Embroidery Pattern: Single Lily
Here's a pretty little single lily that could be used to adorn anything, really. It would look great mirrored on matching guest towels, or with a monogram between two images on a pillow case.
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I'm rather keen, personally, on white-on-white, so I like this pattern worked in white lines on white linen. Working all the lines in a stem stitch, I like to go back and fill the leaves with tiny seed stitches, worked very evenly in a bricking pattern. Actually, they would look fine randomly done as well. On the lily petals, I prefer a long & short stitch, with satin stitch on the circular center and on the little tips of the stamen. But, hey! That's just me - it would look great in color, and needle-painted, it would look wonderful!
How do you think it would look good? I'd love to hear other ideas on it!
If you click on the image above, you'll get a larger version. Right click on the larger version and save it to your desktop.
I'm rather keen, personally, on white-on-white, so I like this pattern worked in white lines on white linen. Working all the lines in a stem stitch, I like to go back and fill the leaves with tiny seed stitches, worked very evenly in a bricking pattern. Actually, they would look fine randomly done as well. On the lily petals, I prefer a long & short stitch, with satin stitch on the circular center and on the little tips of the stamen. But, hey! That's just me - it would look great in color, and needle-painted, it would look wonderful!
How do you think it would look good? I'd love to hear other ideas on it!
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Saturday, July 01, 2006
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That looks more like a passionflower than a lily to me! It's very pretty, either way, thank you for providing these patterns!
Yep - You're absolutely right! Usually, the passion flowers have those really ugly stamens. But the leaves should have cued me in...
Thanks!
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