I’ve just finished the April cross-stitch for the Anthea SAL by Faby Reilly. This is the one where each month has a flower design, I’m making it into a textile book with a page opposite of a wordplay based on the month. I haven’t done Aprils wordplay yet, but I have finished the flower.
This month it’s violets, one of my favourite flowers, we have wild violets self seeding all over the garden, I always feel a bit guilty if I have to pull them up as they are so pretty. At the moment there’s a lovely little clump in flower as we go up the wooden steps onto the back lane.
I would have finished it a week ago but I realised at the last minute that I didn’t have the deep purple for the back-stitching, I did look in my stash for something similar but there wasn’t another one of the same intensity. Of course my delivery got delayed with all the bank holidays over Easter, never mind everything else going on, but it was worth waiting for as the colour is just perfect.
The fabric is a permin evenweave linen, 32 count, it’s a lovely soft purple colour, perfect for this. I used some gold beads from my stash which aren’t too shiny, I’ve decided I prefer the more matt or satin finish to beads. It’s a gorgeous design, the delicate back-stitching make these designs something special. I shall try and incorporate one of the violets and maybe a flurry of french knots into the wordplay.
Here’s the other pages I’ve stitched so far…
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What you’ve stitched so far looks awesome! I can’t wait to see how it looks in the end!
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Lovely! When I was a child, my favourite flowers were violets. My aunt made me a petit point picture of violets which I still have. Can’t wait to see what words and events you commemorate in stitches this month.
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Lovely stitching and i like your idea a lot, such a memorable item when it is finished.
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Love the violets!!!!!
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These are so pretty! What a fabulous project to be working on
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This is going to be so special when you’ve done the whole year. We had violets in spots in our yard but most of them have died off from what I can tell. I was thrilled to see some had self seeded in an unkempt urn on the back deck. Hope they come back again next year!
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Wonderful! So full of spring,violets are.
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Violets are such a pretty flower with the sweetest of fragrances. Your cross stitch violets are joyous….and so pretty.
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Such lovely designs, and it’s always pleasing when waiting for the perfect colour pays off!
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so pretty! love the beads and French knots ^^
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Beautiful I love the little wood violets that seed themselves round the garden each year. x
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These are just gorgeous!
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I feel I would like your garden, I’m all for a bit of self seeding!
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I just adore this project and love all the yellow stitches for March!
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