Hand Stitched by Beppy Berlin.

The Poinsette is worked in stumpwork embroidery.  The nine red petals are worked separately in button hole stitch and long and short stitch using red cotton embroidery thread and then sewn down on to cream 14 count aida fabric which has the Poinsette leaves worked in shades of green cotton embroidery thread in cross-stitch.  Random cross-stitches are worked around the leaves in gold embroidery thread.  The center of the flower is filled with different size gold beads.  Finished in a wooden hoop with a red ribbon at the top.  Approximate time it took to make: 10 hours.

Hoop Size: 4 inches wide by 4 inches high

Embroidery Size: 3 inches wide by 3 inches high

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