This was a really fun embroidery because of the creativity and uniqueness of each flower. The bright, wide sunflower on the left, the pointy, delicate bloom in the middle, and the last round, pretty pink rose all are different and are embroidered with completely different stitches.
The sunflower's petals are embroidered with a long and short stitch, and the middle with a crewel stitch, french knots in the middle of each square. The stem is a stem stitch (which is pretty predictable) and its leaf is a fishbone stitch.
The middle flower's petals are fishbone stitches, the yellow dots are french knots, and the stem is a variation of the feather stitch.
The third and hardest blossom, the rose, is made of of many, many, many bullion knots. It is the largest bullion knot flower I have ever completed, and certainly the most difficult. (Bullion knots are very pretty on fabric, but a pain to embroider!) The stem is another stem stitch, and the leaf is a satin stitch.
(Funny Fact: Did you notice that the blue flower has three petals on one side and four on another? I had already drawn it when I noticed this flaw. However, the petals were so pretty that I just decided that flowers are not perfect anyway, so this error, in a way, made it more realistic.)
-Avamae
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