I was looking forward to stitching this panel the most, out of all the motifs in the Flowers for Elizabeth book by Susan O’Connor, which I’m using as a basis for the motifs for this five-sided box. I love stitching peas – almost as much as I like stitching strawberries!
This is the panel, after outlining the main areas:
The pea pods are padded with long satin stitches worked vertically, before the top layer of satin stitches are worked horizontally. The centre pea pod has ‘peas’ stitched on the pea area, which are supposed to give the impression of ‘pea bumps’ in the pods when they are finished, but I don’t think I padded mine enough, so they hardly show.
The daisies, however, came out really well. I first worked one complete round of lazy daisy stitches, using one strand of Anchor in pale pink. Then I did two more rounds, using off-white thread, so that the effect was one of white petals with just a hint of pink on them. The centres of the daisies are French knots in a sunny yellow. Perfect!
I used a slightly variegated pink silk thread for the daisy petals, for interest.
From this angle, you can see the padded pea pods, leaves, and layers of daisy petals.
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Are instructions available for the 5 sided box for the pea and English daisy? I have the pattern now but it is for the pin holder (there is another name for it but I can’t think of it). The pattern I have is the freebie with Inspirations magazine subscription. Yours came out very beautiful.
Thank you,
Eliabeth Nolfe
Hi Elizabeth, Do you mean a pattern for the box shape itself? I can email you that, if that’s what you mean. The design for the pea & English daisy is in the book Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth, which is out of print now. If you just need the box pattern, please comment again.