to them all.

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WIP Wednesday - Flower Lady Progress (Part 3)

I finally filled in the hair on my flower lady.

Before:

This was taken before I finished the flowers inside the legs

After:

For the filling I worked straight stitches close together - it is almost like a satin stitch but I wanted some slight spacing in between the stitches.

Previous Posts:

Flower Lady Progress: Part Two

Original Stitched Purple Lady