Needlepoint Stitch Guide for Camellias and Asters
Use the threads as a single strand, just as they come. You do not need to separate or join them.
You can start anywhere on the design. We recommend stitching the flowers first and the background last.
Pink and White Camellias—Parallel Long Stitches
These are long oblique satin stitches of varying lengths to fill the space available. Make sure they sit parallel to one another and watch your stitch tension to ensure each stitch sits evenly and smoothly on the canvas.
Camellias' Centers—Upright Cross
We have provided a thinner thread because this is a heavy coverage stitch with several stitches occupying the same hole. The diagram shows this stitch formed in a basketweave (diagonal) direction. You can also work it back and forth across rows if you find that easier.
Blue Aster Petals—Nobuko
Yellow Aster Centers—Diagonal Mosaic
Dark Green Leaves—Diamond Ray
Yellow Flowers—Horizontal and Vertical Brick Stitch
Yellow Flower Centers—French knots
Here is a video on how to do a French knot in needlepoint.
Pale Green Leaves—Alternating Tent stitch (Continental)
You could also use a Tent stitch or Skip Tent stitch here.
The red center on the pale green flower is a Circle Rhodes stitch.
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