Welcome to part 2 of the stitch-along for Garden Swirl.

If you’re just joining in, you’ll find part 1 – which covers materials, tools, and the design – here.

Next Monday, I’ll be creating a Project Index for Garden Swirl, which will be available under “Tips & Techniques” in the main menu here on Needle ‘n Thread.

Members on Patreon will find today’s information (which also includes embroidering the leaves) already published over on Patreon, with a downloadable PDF.

Today, we’re going to embroider one of the large flowers on the design and we’ll also stitch the vine and all its little offshoots.

Aaaaaaand…. we’re off!

It’s time to start the stitch-along series for Garden Swirl, a decorative embroidered insert for a box lid. It’s a sweet little piece – I love the color scheme! – and it’s not too taxing. The results are very pretty, and the whole finished project is quite satisfactory. I think you’ll have fun with it, and I hope you learn a lot along the way.

As we kick off the adventure, I’ll recap below what you can expect with the stitch-along and how it will progress; I’ll share the embroidery pattern with you; and I’ll share my materials list and tools that I used to work the samples.

If you’re following along using the materials kit, you will have everything you need to stitch the project, including the pre-transferred design on your linen. If you’re working from your own materials, feel free to make substitutions, as you wish.