Needlepoint Stitch Guide for Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree needlepoint kit
  • Use the threads as a single strand, just as they come.
  • These are the stitches we used on the model. You can use any stitches you like. Have fun!
  • Work the detail first and the background last.

Lemons—Mosaic stitch

Compensate as you go to fill in the incomplete stitches. Work this stitch in horizontal rows.

Needlepoint mosaic stitch

Single Color Leaves—Brick stitch Horizontal (bottom leaf) and Vertical 

 

This versatile stitch travels over two canvas intersections.

 

Horizontal Brick Stitch

 

Vertical Brick Stitch



Two-Toned Leaves—Gobelin stitch

Work this stitch across two intersections and up two intersections.

needlepoint gobelin stitch


Background—Double Parisian stitch

This stitches up quickly. Watch your stitch tension—try to keep it even and don't pull too tight, especially on the long stitches. These stitches are worked over 6 and over 2.


needlepoint double parisian stitch

A lemon needlepoint kit with silk threads